Showing 17 results

Press photographs (mainly of Capuchin friars and Observant Franciscan friars) compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Some of the photographs are annotated. The file includes the following images:

• The Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. at celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchins in Kilkenny in 1948.
• The celebration of Mass at St. Adam and St. Eve’s Church in Dublin.
• Gabriel Fallon (1898-1980) with rosary beads blessed by the Pope for presentation to the actress, Margaret O’Brien.
• The consecration of Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. as Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 Sept. 1950.
• The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and Archbishop John Charles McQuaid at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 1798 Rebellion.
• Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. preaching in St. Francis Church, Kilkenny, in 1948.
• Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958).
• The funeral of Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchants' Quay, Dublin, in January 1948. With images of his funeral procession along O’Connell Street.
• Presentation by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. to Captain Robert Monteith.
• Rev. H. Canon Murray speaking at a Pioneer Total Abstinence Association meeting. Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. is also in attendance.
• Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. (1896-1972) speaking at a sale of work in aid of the Capuchin Foreign Missions.

A file of letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The file contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office from Charles E. Kelly (enclosing a humorous cartoon of Fr. Senan), Eugene F. Collins (Temple Chambers, Eustace Street, Dublin), Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Ada P. McCormick (editor of the ‘Letter’, Tucson, Arizona), Sister Mary Gertrude Cain RSHM (President, Marymount College, New York), Tomás S. Cuffe (225 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin), Sister Teresa Dymphna (Carmelite Sisters, Mount Carmel Convent, Nairobi, Kenya), Ermengarda Greville-Nugent, Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Fr. Claude Vogel OFM Cap. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States), Fr. Carmelo Durante of Sessano OFM Cap., Christopher T. Rooney, John Hennig, Fr. Peter Dempsey OFM Cap. (St. Bonaventure’s Hostel, Cork), Fr. Francis OFM Cap. (former Vicar-General of the Diocese of Allahabad, India), Sister M. Catherine (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Killeshandra, County Cavan), Hospitals’ Trust Limited (20 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin), Germaine Stockley, Thomas J. Carroll (Ballycolman Avenue, Strabane, County Tyrone), J.F. Reynolds, Patrick Duffy (Clonfert Avenue, Portumna, County Galway), Gary Mac Eoin, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), Fr. P. O’Donnell (The Presbytery, Tilbury, London), Peter F. Anson, Art O’Brien (Connaught House, 53 Pembroke Road, Dublin), Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Charles G. O’Connell (St. Anthony’s Road, Cork), T.J. Kiernan (Via San Martino Della Battaglia, Rome), Percy Jones (St. John’s, Queen’s Parade, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia), D.L. Kelleher, Kathleen M. Murphy (poet and travel writer), Patrick Begley (Radio Éireann announcer), Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Myers & Co. (80 New Bond Street, London, antiquarian booksellers), Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa), Georgie Yeats, Tadhg Ó Séaghdha (Ros a’ Mhíl, County Galway), Maud Gonne MacBride, Peter F. Anson (enclosing a typescript article titled ‘Notre-Dame du Grand Retour’), Archbishop Finbar Ryan, Aodh de Blacam (enclosing a manuscript article titled ‘Talks with Æ (George William Russell) / and unpublished writing’), Clare Sheridan (sculptor), and Robert Monteith. The file also includes some copy letters from Fr. Senan to Jarlath O’Connell, Eileen F. Quinn, Edward A. Harrigan, Phyllis Thompson, Rev. A.J. Cleary, Aodh de Blacam, John P. Moynihan, and David A. Garrity. The file has some copy letters re the Carl Hardebeck Fund (1946). Enclosures include a copy of the faculties granted to Fr. Senan for his appointment as Extraordinary Confessor to the Convent of Mercy, Gardiner Street, Dublin (1 Feb. 1945).

A volume containing drafts of outgoing letters written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mostly to contributors, authors, advertisers, patrons and printers associated with 'The Capuchin Annual'. The volume includes copy letters to: Fr. Jerome Kiely, Liam Brophy, Fr. T.J. Walsh, Alison King, the Most Rev. Peter Thomas McKeefry, Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Doran Hurley, Marie Noelle Kelly, Tadhg Gavin, and Seán Crawford.
• A copy letter to Doran Hurley refers to the prospects of increasing sales of the 'Annual' in the United States (3 Oct. 1957).
• A copy letter to Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. refers to the appointment of Br. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Fr. Henry’s nephew, as editor of 'The Father Mathew Record', and to Fr. Senan who ‘keeps in the best of form and is enjoying the quiet life – relieved of the onus of this place’. (21 Feb. 1958).

