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A volume containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to Irish Capuchin friars. The clippings are pasted into a copy of the ‘Record of Waterpark College, Waterford’ (c.1913). The clippings include obituaries for various friars, articles taken from ‘The Father Mathew Record’, ordination entries, and reports on sermons and retreats given by various friars. Also includes some typescript and manuscript notes.

The volume includes the following clippings:

Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap. ‘The New Monks of the West’. c.1915. An article on the early history of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Western United States.
Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., ‘Saint Francis and his message’. ‘Irish Catholic’ (2 Apr. 1927).
A report on the annual Corpus Christi procession to Rochestown Friary in County Cork. (c.1920).
Irish priests bound for the United States on board the SS ‘Bremen’ off Cobh in County Cork. (Oct. 1926).
Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Aloysius Travers, and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. with Irish tertiary pilgrims in Assisi in Italy. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The funeral of Fr. Fiacre Brophy OFM Cap. at the cemetery in Rochestown Friary in County Cork. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The departure of Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. for the United States. (2 Feb. 1925).
Father Theobald Mathew Anniversary / Observance in Cork. (1926).
Obituary for Br. Felix Brennan OFM Cap. (1842-1925). ‘The Franciscan Annals’ (1925).
Memorial card for Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (d. 9 Dec. 1921).
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. with Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork, in Rochestown. (1924).
The death of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister. ‘Cork Examiner’ (26 Nov. 1926).
A poem titled ‘Father Albert OSFC’ by Rev. Columba Downey OCC. ‘The Monitor’ (New Jersey). (Feb. 1925).
Lecture by Fr. Bernard Jennings OFM Cap. on the life and labours of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance. ‘Cork Examiner’ (18 Oct. 1897).
Ordination of priests at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. (29 June 1925).
The death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. ‘Cork Examiner’ (16 Feb. 1925).
Franciscan centenary celebrations at St. Saviour’s Church, Dominick Street, Dublin. (1926).
The Late Rev. Fr. Fiacre Brophy. (Oct. 1926).
Ordination souvenir card for Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (30 May 1910).

Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger provides a daily record of income received and expenses incurred by the community. Notes are made of income derived from mass stipends, street collections, sodalities, Third Order payments and temperance publications. Reference is also made to monies received from donations, alms, bequests, and cheques. Expenses include travel tickets, staff wages, groceries, building repairs and other sundries. The entries are periodically signed by the Friary Guardian and by the Provincial Minister at Visitations
The front cover is endorsed in typescript with a list of Friary Guardians:
Fr. Bernard Jennings 1883-1886
Fr. Nicholas Murphy 1886-1893
Fr. Francis Hayes 1893-1895
Fr. Anthony Travers 1895-1898
Fr. Peter Bowe 1898-1901
Fr. Fiacre Brophy 1901-1904
Fr. Thomas Dowling 1904-1907
Fr. Laurence Dowling 1907-1910
It is also noted that Fr. Laurence began a ‘new ledger in Sept. 1907’. See CA CS/3/1/6.