A letter from Fr. Thomas Dawson OMI (1850-1939), Oblate House of Retreat, Inchicore, Dublin, to Fr. Henry Rope. Dawson includes a description of the events of Bloody Sunday in Croke Park on 21 November 1920. He writes 'sixteen young students, from a different house, were among those who escaped when they saw the armed forces coming. As they clambered over the embankments, the bullets were hopping about them, but the only hit among our youngsters was when one of them had the top of one finger shot off'. He also refers to a raid on the Oblate house of studies (most likely Belmont House in Stillorgan) and to the rough treatment meted out by the soldiers.
Letter from Fr. Paul Bussard, editor of the ‘Catholic Digest’, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. seeking permission to reprint condensed articles and content from ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A letter from Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (1885-1940), The Presbytery, Kinsale, County Cork, to Fr. Henry Rope. MacSwiney refers to his recollections of his former teacher, Fr. Michael O'Hickey, (Micheál Ó Hiceadha, 1861-1916), formerly Professor of Irish in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
Letter from Fr. Mícheál Ó Flannagáin, The Gaelic League, 149 Broadway, New York, to Fr. Richard Henebry. Flannagáin refers to Hudson Maxim (1853-1927), an American military inventor and author.
A letter from Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., Father Mathew Hall, Queen Street, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the content of the 1934 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A letter from Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the success of 1942 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A letter from Fr. Joseph Fenlon OFM Cap., Los Angeles, California, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the ‘delightful articles’ in the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
Letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., St. Bonaventure’s, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He especially praises the article penned by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. Felix Guihen OFM Cap., Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the success of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and referring to his work on his article on the Pope.
A letter from Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He also refers to Éamon de Valera’s plans to abolish the Senate. Walsh writes ‘I see by today’s papers that the Senate is to be abolished, so Dev is now free to ruin poor old Ireland as much as he pleases! Visions of Russia, Mexico and Germany!!!! God save Cosgrave’.
