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- 1931-1947 (Creation)
- 1916-1947 (Accumulation)
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Extent and medium
152 pp; 22.5 cm x 15 cm; Bound volume, manuscript, and typescript
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A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘XIV’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Domhnall Ó Corcora (Daniel Corkery), Fr. Gilbert OFM Cap. (Capuchin Friary, Pantasaph, Holywell, North Wales), Eoin O’Mahony, Fr. James A. Brennan (St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny), Mary Hardebeck, Gwynfor Evans (Wernellyn, Llangadog, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Wales), Constance Strickland, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), Fr. J.S. Sheehy CM (St. Joseph’s, Blackrock, County Dublin), Fr. Thomas O’Donnell CM (Rector, All Hallows College, Dublin), Hubert Rooney (Kilross, Dalkey, County Dublin), Joseph P. Sandes (‘Sunday Independent’), Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap. (editor, ‘The Cowl / A Capuchin Review’), Francis Joseph Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Sister Marie-Pierre (Maison des Soeurs Blanches, Baudouinville, Albertville, Belgian Congo), Máirín Allen, John McCormack (Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, County Kildare), Fr. James Enright (The Presbytery, Ardfert, County Kerry), James Joseph Campbell, Christina Dwyer (52 New Street, Dublin), Patrick John Little, Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal), Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. (Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal), Alice Rynne (née Curtayne) (Downings House, Prosperous, Naas, County Kildare), Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap. (St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork), Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters) (Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin), Fr. Peter Dempsey OFM Cap. (St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork), Cormac Ó Cuillenáin (University College Cork), D.L. Kelleher, Fr. William Burns (Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Madeline McCauley (Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Elizabeth Curran (42 Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin), Brian O’Higgins junior (Hollybrook Road, Clontarf, Dublin), Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (St. Joseph’s Mission, Mankoya, Northern Rhodesia), Benedict Kiely, Irene Haugh (31 Northumberland Road, Dublin), Nancy Buckley, Fr. P.J. Dunning CM (All Hallows College, Dublin), Helena Concannon, Joseph B. Whelehan, and Ellen McCann (15 Tower Hill, Armagh).
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Language of material
- English
- Irish
- Latin
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Many of the letter pages within the volume are loose. Careful manual handling is required.
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Several letters have become detached from the volume and have been transferred to a separate folder. These include an original letter from Annie O’Higgins giving details of her activities following the 1916 Rising and her arrest at Kingscourt in County Cavan. She also transcribes a copy of Patrick Pearse’s poem ‘A Mother Speaks’ which she describes as ‘a poem written … at his mother’s request shortly before his murder’. The letter is dated 22 June 1916. The detached items also include letters from William Frederick Paul Stockley, Fr. James Enright (The Presbytery, Ardfert, County Kerry), Francis Joseph Little, and Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow).
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Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents
Joseph O'Connor: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=188
Daniel Corkery: https://www.dib.ie/biography/corkery-daniel-a2049
Gwynfor Evans: https://biography.wales/article/s10-EVAN-RIC-1912
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
Máirín Allen: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1842
John McCormack: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccormack-john-francis-a5617
James Joseph Campbell: https://www.dib.ie/biography/campbell-james-joseph-a1423
Patrick John Little: https://www.dib.ie/biography/little-patrick-john-p-j-a4851
Alice Rynne (née Curtayne): https://www.dib.ie/biography/curtayne-alice-a2328
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Watters): https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-tuairisc-eoghan-a6445
Brian O’Higgins junior: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641405/
Benedict Kiely: https://www.dib.ie/biography/kiely-benedict-ben-a9533
D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm
Irene Haugh: https://ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/irene-haugh-irish-woman-poet/
Helena Concannon: https://www.dib.ie/biography/concannon-helena-a1918
Joseph Whelehan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whelehan