Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The cuttings book includes:
53-54: Reports on the raid by British forces on the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, and the subsequent detention of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Dublin Evening Mail', 18 Dec. 1920; 'Evening Telegraph', 17 Dec. 1920. Includes some cuttings of photographic prints of Fr. Dominic.
55-66: Reports on the court martial and conviction of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. Jan.-Mar. 1921.
67: Reports in the 'Cork Examiner' referring to the ministries of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.,and other Capuchin priests to republicans. 7-9 Nov. 1923.
119-120: Articles referring to the trial and sentencing of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Evening Herald', 10 Jan. 1921; 'Irish Catholic', 5 Feb. 1921.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The volume includes:
• Report on the celebration of the centenary of Father Mathew and proposed completion of Holy Trinity Church [c.1890].
• Obituary of Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC and tribute by Cork Corporation, 'Cork Examiner' 21 Dec. 1904; 'Freeman’s Journal', 27 Dec. 1904.
• Report on the blessing of the new bell at Holy Trinity Church. 24 July 1881.
• The jubilee celebrations at Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork ('Cork Examiner', 18 Feb. 1902).
• Retreat for Third Order at Holy Trinity Church ('Cork Examiner', 20 Mar. 1916).
• Father Mathew Chalice donated to Holy Trinity Church ('Cork Examiner', 16 Oct. 1928).
• The ordination of six Capuchin friars as priests including Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Holy Trinity Church.
• Damage to Holy Trinity Church by ‘English bullets’ and a reference to the tradition of Capuchin support for the Irish independence struggle (7 Oct. 1920).
• The close of the mission in Holy Trinity Church (15 Mar. 1926).
• Reports of damage to Holy Trinity Church during disturbances involving the British military (5 Oct. 1920); Fr. Dominic O’Connor’s recitation of the Rosary for political prisoners held Cork County Gaol (8 May 1920).
• The funeral (with photographic print) of Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap. at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. (3 Apr. 1933).
• Funeral of Br. Louis Daly OFM Cap. in Holy Trinity Church.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The volume includes:
A public meeting in Father Mathew Hall of the Dublin Vigilance Committee in furtherance of the movement for the suppression of evil literature ('Freeman’s Journal', 2 May 1910).
Letters to the 'Freeman’s Journal' re the influence of elements of the Gaelic League on the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin. Includes a letter from Eoin MacNeill (14 Mar. 1912).
Report of the annual retreat of Father Mathew Hall Total Abstinence League of the Cross (c.1914).
‘The Church in America’, an illustrated lecture in Father Mathew Hall by Fr. Leonard Brophy OSFC ('Evening Telegraph', 10 Jan. 1914).
Father Mathew Feis. Statement by Fr. Alphonsus at prize distribution ('Evening Telegraph', 3 July 1919).
Father Mathew Feis Concert ('Irish Independent', 30 Apr. 1919).
Photographic print of the Graignamanagh Temperance Band, County Kilkenny, winners of the first prize at the annual Father Mathew Feis in Dublin in 1913 and in 1914. (See digital image above).
The opening of the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin with a report of the speech given by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., Vice-President of the Feis (5 April 1920).
Results at the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin, 1920.
‘Irish National Insurance Co. Ltd. 1949 “Every hour diary”’ containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to performances, recitals, and musical events at the Father Mathew Hall. Includes notices of winners in various Feis competitions. Most of the clippings contain annotations identifying the paper and date (mostly take from the 'Irish Press', 'Dublin Evening Mail', and 'Irish Independent'). Includes photographic prints of many of the Capuchin friars involved with the Feis (Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.).
Book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Father Mathew Feis. The first page of the volume contains cuttings reporting on the funeral of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (d. 2 May 1957) and the tributes paid to him at the Feis. The remainder of the newspaper clippings cover performances, recitals, and prize winners at the Feis Maitiu. Other cuttings refer to prize winners at Feis Ceoils in Sligo and in Dublin (1957-8). The volume appears to have been originally used a register of members of the Hall (circa Dec. 1920), and as a ledger of books purchased for the Father Mathew Temperance Hall Library (pp 63-9 contains a manuscript ‘list of books received on Feb. 26th 1921’).
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The cuttings include:
3-5: Reports relating to the Bachelor’s Walk shootings in Dublin on 26 July 1914. Includes clippings of photographic prints of the funerals of the three victims: 50-year-old Mary Duffy, 50-year-old Patrick Quinn and 18-year-old James Brennan.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. On page 25 there is a clipping of a report on the funeral of Richard Coleman, Irish Volunteer, in Dublin. 'Irish Independent', 16 Dec. 1918.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The book includes on pp 39-43; 95; 125: cutting of a photographic print of Tomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork with Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. 19 Mar. 1920. Reports on the hunger strikes of Republican prisoners in Mountjoy Jail and later Terence MacSwiney in Brixton Prison in 1920. With cuttings of photographic prints of Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and references to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. 'Daily Sketch', 14-16 Apr. 1920; 'Evening Herald', 7 Oct. 1920. On p. 46 there is a cutting of photographic print of Muriel MacSwiney leaving Brixton Prison just before her husband’s death. 'Daily Graphic', 26 Oct. 1920.
Newspaper cuttings book. The front cover has a manuscript title: ‘Valuable paper cuttings referring chiefly to Cork Friary and Church in [the] early eighties of the 19th Century. Collected by Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC when a student’. The volume contains a numbered index which includes references to the following items:
• The new Capuchin Convent, Cork. 'Daily Herald', 5 July 1884.
• The Church of the Holy Trinity. 'Cork Daily Herald', 2 Dec. 1883.
• The new Capuchin Convent. 'Cork Examiner', 4 June 1884.
• Retreat at Holy Trinity Church. Undated.
• Notice of the General Chapter of the Capuchin Order. 1884.
• Notices of the arrival of expelled French Capuchins in Cork. November 1880.
• Circular appealing for funds for the completion of the Cork Capuchin Church according to the modified design by Pugin & Ashlin. (See CA HT/5/1).
• Article on Father Mathew’s Church, Cork.
• Notice from the 'Freeman’s Journal' regarding the unfinished state of Holy Trinity Church. 1883.
• Several notices of temperance demonstrations in Cork. The index notes that there was ‘no contingent from Holy Trinity – Belgian superiors there at the time’.
• Report on the Bishop of Cork’s blessing of the bell at Holy Trinity Church. The index notes that ‘the bell is now over the choir and sacristy. When we returned from France [in] 1879 the bell on Holy Trinity was cracked’.
• Letter to the 'Tablet', London, regarding the condition of Father Mathew Church, Cork, probably written by Mr. Jerome Murphy, described as ‘a most devoted friend to our community’.
• Circular appealing for funds for the completion of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.
• Report on a temperance demonstration in Cork. 1887.
The volume also contains numerous cuttings of advertisements and articles some of which were taken from French newspapers.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Bound in hard covers with printed titled: ‘Popular Series / Private Christmas Cards’. The volume consists mainly of cuttings relating to local history, antiquarian interests and articles pertaining specifically to Irish Capuchin history. The volume includes the following article:
• The Father Theobald Mathew Chalice in Holy Trinity Church. 'Cork Examiner', 16 Oct. 1928; 'Irish Independent', 17 Oct. 1928; 'The Melbourne Tribune', 6 Dec. 1928.