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Correspondence with Dun Laoghaire Corporation.

Following the deaths in exile of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (d. 1925) and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 1935), there were numerous calls to have their bodies returned to Ireland. Prominent republican supporters in the United States and Old IRA men in Ireland frequently petitioned ecclesiastical authorities to have the bodies of the ‘two patriot priests’ repatriated. These calls were initially rejected, and the outbreak of the Second World War prompted a postponement of the campaign. In 1954, a repatriation committee was set up by Cork No. 1 Brigade of the Old IRA to collect the funds necessary to defray the expenses involved in returning the remains to Ireland. Florence O’Donoghue, head of intelligence for the Cork Brigade during the War of Independence, was appointed Honorary Secretary. Cornelius Neenan was appointed the Committee’s representative in the United States. Aside from the financial difficulties, the Committee also had to contend with a certain reluctance on behalf of the church authorities in having the bodies of two priests moved in such an overtly public manner. The reburial was a departure from the normal rule of the Capuchin Franciscan Order. Also, as they were priests, a high religious content would have to be included in any civil ceremonies connected with the repatriation. Having at length gained the approval of both the state and the church, the repatriation took place in 1958. On 13 June, the priests’ remains arrived at Shannon Airport to be greeted by Seán T. O’Kelly, President, Ėamon de Valera, Taoiseach, Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap., Capuchin Vicar Provincial, and many representatives of the Old IRA. The funeral cortege then proceeded to Cork for a requiem mass in Holy Trinity Capuchin Church. Fr. Albert and Fr. Dominic were interred in the cemetery attached to Rochestown Capuchin Friary on 14 June 1958. The sub-series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera and photographs connected with the reparation campaign and ceremony in 1958. The series also includes records relating to the unveiling of a memorial to the two priests on the grounds of the Capuchin Friary in Raheny, Dublin, by veterans of Fianna Éireann in 1959.

The Immaculate Conception Oratory was on the first floor of the new wing at Saint Joseph's, Blackrock, which had been built in the 1930s. The wing was attached to a building which was constructed in 1887. The whole building was again demolished in the 1970s.
This file contains letters and drawings from Vincent Downes, Architect, regarding design and estimates for different furnishings to be included in the oratory.

The series includes records relating to the use of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary as a retreat centre in the diocese of Raphoe. The section includes material pertaining to retreats given to both the diocesan clergy and other religious as well as lay people, parish communities and school groups.

Five copies of prospectus for seminarists coming to St Joseph’s. Undated, but after the opening of Glenart, Wicklow, in 1949. Includes clothing and books that need to be brought. Some copies have handwritten or typewritten suggested changes.

Minutes and preparatory documentation of the Domestic Assembly 1970 of the house at Saint Joseph's Seminary, Blackrock. It is unclear whether the Assembly meeting was held on 28 and 29 or on 29 and 30 January, as both sets of dates are given as the Assembly dates.

33 architectural drawings relating to All Hallows College, by Robinson Keefe and Devane, Chartered architects and town planning consultants.

Memoir by a Vincentian, Father Tom Davitt CM, on his time as a seminarian at Saint Joseph's, Blackrock, from 1946 to 1947.
The memoir was published as an article in Colloque 50, Winter 2004, pp. 107-134, and is available on this page: http://www.diskon.ie/colloque.html

An account by Father Stanislaus Brindley CM, of UCD Studies for Blackrock seminarians in the 1940s. Also published online in Colloque 50, Winter 2004, pp. 135-140, available online at the same link as above.

Also an account by Father Davitt, who as part of his studies in Saint Joseph's, went to visit the Maison-Mere (Vincentian Mother House) in Paris in 1949.