File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘Dean Swift’s curious experiences of Irish hospitality at Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary’. 'Christmas Lady of the House', Dec. 1919.
• ‘The Apostle of Temperance / His Great Work in Different Countries / Interesting Sketch of His Life’, 'Clare Champion', 1 Dec. 1934.
• ‘Irish Exiles / Mr. T. Mathew / Famous Lawyer and Wit’, 'The People', 28 Mar. 1937. The article refers to Theobald Mathew, a grand-nephew of the Apostle of Temperance.
• ‘Historic Irish Mansions / No. 14: Thomastown House, County Tipperary / the birthplace of Father Mathew’, 'Weekly Irish Times', 8 Aug. 1936.
A letter from Fr. Stephen Brown SJ to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the gift of a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1945-6).
A clipping of a review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1945-6) published in ‘The Kerryman’ (9 February 1946).
A letter from Maurice Lavanoux to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. praising the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and offering to write a review of the publication in the ‘Liturgical Arts’ quarterly.
A letter from Kathleen O’Brennan to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the ‘splendid’ copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She also asks for prayers for her sister Lily who is very ill. The card is dated 4 January 1946 but it is likely that it should read 1947.
Letter from Benedict Kiely to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his happiness that Fr. Senan like the Land without stars’ manuscript and referring to the high-quality of the John McCormack feature in the latest edition of the ‘Annual’.
A clipping of a review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1946-7) published in ‘The Gramophone’ (June 1947). The review focuses on the special tribute feature to John McCormack in the ‘Annual’.
A letter from Denis Gwynn to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding his plans to have a gallery of Irish artists installed in University College Cork. Gwynn also refers to the possibility of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ funding an endowment for a professorship in fine arts which could be taught by Thomas MacGreevy in the university. He suggests that MacGreevy has struggled in continuing work as a freelancer.
A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She refers to the ‘beautiful article’ on her late husband, Carl Hardebeck.
A letter from Sybil Thorndike (Lady Casson) thanking him for the copy of 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.