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Subscription cards and leaflets for the Happy Death Society, Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The card notes that the object of the Society is ‘to constantly pray and prepare for the grace of a happy and holy death’.

‘Irish View Scenery’ cards issued by Gallaher Cigarette Company Ltd. The cards are numbered: ‘No. 60: Father Mathew’s R.C. Church, Cork’; ‘No. 310: Father Mathew Statue, Cork’. The cards were issued by Gallaher Ltd. between 1908 and 1910. The complete set runs to 600 cards. Many of the photographs were taken by Robert John Welch from Belfast, and by William Lawrence, a Dublin-based photographer and studio owner. With a cover letter (dated 18 June 1982) to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. from Walter McGrath explaining their provenance.

Photograph print of the funeral mass of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962) in Holy Trinity Church. An annotation on the reverse lists the Capuchin friars in the photograph including Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. and Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap.
Photographer/Studio: G.V. Healy, 85 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.

Photographic print of Fr. Stephen OSFC (from Rheims, France) and Br. Leo OSFC (a Dutch Capuchin friar), probably in Holy Trinity Friary in Cork. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Sitting, Fr. Stephen – Capuchin at Rheims. He made part of his studies in Rochestown and was ordained in Cork about 1881. The other is Br. Leo who came to Ireland as Br. Master in 1875 or 74’. It should be noted that Br. Leo of Venlo OSFC, from the Capuchin Province of Paris, died on 27 January 1927. (See GP/119). The smaller copy print is annotated on the reverse: ‘Br. Leo, a Hollander, Fr. Stephen, a Frenchman’. The file contains the original print and a copy print.

Photographic print of Fr. Bernardine Harvey OSFC (1874-1953) in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary in Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Snap taken in the garden of Holy Trinity, Cork, by Fr. Alphonsus Lombard OSFC’.

Flier marking the Golden Jubilee of the foundation of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. The flier includes an address from Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OSFC (1879-1963), Spiritual Director. It reads: ‘On October 4th, 1866, Father Edward (Tommins) OSFC of Kilkenny – a saintly, simple-souled Capuchin Priest – received to membership of the Third Order, 5 young men, the pioneers of the Congregation. Of these pioneers – some of whom entered the First Order subsequently and are known as Brothers Felix and Joseph. … During the past 50 years the Congregation has steadily developed and today it numbers nearly 1,000 members’.

Two images of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church on Father Mathew Quay viewed from the opposite bank of the South Channel of the River Lee in Cork.

Photographic print of Holy Trinity Church and Parliament Bridge in Cork.
Photographer/Studio: B. L. MacGill, 33 Patrick Street, Cork.

Photographic print of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church and the adjoining Friary viewed from the opposite bank of the South Channel of the River Lee.

A postcard print of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church and adjoining Capuchin friary viewed from the opposite bank of the South Channel of the River Lee in Cork.