File of photographic negatives compiled to illustrate articles in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes images of: postage stamps (some over-stamped with Saorstát Éireann; a wedding party; Pope Paul VI; religious sisters; the Four Courts, Dublin; agricultural scenes in Ireland; liturgical artworks; Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; the grave-stone of William Butler Yeats; postage stamps designed by Richard King; ‘The Emigration Agents’ Office – the Passage Money Paid’, Illustrated London News, 10 May 1851; the statue of Seán Russell, Fairview Park, Dublin; the Tokyo National Stadium during the 1964 Summer Olympic Games; Croke Park, Dublin.
A view of Annestown (in Irish ‘Bun Abha’, meaning ‘river’s end’), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1955. The tower of the Church of Saint John the Baptist is visible in the image. This small-scale rural church was constructed by the Board of First Fruits, an institution of the Church of Ireland, which was established in 1711 to build and improve Anglican churches and rectories in Ireland. The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Annestown dates to about 1822.
A view of Shop Street in Galway City in about 1955. The street is the principal thoroughfare through Galway. As the name suggests, it is the city’s main shopping street, and contains numerous old brick buildings, storefronts, and an array of bars. To the right in the photograph is Lynch’s Castle, the only complete secular medieval building left standing in Galway.
An image of Slane Castle and its surrounding parkland in County Meath. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Slane Castle and the River Boyne / County Meath'.
