A Christmas greeting card from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain). The card dates to December 1937 and was probably sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The Spanish text translates as ‘Forward to victory over fascism in 1938!’. The greeting in Irish reads ‘Happy Christmas and New Year / from / the Irish Republican Army / “Connolly Battalion” / XV International Brigade / Army of the Republic of Spain / Christmas 1937’. (Volume page 107).
Draft article by Constance M. Vickerman titled ‘Christmas Crib for the Home’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967).
A Christmas greeting card signed by Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde). The card is signed ‘An Craoibhín’, an abbreviated form of ‘An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’ (meaning the ‘pleasant little branch’), a pen name frequently used by Hyde. As the head of state, Hyde was the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces. The card shows the cap badge design of the Irish Defence forces which was itself derived from the badge of the Irish Volunteers.
Programmes for Christmas Pantomime programmes at Father Mathew Hall. The file comprises programmes for 'Dick Whittington and his Cat' (1964-65); 'Babes in the Wood' (1966-67); 'Robinson Crusoe' (1968-69).
Chronology (probably compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) of important events associated with the Capuchin presence in Kilkenny dating from 1643 to 1876. Many of the later entries are references from local newspapers.
Healy, Angelus, 1875-1953, Capuchin priestThis section includes documents relating the refurbishment of Church and Friary of St. Mary of the Angels which took place from 1970-5. The church interior was extensively renovated during the guardianship of Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. to comply with the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-5). Externally, the Gothic character of St. Mary of the Angels was largely preserved and most of the side altars between the main body of the Church and the Sacred Heart Chapel were retained as shrines.
A clipping of an article reporting on the arrival of Archbishop Gerald O’Hara’s at Dublin Airport where he was greeted by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (5 March 1952).
Church at Sittard where Bl. Charles went to school
A view of Church Bay, the main harbour on Rathlin Island off the coast of County Antrim.
Photographic print of the congregation of Holy Trinity Church, Elsies River, Cape Town, South Africa. The print is extant on card with a printed annotation giving the names of the congregation. The group includes Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.