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Timothy O’Shea was born near the village of Clondrohid in County Cork on 30 June 1902. He joined the Capuchin Franciscans in Kilkenny in September 1920 and took Phelim as his religious name. After taking his usual course of studies in philosophy and theology he was ordained to the priesthood in Holy Trinity Church in Cork on 29 June 1928. He spent the first three years of his priestly life as a member of staff in Rochestown College in County Cork. In September 1931 he left Ireland to become one of the founders of the newly established mission in what was then Barotseland, a protectorate of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now the Western Province of Zambia). He was elected as one of the consultors (discreet) to the Regular Superior of the Mission in June 1935 and would hold this position until he was elected Regular Superior in 1946. From 1946 to 1950 he acted as guardian (local superior) and principal of teacher training at the Lukulu mission station in western Zambia. On 24 May 1950 the Holy See appointed him Vicar Apostolic of the Livingstone Vicariate and he was ordained Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 September 1950. On 25 April 1959 the Diocese of Livingstone was canonically established, and he became the Ordinary of the new diocese. He was awarded the Medal of Honour for services to the Zambian nation by President Kenneth Kaunda in 1970. To further the interests of the Zambiansation of the Catholic Church in the country, he resigned as Bishop of the Livingstone Diocese on 17 December 1974. Following a long period of illness, he died on 26 May 1979 and was buried in the cemetery attached to Sancta Maria Church in Lukulu, Zambia

Baptismal name: Timothy Peter Paul O’Shea
Religious name: Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 30 June 1902
Place of birth: Curra, Clondrohid, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: Timothy
Name of mother: Abina O’Shea (née McSwiney)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1920
Date of first profession: 18 Sept. 1921
Date of final profession: 29 Dec. 1925
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 June 1928
Educational attainments: BA, University College Cork (1924); Higher Diploma in Education, University College Cork (1928)
Missionary activities: Travelled to South Africa on 11 Sept. 1931, later to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
Date of death: 26 May 1979
Place of death: Lukulu, Zambia
Place of burial: Cemetery, Sancta Maria, Lukulu, Zambia

Observations: He was noted for his numerous translations of religious texts primarily into the Lozi language spoken in Barotseland. His publications included: ‘Katekisema ni Litapelo za Bakreste’ translated from Sisuto and printed in Rome in 1937 by the Sodality of St Peter Claver; ‘Litapelo ni Lipina’ compiled with aid of Sisuto texts, printed in 1960 by the Sodality of St Peter Claver; ‘Katekisema’ by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, printed by Teresianum in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1967; ‘Linyalo’ (1963); ‘Evangeli ya Mulen’a luna Jesu Kriste’ (St. Mark) translated in 1948; ‘Likuta le li Katoliki ili Eklesia ya Niti’ (1963); ‘Nzila ya Sifapano’ (Stations of the Cross); in Siluvale language, ‘Vilombelo na Myaso’ (Prayers and Hymns) 1963; ‘Vihande vya Mazu a Kalunga’ (Bible Stories) 1969.

Baptismal name: Michael Anthony Gough
Religious name: Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 22 Mar. 1904
Place of birth: Rush, County Dublin
Name of father: Thomas Rush (Carpenter)
Name of mother: Alicia Rush (née O’Donohoe)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 18 Sept. 1921
Date of first profession: 15 Oct. 1922
Date of final profession: 29 Dec. 1925
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 June 1929
Educational attainments: BA (1925)
Missionary activities: Travelled to the United States in 1929; Pastor at Our Lady of Angels Parish, Hermiston, Oregon, 1930-3; returned to Ireland in 1936; Travelled to the Prefecture of Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) in 1936; returned to Ireland in 1957; Parish Priest on the island of St. Helena from 1957-64 while attached to the Cape Town mission in South Africa.
Date of death: 30 Nov. 1983
Place of death: Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home, Sybil Hill, Raheny, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

