Presentation to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan in Temperance Hall

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Cork Weekly Speaker TEMPERANCE HALL, ROCHESTOWN. On Sunday evening, the Temperance Hall Rochestown, was the scene of a very interesting function, when a presentation was made to Very Rev. Fr. Sylvester, the late President, who, in August last, was transferred to the more important charge of the Father Mathew Hall, Church street, Dublin. A crowded audience was present at the proceedings, and the platform was occupied by the members of the committee, with many of the local gentry, including the Lord Mayor and James Simcox, Esq. The President, Very Rev. Father Francis, in opening the proceedings, spoke of the great work Fr. Sylvester had done during the short time he had been at Rochestown, the regret which was felt of all sides at his transfer to Dublin, and the desire to express in some way the appreciation which all felt for his valuable services. The address, which formed part of the presentation, was the joint work of two members of the Cork School of Art, the illumination being designed and executed by Mr. San Martin, and the frame designed and carved by Mr. Michael Galligan. The address is in Celtic ornament throughout, strongly original and varied in arrangement of interlacements, without being restless to the eye. The treatment of the interlacing ornament is decidedly modern, although fully respecting the traditions of the best Celtic ornaments, while the colour scheme is quiet and tasteful, and distributed in a manner to give the most pleasant and telling effect to the design, water VERY REV. FATHER SYLVESTER, O.S.F.C., Who was presented with an address on Sunday at Rochestown, on the occasion of his departure for Dublin, where he will take charge of the Temperance Movement in Dublin, which is worked from the hall of the Capuchin Fathers, Church Street. (Photo by Guy and Co., Ltd., Cork). colours of the Church and Temperance Hall as well as the Cork Arms and the intertwined Shields of the Munster and Ulster Provinces being introduced with excellent taste. The frame, too, is a departure from the ordinary picture frame, the glass being raised several inches from the fall of the address to allow the introduction underneath of the greatest portion of the frame, which is in polished oak, carved with fine attention to drawing and fulfils the requirements of good design in all points, as well as being an example of excellent craftsmanship. There was also presented a very handsome life-size portrait of Father Sylvester to be hung in the Hall, with a suitable inscription of his association with it as it founder and first President. The portrait was unveiled by the Lady Mayoress amidst great enthusiasm. Father Francis, in making the presentation alluded to the very generous and spontaneous manner in which the people of Rochestown had risen to the occasion, and short speeches were also delivered by Mr. Philip Connell Vice-President; the Lord Mayor, and James Simcox, Esq.