A flier promoting the Association of Patrons of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The flier refers to the ambitions of the editors of the ‘Annual’ to ‘establish a centre of national cultural activities’ based at the head offices of Capuchin Periodicals on Capel Street in Dublin. It also notes that an exhibition of paintings held in the offices are on exhibition including works by Jack B. Yeats, Patrick Tuohy, Nathaniel Hone, and Seán O’Sullivan. (Volume pages 62-3).
An image of a presentation from Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. to T.J. Kiernan to the mark the latter’s appointment as Irish Minister to the Holy See in 1941. Also present in the photograph are Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Dr James Ryan, and Delia Kiernan (née Murphy).
A photographic print of the funeral of the sculptor Albert Power in Dublin. The mourners include Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. The photograph is credited to the 'Irish Press'.
A photographic print of (from left) Angela Christina MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim, Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Gladys Maccabe and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. The photograph was taken at the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Gladys Maccabe and her husband Max Maccabe at the Dawson Gallery in Dublin.
A clipping of an article advertising the ‘Varnishing Day’ exhibition in the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin. The article includes images of Laurence Campbell’s sculptural busts of Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Bishop William MacNeely, and Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (13 April 1946).
A large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Father Senan & Father Gerald’. The volume contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., editors at the Irish Capuchin Publications Office. It includes images of the sculptural busts of the two friars by Laurence Campbell (1911-2001) and some photographs of both attending various social gatherings. A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan published in the 'Connacht Sentinel' (4 Feb. 1941) is also extant in the volume. It also includes correspondence and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan’s membership of the Mark Twain Society in the United States. The volume is not paginated, and a good portion of the pages are blank.
A clipping of a photograph of a bust of Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. sculpted by Laurence Campbell. The bust was exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy.
A photographic print of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (third from the left) and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. (second from the left) at a social gathering. The identifies of the other individuals in the image has not been ascertained.
A clipping of a photograph of Fr. Gerald McCann with Count Stanislas Ostroróg (1897-1960), French Minister Plenipotentiary to Ireland, inspecting a colour photograph of Pope Pius XII at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Independent’ (27 June 1948).
A photographic print of the opening of an exhibition of the work of the sculptor Clare Sheridan in the Dawson Gallery in Dublin. The image shows Clare Sheridan with Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. who attended the opening. Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. is also present in the photograph.
