Patent appointing Father Henry O’Connor CM (then Visitor) superior of Saint Joseph’s, Blackrock.
Draft of indenture appointing trustees for CM property at 30 Cabra Parade Parade in the Barony of Coolock, County of Dublin.
A clipping of an appreciation of Douglas Hyde by Agnes O’Farrelly. The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (15 July 1949).
A clipping of an appreciation of the late Erskine Childers by Lily O’Brennan who acted as his personal secretary in 1921. The letter was addressed to the editor of the 'Irish Independent' but the clipping was seemingly taken from the ‘Irish World’ (22 December 1922).
Your Grace, my dear Archbishop,
With the approach of st. Josephs
cast. day I cannot resist writing to
thank you for your kindness in al-
lowing us to work in your great Arch-
diocese and now giving the initial
blessing to what will be destined as
a home for our Divine Lord and the
Sisters.. My heart is filled with a
humble and joyous gratitude.
is a dream of seven years realized.
God wanted it, since you gave the
permission, your Grace St. Joseph
has a particular care of it, I have no
oulet May he enable his daughters
to further the reign of Jesus, his son
through their devotion to Him in
His sick and suffering members
In spirit and in prayer I shall
be present on the 19th. and trust
to be in Dublin for the Blessing
on May 1st. You can present
she? It will be at the beginning of her month
With this joy came the news of dear
Sister Bernadettes serious condition
Fiat. It grieves me that I cannot
suffer for her I hope her patroness, dear
little Bernadette of the Apparitions wil
obtain great graces for her and if it
.
is Gods Will her complete cure. I
know you will pray for her your
Grace
Every day you are faithfully re-
membered in my grateful and filial
prayers and especially during this
month dedicates to our Patron
and Father. Surely he has some
special favors for you who have
been kindness itself to me, and
to our Congregation
My own personal needs urge me
to humbly beg your prayers and
blessings while I remain, your
A copy of Hilda E. Allberry, ‘Approach pattern: an Irish traveller’s impressions of the Soviet Union, autumn 1950’ (Dublin, 1951). The booklet has a preface by Seán O’Casey and a cover illustration by Harry Kernoff. Hilda Allberry (also known as Hilda Verlin) was part of a delegation of sixteen women from Scotland, England and Ireland who were invited to visit Russia by the Soviet Women’s Anti-Fascist Committee in Moscow. The booklet was published by the Ireland-USSR Friendship Society.
1892: APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS.
Aloysius De Parma, Minister General,
(Min.Gen.1889-1897).
This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.
A view of two inhabitants of the Aran Islanders off the coast of Galway on Ireland's western seaboard in about 1940.
An image showing the use of currachs to unload supplies for communities on the Aran Islands in about 1940. The print is titled ‘Aran contacts the World’.