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A view of a replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978.

An image of orphans from Parow parish on a boating trip off Kalk Bay near Cape Town in South Africa.

An image of children probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.

An image of the ‘Irish Larch’, an Irish Shipping Limited merchant vessel, leaving the Port of Cape Town in South Africa.

An image taken from on board the 'Dominion Monarch' docked in the Port of Cape Town, South Africa. The ship in the distance is either the RMMV 'Stirling Castle' or her identical sister ship the RMMV 'Athlone Castle', British passenger liners built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast) for the Union-Castle Line's mail service from Southampton to Cape Town.

The exterior of St. Theresa’s School, Welcome Estate, Cape Town, South Africa. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘This part was built in 1933. Two moveable partitions made it one large room for Mass (3 classrooms). The third room (back part) added to the original 2 classrooms’.

A view of building work on the Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Athlone parish, Cape Town, South Africa. The print is annotated on the reverse: ‘The unfinished school and chapel at Athlone, Cape Flats’.

Cutting from the 'Cork Examiner', 20 Oct. 1938, reporting on the opening of a bazaar in Father Mathew Hall, Cork, to aid the work of the Capuchin African missions.

Clipping of a poem by Lizzie MacDerby (dated 6 Aug. 1933) referring to the arrival of the Capuchin Franciscan friars in County Donegal. The poem was published in the 'Derry Journal'.

An image of the Kerry and Dublin teams parading before the All Ireland Football Final at Croke Park, Dublin, on 25 September 1955.