A photographic print of the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny. Ink-stamped on the reverse: ‘Rathmines Photographic Studio, 26 Richmond Hill, Dublin’.
Photographic print of the novitiate building situated adjacent to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Three (unidentified) friars are seen in the photograph.
Photographic prints of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Two of the prints show the rear of the Friary building. The remaining print is of the altar (from an elevated position) during Mass. The celebrant is Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.
A view of the high altar of the Church of St. Francis (taken from an elevated position) during Mass. The celebrant is Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.
A clipping of a letter from Hilda Verlin claiming that her visit to the Soviet Union was undertaken as part of her role as honorary secretary of the Irish-USSR friendship society. She also claims that the friendship society is not a communist organisation. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (10 November 1950).
An advertisement for left-wing literature in New Books at 160 Pearse Street in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Workers’ Voice’ (November 1950).
A statement by Larry Whitehead, bus conductor, regarding the activities of Michael O’Riordan and Larry Wright, ‘two professed Marxists’, and Joseph Fahy, ‘a disciple of Trotsky’, in a branch of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union. Whitehead also refers in general terms of the threat of communist infiltration of the ITGWU.
A clipping of a letter from Peadar Ó Ciamhan, secretary, Aontas Náisiúnta na hEireann, 34 Harcourt Street, Dublin, criticising the attendance of Irish delegates at a communist peace conference in Berlin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (8 September 1951).
A clipping of an article claiming that two prominent communists spoke at the second delegate conference of the Irish Workers’ League held in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Press’ (27 January 1952).
A clipping of an article reporting on Hamish Fraser’s lecture in the Mansion House in Dublin warning of the dangers of communism infiltration and giving an account of his own experiences as a former communist in Republican Spain. Fraser also refers to the experiences of Frank Ryan. It is noted that Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. was among the attendees at the event. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (10 March 1952).