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A clipping of an article reporting on Archbishop Richard Cushing’s visit to Galway which included a civic reception at the university in the city. The article is taken from the ‘Connacht Tribune’ (24 September 1949). (Volume page 51).

An image of a large group of pilgrims from Boston, Massachusetts, preparing to disembark from a tender at Cobh in County Cork in August 1949. The group were part of a pilgrimage organised by Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. (Volume page 65).

An image of Archbishop Richard Cushing greeting individuals (including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap.) at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. (Volume page 56).

An image of President Seán T. O’Kelly giving a speech at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. (Volume page 57).

A flier titled ‘The Ferrets of Kildare’ referring to the escape of Irish prisoners from the Curragh Camp in County Kildare in 1921. (Volume page 4).

An election flier for Eamon Donnelly (1877-1944), an Independent Republican candidate for the County Armagh constituency in the general election. (Volume page 51).

A letter from Michael Knightly, Press Censor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., re the restrictions in place of the publication of the number of people employed at any airport in Ireland. (Volume page 70).

‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by J.P. Homan, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The memorandum refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June and July 1922. Specific mention is made of Homan’s interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of the fighting. Includes a short clipping of an obituary for J.P. Homan (‘Irish Independent’, 6 Aug. 1944). (Volume pages 79-87).

A clipping of an article titled ‘Mr de Valera and Mr Bernard Shaw’. The article refers to a dispute between the two men over British requests to use the so-called ‘Treaty Ports’ in Ireland. (Volume page 88).

A clipping of an article titled ‘Father Albert Dead / A prominent figure in recent Irish history’. The article provides a biographical sketch of his life (with a photographic print). (Volume page 89).