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Scrapbook of Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. containing notes relating to his work as a missionary primarily in Northern Rhodesia. Fr. Alfred describes journeying to a village in Barotseland: ‘Enter a village – children run out of it to wave to us, the younger and more timid kids who have never seen a white [man] scuttle and bawl like stuck pigs – probably they have been told if they are naughty they will be handed over to “the big bad white man”’. The memoir contains notes re local customs, death and marriage rituals, village life, pastimes, sanitation, race, witchcraft and superstitions. Other headings include ‘meetings and oratory’, ‘progress towards civilisation’, dancing and ‘African Albinos – saw 2 only up to today, 10 June 1947’. Other sections include notes on the Union of South Africa, the Lozi language and the Bantu people of Northern Rhodesia. With a newspaper clipping of a photograph showing Sir John Waddington, Governor of Northern Rhodesia, and Imwiko, Paramount Chief of Barotse, on the occasion of the Governor’s farewell visit to Barotseland in 1947. Printed stamp on front cover reads: ‘Sancta Maria Catholic Mission. Fr. Alfred O’Mahony. 7th June 1947’.

A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and ephemera with extensive annotations by Fr. Henry Rope on events relating to the Irish Revolution, the Civil War, the position of Catholics in Northern Ireland, and Anglo-Irish relations. Typescript annotation on inside front cover reads ‘The Revd. H.E.G. Rope, Plowden, Lydbury North, Salop.’ Manuscript title to the volume (on first page) reads ‘Occasional Notes on Ireland (1923)’.
The contents include:
• Clippings from various publications and periodicals including ‘The Leader’, ‘Éire / The Irish Nation’, ‘The Irish World’, ‘The Catholic Times’, ‘The Standard’, ‘An Phoblacht’, ‘The Irish Times’,
• An article titled ‘De Valera’s Designs / Issues in Southern Ireland’ (‘Morning Post’, 24 July 1924, p. 10).
• A review of Daniel Corkery’s ‘The Hidden Ireland’ (‘Catholic Times’, 26 Nov. 1926, p. 21).
• An article on the first death of a hunger striker, ‘Republican Bulletin’ (21 Nov. 1923, p 24).
• An article titled ‘Archbishop Mannix welcomed at Waterford / Freedom of the city conferred’ (‘Cork Examiner’, 13 Aug. 1925, p. 34).
• ‘Nationalities and languages / Specially contributed by Professor Stockley’ (‘Waterford News’, 13 June 1924, p. 39).
Inserts include ‘An appeal for a Catholic and National Monument / St. Patrick’s XV Centenary Memorial (1932) and a flier for the Central Catholic Library, 16 Hawkins Street, Dublin.

A scrapbook compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. containing fliers, newspaper cuttings and ephemera associated with the commemorations of the bi-centenary of the birth Fr. Mathew. The file includes correspondence and fliers for student competitions, symposiums and publications for the bicentenary. The volume includes:
Letter from Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, re the work of the Capuchin commission set to co-ordinate events for the bicentenary. 12 Jan. 1990.
Newspaper cutting referring to the cleaning of the Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, in anticipation of the commemorations.
Fliers re events to combat under-age drinking in Cork.
Cuttings re the sale of the Father Mathew Tower, Glanmire, County Cork. Nov. 1990.
Cuttings referring to the launch of a video on Fr. Mathew titled ‘Here goes, in the name of God’ commissioned by the Capuchin friars. The video was scripted and produced by Fr. Liam O’Driscoll on behalf of Icon Communications Ltd.
A typescript copy of ‘Oblivion’ by Ultan McDonnell, the winning entry in the temperance schools’ song competition held in Father Mathew Hall, Cork.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

Group photograph showing the first scout group in the Caprivi Strip founded by Fr. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap. The image shows the scouts with Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. and Fr. Malachy Breslin OFM Cap.

A copy of the nationalist newspaper edited by Arthur Griffith, 'Scissors and Paste', 27 Feb. 1915 (Vol. I, no. 22). Griffith actively discouraged Irishmen from fighting with the British army in the First World War, as a result of which the 'Sinn Féin' newspaper was banned in December 1914; Griffith promptly replaced it with 'Scissors and Paste' and later with 'Nationality', both of which continued to promote Sinn Féin policies. In 'Scissors and Paste', Griffith evaded British censorship by sampling articles from the uncensored press and then juxtaposing them so that readers could draw their own conclusions

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

External views of the orphanage, the primary and secondary schools and the ‘European School’ in Parow, Cape Town.