An aerial view of Marina Quay and the River Lee taken from the Montenotte area in Cork. The original print is endorsed with an annotation on the reverse affirming that it was ‘passed by the censor’ suggesting that the photograph was taken some time between 1939 and 1945.
A view of the Marina electricity generating station on the south bank of the River Lee in Cork. Commissioned in 1954, the station is situated in the city's docklands close to Páirc Uí Chaoimh and to the former Ford factory site. The station was closed in September 2018.
Letter from Marie Therese to a priest.
Includes; biography of Marie or Mary McCarthy a possible former Sister of the South Presentation who left the order after "… some 'trouble' with one of the priests …" and emigrated to Australia bringing a distinctive "… large silver double barred cross ..." with her, letter from Australian Dr Elizabeth Rushen to Sister Rosario Allen enquiring about the history of the cross.
A short biographical sketch of Marie Germaine Kolb, the wife of William Frederick Paul Stockley.
An image of a Marian Year procession in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) accompanies the procession.
Marian Year: printed circular letter from the General on the Marian Year Celebrations; suggestions as to how this might best be done. Provincial to report at end of the year as to how it went;
Marian Year: typed copy of English translation of printed circular letter from the General on the Marian Year Celebrations; suggestions as to how this might best be done. Provincial to report at end of the year as to how it went
Marian Year: from Vice-General, Germano, to Provincial: 25 March, 1954, "Marian Day for Priests", the "Church of Silence" (i.e., Christians suffering persecution) are especialy to be prayed for.
An image of a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the garden of the Capuchin Friary on Church Street in Dublin in about 1945.