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The grave plaque of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944), the first superior of St. Patrick’s Mission, Kalabo, Sihole, Zambia.

A photographic print of the grave of Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.

A view of the Grand Parade, the widest street in Cork. The ornate pillared-building seen in the background is Queen’s Old Castle, a Victorian-era building and one of the city’s oldest department stores.

Souvenir programme for a Grand Irish concert in aid of the fund held in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 18 Apr. 1917. The ‘Concert programme’ is on pp 26-27; the rest is adverts. (on inside front cover for the Funds’ great gift sale April 20-21) and portraits of Thomas J. Clarke, Patrick H. Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas MacDonagh, Sean Mac Diarmada, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett, Major John MacBride, William Pearse, Michael O’Hanrahan, Edward Daly, Michael Mallin, Cornelius Colbert, Sean J. Heuston, Thomas Kent, Roger Casement, all of whom were executed in May 1916. With reserved seat ticket for the said event.

A view of Lower Main Street in Graiguenamangh, County Kilkenny, in about 1905. The image was probably taken (or acquired) by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1873-1953), a Capuchin friar who was a native of Graiguenamangh. A horse drawn carriage (called a ‘brake’) can be seen carrying passengers on the right of the road. These were extensively used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a means of public transport and conveyance. Going in the opposite direction is what appears to be some sort of parade of horses and jockeys (in apparently elaborate silks).

An image of the ornamental stonework doorway in Graiguenamanagh Abbey in County Kilkenny. An annotation on the reverse reads 'ornamental doorway excavated in 1916 / part of the pavement of the original / It opens off the baptistry'.

An image of the bell tower of Graiguenamanagh Abbey in County Kilkenny. An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'The bell tower and top of the disused section of the abbey seen above the Lancet windows of the monks' dormitory'.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Fr. Kilian Walsh O. Cist. titled ‘Graiguenamanagh Abbey: History and Present Crisis’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970), pp 73-80. The file contains black and white prints of Graiguenamanagh Abbey, County Kilkenny. The prints are credited to Fr. Athanasius, Mount Mellerary Abbey, Cappoquin, County Waterford. The prints have (partially detached) typescript annotations on the reverse

A catalogue of Grace Henry paintings exhibited at the Victor Waddington Galleries, 8 South Anne Street, Dublin, in February 1945. (Volume page 222).

A view of the lake-side scenery at Gougane Barra near Macroom in County Cork in about 1945.