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Clipping of an article titled ‘With the Franciscan Capuchins at Ard Mhuire, County Donegal’ by J.D. The article was published in the 'Derry Journal'. The article provides a history of Ards House and refers to the life of the friars in the house with reference to significant geographic and topographical features of the locality.

A bound volume containing pasted-in correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to various members of the Woodlock family. It is likely that Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. compiled the volume from loose letters and records he had acquired. The contents are diverse and relate to very many members (and generations) of the Woodlock family. The volume includes:
• A transcript of ‘An elegy to the memory of my much beloved and lamented friend Mr William Woodlock (born 1741; died 1825) of the town of Roscrea’. The second page of the transcript has family history notes by William Woodlock (1832-1890), including a partial family tree which indicates that William Paul Woodlock was his great-grandfather. An additional entry notes that William Paul Woodlock (c.1780-1834) left Roscrea in 1798.
• A letter to Frances Woodlock from a religious sister in the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Melbourne, Australia. (18 January 1897).
• Memorial card for Anna Louisa Dillon (died 25 February 1916) and interred at the City of London Cemetery in Ilford, London.
• Photographic print. Manuscript caption reads ‘George / William Woodlock Aitken / Juan’.
• Copy letter from William Law, Treasury Chambers, to [William Woodlock] regarding the numbers of magistrates in the Police District of Dublin (16 March 1876).
• Photographic print of a Marist priest. Manuscript caption reads ‘The Rev. M. Cummins SM, St. Mary’s College, Dundalk, Sept. 1867’.
• Memorial card for Domhnall James O’Sullivan. ‘Born at Cork. October 12, 1866 / Died at Bruges Belgium November 1, 1884’.
• Manuscript text by William Woodlock titled ‘To the high-borne noble lady Elisabeth von Eichthal’.
• German text referring to Frances Mary Woodlock.
• Photographic print captioned ‘Arthur Woodlock Feb. 1875’.
• Letter to Frances [Woodlock] from Sister A. Hudson, Brighton. The letter mainly refers to family news. The letter is undated.
• Clipping of a letter from Sister J. Carroll RSC, Sacred Heart Convent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, giving an account of a fire which destroyed the convent and adjoining school and her role in the rescue of all the children in her care. (12 February 1908).
• Copy marriage certificate of William Woodlock and Frances Dillon (4 February 1865). The certificate is extracted from the registry book of the Parish of St. Patrick, Cork. The copy was made on 18 December 1893.
• Card marking the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of William [1801-1883] and Catherine Woodlock in Dublin on 13 May 1829. This William Woodlock was the father of William Woodlock (1832-1890), the barrister and Dublin Police Court Magistrate.
• Advertisement for a series of articles by Thomas F. Woodlock (1866-1945), the former editor of ‘The Wall Street Journal’. The articles were published by Columbia Press with the title of ‘The Catholic Mind and the Modern World’. (1946).
• Clipping of an article reporting on the funeral of William Woodlock. The article notes that Woodlock died on 12 June 1890 (aged 58). It reads ‘The remains of the late Mr. William Woodlock JP, one of the Divisional Police Magistrates of Dublin, were removed this morning from his residence, Mounty Square, for internment in Glasnevin Cemetery … the burial service was recited by the Most Rev. [Bartholomew] Woodlock, Bishop of Ardagh’. The article notes that Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock was William Woodlock’s uncle.
• Clippings of obituaries for Thomas F. Woodlock (1866-1945). The clippings are taken from ‘The Universe’, ‘The Times’ and ‘Irish Independent’. Reference is made to his Irish connections, noting that he was born in Dublin and that he was the elder brother of Fr. Francis Woodlock SJ (1871-1940) and a grandnephew of Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock (1819-1902).
• Notice re the funeral of Catherine Woodlock (née Teeling), who was born in Dublin on 14 June 1808 and who died in Bruges, Belgium, on 3 March 1885. Catherine Woodlock was the mother of William Woodlock (1832-1890), the barrister and Dublin Police Court Magistrate.
• Memorial card for William Woodlock ‘born in Dublin on 10 November 1801 and died in Bruges, Belgium, on 29 May 1883’. This William Woodlock was the father of William Woodlock (1832-1890), the barrister and Dublin Police Court Magistrate.
• Clipping of an article reporting the resignation of Bartholomew Woodlock as Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (‘Irish Times’, 12 October 1894).
• Clipping of a short death notice for William Woodlock, ‘one of the Divisional Magistrates of Dublin’. (‘Irish Catholic’, June 1890).
• Photographic prints captioned ‘Christine Aitken and John Aitken’ and ‘F. W.’s Niece / Kathleen Aitken’.
• Correspondence of William Woodlock with his mother and father. (1843-1860). The letters refer to personal and family news and to the younger William’s travels in England and in Europe.
• Clipping of an article reporting on the death of Miss Mary Woodlock born in Dublin on 25 August 1841, and died in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on 30 August 1896. It is noted that Mary Woodlock was the niece of Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock (1819-1902). (‘The Catholic News’, Port-of-Spain, 4 September 1896).
• Clipping of an article by John O’Connor titled ‘Thomas F. Woodlock: Apostle of Truth’ (‘Ava Maria’, 12 Jan. 1946).
• Clipping of an obituary and appreciation for Ellen Woodlock (‘Cork Examiner’, 16 July 1884).
• Letter from Sir Dominic Corrigan (1802-1880), 4 Merrion Square West, Dublin, to ‘Fanny’ (possibly Frances Woodlock). (1 December 1872).
• Letter from William Corrigan, 13 Hardwick Place, Dublin, to Frances Dillon [his future wife], 7 Sidney Place, Cork. (13 September 1864).
• Photographic print of two women and their dog overlooking Bray Head in County Wicklow. No indication of the identities of the two women is given, but it is very likely that they are members of the extended Woodlock family. The railway line in the background of the photograph is the Bray to Greystones route, which first opened in 1855, and includes tunnels and viaducts designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859).
A loose letter is also extant in the file. The letter from William Woodlock is in German and is dated (at Blackrock, County Dublin) 16 April 1852.

