A volume containing copy correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘Father Senan OFM Cap. / Private / 3 February 1953’. Contains copies of Fr. Senan’s personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. A partial alphabetical index of correspondents is included in the opening pages of the volume. Includes Fr. Senan’s copy letters to Fr. John Bosco Lennon OFM Cap., Archbishop Gerald O’Hara (Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland), Sister Imelda Cassidy (Loreto College, 43 North Great George’s Street, Dublin), Johanna Coakley, Fr. Terence J. Connolly SJ, Alan Downey (‘Waterford News’), Patrick Fanning (‘Offaly Independent’), Joan Hammond, John English & Co. (printers), Doran Hurley, Monsignor Richard J. Glennon, Fr. Gilbert Bermingham OFM Cap. Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., Richard King, Robert Monteith, Kathleen M. Murphy (poet and travel writer), Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap., T.J. Molloy (‘Independent’ Newspapers), Henry F. Meagher (Knockmore, Killamallock, County Wicklow), Thomas MacGreevy, Fr. Patrick McDaid, Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Sister Mary de Pazzi, Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien, Seumas O’Brien (sculptor, dramatist, fabulist), Tomás Ó Ríain, Terence O’Hanlon, Séamus Ó Cearbhaill, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Ellen Murnane (41 East Main Street, Portland, Connecticut), Leonard J. Schweitzer, Sister Josephine (Convent of Mercy, Cork), Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Victor Waddington, Fr. Basil Wrighton, and Jack B. Yeats. A lengthy copy letter from Fr. Senan to Richard King refers to ongoing financial difficulties in the Capuchin Publications Office and to a dispute with the artist (13 Jan. 1954), pp 188-202.
A volume containing copy correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. A manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘Father Senan OFM Cap. / 27 July 1951’. However, the copy correspondence covers dates from 1953 to 1954. The file contains copies of his personal letters, correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office with references to acute financial difficulties in the office, and Fr. Senan’s prolonged ill-health. Includes Fr. Senan’s copy letters to James Comyn (Fountain Court, Temple, London), James A. Glennon (116 East 92nd Street, New York), Albert Dryer, Sister Imelda Cassidy (Loreto College, 43 North Great George’s Street, Dublin), Fr. Jerome Hawes TOSF (Mount Alvernia Hermitage, Cat Island, Bahamas), Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap., Richard King, Máirín Cregan (Kindlestown House, Delgany, County Wicklow), Sister M. Joseph (Presentation Convent, Clondalkin, County Dublin), Fr. John Bosco Lennon OFM Cap., Archbishop Gerald O’Hara (Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland), Leonard J. Schweitzer, Joan Hammond, Frieda Le Pla, Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Canon J. Lane (Presbytery, Cahersiveen, County Kerry), Eddie Doherty (Madonna House, Combermere, Ontario, Canada), James D.B. O’Toole, Archbishop John D’Alton, Doran Hurley, Daphne Pochin Mould, Fr. Louis O’Meara OFM Cap. (Wilmington, Delaware), Sister M. Gertrude (Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Cahiracon, Ennis, County Clare), Br. Laserian O’Connor OFM Cap. (Capuchin College, Rochestown, County Cork), Fr. Vianney Cashell OFM Cap., Kathleen O’Connell (Government Buildings, Dublin), Josephine Moynihan (Dominican College, Eccles Street, Dublin), Edward A. Beatty (114 Rathgar Road, Dublin), and Fr. Daniel R. Conway OFM Cap. (Saint Fidelis College, Herman, Pennsylvania). A copy letter from Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (but in the hand of Fr. Senan) to J.J. O’Conor, Manager, National Bank, Smithfield, Arran Quay, Dublin, refers to the ‘terrifying dimensions’ of the Capuchin Publication Office’s debt (18 Jan. 1954), pp 41-3; A copy letter from Fr. Senan of Joseph O’Connor reads ‘I have been here for twenty-six years now and my dearest wish for many months is to get out of the place! Some of the staff naturally enough of course are taking it rather badly – Mollie Baxter, for instance, who has been secretary to the office for twenty-five years; Jo Crean who has been a most devoted and efficient member for many years …’. (7 May 1954), pp 141-3.