James Crowley was born in Ringaskiddy in County Cork on 8 June 1904. He attended national schools in Ringaskiddy and in Haulbowline and from 1917 to 1920 he continued his education at the Christian Brothers’ College in Cork city. He transferred to the Seraphic College in Rochestown in County Cork in 1920. He joined the Capuchin Franciscan Order in September 1921. After his first profession, he attended University College Cork from 1922 to 1925. In 1926 he was sent to Rome for further studies at the Gregorian University obtaining a Doctorate in Divinity in 1930. While in Rome he was ordained to the priesthood on 29 July 1928. Following his return to Ireland, he ministered in the Kilkenny Friary from 1930 to 1932. He was then transferred to the Western American mission custody. His first assignment was in St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Bend, Oregon. He was soon assigned to St. Mary’s Parish in Ukiah, California, and he remained here until 1934 when he was asked to take up a position in the newly established Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). He served as a consultor to the Regular Superior of the African Mission and was later appointed to a pastoral position in the Archdiocese of Cape Town in South Africa. He returned to Ireland in 1967. He briefly returned to the African continent in the 1970s and took up a teaching post in a Capuchin seminary located in Asmara, Ethiopia. The last ten years of his life were spent in the Church Street Friary in Dublin. He died on 29 February 1984 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

Baptismal name: James Brendan Crowley
Religious name: Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 8 June 1904
Place of birth: Ringaskiddy, County Cork
Name of father: Timothy Crowley
Name of mother: Mary Crowley (née Mahony)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 18 Sept. 1921
Date of first profession: 15 Oct. 1922
Date of final profession: 29 Dec. 1925
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 July 1928 (Rome)
Educational attainments: BA, 1st class hons. (1925); Doctorate in Divinity, Rome (1930)
Leadership positions: 2nd Consultor to Regular Superior, Zambia, 1958-61, 1961-4; 1964-7; Vicar Forane, Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa.
Missionary activities: Travelled to the United States in 1931; Travelled to Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) in March 1934; Returned to Ireland in December 1967.
Date of death: 29 Feb. 1984
Place of death: Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

Patrick Browne joined the Capuchins in Rochestown County Cork, in October 1937. He took Brian as his religious name and was solemnly professed as a Capuchin friar in 1941. Shortly after his ordination to the priesthood in 1945, he was transferred to the mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). He was deeply involved in advancing education, building schools, administering them, and teaching. He supervised the completion of the first Catholic Secondary school for boys to be opened in Barotseland at Mongu in the early 1960s. He was Regular Superior of the Zambian Mission from 1967 to 1973 and on finishing his term of office he raised funds for the African missions in the United States for several years. On finally departing Zambia in 1980, he worked with the Irish Capuchins in New Zealand for six years. On his return to Ireland in 1986, he worked as a curate in the parish of Redhills in his native County Cavan until 1999. He was a member of the Ard Mhuire Capuchin community in County Donegal until his death on 10 May 2015.

Baptismal name: Patrick Browne
Religious name: Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 14 Mar. 1919
Place of birth: Redhills, County Cavan (Diocese of Kilmore)
Name of father: James Browne
Name of mother: Rose Anne Browne (née Murray)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1937
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1938
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1941
Date of ordination (as priest): 20 June 1945 (St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal)
Educational attainments: BA, 2nd class hons. (1941)
Missionary activities: Travelled to the Prefecture of Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), in February 1946. He was transferred on a temporary missionary assignment to California in the United States in November 1973. He returned to Livingstone, Zambia, in February 1980. He was transferred to New Zealand in 1980 and returned to Ireland in 1986.
Date of death: 10 May 2015
Place of burial: Cemetery, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal

Baptismal name: Peter MacQuillan
Religious name: Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 28 Aug. 1899
Place of birth: Drogheda, County Louth,
Name of father: William MacQuillan (Merchant)
Name of mother: Margaret MacQuillan (née Kelly)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1923
Date of first profession: 18 Sept. 1924
Date of final profession: 18 Sept. 1927
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 June 1931
Educational attainments: BA (1927)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), in 1933.
Date of death: 8 Dec. 1968
Place of death: Cape Town, South Africa
Place of burial: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa

Baptismal name: Patrick O’Callaghan
Religious name: Br. Dominic O’Callaghan OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 20 Mar. 1903
Place of birth: Douglas, Cork
Name of father: Michael O’Callaghan
Name of mother: Elizabeth O’Callaghan (née Murphy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 1 Nov. 1931
Date of first profession: 2 Nov. 1932
Date of final profession: 2 Nov. 1935
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 10 Oct. 1938. He returned to Ireland on 11 February 1976.
Date of death: 26 Aug. 1981
Place of burial: Cemetery, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal

