Date: 1519
Author: John Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308)
Publisher: [Paris]: Badius Ascensius, 1519. [Paris, venudantur Josse Bade, 1519].
Full title: 'Scriptum Oxoniense doctoris Subtilis Joannis Duns Scoti Ordinis Minoru[m] Super Primu[m] Se[n]te[n]tiaru[m]: pristin[a]e integritati seposit[is] addititijs: restitutu[m]'.
Physical description: [1], clxi [i.e. clxiii]; 97 ff: fig.; 4°; table; The frontispiece is printed in red and black and framed. Initial xil; Printed in two columns; Some marginal annotations (in Latin) to the text; 29 cm x 20 cm
A copy of the script for a comedic play titled ‘Duty’ by Seumus O’Brien. The play received its first performance in the Abbey Theatre on 16 December 1913. The play is set in the back kitchen of Mrs Cotter’s public house in a rural country village.
Script of 'An Mód in Albain' by Máirín Ni Séaghdha.
Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich agus Eoin Mac Néill (editors), ‘Scríobhnóirí Móra Chúige Uladh / o Mhagnus O Domhnaill (1530) go hEasbog O Gallchobhair (1750)’ (Dublin: Cu Uladh, 1925).
A copy of Seán Ó Currín, ‘Scríbhne Risteird de Hindeberg’ (Baile Atha Cliath: Brun agus Nualan). An edited collection of Fr. Richard Henebry’s writings and speeches published in 1924. Includes a photographic print of Henebry. With a manuscript dedication from the author to Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Several clippings, mostly of reviews of the book (in English), are inserted into the volume. One of the clippings is of an article on the funeral of Nóra Ní Fhoghluda (d. Dec. 1925), the wife of Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’). Several Capuchin friars attended the funeral in the Church of Immaculate Conception in Cork.
Includes; newspaper cuttings, magazine cuttings, photos, and images all related to religion, the Presentation Fermoy and its Tasmanian foundation.
Scrapbook of Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. containing notes relating to his work as a missionary primarily in Northern Rhodesia. Fr. Alfred describes journeying to a village in Barotseland: ‘Enter a village – children run out of it to wave to us, the younger and more timid kids who have never seen a white [man] scuttle and bawl like stuck pigs – probably they have been told if they are naughty they will be handed over to “the big bad white man”’. The memoir contains notes re local customs, death and marriage rituals, village life, pastimes, sanitation, race, witchcraft and superstitions. Other headings include ‘meetings and oratory’, ‘progress towards civilisation’, dancing and ‘African Albinos – saw 2 only up to today, 10 June 1947’. Other sections include notes on the Union of South Africa, the Lozi language and the Bantu people of Northern Rhodesia. With a newspaper clipping of a photograph showing Sir John Waddington, Governor of Northern Rhodesia, and Imwiko, Paramount Chief of Barotse, on the occasion of the Governor’s farewell visit to Barotseland in 1947. Printed stamp on front cover reads: ‘Sancta Maria Catholic Mission. Fr. Alfred O’Mahony. 7th June 1947’.
O’Mahony, Alfred, 1912-1988, Capuchin priestMichael Griffin, Galway, Tom Mitchell
A scrapbook which belonged to Tom Mitchell containing a variety of newspaper articles regarding beauty tips, nature, religion and the unveiling of a memorial to Michel Griffin, a priest from Galway who was killed during the Irish War of Independence.
Includes; photos of Fermoy religious sites and ceremonies, newspaper cuttings containing articles on aspects of religious life connected to Fermoy.