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An image of Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. with parishioners outside a church in Cape Town, South Africa.

Photographic prints showing the visit of Nelson Mandela to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 September 1993. Mandela was accompanied by Allan Boesak. Some of the photographs are annotated on the reverse by the donors: James P. Rigney and Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap. The photographs were printed in 'The Cape Argus' newspaper. The file also includes:
• A description of the circumstances surrounding Mandela’s visit to Athlone Parish Church by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004).
• An annotated copy of the sermon preached on the occasion by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. A copy of Mandela’s brief address after communion referring to the support offered by the local congregation during the apartheid era
• The welcome address given by Huxley Joshua, a prominent member of the ANC in the locality.
• Documents (including a copy newspaper cutting from 'The Southern Cross', 26 Sept. 1993) referring to the controversy over Mandela’s taking of communion during the Mass.

A view of the exterior of the Capuchin Friary in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). The print is extant on p. 34 in the volume.

An image of the exterior of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Parow, Cape Town. A printed caption to the image reads 'Father Oliver's beautiful new church at Parow, South Africa / Dedicated on the Feast of Immaculate Conception, 8th December 1935'.

Steamships at the quay in Waterford in about 1935.

The Lee Public Baths, Victoria Cross, Cork, in about 1945. The Lee Baths were a sprawling outdoor and unheated swimming pool complex with rudimentary concrete finishes and a perilous diving board. Costing £23,000 to build, the baths opened to the public in 1934.

The entrance to the Mardyke, an extensive area of parkland in Cork city.

A view of Cobh Harbour in County Cork. The Cathedral Church of St. Colman is prominent in the image.

An image of North Gate Bridge (from Bachelor’s Quay) in Cork in about 1940. Designed by the architect Sir John Benson (1812-1874), the foundation stone for North Gate Bridge was laid in April 1863. The bridge was demolished in 1961 and replaced with Griffith Bridge named in honour of Arthur Griffith (1871-1922).

A view of a roadside farmstead in rural County Down in about 1945. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'A calm and peaceful picture of a roadside farmstead in County Down'.