Loose Letters File

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Level of description

File

Date

1951; 1901-1951

Reference

7

Extent and medium

641 items; Manuscript, typescript, photographic print, postcard print, and printed

Scope and content

A file of letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The file contains personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Some of the letters refer to orders for ‘The Angelic Shepherd / The Life of Pope Pius XII’ (1950) authored by Fr. Senan. The file also includes correspondence from Margaret Mary Pearse, Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Dr. T.J. Walsh (Chairman, the Wexford Festival of the Music and the Arts), Seán Ganly, Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Fr. Sydney MacEwan, Fr. Bosco Lennon OFM Cap. (Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal), Johanna Coakley (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Fr. T. Maguire (St. Mary’s Church, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh), Eric Rayner (338 Fulham Road, London), John English & Co. (printers), Thomas MacGreevy, Fr. Otto Richter (Jablonec, Czechoslovakia), Margaret Bowles (Priory Drive, Stillorgan, County Dublin), D.L. Kelleher (enclosing a biographical statement), Dr. Colm A. McDonnell (Upper Ely Place, Dublin), Robert Brennan (42 Lower Dodder Road, Dublin), Diarmuid Breathnach, Peter F. Anson, Yvonne Jammet, Vivion de Valera, Frederick Evans (Bexleyheath, Kent), Bishop Thomas Pothacamury, Frank MacGeough, Fr. Joseph Ranson (Kilmuckridge, Gorey, County Wexford), Sister M. Magdalena (Convent of Mercy, Carlow), M. Devlin (Cawnpore Street, Belfast), Katherine Guilfoyle Edelman, Seumas O’Brien (sculptor, dramatist, fabulist, 1880-1959), Adolf Morath (photographer), Fr. H. Russell SMA (Society of African Missions, 23 Bliss Avenue, Tenafly, New Jersey), Seán Collins, Aodh de Blacam, Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien, Rosamond Jacob, Muiris Mac Murchadha, Vincent O’Connor (South Taylor Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois), Fr. Robert Mageean CSSr (Somerton Road, Belfast), Michael A. Bowles, Joseph J. Carroll (Whitestone School, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia), Sister Mary Joseph (Webster Groves, Missouri), Sister M. Dolorine (Webster College, Missouri, United States), Alan Macauley (Sierra Madre, California), Ernest Newman, Fr. Jerome Hawes TOSF (Mount Alvernia Hermitage, Cat Island, Bahamas), Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), H.L. Moiselle, Tomás S. Cuffe, Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap. (editor, ‘The Cowl / A Capuchin Review’), Mary Wren, (Servite House, 17 The Boltons, London), J. Monahan (Seafield Road, Clontarf, County Dublin), John J. Kelly (attorney, West Washington Street, Chicago, United States), Patrick Duffy (Hazeldene, Clonfert Avenue, Portumna, County Galway), Seumas MacManus, Fr. Matthew Hoehn OSB, Fr. George Macarius Korb (Nagoya, Japan), Fr. Cuthbert Gumbinger OFM Cap., Joseph Connolly (Melford, Westfield Road, Dublin), Fr. Seán Gordon (Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Rome), Fr. Patrick Boland TOR (Catholic Mission, Chowki, India), Michael J. O’Mullane, Fr. Daniel A. Horan (Church of the Annunciation, Ilion, New York), Sister Leonarda (St. Joseph’s, Toronto, Canada), Fr. W.F. Conlon (President, St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, County Meath), Katherine Blake (c/o Irish Embassy, Madrid, Spain), Fr. Albin Fiedler (Benešova, Czechoslovakia), Sister Mary Joseph (Director, The Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, Missouri, United States), Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap., John Hennig, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Tom Evans (Glenbeigh, County Kerry), Pádraig De Brún, Fr. Demetrius Manousos OFM Cap., Fr. Gerard Fassler OFM Cap. (Catholic Mission, Kondoa, Tanzania), Alice Ginnell, Colin Johnston Robb, Sister M. Patrick (Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Cahiracon, Ennis, County Clare), Winfred M. Letts (Verschoyle), Sister M. Catherine (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Killeshandra, County Cavan), Sister M. Frances Teresa (Convent of Saint Louis, Louisville, County Monaghan), Richard Mulcahy (Minister of Education), Sister Joseph Patrick (Sisters of Charity, St. Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh, Finglas, County Dublin), Sister M. Vincenzo (Dominican Convent, Muckross Park, Donnybrook, Dublin), Mona de Cruz (3 Westlands Road, Penang, Malaysia), John Lloyd (Connaught Rangers Mutineer), Sister Mary Frances Hughes (St. Clare’s Convent, Harold’s Cross, Dublin), Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury (Bangalore, India), Francis MacManus, Bernard T. Hart (Montclair, New Jersey, United States), Gerald Boland (Minister of Justice), John Alvin Feltis (1503 Lincoln Avenue, Toledo, Ohio), Fr. Matthew Hoehn OSB (St. Mary’s Abbey, High Street, Newark, New Jersey), Ana O’Reilly (Botanic Road, Dublin), Fr. Stephen J. Moloney O.Cist. (Mounty Melleray Abbey, County Waterford), Br. Charles A. Lynam (Saint Patrick’s, Montgomery Place, New Rochelle, New York), Denis Gywnn, Fr. Luigi Fesce (Church of Our Lady of Pompei, 25 Carmine Street, New York), Richard King, Michael J. Kennedy (‘Manresa’, Trimlestown Park, Booterstown, Dublin), Fr. Thomas McLaughlin OSB (Fort Augustus Abbey, Inverness, Scotland), Sir Martin John Melvin (Director, ‘The Universe’, London), Seámus Ó Mathúna (Youghal, County Cork), Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Edward Kavanagh (Manor Mills, Maynooth, County Kildare), Máirín Cregan (Kindlestown House, Delgany, County Wicklow), Fr. Cyril Kelleher OFM Cap., Áine Ceannt, John Moynihan (St. Patrick’s, Donabate, County Dublin), Sister M. Kevin (Convent of Mercy, Ardee, County Louth), Sister M. Gertrude (Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Cahiracon, Ennis, County Clare), Mannix Joyce, Fr. T.F. Duggan (President, St Finbarr’s College, Farranferris, Cork), Fr. Henry Edward George Rope, Séamus Campbell, David Marcus, Merrill Proctor Ball (Williamsburg, Virginia, United States), F.L. Vickerman (Glenageary Road, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin), Fr. Philip O’Boyle (Parochial House, Termon, County Donegal), Fr. Conrad Simonsen Mackey OFM Cap. (Madrid, Spain), Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (Catholic Mission, Langa, Cape Province, South Africa), Dr. George A. Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Leonard J. Schweitzer, Doran Hurley, Charles G. O’Connell, Fr. Florian Ruskamp OFM Cap. (Bluefields, Nicaragua), H. Martin Hamilton, Alison King (Vico Terrace, Dalkey, County Dublin), Sister Mary de Pazzi, Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh, Máire de Blacam, Rev. John O. Buchmann (St. Leo’s Rectory, Irvington, New Jersey), Eoin O’Mahony, Joseph A. McCarthy (Circuit Court of Justice, Dublin), Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Paul Martin-Dillon, Sister M. Emmanuel (Mater Misericordiae Nursing Home, Eccles Street, Dublin), Frieda Le Pla, Kevin Egan (The Holy Well, Cairns, County Sligo), Seamus Murphy (Wellington Road, Cork), Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Mary Hardebeck, Cecil Hurwitz (Old Blackrock Road, Cork), Diarmuid Brennan (88 Loveridge Road, West Hampsted, London), Seán P. O’Reilly (Instituto Mangold, Madrid, Spain), Robert Monteith, Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (Apostolic Delegate to the United States), Lieutenant Colonel John Joseph Winters, John MacCourt (Winnipeg, Mantioba, Canada), Tadhg Gahan, Victor Waddington, D.S. Magee (Secretary, Irish Publishers Association), Séamus Ó Braonáin, Rev. H. Stoneley (Ince Vicarage, Westwood Lane, Wigan), Professor Leonard Abrahamson, Helena Concannon, Séamus Ó Céilleachair, Sister Imelda Cassidy (Loreto College, North Great George’s Street, Dublin), Gearóid Mac Spealáin, Aindrias Ó Muimhneacháin (Belmont Gardens, Donnybrook, Dublin), Fr. Senan Crowe OP, Bishop William MacNeely, Ana O’Reilly (Botanic Road, Dublin), Fr. Gilbert OFM Cap. (Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Peckham, London), Seumas O’Brien (sculptor, dramatist, fabulist, 1880-1959), Kathleen Bowles, Cormac Breathnach, Nora Ni Chathain, Sister M. Pius (Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin), Sir Shane Leslie, and Arthur de Tivoli. The letter of Vincent O’Connor (231 South Taylor Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois) encloses an original letter from Charlotte Gavin (Easky, County Sligo) dated 15 November 1880. The letter seemingly refers to local informers. O’Connor’s letter to Fr. Senan provides information on the letter’s contents and how it come into his possession. (10 Oct. 1951).

