A letter from Maurice Walsh, Ard na Glaise, Stillorgan Park, County Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding a review of ‘Stand and give challenge’ by Francis MacManus.
A clipping of an article by the Rev. Paul Walsh reflecting on the life and literary career of Fr. Michael P. O’Hickey (An tAthair Micheál P. Ó hIceadha), an Irish priest, academic, and Irish language campaigner. The clipping is taken from ‘Irish Opinion’ (31 March 1917).
A letter from Seán Murphy, Knock Brogan Park, Bandon, County Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. requesting a copy of a sermon supposedly preached by a Capuchin friar in San Francisco shortly after the 1916 Rising. Murphy also conveys suggestions for articles in future editions of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, including a description of the ‘encounter’ between Tom Hales and Major Arthur Percival.
A letter from Mary Josephine Plunkett (née Cranny) (1858-1944) to Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. enclosing copies of some of her son’s (Joseph Mary Plunkett) poetry. She asks Fr. Canice to write an appreciation of his work. One of the enclosures notes that Joseph was ‘only 24’ when it was written. The other enclosure is a copy translation from the Roman Breviary dated 15 October 1920.
A photographic print of Padraic (Patrick) Gregory, a Belfast-born architect and writer.
A clipping of an article reviewing Rev. Herman J. Heuser’s biography of Canon Patrick Sheehan. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (12 January 1918).
A print of a studio portrait of the writer Dora Sigerson Shorter.
A photographic print of the poet and art critic Thomas MacGreevy.
A flier advertising ‘Counties of Contention’ by Benedict Kiely. The work was published by Mercier Press in 1945.
A photographic print of the writer and journalist Benedict Kiely.