An image of a woman kissing the Blarney Stone. Blarney Castle is a fifteenth-century tower house located in County Cork. According to legend, kissing the stone (which is built into the battlements of the castle) bestows upon the person the gift of eloquence, flattery, and persuasiveness. Though earlier fortifications were built on the site, the current castle structure was constructed in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, a branch of the Kings of Desmond.
Copy print of the Most Rev. John Evangelist McBride OFM (1903-1991), Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa. The print is on the reverse of a memorial card which notes that he was professed on 17 Sept. 1925; Ordained Priest on 3 July 1927; Ordained Bishop on 25 July 1949. He served as Bishop of Kokstad until 1978.
Cardinal Owen McCann, the former Archbishop of Cape Town, with Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. and Fr. Raymond Dillane OFM Cap. in Athlone parish, Cape Town, South Africa.