Letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
- IE CA IR-1/1/2/1/6/1
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- c.1917
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. referring to his arrival in County Mayo.
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Letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. referring to his arrival in County Mayo.
Free State Freaks / Richard Mulcahy
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An anti-Treaty cartoon referring to General Richard Mulcahy as ‘haunted by the dreams of prisoners murdered by his troops’.
The branded arm of James O’Reilly
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An anti-Treaty publicity item titled 'The branded arm of James O’Reilly Sketched from life by C de M'. The cartoon is attributed to Constance Markievicz (1868-1927). The sketch shows an arm with the sleeve rolled up to expose branded marks. According to the printed statement on the accompanying page, Stephen Gorman aka James O’Reilly of Ballyblia, Ardee, County Louth, was arrested on 11 September 1922 while travelling on a weekend visit to Drogheda. He was arrested on suspicion that he had taken part in a republican demonstration in Ardee. He was then branded.
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A linen weaver at work in Belfast in about 1935.
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A view of Waterford city from the opposite (Ferrybank) side of the River Suir in about 1955.
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An image of a Córas Iompair Éireann diesel locomotive pulling into a station.
Irish Lightship ‘Comet’, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
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A view of the Irish Lightship ‘Comet’ at Dún Laoghaire in about 1960. The ship was built in 1904 by J. Reid in Glasgow and measured ninety-six feet in length and twenty-three feet in breadth. The light vessel was decommissioned in 1965 and sold (for £7,000) to the shipbroking firm of Turner and Hickman in Glasgow. The ship later had a colourful history as an off-shore pirate radio station used by Radio Scotland.
Capuchin Central Library, Rome
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the Capuchin Central Library (Biblioteca Centrale Cappuccini) in Rome in about 1930. Founded in the second half of the nineteenth century, the library was at this time located on the Via Boncompagni in the centre of Rome. In 1968, the library was relocated to the International College of St Lawrence of Brindisi situated on the outskirts of the city. The library has a stock of books and documents totaling 120,000 catalogued items including works by Capuchin authors, material on the early history and ministries of the Order, Franciscan publications, and many rare medieval and early modern books and items of ecclesiastical interest.
Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.
Kilmalkedar Church, County Kerry
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A view of a boy in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The site of Kilmalkedar consists of a large ecclesiastical complex with archaeological remains dating from the early to late medieval period. It is dedicated to a little-known local saint called Maolcethair. At the centre of this site is the twelfth century Hiberno-Romanesque Church. According to tradition, those suffering from rheumatism, ‘falling sickness’ (epilepsy), or other ills might be restored to health by passing three times through the window.