- IE CA HT/5/27/1
- Part
- c.1940
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of St. Patrick’s Street looking towards St. Patrick’s Bridge in Cork.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of St. Patrick’s Street looking towards St. Patrick’s Bridge in Cork.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Two images of St. Patrick’s Street in Cork. One of the prints forms part of Valentine’s & Sons 'Silveresque' postcard series (Dundee and London. Reference no.: R. 202).
South Mall, the National Monument and Holy Trinity Church, Cork
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Colourised postcard print of South Mall, the National Monument and Holy Trinity Church in Cork. Printed description on the reverse reads ‘Father Mathew Memorial Church’.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Copy photograph of South Mall in Cork showing the uncompleted Holy Trinity Church in the background (behind Parliament Bridge). The image is possibly a copy of an original glass plate held in the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland.
Solemn Triduum in honour of Blessed Mary Magdalene de Martinengo
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Poem written by Helena Callanan to commemorate a solemn triduum at Holy Trinity Church, Cork, to honour Blessed Mary Magdalene de Martinengo (1687-1737), a Capuchin Poor Clare Nun, beatified by Pope Leo XIII.
Shrine of Saint Anne, Holy Trinity Church, Cork
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A set of two photographic postcard prints of the Shrine of Saint Anne in Holy Trinity Church in Cork. One of the prints is dated 26 July 1927 (the feast day of Saint Anne). Published by Guy & Co., Ltd., Cork.
Secundus sententiarum doctoris subtilis Scoti
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Date: 1490
Author: John Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308); Gratianus Brixianus, ed. (d. 1506)
Publisher: Bernardinus Rizus Novariensis, Venice, 3 Mar. 1490
Full title: 'Secundus sententiarum doctoris subtilis Scoti'.
Language: Latin
Series: This title was issued by Rizo in five parts: 'Quaestiones In quatuor libros sententiarum' (Venice, 1490). The Irish Capuchin Archives has only vol. 2. Vol. I printed July 17; Vol. 2, Mar. 3; Vol. 3, Apr. 21; Vol. 4, Nov. 3; Vol. 5 (Tabula) undated. Vol. 1: 184 [i.e. 185], [1] leaves (the last blank); v. 2: 136 leaves; v. 3: 102 leaves; v. 4: 208 leaves; v. 5 (Tabula): [28] leaves.
Reportata Parisiensia Annotationibus marginalibus
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Date: 1639
Author: John Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308); Fr. Luke Wadding OFM ed. (1588-1657)
Publisher: Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus L. Durand
Full title: 'Reportata Parisiensia Annotationibus marginalibus, Doctorúmque celebriorum ante quamlibet Quæstionem citationibus exornata, & Scholijs per textum insertis illustrata, per R.P.F. Hvgonem Cavellvm. Hac Verò Editione Ad Vetvstorvm exemplarium collationem recognita, & innumeris propè mendis expurgata, operâ R.P.F. Lvcæ VVaddingi Hiberni. … Pars Prima'.
Series title: Originally published as a twelve-volume series: 'Ioannis Duns Scoti Doctoris Subtilis Ordinis Minorum Opera omnia. Editio Lucae Waddingi'. 12 vols. Lugduni (Lyon): Sumptibus L. Durand, 1639.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of a procession of Capuchin friars and other religious in Cork city.
An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Reading from extreme right, front row, Fathers Conrad, Cormac, Matthew, Albert, Gerard; behind … Fathers Eugene, Finbarr, Felix, Columban’.
Photographer/Studio: G. & V. Healy, 85 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.
Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street) and Assembly Rooms Site
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
This section contains deeds and leases relating to the acquisition of property by the Capuchins on Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street) in Cork. Some of the deeds relate to the premises known as the ‘Protestant Hall’, subsequently called the ‘Assembly Rooms’, situated on South Mall directly behind Holy Trinity Church. The construction of this building can be traced to a religious controversy in 1858 when the Committee for the Athenaeum, now the Cork Opera House, refused permission to host a public lecture by Alessandro Gavazzi (1809-1899), an Italian Protestant preacher. The Committee did not apparently concur with the anti-Catholic tone of Gavazzi’s speeches. Many of Cork’s Protestants were outraged at this refusal and decided to build a Hall for the use of all the citizens of the city interested in preserving free speech. Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (1810-1877), laid the foundation of stone in 1860 and the Hall opened on 12 April 1861. The plot of ground was roughly L-shaped with a frontage onto the South Mall. However, the entrance to the Hall, located at 22 South Mall, was not completed until 1869. Richard Rolt Brash (1817-1876) was the architect. The 'Irish Builder' published an engraving (above) of the building in 1869 and noted that ‘The hall was erected some eight years ago, from the designs of Mr. Richard R. Brash, M.R.I.A., but the entrance leading to it from the South Mall was never completed; it is now proposed to cover in the entrance, which is 80 feet long and 20 feet wide, and to erect a reading-room and other offices over the space. The new buildings have been designed by the same architect, and have been contracted for by Mr. Robert Walker, builder, of Cork. The front will be executed in Henderson’s white brick and Portland stone, the plinth and bands in white limestone’.
Many events were held in the Hall over the years including operas, music recitals, and public lectures. The Assembly Rooms was also the location for the first screening of a motion picture in Cork in 1896. It functioned as a public cinema from 1911 until the mid-1960s. The Hall was run by an Association and elected trustees who resolved at a special meeting held in March 1964 to sell the property at a public auction. The Capuchins subsequently purchased the premises for £20,000 (See CA HT/2/1/1/36). The interior of the Hall was completely refurbished in 1970 but the external fabric of the building was retained. Students from St. Francis Training Centre opened a coffee shop on the premises in 1989. Later, it became a restaurant known as ‘The Assembs’. Threshold, the National Housing Agency founded by Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1936-2010), took over the building in 2005.