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Pictorial Postcards

22 photographic postcards (13 real-photo gelatin silver prints; 8 monochrome halftone/collotype prints; 1 colour-tinted collotype/lithographic print)

The subseries comprises a collection of early twentieth-century sepia-toned and colour-tinted photographic postcards, documenting the architecture, interiors, grounds, and student life of the Capuchin Franciscan Monastery and the adjoining Seraphic College at Rochestown in County Cork.

Exterior and panoramic views trace the physical development of the complex from the original 1878 Gothic Revival church to the expanded three- and four-storey residential and classroom wings, alongside the Temperance Hall, rear elevations, and curved carriage drive. Interior cards depict the pre-1962 chapel sanctuary, monastic library, south cloister, reception entrance hall, two views of the students’ refectory, and two supervised study hall scenes showing boarding students seated at wooden desks.

Completing the collection are views of the monastic cemetery and Calvary crucifix, the landscaped ornamental lake and fountain, the outdoor handball courts in active use, and a dated real-photo group portrait of the 1907-1908 college hurling team posed with Capuchin Friars Adrian Sharkett, Edwin Fitzgibbon, and Bonaventure Murphy.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition