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Two plates showing portraits of Fr. Joseph Harkins OSFC (1853-1888). This Kilkenny-born friar traveled to India in about 1884 and took charge of a mission in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. He died in Meerut on 1 December 1888. The larger plate (10.5 cm x 8 cm) appears to a photographic print of a portrait painting. With an annotated cover.

Two plates showing images of the road from Rochestown to the local railway station. The image shows three Capuchin friars with a three-arch stone bridge, a mill and a chimney in the distant background. One of the friars is identifiable. The individual first on the right is Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC. With an annotated cover.

‘Paget Prize Plate Co., Ltd., Watford’ box. The box contains a manuscript note which reads: ‘With Fr. Russell’s compliments. Negatives of Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary. Front and back views. Maynooth, 27 Nov. 1913’. The box contains three glass plate negatives. A front and rear view of Thomastown Castle, the childhood home of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (1790-1856), and a photographic image of a letter from Fr. Mathew.
Thomastown Castle, near Golden in County Tipperary, was a large country house built by the Mathew family. The earliest house on this site was built by George Mathew and dated to c.1670. The house was enlarged in the Gothic style by Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl of Llandaff, in 1812. The renowned Irish architect, Richard Morrison (1767-1849), redesigned the house incorporating several Gothic features including the ornate towers on the front elevation. Thomastown Castle was the childhood home of Fr. Theobold Mathew OSFC who abandoned a life of privilege to become a Capuchin friar. By the late nineteenth century the fortunes of the Mathew family had declined, and Thomastown Castle had fallen into ruins and the estate was completely abandoned. The ‘Fr. Russell’ referred to in the manuscript note in the file is probably Fr. Mathew Russell, editor of ‘The Irish Monthly’.

Two glass plates titled ‘On the roadside, Rochestown’. The cover annotation provides a date of 1906. The image is of two women (possibly a mother and daughter) greeting a group a children on a wooded path. The same women appear in the photograph at CA PH-1-29-D.

Two plates showing a Capuchin friar tending plants in a greenhouse in Rochestown, County Cork. The cover annotation suggests that the friar is Fr. Bernardine Harvey OFM Cap. (1874-1953).

Duplicate plates showing two women standing in front of Rochestown Friary and College, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘View of College from West Road’.

Two plates showing showing studio portraits of Fr. Charles. This is probably Fr. Charles of Mantua OFM Cap. (d. 18 Dec. 1879). The images show Fr. Charles sitting at a writing table. With a print of one of the images (a carte de visite from Callaghan Photographer, 45 South Mall, Cork). With an annotated cover.

Two images showing a large procession to the Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘Procession. Rochestown. 1905’. The photograph shows the Corpus Christi procession to the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown. This annual celebration held at the friary attracted huge crowds from both the city and county in the first two decades of the twentieth century. People travelled by train, by trap or walked to the friary from Cork city. It was the most popular event of the year at Rochestown until 1926 when the first Cork city procession was held.

Two plates showing an excursion and picnic on Featherbed Mountain in County Dublin. With an annotated cover. Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) is present in the photograph.

A file comprising three glass plates showing various views of Rochestown Capuchin Friary in County Cork.