A clipping of a letter from James M. Dillon referring to Fr. Senan Moynihan’s ability to secure paper to print ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Dillon suggests that some of the articles in the ‘Annual’ could be described as ‘blatant, if incongruous Fianna Fáil propaganda’. The letter was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (10 July 1942).
A letter from James Mason (1909-1984), the English-born Hollywood actor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to Mason’s tribute to the late Abbey Theatre actor F.J. McCormick (d. 24 April 1947), which appeared in the 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Mason got acquainted with McCormick when they both appeared in the 1947 film ‘Odd Man Out’ in which the former played a mortally wounded republican bank robber on the run in Belfast. Mason requests that his fee for his McCormick tribute be donated to an ‘animal charity’ in Dublin.
Letter from James O’Connor, solicitor, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., regarding a note from British military authorities affirming that ‘certain historical papers … [which] were returned to the late Archbishop Walsh ... . O’Connor advises Fr. Aloysius to ascertain from the Archbishop’s house what papers were returned.
Letter from James O’Sullivan prisoner no. q 100, Lewes Prison, declaring that ‘all the men here, look to the Capuchin Fathers, as their especial friends – they found the comrades in times of peril, true friends of the people, the ideal priests’. O’Sullivan adds that ‘Edmund Duggan (my dearest friend), Pierce Beasley, D. O’Callaghan, G. Crofts and Jimmy Brennan, wish to be remembered to you’. James O’Sullivan fought at the General Post Office during the Rising.
Letter from James Poe & F.M.J. Lyons, solicitors, Kilkenny, to Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a list of deeds connected with the purchase of property (on Pudding Lane) from Patrick Francis Doran. With searches from the registry of deeds.
A letter from J.J. Campbell, 27 Old Cavehill Road, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to his comment on the ‘Orange Terror’ article by ‘Ultach’ in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.
Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.