A clipping of tribute poem to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. / Kilkenny Friary by Lily O’Brennan. (Volume page 101).
A copy of Erskine Childers, ‘The riddle of the sands / a record of the secret service’ (London: George Newnes Limited, [c.1922]). A newspaper clipping of an article reporting on the execution of Erskine Childers in Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin (24 November 1922) is pasted into the front of the volume. The clipping is seemingly taken from the (London) ‘Herald’ (25 November 1922). The article refers to the request made by Childers to see Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. before his execution.
'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.
The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 1 Jan. 1868 (No. 68,857). The edition has a manuscript annotation ‘Mr. Bibby’ referring to an article by Rev. Wm. Andrews titled ‘Roman Catholic Proselytism’.
The file contains the following editions of this newspaper published in Kilkenny:
21 Mar. 1863 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 3,343)
27 Dec. 1867 (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3,391)
The latter edition has a manuscript annotation ‘Mr. Bibby’ referring to an article penned by ‘the nephew alluded to’ relating to the presence of a Catholic clergyman at his uncle’s bedside during his final illness.
Date: 1552
Author: Terence (195/185-159 BC), [var. Publius Terentius Afer]
Publisher: Parisiis, Apud Ioannem de Roigny
Full title: 'P. Terenti Afri poetae lepidissimi, Comœdiæ: Andria, Evnvchvs, Heavtontimorvmenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio: ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigatæ, versibus in suas dimensiones restitutis, ac variis lectionibus in margine appositis ...: omnium quæ in his interpretum commentariis explicantur, index locupletissimus'.
Physical description: Text surrounded by commentary. The commentators are Philipp Melanchthon, Desiderius Erasmus, Antonius Goveanus, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Vittore Fausto, Pietro Bembo, Aelius Donatus, Giovanni Calfurnio, Adriaan van Baerland, Bartholomaeus Latonius, Pietro Marso, Johann Rivius, Etienne Dolet, Henricus Glareanus, Joannes Theodoricus Bellovacensis and Jodocus Willich; numerous small woodcuts, some repeated, within text (R. Brun, 'Le Livre illustré en France au XVIe siècle', p. 310).
Telegram from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The telegram reads ‘Albert died today Irish friends here request body taken Ireland cable instructions / Joseph’.
A clipping of an article referring to a reprint of a letter of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in which he describes Seán Heuston’s execution. The letter was published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935) which the ‘Irish Press’ article commends.
A photograph of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and Sarah Mellows standing at the graveside of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in Mission Santa Inés in California. Other individuals in the group include Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Rev. Paul Dillon, and Mary McWhorter.
A clipping of an article outlining the history of Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Inez or Santa Ynez) in California. The article refers to the role played by the Irish Capuchin friars in mission’s restoration from 1924 onward. The clipping is taken from ‘The Tidings’ (18 February 1927).