Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars and novices. The group includes Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. Pius Duggan OFM Cap., Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap., Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap., Br. Livinus Keane OFM Cap., and Br. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap.
Photograph of a large group of Capuchin friars in the garden of the Church Street Friary in Dublin. The photograph was taken during the Eucharistic Congress held in the Irish capital.
A photographic print of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., editors in the Capuchin Publications Office, in the garden of the Church Street Friary in Dublin. The group includes Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap.
A photograph of (seated, centre) Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. and (back row) Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. with members of the choir of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.
A clipping of an article referring to a religious visit to Prineville, Oregon, involving an international reunion of clergy. The text describes a visit by Father Peter Flynn, a parish priest from Te Puke, New Zealand, who stopped in Prineville to visit his old classmate, Father Thomas McTeigue, while returning to New Zealand from a vacation in Ireland. The accompanying photograph captures (left to right) Father Peter Flynn, Bishop Francis P. Leipzig, Very Rev. Virgilius Murtagh, OFM, Cap. (of Dublin), and Very Rev. Thomas McTeigue. The article notes that Fathers Flynn and McTeigue studied together in Ireland at St. Patrick’s College in Cavan and St. Peter’s College in Wexford, where they were ordained. It concludes by mentioning other priests in the Baker Diocese who studied at St. Peter’s during the same era, including Father Peter Duignan of Lakeview and Father Francis McCormack of Ontario. The clipping is taken from the ‘Catholic Sentinel (Baker Edition)’ (14 July 1960).
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.
Photograph of a group of clerics at the ordination of Fr. Anthony Harris OFM Cap. in Bend in Oregon. A typescript caption on the reverse reads ‘Group taken at the first ordination in the new church at Bend, Oregon. L. to R. Fr. Emilian [Meade], the newly ordained [Fr. Anthony Harris], ordaining prelate [Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig]: Fr. Virgilius Murtagh, Fr. Stephen Murtagh, Fr. Adrian Sharkey. Between the Archbishop and Fr. Virgilius is Fr. William Coughlan, pastor at Bend, and on his left Fr. Leopold O’Riordan’. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio.
Photograph of Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. with Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig during the former’s visitation to the United States. The group includes Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Sharkey OFM Cap., and Fr. Emilian Meade OFM Cap. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio, 55 Glady’s Avenue, Hermiston, Oregon.