Newspaper clipping of a letter by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. published in the nationalist newspaper the 'Cork Free Press' (8 Nov. 1911). The letter is titled ‘The Brown Friars: their education in “the dark days”’ and refers to the long history of the education of Irish Capuchins in continental colleges. The article was sent to the editor of the 'Cork Free Press' and was signed 'Segan Eireannac'. With cover and annotation by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., Brussels, to Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap., St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, regarding information found in continental archives regarding the early Irish Capuchins particularly in respect of Fr. Francis Nugent OFM Cap. With cover.
The poem reads: ‘Thy favours still, O Lord bestow; Through Mary’s hands may grace still flow; Give me the Cross or pain or woe, But give to Eire Liberty’.
A ‘Savage Model 1907’ Pistol reputed to have been used by an Irish Volunteer during the 1916 Rising. The weapon was found by a Capuchin friar on North King Street after the conclusion of the hostilities. With leather holster and spare bullet cartridge. A manuscript note found with the pistol in the gallery of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street reads: ‘These are souvenirs of the 1916 Rising’. A revolver used in King Street. A scissors used in the Four Courts’. Fr. Col[umbus Murphy OFM Cap.]’.
A leather bandolier reputed to have been used by an Irish Volunteer during the 1916 Rising. Retrieved from the gallery of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. The bandolier has five pouches for the storage of ammunition.
A hopsack bag reputed to have been used by an Irish Volunteer during the 1916 Rising. Retrieved from the gallery of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.
Fused fragments of metal and assorted bullet cartridges reputedly taken from the destroyed shell of the General Post Office in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising.
Four-page printed leaflet in French with the statutes of the 'College of Foreign Missions of All Hallows near Dublin'. At the end, the order of the day is given, from rising at 6am to sleeping at 10pm.
