File 8 - Letter Book

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IE CA CP/3/1/1/8

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Letter Book

Date(s)

  • 1930-1947 (Creation)

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135 pp; 22 cm x 15.5 cm; Bound volume, manuscript, postcard print, newspaper clipping and typescript

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(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)

Archival history

This volume was formerly extant in the library of the Embassy of Ireland in Australia. The item is held on long-term loan from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.

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A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘X’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Seumas MacManus, Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), Seamus de Faoite, Fr. Cyril Kelleher OFM Cap., Piaras Ó hOisín (‘c/o McClory’, Pax House, Fr. Griffin Road, Galway), Pearse Hutchinson (‘Findrum’, Rathgar Road, Dublin), William Frederick Paul Stockley, Bishop John Dignan, Mary Wren, D.L. Kelleher, Sir Shane Leslie, Stanley B. James, Tomás S. Cuffe, Máirín Cregan (Kindlestown House, Delgany, County Wicklow), Fr. Vivian O’Connell OFM Cap. (Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork), L.V. Mill Arden (Main Street, Killarney, County Kerry), Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Canon Patrick Rogers, Thomas MacGreevy, Myles Farrell, Br. Laserian O’Connor OFM Cap. (Holy Trinity Friary, Cork), Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., Peter F. Anson, Germaine Stockley, Máire de Blacam, Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap. (Sichili Catholic Mission, Northern Rhodesia), Pádraig Ua Duinnín, Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, Moira O’Scannlain (Red Forest Hills, New York), Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (Capuchin Franciscan College, Rochestown, County Cork), Maud Gonne MacBride, Séamus Campbell, Benedict Kiely, Joseph Colligan (37 Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin), Elsie Crichton-Stuart, Mary Hardebeck, Sister M. Christopher (Assumption Convent, Cork), K. Murphy (Honorary Secretary, NUI Club, Shaftesbury Avenue, London), Marion King (3 Eaton Square, Monkstown, Dublin), David Robinson (Glendalough House, Annamore, County Wicklow), Colin Johnston Robb, Máire Ní Shúilleabháin (Rodeen, Castletownbere, County Cork), Pat Lawlor (Nathans Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand), Francis McCullagh, Ellen McCann (15 Tower Hill, Armagh), Máirín Allen, Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. (Holy Trinity Friary, Cork), Sr. Mary Bernadette (St. Clare’s Convent, Harold’s Cross, Dublin), Richard King, C.P. Curran, Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., and Dr A.T. Schofield (Inglewood, Melksham, Wiltshire).

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  • English
  • Irish

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    Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents

    Joseph O'Connor: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=188
    Seumas MacManus: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macmanus-seumas-a5736
    Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481
    D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm
    Seamus de Faoite: https://kerrywritersmuseum.com/online-exhibitions/kerrys-amateur-dramatic-heritage/seamus-de-faoite-a-forgotten-kerry-writer/
    Pearse Hutchinson: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hutchinson-william-patrick-henry-pearse-a9993
    William Frederick Paul Stockley: https://www.dib.ie/biography/stockley-william-frederick-paul-a8321
    Bishop John Dignan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/dignan-john-a2583
    Thomas MacGreevy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macgreevy-thomas-a5218
    Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=5011
    Maud Gonne MacBride: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macbride-edith-maud-gonne-a5110
    Benedict Kiely: https://www.dib.ie/biography/kiely-benedict-ben-a9533
    Marion King: https://www.adams.ie/irish-artist-directory/marion-king-art-sold-at-auction
    David Robinson: https://www.dib.ie/biography/robinson-david-lubbock-a7719
    Colin Johnston Robb: https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4555/ROBB-COLINJOHNSTON
    Francis McCullagh: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccullagh-francis-a5634
    Máirín Allen: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1842
    Richard King: https://www.dib.ie/biography/king-richard-a4567
    C.P. Curran: https://www.dib.ie/biography/curran-constantine-peter-con-a2317

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