Photographic prints of the repatriation and reburial of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor in the cemetery of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork. Includes photographs of the arrival of the coffins at Shannon Airport. Other prints show the coffins at the High Altar in Holy Trinity Church, Cork, where a special Solemn Mass was celebrated. Some of the photographs show An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, President Seán T. O’Kelly and Jack Lynch attending the ceremonies. Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. were laid to rest in a burial ceremony on 14 June 1958. The funeral mass was celebrated by Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap., Vicar Provincial, and the coffins were laid side by side adjacent to the grave of Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. The images are credited to the 'Irish Press', the 'Cork Examiner' and Lensmen, Press Photo Agency, 9 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.
Photographic prints of the interior of the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. One of the prints is annotated on the reverse: ‘Capuchin Convent, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. A. McMahon. With Fr. [Columbus] Maher’s compliments’. The other print is ink-stamped on the reverse: ‘Rathmines Photographic Studio, 26 Richmond Hill, Dublin’.
Photographic prints of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Two of the prints show the rear of the Friary building. The remaining print is of the altar (from an elevated position) during Mass. The celebrant is Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.
Photographic prints by William Lawrence (1840-1932) of St. Francis’ Abbey, Kilkenny. Robert French (1841-1917) was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection which is now held in the National Library of Ireland. The printed caption numbers read: 1463-6. W.L.
A spiral-bound album containing photographic prints (black and white) of existing damage to and remedial renovation work on the roof of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The prints (measuring 21.5 cm 16.5 cm) are numbered and captioned and show detailed and general views of refurbishment work including the installation of new lead works and slate tiles.
Photographic prints (black and white) of mourners at the funeral of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at the Old Mission, Santa Inez, California. Several of the prints are annotated on reverse. An annotation on one print reads: ‘Father Dillon, Father Dominic, Mrs Mellows, Mrs Campbell, Eamon Martin, who came out with Mrs Mellows’. The file includes a cover indicating that some of the prints were sent to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Minister Provincial, Church Street, Dublin.
A collection of black and white photographic prints mostly relating to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls from 1936-50. Most of the prints have been captioned by his nephew, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and some were published in Mgr. Killian Flynn as seen from his letters (Ndola, 2003). The file includes prints of Fr. Killian: • As a novitiate and student. • With his parents. • With Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) probably on a ship during their first voyage to Africa in 1931. • With African porters during a long trek into the bush, 1931-2. • With Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) celebrating the opening of the first mission church on 30 Oct. 1932. • The exterior of the ‘Stone Police Camp’ at Livingstone, the site of the first mission chapel, 1932. • With Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., 1935. • With Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland. • With Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, Nairobi Cathedral in 1967. • At the first all-African Bishops’ Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969. • At the Zambian Episcopal Conference. • Receiving an MBE in Livingstone. • Greeting Pope Paul VI in Kampala, Uganda. The Pope visited Uganda from 31 July to 2 Aug. 1969 • With Capuchin friars from East and Southern Africa in 1972.
Photographic postcard print of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. with another Capuchin friar (possibly Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap.) dated 17 Mar. 1919; print of Fr. Dominic (full length and seated) attached to a greeting card with annotation: ‘To Helen, with best wishes, Fr. Dominic, OSFC, 1/1/19’; undated photographic print of Fr. Dominic (full length in Capuchin Franciscan habit).
Two full-length portrait photographic prints of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., at the door to Rochestown College, Cork, prior to his departure for the United States in 1924. With a photographic print of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. with a friar and another unidentified lay individual at Rochestown.
