A letter from John Whelan Dulanty, High Commissioner for the Irish Free State in London, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935).
A letter from W.G. Lyon, The Talbot Press, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and offering his suggestions for improving the periodical.
A letter from Bernard O’Kane, Bishop of Derry, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the quality of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He adds ‘If we are to draw our people away from dangerous literature, we must offer them something which is not merely wholesome but attractive: you are doing this’.
A clipping of a review article on ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1936) published in the ‘Irish Times’ (11 April 1936). The review describes the periodical as 'far and away the most interesting annual issued by the religious orders in Ireland'.
A memoriam card for Terence MacSwiney. The card reads ‘In Loving Memory of Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne [Terence MacSwiney] TD, Commandant 1st Cork Brigade IRA. Lord Mayor of Cork. Who died for his Country in Brixton Prison, England, 26th October, 1920. (4th Year of the Irish Republic)’ with a portrait photograph and religious text. This particular card gives the date of his death as 26 October, but MacSwiney died on the morning of 25 October.
A photographic postcard print of Kathleen Lynn with the three infant daughters of George Fullerton in July 1917. Known as the ‘Republican Triplets’, the children were named Kathleen, Grace, and Constance. The group includes on the left Dr Lynn (1874-1955) and on the right Constance Markievicz (1868-1927). As the card’s annotation suggests, George Fullerton (d. 1934) was a member of the Irish Citizen Army. During the 1916 Rising, he was wounded while attempting to escape from St. Stephen’s Green to the nearby Royal College of Surgeons building which had been occupied by the Irish Volunteers.