A letter from Cyril Clemens, President of the Mark Twain Society, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., welcoming him to the Society. Clemens also refers to his request for images of the late Cardinal Joseph J. Glennon.
A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding a tribute article for the late Abbey Theatre actor, F.J. McCormick (1890-1947). Yeats refers to McCormick as ‘a very great actor’ but indicates that he will be unable to contribute to a tribute to be published in the 1948 edition of the ‘Annual’.
A letter from Helena Concannon (1878-1952), Salthill, County Galway, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Concannon thanks Fr. Senan for the payment for her article on Lady Georgiana Fullerton.
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.