15 - County Cork College’s Close Links with 1916

15

County Cork College’s Close Links with 1916

1 p.; clipping

Illustrated feature article from the ‘Evening Echo’ newspaper published during the Golden Jubilee of the Easter Rising. The text details the historic connections between Rochestown College, Co. Cork, and prominent figures of the 1916 revolutionary period, highlighting how the Capuchin community provided vital refuge and medical care. Specifically, it recounts how Captain Robert Monteith was secretly nursed back to health at Rochestown under the care of Father Bonaventure Murphy prior to his escape to America, and notes that Liam Mellows was safely hidden at the college for two months during the national struggle. Additionally, it commemorates the prominent pastoral and mediating roles of Capuchin friars Father Augustine and Father Albert during the Rising in Dublin. Visually, the cutting features two photographs: a portrait on the left of Captain Robert Monteith, and a wider group photograph on the right depicting Charles Andrews, a school prefect from Monkstown, reading the 1916 Proclamation to assembled pupils and staff during the college's 1966 commemorative ceremonies.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition