To Father Albert OSFC from Lily O’Brennan
- IE CA CP/3/16/2/17
- Part
- 18 Feb. 1925
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A clipping of tribute poem to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. / Kilkenny Friary by Lily O’Brennan. (Volume page 101).
To Father Albert OSFC from Lily O’Brennan
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A clipping of tribute poem to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. / Kilkenny Friary by Lily O’Brennan. (Volume page 101).
The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)
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'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.
Seán Heuston’s death / review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935)
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A clipping of an article referring to a reprint of a letter of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in which he describes Seán Heuston’s execution. The letter was published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935) which the ‘Irish Press’ article commends.
Memorandum of Ambulance Work & Efforts for Peace during the Civil War
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‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by J.P. Homan, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The memorandum refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June and July 1922. Specific mention is made of Homan’s interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of the fighting. Includes a short clipping of an obituary for J.P. Homan (‘Irish Independent’, 6 Aug. 1944). (Volume pages 79-87).
Letter from Rory O’Connor to Fr. Albert Bibby
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A letter from Rory O’Connor to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. recalling the republican occupation of the Four Courts and the assistance rendered by the friar during that time. Reference is also made to ‘co-ordinated military action against N.E. Ulster’. O’Connor concludes ‘We have never acknowledged the heroic services which you rendered us during the days you were with us in the Four Courts, during the attack, it seems unnecessar[y] as your devotion to Ireland’s liberty is no less than ours’. (Volume page 112).
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Letter from Robert Barton, Glendalough House, Annamoe, County Wicklow, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ which he describes as a ‘work that reflects credit to the whole nation’. He also refers to his own contribution to the ‘Annual’. He also mentions his great friendship with the late Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. who gave him the Father Mathew temperance pledge. He adds ‘The little medal he gave me was on my watch chain when I entered Portland Gaol but I was unable to recover any property when released, so I am bound by a Capuchin pledge until death’.
Grave of Fr. Albert Bibby at Mission Santa Inés, California
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An image of the grave of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Mission Santa Inés in California. The Capuchin friar kneeling at the graveside is either Fr. Urban Riordan Cap. or Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap.
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin
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An image of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. outside the main door to Jervis Street Hospital during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin.
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Civil War Hostilities, Dublin
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An image of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at the outbreak of the Civil War in Dublin in July 1922.
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. with hurlers
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An image of (first on the right) Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925) with a group of students possibly at a hurling match in Rochestown, County Cork.