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A group of Capuchin friars with musical instruments in the Kilkenny Friary in c.1905. Identifiable individuals include:
Front row (seated):
First on the left: Br. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (1881-1961)
First on the right: Br. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)

Second row (seated):
First on the right: Br. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
First on the left: Br. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952)

Third row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Second on the right: Br. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
Third on the right: Br. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Second on the left: Br. Gregory O’Kelly OFM Cap. (d. 9 Apr. 1947)
First on the left: Br. Philip King OFM Cap. (1885-1952)

Fourth row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Second on the right: Br. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955)
Third on the right: Br. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942)
Forth on the right: Br. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second on the left: Br. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965)
First on the left: Br. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971

Copy letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Vicar Provincial, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Definitor General, referring to matters concerning the Irish Capuchin missions in the United States. Father Edwin reports a ‘long-standing grievance’ among friars in American houses (specifically in Abbottstown, Lincoln, Los Angeles, and several on the coast) regarding their lack of a vote in the Provincial Chapter. He also stresses the absolute necessity of establishing ‘one or two good houses in the East’ (the Atlantic coast) to secure the ‘money and vocations’ needed to fully develop their missions in the West.

Copy letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. on various personnel matters pertaining to the American mission. Reference is made to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. who is ‘recommended to the West by the Doctors, and as St. Inez [Santa Inés] is considered best for him we decided not to have him alone there, and hence Fr. Reginald [O’Hanlon]’s and Br. Columcille’s [Cregan] Obediences are for there’. It also stated that Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. will be sent to assist Fr. Brendan O’Callagahan OFM Cap. with missions in New York.

Financial Statement of the Capuchin Friary, Wilmington, Delaware. It documents the finances and community status of the Wilmington novitiate (a training house for new friars) following its dedication in October 1936. Handwritten notes indicate that the original property cost $25,500, while the new building cost $41,523.08.

A photograph of (left) Fr. Bernardine Harvey OFM Cap. and (right) Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. at the Church Street Friary in Dublin.

A photograph of (seated, centre) Fr. Bernardine Harvey OFM Cap. at the Church Street Friary on the occasion of his golden jubilee of his entering the Order (1944). Fr. Brendan O'Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. and Fr. Benedict Phelan OFM Cap. are also present in the image.

Photograph of Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (left) and Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap.

Photograph of (seated) Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. with Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and other friars outside the residence adjoining the Capuchin novitiate in Wilmington in Delaware.

A photograph of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, with the community of friars in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Fr. Peter is seated (middle). Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. is seated (first on the left). Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. is seated (first on the right). Br. Didacus Kelleher OFM Cap. is standing (first on the right). Fr. Aidan O’Reilly OFM Cap. is standing (first on the left). Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. was on visitation to the Irish Capuchin missions in the United States in 1924.

Photograph of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, during a visitation to the community at the Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Paradise, Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. The group includes Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap.