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Photographic album of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983). The album contains partially-captioned black and white prints mainly relating to Fr. Jarlath’s time as a missionary in Africa. Some personal, family and travel prints are also extant. The captioned photographs include:
• St. Joseph’s Mission, Mankoya, Northern Rhodesia, 1938.
• Holy Cross Convent, Belfast, 1947.
• Half-length portrait of Fr. Jarlath.
• Half-length portrait of Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
• Catechumens at Mankoya, Northern Rhodesia, 1939.
• Funeral service at Mankoya, 1939. (The service is celebrated by Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.).
• Temporary church at the Mankoya mission station, Northern Rhodesia, 1938.
• The nativity crib at Livingstone, 1937, with two religious sisters. This print appears on the front cover of Light and Laugher in Africa (1943). See CA AMI/2/7/3.
• Journey to Mankoya, December 1938.
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. at the nativity crib in Livingstone, 1937.
• ‘Fr. Terence and self [Fr. Jarlath]’, United States, 1929. Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. died in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, on 12 Sept. 1947.
• Dead lioness at Mankoya, 1939.
• “Iona”, 1939.
• Sancta Maria barge on the Zambezi River.
• Holy Cross Convent, Sancta Maria mission station.
• Sancta Maria mission station, 1941.
• Zambezi River, 1942
• Rush beach, County Dublin, 1947.
• Fr. Molloy and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. at Portmarnock, County Dublin, 1947.
• Fr. Fergus and nephew, Rockwell, 1947.
• A view of Table Mountain, Cape Town as seen from Athlone parish.
• Cape Flats as seen from Athlone Church, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Fr. Kelly and Bishop Whelan OMI on board the Dominion Monarch, 1947.
• Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. at the Rock of Cashel, 1947.
• Holy Cross Sisters, Athlone, Cape Town, 1950
• Fr. Jarlath and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. (1911-1968) in Belfast, Aug. 1947.
• Family group on Lambay Island off North County Dublin, 1947.
• Holy Cross postulants, Belfast, 1947.
• Cape Town Docks, South Africa.
• Fr. Jarlath OFM Cap. at Muckross Abbey, County Kerry, 1947.
• An Aer-Lingus DC-3 at Shannon Airport.
• Fr. Jarlath and Fr. Agathangelus at a gathering for Holy Cross professions in Belfast, Aug. 1947.
• Procession of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima at Sichili mission station, 1949. Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. celebrates the Mass following the procession.
• Fr. Jarlath returns to Africa on board a ship in Dec. 1947.
• Fr. Gerard at Lourdes, 1947.
• A group of members of the Third Order of St. Francis at Athlone, South Africa, 1949.
• Full length portrait of Fr. Agathangelus at Athlone Church, Cape Province, South Africa, 1950.
• Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Br. O’Farrell (possibly a Christian Brother) and Fr. Agathangelus.
• Views of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Province, South Africa, 1950.
• School children at Athlone Church, 1950.
• Coloured teacher at Katima Mulilo, 1949.
• Sister Aneilla Mary and Dr. Barry, Katima Mulilo, 1949.
• Parow parish (South Africa) school girls.
• The dormitory at Parow.
• Local carriers in Barotseland.
• HMS Vanguard at Cape Town Harbour, 1947.
• Views of Betharem near Loudres, 1947.
• View of St. Mary’s Church, Cape Town, South Africa.
• St. Theresa’s School, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Dr. Barry’s wedding at Livingstone and at Victoria Falls, 1947.

Scrapbook of Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (1912-1989) re the history and personnel of the Irish Capuchin mission in Africa. Fr. Albeus arrived in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1942. The scrapbook includes cuttings from missionary periodicals including 'The Father Mathew Record', hand-drawn maps of mission stations and churches, and personal recollections and memoranda by Fr. Albeus re the Capuchin mission in Africa. The volume contains the following sections:
• Photographic prints of the early Irish Capuchins missionaries: Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.; Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap.; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap.; Fr. Alban Cullen Cap.; Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.; Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap.; Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.; Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.; Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap.; Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.; Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap.
• List of African missions of the Capuchin Franciscan Order (with the names of mother provinces).
• Calendar of priests in the Irish Capuchin mission to Africa arranged under year, number and total. The calendar runs from 1929-39.
• Personal and mission record (with photographic prints) for Irish Capuchin friars in Africa. Details are given of where the friars were stationed and the duration. Information is given in respect of:
Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. First Superior of African Missions.
Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.
Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. (with postcard print of the Church at Parow, South Africa, dedicated on 8 Dec. 1935).
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (with circular letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. re the appointment of Fr. Killian as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls).
Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980)
Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.
Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap.
Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.
Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983)
Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. (1898-1983)
Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (died in Northern Rhodesia in 1944)
• Calendar of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia and South Africa from 1929-38 giving details of where stationed and the time spent at each mission station. (pp 42-3).
• ‘The religion of the Blacks’. Manuscript. Sub-title reads: ‘Paper read for the Bonaventure’s Philosophical and Historical Society, Tuesday, January 17th 1937’. (insert at p. 47). The article was possibly compiled by Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap.
Maps include:
• Districts of Northern Rhodesia showing density of population. (p. 9)
• Detailed manuscript map showing locations of various Christian missionary stations in Northern Rhodesia. (p. 11).
• Map of Northern Rhodesia showing areas of Tsetse-Fly and Sleeping Sickness infestation (p. 15).
• Map re population and infant mortality in Northern Rhodesia (p. 17).
• Printed map of Cape Town, South Africa (p. 22).
• Manuscript map of the Cape Province, South Africa, showing principal towns and the locations of Capuchin churches at the Welcome Estate, Matroosfontein, Parow, Langa and Athlone. Scale: 2 miles to 1 inch. The key also provides the distances between the aforementioned mission churches. (Insert at p. 27).
• Population map of Barotseland (arranged by district). With information re the number of Protestant schools in the region. (p. 45).
Photographic prints include:
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. crossing the River Kafue, Northern Rhodesia, with a truck on a barge. Aug. 1937. (p. 27).
• Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap. with altar boys. (p. 27).
• St. Louis Mission School at Langa; Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. (priest at Langa in 1935); groups of children at Langa, with Sister Romana and Sister M. Vianney. (p. 29).
• Missionary scenes at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (p. 33).
• The Friary at Livingstone and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (p. 34).
• Missionary scenes at Loanja, Northern Rhodesia. With Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (p. 37).
• Prints from 'The Father Mathew Record' of the ‘first Christians at Loanja, Easter, 1936’; ‘adult Christians at Loanja and a group at St. Francis’s School, Livingstone’. (p. 39).
• Br. Dominick O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (p. 44).
• The three Capuchin churches in Africa: Parow, Livingstone, and Athlone (p. 48).
• Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. (full length portrait); Sr. M. Vianney at Langa in 1936; First communion group at Langa, 1936. (p. 49).
• Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (half-length portrait). (p. 50).
• Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. (half-length portrait). (p. 51).
The volume also contains newspaper cuttings re a Capuchin-organised pilgrimage to Knock, County Mayo, organised by Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. and Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap. (p. 66).

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1912-1988) relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Fr. Alfred ministered in Africa from 1942-73. The file also includes some prints of missionary friars in South Africa. Most of the prints have not been annotated. The file includes images of:
Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap.
Fr. Anthansius (Noel) Winston OFM Cap.
St. Matthew’s Church, Bonteheuwel, South Africa.
The wedding of two teachers at Sancta Maria Mission School in Lukulu.
Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. in Cape Town on the occasion of his silver jubilee in Nov. 1982.
Fr. Raymond Dillane OFM Cap.
Friars in Northern Rhodesia on the occasion of Fr. Alfred’s silver jubilee.
Religious sisters with local children and parishioners.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with local religious sisters and parishoners.
Victoria Falls.
Local weddings.
Mission churches and buildings.
Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
Dr John Roche in Sichili in Sept. 1964.
Scenes along the Zambezi River.

Letters of Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1912-1988). The file includes letters from teachers and from the local populace to Fr. Alfred relating to his role as principal at mission schools in Sancta Maria Mission (Lukulu), in Malengwa, and later at Maramba. The file also includes letters pertaining to his role as Regular Superior in Livingstone, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The subjects include: the possibility of Irish Capuchins working in the Port Elizabeth Vicariate in South Africa; Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy’s desire to return to Ireland. (25 July 1951); enclosing a list of personnel and statistics for both the South African and Northern Rhodesian missions. (16 Oct. 1951); the construction of churches at the Sancta Maria mission, and at Mankoya, and a friary at Kalabo in Northern Rhodesia. (5 Jan. 1952); developments in Athlone parish, Cape Province. (25 June 1953); the ‘education side’ of the mission in Livingstone. (20 Mar. 1954). The file incudes enclosed letters to Fr. Alfred from the Most Rev. Owen McCann (1907-1994), Archbishop of Cape Town. With a letter from Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. enclosing a list of Zambian churches with resident Capuchin friars, and the names of the titular feasts associated with each church. Reference is also made to the activities of the following Irish Capuchin missionaries: Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap., Fr. Anslem Griffin OFM Cap.; Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.; Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap.

A collection of prints including many of Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (Bishop of Livingstone from 1959-74). Most of the prints are un-captioned. The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The captioned photographs include:
• Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. in Northern Rhodesia in c.1931. The images were probably taken during a trip to Victoria Falls.
• Group of Irish Capuchin friars in Northern Rhodesia. Front row (from left to right): Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. Back row: Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. The photograph was probably taken after the installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic on 25 Nov. 1936.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. at a Parish Council meeting at the new church, Shimano, Mangango Mission. c.1970.
• Bishop O’Shea with Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. in 1967.
• Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
• Bishop O’Shea at a retreat in Mongu in Aug. 1974. The group includes religious sisters and Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with the Little Sisters of St. Francis.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with Sr. Colmcille and three new novices.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with the President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda.

Photographic album of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983). The album contains un-captioned black and white prints relating to Fr. Jarlath’s time as a missionary in South Africa. The album includes some views of local worship including communion groups and photographs of religious sisters (probably in South Africa). With prints of Athlone Catholic Hall in Cape Town, South Africa, Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. (1911-1968), and the grave stone of Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap. (d. 2 Oct. 1949).