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A view of the orchard and gardens at the rear of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork, in c.1910.

A view of the lake at the front of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork. Two friars (one under an umbrella) are seated at the lake edge. One appears to be feeding swans on the lake. The annotated cover provides a date of 1905.

An image showing the rear of Rochestown Capuchin Friary with men tending a ploughed field.

A view of the interior and high altar of Rochestown Friary Church in about 1910.

A view of the textile mill on the road to Rochestown on the outskirts of Cork city in about 1905. It is possible that the image shows one of the many textile mills which operated in the Douglas area of Cork at the beginning of the twentieth century. Douglas began to develop as an urban settlement in the early eighteenth century. The mills produced sailcloth and supplied sails to the Royal Navy among other clients.

A group of Capuchin friars on a partially ruined bridge in a rural setting possibly in County Kilkenny. The group includes Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950) and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965).

(Left) Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953) standing beside a diocesan cleric. Fr. Angelus is seemingly wearing a temperance association medal. The pair appear to be at the head of a procession which may have been connected with the temperance movement. Two women wearing traditional shawls stand in the near background.

A group of Capuchin friars in the hallway of Rochestown Friary, County Cork, in c.1905. The friar standing first on the left is Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961), who later served as an army chaplain during the First World War. First on the right, seated, is Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921), who was later instrumental in founding the Department of Philosophy in University College Cork, serving as assistant professor from 1916 to 1921. Standing, second on the right, is Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971).

An image of (first on the right) Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925) with a group of students possibly at a hurling match in Rochestown, County Cork.

A group of Capuchin friars in Kilkenny in about 1907. The title, ‘Conradh na Gaeilge’ (Gaelic League), has been superimposed on the original glass plate. Many of the Capuchin friars were fluent Irish speakers. Some like Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. were also enthusiastic members of the Gaelic League, regularly preaching in the native language in Gaeltacht areas. This group includes Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (standing, first on the right) and Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (standing, fifth from the left) who later ministered to rebel combatants in the 1916 Rising. Other friars in the group include Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (standing, fourth from the left) and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (standing, third from the right).