A letter from Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) to Fr. Henry Rope. MacNeill argues that Roger Casement was 'remarkably sane and well balanced' and affirms that he had 'no opportunity of consulting with him' as he was in America when war broke out. MacNeill also refers to his Irish history scholarship and to his work as chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Letter from Eleanor Hull, 14 Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London, to Fr. Richard Henebry. Hull refers to arrangements for a meeting with Henebry and to a story submitted to the Irish Texts Society for publication.
A letter from Eithne (Annie) MacSwiney to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. asking him for a copy of the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She added ‘My sister [Mary MacSwiney] was anxious to see it too, and now – I cannot realise that she and my brother are gone & life is irretrievably changed for me. It is good that incessant, unending work is my lot’.
A letter from Edward Joseph Garland, Secretary, High Commissioner for Canada in Ireland, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., thanking him for a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A letter from Eduard Hempel, Gortleitragh, Sloperton Road, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, German Minister to Ireland, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., thanking him for a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A letter from Earnán De Siúnta (‘An Buachaillín Buidhe’) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the ‘good Christian work’ in publishing the ‘Bonaventura’ quarterly. He adds ‘The pity is that our Irish people, on the whole, are not given to reading publications of this sort. The country is flooded with English trash, which if not positively demoralising, is hopelessly inane’.
Letter from Earley & Company, stained glass manufacturers, to Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC and the community of friars in Kilkenny guaranteeing their work on the ceiling of St. Francis Church.
Letter from Earley & Company, stained glass manufacturers, to Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC re questions over liability for works executed in the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.