A pamphlet and poem reflecting on John Hogan’s marble statue of the Transfiguration. The statue is held in Mount Argus Passionist Monastery in Harold’s Cross in Dublin. The poem asks the reader to remember the ‘weed-grown, cold [and] forgotten’ grave of the sculptor in the cemetery. The poetic tribute was written by John Clarke (1868-1934), a County Antrim-born nationalist and journalist who wrote numerous articles on Gaelic cultural revivalist subjects, often using the penname ‘Benmore’.
A view of the Church of the Four Masters on Main Street in Donegal Town in about 1940. The church was built to designs by Ralph Henry Byrne (1877-1946) and was constructed between 1931 and 1935. It was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1935 by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe.
Photographic prints of the exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary and members of the Capuchin community bathing in the waters of Sheephaven Bay. The prints are date-stamped on the reverse.
Drafts of an article by Séamus Ó Ríain (Dr. James Ryan) titled ‘Dáil Éireann’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). The draft is dated 23 Sept. 1968.
A clipping of an article reflecting on the American tour of Fr. Tom Burker OP, a noted Irish Dominican preacher and historian. Burke visited the United States in 1871. (Volume page 213).
Postcard to Patrick Pearse from an individual in Ballymacahill Inver, County Donegal, seeking a copy of the prospectus for St. Enda’s School and ‘any pamphlets from your pen’. The signature is indecipherable.
