St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal
- IE CA DL/5/21
- Item
- c.1950
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of the exterior of St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of the exterior of St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
Note re the Friar’s Room in Ards House
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the existence of an apartment in the Ards House called ‘the Friar’s Room’. It reads:
'The morning after the building and property were taken over from the Land Commission Holy Mass was celebrated in the portion of the building assigned an oratory. In the course of the day one of the fathers remarked to the steward “I expect this is the first time Mass was said here”. The steward was doubtful and mentioned a tradition prevalent … [that] one of the apartments is called “The Friar’s Room”. The explanation given is that about 100 or 150 years ago a friar was accustomed to visit the family and inhabited that room. The steward presumed that when he came, he said Mass in the building'.
Kavanagh, Stanislaus, 1876-1965, Capuchin priest
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
A letter from Dermot MacIntyre to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. referring to the history of the former Stewart-Bam residence in Ards. An extract from the letter reads:
'In regard to Ards and Ards House, I have just found an old notebook of my father’s. He used to jot down bits and pieces on anything to hand and in this old notebook he has an entry dated, Friday, December 30, 1910. He writes: "Was at a dance in Ards House last night given by Sir Pieter Bam. Charlie Coll and I played for them. Bam came in about 9 o’clock. I did not like it all but would rather be in the poorest thatch house in Doe, with the Gaelic sounding round me, than in the midst of it all. Bam does his best to unbend, but it is plainly an effort and he seems to know himself that it won’t be successful. His wife is outrageously proud. She sat all the time like an incarnate goddess and noticed no one. Such pride is a sin against Heaven. You would think the ordinary people were less than dogs to her. Her sister is not one whit better"'.
Further extracts from his father’s journal refer to the landlord’s relationships with the workers and tenants on the Ards estate, to the histories of various local churches, to a Feis at Doe Castle in 1910, and to the building of the Lough Swilly railway in Donegal.
Observations on Capuchin Mission Stations in South Africa
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
A report on Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province at Parow, Matroosfontein, Athlone, and Langa. Reference is made to the building and staffing of churches, friaries, schools, and halls at these locations.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Return of mission personnel in Northern Rhodesia (St. Therese) Livingstone; Sancta Maria (Lukulu, Mongu); St. Fidelis (Sichili); St. Joseph (Mankoya) and in Cape Town, Church of the Immaculate Conception (Parow parish); St. Mary of the Angels (Athlone parish).
Marriage of Sir Pieter Canzius van Blommestein and Ena Stewart of Ards
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Clipping of a photograph (and article) from the 'Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury' referring to the wedding of Captain Sir Pieter Canzius Van Bloommestein Bam and Ena Dingwall Tasca Stewart of Ards House, County Donegal, at St. Andrew’s Church, Wells Street, London, on 26 July 1910.
Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap. at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal.
Flier for the Golden Jubilee of Third Order of St. Francis, Cork
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Flier marking the Golden Jubilee of the foundation of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. The flier includes an address from Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OSFC (1879-1963), Spiritual Director. It reads: ‘On October 4th, 1866, Father Edward (Tommins) OSFC of Kilkenny – a saintly, simple-souled Capuchin Priest – received to membership of the Third Order, 5 young men, the pioneers of the Congregation. Of these pioneers – some of whom entered the First Order subsequently and are known as Brothers Felix and Joseph. … During the past 50 years the Congregation has steadily developed and today it numbers nearly 1,000 members’.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of Fr. Bernardine Harvey OSFC (1874-1953) in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary in Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Snap taken in the garden of Holy Trinity, Cork, by Fr. Alphonsus Lombard OSFC’.
Br. Stanislaus Walsh, Corner of Paul Street and Cornmarket Street, Cork
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of Br. Stanislaus Walsh OSFC (1842-1910), at the corner of Paul Street and Cornmarket Street in Cork.
Photographer/Studio: W. V. Morris, Grand Parade, Cork
An annotation reads ‘In the old spot – at the old game’. This is probably a reference to questing activity undertaken by Br. Stanislaus.