An image of Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. on a visit to a school in Karnal in India.
An image of Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (seated) with catechists in India.
An image of two Catholic missionaries and their truck in India. No original caption is extant on the print.
Press photographs (mainly of Capuchin friars and Observant Franciscan friars) compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Some of the photographs are annotated. The file includes the following images:
• The Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. at celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchins in Kilkenny in 1948.
• The celebration of Mass at St. Adam and St. Eve’s Church in Dublin.
• Gabriel Fallon (1898-1980) with rosary beads blessed by the Pope for presentation to the actress, Margaret O’Brien.
• The consecration of Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. as Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 Sept. 1950.
• The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and Archbishop John Charles McQuaid at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 1798 Rebellion.
• Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. preaching in St. Francis Church, Kilkenny, in 1948.
• Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958).
• The funeral of Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchants' Quay, Dublin, in January 1948. With images of his funeral procession along O’Connell Street.
• Presentation by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. to Captain Robert Monteith.
• Rev. H. Canon Murray speaking at a Pioneer Total Abstinence Association meeting. Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. is also in attendance.
• Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. (1896-1972) speaking at a sale of work in aid of the Capuchin Foreign Missions.
The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion.
(Left) Fr. James O'Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962) and (right) Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958) in the garden of the Church Street Friary in Dublin.
Photographic prints relating to 'This Is Russia!', an American documentary film released in June 1958, and directed by Sid Feder. The cinematography was by Sid Feder and the film was scored by Heinz Roemheld. It was narrated by Carey Wilson. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The prints show various scenes of people, locations and buildings from across the Soviet Union. The film was released with the tagline: ‘Inside story of the land of mystery and contrast that produced the earth satellites’. The prints are coded and have typescript captions on the reverse.
Photographic prints relating to the pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, marking the centenary of the Marian apparitions of St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. The file contains numerous prints used to illustrate a series of articles published on the Lourdes pilgrimage published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1958). The text of the article indicates that the prints signed ‘L. Von Matt’ were sourced from a publication titled St. Bernadette, a quarto volume of 91 pages, with text of the Saint’s life by Monsignor Francis Trochu, illustrated by 183 pictures in photogravure by Leonard Von Matt. The file also includes many postcard prints of the Rosary Basilica and other shrines associated with the site.
Photographs prints for an article by Liam de Paor (1926-1998) titled ‘Saint Patrick’s Rock’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1958). The file comprises photographic prints of various views of the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary. The prints are credited to Fr. Reginald Walker CSSp.
An image of a parade to encourage recruitment for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the outbreak of the First World War.