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File containing photographic prints of the old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House), Creeslough, County Donegal. A small number of these prints were reproduced in 'A history of Ards' (1991) by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The file includes:
• A view of corn harvesting in August 1940. The photograph is captioned: Left to right: Paddy McGinley, Paddy Ward, Br. Ronan McCabe OFM Cap., Willie Barr and Anton McBride in the fields around Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A large crowd assembled at the front of Ard Mhuire Friary for a religious ceremony.
• The gates to the demesne of the Ards estate.
• ‘Rear view of Ards House’.
• ‘Ards House from the Flagpole’.
• Exterior (front) views of the gardens and the old Ard Mhuire Friary building.
• The statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the front lawn of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Br. Louis O’Meara OFM Cap. turning the pages of the psalter in the choir (formerly Ards House dining room) in the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A Capuchin friar perusing the bookshelves in the library of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A Capuchin friar talking to a lay individual at the portico entrance to the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Aerial view of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Fr. Columban McGarry OFM Cap. (1901-1987) picking apples in the orchard in the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A view of the Friary from across Sheephaven Bay.
The file also includes a photoengraving plate (mounted on a wooden block) for a photographic image of the old Ard Mhuire Friary. One of the prints has a Christmas greeting from Br. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. and Br. De Sales Cullen OFM Cap.

A bound volume containing clippings of articles chronicling the 1916 Rising by Michael J. Lennon (1891-1966). The articles were published in serial form in the ‘Irish Times’ from 1948-9. The articles appeared under the titles ‘Easter Week Diary I-VI’ (29 March-3 April 1948), and ‘The Easter Rising from the Inside I-VI’ (18-23 April 1949).

A collection of Total Abstinence Society medals collected by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. and other Capuchin friars.
• Silver medal of the Metropolitan Total Abstinence Society. The front (face) shows St. Michael with the winds and the inscription ‘Who is like God’. The obverse: Cruciform text of pledge. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Metropolitan Total Abstinence Society The Rev. A. O’Connell President. Inner rim reads ’26 Nov. 1839’.
• Pewter medal of the Total Abstinence Society. Fr. Angelus notes that the medal is extremely worn and defaced.
• Silver medal of the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland. Fr. Angelus notes that the maker was Woodhouse of Dublin.
• Silver medal of the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland. Fr. Angelus notes that the maker was Jones of Dublin. A green ribbon is attached to the medal. An annotation on the covering envelope reads ‘Presented to Fr. Angelus by Miss Tobin, 13 Killarney Street, Dublin’.
• Pewter medal of the Cork Total Abstinence Society. An annotation on the covering envelope reads ‘Presented to Fr. Angelus by Mr. Cosgrave’. The medal is very worn and defaced.
• Pewter medal of St. Mary’s Temperance Society, Kilkenny. The medal is very worn and defaced. For more information on St. Mary’s Temperance Society see the 'Journal of the American Temperance Union', Vols. 1-4 (1837) at p. 190. It is noted that St. Mary’s Temperance Society has 1,300 members with 100 to 200 members meeting on the evening of the Sabbath under the spiritual direction of the Rev. J. P. O’Reilly. The medal was probably made by Isaac Parkes (b.c.1791-1870). See: http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/isaac-parkes.php
• Pewter medal of the Cork Total Abstinence Society. A note attached to the medal reads ‘Lent by M.A. Rogan, 55 St. Patrick’s Road, Drumcondra’. The medal is very worn and defaced.
• Silver temperance medal. A note in the covering envelope reads ‘Presented by Mr. W. O’Herlihy, 61 Gurranabraher Avenue, Cork, apparently inherited from his grandfather, a married daughter gave it to me. Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., 13 April 1982’. The medal is very worn and defaced.

Leases by Ambrose Moore O’Ferrall, Balyna, County Kildare, to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Patrick Joseph (Columbus) Maher OSFC and Fr. Joseph (Bernard) Jennings OSFC, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the ‘houses known as number 133 and number 134 Church Street (old) with the yard at the rear thereof extending to Bow Street on which the house facing Bow Street and formerly known as number 27 on said street formerly stood … coloured green in the map delineated … [and] secondly the plot of ground on the east side of Bow Street on which the two houses formerly known as numbers 22 and 23 Bow Street stood, and also the plot of ground on which the Charity School formerly stood with passage thereto and on which the Presbytery attached to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, or a portion of it now stands … coloured pink in the map delineated’, for 300 years and in consideration of the sum of £719 12s 0d and at the yearly rent of £51 8s. With annexed hand-coloured map of the premises referred to in the said lease. Scale(s): 44 feet to 1 inch; 16 feet to 1 inch.

