Church Bay, Rathlin Island, County Antrim
- IE CA CP/1/1/3/3/8
- Part
- c.1955
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Church Bay, the main harbour on Rathlin Island off the coast of County Antrim.
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Church Bay, Rathlin Island, County Antrim
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Church Bay, the main harbour on Rathlin Island off the coast of County Antrim.
Church and Friary Renovation (1970-1975)
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
This section includes documents relating the refurbishment of Church and Friary of St. Mary of the Angels which took place from 1970-5. The church interior was extensively renovated during the guardianship of Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. to comply with the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-5). Externally, the Gothic character of St. Mary of the Angels was largely preserved and most of the side altars between the main body of the Church and the Sacred Heart Chapel were retained as shrines.
Christmas Card from Frank Ryan
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A Christmas greeting card from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain). The card dates to December 1937 and was probably sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The Spanish text translates as ‘Forward to victory over fascism in 1938!’. The greeting in Irish reads ‘Happy Christmas and New Year / from / the Irish Republican Army / “Connolly Battalion” / XV International Brigade / Army of the Republic of Spain / Christmas 1937’. (Volume page 107).
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A bound volume containing mainly pasted-in Christmas and New Years’ greeting cards, notes, and letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The volume includes cards from Robert Monteith, Seumas O’Brien (1880-1959), Major General Hugo MacNeill, Clare Sheridan, Eduard Hempel, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Fr. Michael O'Shea OFM Cap., Margaret Mary Pearse, Tadhg Mac Firbishigh, Bishop John Dignan, Fr. Donal Herlihy, and Archbishop Ettore Felici. Includes sketches by Seán O’Connor (1909-1992). With a portrait sketch (in ink) of Fr. Senan by ‘Jocandus’ Joseph O’Connor (1877-1957).
Children on Great Blasket Island (An Bhlascaod Mór)
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a group of children dancing a jig on Great Blasket Island (An Bhlascaod Mór) off the coast of County Kerry in about 1940.
Charlotte Quay (later Father Mathew Quay)
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
This section contains leases and deeds relating to the acquisition by the Capuchin friars of premises on Father Mathew Quay. The Quay is situated on a reclaimed marsh which was located outside the old city walls. Historically, the area was known by several names, some of which are used in the deeds described below including Island Nagay, Red Abbey Island and Marsh, and Morrison’s Island after a family which was prominent in the civic affairs of Cork in the eighteenth century. From about 1800 it was commonly known as Charlotte Quay before being renamed Father Mathew Quay in honour of the Capuchin friar and ‘Apostle of Temperance’. After the reclamation of the marsh in the eighteenth century, the area became an important merchant, commercial and industrial centre. John Henry Gamble, a notable businessman engaged in the provisioning trade, held leasehold interests in several of the premises on Charlotte Quay which were subsequently acquired by the Capuchins (see CA HT/2/1/1/5, CA HT/2/1/1/7, and CA HT/2/1/1/9). J.H. Gamble & Company was later acquired by the famous food provisioning company, Crosse and Blackwell Limited. Another prominent trader engaged in business on the Quay was Robert Warner, a master cooper and vintner. In 1875 Warner leased a substantial plot of ground on Charlotte Quay to Fr. Cherubini Mazzini OSFC for 750 years. This ground was subsequently used as the site for the present-day Holy Trinity Friary (See CA HT/2/1/2/13). The section also includes many legal documents covering negotiations between the Capuchins and Alicia Louisa Seward, a granddaughter of Robert Warner, for the outright purchase of the freehold of the property. This purchase was realized in 1951. The section also includes the lease made to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in 1832 of a plot of ground on Morrison’s Island upon which Holy Trinity Church was subsequently built (see CA HT/2/1/2/10).
Charlotte Despard / ‘Everyman’ Magazine
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The front cover of ‘Everyman’, an English magazine, with a portrait image of Charlotte Despard, an Anglo-Irish suffragist and socialist.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of the Square in Charlestown in County Mayo in about 1960.
Charles Stewart Parnell Christmas Card / with autograph slip
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A Charles Stewart Parnell Christmas greeting card (with oval portrait print). Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. seemingly also obtained Parnell’s autograph slip which he afterwards laid into the volume underneath the card.
Chapter Room, Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the interior of the Chapter Room in Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey in County Waterford.