Author: Sister Mary Francis Clarke [Margaret Cusack (1829-1899); called ‘the Nun of Kenmare’]
Publisher: Dublin: James Duffy and Sons, 15 Wellington Quay
Language: English
Annotation: Printed stamp on fly leaf reads: ‘Ex Libris Monsignor Dean Langan DD, PP, VG’.
Offprints of Fr. Richard Henebry, ‘The Life of Columcille. [Ascribed to Manus Ó Donnell]. Text from Rawlinson B. 514, with translation’ published in ‘Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie’ iii-v. (1901-05).
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The life and death of the Irish Parliament / A lecture by the Right Hon. James Whiteside LL.D., M.P., delivered before the Dublin Young Men’s Christian Association’ (Dublin: Hodges, Smith and Co., 1864). The volume is seemingly missing several of the final pages.
Postcard print of the library in the Capuchin Friary (Walkin Street, later Friary Street), Kilkenny.
Publisher: Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, Upper Sackville Street
Language: English
Full title: 'The League of the Cross Magazine and Crusade Journal, Catholic Temperance Gazette' Ink stamp reads: ‘Library OFM Cap., Church Street’. The volume contains the following editions: Mar. 1883 (no. 3), Feb. 1885 (no. 14), Apr. 1885 (no. 16), June 1885 (no. 18), Sept. 1885 (no. 21), and Oct. 1885 (no. 22).
A hard-bound volume containing a complete run of this weekly publication. The series runs from 1 Sept. 1900 (Vol. V, No. 1)-20 Feb. 1904 (Vol. VII, No. 26). The founding editor of 'The Leader' was the Waterford-born David Patrick Moran. He was educated in Mount Sion CBS, and later in St. Vincent’s College, Castleknock. On leaving school he went to London where he gained his first journalistic appointment at the 'Star' newspaper, founded by T.P. O’Connor. Moran was attracted to the Irish language movement and, through it, to Irish nationalism, during his thirteen years in London. In 1898 he returned to Dublin and joined the Gaelic League. In 1900 he founded 'The Leader', an outspoken weekly publication devoted to preserving important facets of the cultural and national heritage of the country. The Leader was an immediate success. 'The Leader' attracted a lot of Irish advertising and Moran saw the publicising of Irish goods as one of its main roles. He advocated buy Irish campaigns but sensibly warned that the Irish people would buy Irish goods only if they were ‘as good and as cheap’ as imports. An ink stamp on the inside front cover and on the fly leaf reads: ‘Father Matthew Temperance Hall, Church Street, Dublin’. Folio, some illustrations. Bound volume with title to spine ‘The Leader, Vols. 5-7’.
A clipping of a letter from the relatives of the late Seán Hales condemning the executions of republicans in reprisal for his murder. The signatories include his brother Donal Hales, Irish Consul in Genoa, Italy. The letter was addressed to the editor of the ‘Cork Examiner’ but the clipping is taken from ‘Eire’ (20 January 1923).
Portrait image with an annotated cover reading 'the late John Bowe, Kilkenny Friary'.
Mary Donnelly (compiler), ‘The last post / Glasnevin Cemetery / being a record of Ireland’s heroic dead in Dublin city and county, also places of historic interest’ (Dublin: National Graves Association, 1932).
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The Land question, Ireland / Confiscation or contract? / November 1880’ (Dublin: Irish Land Committee, [1880]).