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A group of Capuchin friars at Lukulu. The group includes Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and three religious sisters.

A teacher with a large group of children at Sichili mission station in Northern Rhodesia.

Fr. Macnaise O’Neill OFM Cap. outside Sihole friary. The original caption reads: ‘Fr. Macnaise arrived at Sihole on 12 Apr. 1945 and went to Lukulu on 4 Jan. 1948’.

Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. greeting locals probably in Sioma.

The exterior of the newly-built Church of Christ the King at Maramba.

Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006) with a fish caught in a river near Malengwa mission station in Zambia.

Cutting from the 'Cork Weekly Examiner' referring to the presentation of a framed address to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC (1875-1950), former President of the Temperance Hall in Rochestown, on the occasion of his departure for Dublin to take charge of Father Mathew Hall on Church Street. The framed address is extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives. The newspaper article reads: ‘The address was the joint work of two members of the Cork School of Art, the illumination being designed and executed by Mr Sam Martin, and the frame designed and carved by Mr Michael Galligan. The article also includes a photographic print of Fr. Sylvester.

Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger provides a daily record of income received and expenses incurred by the community. Notes are made of income derived from mass stipends, street collections, sodalities, Third Order payments and temperance publications. Reference is also made to monies received from donations, alms, bequests, and cheques. Expenses include travel tickets, lay staff wages, groceries, building repairs and other sundries. An entry from November 1908 refers to the payment of £30 to John Keogh for the completion of work on the Calvary at St. Mary of the Angels. The entries are periodically signed by the Friary Guardian and by the Provincial Minister at visitations.
Manuscript annotation on first page reads:
‘Particulars supplied to the Archbishop at his Grace’s request.
Church of St Mary of the Angels – building was begun June 12th 1868. Total cost including altar pulpit, altar rails, organ but not furniture was £60,000
Architect, James McCarthy
Contractors, Michael Meade & son.
The Sacred Heart Chapel built as an aisle church was begun in March 1908. Cost: £4,000.
Architects, Ashlin & Coleman
Contractors, Thomas Connolly’.
A later annotation (in the hand of Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) reads:
‘House ledger from October 1907 (Fr. Laurence Dowling, Guardian) to December 1929 (Fr. Angelus Healy, Guardian)’.
A List of Friary Guardians is supplied:
1907-1910, Fr. Laurence [Dowling]
1910-1913, Fr. Angelus [Healy]
1913-1916, Fr. Augustine [Hayden]
1916-1919, Fr. Fiacre [Brophy]
1919-1925, Fr. Benedict [Phelan]
1925-1928, Fr. Edward [Walsh]
1928-1931, Fr. Angelus [Healy]
1931-1934, Fr. Edward [Walsh]

The flier refers to the foundation by Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC of St. Joseph’s League which was approved by the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, and provides details of its government and organisation. Article 6 notes that ‘members [are] to wear a badge to distinguish them from other boys. By the wearing of this badge they are expected to avoid the company of wicked boys, and to do all in their power to crush vice of every kind, especially evil speaking in those with whom they have to come in contact with’.

A carte de visite of members of the Catholic Boys' Brigade founded on Church Street in Dublin in March 1894. The photographic print (on card) was produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.