Item 18 - Funeral of Father Bernard Jennings

1 p.; clipping

Clippings taken from the ‘Evening Echo’ (27 December 1904) documenting the extensive public mourning and civic arrangements surrounding the funeral of Fr. Bernard Jennings OFM Cap. The text details the arrival of his remains from Dublin at the Great Southern and Western Railway terminus in Cork and the subsequent street procession to the Holy Trinity Church on Charlotte Quay. The clipping provides an historical and genealogical record of the day, listing dozens of attending clergy from various regional orders, prominent civic dignitaries – including the Lord Mayor of Cork and members of the Cork Corporation – and representatives from local trade unions like the Cork United Trades Association. Additionally, it features a formal municipal notice issued by Secretary D. F. Giltinan requesting full corporate attendance at the Solemn Requiem, alongside lists of participating choir members and representatives from the Council of the Third Order of St. Francis.