A volume containing copy and draft correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Gilt title to spine reads ‘Minute Book’. Contains copies of Fr. Senan’s personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘Father Senan OFM Cap. / Private / 1954’. However, the volume includes copy letters from 1944 to 1957. Includes Fr. Senan’s copy letters to Fr. John Bosco Lennon OFM Cap., (4 Sept. 1957, refers to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Alfred Chester Beatty and Éamon de Valera), Sister M. Conception (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork), Paul Martin Dillon (‘The Evening Times’, Cumberland, Maryland, United States), Doran Hurley, Fr. Peter Keane OMI, Seán Neeson, Domhnall Ó Corcora (Daniel Corkery), Bishop Denis J. Moynihan, Fr. Donal O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Sister M. Dolorine, Fr. Pacificus Jennings OFM Cap., Kevin MacManus, Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap., John Joseph Hearne (Irish Ambassador to the United States), Thomas MacGreevy, R.F. Browne (Chairman, Electricity Supply Board), Joan Hammond, Fr. William Ferris (St. Michael’s Church, Ballylongford, County Kerry), John Alvin Feltis (Toledo, Ohio), Pádraig De Brún, John English & Co. (printers), Willem Sassen (Pedro Lagrave, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Michael A. Bowles, Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Fr. Jerome Hawes TOSF (Mount Alvernia Hermitage, Cat Island, Bahamas), Maud Gonne MacBride, C.P. Curran, ‘The Irish Weekly’, Peter F. Anson, Fr. Percy Jones (Saint John’s, Clifton, Melbourne, Australia), Fr. Emil Heiring (Norwood, California), John J. Sheehy (25 Castle Street, Tralee, County Kerry), Seán Moylan, Sister Leonarda (St. Joseph’s, Toronto, Canada), Myles Farrell, A.J. Connolly (Principal Officer, Department of Industry and Commerce, Dublin), Fr. Louis A. Gales (Catechetical Guild, 128 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota), Sister M. Leonard (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin), Frank Saurin (Hospitals’ Trust Ltd., Merrion Road, Dublin), Barry Fitzgerald, James Mason, Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Brinsley McNamara, Maurice Walsh, Fr. Marius McAuliffe OFM (Franciscan Friary, Maryfield, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, refers to the death of his brother, Fr. Frank Moynihan, p. 63), Michael O’Higgins, Clyde Twelvetrees, Máirín Ní Chatháin, Pat Lawlor (Wellington, New Zealand), Joseph McGrath (Cabinteely House, County Dublin), Seán O’Duffy (50 Cashmir Road, Harold’s Cross, Dublin), Germaine Stockley, Sister M. Kevin (Convent of Mercy, Ardee, County Louth), Seumas MacManus, Denis MacDonald (Irish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome), John Hennig, Máirín Allen, Denis Gywnn, John Ford, Frank Fahy, Gerald Boland (Minister of Justice), Frieda Le Pla, Seán MacBride (Roebuck House, Clonskea, Dublin), Dr. Colm A. McDonnell, Jack Horgan (8 Ballymun Road, Glasnevin, Dublin), Fr. Maurice O’Dowd OFM Cap., Fr. Francis J. Tucker (Prince Rainer’s Palace, Monaco), Molllie Baxter (43 Seapoint Avenue, Monkestown, County Dublin), Robert Brennan, Fr. William Purcell CM (Rector, All Hallows College, Dublin), Sister Mary de Pazzi (Rosemount, Booterstown, County Dublin), Sister M. Agnes (The Convent, Larne, County Antrim), Bríd Breathnach (384 Clontarf Road, Dublin), Chief Superintendent Harry O’Mara, Bishop Daniel Mageean, D.L. Kelleher, Fr. Stephen J. Moloney O.Cist. (Mounty Melleray Abbey, County Waterford), Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Cashell OFM Cap., Marie Kelly (67 Poodle Park, Kimmage, Dublin), Ann O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Jack Dempsey (61 Tolka Park, Finglas, Dublin), Archdeacon J. Lane (Presbytery, Cahersiveen, County Kerry), Michael F. Moynihan (2 Capel Street, Dublin), E. Nally (37 Terenure Road North, Dublin), Hector Legge, Fr. Anslem Moynihan OP (Dominican Priory, Cork), Teresa Cahillane (Duagh, Camp, County Kerry), Bernard Sheppard (Saint Conleth’s, Clyde Road, Dublin), Reginald Lawless (27 Arklow Street, NCR, Dublin), Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, Fr. Carmelo Durante of Sessano OFM Cap., Ida Monahan, Mariano de Yturralde (Spanish Ambassador to Ireland), Liam MacGabhann (Beaumont Estate, Churchtown, Dublin), Archbishop Gerald O’Hara, Paddy Reynolds, Peter F. Anson, Mary Wren, (Servite House, 17 The Boltons, London), Bartholomew Murphy (57 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin), Francis McCullagh, Donal O’Cahill (27 High Street, Killarney, County Kerry), Sister M. Pius (Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin), T.J. Molloy (art editor, ‘Independent’ Newspapers, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Ann Connor (384 Clontarf Road, Dublin), Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., J.J. O’Leary (Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, County Kerry), C.J. Scarffe-Cody, Fr. J.J. O’Connor (Presbytery, Castlegregory, County Kerry), Seumas Rourke (Saint Aidan’s, Roebuck, Dundrum, County Dublin), Dr. George A. Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Kevin P. MacManus (art department, ‘Independent’ Newspapers, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Captain Eoin de Blacam, Michael J. Lennon, Ann O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Tadhg Gahan, Margaret McDonnell (Dalguise, Monkstown, County Dublin), Fr. Francis Regis (Bishop’s House, Kumbakonam, India), and Josephine Moynihan (Meenascarthy, Camp, County Kerry). Includes the draft a speech made by Fr. Senan for the Na Fianna hurling and football club in Dublin (20 Apr. 1956, p. 114-6), and a draft article titled ‘Tertiary Activities’ (3 May 1956, pp 121-4).
