A view of some of the crowds assembled on Arran Quay during the visit of President John F. Kennedy to Dublin on 26 June 1963. The photograph was taken by Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (1904-1984).
Crowley, Christopher, 1904-1984, Capuchin priestA short biographical sketch of the musician John Francis Larchet.
Correspondence and papers assembled by John (Seán) Henebry (also known as Eoin de Hindeberg), a younger brother of Fr. Richard Henebry. John Henebry died in 1937. The file includes several postcards written (in Irish) by Fr. Richard Henebry to his brother while on the continent in 1913. The photographic print shows an unidentified coastal location. The file also includes a letter from Patrick J. Merriman (Registrar, University College Cork) to John Henebry on his regret that Fr. Richard’s ‘manuscript on Irish music cannot be found’, adding ‘it is a loss to the country’ (25 Apr. 1916). Other letters (Fr. Patrick Power and Joseph Downey, Secretary, University College Cork) express condolences on the death of Fr. Richard on 17 March 1916. A note from Sir Bertram Windle encloses two clippings from the ‘Manchester Guardian’ (28-9 March 1916) containing tributes to the late priest. The file also includes a letter (in Irish) to John Henebry from Seán Ó Currín (28 May 1921).
Draft article by Alan Denson titled ‘John Hughes RHA (1865-1941) / A Neglected Irish Sculptor’.
Two views of the elaborate Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
A framed photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), the Irish tenor, dedicated to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. It is signed by his wife, Lily McCormack, and dated 1946.
A photographic print of John McCormack.
A clipping of an appreciation of John McCormack by Vincent O’Brien. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (18 September 1945).
A clipping of an article celebrating the career of the Irish tenor John McCormack. The article was published in ‘The Catholic Press’ (3 September 1925).
A photographic print of John McCormack (second row, seated, first on the left) with other intermediate exam prize-winners in Summerhill College in Sligo Town. A letter from Fr. J.J. Glynn, a parish priest in Ardcarne, Boyle, County Roscommon, affirms that the photograph was gifted to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.