A view of the changing of the military guard outside the National History Museum at the rear of Leinster House, Dublin. The soldiers are walking towards the pathway which leads to the North Road running between the Museum and the Department of the Attorney General.
A view of Parliament Bridge and Sullivan’s Quay in Cork in about 1930. The photograph was taken from the highest floor of the Capuchin Friary located on Father Mathew Quay.
A view of the tower of the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne (also known as the North Cathedral) in the Shandon district of Cork in about 1945. The photograph was taken from atop the bell tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne just a short distance away.
A view of the ‘Innisfallen’ docked at the Port of Cork in about 1955. Constructed in 1948 for the British & Irish Steam Packet Company (later known as B&I Line), this was the third ship named ‘Innisfallen’ to serve on the Irish Sea route between Cork and the ports of Fishguard and Swansea in South Wales. The ship was built at William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilders in Dumbarton, Scotland. The ship continued to serve the Port of Cork until 1968 when it was sold to Hellenic Maritime Lines in Greece and renamed ‘Poseidonia’. Following its long years of service, it ended its days at a shipbreakers’ yard in Brindisi, Italy, in 1985.
An aerial view of Marina Quay and the River Lee in Cork. The steamship in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph is the ‘Innisfallen’, built in 1930 for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. This ship was lost off Liverpool on 21 December 1940.
A clipping showing an image of the funeral cortege of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. on South Mall in Cork. An inset shows the relations of both the friars standing at their graveside in the cemetery attached to Rochestown Capuchin Friary on 14 June 1958.
