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A mall pouch annotated on spine with ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / X’. The pouch contains letters to Father Rope from Fr. Joseph Keating SJ, editor of ‘The Month’ from 1912 to 1939. ‘The Month’ was a Catholic review magazine published by the English Province of the Society of Jesus. The letters refer to literary matters and contributions by Father Rope to the periodical.

A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and ephemera with extensive annotations by Fr. Henry Rope on events relating to the Irish Revolution, the Civil War, the position of Catholics in Northern Ireland, and Anglo-Irish relations. Typescript annotation on inside front cover reads ‘The Revd. H.E.G. Rope, Plowden, Lydbury North, Salop.’ Manuscript title to the volume (on first page) reads ‘Occasional Notes on Ireland (1923)’.
The contents include:
• Clippings from various publications and periodicals including ‘The Leader’, ‘Éire / The Irish Nation’, ‘The Irish World’, ‘The Catholic Times’, ‘The Standard’, ‘An Phoblacht’, ‘The Irish Times’,
• An article titled ‘De Valera’s Designs / Issues in Southern Ireland’ (‘Morning Post’, 24 July 1924, p. 10).
• A review of Daniel Corkery’s ‘The Hidden Ireland’ (‘Catholic Times’, 26 Nov. 1926, p. 21).
• An article on the first death of a hunger striker, ‘Republican Bulletin’ (21 Nov. 1923, p 24).
• An article titled ‘Archbishop Mannix welcomed at Waterford / Freedom of the city conferred’ (‘Cork Examiner’, 13 Aug. 1925, p. 34).
• ‘Nationalities and languages / Specially contributed by Professor Stockley’ (‘Waterford News’, 13 June 1924, p. 39).
Inserts include ‘An appeal for a Catholic and National Monument / St. Patrick’s XV Centenary Memorial (1932) and a flier for the Central Catholic Library, 16 Hawkins Street, Dublin.

An extract from an article by Capt. Francis McCullagh titled ‘The Return of the Franciscans to Tyrconnell’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1931), pp 33-8. The article refers to the establishment by the Capuchin friars of the Ard Mhuire novitiate in the former Ards House in County Donegal.

'News from Basutoland and Barotseland', No. 12 (Dec. 1931). A monthly publication on the work of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in Africa.

List of benedictions at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary approved by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963). An addendum reads ‘Novenas for Feasts of St. Francis and Immaculate Conception. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament on First Fridays (monthly retreat)’. With typescript copies signed and dated 21 Dec. 1952.

Memorandum by Monsignor Bruno Wolnik SJ (1882-1960), Prefect Apostolic of Broken Hill, re the establishment of the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland. He writes: ‘As soon as a piece of land is chosen and granted by the Paramount chief, settle there and start a few temporary buildings’.

Letter from John Connolly to Father Edmund Comerford CM regarding the buying-out of ground rents at Sweetman’s Avenue, Blackrock.

Letter regarding development of property on Temple Road.