A print titled (on the reverse): ‘Turf / Lunchtime on the bog / Turf workers on Clonsast bog, County Offaly’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell.
A view of the exterior of St. Thomas's Church on Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin. Designed by the architect Frederick G. Hicks (1870-1965), this Anglican church was opened in 1932. It replaced the eighteenth-century St. Thomas's Church on Marlborough Street which was destroyed by fire at the outset of the Civil War in 1922.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from an individual with an address at the Public Service Commission, Albany, New York. The signature is indecipherable. The letter declines an offer to act as a treasurer for Pearse’s St. Enda’s School fund.
Revenue accounts for Patrick Pearse and Saint Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, for the year ended 30 June 1912. The accounts provide details of expenditure and income relating to the operation of the school. Also includes a statement of the financial affairs of the school as of 30 June 1912 with details of liabilities and assets. The accounts were prepared by D. O’Connor, chartered accountants, 13 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. He notes that ‘the statement of affairs was prepared from the books, and from creditors’ statements of account, and from information supplied by Mr. Pearse. The valuations of assets were made by Mr. Pearse’.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The volume includes the number of masses said by various celebrants and the monthly totals of masses offered for the house, for benefactors, for brothers and for various suffrages. The entries are periodically signed by the guardian and by the Provincial Bursar.
Letters to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. mostly seeking research assistance on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes letters from Edmond J. O’Neill, Anthony Lorraine, Fr. Ignatius McCormick OFM Cap., Dr. Kevin O’Brien, Colm Kerrigan, Robert Thompson, Donal O’Cahill, Fr. Benignus-Jan Sosnowski OFM Cap., Michael Foy, John Comerford, John F. Quinn, Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., and Fr. Gregorio Smutko OFM Cap.
Letter from Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne), 23 Suffolk Street, Dublin, to ‘Brother Shannon’ (Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.), St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork, expressing her disquiet that he published the second part of ‘Scéal “Sheandúin” without her permission. She asks for the return of the original manuscript.
A colourized postcard print of Doo Lough (in Irish 'Dúloch') in County Mayo. The postcard forms part of the 'Carbo Colour' series published by Valentine & Sons (Dundee & London). (JV View No. 42685).