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An image showing funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork on 31 October 1920. Several Capuchin friars are identifiable in the procession including Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap.

Photographic print of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., Rector of Rochestown College; Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap.; Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Superior, Rochestown Capuchin Friary; Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. The original print is pasted onto card with the title: ‘Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork at the College, May 1920’. With three later reproductions.

A photograph of a group of Irish Capuchin friars with Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork, and pilgrims travelling to Rome. The group includes Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap., Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., and Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. The photograph was possibly taken on a ship in Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin.

A photograph of a religious procession. Several Capuchin friars are present including possibly Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. There is no caption associated with this print in the volume.

A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars at a Provincial Chapter in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street Friary, Dublin. The group includes Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Joseph Fenlon OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap., Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.

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).

Photographic print of President Seán T. O’Kelly at the Capuchin Retreat House, Raheny. Typescript annotation on the reverse reads: ‘One of the first events covered by Gael-Linn’s all-Irish newsreel – directed, edited, and produced in Ireland was the blessing of the Calvary at the Capuchin Retreat House Raheny on June 14 in memory of two patriot priests, Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., where Mr. O’Kelly and Mr. de Valera made their last appearance together as President and Taoiseach. The still from the ‘Amharc Eireann’ shows Mr. O’Kelly waving to the crowd as he leaves. With him are Rev. Fr. Hillary McDonagh OFM Cap, (left), Rev. Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. and Rev. Fr. Theodore Murphy OFM Cap., Superior of the Retreat House. The file includes a colour photographic print of the ‘Calvary in memory of Fr. Albert and Fr. Dominic erected by the old boys of Fianna Éireann’.

Photographic print of Mrs Belton, wife of Jack Belton, Lord Mayor of Dublin, opening the Capuchin Foreign Missions’ sale of work in Father Mathew Hall. The group includes Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. and Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap.

The file includes
• Report of a Dublin Corporation housing enquiry into conditions in tenements in the Cook Street-Chapel Yard area ('Evening Herald', 2 Feb. 1933). Reference is made in the report to the ruins of 'a Capuchin convent, an old windmill and two Mass houses' in the Cook Street area.
• Article (with photographic prints) publicising the opening of a sale of work in aid of the Capuchin Foreign Missions held in the Catholic Commercial Club in Dublin. 'Irish Catholic', 1 Dec. 1938. The attendees included Alfie Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap.