Date: 1727 Author: Honoré Tournély (1658-1729) Publisher: Parisiis, apud viduam Raymundi Mazieres, & Joannem-Bapt. Garnier, Reginae typographos & bibliopolas, viâ Jacobaeâ, sub signo providentiae. M. DCC XXVII. Cum approbatione & privilegio regis Full title: 'Praelectiones theologicae, de ecclesia Christi, quas in scholis sorbonicis habuit Honoratus Tournely, sacrae facultatis Parisiensis doctor, socius sorbonicus, regius & emeritus professor, sacrosanctae capellae regii palatii Parisiensis canonicis. Tomus Primus and Tomus Secundus'.
A postcard print of Wexford Town as seen from the opposite Ferrybank across the mouth of the River Slaney and Wexford Harbour. Printed title on card reads 'Wexford from Ferry Bank'.
A view of the coastal village of Clogherhead in County Lough in about 1940. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Co. Louth / Clogherhead - in the village street'.
The funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney outside St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London, on 28 October 1920. MacSwiney was a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who died on 25 October 1920 in Brixton Prison after a lengthy hunger strike. As chaplain to the Mayor, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar, was at his side during his final days. He was also a prominent mourner at MacSwiney’s funeral. Fr. Dominic can be seen walking directly behind the carriage.
A view of the town of Ennis in County Clare in about 1940. The photograph was taken from the bell tower of the old Franciscan Friary located on Abbey Street in the town.
'An Stoc' was edited by Tomás Ó Máille (1880-1938). Ó Máille was born in Connemara and was educated in University College Manchester, in Freiburg and later in Berlin. He became professor of Irish studies at University College Galway. Among his published works were 'The language of the annals of Ulster' (1910); 'An Gaoth Aniar' (1920); 'MacDatho' (1927); 'Medb Chriachna' (1934); 'Diarmad Dann' (1936); 'An Béal Beo' (1936). He edited 'An Stoc', which contained Irish poetry, folklore extracts and other forms of cultural revivalist and nationalist literature. 'An Stoc' was published in Galway by Coláiste na h-Iolsgoile. The file contains the following issues: Dec. 1917. Vol. 1, No. 1 Jan. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 2 Feb.-Mar. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 3 Apr.-May 1918. Vol. 1, No. 4. Apr.-May 1920. Vol. 2, No. 10.
Telegram from Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. announcing his release from prison. The telegram reads 'Released this morning, happy new year / Domhaugart'.
Copy lease of Robert Warner, Penrose Quay, Cork, shopkeeper, to Fr. Cherubini Mazzini OSFC, Fr. Louis Pellicetti OSFC and Fr. Bernard Precious OSFC, Catholic clergymen, Queen Street, of stores, premises and concerns lately in the possession of the lessor ‘but now in the tenancy of the said lessees’, on Charlotte Quay for 750 years at the yearly rent of £120. With a map showing the demised premises measuring 136 feet 6 inches by 64 feet 3 inches. The original lease is endorsed on the cover: ‘Property west of the Church’. With three copy leases compiled by JC & A. Blake, solicitors, dated 24 May 1950. With a copy memorial of said lease compiled by the Assistant Register of Deeds dated 27 July 1929.
