Facsimile prints and drawings compiled for an article by Arthur H. Mitchell titled ‘Some of the Irish with Washington’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 70-88.The documents were sourced from a facsimile pack published by the Academy Press on Irish connections with the American Revolutionary War. The file includes a copy drawing of a group portrait by Lawrence O’Toole illustrating Irish connections with George Washington and the American Declaration of Independence.
Copy prints compiled for an article by Tadhg Gavin titled ‘Joyce Kilmer’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 294-308. The file includes reproductions of studio photographs of Kilmer.
A postcard print of Market Square in Enniscorthy in County Wexford.
A postcard print of North Street in New Ross in County Wexford.
A clipping of a report of a speech by Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, referring to the political circumstances in Ireland. The clipping is taken from the 'Irish Independent' (4 October 1917).
A report of a sermon by Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe, in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ennis condemning recent acts of political violence. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (2 April 1922).
A clipping of an obituary for An t-Athair Peadar Ó Laoghaire (Peter O’Leary) published in the ‘Irish Times’ (23 May 1920).
A clipping of a report on the death of Sir Arthur Vicars who was killed by the IRA at his residence of Kilmorna House in County Kerry on 14 April 1921. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (20 April 1921).
A clipping of a cartoon titled ‘Poor John!’ The cartoon is by Frank Holland (1871-1945) and was published in the ‘Reynolds’s Newspaper’ (31 May 1914).
A large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘The North / Partition / Northern Ireland’. The volume contains original letters and draft manuscript and typescript contributions and commentary re the ‘Orange Terror’ article by 'Ultach' (J.J. Campbel) published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1943). The file includes letters from Bishop Daniel Mageean, George Noble Plunkett, J.J. Campbell, Eamon Donnelly, Senator David Robinson, Maud Gonne MacBride, Jack B. Yeats (refusing to contribute a commentary on the article), and Sir Shane Leslie. The volume also contains many general newspaper clippings about partition. The volume also includes a printed flier from Ailtirí na hAiséirghe (1943). The volume includes content mainly from 1941-9 but it also includes some newspaper and magazine clippings from c.1917-1932, particularly relating to the treatment of the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland. The volume is not paginated.