Circular letter from Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne (Terence MacSwiney), Sinn Féin Executive, Macroom, re the collection of money for the Dáil Éireann Loan in Mid-Cork. MacSwiney confirms that ‘in our Constituency over £6,000 has been subscribed to the Loan for the Government of the Irish Republic’.
Circular letter from the Catholic Boys’ Brigade Committee, Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The circular refers to the enrollment of over two thousand young boys and the need for subscriptions for the organisation. It reads: ‘The work is Catholic and essentially non-political … The premises at 156 Church Street have been purchased in fee, and are undergoing the necessary alterations. Good Brass and Fife and Drum Bands are in course of organisation; uniforms have to be provided for the boys, many initial expenses are incurred’. The file contains three copies of the document.
Circular letter from the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, re a meeting in Rathfarnham and the need to show ‘readiness to act on the staff of Commandant P.H. Pearse, G.O.C., Dublin Brigade, during the operations’.
Circular letter from the Most Rev. Denis Kelly, Bishop of Ross, Bishop’s House, Skibbereen, regarding the number of Irish chaplains in the British Army and Navy. Distinctions are made between incardinated secular clergy and regulars ‘who have gone from the Irish Houses of their respective Provinces’. It is noted that two members of the Capuchin Order in Ireland are serving as chaplains. These were Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap.
Circular letter from John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquis of Waterford (1844-1895) read at a meeting of the County Waterford branch of the Irish Landowners’ Convention.
Circular from the Apostolic Delegate, Pretoria (the Most Rev. Martin Lucas SVD), to Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior, outlining the relevant canon regulations and formalities involved in the alienation of ecclesiastical goods including property.
Circular letter from Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention, re the forthcoming annual meeting of the Convention and a banquet to honour five recently elected Unionist members of parliament.
Circular letter from Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention, re the forthcoming annual meeting of the Convention to be held in Dublin.
Circular letter from Thomas P. Butler, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention. Topics include the elections for a new convention and the redemption of encumbrances.