Letter Book

A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘XXI’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Richard Hayward, Aodh de Blacam, Éamonn Bulfin, Daphne Deane (Paris Theatre Guild), Marquess Constance MacSwiney of Mashanaglass, Michael Lennon (Healthfield Road, Terenure, Dublin), Aubery G. Bell, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Bishop William MacNeely (regarding Richard King’s work titled ‘Mysterie

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Level of description
File
Date
1936-1948
Reference
13
Extent and medium
144 pp; 34.5 cm x 22 cm; Bound volume, manuscript, typescript, and printed
Scope and content
A volume containing letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine is annotated ‘XXI’. Contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Includes letters from Richard Hayward, Aodh de Blacam, Éamonn Bulfin, Daphne Deane (Paris Theatre Guild), Marquess Constance MacSwiney of Mashanaglass, Michael Lennon (Healthfield Road, Terenure, Dublin), Aubery G. Bell, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Bishop William MacNeely (regarding Richard King’s work titled ‘Mysteries of the Rosary’), Ermengarda Greville-Nugent, Alan Macauley, Fr. James A. Brennan (Dunboyne House, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth), Velona Pilcher, Charles J. O’Connell (Save Derrynane Committee), Pádraig Mac an tSionnaigh (Drimnagh, Dublin), Adolf Morath (photographer), Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien, Fr. Terence O’Donnell OFM (Franciscan College, Multyfarnham, County Westmeath), Seumas MacManus, Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Thomas MacGreevy, Agnes Boylan (Longford Terrace, Monkstown, County Dublin), James Mason (English actor, 1909-1984), Maud Gonne MacBride, Cathal O’Byrne, Francis McCullagh, Helen Ronayne, Gabriel Fallon, Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams, Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), W. J. Dignam (Office of the High Commissioner for Australia, Dublin), John Chambers (Irish Anti-Partition Leage, Motherwell Branch, Scotland), The Irish Association of Merseyside, Michel Stériadé-Boissenet, Peter. F. Anson, D.L. Kelleher, Fr. Louis A. Gales (Catechetical Guild, Minnesota), Benedict Kiely, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Michael O’Higgins, Jack B. Yeats, Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh (‘Uan Uladh’), John English & Co. (printers), Pádraig De Brún, H. Lytton Wilson (Secretary, The F.J. McCormick Memorial Committee), John Desmond Sheridan, Victor Waddington, Joseph B. Whelehan, Fr. Gino Paro (Apostolic Nunciature, Dublin), Nellie M. Lennon, Seámus Kelly (Press Relations Officer, Aer Lingus), Rev. Michael Owen Driscoll (Chancery Office, Springfield, Illinois), Dr. J. Vincent Carroll, T.J. Kiernan (Irish Legation, 86 Dominion Circuit, Canberra, Australia), Susan Hughes Goetz, Joesph Connolly (Melford, Westfield Road, Dublin), and Domhnall Ó Corcora (Daniel Corkery).
General note
Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents Richard Hayward: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hayward-harold-richard-a3886 Éamonn Bulfin: https://www.dib.ie/biography/bulfin-eamonn-edmond-a10114 Aodh de Blacam: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-blacam-aodh-hugh-saunders-blackham-aodh-sandrach-de-blacam-a2455 Maud Gonne MacBride: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macbride-edith-maud-gonne-a5110 Adolf Morath: http://www.odonohoearchive.com/a-camera-for-a-brush-portrait-of-adolf-morath-20th-century-celebrity-photographer/ Michael Lennon: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lennon-157 Velona Pilcher: https://americanwomeninwwi.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/velona-pilcher-wwi-worker-playwright-of-female-journeys-end/ Daphne Deane: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3107298504/view Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-sophie-raffalovich-a6495 Seumas MacManus: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macmanus-seumas-a5736 Joseph O'Connor: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=188 Eoghan Ó Tuairisc: https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-tuairisc-eoghan-a6445 Thomas MacGreevy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macgreevy-thomas-a5218 Cathal O'Byrne: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obyrne-cathal-a9260 Francis McCullagh: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccullagh-francis-a5634 Gabriel Fallon: https://www.dib.ie/biography/fallon-gabriel-joseph-a2999 Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481 Benedict Kiely: https://www.dib.ie/biography/kiely-benedict-ben-a9533 Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ: https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19610414.2.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Jack B. Yeats: https://www.dib.ie/biography/yeats-jack-butler-a9157 Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh (‘Uan Uladh’): https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=71 Pádraig De Brún: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-brun-padraig-browne-patrick-a2457 John Desmond Sheridan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/sheridan-john-desmond-a8038 Victor Waddington: https://www.dib.ie/biography/waddington-victor-a10128 Joseph Whelehan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whelehan Fr. Gino Paro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Paro T.J. Kiernan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/kiernan-thomas-joseph-tommy-t-j-a4539 Joseph Connolly: https://www.dib.ie/biography/connolly-joseph-a1955 Daniel Corkery: https://www.dib.ie/biography/corkery-daniel-a2049
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Bound Volumes of Letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.

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  • O'Connell the Liberator.
  • Mr. C. J. O'Connell.
  • Mr. J. Barry.
Full Transcript (OCR, 3 pages)

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Page 1

October 7, 1947 13 Sutton Place New York 22, N.Y. Dear Father Senan, Thank you for your very kind acknowledgment of my piece about F. J. McCormick. Please donate the money to an animal charity in Dublin, preferably cats. The photograph and biographical sheet is enclosed. With best wishes, Yours sincerely,

Page 2

My Dear Father Seman & Father Gerald I thank you indeed for your handsome and beautiful gift. I doe it will take the wt in its teeth and with handsome and beautiful thoughts for me - what a wordshell thing would in a plm which could only with the Truth. Perhaps George Washington's AXE was a bad kind as perhaps he was more afraid a it than a his papa as I am, again with your thanks, Yours sencerly Tudo B. Myrtle

Page 3

Solácurišmír arigeato cum Toore Fionáin an Fuarcluite, Tomnall Ua Conaill, to coraint ar ron na Tipe. A campaign to raise the necessary funds to preserve for the Nation "Derrynane," the home of Daniel O'Connell the Liberator. PATRON Most Rev. Dr. D'Alton, D.D., D. Litt. Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland CHAIRMAN: Mr. Denis Guiney, Clerys of Dublin. HONORARY TREASURERS: Mr. P. F. MacMahon Mr. J. Barry. BANKERS: The National Bank, Ltd. SOLICITOR: Mr. P. Wilkinson, Naas. AUDITORS: Cremin, McCarthy & Co. 12 College Green, Dublin. SECRETARY: Mr. C. J. O'Connell. SAVE Cosnuišmis-Doire Fionáin DERRYNANE 'Phone 73012 All communications to be addressed to: "SAVE DERRYNANE," 16 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN Rev. Father Senan, O.F.M. (Cap.) Church Street, Dublin. 29th April 1948 Dear Father Senan, As you have not attended committee meetings for some time past I am directed to make a special appeal to you. We have commenced our final drive for funds to restore Darrynane and success will come only after a determined, uphill fight. We need all the help and co-operation we can possibly acquire. Your ideas and suggestions might make all the difference between failure and success. May we count on your assistance? Please let me know if you find it impossible to attend our weekly meetings which are held in Clery's Restaurant each Monday at 7.30 P.M. Yours sincerely, Sher. Jo'bonnell Secretary.