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A clipping of a report on the death of Peter Murray, a prominent Irish American republican activist in California. Reference is made in the obituary to Murray’s friendship with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Santa Inés. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Weekly’ (24 July 1944). (Volume page 21).

‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by J.P. Homan, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The memorandum refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June and July 1922. Specific mention is made of Homan’s interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of the fighting. Includes a short clipping of an obituary for J.P. Homan (‘Irish Independent’, 6 Aug. 1944). (Volume pages 79-87).

A clipping of an article titled ‘Father Albert Dead / A prominent figure in recent Irish history’. The article provides a biographical sketch of his life (with a photographic print). (Volume page 89).

A clipping of tribute poem to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. / Kilkenny Friary by Lily O’Brennan. (Volume page 101).

A letter from Rory O’Connor to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. recalling the republican occupation of the Four Courts and the assistance rendered by the friar during that time. Reference is also made to ‘co-ordinated military action against N.E. Ulster’. O’Connor concludes ‘We have never acknowledged the heroic services which you rendered us during the days you were with us in the Four Courts, during the attack, it seems unnecessar[y] as your devotion to Ireland’s liberty is no less than ours’. (Volume page 112).

An image of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at the outbreak of the Civil War in Dublin in July 1922.

An image of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. outside the main door to Jervis Street Hospital during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin.

A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in California on 14 February 1925. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

A letter from Patrick Collins, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of an account of the final hours and execution of Seán Hueston in Kilmainham Jail on 8 May 1916. The account was written by his uncle who was a relation of Seán Hueston. Reference is made in the account to the ministrations to Heuston by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.

'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.