Catholic Boys’ Brigade members
A series of eight photographic prints of boys probably initiated into the Catholic Boys’ Brigade on Church Street in Dublin. The prints were found in an annotated envelope: ‘Mr. Peter Tierney’s Photos’. Tierney was an early organiser of the Boys’ Brigade. All the boys are barefoot and are dressed in worn rags and torn clothing. Two of the prints depict a pair of boys, possibly brothers. One of these prints is annotated on the reverse: ‘two recruits’. Two of the prints were produced by W.F. O’Con
Details
- Level of description
- File
- Date
- c.1894-1900
- Reference
- 3
- Extent and medium
- 8 items; 10.5 x 6.5 cm; Photographic print on card
- Scope and content
- A series of eight photographic prints of boys probably initiated into the Catholic Boys’ Brigade on Church Street in Dublin. The prints were found in an annotated envelope: ‘Mr. Peter Tierney’s Photos’. Tierney was an early organiser of the Boys’ Brigade. All the boys are barefoot and are dressed in worn rags and torn clothing. Two of the prints depict a pair of boys, possibly brothers. One of these prints is annotated on the reverse: ‘two recruits’. Two of the prints were produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.
- Repository
- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin > Relationships with Local Communities > Church Street Catholic Boys’ Brigade
Annotations
Rights
- Rights
- Copyright held by the respective institution. Contact the archive for reproduction permissions.
Related Items
Extracted Mentions
People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.
People
- Golden(1)
Places
- Wellington(1)
Sample passages
- C. & C. Golden
- 1 Wellington-Quay
Full Transcript (OCR, 2 pages)
Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.
Page 1
W. S. Q'Cannor (Late of Lauder Bros.) 1 Wellington-Quay Corner of Parliament st.
Page 5
C. & C. Golden (Late of Lauder Bros.) 1 Hellington-Quay Corner of Parliament st.