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Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.

Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.

The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion.

An image of a parade to encourage recruitment for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the outbreak of the First World War.

A note from Charles E. Kelly (1902-1981), enclosing a humorous verse and sketch regarding Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.

A clipping of a short review article published in the 'Irish Press' (21 Aug. 1954). The article was probably written by Benedict Kiely and refers to the resignation of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. as editor of 'The Capuchin Annual'.

A printed statement from Domhnall Óg Ó Ceallacháin (Donal O’Callaghan, 1891-1962), Lord Mayor of Cork, expressing his thanks for the expressions of condolences on the death of Terence MacSwiney, his predecessor.

A letter from William Frederick Paul Stockley (1859-1943) to Fr. Henry Rope. Stockley refers to the case of Alice Cashel imprisoned in Galway Jail. Stockley writes ‘She is in prison for six months. He sister says she loves to hear poetry. She is a distinguished graduate, and teacher, and a fine type. She knows Irish well’. Stockley suggests that Father Rope could send her a copy of his poetry.

A postcard print of a demonstration in Clogheen in County Tipperary in 1898. The demonstration commemorated Father Nicholas Sheehy (c.1728-1766), a local priest who was executed following what were widely believed to be false charges of involvement in agrarian unrest during the Penal Law era.

A letter from Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 16 Limestone Road, Belfast, to Sir Bertram Windle. Hardebeck refers to the the value of Henebry’s manuscript on Irish music. Hardebeck writes 'Father Henebry, I understand played the Irish pipes and the violin in an inimitable manner, he had also excellent Gaelic, and surely, nothing could fit him better for writing Traditional music'.