Postcard prints of the interior and exterior of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The exterior is taken at the junction of Friary Street with Pennyfeather Lane. Published by 'Kilkenny People' Printing Ltd. There are numerous copies of each print.

'An lóċrann' was established by Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (1883-1964) and was published in Cork. It featured Irish language revivalist literature and articles on Gaelic folklore and music. The file comprises the following editions:
July 1917 (no. 16)
Mar. 1918 (no. 24). Annotation on page 8: ‘Father Albert [Bibby OFM Cap.]’.
Apr. 1919. (no. 37)
July 1919 (no. 40). 2 copies
Dec. 1919 (no. 45)
Feb. 1920 (no. 47)
July 1920 (no. 52)

Letters from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. reporting on his research on the early Irish Capuchins in continental archives including repositories in Troyes and Charleville, ‘home of the Irish Friars of former days’. Fr. Dominic affirms that ‘further communications would be safer if addressed to c/o Mr. Seán T. O Ceallaigh, Grand Hotel, Place de l’Opera, Paris’ (3 Dec. 1919).

Correspondence between Thomas W. Bewley, secretary, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd., and Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. regarding a cheque for £25 given by the directors of Jacobs to the Capuchins as a mark of appreciation ‘for the deep sense of thankfulness that our Factory was spared from serious injury during the time of the recent rebellion’. Includes a copy reply from Fr. Aloysius returning the said cheque. He writes ‘Any services that I may have rendered during the recent sad crisis were such as … any other priest in the same circumstances would render’. Fr. Aloysius suggests that the cheque should more fittingly be sent to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for the Relief of Distress.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors re articles to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Other letters refer to orders and request for the 'Annual', advertising, and expressions of gratitude for complimentary copies. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include from Geoffrey Coulter, Professor J. Weingreen, The Advocate Press (Melbourne), Alison King, Rev. William Grattan Flood, James Lyons, Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Professor Desmond O’Connor, Kevin Faller, Bishop Michael Anthony Harty, Bishop Cathal Daly, Padriac Fiacc, James Lyons, Heinrich Böll, Maura Scannell, T. Ryle Dwyer, Fr. Nelson J. Ruppert OFM Cap., Alan Denson, Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Máire Ní Ceallaig, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Arthur Mitchell, Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Ethna Waldron, Professor J.J. Moore SJ, Professor James C. Brindley, Mannix Joyce, Donal Brennan, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., T. Ryle Dwyer, Desmond Parish, Sr. Bernard Boran, Jim Fahy ('Tuam Herald'), Walter McGrath ('Cork Examiner'), Bryan MacMahon, Maire Scannell, Fr. Cyril Barrett SJ, Mary Mathews, Michael W. Murphy, Dr John P. Cullinane, Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., Professor James P. Carney, Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap., Alan Denson, Arthur Mitchell and Charles J. Haughey.
• A letter to Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. provides some detail on the work of the Irish Capuchin friars in Cape Town, South Africa. (4 Dec. 1973).
• A letter from Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. refers to Fr. Jeremiah Joseph O’Reilly OSFC (1799-1880), the first resident Catholic priest in Wellington, New Zealand (10 May 1973).
• A letter from Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap. gives information on Irish Capuchin missionary work in Zambia (16 Mar. 1973).

‘Irish View Scenery’ cards issued by Gallaher Cigarette Company Ltd. The cards are numbered: ‘No. 60: Father Mathew’s R.C. Church, Cork’; ‘No. 310: Father Mathew Statue, Cork’. The cards were issued by Gallaher Ltd. between 1908 and 1910. The complete set runs to 600 cards. Many of the photographs were taken by Robert John Welch from Belfast, and by William Lawrence, a Dublin-based photographer and studio owner. With a cover letter (dated 18 June 1982) to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. from Walter McGrath explaining their provenance.