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A silhouetted view of Captain Senan Meskell (1880-1962) standing on the bridge of the ‘Dún Aengus’ off the west coast of Ireland in about 1935.

A republican handbill. The text reads ‘The enemies of Sinn Féin contend that the British Government are anxious to help Sinn Féin. The flier provides an illustration of how the’ Sinn Fein manifesto for the General Election is mutilated by the Official British Press Censor in this country ...’.

A view of the 1798 Monument and the Bull Ring Market area in Wexford Town in about 1955.

Date: 1796
Author: Andrew Fuller
Publisher: London: Printed for, and sold by T. Gardiner, No. 19, Princes-Street, Oxford-Street / Sold also by W. Button, No. 24, Pater-Noster-Row and J. Mathews, Strand.
Full title: 'The Calvinistic and Socinian systems examined and compared as to their moral tendency in a series of letters. Addressed to the friends of vital and practical religion. The third edition. By Andrew Fuller'.

Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in South Africa. It is noted that ‘much of the Fathers’ time is taken up with convert work, pre-nuptial courses and teaching Christian Doctrine to children attending the public schools’. Statistical information (population, racial composition, and number of priests) is given in respect of the friars’ work in Parow, Athlone, the Welcome Estate, Belgravia and Langa. It is affirmed that the ‘bulk of the non-white people, i.e. the poorest of this diocese, is attended by the Capuchin Fathers’.

Cutting from the 'Cork Examiner', 20 Oct. 1938, reporting on the opening of a bazaar in Father Mathew Hall, Cork, to aid the work of the Capuchin African missions.

The front cover of ‘The Catholic Mirror’ (March 1945). The illustration is titled 'Saint Patrick's arrival in Ireland, at early dawn'. The bound volume includes some extracts from an article on the life of Saint Patrick published in the periodical.

Copies of ‘The Catholic Record of Waterford and Lismore’ from May 1916 (Vol. IV, No. 39) to Oct. 1916 (Vol. IV, No. 44). The editions contain tributes to the late Fr. Richard Henebry written by Fr. Michael Sheehan.

A view of the Chaine Memorial Tower on the shores of Larne Lough, County Antrim, in about 1935.

The exterior of the Church in Sesheke, Zambia (built by Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. in 1967).