Clippings from 'Country Life' advertising the sale of the ‘well-known and historical Mansion of Ards and its demesne … extending to 2,000 acres’. The file includes photostat copies (and information re) the article.
A letter from David Daly, chief executive, City of Cork Vocational Educational Committee, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. granting him permission to reproduce paintings in the 1940 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
Letter from Patrick Holohan, ‘Number: 975, hut 2, Irish Prisoner … Frongoch, North Wales’ to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin, referring to the provision of religious services and giving news of conditions and prisoners at the camp. Holohan adds ‘I was glad to hear that you were with Heuston when he died as I was very fond of him. It is delightful to see all our leaders being converted to the Catholic faith’. With cover which has been opened by the censor.
Photographic print (black and white) of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. outside the Church Street Friary, Dublin. A woman, carrying an umbrella, and a young boy are following them. The print is pasted onto card and is annotated on the reverse: ‘donated by Mrs. H. Cass, Huntstown, Kilmanagh, County Kildare’. It is noted that the copyright of this image was held by J. Cashman, 13 Manor Place, Dublin, and the 'Irish Press'.
Pass signed by Major J.W. Morel, Assistant Provost Marshal, Dublin, permitting Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. ‘to travel in the streets of Dublin on duty and to visit prisoners where allowed’. Stamped and dated. With un-stamped permit allowing Fr. Columbus ‘to travel anywhere in the City and visit prisoners in Richmond [Barracks]’. Indecipherable signature at bottom of pass.
Letter from W.T. Cosgrave, Reading Internment Camp, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., conveying his sympathy on hearing of the death of Fr. Aloysius’s brother. Cosgrave concludes by declaring his ‘kindest remembrance to all your Fathers – particularly Fathers Augustine and Albert and of course yourself’.
Letter from Clement Shorter (British journalist and literary critic), 16 Marlborough Place, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., thanking him for letter of sympathy on the death of his wife, Dora Sigerson Shorter.