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Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors regarding articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes some original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include Veronica MacCarthy, Michael Bowles, Fr. Reginald Walker CSSp., Oliver Snoddy, Fr. Daniel Rebain OFM Cap., Michael Smyth, Jack Lynch, Fr. Nelson Ruppert OFM Cap., Myles O’Farrell, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Hurley SJ, Arthur Campbell, Desmond O’Connor, Fr. Daniel J. O’Donovan, Leon Ó Broin (Catholic Truth Society of Ireland), Seamus O’Meara, Liam O’Doherty, Michael O’Farrell, Beda Brophy, Tom Barry, Seán Boylan, Robert Childers Barton, Cathal O’Shannon, Seán Nunan, Winefride Nolan, Liam Nolan, Fr. Martin Coen, Fr. Ambrose MacAulay, Patrick Boland, General Seán MacEoin, Kathleen Napoli MacKenna, Elizabeth May, Arthur Mitchell, Fr. Patrick Boland TOR, Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, Fr. James W. Kelly, Sidney Ehler, Seamus Fitzgerald, Richard King, Mannix Joyce, Charles J. Haughey, R. MacEvatt, Vivion de Valera, Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap., Michael Bowles, Padraic Og Ó Conaire, John Hinde Ltd., and Bord Fáilte Éireann. Some of the letters refer to payments (honorariums) for articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes letters to Fr. Henry from An Cosantóir, Seán O’Connell, and from T. Ryle Dwyer re his article on the Anglo-Irish Treaty published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1971).
• The letters from Kathleen Napoli MacKenna provide additional detail about her role in the struggle for Irish independence.
• A letter from Robert Childers Barton affirms that he is available for an interview with Fr. Henry and to his ‘memories of Father Augustine [Hayden OFM Cap.] and Fr. Albert [Bibby] OFM Cap.’. 26 May 1970.
• The letters from Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. refer to his article on Père Marie-Benoît OFM Cap. (1895-1990) and his role in assisting French Jews in the Second World War published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1971).

An article on the history of Doe Castle on the shores of Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal. The article was compiled by Sheila MacMahon. A note from the author to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. is extant on the reverse of the last page. The file includes a colour postcard print of a painting of Doe Castle and a short note re the restoration by a local branch of the Legion of Mary of broken or neglected Penal-era Mass Rocks in the area around Doe.

Clipping of articles from 'The Tirconaill Tribune' titled ‘From Ballyvourney to Creeslough / Fr. David of Ards’ and ‘The Death of Fr. David, Ards Friary’ referring to the life of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The articles refer to Fr. David’s experiences as student in Rome during the Second World War, to his life as a friar in the old Ard Mhuire Friary, and to the history of Ards House and its occupants.

File of photographs of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. (1912-1995) at Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal. Some of the prints show friends and relations visiting the friary and adjoining grounds. Most of the prints are annotated with details and dates on the reverse.

Photographic print of Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and (on the left) Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. with the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963), at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal.

Photographic print of a group of Capuchin friars on the staircase in Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House). The group includes Br. Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap., Br. Dermot Barry OFM Cap., Br. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap., Br. David Kelleher OFM Cap., and Br. John Chrysostom O’Mahony OFM Cap.

Photographic print of a group of Capuchin friars in front of a Raidió Éireann van at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. is in the front row (first on the left).

Photographic prints of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. (1912-1995) and Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958) blessing a Holy Year Cross atop Muckish Mountain (Derryveagh Mountain Range, County Donegal) on the Feast of the Assumption (15 August) in 1951. The file includes a note written by Fr. David giving information on some of the people in one of the photographic prints. See also CA DL/6/10.

A letter from Dermot MacIntyre to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. referring to the history of the former Stewart-Bam residence in Ards. An extract from the letter reads:
'In regard to Ards and Ards House, I have just found an old notebook of my father’s. He used to jot down bits and pieces on anything to hand and in this old notebook he has an entry dated, Friday, December 30, 1910. He writes: "Was at a dance in Ards House last night given by Sir Pieter Bam. Charlie Coll and I played for them. Bam came in about 9 o’clock. I did not like it all but would rather be in the poorest thatch house in Doe, with the Gaelic sounding round me, than in the midst of it all. Bam does his best to unbend, but it is plainly an effort and he seems to know himself that it won’t be successful. His wife is outrageously proud. She sat all the time like an incarnate goddess and noticed no one. Such pride is a sin against Heaven. You would think the ordinary people were less than dogs to her. Her sister is not one whit better"'.
Further extracts from his father’s journal refer to the landlord’s relationships with the workers and tenants on the Ards estate, to the histories of various local churches, to a Feis at Doe Castle in 1910, and to the building of the Lough Swilly railway in Donegal.

Clippings (from the 'Derry Journal') re the installation of a Holy Year Cross atop Muckish Mountain (Derryveagh Mountain Range, County Donegal) on the Feast of the Assumption. Includes a photographic print showing Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. and Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958) who blessed the Cross. In 2000, a large metal cross was placed on the summit, replacing the wooden one (erected in 1951) which had been destroyed in a storm. See also CA DL/5/24.