Item 16 - Obituary and Portrait of the Late Father Bernard Jennings

1 p; clipping featuring a printed halftone portrait photograph and text column

A newspaper clipping from the ‘Cork Weekly Examiner Pictorial Supplement’. The item serves as a memorial obituary and visual tribute to Father Bernard Jennings OFM Cap. following his death and recent burial in Cork. The text emphasizes his personal virtues, his reputation as a powerful pulpit orator, and his dedication to marginalized communities, explicitly praising his ‘notable service’ to social questions and his advocacy for the ‘cause of the poor boys of the city’. The text reflects on the ecumenical outpouring at his public funeral, noting he was held in high esteem by ‘all classes and creeds’.