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A group of Capuchin friars (approximately eleven in total) standing in front of a partially ruined (or demolished) building. The image offers a rather abstract view of a group friars standing in front of a partially demolished building probably during construction work at the Church Street Friary, Dublin. Some of the friars are identifiable including Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC (third from the right). Born in County Monaghan in 1875, he was educated at the Seraphic College at Rochestown in County Cork, before formally joining the Capuchins in 1892. He subsequently taught theology at the University of Louvain, Belgium, before undertaking missionary work in India. In 1937, he was appointed Archbishop of Delhi-Simla, the last non-Indian cleric to hold this position. He died in Dublin in 1950 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

An image of a group of Capuchin friars on a excursion to Inistioge in County Kilkenny in about 1907. Identifiable individuals include:
Third row, first on the left: Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)
Second row, first on the left: Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971)
Second row, second on the left: Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950)
Second row, first on the right: Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
First row, second on the left: Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
First row, first on the right: Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)

An image of a group of Capuchin friars in Kilkenny. An annotation on the cover indicates that (seated, second from the right) Fr. Camillus Killian OFM Cap. (1872-1941) was the house superior. Fr. Killian was superior in Kilkenny from 1907-10. Other friars in the group include:
(seated, first on the right): Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
(seated, second on the left): Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950)
(standing, third from the left): Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
(standing, fourth from the left): Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971)

Cutting from the 'Cork Weekly Examiner' referring to the presentation of a framed address to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC (1875-1950), former President of the Temperance Hall in Rochestown, on the occasion of his departure for Dublin to take charge of Father Mathew Hall on Church Street. The framed address is extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives. The newspaper article reads: ‘The address was the joint work of two members of the Cork School of Art, the illumination being designed and executed by Mr Sam Martin, and the frame designed and carved by Mr Michael Galligan. The article also includes a photographic print of Fr. Sylvester.