'An Stoc' was edited by Tomás Ó Máille (1880-1938). Ó Máille was born in Connemara and was educated in University College Manchester, in Freiburg and later in Berlin. He became professor of Irish studies at University College Galway. Among his published works were 'The language of the annals of Ulster' (1910); 'An Gaoth Aniar' (1920); 'MacDatho' (1927); 'Medb Chriachna' (1934); 'Diarmad Dann' (1936); 'An Béal Beo' (1936). He edited 'An Stoc', which contained Irish poetry, folklore extracts and other forms of cultural revivalist and nationalist literature. 'An Stoc' was published in Galway by Coláiste na h-Iolsgoile. The file contains the following issues:
Dec. 1917. Vol. 1, No. 1
Jan. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 2
Feb.-Mar. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 3
Apr.-May 1918. Vol. 1, No. 4.
Apr.-May 1920. Vol. 2, No. 10.
A draft article titled ‘An tAthair Peadar’. The manuscript provides a short assessment of Peadar Ó Laoghaire’s contribution to Irish language literature. The text was probably compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.
Moynihan, Senan, 1900-1970, Capuchin priestA draft article on the life and work of An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire. The article suggests that ‘an Athair Peadar’s Irish of the People and the autonomous verb have won the day. So, it is not alone for the quantity of his works but for the wide field in which he worked that we have to claim for an Athair Peadar that he is the “Father of Modern Irish”’. The author added ‘He was ordained in 1867, the Fenian year, and his pays his tribute to the Fenian men with the reserve of the Catholic priest reminding us that in O’Donovan Rossa’s paper there was no word of Irish …’. The article appears to be incomplete.
The file contains the following edition of this Catholic national newspaper: 22 Oct. 1948 (Vol. 20, No. 30). The edition carries reports on the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny and the centenary of the founding of the Friary Church on Walkin Street.
A file of editions of ‘An t-Óglách / The Army Journal’ from January 1926 to December 1926. Some of the issues include articles assessing the 1916 Rising.
The file comprises the following editions:
An t-Óglách the official organ of the Irish Volunteers:
15 Mar. 1921 (vol. III, no. 1)-15 Apr. 1921 (Vol. III, no. 4);
1 May 1921 (Vol. III, no. 6)-10 June 1921 (Vol. III, no. 12);
24 June 1921 (Vol. III, no. 14);
2 Dec. 1921 (vol. III, no. 37) – 9 Dec. 1921 (vol. III, no. 38);
An t-Óglách, the official organ of the army
20 Jan. 1923 (vol. iv, no. 32, new series) – 27 Jan. 1923 (vol., iv, no. 33 new series)
An t-Óglách, the army journal
29 May 1926 (vol. iv, no. 20).
The concluding edition in the file contains an article titled ‘Four courts and North King St. Area in 1916’ by John J. Reynolds, referring to the activities of Capuchin priests from Church Street during the 1916 Rising. (pp 3-4).
A copy of ‘An t-Óglách / The Irish Army Quarterly’, Vol. 5, No. 1 (April 1932).
A copy of ‘An t-Óglách / The Irish Army Quarterly’, Vol. 5, No. 2 (February 1933).
A file of editions of ‘An t-Óglach’ from January to October 1930. The file includes an offprint from the publication written by the Marquis Mac Swiney of Mashinglass (Patrick MacSwiney) titled ‘Notes on the early services of “Irlanda el famoso” with reference to recent paper on the Irish regiments in the service of Spain’ (Dublin: ‘An t-Óglach’, printed at Mahon’s printing works, Yarnhall Street, 1930).
James Loughridge, ‘An Ulsterman visits America and tells the world / the story of a pleasant holiday and some interesting experiences with six original illustrations’ (Ballymena: Printed at the “Observer” Office, 1934).