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A letter from Denis Ireland, 62 Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.

A letter from J.J. Campbell, 27 Old Cavehill Road, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to his comment on the ‘Orange Terror’ article by ‘Ultach’ in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to her views on partition and the forthcoming content on the same subject in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She wrote ‘The infirmities of old age prevent me from active work, but leave me more time for thought, and I believe that on the ending of partition Ireland’s destiny depends …’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to the issue of partition. She affirms that she ‘is one of those banned from entering the 6 counties and have been twice arrested for crossing the border’.

A clipping of an article promoting Christmas cards produced by the girls’ branch of the Catholic Action Organisation (CAGO). One of the cards is titled ‘Our Lady of the Blackout’. (Volume page 67).

An invitation card to an exhibition of the paintings of Paul Henry at Combridge Gallery on Grafton Street in Dublin. (Volume page 88).

A print titled (on the reverse): ‘Turf / Lunchtime on the bog / Turf workers on Clonsast bog, County Offaly’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell.

An image of two Irish Army armored cars on manoeuvres in the countryside during the wartime 'Emergency'.

A letter from Sir John Loader Maffey (1877-1969), ‘United Kingdom Representative to Éire’, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., thanking him for sending a copy of the 1942 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter and signed print of Micheál Ó Ciánain (Michael Keenan), a piper from Shercock in County Cavan, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. His letter refers to a local tradition regarding Andrew Campbell (1711-1769), the Bishop of Kilmore, who was known as the ‘the Piper Bishop’ during the Penal era. Ó Ciánain explains how the prelate ‘disguised himself as a piper’ with the instrument serving as ‘a Bell to call the flock together at a time when no Bell could be heard’.