The fonds consists of the correspondence and papers of Capuchin friars detailing their involvement with participants in the national struggle. The majority of the material dates from 1916-1925 and includes many records highlighting the roles played by Irish Capuchins in ministering to republican leaders and their relations. Of particular interest is a large collection of prison letters including the correspondence of some of the leading figures of the Irish Revolution. The fonds also contains a large collection of republican publicity material, newspapers and miscellaneous items of ephemera and artefacts mostly relating to the military and political campaign organised by nationalists for Irish independence. A smaller collection relating to the repatriation of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. from the United States to Ireland in 1958 is also extant.
A group portrait of several Capuchin friars outside the Capuchin Friary on Church Street in Dublin. The photograph may have been taken on the occasion of a jubilee celebration for Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. The group includes: Standing at door: Fr. Benedict Phelan OFM Cap. (1874-1947) Second row, first on the left: Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953) Second row, second on the left: Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (1861-1935) Second row, third on the left: Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1875-1965) Second row, fourth on the left: Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. (1856-1926) Second row, fifth on the left: Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962) Second row, sixth on the left: Br. Leo Cronin OFM Cap. (1859-1949) First row, first on the left: Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1975-1950) First row, second on the left: Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (1870-1957) First row, fourth on the left: Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. (1835-1919)
An image of several Capuchin friars posing on a donkey and cart in the countryside near Inistioge in County Kilkenny. The group includes Seated on donkey: Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1881-1961) Standing at rear, second on the left: Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935) Standing at rear, third on the left: Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962) Seated on cart, front, first on the left: Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921) Seated on cart, third on the left: Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950)
