Photographs and Visual Materials
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- c.1868-c.2005
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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Photographs and Visual Materials
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographs and Visual Materials
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographs for Exhibition on Father Mathew
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A collection of photographic prints assembled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. for an exhibition on the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The prints have been annotated on the reverse by Fr. Nessan. The file includes:
• Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, birthplace of Fr. Mathew.
• Rathclogheen House, Golden, County Tipperary, where Fr. Mathew lived until he joined the Capuchins.
• St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, Fr. Mathew’s parish church.
• The old Capuchin Chapel on Blackamoor Lane, Cork.
• Holy Trinity Church, after it was opened (without steeple) in 1850.
• House in Cove Street where Fr. Mathew Lived. Fr. Nessan notes that ‘it was No. 8 but it has since been demolished’.
• Portrait of Fr. Mathew. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘This photograph … is an exact reproduction of the original painting at present in the Bon Secours Convent, Cork. On the back of the original painting is the following inscription “The original portrait of Fr. Mathew which I painted for himself / James Butler Brennan RHA”’.
• Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.
• Fr. Mathew Tower (with copy engraving). An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Fr. Mathew Tower / built in Kilcoolishal, Dunkettle, by William O’Connor, a merchant tailor of Cork, to commemorate the hospitable reception which Fr. Mathew received in London in 1843. It was completed in 1846 and opened on November 10th’.
• Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork.
• ‘A specimen of Fr. Mathew’s handwriting’.
• Plaque on a wall of a house on Cove Street commemorating Fr. Mathew’s residence in a house nearby.
• A gong presented by Fr. Mathew to the Ursuline Sisters of Thurles.
• A cup and saucer with images of Fr. Mathew and some temperance symbols emblazoned upon them. Fr. Nessan notes that these items are in the possession of the Foy family in Philadelphia, United States. He adds that the family ‘claim a relationship with Fr. Theobald Mathew through a great-great grandfather, Michael Moore, whose mother was Rose Anna Mathew’.
• The unveiling of the Fr. Mathew Statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin, on 8 Feb. 1893.
• Solemn High Mass at Thomastown Castle to commemorate the centenary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. 19 June 1938.
Shaw, Nessan, 1915-1997, Capuchin priest
Photographs of a performance in Father Mathew Hall
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Photographic prints of a performance of a 'Cinderella' musical in Father Mathew Hall. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of one of the prints reads: ‘Father Mathew Hall, Dublin’. The prints are held in glass frames.
Photographs of construction work
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Photographic prints (colour) of the demolition of the old Capuchin Friary building on Church Street. The file contains two soft-bound albums (22 cm x 17.5 cm) containing fifteen and twenty-four colour prints of various views of the old friary building, the process of demolition and the construction of the new Friary building on the said site. With 106 loose prints showing various stages of the construction work. The photographs were taken by Fr. Christopher Twomey OFM Cap.
Photographs of Model of House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary
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Photographic prints of an architectural model of the new Capuchin House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The model was prepared by James Rupert Boyd Barrett, architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork. The photographs show the model from various perspectives.
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A collection of mostly un-captioned and undated photographs of performances and audiences in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin. Many of the photographs are press photographs (mainly from the 'Irish Independent', 'Evening Press' and the 'Irish Press'). They include photographs of pantomimes ('Aladdin', 1956-7) and the ‘Mai MacCartney’ troupe of dancers. The file also includes press photographs of Feis competition winners. Only a few of the prints are annotated: ‘Maria Bennett, Paddy Corr, Phyllis Bennett. Taken by the 'Herald' photographer for “Patience”, May 1956’. There is one annotated colourised print in the file showing two girls called ‘The Dominoes’, Christmas Pantomime, 1952.
Photographs, Prints and Sketches
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The sub-series comprises a small collection of prints and photographs connected with the life and ministry of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.
Pianist at the Father Mathew Feis
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A young pianist performing at the Father Mathew Feis on Church Street in Dublin.
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Photographic print of a family picnicking on the grounds of Ard Mhuire Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal.