A view of the site of the former Capuchin church in Cork known as the ‘South Friary’, situated on Blackamoor Lane. With a cover annotation which reads ‘Fr. Theobald Mathew’s old church, Cork’. By the early eighteenth century the Capuchins had established a permanent residence in the South Parish of Cork city and by 1741 had built a small Friary on Blackamoor Lane situated between O’Sullivan’s Quay and Cove Street. The small chapel in the photograph was built by Fr. Arthur O’Leary OSFC (1729-1802) in 1771. It subsequently became known as the ‘South Friary’. During the first half of the nineteenth century Cork city underwent a rapid expansion in both geographical size and population. It soon became apparent that the Friary Church on Blackamoor Lane was not sufficient to meet the demands of a growing congregation. In the 1820s Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (1790-1856) moved to build a larger church in a more convenient location on Charlotte Quay. The Friary Church on Blackamoor Lane was eventually closed on 6 October 1850. The building soon fell into disrepair.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at a ceremony blessing a grotto in Livingstone. The group also includes Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. and the altar servers, Noel Young, Ian Beaton, Peter Jones, and Robert Jones.
A postcard print titled 'Cardinal [Joseph] MacRory returns after blessing the Memorial, at Saul'. The image shows the statue of Saint Patrick which was constructed to mark the fifteenth centenary of the probable year of his arrival in Ireland in 432 AD.
A photographic print of the blessing of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary of Vence), frequently referred to as the Matisse Chapel, on the French Rivera. The Dominican chapel is notable for having been built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri Matisse (1889-1954).
A volume titled ‘Blocks / Father Mathew Record / The Capuchin Annual / subjects: Capuchins / Saints / Beati / Friars / Friaries / Houses / Colleges’. The volume contains printed copies of block pulls for photographs and illustrations published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The volume includes the following copy prints: • Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. and Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. • The garden of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. • Certificate of reception of Cardinal Joseph McRory, Archbishop of Armagh, into the Third Order of St. Francis. 11 Mar. 1928. • The Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork. • Irish Capuchin houses in France in the eighteenth century. • Engraving of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin. • Students in Rochestown College, County Cork. • Drawings by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. • General Chapter of the Capuchin Order in Rome, 1926. • Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia OSFC (1809-1889). • A group of Irish Capuchin students in Rome. • Cartoons by Tom Lalor. • The exterior of the old Capuchin Chapel on Church Street (c.1861). • The Most Rev. Thomas-Louis Connolly OSFC (1814-1876), Archbishop of Halifax. • Views of Dublin life, a collection of drawings by Seán MacManus. • Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931). • A view of Church Street looking northwards towards North King Street. • Mary Redmond (1863-1930), sculptor. • Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. (1870-1954). • Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935) in the United States. • Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965). • Depictions of St. Francis and various Capuchin Franciscan Saints. • Capuchin Franciscan bishops.
