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A postcard print of the interior of the oratory in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary.

Photographic print of a solitary Capuchin friar at prayer in the oratory of Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal.

Transcript of Fr. Ronan Herlihy’s oral account of his missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The file was compiled as part of Dr. Charles Flynn’s resources for the study of mission history at Maynooth University. This project was funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Irish Capuchin Archives holds a digital copy of this file.

Photographic print of Mrs Belton, wife of Jack Belton, Lord Mayor of Dublin, opening the Capuchin Foreign Missions’ sale of work in Father Mathew Hall. The group includes Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. and Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap.

President Kenneth Kaunda greeting Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood at the opening of the mission hospital in Sesheke. The group includes Dr. Luke Connors FMDM. The hospital was built by Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap.

President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of the new mission hospital in Sesheke. The group includes Dr. Luke Connors FMDM and Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.

President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of the new mission hospital in Sesheke in Zambia.

An exterior view of the old Capuchin Friary building on Walkin Street in Kilkenny. There appears to be scaffolding erected in the background. In December 1873, the foundation stone was laid for a new Friary running parallel to Walkin Street. In 1889 a lease was obtained for a small garden adjoining the Friary and in July 1896 the site of the old alms house was obtained from the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg (1836-1928), Bishop of Ossory. This allowed for the building of an additional wing to the Friary in 1897. This new wing was located at right angles to Walkin Street and extended to Pennyfeather Lane.

A view of the White Star Liner ‘Oceanic’ leaving Queenstown (now Cobh) Harbour in 1905. Launched in 1899, it was largest ship in the world until 1901. At the outbreak of the First World War, the ship was requisitioned for service in the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser. In September 1914, the ship ran aground off the coast of Shetland and was wrecked. She was the first Allied passenger ship to be lost in the war.

A report on Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province at Parow, Matroosfontein, Athlone, and Langa. Reference is made to the building and staffing of churches, friaries, schools, and halls at these locations.