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O’Brien, Sebastian, 1867-1931, Capuchin priest
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The Fenian (War Issue)
The Fenian (War Issue)
IE CA IR-1/8/3/5 · File · 15 July 1922-17 Oct. 1922
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some editions extant in the file.
Individual (loose) editions:
15 July 1922 (No. 2)-21 July 1922 (No. 6).
7 Aug. 1922 (No. 20)-14 Aug. 1922 (No. 26)
16 Aug. 1922 (No. 28)-26 Aug. 1922 (No. 37)
29 Aug. 1922 (No. 40)
31 Aug. 1922 (No. 43)-1 Sept. 1922 (No. 44)
23 Sept. 1922 (No. 63)
26 Sept. 1922 (No. 65)-29 Sept. 1922 (No. 68).
30 Sept. 1922 (No. 70)-7 Oct. 1922 (No. 76).
10 Oct. 1922 (No. 78)-11 Oct. 1922 (No. 79)
12 Oct. 1922 (No. 80)-17 Oct. 1922 (No. 84).
Bound editions:
26 July 1922-5 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 10-19).
18 Aug. 1922-26 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 30-38).
29 Aug. 1922-7 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 40-49).
2 Sept. 1922-11 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 45-52).
8 Sept. 1922-19 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 50-59).
12 Sept. 1922-15 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 53-56).
16 Sept.-25 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 57-64).
20 Sept.-30 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 60-69).
30 Sept. 1922-6 Oct. 1922 (Nos. 70-79).
'The Fenian' was an Anti-Treaty newspaper providing the republican perspective on the course of Civil War hostilities. The paper warns that ‘insidious attempts have been made within the last few days by the English King’s Provisional Ministers to spread the rumour that a truce had been achieved. Under cover of this they hope to weaken the splendid morale of the republican troops and then attack them when off their guard’. The editions were bound together with a note indicating that they belonged to ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.], Church Street’.
Republican War Bulletin
Republican War Bulletin
IE CA IR-1/8/3/6 · File · 9 Aug. 1922-27 Oct. 1922
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

The file comprises:
9 Aug. 1922 (no. 1);
12 Aug. 1922 (no. 3);
15 Aug. 1922 (no. 5). 2 copies;
22 Aug. 1922 (no. 7). 2 copies;
1 Sept. 1922 (no. 10). 2 copies;
5 Sept. 1922 (no. 12);
16 Sept. 1922 (no edition number). Title page has a drawing ‘With the IRA (somewhere in Ireland)’ by Constance Markievicz;
17 Sept. 1922 (no. 15). 2 copies;
27 Sept. 1922 (no. 19);
28 Sept. 1922 (no. 20). Title page has a drawing ‘Free Staters in Action’;
1 Oct. 1922 (No. 21). Title page has a drawing ‘With the Dublin Brigade, IRA’ by Constance Markievicz;
8 Oct. 1922 (no. 23). 2 copies;
22 Oct. 1922 (No. 30);
27 Oct. 1922 (No. 33).
The issue of 8 Oct. 1922 is annotated on the reverse ‘G.K. 544 N.C.R., A.F. M. Philips. It was found in an envelope with a manuscript annotation: ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.]’.
Recollections of Irish Capuchin Friars
IE CA CP/1/2/15 · Item · c.1960
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

Draft recollections of deceased Irish Capuchin friars compiled by an unknown author (but certainly by another friar). The texts are titled ‘Some who have gone before’ and ‘Predecessors / A Capuchin Reverie’. The text includes personal recollections of:
Fr. Leonard Brophy OFM Cap. (1869-1930)
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 27 Apr. 1930)
Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (d. 11 Jan. 1935)
Fr. Fidelis Neary OFM Cap. (d. 22 June 1932)
Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931)
Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. (d. 20 June 1939)
The text also refers to several friars who have been given pseudonyms such as ‘Philemon’, ‘Junius’, and ‘Marcion’. The text includes references to Fr. Albert’s role in the 1916 Rising and in the later revolutionary period. It reads: ‘He felt, as few did, the piercing griefs of the young widows of Easter Week. Often would he visit them of an evening. … He made friends with the wistful little son and daughter who were orphaned by the bullets that took [Thomas] MacDonagh’s life away, and who were made motherless by the cruel waves that closed over the drowning body of the patriot’s bride [Muriel MacDonagh drowned in the sea off Skerries, County Dublin, on 9 July 1917]. For them he had a special corner in his affections. All his heart went out to that wee pair, so tragic, so utterly lonely’. The file also includes an attached clipping referring to the re-interment of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Rochestown Capuchin Cemetery on 14 June 1958
Inventory of Property and Debts
IE CA CS/2/4/6 · Item · Apr. 1908
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

List of members of the Capuchin community, Church Street. Sixteen priests and four lay brothers are noted. The list includes Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC, Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OSFC, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Vicar, and. Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC. The debt of the community is stated to be £746 1s 11d. It was noted that this figure represents a decrease on the figure of £1,314 6s 7d referred to in the Provincial Chapter of 1907. The property is listed as ‘church, monastery, garden (about 1 acre)’ with an annual rent of £166 9s 0d. Four lots are held freehold and nine lots under lease. Figures are also supplied in the respect of male and female members of the sodalities attached to St. Mary of the Angels including the Third Order of St. Francis, and the Sacred Thirst and the Scared Heart fraternities.
House Receipts
IE CA CS/3/7/1 · File · 1926-1934
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

General house receipts for 1926 to 1934. Includes bills of costs and receipts associated with the funeral expenses of Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, former Provincial Minister (d. 24 Nov. 1926), and Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OSFC (1867-1931).
Deceased Capuchin Friar
IE CA PH/1/143 · Item · 1931
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A glass stereo plate of what appears to be deceased Capuchin friar in a coffin. This is probably an image of a deceased Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931). A duplicate of this plate is extant at CA-PH-1-36-C.