A photographic print of James Connolly (standing at far right) at the funeral of the veteran Fenian, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in August 1915. O’Rossa had died in a hospital on Staten Island, New York. When he died Tom Clarke asked for his body to be returned to Ireland for burial. The funeral marked the first occasion when Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army appeared in a formal alliance with the Irish Volunteers. O'Donovan Rossa’s funeral was one of the largest political commemorations ever witnessed in Ireland. It was notable for Pádraig Pearse’s famous graveside oration.
Photographic prints relating to the state visit to Ireland by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco in June 1961. The prints were compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1962). The prints show the couple greeting President Éamon de Valera and his wife at a state banquet in Dublin Castle, visiting a children’s hospital and at an official gathering in Croke Park, Dublin. Most of the prints are captioned on the reverse. The prints are mainly press photographs from the Lensman Press Agency, 9 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Independent Newspapers Ltd., and Liam Kennedy & Sons, 42 MacCurtain Street, Cork.
An image of the ruins of the Dominican Friary (also known as St. Saviour's Priory) in Kilmallock in County Limerick. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Dominican Friary, Kilmallock, showing east window'.
Cover addressed to 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'Capuchin Annual Office', Church Street, Dublin, from Leo Vala Photography, Knightsbridge Studios Brompton Road, London. The cover includes two black and white prints and a press release from Vala Photography regarding the proceeds from a sale of a profile print of Christ being donated to the Turin Shroud Investigation Fund.
Photographic prints relating to the state visit to Ireland of King Baudouin (1930-1993) and Queen Fabiola (1925-2014) of Belgium in May 1968. The file was compiled for a photographic feature published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). The file includes press prints showing their arrival at Dublin Airport, their attendance at a state banquet at Dublin Castle, laying a wreath at the military cemetery in Arbour Hill, and a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin where King Baudouin played hurling with President Éamon de Valera and the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs, is also present in some of the photographs
File with envelope annotated ‘Dollard’s’ with various photographic prints of a religious nature. Only some of the prints are annotated. The file includes the following images:
• A confirmation scene • A Calvary in an unidentified location • Mother Teresa (1910-1997). Photograph by Sunil Kumar Dutt • A priest giving the last rites to a dying man • A blind man begging on O’Connell Bridge, Dublin
Photographic prints of sculptures by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). The file includes images of ‘Brother and Sister’, ‘The Age of Bronze’, ‘A Sail’, and several busts. The file was compiled with a view to publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'.
Photographic prints compiled for a photographic feature titled ‘Majestic Peninsula of Beara’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973). The prints are credited to Bord Fáilte Ėireann. The file includes numerous prints of scenic locations around the Beara Peninsula and Dunmanus Bay, County Cork.
Photographic reproductions of maps from the Botanical Society of the British Isles used to illustrate an article by Fergus J O’Rourke titled ‘Irish Fauna’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973).
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Sheila Mulloy titled ‘Mayo Musings’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1974). The prints are credited to Bord Fáilte Ėireann. The file includes images of: • The exterior and interior of Westport House. • Doo Lough, County Mayo. • Lough Conn, Pontoon, County Mayo. • The Mall, Westport, County Mayo. • Straide Abbey, County Mayo. • Portraits of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont and Maud Bourke, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Bourke of Mayo and great granddaughter of Grainne Uaille.
