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A promotional prospectus for the Capuchin Franciscan College in Rochestown, County Cork. A proof stamp on the first page bears the date 28 May 1943. The front cover page features a monochrome photographic plate showing a ‘South West View’ of the college grounds, chapel, and gardens. The text references the availability of a bus service to the school. It also provides enrolment details, setting the terminal pension at £18 per term, documenting two annual £40 scholarships, and noting the Father Augustine Medal for highest marks in Irish.

A promotional prospectus for the Capuchin Franciscan College in Rochestown, County Cork. The front cover features a monochrome photographic plate of the college grounds and chapel, surmounted by the Capuchin Order’s emblem and the traditional Irish script motto, ‘Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na h-Éireann’. The text details institutional operations, outlining the college’s picturesque location near Cork Harbour, its mission to train students for the priesthood, an expansive curriculum affiliated with the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, and student requirements – notably setting the annual pension at 25 guineas and mandating that boarders’ clothing be of Irish manufacture where possible. Signed by the Rector, Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap.

A prospectus outlining the regulatory, academic, and material requirements for candidates entering the Capuchin Franciscan College in Rochestown, County Cork. The document details the college’s dual purpose of providing a general secondary education alongside preparatory training for the Capuchin priesthood. It lists admission rules —requiring students to be over eleven years of age, confirmed, and capable of sitting the National University of Ireland (N.U.I.) Matriculation Examination — alongside a curriculum featuring classical languages, mathematics, Irish, elocution, and music. Additionally, the prospectus itemizes student term fees (£12 per term), the three-term calendar, and an inventory of mandatory personal effects and bedding (including a leather pillow and blankets) that must be brought by each pupil, emphasizing a preference for items of Irish manufacture.

A promotional prospectus for the Capuchin Franciscan College in Rochestown, County Cork. The decorated cover panel features a central landscape of the friary grounds surrounded by Celtic knotwork, four photographic vignettes of student life (chapel, classroom, athletics, and group portrait), and the traditional Gaelic script motto, ‘Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na h-Éireann’. The text panels detail the institution’s operations, outlining its picturesque location near Cork Harbour, its mission to train young students for the priesthood, and an expansive curriculum including classical languages, mathematics, and Swedish Drill. The text highlights a strict institutional emphasis on the Irish language featuring an annual Special Medal, sets the terminal pension at £12 per term, and provides admissions criteria requiring a parish priest’s testimonial.

A view of an Irish language demonstration passing the Maltings Complex on Prospect Row in Cork city. A typed annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The Irish language protest coming along Prospect Row on their way to the city on Saturday'.