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Correspondence of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. with P.J. McLoughlin & Company, Ardnacassa, Longford, Mount Salus Press Ltd., Sandymount, Dublin 4, and Aerofilms Ltd., 6 Elstree Way, Borehma Wood, Hertfordshire, re the taking of aerial photographs of Ard Mhuire Friary for reproduction in postcard prints.

Report of Fr. Paul Murphy OFM Cap., chaplain to Letterkenny Regional Technical College in County Donegal (10 May 1983). The file also includes a prospectus and student union’s handbook for the college (1982-3).

Letters from the Most Rev. Anthony McFeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1909-1986), to Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. thanking the Capuchin friars for placing Ard Mhuire at the disposal of diocesan priests for their annual retreats. Bishop McFeely also refers to the plans for the Friary. He writes: ‘We understand, of course, that the future of Ards presents you with a difficult problem; we only hope that the Fathers can remain’.

Short biographical histories and chronologies by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. of Fr. Bryan McDonnell OSFC (1716-1782) and Fr. Michael Collins OSFC with particular reference to their ministries in Cork. References are made in the biography of Fr. Collins to extracts from Fr. Nicholas Archbold’s 'Historie' and Fr. Robert O’Connell’s 'Historia' which refer to his life.

Fragmentary notes by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on a variety topes relating to historical Capuchin friars from Cork and the history of the South Parish in the city.

Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Bound in hard covers with printed titled: ‘News cuttings’. The volume includes cuttings of articles relating to local history, antiquarian interest and charity sermons and retreats given by the Irish Capuchins. The volume includes the following articles:
• Report on a sermon in Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, by the Rev. Dr. Lyster on Fr. Agathangelus and Fr. Cassian, two Capuchin martyrs. [Nov. 1905].
• Report on the laying of the foundation stone for the Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC Memorial in Holy Trinity Church. 'Cork Examiner', 13 Sept. 1906.
• Report on the dedication of the Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC Memorial Extension in Holy Trinity Church. 'Cork Examiner', 20 Apr. 1908.
• Report on ceremonies in Holy Trinity Church, for the Feast of Portiuncula. Includes the sermon preached by Fr. Anselm Kenneally OSFC, Definitor-General. Aug. 1909.

Copy schedules and affidavits prepared for the High Court of Justice of Ireland (Probate Division) in relation to the personal estate and effects of Robert Warner, late of 71 Penrose Quay, Cork. The schedule includes property on Charlotte Quay held under lease (4 Dec. 1844) for 800 years subject to a head rent of £60; premises on Queen Street held under lease (1 Mar. 1845) for 800 years subject to a head rent of £25; and premises on Penrose Quay held under lease (27 Sept. 1875) for a residue of a term of 999 years subject to a head rent of £30 per annum during the life of Sarah Deaves. See also CA HT/2/1/2/25.

Negative searches in the Registry of Deeds for acts, deeds and wills affecting premises on Charlotte Quay formerly occupied by William Clarke, William Regan and Daniel Murphy. The schedule specifies that the search was for all acts by certain named persons (William Clarke, Sir William Saint Lawrence Clarke, Lady Elizabeth Barbara Clarke Travers, Francis MacNamara and Nicholas Daniel Murphy) from circa 1781-1877.

A bound volume with a manuscript title on the spine which reads ‘Irish history’. The content of the volume is extremely varied and includes newspaper clippings, photographs, printed fliers, and original ephemera relating primarily to the Irish Revolution. The volume is not paginated. The volume includes the following:
• Photographic prints of paintings of various Irish nationalists, writers, and public figures such as Patrick Sarsfield, Luke Wadding, Edmund Ignatius Rice, Daniel O’Connell, James Stephens, Lord Charlemont, Robert Emmet, William Smith O’Brien, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Isaac Butt, Peadar Ó Laoghaire, Arthur Griffith, and James Connolly.
• Original postcard prints of many of the 1916 Rising leaders.
• Memorial cards for Terence MacSwiney and Cathal Brugha.
• Photographic prints of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral.
• Photographic print of the deceased Thomas Ashe.
• Postcard print titled ‘Dr Kathleen Lynn and the ‘Republican Triplets’
• Irish Volunteer photographs.
• Original photographs relating to the War of Independence, released prisoners, invitation cards and ephemera re the first Dáil meeting in January 1919.
• Numerous photographic prints of the commemoration on O’Connell Street of the 1916 Rising anniversary in 1941 (the prints were published in the 1942 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’),
• A print titled ‘British Army Leaves the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, 1922’.
• Postcard print titled ‘Enniscorthy leaders of the Rising’.
• Images of Thomas Ashe’s funeral.
• Photographic print of National Amy troops at Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin, 1922.
• Original Constance Markievicz material.
• An image captioned ‘Freemasons’ Hall, Dublin, 1922’.
• Original Frank Fahy prisoner material.
• Postcard prints of the Catholic Emancipation centennial celebrations on Watling Street Bridge, Dublin, 1929.
• An hand drawn illustration of ‘Tintown’ at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, 1923.
• Republic of Ireland Bond Certificate, 1920.
• Thomas MacDonagh images.
• Terence MacSwiney material.
• An image of Noel Lemass in the Mansion House, Dublin, 1915.
• Material relating to James Montgomery (Press Censor).
• A Charles Stewart Parnell Christmas card, 1880,
• A postcard image of the Cenotaph, Leinster House, Dublin.
• Original photographs of Éamon de Valera.
• A manuscript poem in Irish titled ‘To the Taoiseach after the Storm’ by Pádraig De Brún.
• Several images of the funeral of Michael Collins, Dublin, 1922.
• Political postcard cartoons relating to Irish Revolution.
• Images of Molly Childers and Seán T. O’Kelly.