Photographic print (black and white) of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. outside the main door of the Church Street Friary, Dublin. The print is pasted onto card and is credited to J. Cashman, 13 Manor Place, Dublin. The print has been framed and is titled ‘Ireland’s Patriot Priests’. There is a further comment below the print: ‘Father Albert died in California in 1925. Father Dominic in Oregon in 1935’.
Documents relating to an application to the Commissioners of Charitable Donation and Bequests for Ireland for the appointment of Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap. (FMC) as trustees of various properties in Cork. The file includes a statutory declaration to be signed by the Capuchin friars and a copy of the order from the Charitable Commissioners confirming the appointment of the FMC members as trustees. The attached schedule provides particulars of the title to the various premises in Cork held by the Capuchins including Holy Trinity Church, the adjacent Friary and other properties such as Father Mathew Hall, and the friary, school and farm at Rochestown, County Cork (31 Mar. 1987).
Letter to Fr. Augustine (Donal) O’Mahony OFM Cap. from Texaco Ireland, 6-7 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, enclosing photographs taken at the presentation of the Texaco bursary at the recent Father Mathew Feis. Ink stamp on reverse of prints: ‘Photographic P.R. Services, 10 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1’.
Photographic prints of the interior (and High Altar) of the Oratory in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal. The prints have annotations on the reverse: ‘Fr. Augustine [Donal] O’Mahony OFM Cap.’ and ‘A. O’Shea, Art Studios, Letterkenny’. The prints were probably for publication in 'Eirigh', an Irish Capuchin periodical.
Bound volume containing photographic prints of student friars at the Ard Mhuire House of Studies. Some of the prints are captioned. The album includes images of student friars at work (potato harvesting, bailing hay and routine household work) and at recreation (theatrical plays, weekend retreats, sleighing on snow-covered hills, and visits to the beach). Locations visited by the friars include Burtonport, Errigal Mountain, Aranmore, Doe Castle, Fanad and Kindrum. The album contains several views of Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) and surrounding gardens. A small number of prints show friars examining what appears to be un-exploded ordnance on the shoreline. Other prints show ordinations at Ard Mhuire in 1955. Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. are present in some of the prints.
Letters from Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. enclosing poems for publication in 'Eirigh'. The file includes a copybook containing a collection of eighteen manuscript poems by Tóibín written in 1971. The file also includes loose sheets of handwritten poetry with cover letters to Fr. O’Mahony. The letters are addressed from Tóibín’s residence at 9 Parnell Avenue, Enniscorthy, and at St. Peter’s College, Wexford. Some of the items note Tóibín’s age at the date of the poem’s composition – aged fifteen in January 1971. The correspondence refers to his childhood experiences, to the influences of some writers on his poetry, and his hopes for publication of his work. The poem titles include: • ‘A Tragedy – 1970’. • ‘There’s blood flowing out from the Rose-Bowl’. (29 Nov. 1971). • ‘My hill’. (2 Jan. 1971). • ‘New School’. (2 Jan. 1971). • ‘To wait’. (17 Dec. 1970). • ‘The despairing song of Mary Magdalen’. (1 Mar. 1971). • ‘Lourdes’. (5 Apr. 1971). • ‘Song from a distance’. (5 Apr. 1971). • ‘Water-death’. (16 May 1971). • ‘Old lady’. (23 May 1971). The file also includes a clipping from 'Eirigh' of a poem by Tóibín titled ‘My Lady (To the Blessed Virgin Mary)’.
The sub-series contains a small collection of letters and poetry submitted by Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. for potential publication in 'Eirigh'.
Letters to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. mostly referring to (or enclosing) literary and poetry submissions for publication in 'Eirigh' (formerly 'The Father Mathew Record'). The file includes letters and literary content from: • L.H. Dalziel • Fachtna O’Driscoll • Patrick Lavin • Breda Owens • Eric Rayner • Michael Hilton • Dr. J.A. Murphy • Una Brennan • Br. Michael Murphy • Mairi Cosgrave • Tom M. Duddy • Enda Halpin • Phil Lynch • Fergus Egan • Liam Brophy • Clare Holland • Elizabeth Faye • Tom McSweeney • Gerard O’Donoghue • Kathleen Clerkin • Douglas Foley • Tom Fallon • Fr. Brian P. Power • Maire Mooney • Bernadette Sayer • Tony Dunne • Noirin Kearney • Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. (re missionary work in Africa). The file also includes a printed flier (1969) advertising 'Eirigh' as a magazine communicating ‘the Christian message to a modern family readership in the light of our inherited spiritual, national and cultural traditions’.
The sub-series contains a collection of letters to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. mostly referring to (or enclosing) literary and poetry submissions for publication in 'Eirigh'.
Blank headed letter paper from the Capuchin Publications Office. The file comprises unused blank letter sheets (in different styles) used by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., editor of 'The Capuchin Annual', and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap., editor of 'Eirigh'. The file also includes some blank sheets from the Capuchin Foreign Mission Office, Dublin, and from Casey’s Hotel, Glengarriff, County Cork, which Fr. Anglin used for correspondence whilst on vacation.
