Draft poetry submitted by Liam Brophy for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' (later 'Eirigh'). The poems are titled ‘Euge Serve Bone’, ‘Father Kolbe’, ‘A Lark over Hammond Lane’, ‘God’s Adventurers’, ‘Modern Ephiany’, and ‘Bird Voices’. The file also includes two articles by Brophy titled ‘Family matters under the Marxists’ and ‘Paul Claudel / Ambassador of Joy’.
Draft poems submitted by Kevin Faller (1920-1983). The poems are titled ‘White Man’, ‘Baby’, ‘For a portrait painter’, ‘Journey Man’, ‘Abandoning studies’, and ‘Man Made to Murder!’.
Draft poems submitted by Joseph Doran. The poems are titled ‘Jet Flight Home’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Weed Gatherers’, ‘Mountain Corn’, ‘Winter Harbour’, ‘Remember’, ‘The Quarry’, ‘The Little Homes of Mourne’ and ‘Montana Sheep Herd’.
File containing poems by John P. Barton, Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States, submitted to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The titles of the poem include: ‘Bells’, ‘The Deserted House’, ‘On a Blackthorn Stick’ and ‘To Banna Strand’.
Draft poems submitted by James W. Kelly titled ‘Bessarabia’, ‘Have you no anger?’, ‘Moving towards the desert’, ‘The Stars’, ‘A passing thought’, ‘The Gold Brick’, ‘Not Oedipus’, ‘Have you no anger’, ‘Soliloquy’, and ‘Israel’.
Poetry by James Lyon and Kathleen M. Murphy published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1956-7), at pp 170; 208; 268-269. The poems are titled: ‘Maria Assumpta’, ‘Christmas in Connacht’ and ‘Evening Rhapsody’. The file also contains a typescript and galley proof of ‘Newman’s Grave’ by Kathleen M. Murphy and a copy of her poem titled ‘Sonnet for 1954 / Marian Year’.
Drafts, printed copies and newspaper cuttings of poems by Fr. Jerome Kiely. The file also includes a letter from to Fr. Henry Anglin, OFM Cap., enclosing ‘some of Father Kiely’s poems’ (1 July 1957).
Draft poetry submitted by Fr. Damascene McKenna OFM Cap. (1913-1967) for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The poem titles include ‘Song of Silvertown’, ‘To Sandra’, and ‘Prescription Humming’.