Catholic Archives

Missionary Friars, Rochestown Friary, County Cork

IE CA AMI/2/10/3/199
Item
c.1973

A group of missionary friars meeting at Rochestown Friary, County Cork. The group includes Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Fr. Evangelist Kelly OFM Cap., Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Br. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., and Fr. Gerald Barron OFM Cap.

Missionary Bulletin

IE CA AMI/1/12/5
Item
Oct. 1979

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

Missionary Bulletin leaflet, No. 11 (Oct. 1979). The bulletin notes the Golden Jubilee of the arrival (4 Feb. 1929) of the Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and gives a brief history of landmarks in the South African mission

Missionary Ambulance, Somaliland

IE CA CP/1/1/2/1/9
Part
c.1930

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

An ambulance used by Capuchin missionaries in Berbera in British-controlled Somaliland in Northern Africa. French Capuchin friars from Toulouse began ministering in Somalia in 1881 and continued to labour there until they were expelled by the British authorities for political reasons.