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A letter from Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Tuam, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for his loan of paintings for the recent exhibition at the Tuam Art Club.

A clipping of a letter from Art Ó Briain (Art O’Brien) commending the contents of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942). A footnote to the article indicates that the letter was sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. who published it with Ó Briain’s consent. The clipping is likely taken from ‘The Father Mathew Record’. (Volume page 121).

A letter from Art O'Brien (Art Ó Briain, 1872-1949) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. O'Brien refers to his ongoing ill-health and requests the return of some photographs which he lent to Fr. Senan to illustrate an article of his published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.

A letter from Art O'Brien (Art Ó Briain, 1872-1949) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. O'Brien provides information and captions for photographs to illustrate his article on the history of the Gaelic League in London published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.

Letter from Barry M. Egan (1879-1954), 32 Patrick Street, Cork, to Fr. Henry Rope. Egan refers to the murder of Tomás Mac Curtain and provides a commentary on the ongoing independence struggle.

A letter from Benedict Kiely (1919-2007) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Kiely refers to his impending marriage, his intention to buy a house, and requests a loan from the Capuchin friar.

A letter from Daniel Mageean, Bishop of Down and Connor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.

A letter from Bride Tuohy, 4 Haddon Road, Clontarf, Dublin, to James Burke, solicitor, seeking £20 for the portrait of Frank Fahy by her brother, the painter Patrick Tuohy. The painting was later purchased by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (Volume page 101).

A letter from Cahir Healy, 44 Belmore Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. agreeing to provide a commentary on the article on the ‘partitioned six counties’. Healy also commends the 1942 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, suggesting that ‘newspaper men at Brixton [prison] … were surprised at its excellence in these stringent days’.

A letter from Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 16 Limestone Road, Belfast, to Sir Bertram Windle. Hardebeck refers to the the value of Henebry’s manuscript on Irish music. Hardebeck writes 'Father Henebry, I understand played the Irish pipes and the violin in an inimitable manner, he had also excellent Gaelic, and surely, nothing could fit him better for writing Traditional music'.