Quest books of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Ignatius Murphy OFM Cap., questors, Capuchin Friary, Church Street. Entries in the books are made under the headings of street (mainly Dublin City), persons, family or business occupying the dwelling and the annual amount donated. Occasional reference is made to the dates of the quest and to the presence of a ‘non-Catholic’ family on a particular street. In one particular book, Fr. Henry drew a sketch map of the area which he was assigned (Dublin Southeastern Area) and included an index of streets, quays and businesses thereon. Another book has an insert of an appeal made by the Capuchin friars on behalf of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Dec. 1964.
A clipping of a report on the bombardment of Liberty Hall by the steamer ‘Helga’ during the insurrection. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given but it is most likely from the ‘Irish Times’.
A view of the harbour at Boatstrand in County Waterford. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The picturesque little harbour of Boatstrand, County Waterford, on the coast road between Tramore and Dungarvan'.
Photographic print of the female boarders at Coláiste Bríghde, Falcarragh, County Donegal. Coláiste Bríghde was one of four preparatory colleges founded between 1926 and 1929 to provide secondary education for aspiring primary school teachers. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Coláiste Bríghde, Falcarragh, c.1944 / Chaplain, Fr. Danny Molloy’.
A photographic print of the block reputed to have been used in the beheading of Robert Emmet. The artifact is now held in the Pearse Museum, The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The photograph is credited to Thomas F. Geoghegan.
A volume titled ‘Blocks / Father Mathew Record / The Capuchin Annual / subjects: Capuchins / Saints / Beati / Friars / Friaries / Houses / Colleges’. The volume contains printed copies of block pulls for photographs and illustrations published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The volume includes the following copy prints: • Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. and Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. • The garden of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. • Certificate of reception of Cardinal Joseph McRory, Archbishop of Armagh, into the Third Order of St. Francis. 11 Mar. 1928. • The Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork. • Irish Capuchin houses in France in the eighteenth century. • Engraving of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin. • Students in Rochestown College, County Cork. • Drawings by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. • General Chapter of the Capuchin Order in Rome, 1926. • Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia OSFC (1809-1889). • A group of Irish Capuchin students in Rome. • Cartoons by Tom Lalor. • The exterior of the old Capuchin Chapel on Church Street (c.1861). • The Most Rev. Thomas-Louis Connolly OSFC (1814-1876), Archbishop of Halifax. • Views of Dublin life, a collection of drawings by Seán MacManus. • Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931). • A view of Church Street looking northwards towards North King Street. • Mary Redmond (1863-1930), sculptor. • Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. (1870-1954). • Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935) in the United States. • Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965). • Depictions of St. Francis and various Capuchin Franciscan Saints. • Capuchin Franciscan bishops.
