A letter from James Mason (1909-1984), the English-born Hollywood actor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to Mason’s tribute to the late Abbey Theatre actor F.J. McCormick (d. 24 April 1947), which appeared in the 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Mason got acquainted with McCormick when they both appeared in the 1947 film ‘Odd Man Out’ in which the former played a mortally wounded republican bank robber on the run in Belfast. Mason requests that his fee for his McCormick tribute be donated to an ‘animal charity’ in Dublin.
Rental and account of Mrs Alicia Louisa Seward. The rental includes entries under the headings of ‘denominations, tenant’s names, gale days, yearly rents, total due, total received, allowances, arrears and observations’. The denominations include premises on Queen Street (a portion of the Assembly Rooms) and on Father Mathew Quay, the latter of which is occupied by the Capuchin friars. The yearly rents amount to £151 5s 6d.
Collection book for monies subscribed by members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The information is listed under the names of the receiving friar. Occasional reference is made to large subscriptions from the employees of Douglas Woollen Mills and St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills. The end pages of the volume contain Irish and French vocabulary notes.
(Left) Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Sr. Angela Mary, Sr. Patrick and Sr. Constance at the mission station in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi Strip, South West Africa (now Namibia).
Circular from the Apostolic Delegate, Pretoria (the Most Rev. Martin Lucas SVD), to Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior, outlining the relevant canon regulations and formalities involved in the alienation of ecclesiastical goods including property.
An image of HMS 'Vanguard', a British Navy battleship at Cape Town Harbour in South Africa. The ship was used as a royal yacht to transport King George VI and his family to South Africa, the first visit to the country by a reigning British monarch. HMS 'Vanguard' arrived in Cape Town on 17 February, escorted by the South African frigates 'Good Hope', 'Transvaal' and 'Natal' on the last leg of her voyage. The warship departed Cape Town on 22 April 1947.
A clipping of an article referring to various documents and objects associated with the 1916 Rising held in various collections in Britain. Reference is made to the naval ensign salvaged from the German gun-runner ‘Aud’. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (7 April 1947).
A photographic print of the surviving members of the First Oireachtas held in 1897. The photograph was taken in College Park in Dublin in 1947. The group includes Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Seosamh Ó Conchubhair, Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’), and Seamus MacManus.
