Letter from Richard Smyth, 924 Summit Avenue, New York City, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding a proposal for the reparation of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., the latter from a ‘non-Catholic cemetery in Oregon, USA’. He affirms that ‘it was impossible to make any move before this time, as one or more of the political parties in Ireland would use the occasion to forward their own political interests’.
The clippings relate to the repatriation and reburial of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in the cemetery of the Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork in 1958. Some of the clippings also refer to the unveiling of a memorial at the Capuchin Retreat House in Raheny, Dublin, on 14 June 1959. ‘The memorial is a life-sized Calvary in re-constituted stone. It was modelled by Neff Brothers of Cork, and was donated by Mr. Eamonn Martin, former Chief of Staff of Fianna Eireann, an organization in which the two priests were keenly interested’
'The Capuchin Annual’s' photographic archive comprises a vast assemblage of prints with an extremely varied subject-matter. The following series arranges the images thematically.
Photographic prints submitted for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes prints of Irish cities and towns. Many of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The file includes the following images:
• Port of Cork.
• St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.
• Grand Parade, Cork.
• South Mall, Cork.
• O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Father Mathew Bridge, Dublin.
• River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White’s Castle, Athy, County Kildare.
• Cromwell’s Arch, Youghal, County Cork.
• Galway City Docks.
• Cork City docks.
• The Lord Mayor of Cork ‘throwing the dart’ to define the boundaries and jurisdiction of Cork Harbour.
• Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
• Penrose Quay, Cork.
• View of Clonmel, County Tipperary, from Convent Bridge with St. Mary’s Church in the foreground.
• Four Courts, Dublin.
• Cavendish Row and Parnell Street, Dublin.
• Leinster Market, Dublin.
• Shandon Tower, Cork City.
• City Hall, Cork.
• St. Patrick’s Hill, Cork.
• Gurranabraher, Cork.
• Entrance to the Ford vehicle plant, Cork.
• The Loopline Bridge, Dublin.
• Main Street, Clifden, County Galway.
• Holycross Cottages, Holycross, County Tipperary.
• Merrion Square East, Dublin.
• The Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin.
• Riverfront, Wexford.
• Boyne Viaduct, Drogheda, County Louth.
• Kilkenny City.
• The ship Innisfallen at Penrose Quay, Cork.
• Falls Road, Belfast.
• Ballina, County Mayo.
• Athlone, County Westmeath.
• Derry City, County Londonderry.
• Sarsfield Bridge over the River Shannon, Limerick City.
• The Band Hollow, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• Cavendish Row, Dublin.
• Haulbowline, Cork Harbour.
• Shop front, MacCurtain Street, Cork.
• St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
• Dalkey Island viewed from Killiney Hill, County Dublin.
• Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
• Two religious sisters in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• School on Cove Street, Cork.
• Mill and malting buildings, Prospect Row, Cork.
• Cobh, County Cork.
• Dún Laoghaire harbour, County Dublin.
• The Custom House, Dublin.
• The Mills at Dublin Port.
• Victoria Quay, Dublin.
• Sunday's Well, Cork.
• National Monument, Grand Parade, Cork.
• Cork Marina and the River Lee as seen from Montenotte.
• Fishing on the banks of the River Liffey, near Chapelizod, Dublin.
• The Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Changing of army guards at Leinster House, Dublin
A view of the Grand Parade, the widest street in Cork. The ornate pillared-building seen in the background is Queen’s Old Castle, a Victorian-era building and one of the city’s oldest department stores.
A view of Upper O'Connell Street looking towards Nelson's Pillar located in the centre of the street.
A photographic print of an aerial view of Penrose Quay, Cork, in the early 1930s. The sailing ship (a four-masted barque) in the foreground is believed to be the 'Moshulu'. The steamship in the background is the ‘Innisfallen’, built in 1930 for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. The ‘Innisfallen’ was lost during the Second World War when she struck a mine off Wirral Shore whilst sailing to Liverpool.
A view of the Loopline Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Liffey Viaduct) in Dublin in about 1940.
A view of pedestrians crossing the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin in about 1945.
A view of Sarsfield Bridge spanning the River Shannon in Limerick in about 1945.