Catholic Archives

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June 1917

A large crowd welcomes the return of Harry Boland (central figure with straw hat) to Dublin following his release from prison in 1917. Boland had been arrested following the 1916 Rising and was sentenced to five years penal servitude serving his time first in Dartmoor Jail and later in Lewes Prison.

Funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney

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28 Oct. 1920

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The funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney outside St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London, on 28 October 1920. MacSwiney was a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who died on 25 October 1920 in Brixton Prison after a lengthy hunger strike. As chaplain to the Mayor, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar, was at his side during his final days. He was also a prominent mourner at MacSwiney’s funeral. Fr. Dominic can be seen walking directly behind the carriage.

Terence MacSwiney lying in state in Cork

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31 Oct. 1920

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Terence MacSwiney lying in state at Cork City Hall. To the left of the coffin stands Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

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c.1915

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A postcard print of Enniscorthy in County Wexford.

Selskar Abbey, Wexford Town

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c.1920

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A postcard print of Selskar Abbey (originally an Augustinian Priory and later an Anglican Church) in Wexford Town.

Ferrycarrig, County Wexford

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c.1920

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A postcard print of the ruined fifteenth-century tower house and on the left the Round Tower (the Crimea War Monument) at Ferrycarrig in County Wexford.