A postcard print captioned 'Presbyterian Church & the Bridge, Portlaw, County Waterford'. The church dates to about 1845. The two-storey building adjacent to the church is the manse (a name given to a house inhabited by a minister, typically from the Presbyterian, Methodist or other Reformed Protestant religions). The manse in Portlaw was occupied by the Reverend David Ferguson, Presbyterian minister in Portlaw, from about 1843 to 1887. The Presbyterian church in Portlaw was closed in 1931.
Photographic prints (11 cm x 8.5 cm) of the presentation of the ‘The Silver Tassie Cup’ at the Father Mathew Feis in 1994. With a cover letter from Michael J. Kearns who donated the Cup to the Feis. With a print showing the said cup (15 cm x 10 cm).
Clippings showing the presentation by Major H.E. de Courcy Wheeler of arms and mementoes from the 1916 Rising. De Courcy Wheeler had accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse and Constance Markievicz following the defeat of the insurrection. The items were handed over to the state at a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The image (right) shows Áine Ceannt and Margaret Mary Pearse examining a revolver which belonged to Constance Markievicz. The clippings are most likely taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 April 1948).
Letter to Fr. Augustine (Donal) O’Mahony OFM Cap. from Texaco Ireland, 6-7 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, enclosing photographs taken at the presentation of the Texaco bursary at the recent Father Mathew Feis. Ink stamp on reverse of prints: ‘Photographic P.R. Services, 10 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1’.
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.
A clipping of a report on a presentation made to Christopher J. Brady, Michael J. Molloy, and William P. O’Brien who printed the 1916 Proclamation. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (25 November 1952).
An image of a presentation from Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. to T.J. Kiernan to the mark the latter’s appointment as Irish Minister to the Holy See in 1941. Also present in the photograph are Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Dr James Ryan, and Delia Kiernan (née Murphy).
An image of President Seán T. O’Kelly giving a speech at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. (Volume page 57).
