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The subseries comprises a small collection of papers relating to the Irish Catholic priest and novelist Canon Patrick Sheehan.

Sheehan was born in Mallow in County Cork on 17 March 1852. He was educated at St. Colman’s College in Fermoy. He studied for the priesthood in St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth, County Kildare (1869-75). Sheehan was ordained on 18 April 1875 for the Cloyne diocese and sent on mission to England, where he served in Plymouth and Exeter. He returned to Ireland in 1877 to take up a curacy in his native Mallow. He was appointed parish priest of Doneraile in County Cork in July 1895. In 1903 he was appointed to the Cloyne diocesan chapter; hence he is most frequently referred to as ‘Canon Sheehan of Doneraile’. He was a prolific and successful author, writing a series of articles and essays on a variety of topics, and several novels, including ‘Geoffrey Austin, student’ (1895) and ‘The triumph of failure’ (1898). His most popular work was ‘My new curate’, published in 1900. Much of his writing centred on the issues faced by priests engaged in parochial work in rural Ireland. Sheehan took a keen interest in promoting modern agricultural methods, especially in tillage and dairy farming. He held weekly meetings with his parishioners in Doneraile and advised them in negotiations with their landlords following the passage of Land Purchase Act (Wyndham Act) in 1903. Sheehan also maintained a life-long friendship with the agrarian agitator William O’Brien (1852-1928). Canon Sheehan was diagnosed as suffering from cancer in 1910. Following a lengthy residence at the South Infirmary in Cork, he died on 5 October 1913. He was buried at the entrance to his church in Doneraile. A bronze statue of Canon Sheehan by Francis William Doyle Jones (1873-1938) was unveiled not far from his grave in October 1925.

Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., the editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, was interested in Canon Sheehan’s literary career. Much of the material listed here was compiled for a special supplement marking the centenary of Canon Sheehan’s birth published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ in 1952. A good portion of the original material was seemingly acquired by Fr. Senan from Presentation Sisters who resided in Doneraile and who were acquainted with Canon Sheehan during his lifetime.

A bound volume compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. containing letters, clippings, and ephemera relating to Canon Patrick Sheehan. A manuscript note by Fr. Senan on the opening page reads ‘Canon P.A. Sheehan / 1852-1913’. Some of the commemorative material is original and was seemingly collected by Fr. Senan and pasted into the volume. The file includes:
• A postcard portrait print of Canon Sheehan titled ‘The Author of ‘My New Curate” etc’.
• ‘Supplement to the “Cork Free Press”, October 18th, 1913 / The Late Canon Sheehan, P.P., D.D. Doneraile’.
• Postcard prints of the ‘Lady Altar and War Memorial, the Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Boniface, Plymouth’.
• Clippings and correspondence relating to ‘The Capuchin Annual’ prize for an essay on Canon Sheehan marking the centenary of his birth (1952). The correspondents include Sister M. Stanislaus (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork), Winefride Nolan (Aughrim, County Wicklow), Thomas MacGreevy, P. Invers Rigney, Liam Brophy, and Fr. John O. Buchmann (Saint Leo’s Rectory, Irvington, New Jersey).
• Letter from Francis William Doyle Jones, sculptor, 2 Wentworth Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London, to a Mr. Gallagher, returning the books and photographs which he had sent him. Doyle Jones completed a memorial statue of Canon Sheehan in Doneraile in 1925. The letter is dated 12 Oct. 1925.
• Letters from Sister M. Conception and Sister M. Benignus (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork) to Fr. Senan forwarding information, recollections, clippings, notes, and suggestions for content on Canon Sheehan to be published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. (Sept.-Oct. 1951; Feb. 1952).
• Letter from Sophie Raffalovich O’Brien to Fr. Senan regarding her article on Canon Sheehan. (3 Oct. 1951).
• Clipping of an article titled ‘Canon Sheehan at home in Doneraile’ published in ‘The Irish Monthly’ (Aug. 1915).
• Clipping of an article by P. Thompson titled ‘Canon Sheehan / Priest and Novelist / The Mission of a Great Munsterman’. (‘Cork Examiner’, 20 Jan. 1934).
• Poem titled ‘In Memory of Rev. Canon Sheehan’ by “Lis Mor” published in ‘The Leader’ (6 Feb. 1915).
• Clipping of an article by Professor William Frederick Paul Stockley titled ‘Canon Sheehan and his People’ (‘The Kerryman’, 21 Mar. 1934’).
• Clipping of an article titled ‘Concerning the author of “Luke Delmege”’ published in ‘The Irish Monthly’ (Dec. 1902).
• Postcard print of Lisdoonvarna with annotations (by Fr. Senan) identifying Fr. Tim O’Keeffe, Fr. Horgan PP, and Canon Patrick Sheehan. The photograph was most likely taken at Lisdoonvarna Spa in County Clare (c.1905).
• Typescript article by D.L. Kelleher titled ‘Canon Sheehan: Philosopher and Friend’. Includes a transcript of a letter from Sheehan to Kelleher dated 27 Aug. 1913.
• Memoriam card for Canon Patrick Sheehan ‘who died on the 5th October 1913 / aged 61 years’.
• Clipping of a poetic tribute by Maurice R. Cussen to the late Canon Sheehan ‘for the unveiling of his memorial statue at Doneraile’ (‘Weekly Examiner’, Oct. 1925).
• Clippings of photographic prints of the unveiling of the statue (by Francis William Doyle Jones) of Canon Patrick Sheehan in the churchyard in Doneraile (‘Cork Examiner’, 19 Oct. 1925). Manuscript notes identifying the individuals present in the photographs are attached. The notes were probably written by Sister M. Conception, Presentation Convent, Doneraile.
• Clipping of article reporting on the funeral of Canon Patrick Sheehan (‘Weekly Free Press’, 15 Oct. 1913).
• Typescript copy of a ‘Resolution of Regret from the Charleville Irish Land and Labour Association’ on the death of Canon Sheehan. Taken from the Weekly Free Press (18 Oct. 1913).
• Copy reflections on the life of Canon Sheehan by Sister M. Ita O’Connell and Sister M. Conception (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork).
• Photographic print of the three-storey parochial house in Doneraile, the former home of Canon Patrick Sheehan. (c.1951).
• Clippings from the ‘Cork Examiner’ re the centenary celebrations of the birth of Canon Sheehan in Mallow, County Cork. (10 Nov. 1952).
• Photographic prints of a bust of Canon Sheehan by Joseph Higgins (1885-1925).

Letters of Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (1905-1972). Correspondents include Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary; Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister; Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister; Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. Most of the correspondence relates to developments in the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia and to a lesser extent in the Cape Province, South Africa. The subjects include: the arrival of Fr. Jerome MacQuillian OFM Cap. and Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap. in Northern Rhodesia. (18 Aug. 1935); the establishment of the Lukulu Station in Barotseland. (1 Sept. 1935); Fr. Casimir Butler’s desire for chaplaincy work in Parow Parish, South Africa. (10 Dec. 1935); co-operation with the Holy Cross Sisters. (20 Dec. 1935); work on the Sancta Maria (Lukulu) training school and the need for each Rhodesian Mission Station to have spiritual books for ‘retreats and ordinary reading’; arrangements for the arrival of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. and Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. (5 May 1936); the establishment of a Prefecture for the Barotseland Mission (13 July 1936); enclosing a copy of the annual report on the Irish Capuchin Mission in Northern Rhodesia. (28 July 1936); the appointment of Fr. Killian as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls. (11 Aug. 1936); Fr. Killian’s investiture as Prefect Apostolic (25 Nov. 1936); negotiations with the Paris Missionaries regarding the limits of the Sancta Maria Mission at Lukulu. (1 Jan. 1937); enclosing a copy of the 1937-8 report for the Victoria Falls Prefecture. (14 Sept. 1938); the boundaries of the Parow and Athlone parishes, Cape Town, South Africa. (6 Nov. 1939); the health of Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap. (9 Nov. 1939); an outbreak of the bubonic plague at Sancta Maria Mission and the dangers of transferring priests from Europe to South Africa due to the U-Boat threat (18 Mar. 1940); the proposed new status for the Irish Capuchin houses in the Cape Province, South Africa. (13 Oct. 1940); the position of interned ‘alien priests’ in Northern Rhodesia (25 Apr. 1941); the arrival of Polish refugees in Livingstone. (12 Aug. 1941); the ill-health of Fr. Damascene McKenna OFM Cap. in Northern Rhodesia (5 June 1942); the provision of doctors in Catholic Mission Centres. (23 June 1944); the Katima Muliho mission station. (11 Dec. 1944); copy report on the state of the Northern Rhodesia mission sent to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. (28 Jan. 1945); a proposal to circulate a local mission magazine. (19 May 1945); the jubilee letters of Fr. Phelim O’Shea and Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon (24 June 1945); extending an invitation to the Irish Sisters of Charity to establish a ‘foundation for coloured work in this Prefecture’ (31 Dec. 1948); the pressing need for more priests to be sent to the Northern Rhodesian Mission (28 Aug. 1949); the arrival of Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap. and Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. (22 Nov. 1949); on the need for priests to take ‘sociological courses’ before departing for Africa. Fr. Killian wrote ‘I am becoming more and more convinced that not by Baptisms alone is Africa going to be converted and that priests must be thoroughly versed in sociological principles. How can anyone keep the Commandments in a modern African compound hut?’ (11 Feb. 1952).

Quest book for Kilkenny city. Manuscript title to front cover: ‘City Quest, Fr. Guardian’. The entries are listed under the family name of the residence (or business) and the amount subscribed.

Ledger containing various receipt accounts associated with the operation of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. An annotation on the front cover reads: ‘1944 from F.M. Hall and F.M. Feis account’. Entries (pp 1-4) are noted as ‘miscellaneous’. Entries (pp 5-103) are listed under company or supplier names such as Dublin Corporation (rates’ payments), Revenue Commissioners (income tax payments), the 'Irish Press' (for printing of advertisements). Inserts include invoices and bills of costs from various companies.

Correspondence relating to the supply and delivery of index cabinets, drawers, and shelving units for the library of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The file includes correspondence from Banba Furniture Co., 1-3 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin; Libraco Ltd., Lombard Wall, Woolwich Road, Charlton, London; Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Church Street.