Letter from Peter F. Anson, Harbour Head, Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. commending the contents of the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Anson also refers to his own writing projects and to the difficulties being endured because of the war. He writes ‘Life goes on quietly apart from almost daily wailings of the siren. So far Macduff has escaped bombs, unlike many other ports on this north east coast’.
Letter from Patrick Stanton, WDAS Broadcasting Station, Philadelphia, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. praising the content of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and seeking information on back issues of the publication. Stanton also refers to his work on promoting Irish heritage through his radio programmes.
Letter from Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the most recent editions of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and ‘Bonaventura’.
A letter and signed print of Micheál Ó Ciánain (Michael Keenan), a piper from Shercock in County Cavan, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. His letter refers to a local tradition regarding Andrew Campbell (1711-1769), the Bishop of Kilmore, who was known as the ‘the Piper Bishop’ during the Penal era. Ó Ciánain explains how the prelate ‘disguised himself as a piper’ with the instrument serving as ‘a Bell to call the flock together at a time when no Bell could be heard’.
