A letter from An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. referring to a publication of his on Irish grammar. Ó Laoghaire wrote 'The fact is, the thing had to remain so long in Mss. because our friends the Gaelic League would not print it as I would not allow them to re-edit-it! I had to wait until the Irish Book Co[mpany] were in a position to take up the work of printing it. Is it not a comical thing that the Dublin Gaelic League would not allow me to be the best judge of my work!'
A letter from An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. referring to his articles on the life of Saint Patrick in the 'Weekly Examiner'. Reference is also made to Norma Borthwick and the Irish Book Company.
A letter from An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. enclosing a prayer. Ó Laoghaire adds 'How I as detest the note of presumption which often pervades English prayers!' He later affirms that 'The English mind does not seem to know how to conduct itself even in the presence of the Divinity. I have often read English players which actually patronise God'.
A letter from An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. referring to the Munster Feis. Ó Laoghaire wrote ‘I used to be mad when I used to see the citizens of Cork profiting by the Feis and contributing next to nothing to the cost of the Feis’. He adds 'The people of Cork would actually let a few earnest men work themselves to death and then pay the cost of their own funerals'.
Letter from Annette Cambreth Kane (1864-1952), a sister of Douglas Hyde, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. She thanks the Capuchin friar for his kind remembrances for her deceased brother and affirms that the late President 'valued your friendship'.
A letter from Aodh de Blacam, Warrenpoint, County Down, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating the friar on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ which he describes as ‘amazing’. He also refers to his recent poor health and apologizing for not being able to write an article about the pilgrimage to Knock.
A letter from Aodh de Blacam, Warrenpoint, County Down, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. conveying his reflections on ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942) which he describes as ‘a prodigy’.
