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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.

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).

‘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).

Fr. Richard Henebry (front row, seated, second from left) at an Irish language summer school organised by Conrad na Gaelige. The summer school was possibly held in the Waterford Gaeltacht. Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC is seated in the front row (first on the right).

The file comprises the following editions: 28 June 1922 (no. 1) – 16 Mar. 1923 (no. 175). The series is missing a small number of editions but there are multiple copies of other issues extant in the file. The publication began with the attack on anti-treaty republicans in the Four Courts, and the publication focused on ways of conveying news of the changing situation to journalists, republican supporters and the general public. The first (un-numbered) edition was styled as a communiqué from Rory O’Connor, Major General, IRA. It read:
‘The boys are glorious, and will fight for their Republic to the end. How long will our misguided former comrades outside attack those who stand for Ireland alone?’ Reference is made in this first communiqué to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who were ministering to the besieged republicans.

Photographic print of a group of Capuchin friars in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary. The group includes first on the left, Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC (1975-1953), third from the left, Fr. Camillus Killian OSFC (1872-1941), fifth from the left, Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC (1877-1925), third from the right, Fr. Bernardine Harvey OSFC (1874-1953), and first on the right, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC (1876-1965).
Photographer/Studio: Guy Studio, Cork.
An annotation in faint pencil on the reverse reads: ‘Taken in Holy Trinity garden by a most cross and irritable German from Guy’s’.

A group of Capuchin friars with musical instruments in the Kilkenny Friary in c.1905. Identifiable individuals include:
Front row (seated):
First on the left: Br. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (1881-1961)
First on the right: Br. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)

Second row (seated):
First on the right: Br. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
First on the left: Br. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952)

Third row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Second on the right: Br. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
Third on the right: Br. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Second on the left: Br. Gregory O’Kelly OFM Cap. (d. 9 Apr. 1947)
First on the left: Br. Philip King OFM Cap. (1885-1952)

Fourth row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Second on the right: Br. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955)
Third on the right: Br. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942)
Forth on the right: Br. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second on the left: Br. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965)
First on the left: Br. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971