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Photographic prints (colour) of the demolition of the old Capuchin Friary building on Church Street. The file contains two soft-bound albums (22 cm x 17.5 cm) containing fifteen and twenty-four colour prints of various views of the old friary building, the process of demolition and the construction of the new Friary building on the said site. With 106 loose prints showing various stages of the construction work. The photographs were taken by Fr. Christopher Twomey OFM Cap.

A collection of photographic prints assembled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. for an exhibition on the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The prints have been annotated on the reverse by Fr. Nessan. The file includes:
• Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, birthplace of Fr. Mathew.
• Rathclogheen House, Golden, County Tipperary, where Fr. Mathew lived until he joined the Capuchins.
• St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, Fr. Mathew’s parish church.
• The old Capuchin Chapel on Blackamoor Lane, Cork.
• Holy Trinity Church, after it was opened (without steeple) in 1850.
• House in Cove Street where Fr. Mathew Lived. Fr. Nessan notes that ‘it was No. 8 but it has since been demolished’.
• Portrait of Fr. Mathew. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘This photograph … is an exact reproduction of the original painting at present in the Bon Secours Convent, Cork. On the back of the original painting is the following inscription “The original portrait of Fr. Mathew which I painted for himself / James Butler Brennan RHA”’.
• Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.
• Fr. Mathew Tower (with copy engraving). An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Fr. Mathew Tower / built in Kilcoolishal, Dunkettle, by William O’Connor, a merchant tailor of Cork, to commemorate the hospitable reception which Fr. Mathew received in London in 1843. It was completed in 1846 and opened on November 10th’.
• Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork.
• ‘A specimen of Fr. Mathew’s handwriting’.
• Plaque on a wall of a house on Cove Street commemorating Fr. Mathew’s residence in a house nearby.
• A gong presented by Fr. Mathew to the Ursuline Sisters of Thurles.
• A cup and saucer with images of Fr. Mathew and some temperance symbols emblazoned upon them. Fr. Nessan notes that these items are in the possession of the Foy family in Philadelphia, United States. He adds that the family ‘claim a relationship with Fr. Theobald Mathew through a great-great grandfather, Michael Moore, whose mother was Rose Anna Mathew’.
• The unveiling of the Fr. Mathew Statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin, on 8 Feb. 1893.
• Solemn High Mass at Thomastown Castle to commemorate the centenary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. 19 June 1938.

The sub-series contains a small collection of prints and photographs connected with the life and ministry of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.