Irish Merchant Ship, Cape Town
- IE CA AMI/1/10/1/4/2
- Part
- c.1960
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the ‘Irish Larch’, an Irish Shipping Limited merchant vessel, leaving the Port of Cape Town in South Africa.
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Irish Merchant Ship, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the ‘Irish Larch’, an Irish Shipping Limited merchant vessel, leaving the Port of Cape Town in South Africa.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of Jamestown, the largest settlement on the island of Saint Helena. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) was the only resident Catholic priest on the island from 1957 to 1964. The Sacred Heart Church (built in 1852) in Jamestown is visible in the image. Fr. Jarlath's principal achievement was the restoration of this church. See also CA AMI/2/10/2/22, CA AMI/1/6/9 and CA AMI/2/14/1.
Marian Year Procession, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a Marian Year procession in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) accompanies the procession.
On Board the 'Dominion Monarch'
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image captioned 'Dominion Monarch / 1947'. The photograph shows a line-crossing ceremony on the ship, an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Built in England between 1937 and 1939, the 'Dominion Monarch' was a passenger liner which regularly operated services between Britain and ports in the southern hemisphere (particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image on a canoe on the Zambezi River in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A religious pageant for children, probably at a parish school in Cape Province, South Africa.
Religious Sister with School Children
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A religious sister (probably from the Sisters of the Holy Cross) with children, probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Sancta Maria mission station at Lukulu in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of children probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.