File 1 - Letter Book

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IE CA CP/3/1/1/1

Title

Letter Book

Date(s)

  • 1923-1945 (Creation)

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75 pp; 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm; Bound volume, manuscript, and typescript;

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(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)

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A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘IV’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Canon Patrick Rogers, David Robinson (Glendalough House, Annamore, County Wicklow), Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Rita McGoldrick, D.L. Kelleher, Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy OFM Cap., Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Francis McCullagh, Fr. Francis Moynihan (‘The Advocate’, Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia), Frank Ryan (‘An Reult’, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath), Ruaraidh Erskine of Marr, Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap., William Frederick Paul Stockley, Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), Peter F. Anson, Alison King, Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin), Thomas MacGreevy, Seán O’Sullivan (Headford Cottage, Avoca Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin), Fr Dermot MacIvor (Ardee, County Louth), Mary Wren, Sister M. Agnes (Poor Clare Convent, Harold’s Cross, Dublin), Dorothy Day, Kathleen M. Murphy (poet and travel writer), Brian Walsh (optician, Mount Southwell, Letterkenny, County Donegal), Germaine Stockley, William Magennis, Maud Gonne MacBride, Jack B. Yeats, John Desmond Sheridan, Fr. Henry S. Glendon OP, Seán Moylan, Fr. Cuthbert McCann OFM Cap., Pearse Hutchinson, Germaine Stockley, Bishop John Dignan, Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., Sister Leonarda (St. Joseph’s, Toronto, Canada), and Una O’Connor (Santa Monica, California).

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  • English
  • Irish

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    Some of the letter pages within the volume are loose. Careful manual handling is required.

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    Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents

    David Robinson: https://www.dib.ie/biography/robinson-david-lubbock-a7719
    Maud Gonne MacBride: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macbride-edith-maud-gonne-a5110
    Seán Ó Ciarghusa: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=184
    D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm
    Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy OFM Cap.: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkenealy.html
    Francis McCullagh: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccullagh-francis-a5634
    Frank Ryan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ryan-francis-richard-frank-a7865
    Ruaraidh Erskine of Marr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruaraidh_Erskine
    William Frederick Paul Stockley: https://www.dib.ie/biography/stockley-william-frederick-paul-a8321
    Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481
    Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Vousden
    Thomas MacGreevy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macgreevy-thomas-a5218
    Seán O'Sullivan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/osullivan-sean-a7072
    William Magennis: https://www.dib.ie/biography/magennis-william-a5338
    Jack B. Yeats: https://www.dib.ie/biography/yeats-jack-butler-a9157
    John Desmond Sheridan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/sheridan-john-desmond-a8038
    Seán Moylan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/moylan-sean-a6011
    Pearse Hutchinson: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hutchinson-william-patrick-henry-pearse-a9993
    Bishop John Dignan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/dignan-john-a2583
    D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm
    Una O'Connor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_O%27Connor_(actress)
    Kathleen M. Murphy: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2022/11/26/unaccompanied-traveler-the-writings-of-kathleen-m-murphy-intrepid-irish-woman/

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