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Letter from Maud Griffith, 132 St. Lawrence Rd., to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., asking him to ‘find out anything about Arthur. He was arrested at 1 a.m. this morning, what I fear [is that] he may be deported tonight before I could see him …’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to the detention of Francis Stuart (1902-2000) by the French authorities. She references her daughter's (Iseult Stuart) anxiety regarding his plight and affirms that ‘Francis is a man worth saving’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to her views on partition and the forthcoming content on the same subject in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She wrote ‘The infirmities of old age prevent me from active work, but leave me more time for thought, and I believe that on the ending of partition Ireland’s destiny depends …’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to the issue of partition. She affirms that she ‘is one of those banned from entering the 6 counties and have been twice arrested for crossing the border’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. She refers to a letter of introduction she wrote for a 'Rumanian' who is seeking work in Ireland teaching French.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to Vincent Crompton, a recently released IRA prisoner.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to the issue of partition.

Letter from Maud Gonne MacBride to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the advance copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She also refers to the plight of republican prisoners on hunger strike in the Curragh camp in County Kildare. She writes ‘Though you may think the policy of these men unwise, no one can question their sincerity and courage’.

A letter from Mary Purcell (1906-1991) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to an article she proposes to write regarding a recent tour of Spain.

Letter from Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne), 23 Suffolk Street, Dublin, to ‘Brother Shannon’ (Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.), St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork, expressing her disquiet that he published the second part of ‘Scéal “Sheandúin” without her permission. She asks for the return of the original manuscript.