A large group outside Holy Cross Secondary School in Malengwa. The group includes front: Fr. Frederick McConvery OFM Cap., Fr. Alexander Halligan OFM Cap. Fr. Sylvius McCarthy OFM Cap. (1931-2011), Kenneth Kaunda, Betty Kaunda, Fr. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap. Second row: Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Br. Maurice Buckley OFM Cap., Br. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap., Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap. Back row: Fr. Donatus McNamara and Fr. Terence Barry OFM Cap.
A collection of prints of Irish Capuchins in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated by Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016). The file includes: • Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Patrick Mayengo ‘with the Litunga, Ilute Yeta’ at the Ngonye Falls (or Sioma Falls) on the Zambezi River in Western Zambia. June 1981. • Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap. near the bridge crossing to Zimbabwe. • Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. with Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. • Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. with Fr. George O’Connor OFM Cap. and the Most. Rev. Donal R. Lamont, O. Carm., Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe. • Exterior view of Mangango Church (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap.). • Group photograph of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Donat OFM Cap. (a Swiss friar), Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. and others at St. Bonaventure’s, Lusaka. • Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. • Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. • Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. on the rope bridge built by the American Capuchins over the Zambezi River. • Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. at Lukulu. • Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016) working as a welder with Sr. M. Matthew. It is noted that Sr. Matthew is from the Falls Road, Belfast. • Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. • A Capuchin friar and a religious sister waiting alongside an aircraft in Zambia. Note: The file includes a cover letter to Fr. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap. (26 Jan. 2010).
The exterior of Mangango Friary. The original caption reads ‘1948 moved from Mukunkiki to Mangango: Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. the builder. The first friary was a pole and dagga construction’.
A photographic print of a group of Capuchin friars and presumably the crew of a small boat docked at Ards Pier in County Donegal. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Ards Pier / 1954 / left to right, Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap., Br. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Br. Dermot Barry OFM Cap., Br. Elzear Keavney OFM Cap., and Br. Ronald Grace OFM Cap.'.
Clipping of an article by Paddy Walsh titled ‘A Visit to Ard Mhuire’ published in the 'Donegal People’s Press' (28 Dec. 1984). The article traces the history of the Ards estate and refers to the work of the friars at the retreat centre. The article includes a photographic print of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. (1912-1995), Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005) and Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. (1901-1998).
