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An article titled ‘Recollection of the ‘Irish Insurrection (1916)’ by Seán M. O’Duffy, 30 Casimir Road, Kenilworth Park, Dublin. With a cover letter to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. in which O’Duffy notes that the article includes ‘special reference to the North King Street area’.

Personal recollections, family history and local folklore in Donegal collected by Peadar MacMahon and submitted to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The memoir includes a short chapter titled ‘Anahire or Aultcrum / Ards House / Creeslough’.

A compilation of recollections of Irish Capuchin friars compiled by an unknown author (but certainly written by another friar). The text contains miscellaneous remembrances and accounts of several friars including:
Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap.
Fr. Cassian O’Shea OFM Cap.
Fr. Dermot O’Reilly OFM Cap.
‘The National Friars’ (Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.). Includes the text of a ‘short talk broadcast (in both news bulletins) by Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., from Saorstát Stations, October 18th’).
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap.
Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (references his editorship of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and outlines his routine in terms of managing the publication and his several notable acquaintances).
Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap.
Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap.
The second half of the volume appears to contain the texts of sermons or possibly retreat notes.

Draft recollections of deceased Irish Capuchin friars compiled by an unknown author (but certainly by another friar). The texts are titled ‘Some who have gone before’ and ‘Predecessors / A Capuchin Reverie’. The text includes personal recollections of:
Fr. Leonard Brophy OFM Cap. (1869-1930)
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 27 Apr. 1930)
Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (d. 11 Jan. 1935)
Fr. Fidelis Neary OFM Cap. (d. 22 June 1932)
Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931)
Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. (d. 20 June 1939)
The text also refers to several friars who have been given pseudonyms such as ‘Philemon’, ‘Junius’, and ‘Marcion’. The text includes references to Fr. Albert’s role in the 1916 Rising and in the later revolutionary period. It reads: ‘He felt, as few did, the piercing griefs of the young widows of Easter Week. Often would he visit them of an evening. … He made friends with the wistful little son and daughter who were orphaned by the bullets that took [Thomas] MacDonagh’s life away, and who were made motherless by the cruel waves that closed over the drowning body of the patriot’s bride [Muriel MacDonagh drowned in the sea off Skerries, County Dublin, on 9 July 1917]. For them he had a special corner in his affections. All his heart went out to that wee pair, so tragic, so utterly lonely’. The file also includes an attached clipping referring to the re-interment of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Rochestown Capuchin Cemetery on 14 June 1958