A copybook containing copy and draft correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The file contains copies of his personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Some of the letters refers to the pilgrimage to Rome organised by Fr. Senan and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. which included Senator Margaret Pearse, Cormac Breathnach, and Thomas MacGreevy. Includes Fr. Senan’s copy letters to Fr. Gerard Fassler OFM Cap. (Mahenge Mission, Tanzania), Fr. Frederick Lynk SVD (editor, ‘The Christian Family’, Evanston, Illinois), Adolf Morath (photographer), William Monk Gibbon, Cormac Breathnach (Lord Mayor of Dublin), Cadogan Travel Bureau (Sloane Street, London), Joseph O’Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Jarlath A. O’Connell, Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Sister Eveleen Coyle RSCJ (Convent of the Sacred Heart, Armagh), Sister M. Gertrude (Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Cahiracon, Ennis, County Clare), Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap. (editor, ‘The Cowl / A Capuchin Review’), Archbishop John Charles McQuaid (refers to admissions to Trinity College Dublin), and Bernard Halliday (bookseller, Leicester, refers to the letters of ‘William Gladstone and Sherlock’ which Fr. Senan has purchased as a ‘collector of autographs of Irish interest’, 13 June 1950).
A copy letter from Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. relaying information on the burial of Fr. Louis de Lavagna, an Italian Capuchin friar, in the old St. Mary’s Church in Toronto, Canada.
A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ describing his company’s march from the Phoenix Park to Dublin city centre and to skirmishes with rebels occupying the Four Courts which resulted in the deaths of several fellow soldiers. He also refers to the incompetence of his commanding officer. He affirms that he is currently guarding the approaches to Dublin Castle. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 3rd Letter’.
A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ giving an account of the opening hostilities of the Easter Rising. Reference is made to skirmishes, ambushes, and military casualties around the Four Courts on the North Quays and the General Post Office on Sackville Street in Dublin. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 1st Letter’.
A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ referring to attacks on the magazine fort in the Phoenix Park and on Dublin Castle during the Rising. Lynch also refers to various rumours such as a plan to shell the Four Courts and the arrival of army reinforcements from England. He also mentions the successful use of a ‘locomotive boiler casing on a Guinness motor wagon’ to assault rebel-held positions. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 2nd Letter’.
A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ referring to his company taking positions in a cinema on Dame Street during the latter stages of the Rising. He notes that the cinema had previously been ‘occupied by Sinn Feiners who had been driven out by the bayonet, and the walls were bullet marked in several places’. He also describes the shelling and destruction of Sackville Street and the North Quays. He affirms that his duty was to ‘prevent the Halfpenny Bridge being used as a way of [rebel] escape to our side of the river’. He later describes the capitulation of some of the rebel garrisons, and particularly the surrender of Constance Markievicz. He refers to the mistakes made by the rebels during the insurrection and to the ‘unchecked looting’ which took place. He also suggests that ‘a noticeable change took place’ upon the arrival of General Sir John Maxwell. Thereafter the fighting ‘took an ordered course’.
Reference is also made to the youth and inexperience of the British soldiers, the casualties suffered by the army, and the reasons for their heavy losses. Incidences of indiscriminate shooting and civilian deaths are also mentioned. Lynch wrote ‘Personally, I never used my rifle through the whole of the trouble, not that I would have done so had I seen a definite enemy’. Finally, Lynch expresses his opinions on the reasons for the outbreak of the Rising. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 5th Letter’. An annotation in pencil on the second page reads ‘Charles M. Lynch / 29 Antrobus Street, SW1’. The annotation is dated 28 January 1942.
A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ providing further details of exchanges of fire with rebels in the Four Courts area. He also refers to a ‘damnable’ incident in which an older civilian was shot by his commanding officer. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 4th Letter’.