On the evening of 2 September 1913 two overcrowded tenement buildings at 66 and 67 Church Street collapsed. The two buildings were situated opposite the Capuchin Friary on the street. Of those trapped in the buildings, seven died (including three children) and many others were left seriously injured. Over 100 people were left homeless and destitute. The tragedy, occurring at a time of heightened political and labour unrest, highlighted the dreadful conditions of many of the buildings in Dublin, both in terms of the physical fabric of the dwellings and the endemic overcrowding in inner city tenements. A report on the disaster was presented to the British Parliament in February 1914, but with the outbreak of war in the summer of that year housing conditions in Irish capital ceased to be a political priority.
The exterior of the Church in Sesheke, Zambia (built by Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. in 1967).
Draft of an article by Fr. Paulinus (Seán) Cahill OFM Cap. titled ‘The Church and Want / Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970).
Margaret Fletcher, ‘The Christian Family’ (Oxford: Catholic Social Guild, 1920). Published as part of the Catholic manuals for social students’ series.
Inscribed on the bowl: ‘The Charles Glendon Hearne Cup For Voice Production’. On reverse of the bowl: Names of winners from 1977-1977.
A trumpet, music sheet and laurel leaf motif is engraved on the bowl. The wooden base has a silver shield indicating that the cup was presented by the Loreto Nelson School of String Playing. With shields indicating the winners of the competition from 1990-97.
A view of the Chaine Memorial Tower on the shores of Larne Lough, County Antrim, in about 1935.
Author: Eugene Davis
Publisher: Printed for the Centenary Committee by Guy & Co., Cork
Language: English
Full title: 'Centenary of the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew OSFC / Apostle of Temperance / The Centenary Ode / by Eugene Davis'.
Eileen M. Egan (compiler), ‘The Catholic Writer Guidebook’ (Pittsburgh, 1953)
Publisher: [Philadelphia: Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America]
Language: English
Full title: 'The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America / What it is, and why you should join it'.