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A collection of personal papers of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. primarily relating to his involvement with the political and military struggle for Irish independence.

A collection of personal papers of Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. relating to his involvement with republican combatants and other individuals during the 1916 Rising.

A small collection of the personal papers of Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. mainly relating to his involvement with republican combatants in the 1916 Rising.

The series comprises material relating to the involvement of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. in the national movement during the revolutionary period.

A collection of the personal papers of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. relating to his involvement with participants in the national struggle primarily from 1916-22.

Copies of a poem titled ‘The Old Metal Man’ referring to the acquisition of Ards House by the Capuchin friars. The poem reads:
'Gone, gone the Ascendancy, “gentry” and others
That lorded it over the old native clan,
Replaced by the people, the friars and brothers,
Whilst still to the fore stands the Old Metal Man'.
The file includes a clipping of the poem published in the 'Derry Journal' on 30 Nov. 1935.