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A view of the exterior of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in George, Western Cape, South Africa. Completed in about 1843, it is the oldest Catholic church in South Africa. A manuscript annotation reads '‘The oldest Church in use in South Africa’.

A group of Irish Capuchin friars at St. Mary of the Angels Church, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. is the present in the photograph (seated, first on the right).

An image of a Marian Year procession in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) accompanies the procession.

An image of a Capuchin friar preaching in Philippi near Cape Town in South Africa.

A view of a replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978.

An image of orphans from Parow parish on a boating trip off Kalk Bay near Cape Town in South Africa.

A religious pageant for children, probably at a parish school in Cape Province, South Africa.

A religious sister (probably from the Sisters of the Holy Cross) with children, probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.

An image of children probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.

An image of SS 'Stratheden', a British ocean liner, docked at the Port of Cape Town, South Africa.