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A studio portrait of Fr. Matthew O'Connor OSFC (1859-1930).

Studio photograph of Fr. Alphonsus Carroll OSFC (1874-1934). With an annotated cover.

An unidentified family group (six standing and five sitting or kneeling). This is an informal outdoor portrait of a family group probably taken in the first decade of the twentieth century.

Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. (1835-1919) standing outside the main door to the Church Street Capuchin Friary in Dublin. The annotation on the cover suggests that this is a poor quality image with the subject blurred and a transparent ‘ghost image’ of another friar captured on the original glass plate.

A large group of both men and women (both sitting and standing) outside the main door to St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. Some of the men in the back row appear to be wearing temperance badges. They are probably part of a lay temperance association attached to the church.

An image of Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931) sitting in the garden of the Church Street Friary. With an annotated cover.

A view of the exterior of Ards House near Creeslough in County Donegal. Ards House (later Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary) was formerly the residence of the Stewart-Bam family. The house and demesne were taken over by the Irish Land Commission in 1927. It was acquired by the Capuchin Order in March 1930. The Order changed the name of the old Stewart-Bam house to Ard Mhuire which became a theological seminary. The first community consisted of Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (Guardian), Fr. Patrick Kelleher OFM Cap., Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. and Br. Fidelis Rice OFM Cap. It took some time to convert Ards House into a Capuchin friary. A power plant was built for electric light and central heating was installed. A large fire in December 1944 caused considerable damage to the old house and the decision was made in the mid-1950s to demolish the residence and build a new friary and church. At this point, the mansion was in a terrible state of repair – the lead roof was developing cracks and was leaking and the oldest part of the building, the elaborate façade, was crumbling. The new Capuchin Friary at Ard Mhuire was formally opened on 13 November 1966. The friary overlooks the shores of Sheephaven Bay and now offers retreats, conferences, seminars, and periods of rest and relaxation, reflection, prayer and holidays.

A studio photograph of a seated Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC (1856-1926).

A view of two Capuchin friars in the garden of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. One of the friars is cutting the lawn grass. With cover annotation.

An interior view of the high altar of Rochestown Friary Church. A lone Capuchin friar is seen standing at the altar.