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A view of a hallway in Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork, in about 1915. A solitary friar is visible at the end of the corridor reading a book.

A group of Capuchin friars in Kilkenny in about 1907. The title, ‘Conradh na Gaeilge’ (Gaelic League), has been superimposed on the original glass plate. Many of the Capuchin friars were fluent Irish speakers. Some like Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. were also enthusiastic members of the Gaelic League, regularly preaching in the native language in Gaeltacht areas. This group includes Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (standing, first on the right) and Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (standing, fifth from the left) who later ministered to rebel combatants in the 1916 Rising. Other friars in the group include Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (standing, fourth from the left) and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (standing, third from the right).

A view of the lake at the front of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork. Two friars (one under an umbrella) are seated at the lake edge. One appears to be feeding swans on the lake. The annotated cover provides a date of 1905.

Two plates showing a family group on a wooded road near Rochestown, County Cork. With an annotated cover.

A group of five individuals (probably a family group) collecting berries along a roadside possibly in County Cork.

Six dray (or draft) horses standing harnessed to carts hauling large kegs at the Jameson Distillery, Bow Street, Dublin. This is an image of some of the working horses used at the Jameson Distillery in Dublin, in about 1905. The photograph was probably taken from atop of the Capuchin Friary which fronted onto Bow Street.

An image of a woman sitting on the exterior wall of a cottage fronting onto a rural road probably in County Cork.

A studio portrait of Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC (1880-1942).