A view of James (Jamesie) O'Flaherty in Kilronan, the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, in about 1935. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads: ‘A special kind of footgear has been developed for negotiating the slabs of limestone with which the island is covered. Called the “Pampootie”, it is contrived of raw cowhide. In the photograph, an islander is seen making himself a pair of these novel shoes’.
Memoriam card for Fr. Dominic O’Connor. The card notes his role as chaplain to the Lord Mayors of Cork, Tomás Mac Curtain, and Terence MacSwiney. It also states that he died ‘in exile for the Republic of Ireland at Bend, Oregon, USA, 17th October 1935’.
An image captioned as follows 'Pupils of the Mullholland School of Dancing, Belfast, who won the St. Michael's Cup for Hornpipe (under 16) at the Father Mathew Feis, Dublin'. The clipping was taken from the 'Irish Press'.
A letter from Francis McCullagh (1874-1956) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to photographs relating to the Russian Civil War and the Soviet Union which he sent to the Capuchin Publications Office. He also refers to an Irish translation of a 1798 ballad published by George Sigerson (1836-1925).
