Dublin Metropolitan Police Officers
- IE CA CP/3/16/6/18
- Deel
- 1925
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A photographic print of a group of officers of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) shortly before their disbandment in 1925.
Dublin Metropolitan Police Officers
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A photographic print of a group of officers of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) shortly before their disbandment in 1925.
Death of Fr. Albert Bibby / ‘A Hero of Easter Week’
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in California on 14 February 1925. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
Letter from Hanna Sheehy Skeffington to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Hanna Sheehy Skeffington to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., expressing her concern on hearing of his serious illness. She affirms that Fr. Albert’s name ‘is treasured by all who know you and who love Ireland and all dear dead who died for her. The widows and sisters of the men of 1916 whom you attended and consoled and of the later martyrs also will always remember you with affection’.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to his weakening condition and suggesting that the end is near. He writes ‘I know my dear mother and sisters will feel my death – won’t you write and console them’. He asks to be remembered in a lengthy list of family members and friends. Bibby writes 'Remember me to all the brethren – for no one have I the smallest particle of bitterness, though alas I have often said bitter things for which I in heartily sorrow'.
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Mission Santa Inés
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A newspaper clipping from the 'Santa Barbara Daily News' (21 Jan. 1925) containing photographs of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Mission Santa Inés in California.
Letter from Francis William Doyle Jones
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Francis William Doyle Jones, sculptor, 2 Wentworth Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London, to a Mr. Gallagher, returning the books and photographs which he had sent him. Doyle Jones completed a memorial statue of Canon Sheehan in Doneraile in 1925.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A letter from Seán Ó Cuirrín (1894-1980), Coláiste Naomh Lughbhaidh, Muilte Farannáin, Contae na hIarmhí, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.
Irish Dancing, Coláiste na Rinne, County Waterford
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’ (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Coláiste na Rinne was established in 1905 and officially recognised as an Irish language summer school in 1907. The principal founders of the college were Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948), an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge in the locality, and Richard Henebry (1863-1916), also known as Risteard de Hindeberg, a Waterford-born priest, Irish language scholar and traditional music collector.
Father Albert’s Message to ‘The Monitor’
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Printed facsimile of a letter from Fr. Albert Bibby to the editor of ‘The Monitor’ referring to his worsening condition in in St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. He writes ‘It is hard to feel that that I may not see dear old Ireland again, or my good mother, sisters and friends there. It would lessen the sacrifice to be laid to rest with Rory [O’Connor] and the boys in Glasnevin’. He adds that he has no bitterness towards his political opponents’. (Volume page 91).
Bibby, Albert, 1877-1925, Capuchin priest
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A flier with the lyrics of the socialist anthem ‘The Red Flag’ by Jim Connell, an Irish political activist. For an unknown reason, this handbill credits him as ‘Jem Connell’.