A glass stereo plate image of four women at the seaside cliffs known as Bridges of Ross, on the north side of the Loop Head peninsula in County Clare. A duplicate plate is extant at CA PH-1-36-A.
The file contains seven plates showing unidentified Capuchin friars. The plates are labelled within covers as 68 A-G. The plate at 68 B may show Fr. Joseph Harkins OSFC (1853-1888). See CA PH-1-46.
Two plates showing a group of four Capuchin friars in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The cover indicates that the friars are (from left) Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965), Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. (1873-1950), Fr. Bernadine Harvey OFM Cap. (1874-1953) and Fr. Joseph Fenlon OFM Cap. (1875-1963).
Two plates with images of separate groups of Capuchin friars in Kilkenny. The file includes an annotated envelope which reads ‘two films on plates of group in Kilkenny’. The annotation (by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) provides some names but they are illegible.
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.
A file of four plates showing various views of Fountains Abbey, approximately two miles southwest of Ripon in North Yorkshire.The structure is a ruined Cistercian monastery, founded in 1132. Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved Cistercian houses in England. With manuscript captions. The plates are labelled a-d.
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 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 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).
‘Paget Prize Plate Co., Ltd., Watford’ box. The box contains seven plates. The plates include a view of Ards House (later Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary) near Creeslough in County Donegal, and a group of five unidentified Capuchin friars walking in a garden (one of the friars has a hand over his face). The other five plates appear to be ‘holiday scenes’ including one of the Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark, and a promenade scene onboard a ship.