Letter from Patrick J. MacNally, Commandant, Collins’ Barracks, Cork, to Fr. Aloysius Travers enclosing a typescript copy of his unfinished account of the Easter Week Rising. Comdt. MacNally also encloses a rough sketch of the Church Street area upon which he asks Fr. Aloysius to
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Recollections by Father Aloysius of the fighting of Easter Week, the surrender of the rebel forces and subsequent execution of their leaders. He provides an eye-witness account of the executions in Kilmainham Jail most notably that of James Connolly. The typescript copies are inc
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Letter from Rev. P.J. O’Rourke, Heppner, Oregon, to Fr. Aloysius Travers enclosing a duplicate copy draft for £65 12s 6d. Fr. O’Rourke added ‘Knowing dear Father you can apply it to the best advantage. The donors wished it to be given principally to the survivors of those who fel
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Tribute to Fr. Aloysius Travers (d. 2 May 1957) in the Father Mathew Record. Includes a tribute from An Taoiseach, Ėamon de Valera dated 23 May 1957.
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Letter from Brian O’Higgins, Detention Barracks, Stafford, c/o Chief Postal Censor, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., regarding the conditions of his detention. He writes: ‘We are all in good health and in the best of spirits; we are treated very kindly and have little to complai
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Letter from James Larkin, Workers’ Union of Ireland, Thomas Ashe Hall, 5a, College Street, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers, assuring him that he will make arrangements for a meeting soon. Larkin declares that ‘the pressure has been so heavy that not only have I had to spend the l
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Photographic postcard print of the Study Hall of St. Enda’s College, Rathfarnham, established by Padraig Pearse.
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Receipt for ‘articles’ received by Anti-Treaty A. Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Signed: O[fficer] C[ommanding]. Initialled ‘b.T’.
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Photographic postcard print of a half-length portrait of Mrs Joseph Plunkett (Miss Grace Gifford) ‘who married Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Prison a few hours before his execution on May 3rd, 1916’. Printed and Published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament St., Dublin.
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Correspondence between Thomas W. Bewley, secretary, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd., and Fr. Aloysius Travers regarding a cheque for £25 given by the directors of Jacobs to the Capuchins as a mark of appreciation ‘for the deep sense of thankfulness that our Factory was spared from serio
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Letter from James O’Connor, solicitor, to Fr. Aloysius Travers regarding a note from British military authorities affirming that ‘certain historical papers … [which] were returned to the late Archbishop Walsh ... . O’Connor advises Fr. Aloysius to ascertain from the Archbishop’s
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Passes signed by Lord Powerscourt, Major, Assistant Provost Marshal, Dublin, permitting Fr. Aloysius Travers and Fr. Columbus Murphy to travel between ‘Dublin and England via North Wall or Kingston’ and to the ‘Capuchin Convent, Church Street’.
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