General note

Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents Joseph O'Connor: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=188 Thomas MacGreevy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macgreevy-thomas-a5218 Fr. Sydney MacEwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_MacEwan Margaret Mary Pearse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mary_Pearse Robert Brennan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/brennan-robert-a0934 Yvonne Jammet: https://www.dib.ie/biography/jammet-yvonne-a4259 Vivion de Valera: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-valera-vivion-laurence-a2476 Fr. Joseph Ranson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ranson Katherine Guilfoyle Edelman: https://collections.shsmo.org/index.php/manuscripts/kansas-city/k0281 Seán Collins: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collins-1970 Sophie Raffalovich O'Brien: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-sophie-raffalovich-a6495 Rosamond Jacob: https://www.dib.ie/biography/jacob-rosamond-a4248 Aodh de Blacam: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-blacam-aodh-hugh-saunders-blackham-aodh-sandrach-de-blacam-a2455 Michael A. Bowles: https://www.dib.ie/biography/bowles-michael-andrew-a0820 Ernest Newman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Newman Fr. Jerome Hawes TOSF: https://citydesert.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/jerome-hawes-priest-hermit-architect/ Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481 Seumas MacManus: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macmanus-seumas-a5736 Joseph Connolly: https://www.dib.ie/biography/connolly-joseph-a1955 Adolf Morath: http://www.odonohoearchive.com/a-camera-for-a-brush-portrait-of-adolf-morath-20th-century-celebrity-photographer/ John Hennig: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/en/kul/sup/dsi/20733408.html Alice Ginnell: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/ourservices/planning/conservationheritage/decadeofcentenariesblog/thelifeandcareerofaliceginnell.html D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm Colin Johnston Robb: https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4555/ROBB-COLINJOHNSTON Winfred M. Letts (Verschoyle): https://www.dib.ie/biography/letts-winifred-mabel-a4813 Richard Mulcahy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mulcahy-richard-a6029 Francis MacManus: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macmanus-patrick-francis-frank-a5735 Gerald Boland: https://www.dib.ie/biography/boland-gerald-a0762 Denis Gwynn: https://www.dib.ie/biography/gywnn-denis-rolleston-a3691 Richard King: https://www.dib.ie/biography/king-richard-a4567 Sir Martin John Melvin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Melvin Seán Ó Ciarghusa: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=184 Máirín Cregan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/cregan-mairin-a9572 Áine Ceannt: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ceannt-aine-a1580 Mannix Joyce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix_Joyce Fr. Henry Edward George Rope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Edward_George_Rope David Marcus: https://www.dib.ie/biography/marcus-david-a9856 Doran Hurley: https://bethlehembooks.com/person/doran-hurley/ Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh: https://libguides.ucc.ie/TomasOMuircheartaighCollection Eoin O'Mahony: https://www.dib.ie/biography/omahony-eoin-seosamh-a6877 Joseph Walshe: https://www.dib.ie/biography/walshe-joseph-patrick-a8908 Frieda Le Pla: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-rnid/2017/05/05/i-took-to-going-off-for-long-tramps-by-myself-over-the-fields-and-the-beech-clad-hills-frieda-le-pla-deaf-blind-author/ Tadhg Gahan: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1916relatives/25851282351 Gearóid Mac Spealáin: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=655 Aindrias Ó Muimhneacháin: https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-muimhneachain-aindrias-a6411 Cormac Breathnach: https://www.dib.ie/biography/breathnach-cormac-charlie-walsh-a0911 Sir Shane Leslie: https://www.dib.ie/biography/leslie-john-randolph-shane-a4805 Arthur de Tivoli: https://www.artuk.org/artdetective/discussions/discussions/further-information-is-sought-regarding-the-artist-arthur-de-tivoli Victor Waddington: https://www.dib.ie/biography/waddington-victor-a10128 Séamus Ó Braonáin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_%C3%93_Braon%C3%A1in Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amleto_Giovanni_Cicognani Seamus Murphy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/murphy-seamus-a6096 Robert Monteith: https://www.dib.ie/biography/monteith-robert-a5892 Helena Concannon: https://www.dib.ie/biography/concannon-helena-a1918

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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. > Loose Correspondence Files

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