A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘D2’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Tomás Ó Riain, Adolf Morath (photographer), John English & Co. (printers), Fr. J. McShane (Parochial House, St. Oran’s Road, Buncrana, County Donegal), H. Martin Hamilton, Mary Wren, (Servite House, 17 The Boltons, London), Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Seumas MacManus, Fr. Celsus O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap. (editor, ‘The Cowl / A Capuchin Review’), Clare Sheridan (sculptor), D.L. Kelleher, Fr. Otto Richter, Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap., Doran Hurley, Nuala Ní Riain, Fr. Bosco Lennon OFM Cap., Kathleen M. Murphy (poet and travel writer), Eilish M. Sharkey, F. O’Reilly (Secretary, Irish National Committee for the Holy Year 1950), Hugh P. Allen (Catholic Truth Society of Ireland), Joceyln Harcourt, Fr. Tom Ryan (Vatican Secretariat of State), Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap, Fr. W.B. Ryan OP, Elizabeth Corr, Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Maud Gonne MacBride (enclosing letters from Vincent Crompton, an Irish republican), Patrick John Little, Michael McLaverty, Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien, and Canon Patrick Rogers. Enclosures include minutes a meeting of the governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland (6 Dec. 1950) and printed lists and other documentation re the Chester Beatty collection in the Gallery; Manuscript notes re the cartoonist (probably Charles E. Kelly) of the ‘Dublin Opinion’ and his denial that his work constitutes an ‘active participation in politics’.

A volume containing copies of outgoing letters written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The volume includes letters to:
• Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., regarding his intentions to publish a book of his cartoons from 'The Capuchin Annual' (5 Feb. 1957).
• John English, printers.
• Dollard Printing House
• Doran Hurley, concerning proposals to appoint an agent in the United States to sell the Annual (7 Feb. 1957).
• Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin
• Fr. Gabriel Loughrey STL
• The Advocate Press, Melbourne
• Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory
• Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap.
• Joseph O’Connor
• K.M. Murphy
• D.L. Kelleher
• Tadhg Gavin
• Liam Brophy
• Fr. P. Lennon, President of St. Patrick’s College, Carlow
• Joseph Maloney, thanking him for his subscription as a life member of the Association of Patrons of 'The Capuchin Annual'. Fr. Henry adds ‘It is always especially gratifying to us to receive our Irish American friends into our Association of Patrons. We value their favourable appraisal of our work in endeavouring to show the real Ireland to the world. We would wish to increase our membership in the United States a hundred-fold and each new member means a new ambassador who promotes interest in "The Annual"’ (5 Apr. 1957).

A large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Father Senan & Father Gerald’. The volume contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., editors at the Irish Capuchin Publications Office. It includes images of the sculptural busts of the two friars by Laurence Campbell (1911-2001) and some photographs of both attending various social gatherings. A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan published in the 'Connacht Sentinel' (4 Feb. 1941) is also extant in the volume. It also includes correspondence and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan’s membership of the Mark Twain Society in the United States. The volume is not paginated, and a good portion of the pages are blank.

A volume containing copy letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine has a gilt title ‘Minute Book’. Contains copy of personal letters to Fr. Senan (with some replies) relating to the Capuchin Publications Office and contemporary political matters. The volume has a partial alphabetical index of correspondents. Most of the correspondence dates from 1943 to 1945. Includes copy letters from Peter F. Anson, Professor Leonard Abrahamson, Aodh de Blacam, Fr. John Brosnan, Gerald Boland (Minister of Justice), David Barry, Pádraig De Brún, Michael A. Bowles, Helena Concannon, Nuala Costello (Tuam Art Club), C.P. Curran, Joseph Connolly (Office of Public Works), Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, James Joseph Campbell, Sidney Carroll, Seán Crawford (The Square, Warrenpoint, County Down), Fr. William Dargan SJ, George Gavan Duffy, Eamon Donnelly, St. John Greer Ervine, John English & Co. (printers), Seán Feehan (Mercier Press), Charles Robert ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench, Joseph H. Fowler, Seamus de Faoite, Fr. Louis A. Gales, Gertrude Gaffney, Tadhg Gahan, Senator Denis Healy, Archbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes SJ, Carl Hardebeck, Cahir Healy, Bulmer Hobson, Douglas Hyde, Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Denis Ireland, D.L. Kelleher, T.J. Kiernan, Sister M. Kevin (Convent of Mercy, Ardee, County Louth), Seán Keating, Sir Shane Leslie, Frieda Le Pla, George A. Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Seán Lemass, Bishop Daniel Mageean, Dom Aubert Merten OSB, Fr. Frank Moynihan (editor of ‘The Advocate’, Melbourne, Australia), Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Edith M. Scott Mason, Sister M. Magdalena (Convent of Mercy, Carlow), Dr. Regina Madden, Seán Nesson, Maud Gonne MacBride, Michael McLaverty, Francis McCullagh, Dr. Colm McDonnell, Thomas MacGreevy, Bishop William MacNeely, John McCormack (Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, County Kildare), George Noble Plunkett, Séamus Ó Braonáin, Vincent O’Brien, Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Moira Ó Scannláin, Eoin O’Mahony, Art O’Brien (Connaught House, 53 Pembroke Road, Dublin), Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, Seán T. O’Kelly, Kathleen O’Brennan, Terence O’Hanlon, P.C. O’Mahony, David Robinson (Glendalough House, Annamore, County Wicklow), Canon Patrick Rogers, Philip Rooney, Dr. James Ryan, Colin Johnston Robb, Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Germaine Stockley, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams, Alfred White, Victor Waddington, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin), Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), and Jack B. Yeats.
The volume includes a copy of a letter from David Gray, United States Minister in Ireland, to Cardinal Joseph MacRory re partition and the presence of American troops stationed in Northern Ireland (7 Oct. 1942, pp 19-25).