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Letter from John Henebry (Eoin de Hindeberg) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. He refers to his shock on hearing that some pages from a manuscript written by his late brother (Fr. Richard Henebry) have been lost. He expresses his hope that the 'lost tunes' will be found. The manuscript referred to was published as a ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’ in 1928.

An image of Alderman Alfie Byrne (1882-1956), Lord Mayor of Dublin, with Waterford pilgrims at the Lourdes Grotto at the Church of Mary Immaculate on Tyrconnell Road in Inchicore in Dublin.

A view of the exterior of Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Kilternan, County Dublin, in about 1945. Known locally as 'the Blue Church' (after its Marian color), it was constructed from timber in 1929.

Letter from Earley & Company, stained glass manufacturers, to Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC re questions over liability for works executed in the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.

A clipping from the 'Irish Independent' (6 Sept. 1913) showing Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC (left) at the funeral service for some of the victims of the Church Street tenement disaster. The funeral services were held in St. Michan's Church on Halston Street.

An image of an open-air religious service held on the slopes of Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town in South Africa.

An image of the exterior of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Parow, Cape Town. A printed caption to the image reads 'Father Oliver's beautiful new church at Parow, South Africa / Dedicated on the Feast of Immaculate Conception, 8th December 1935'.

Letter from Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.

A handbill with the text of Reginald Dunn’s final statement at his trial for the murder of Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. He was subsequently found guilty along with Joseph O’Sullivan and both were executed. The text was ‘Reprinted from the Irish Independent, Friday, July 21, 1922’. The text reads ‘We came back from France to find that self-determination had been given to some nations we had never heard of, but that it had been denied to Ireland. We found on the contrary that our country was being divided into two countries ... and that under that [Belfast] government outrages were being perpetrated that are a disgrace to civilisation …’.