Photographs: Historic> 13th. Provincial Chapter 1965. Group photograph with identifying
chart.
Photographs: Fr. Edmund Burke C.P. 1923082 and Fr. Ralph Egan C.P. 1951095.
Mission in Castlegregory, Co. Kerry. Blessing of new shrine of Our Lady.
A collection of photographic prints assembled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. for an exhibition on the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The prints have been annotated on the reverse by Fr. Nessan. The file includes:
• Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, birthplace of Fr. Mathew.
• Rathclogheen House, Golden, County Tipperary, where Fr. Mathew lived until he joined the Capuchins.
• St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, Fr. Mathew’s parish church.
• The old Capuchin Chapel on Blackamoor Lane, Cork.
• Holy Trinity Church, after it was opened (without steeple) in 1850.
• House in Cove Street where Fr. Mathew Lived. Fr. Nessan notes that ‘it was No. 8 but it has since been demolished’.
• Portrait of Fr. Mathew. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘This photograph … is an exact reproduction of the original painting at present in the Bon Secours Convent, Cork. On the back of the original painting is the following inscription “The original portrait of Fr. Mathew which I painted for himself / James Butler Brennan RHA”’.
• Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.
• Fr. Mathew Tower (with copy engraving). An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Fr. Mathew Tower / built in Kilcoolishal, Dunkettle, by William O’Connor, a merchant tailor of Cork, to commemorate the hospitable reception which Fr. Mathew received in London in 1843. It was completed in 1846 and opened on November 10th’.
• Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork.
• ‘A specimen of Fr. Mathew’s handwriting’.
• Plaque on a wall of a house on Cove Street commemorating Fr. Mathew’s residence in a house nearby.
• A gong presented by Fr. Mathew to the Ursuline Sisters of Thurles.
• A cup and saucer with images of Fr. Mathew and some temperance symbols emblazoned upon them. Fr. Nessan notes that these items are in the possession of the Foy family in Philadelphia, United States. He adds that the family ‘claim a relationship with Fr. Theobald Mathew through a great-great grandfather, Michael Moore, whose mother was Rose Anna Mathew’.
• The unveiling of the Fr. Mathew Statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin, on 8 Feb. 1893.
• Solemn High Mass at Thomastown Castle to commemorate the centenary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. 19 June 1938.
The subseries comprises a varied collection of original prints, postcards and other forms of image ephemera assembled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., the editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Some of the content in the file may have been collected with a view to potential publication in the periodical.
The sub-series contains a small collection of prints and photographs connected with the life and ministry of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
Includes; images and photos of Nano Nagle and Bishop Francis Moylan.
Includes; file includes black and white photographs of convents in Ireland from Doneraile, Galway, Carlow, Maryborough, Tralee, Thurles, Rahan, and Dungarvan; letters from Sr. M. Ignatius, Carrick-on -Suir (12 February 1930 ) to Rev. Mother South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street Cork regarding the difficulty of getting a photograph of the convent; letter from Sr. Mary Imelda, Presentation Convent, Carrick-on-Suir to Rev. Mother in relation to obtaining a photograph of the convent, letter from Carlow dated 22 January 1930; letter from Sr. Gertrude, Presentation Convent, Thurles dated 22 June 1930, and letter from Sr. M. de Sales, Presentation Convent Dungarvan dated 28 January 1930. Many of the letters are addressed to Mother Joseph; empty brown envelope addressed to Director of the Library, Registers Office, University College, Cork, Eire; booklet entitled ‘ An Ursuline writer of Irish History’ by Professor Alfred O’ Rahilly, Reprinted from Journal of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society Vol. XLII (1942); type written copies of Nano Nagle’s letters numbers 1 to 13; and documents in Latin entitled ( ARCHIVIO DI PROPGANDA – ACTA S.C.DE ANNO 1790 -FOL.577 -AD CONGREG) 1789- 1805.