Aerial view: new north wing, extended church
An aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.
An aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.
An aerial view of St. Mary of the Angels, the adjoining Capuchin Friary, and Father Mathew Hall on Church Street in Dublin
An aerial view of Waterford city showing Redmond Bridge in c.1940.
Photographic prints of aerial views of Irish towns and notable landmarks. Most of the prints were created by the Irish Air Corps. Some of the images are from the 'Irish Press'. The prints were seemingly acquired with a view to publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes the following images:
• Shelbourne Park, Dublin.
• Ballsbridge, Dublin.
• Castle Golf Course, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
• Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare.
• Carlow Town.
• Kilkenny City.
• Marino, Dublin. The print shows large tents pitched on the grounds of the Casino in Marino. The tents may have had some connection with the International Eucharistic Congress (1932).
• O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Windy Arbour, Dublin.
• Port of Dublin.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• Gaeltacht Park, Whitehall, Dublin.
• St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare.
• Kilworth Army Camp, County Cork.
• Curragh Army Camp, County Kildare.
• Drogheda, County Louth.
• Croke Park, Dublin.
• The Hill of Tara, County Meath.
• Wicklow Town.
• Wexford Town.
• Foynes, County Limerick.
• Three Air Corps’ Avro Ansons flying over the Irish countryside.
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Daphne Pochin Mould (1920-2014) titled ‘Aerial Views of Treasured Shrines Destroyed by Invaders’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). With a covering letter from Daphne Pochin Mould to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (3 June 1974). The file includes aerial views of the following (mostly ruined) medieval sites in Ireland:
• Muckross Abbey, Killarney, County Kerry.
• Cistercian Abbey, Corcomroe, County Clare.
• Franciscan Friary, Askeaton, County Limerick.
• Holycross Cistercian Abbey, County Tipperary.
• Augustinian Abbey, Athassel, County Tipperary.
• Sherkin Island Franciscan Friary, County Cork.
• Franciscan Friary, Quin, County Clare.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary.
• Kells Augustinian Priory, County Kilkenny.
• Killmallock Dominican Friary, County Limerick
An image of an Aer-Lingus DC-3 aircraft at Shannon Airport in County Clare.
A copy of ‘Aesop a tháinig go h-Éirinn / Aesop’s fables in Irish / with English translation / by the Rev. Peter O'Leary’. The publication forms part of the 'The Léighean Éirean series; v. III, no. 9'.
A clipping of a letter from William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, regarding the splendid response to the diocesan collection to assist Belgian refugees following the country’s invasion by Germany. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Catholic’ (28 November 1914).