The sub-series comprises papers relating to the ministries performed by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to republicans detained after the 1916 Rising. The section includes authorisations from British armed forces allowing Fr. Albert to visit detainees and extracts from various prison letters.
Sem títuloThe receipt reads: ‘Received from Fr. Paul [Neary] OSFC – a small sealed parcel – addressed to Mrs McBride – mother of the late Major McBride. Fred J. Allan, City Hall’. With cover
List of approximately 100 names with various annotations. Listed individuals include Arthur Griffith, Sean Connolly, ‘Miss [Grace] Gifford’, Garret Holohan, John O’Mahony and ‘[de] Valera’. Annotations such as ‘K’ and ‘R’, presumably standing for Richmond and Kilmainham, appear beside some of the individuals listed.
A ‘special number’ of Notes from Ireland (no. 2a, vol. 25) reporting on the ‘Sinn Féin Revolt’. The journal was published by the Irish Unionist Alliance.
A collection of letters sent to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. by republican internees and prisoners including Cathal Brugha, William Partridge, Constance Markievicz and Austin Stack.
Note from C. Burgess [Cathal Brugha], Dublin Castle Hospital, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Franciscan Capuchin Church, Church St. It reads: ‘I should be obliged if you dropped in here any time tomorrow or Friday to hear my confession. As there has been a new regulation made here with regard to the admission of the clergy it might be as well if you brought this card with you’. During the Rising Brugha was severely wounded by a hand grenade, as well as by multiple gunshot wounds, and was initially not considered likely to survive. He recovered over the next year, but was left with a permanent limp.
A letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. referring to his arrival in County Mayo.
Letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. giving an outline of his life and career in the trade union movement.