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A postcard print captioned ‘The insurrection in Dublin – armoured motor car in Bachelor’s Walk’. The postcard was printed by Hely’s in Dublin.

The interior of the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.

A history of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history traces the history of the mission in a chronological format from 1930 to 1981. Particular attention is given to the arrival of missionary friars, the work of clerical and lay mission personnel, relations with local communities, the construction of mission stations, schools and hospitals in Barotseland (later the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia) and to various mission appointments and transfers. Fr. Luke arrived in Northern Rhodesia in 1948 and the text includes many of his personal recollections of the mission. The file also includes a copybook containing text in Irish by Fr. Luke recounting his initial experiences as a missionary from 1948-50.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (1902-1979) titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). The file includes images of Capuchin friars, Franciscan Missionary Sisters, hospitals, clinics and schools established by religious congregations, and locals availing of care and education at these establishments. The file includes the following images:

• The official opening of Mongu Training College, Zambia, in 1970.
• St Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish Christian Brothers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Classroom block, St. John’s College, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish, French and African teachers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Doctor O’Connor ministering to three women suffering with leprosy at St. Joseph’s Mission, Mangango, Zambia.
• African Franciscan Missionary Sisters with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Sisters teaching African children in an open-air class in Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• Bishop O’Shea saying the rosary at a leper grotto in Mangango.
• Group of secondary school girls at Malengwa.
• Blessing of a new church at Shimano near Mangango Mission, Zambia. The print shows Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Dermot Duffy OFM Cap. and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap.
• Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944) in Sihole.
• President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of Sesheke Hospital, Zambia.
Note: See also Introduction and Guide to the Papers of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa

A flier titled 'The Irish Republic Alive, Alive O’. (Volume page 31).

The Irish Theological Quarterly, xvi, no. 61 (Jan. 1921). The journal includes an article titled 'The lawfulness of the hunger strike' by J. Kelleher (pp 47-64).

A copy of ‘The Irish Worker’ (6 September 1913). Founded (and initially edited) by Jim Larkin in 1911 as a pro-labour alternative to the capitalist-owned press, ‘The Irish Worker’ was particularly noted for its caustic cartoons by Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916) attacking William Martin Murphy and the Dublin Metropolitan Police during the Lockout of 1913

A flier with the text of a republican ballad deriding a petty attitude to Irish speakers among Justices of the Peace in Macroom, County Cork.

A flier with the text of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s lament for the Fenian Edward Duffy.

Portrait image with an annotated cover reading 'the late John Bowe, Kilkenny Friary'.