Robert McCann was born in Belfast on 2 July 1906. He joined the Capuchin Franciscans in October 1925. He made his solemn profession in 1929 and was immediately afterwards sent to Rome to study theology. He was ordained in the Italian capital in June 1932 and secured a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) the following year. On his return to Ireland, he began teaching theology at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. He held various positions in the following years: two years as director of students in St. Bonaventure’s in Cork during which he time he obtained a Master of Arts degree; one year as mission secretary; eight years as a missionary friar in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia); nine years as master of novices in Rochestown Friary in County Cork. He was a member of the community in St. Bonaventure’s for twenty-four years most of which time was spent giving lectures in philosophy to novices. He also served as a Provincial Definitor (Councillor) for a total of nine years. At the time of his death (6 March 1991), he was a member of the Church Street community in Dublin. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Baptismal name: Robert McCann
Religious name: Fr. Cuthbert McCann OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 2 July 1906
Place of birth: Belfast
Name of father: John Patrick McCann (Cabinet Maker)
Name of mother: Mary Jane McCann (née Riddel)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 4 Oct. 1925
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1926
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1929
Date of ordination (as priest): 17 July 1932 (Rome)
Education details: BA, 1st class hons. (NUI), 1929; Licentiate of Sacred Theology (Rome), 1933; Higher Diploma in Education (UCC), 1935; MA (UCC), 1936.
Missionary activity: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), in October 1938. Returned to Ireland in 1946. He was elected 2nd Discreet of the Northern Rhodesian mission in March 1946 but was recalled to Ireland to take charge of the cleric novitiate in December of that year.
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1949-51, 1958-61, 1967-70; Custos General: 1952-5, 1961-4.
Date of death: 6 Mar. 1991
Place of death: Blanchardstown, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

Baptismal name: Patrick O’Hanlon
Religious name: Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 14 May 1902
Place of birth: 27 Michael Street, Waterford City (Diocese of Waterford & Lismore)
Name of father: David O’Hanlon (Grocer)
Name of mother: Sarah O’Hanlon (née Murphy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1920
Date of first profession: 18 Sept. 1901
Date of final profession: 29 Dec. 1925
Date of ordination (as priest): 19 June 1928
Educational attainments: BA (1924)
Missionary activities: Travelled to South Africa in April 1930; Elected a discreet for the African Mission on 21 June 1935. He was reappointed a discreet on 14 Oct. 1938
Date of death: 11 Aug. 1957
Place of death: Parow, Cape Town, South Africa
Place of burial: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa

John (Seán) Mannion was born in Dublin on 7 April 1929. He attended the Capuchin College in Rochestown in County Cork and joined the Order in October 1947 taking Godfrey as his religious name. He was ordained to the priesthood in May 1955. Soon after his ordination he was sent to Rome to undertake further theological studies obtaining a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1958. On his return to Ireland, he joined the community in St. Bonaventure’s Hostel and completed a Higher Diploma in Education in University College Cork. He spent the following ten years in Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal as a director of student friars and vicar. He was transferred to the Church Street community in Dublin in 1967 and would remain here for the next thirty years. He served as the national spiritual assistant for the Third Order of St. Francis confraternity for many years and was well known for the retreats and missions he gave to diocesan clerics and religious of other congregations and orders. He moved to the Capuchin residence in Raheny in 1998. Following a period of illness, he died in Raheny on 2 April 2000. He was buried in Dardistown Cemetery.

Baptismal name: John (Seán) Anthony Mannion
Religious name: Fr. Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 7 Apr. 1929
Place of birth: 36 St. Jarlath Road, Cabra, Dublin
Name of father: Thomas Mannion (Draper’s Assistant)
Name of mother: Mary Mannion (née Morgan)
Primary School Education: Christ the King National School, Cabra, Dublin
Secondary School Education: Rochestown Capuchin College, County Cork
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1947
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1948
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1951
Date of ordination (as priest): 17 May 1955
Educational attainments: BA, 2nd class honours (1951); Higher Diploma in Education (1956); Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) (1958).
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor), 1970-9.
Date of death: 2 Apr. 2000
Place of death: Capuchin Friary, Raheny, Dublin
Place of burial: Dardistown Cemetery, Dublin

Baptismal name: Jeremiah Kelleher
Religious name: Fr. Patrick Kelleher OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 1 Apr. 1887
Place of birth: Coolea, Ballyvourney, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: Patrick Kelleher (Farmer)
Name of mother: Honora Kelleher (née Lynch)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 26 Aug. 1906
Date of first profession: 17 Sept. 1907
Date of solemn profession: 21 Jan. 1912
Date of ordination (as priest): 5 July 1914
Date of death: 26 Sept. 1959
Place of death: Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork