Paul Mary Pakenham - Family Background: 7 (seven) newspaper cuttings attached to 4 (four) foolscap pages on the Earl of Longford (Lord Edward) who died on 04.02.1961. He was Fr. Paul Mary's great- grandnephew and brother of the present Earl (formerly Lord Frank Pakenham who himself had converted to Catholicism - see 2/2/1/8). Cuttings are as follows: (1) Looking Back Longford House, (2) Irish Theatre Loses Vigorous Patron, (3) A Man Born For An Earlier Age.(4) Lord Longford A Man Of Letters And The Theatre, (5) Funeral Of Lord Longford, (6) Lord Longford Laid To Rest and (7) one that makes specific reference to Fr. Paul Mary - "The Pakenhams Produced Noble Sons and Daughters". Worthy of note: Lord Longford is interred in Mount Jerome Cemetary, only a stone's throw from the grave of his great granduncle, Fr. Paul Mary.
Paul Mary Pakenham - Family Background: article from Empire/Sunday Express of 24.6.1956 by Lord Pakenham (later the Earl of Longford) in the series "Why I Became a Catholic". This one is titled "Prayer Was Answered". He tells of his conversion and mentions his great-granduncle, Fr. Paul Mary Pakenham
Paul Mary Pakenham: Death - letter from Lady Louisa Pakenham to Vincent Grotti. Sends her thanks for his kindness in writing to inform her of Paul Mary's death
Paul Mary Pakenham: Life - A "camaulye" on the life and death of Fr. Paul Mary Pakenham. A note on the bottom of the page says it was sung by Mr. Peter Fagan, Moortown, Castlepollard, the then only living singer of this ballad.
Paul Mary Pakenham - The Passionist: Colour illustration of a portrait of Fr. Paul Mary, issued around 1910 -1920 (2 copies), together with a small photograph of the portrait containing the photographer's details. The history of this portrait is contained in chapter 8, page 8 of Bro. Laurence Carr's Recollections of Fr. Paul Mary (see 2/2/4/7 or typescript of it at 2/2/4/12). The portrait now hangs in the long parlour at Mount Argus. See also 2/2/4/13-16 for other material on the portrait.
Paul Mary Pakenham: Death - letter from his sister, Kate. Sorry to hear of his illness. She set off at once on receipt of Fr. Vincent's kind note. Asks that he write to her at her own house, 36 N. Gt. Georges St., when he is ready to see her. [N.B. This request seems to confirm the statement in Laurence Carr's Recollections, where he mentions that Paul Mary was visited by his sister, whom he apparantly did not recognise (see p 6 of 2/2/4/7 or p 4 of the typescript 2/2.4/12) While there are four pages of paper only 2 are written on.
Paul Mary Pakenham: Death - cutting from Evening Mail column headed "Dublin Yesterdays". Quotes from an announcement in The Nation of 7.03.1857 referring to the death of Paul Mary.
Paul Mary Pakenham - Convert: Letter from Rev. Edward Mundell, All Saints, Margaret Street, in reply to a letter, evidently from Joseph Smith, concerning Margaret Chapel, which was served by Rev. Upton Richards and where Captain Pakenham attended. It was replaced by All Saints, finished in 1859. A book, "Quam Dilecta" (out of print, but available in British Library) might give information.
Paul Mary Pakenham - Army Life: Letter from The Adjutant, Royal Military College, Camberley, Surrey to Fr. Joseph Smith. Encloses form giving details of the career of the Honourable Charles Reginald Pakenham in the college. Explains that the commission was ante-dated (see 2/2/2/2 for the actual form).
1852009 Paul Mary Pakenham: 1891058 Joseph Smith: MS note in Fr Joseph Smith's hand writing of information given him by a J. Fitzgerald, Castlerea, "Monday morning after Mission": A conversation between McCloskey, a stage-coach driver, and Pakenham on religion, may have helped towards his conversion.
