Flier for Brian Boru Fete and prize draw ‘to reduce a heavy debt of £3,800’ on Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The first prize is a pony trap and harness, ‘a gift of a friend (the harness, a gift of J. Donnelly, North King Street)’.
Photographic print of the High Altar of St. Mary of the Angels during 'Qurant' Ore (forty hours’ adoration). The print is by C. and L. Walsh, 55 Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
Photographic print of the main entrance and exterior to the old Capuchin Friary building showing the pathway leading to the building off Bow Street. Ink stamp on reverse reads ‘Keogh Photographic Artist / 134 St. Stephen’s Green / 76 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin’.
Report of the Housing Committee presented to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin. The report relates to awards of compensation to tenement dwellers in the Beresford Street and Church Street areas. The report also submits a ‘revised scheme for workmen’s dwellings’ at these locations. The report was submitted by C.J. Murray, Chairman of the Committee, City Hall, Dublin. The pamphlet is paginated pp 59-66. A coloured plan for the area is appended to the publication. The explanatory note extant on the plan reads: ‘This plan provides for No. 24, Four Roomed Houses; No. 98 Three Roomed Houses; No. 34, Two Roomed Cottages. Total, 156’. Scale: 60 feet to 1 inch.
A blank notice of affiliation certifying that a branch of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade, known as ‘St. Peter’s Battalion’, has been established in the Parish of St. Peter’s, Belfast. The certificate notes that the battalion has been affiliated to the central organisation at Church Street, Dublin.
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’.
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’.
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.
An image of the High Altar, Holy Trinity Church, in Cork. The altar appears to be decorated for the Forty Hours’ Devotion (Quarant’ Ore). Photographer/Studio: G & V Healey, photographers, 85 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.
