Franciscan Novitiate Group 1905-1906. The Franciscan Novitiate Group in Ennis. (L-R) Back Row: Fr Michael O'Hanlon, Fr Hubert Quinn, Fr Joseph Moloney, Fr Denis O'Callaghan, Br Damian. Middle Row: Br Kieran Brogan, Fr Celestine Moriarty, Fr Leo Sheehan, Br Didacus McNamara. Front Row: Fr Ignatius Kelly, Fr Fridolin Fihely, Fr Bartholomew Foley.

Ennis Franciscan Community, 1908. The Ennis Franciscan Community in 1908. (L-R) Front row: Fr. B. Kneafsey (Guardian), Fr Leo Sheehan, Kevin O'Regan. Back row: Sylvester Quinn, Matt Hanan, Br Didacus McNamara, Ralph Bonan?

Ennis Franciscan Community, 1948. The Ennis Franciscan Community. (L-R) Front Row: Fr Ephrem O'Shea (1st), Most Rev Evangelist MacBride OFM, Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa (2nd), Fr Senan Hedderman (3rd) Back Row: Br Ambrose Walsh (1st), Br Thaddeus Moynihan (2nd), Fr Peter Kelly (3rd), Br Joseph O'Riordan (4th), Br Philip Griffin (5th).

Fr Leo Sheehan's Jubilee. Fr Leo's Sheehan's Jubilee at Ennis Friary. (L-R) Front Row: Fr Laurence O'Neill OFM, Fr Leo Sheehan OFM, Fr Augustine O'Neill OFM, Fr Louis Baldwin OFM. Back Row: Fr Gregory Cleary OFM, Fr Joachim Kelleher OFM, Fr Angelus Hollis OFM, Br Didacus McNamara OFM, Fr Flannan O'Neill OFM, Fr Finbar Keating OFM, Br Kieran Brogan OFM, Fr Stanislaus Ryan OFM, Fr Daniel O'Shea OFM; Br Ambrose Walsh OFM; one unidentified friar on extreme right.

Fr Fidelis Griffin O.F.M. Fr Fidelis Griffin O.F.M. outside the Franciscan Church in Ennis.

Irish Franciscan College, Capranica, Italy, 1921. Some Franciscans attending the Irish Franciscan College, Capranica, Italy. (L-R) 2nd row from back: Fr Aloysius Hedderman (1st); Fr Senan Hedderman (5th); Fr Gabriel King (7th). 3rd row from back: Fr Hubert Quinn (4th); Fr John Batista Balducci (5th); Fr Finbarr Keating (6th).

St Isidore's, Rome, 1921. Some Franciscan attending St Isidore's College in Rome. (L-R) Back row: Isidore Canavan (3rd); Oliver Moran (4th). Front row: Ephrem O'Shea (3rd).

Group at St Isidore's College. A group of Franciscans photographed in St Isidore's College in Rome. (L-R) Back row: Virgil Mannion (1st); Kevin O'Sullivan (4th). 2nd row from back: Isidore Canavan (4th); Ephrem O'Shea (8th); Cormac Daly (?) (9th); Felim O'Brien (10th). 3rd row from back: Raymond McLoughlin (3rd); Hilary Killowry (4th); Pacificus Nolan, Master of Students (5th); Flannan O'Neill (6th); Finian Cronin (8th).

Franciscan Group. Franciscans photographed in St Isidore's College, Rome in the 1920s. (L-R) Back row: Felim O'Brien (1st); Raymond McLoughlin (4th); Finbarr Keating (6th). 2nd row from back: Dermot Fitzgerald (1st); Ephrem O'Shea (11th). Front row: Kevin O'Sullivan (1st); Evangelist McBride (4th); Finian Cronin (6th); Cormac Daly (7th).

Franciscans in Rome. A group of Franciscans in St Isidore's College, Rome in the early 1920s. (L-R) Back row: Aloysius Hedderman (4th). 2nd row from back: Hilary Killowry (1st); Finbarr Keating (5th); Ephrem O'Shea (7th); Gabriel King (8th). 3rd row from back: Senan Hedderman (1st); Finian Cronin (8th). Front row: Fintan Russell (2nd).

St Isidore's, Rome, 1923. Some Franciscan attending St Isidore's College in Rome. Back row: Fr Finian Cronin (4th from left); Fr Felim O'Brien (2nd from right). 2nd row from back: Fr Hyacinth Nolan (?) (extreme left); Fr Gabriel King (3rd from left). 3rd row from back (L-R): Fr Evangelist McBride (1st); Fr Paschal Robinson (5th); Fr Hubert Quinn, Guardian (6th); Fr Finbarr Keating (7th). Front row (L-R): Fr Kevin O'Sullivan (3rd); Fr Cormac Daly (?) (5th); Fr Hilary Killowry (6th).

St Isidore's, Rome, 1923. Some Franciscan attending St Isidore's College in Rome. Back row: Kevin O'Sullivan (extreme right). 2nd row from back: (L-R) Finian Cronin (1st); Fintan Russell (2nd); Felim O'Brien (3rd); Isidore Canavan (5th); Ephrem O'Shea (6th); Hilary Killowry (8th). 3rd row from back: (L-R) Senan Hedderman (7th); Gabriel King (8th); Evangelist McBride (9th). Front row: Cormac Daly (3rd from right); Dermot Fitzgerald (2nd from right).

St Isidore's, Rome, 1925. Some Franciscan attending St Isidore's College in Rome. (L-R) Back row: Evangelist McBride (7th); Isidore Canavan (9th); Cyril O'Mahony (10); Kevin O'Sullivan (13th). 2nd row from back: Felim O'Brien (1st); Ephrem O'Shea (4th). 3rd row from back: Paschal Robinson (3rd); Flannan O'Neill, Guardian (4th); Hubert Quinn, Provincial (6th); John Batista Balducci (7th); Pacificus Nolan, Master of Students (8th); Cormac Daly (?) (9th). Front row: Valentine Slattery (4th); Finian Cronin (5th).

Group in Italy. A group of young Franciscans in Italy. Fr Finbarr Keating is on the right in the back row.

Group in Italy. A group of young Franciscans in Italy.

Br Hortulanus Semlic. Brother Hortulanus Semlic, photographed in St Isidore's College, Rome. Brother Semlic died there in 1935.

Going to the Lake. Some Franciscans, one of whom is playing the bagpipes, heading off to Lake Capranica, for a swim. While attending St. Isidore's College in Rome, Irish Franciscan students took summer breaks in the Irish Franciscan College in Capranica, some distance outside Rome.

At Lake Capranica. A group of Irish Franciscan students relaxing at Lake Capranica, Italy in 1920.

Overlooking Assisi. Two friars on a hillside overlooking Assisi.

Overlooking Assisi. A friar on a hillside overlooking Assisi.

Group in Rome. A group in Rome. (L-R) Br Flannan O'Brien (2nd); Br Eugene McKenna (3rd).

Doolough Refuge. Ruined buildings at Doolough Lake, a place of refuge for the Franciscan Friars. The middle and far away buildings are known as Friars' Chapel and Friars' Cabin respectively. The lake has historical connections with Saint Senan.

Fr Tommy Moloney. A portrait of Fr Tommy Moloney, OFM.

Coláiste Uí Cómhraidhe teachers. Teachers at Coláiste Uí Cómhraidhe in Carrigaholt.

Franciscan Centenary in Waterford. Franciscans in Waterford celebrating a centenary in the town. (L-R) Back row: Fr Christopher Conniffe (1st); Fr Senan Hedderman (5th). Middle row: Br Augustine Claffey; Fr Raphael Clynes; Fr Cormac Daly; Fr Dermot Fitzgerald (3rd from right). Front row: Fr Flannan O'Neill; Fr Augustine O'Neill, Provincial; His Excellency Most Rev Paschal Robinson OFM, Papal Nuncio; His Excellency Most Rev James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns; Fr Ephrem O'Shea (3rd from right).