A Christmas greeting card from Arthur M. Campbell. The card has an illustration by Campbell titled ‘Knock near Carnlough, County Antrim’.
Card from Bishop Patrick Lyons to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the gift of a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The image side of the card shows construction work on the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim (Cavan Cathedral) in the diocese of Kilmore in December 1940.
A Christmas greeting card from William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe. The card illustration is most likely the work of Richard King (Rísteard Ó Cíonga).
A Christmas greeting card from Canon Patrick Rogers. The card has an illustration of the exterior of Trench House (later known as St. Joseph’s College), a Catholic teacher training college, located on Stewartstown Road in the Andersonstown area of Belfast. Canon Rogers was principal of the college.
A Christmas greeting card from Clare Sheridan enclosing a photograph of her at work in her studio in Galway.
A Christmas greeting card from Con Cremin, Ireland’s Ambassador to France. The card has an illustration of the main entrance to the Irish College in Paris (Collège des Irlandais). Founded in the late sixteenth century, the college (located on Rue des Irlandais) was a Catholic educational institution in the French capital. The building is now used as a cultural center, known as the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
A Christmas greeting card from Cormac Breathnach, Lord Mayor of Dublin.
A Christmas greeting card from Domhnall Ua Buachalla
A Christmas greeting card from Doran Hurley. The card has an illustration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
A New Year card (‘Herzliche Neujahrsgrüße’ translates as New Year’s greetings) from Eduard Hempel, a diplomat who served as Germany’s minister to Ireland (his official title was ‘envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary’) from 1937 to 1945.