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).

Old and new Friaries, Ennis. An aerial view of the old Franciscan friary, centre, and the new friary, top right, in Ennis. The Poor Clare's Convent is on the top left.

Transfer of Old Friary. Attendees at an ecumenical dinner held at Ennis Friary on the occasion of the handing over of the old Franciscan Abbey in Ennis from the Representative Body of the Church of Ireland to the Franciscan Order on March 18th 1969. (L-R) Front row: Parson Owens; Canon Cuddy; Most Rev Dr Henry Stanistreet, Anglican Bishop of Killaloe; Fr Celsus O'Brien; Most Rev Michael Harty, Catholic Bishop of Killaloe; Rev Edwin Owen; Fr Florence McCarthy. Middle row: Fr Benignus Millett; Nigel Bridge; Owen Linnane; Fr Senan Hedderman; Ignatius Houlihan; Fr Colga O'Dea; Fr Kieran O'Gorman. Back row: Br Clement McKenna; Br Basil Sheehy; Ted Shields; W. Bridges; Fr Raphael Clynes; Br Michael Cullen.

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).

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

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).

Installation of Dr Rodgers. The instillation of Most Reverend Dr Joseph Rodgers as Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe in the Cathedral, Ennis in March 1948. In the congregation are Franciscan Friars, from left to right, Fathers Brian, Senan Hedderman, Colga O'Dea, Finbarr Keating, Pacificus Nolan and Samuel Hanley.

Commemoration of Dead Patriots. Father Sylivier Forde and Fr Senan Hedderman (centre, 2nd row) attending a ceremony commemorating dead patriots at Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin.

Ennis Franciscan Community. Members of the Franciscan Community in Ennis: Standing: Fr Samuel Hanley; Br Philip Griffin; Br Thaddeus Moynihan; Fr Valerian Gavin; Fr Michael O Conghaile; Fr Dermot Fitzgerald; Br Joseph O'Riordan; Br Ambrose Walsh. Seated: Fr Colga O'Dea; Fr Mathias Faust, Visitator (New York); Fr Senan Hedderman; Fr Cronan Kelly, assistant to Visitator (New York).

Ennis Franciscan Community. Members of the Ennis Franciscan Community in the Friary garden. (L-R) Front Row: Fr David McHugh; Fr Ephrem O'Shea; Fr Senan Hedderman. Standing: Br Philip Griffin (1st); Br Basil Sheehy (2nd), Br Thaddeus Moynihan (3rd); Fr Samuel Hanley (4th), Fr Emmanuel Giblin (5th).