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A view of the early medieval monastic site at Clonmacnoise on the banks of the River Shannon in County Offaly in about 1930.

Programmes for concert performances at Father Mathew Hall. The file includes fliers for concerts by the Father Mathew Choral Society, in aid of the Brian Boru Fete (1914), by the Colmcille Branch of the Gaelic League (1918), for the Annual Colmcille Concert (1920), 'The Colleen Bawn' by The Mathew Choral Union (Easter 1920), and for a pageant titled 'Scenes from the Life of St. Patrick' (1921).

A postcard print of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church and adjoining Capuchin friary viewed from the opposite bank of the South Channel of the River Lee in Cork.

An image titled 'Fr. Kelly’s Church in the heart of the Flats'. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Typical flat country with occasional roads thro it. But he [Fr. Kelly] has very few residents in such a place. He is very old now and I expect we shall be asked to take it later. He has his own house and four mission churches attached – all built by his own parishioners’ hands’.

Photographic print of the cloister in the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The print is pasted onto card.

Copy print of the rear of St. Mary of the Angels as seen from Bow Street. The main entrance to the adjoining Friary building is seen on the left. The copy black and white print is possibly taken from 'The Capuchin Annual'. An annotation (in the hand of Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) reads ‘Capuchin Church from Bow Street’.

Copy note re Harry Clarke stained glass windows in Holy Trinity Church in Cork. It is remarked that the 'windows were designed and made in the studios of Clark[e] and Son under the supervision of Harry Clarke RHA (now deceased. 1933) and erected in the Franciscan Capuchin Church, Cork, 1928 / The above is in the handwriting of the late Fr. Martin [Hyland OFM Cap.] and he remark[s] that it is a true copy of that supplied by Mr. Clark[e]'. This typescript copy note is pasted into the volume at p. 7.

Letter from Louis J. Walsh (1880-1942) to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., guardian, Ard Mhuire Friary, welcoming the arrival of the Capuchins in County Donegal. He writes: 'I hope … above all that the Holy Mass is being offered up every morning in the halls where alien lords revelled and plotted against our religion and our race. … Your monastery will add wonderful richness to the spiritual life of Tír Chonaill and of Ulster and bring down countless blessings on us all'. He also suggests that Ard Mhuire Friary would serve as an excellent location ‘in which lay men could make retreats’.

Postcard prints of interior arrangements and altars for Catholic worship onboard several White Star Line ships including the ‘Majestic’, ‘Megantic’, ‘Olympic’, ‘Homeric’, and ‘Calgaric’.

A photographic print of the Marian Grotto at the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown, County Cork.