File 28 - Letter Book

Bound volume; 28.5 cm x 22.5 cm; manuscript, typescript and printed

A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘Angelic Shepherd’ and contains letters offering congratulations for this publication and requesting copies of the book which was published by the Capuchin Annual Office in 1950. Includes letters from various Catholic clergymen including Bishop Eugene O’Doherty, Bishop James Fergus, Archbishop John D’Alton, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Bishop William MacNeely, Rev. Owen Noel Snedden, and Fr. Denis Fahy CSSp. The volume also includes letters from Doran Hurley, Margaret Hennessy, Peadar O’Curry (editor of ‘An t-Iolar: The Standard’), Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap., Lily McCormack, Frank Duff, the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, ‘Catholic Times’ (London), Nuala Moran (‘The Leader’), Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), Douglas Newton, Seán Mac Eoin, Maud Gonne MacBride, Pádraig De Brún, John English & Co. (printers), and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.

Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents

Maud Gonne MacBride: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macbride-edith-maud-gonne-a5110
Fr. Denis Fahy CSSp.: https://www.dib.ie/biography/fahey-denis-a2986
Doran Hurley: https://bethlehembooks.com/person/doran-hurley/
Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481
Frank Duff: https://www.dib.ie/biography/duff-francis-michael-frank-a2805
Seán Mac Eoin: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mac-eoin-sean-a5033
Pádraig De Brún: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-brun-padraig-browne-patrick-a2457