Povince: Foundations/Houses; Skehard: letter with PHOTOSTAT: BiSHOP Clancy of Elphinm Hishop's House, Sligo, to Fr. PHILIP Coughlin, CP, Provincial. General has rejected idea of no church, and this Bishop regrets. Thinks that Skahard would make excellent juniorate for a possible Irish Province. (place is as good as Esker (C.SS.R.) and tho' no church there'd be a lot of work.
A clipping of an article (with illustration) on Poulaphouca Bridge in County Wicklow.
Post-visitation recommendations from Father Richard McCullen CM to the Vincentian Community in general and to the students and seminarists at Blackrock.
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1941-1971 88 items
Correspondence re recruiting Irish girls for missionary life abroad. Archbishop insists that formation should be entirely in Ireland Holy Cross (Belfast); Dominican (Cork; Bandon; Crosshaven); Holy Ghost (Mount Bellew) Franciscan (Falcarragh, Rossinver, Mullingar, Mallow); Incarnate Word (Dunmore, Newmarket on Fergus).
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1941 - 1971 56 items
Correspondence re recruiting Irish girls for missionary life abroad. Archbishop insists that formation should be entirely in Ireland St Joseph (Warrenpoint, Newry); Mercy (Timoleague, Ardfert); Sacred Heart (Clones), Presentation (Bailieboro', Castleconnell).
CONVENTS OUTSIDE IRELAND
Postulants & Community, Wheatfield Belfast
The Passionist Congregation, St. Patrick's ProvinceIncludes; questions asked of Presentation Postulants on their Reception into the Presentation.
A poster advertising Hamish Fraser’s lecture titled ‘From Communist to Catholic’ in the Mansion House in Dublin on 9 March 1952. Fraser was a Scottish communist who fought with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Following his conversion to Catholicism, he became a staunch anti-communist journalist.
A poster for a benefit performance of two plays by Patrick Pearse in Foresters’ Hall on Parnell Square (formerly Rutland Square) in Dublin in about 1919. The plays were ‘The Singer’ (written in 1915) and ‘Íosagán’ (initially published as a short story by Pearse in 1907 and adapted as a play in 1910). Foresters’ Hall, located at the rear of 41 Parnell Square, was built in 1912 for the Irish National Foresters (INF). The event was organised in aid of St. Enda’s School. The poster was printed by The Gaelic Press.
A poster advertising an ‘Aeridheacht’ (or open day) at St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Patrick Pearse regularly organised an ‘Aeridheacht’ on the grounds of the school to support Scoil Éanna. These events were also used to promote the Irish language, music, sports, and customs.
Aloysius Gentili, Coventry, England
Photocopy of a poster advertising a retreat which took place in the Catholic Church on Hill Street, Coventry, England, on 22 May 1845 which was given by Aloysius Gentili and M. Furlong, Rosminian missionaries.