Photographic prints relating to an article on the World Council of Churches. The file was compiled for an article on ecumenism by Fr. William J. Sullivan CSSp. in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967). The photographic prints include:

• Eugene Carson Blake (1906-1985), general secretary-elect of the World Council of Churches and Dr. Willem Adolph Visser’t Hooft (1900-1985), the retiring general secretary.
• Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom (1866-1931), a Swedish Lutheran clergyman and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1930).
• Dr. John Raleigh Mott (1865-1955), former president of the World Council of Churches and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1946).
• The Most Rev. Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929), an American Episcopal bishop.
• Dr. Nikos Nissiotis (1924-1986), a Greek Orthodox religious philosopher.

The file comprises mostly single sheets and clippings from editions of 'Young Ireland (Ėire Og)'. Complete editions include: 21 May 1921 (No. 17); 16 July 1921 (No. 24); 23 July 1921 (No. 26); 12 Nov. 1921 (No. 42).

A copy of 'Zambia Capuchin News' (Vol. 2, Nos. 1-6), a publication edited by Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Malengwa. The principal sections are: Professions at Kasita; a meeting of Capuchin Formators of East Africa; a course for Capuchin Formators; Br. Malachy Breslin OFM Cap.; the visit of the Mission Secretary; the Capuchin Heritage Programme.

Prints showing Capuchin friars at the Zambian Special Chapter held in Lusaka in December 1983. Manuscript annotation on the reverse of the black and white print identifies the participants including Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. and Fr. Michael Duffy OFM Cap.

Fragmentary Christmas cards used by the Capuchins friars in Zambia. One of the cards has been used by the friars in Mangango and is dated December 1992. With some enclosed original Zambian postage stamps.

Prints showing Capuchin friars (both Irish-born and local brothers) and various churches in Zambia. Many of the prints have been annotated on the reverse:
The perpetual profession of Br. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. in Livingstone, 3 Oct. 1999.
Br. Charles Chishimba OFM Cap. with Fr. Silvester Flynn OFM Cap. in Assisi House, Lusaka, 10 Dec. 1999.
Retreat group at Assisi House, Lusaka on 10 Dec. 1999. The group includes Fr. Silvester Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Damien Loughrey OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. and Fr. Bede Dolly OFM Cap.
Altar servers in Malengwa in 2000.
Building work on the extension to St. Conrad’s Friary, Lusaka in 2000. The extension was completed in May 2001.
Friars at a retreat given by Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. in St. Kizito, Monze, Zambia, in 2001.
Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. with Fr. Godfrey Sinvula OFM Cap. at a silver jubilee celebration in Mongu in Apr. 2003.
Friars at a retreat in St. Kizito, Monze, Zambia in April 2005.
Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. at Mangango in 2005.
Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap. at a Corpus Christi Procession in Chinyingi in 2004.
Sunset over the Zambezi River in Chinyingi in 2004.
Bridge in the mist over Zambezi at Chinyingi in 2004. This footbridge was built by Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap.
Building a new church at Makanga village, Chinyingi, in 2004.
Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap. and Sr. Immaculata ‘stuck in the mud just after the Sitaka turn-off heading towards Chinyingi during the rainy season in 2004’.
The church at Chinyingi.
A canoe crossing the Zambezi River at Senanga.
Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. and Fr. Bede Dolly at Kaoma.
The Capuchin Friary in Mahenge, Tanzania.
Br. Ephrem Onyanga OFM Cap. (Kenya), Br. Dominic Chanda OFM Cap. (Zambia), Br. Francis Chilufya OFM Cap. (Zambia) and Br. Deogratias Mwageni OFM Cap. (Tanzania).
Br. Michael and Br. Mishek at St. Bonaventure’s College, Lusaka, in Zambia, in 2006.
Br. Lawrence Katongo OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., and Br. Dominic Sanou OFM Cap. at Morogoro, Tanzania, on 29 Oct. 2005.
Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. and Br. Raphael Mwito OFM Cap. at Mangango.
Br. Rod Pieretti OFM Cap. at the site of the proposed St. Joseph’s Home in Livingstone.
Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap. and Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. in Lusaka on 25 Aug. 2002.
Fr. Daniel and Br. John (a newly-professed Zambian friar) at Mangango mission in April 2001.
Br. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. (ordained a priest in 2001).
Friars of the Zambian Vice-Province with Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap. in Lusaka.
Fr. Beatus Kinyaiya OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Tanzanian Capuchin Province.
Zambian Vice-Province Retreat Group at St. Kizito, Monze, Apr. 2002. The group includes Br. Mattew Gormley OFM Cap.
Fr. James Connolly with Angolan refugee children in the Catholic church at Mayukwayukwa refugee settlement in the Kaoma district, Zambia, in Apr. 2001.

Bound volume containing photographic prints of missionaries mainly in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The prints do not have accompanying captions. The album includes images of religious sisters (mainly Holy Cross Sisters) with African children, performing health care duties (including neo-natal care) and religious instruction (communion classes). There are also some prints of the Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Bishop of Livingstone. The volume also contains some images of churches mainly in Northern Rhodesia. It appears that several prints have been removed from the album.