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Two plates showing two women sitting beside a wooded area. The annotated cover reads: ‘On top of the hill, Rochestown’. The same women appear in the image at CA PH-1-28.

An image of a woman sitting on the exterior wall of a cottage fronting onto a rural road probably in County Cork.

A view of Wolf’s Arch, Kilkenny City. The caption on the plate reads 'Wolf’s Arch. Kilkenny. 982. W. L'. The image forms part of the Lawrence photograph collection.

A view of a man cycling along Walkin Street (later Friary Street) in Kilkenny city. The Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny is located on this street.

Duplicate plates showing two women standing in front of Rochestown Friary and College, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘View of College from West Road’.

The official unveiling of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on Sackville (later O’Connell) Street on 8 February 1893. The statue was designed by Mary Redmond (1863-1930).

A plate showing a print of the unveiling of the Father Mathew statue (designed by John Henry Foley) on St. Patrick's Street, Cork, in October 1864.

Two women (one sitting and holding a jug) on a forested hillside. The standing girl appears to be collecting berries. The image was probably taken near the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown, County Cork.

A view of the Moorish-style Palace in Tivoli Gardens, an historic amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark, in about 1910.

‘Paget Prize Plate Co., Ltd., Watford’ box. The box contains a manuscript note which reads: ‘With Fr. Russell’s compliments. Negatives of Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary. Front and back views. Maynooth, 27 Nov. 1913’. The box contains three glass plate negatives. A front and rear view of Thomastown Castle, the childhood home of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (1790-1856), and a photographic image of a letter from Fr. Mathew.
Thomastown Castle, near Golden in County Tipperary, was a large country house built by the Mathew family. The earliest house on this site was built by George Mathew and dated to c.1670. The house was enlarged in the Gothic style by Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl of Llandaff, in 1812. The renowned Irish architect, Richard Morrison (1767-1849), redesigned the house incorporating several Gothic features including the ornate towers on the front elevation. Thomastown Castle was the childhood home of Fr. Theobold Mathew OSFC who abandoned a life of privilege to become a Capuchin friar. By the late nineteenth century the fortunes of the Mathew family had declined, and Thomastown Castle had fallen into ruins and the estate was completely abandoned. The ‘Fr. Russell’ referred to in the manuscript note in the file is probably Fr. Mathew Russell, editor of ‘The Irish Monthly’.