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A letter from Aengus O'Daly, 'The Irish Press', to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing copy prints of Tom Crean (1877-1938) and his widow and daughters. The prints were published in 'The Sunday Press' (15 July 1951).

Letter from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain), An Cumann Gaelach, University College Dublin, to Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to the potential for publication of Henebry's work on traditional Irish music.

A clipping of an article reporting on a speech on the Irish language by Fr. Richard Henebry at the Union of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.

An image of Henebry’s grocery shop in Portlaw, County Waterford. The shop was run by the siblings of Fr. Richard Henebry. The shop front signage spells the family name in Irish as ‘de Henebre’.

A view of the interior and high altar of Rochestown Friary Church in about 1910.

A view of the orchard and gardens at the rear of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork, in c.1910.

Two plates showing a view of a walled road leading to Rochestown Capuchin Friary. A horse and cart (with a visible advertisement ‘Delicious’) is stopped on the road. With an annotated cover.

An image of the Corpus Christi procession at the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown. This annual celebration held at the friary attracted huge crowds from both the city and county in the first two decades of the twentieth century. People travelled by train, by trap or walked to the friary from Cork city. It was the most popular event of the year in Rochestown until 1926 when the first Cork city procession was held.

A view of a woman standing on a horse-drawn cart. The annotated cover reads ‘Mare & foal farm & foal’.

A view of the Strawberry Beds in Dublin in about 1910. Running alongside the northern banks of the River Liffey between the villages of Chapelizod and Lucan, the Strawberry Beds were so-called on account of the fruits which were cultivated and sold there in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was also traditionally a popular honeymoon destination for Dubliners. The bridge, spanning the River Liffey, is the Farmleigh Bridge, also known as the Silver Bridge, Guinness Bridge or Strawberry Beds Bridge. It is now disused and largely derelict.