Newspaper cuttings covering the collapse of two tenement buildings at No. 66 and No. 67 Church Street on 2 Sept. 1913. The reports provide descriptions of the disaster and the subsequent funeral of the seven victims at St Michan’s Church, Halston Street. Some of the photographic prints show the attendance of Capuchin friars at the funerals including Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Fr. John Butler OSFC and Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC. The file includes cuttings from the 'Evening Telegraph', 'Irish Independent', 'Daily Sketch', and 'Freeman’s Journal'.
Scrapbooks and folders containing press cuttings re the episcopate of John Charles McQuaid.
File of loose newspaper clippings relating to the Capuchins in Cork and their ministries. The file includes:
• 'The Pioneer', Aug. 1956. The magazine contains an illustrated article on the Father Mathew Rally held in Mardyke in Cork on 24 June 1956. The rally was attended by many Capuchin friars from Holy Trinity Church and the keynote address was given by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap.
• Photographic print of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. It is noted that the Church is listed for preservation in the Cork Draft Plan. 'Evening Echo', 27 Nov. 1968.
• Article (with photographic) print regarding the conferring of Papal award on Bernard Curtis for his loyal and longstanding service as organist in Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The group includes Fr. Alexius Healy OFM Cap. and Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap. 'Cork Examiner', 24 Nov. 1972.
• Photographic print of the Holy Trinity community on the occasion of the Golden Jubilees of Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. and Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. The photograph was taken on 22 Sept. 1948 and was reproduced in the 'South Gate', 22 Sept. 1988.
Scrapbooks and folders containing press cuttings re the episcopate of John Charles McQuaid. Includes coverage of McQuaid’s resignation and death.
The cutting refers to the performance of the juvenile pantomime in the Hall attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cork and by Fr. Pius Duggan OSFC, guardian, Rochestown Capuchin Friary.
An article (possibly from the 'Cork Examiner') reporting on the ceremony at which the new marble pulpit at Holy Trinity Church, designed by Messrs J.A. O’Connell & Sons, sculptors, was consecrated.
Newspaper cutting of +Carroll and Eimear Casey, Stillorgan following her confirmation in Mount Merrion. Francis J. Wall (Consecrated May 1931)
Newspaper clipping from the 'Evening Echo', 11 May 1966, commemorating the links between the Capuchin College at Rochestown in County Cork and republican leaders. Includes a large portrait photograph of Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap., ‘one of the first five pupils with whom the college began in 1884 – [he] became rector in 1896 and held that position for almost fourteen years. He was fearless and inspiring in his priestly ministry to the fighting men in Dublin, Easter 1916’. Pasted onto black card.
The subseries comprises a large collection of newspapers, broadsheets, and magazine literature assembled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., the editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The collection is varied but many of the titles include content broadly covering the independence struggle of the early twentieth century. The collection comprises both bound original editions and loose newspaper items.