Correspondence and papers assembled by John (Seán) Henebry (also known as Eoin de Hindeberg), a younger brother of Fr. Richard Henebry. John Henebry died in 1937. The file includes several postcards written (in Irish) by Fr. Richard Henebry to his brother while on the continent in 1913. The photographic print shows an unidentified coastal location. The file also includes a letter from Patrick J. Merriman (Registrar, University College Cork) to John Henebry on his regret that Fr. Richard’s ‘manuscript on Irish music cannot be found’, adding ‘it is a loss to the country’ (25 Apr. 1916). Other letters (Fr. Patrick Power and Joseph Downey, Secretary, University College Cork) express condolences on the death of Fr. Richard on 17 March 1916. A note from Sir Bertram Windle encloses two clippings from the ‘Manchester Guardian’ (28-9 March 1916) containing tributes to the late priest. The file also includes a letter (in Irish) to John Henebry from Seán Ó Currín (28 May 1921).
Two views of the elaborate Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
A framed photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), the Irish tenor, dedicated to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. It is signed by his wife, Lily McCormack, and dated 1946.
An image of John McCormack in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. The original caption (credited to the International News Photo Agency) is appended to the image side of the photograph. The caption title reads ‘Irish Thrush [McCormack] on Southern Lark’. It also refers to McCormack’s companions in the image (Betty King of Miami Beach and Terry Lawlor of California) as ‘Two Fair Colleens’. The caption also notes that the photograph was taken at Jack Dempsey’s Cocktail Room in Miami Beach. (Volume page 143).
A photographic print of a group of individuals at the grave of the Irish nationalist John Mitchel in the unitarian cemetery in Newry, County Down. A manuscript annotation on the reverse identifies the individuals. The group includes Kathleen Clarke, Eamon Donnelly, Pat Cunnigham and Edward ‘Eddie’ McAteer.
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Brendan Ó Cathaoir titled ‘John O’Mahony, 1815-1877’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977). The file comprises a copy portrait photograph of Colonel John O’Mahony and a print of a memorial tablet referring to O’Mahony’s role in founding the Fenian organisation.
