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In London674 viewsSeated Josie Harrington (Caherkeem), Fr Paddy Harrington (Eyeries)
Bishop Eamonn Casey, Fr Oliver O’Sullivan (Allihies)
standing left to right Jerry Harrington (Caherkeem)
Maureen Harrington (Knockoura)
Denis O’Sullivan (Urhan)
Fr Dermot Nash (Eyeries), Joe Sheehan (Urhan)
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Church of Ireland. Glengarriff472 views
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The old Convent428 viewsView of Castletownbere as it was in the early 20th Century
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Fr. Brian Harrington with his Sisters386 viewsFr. Brian, Sr. Patricia, Sr. Kathleen, Sr. Sheila Harrington (all three Sisters of Mercy) Fall River, Mass.
Their Grandmother was Mary Harrington, Kilcatherine, Eyeries.
Their Father was Jeremiah Harrington, Hollyhill, Rossmacowen
(emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts and married Eileen Cronin)
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Bunard and James McJuinie 1949368 views
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Communion Group261 viewsMay 1971
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The Old Church260 viewsThe interior of the old Church, Castletownbere. Demolished 1910 to make way for the present church
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Mass239 viewsCorpus Christi Mass in the Square, Castletownbere, Late 1970’s
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Kilmichael Dursey Island238 viewsThe Last photo of the 7th century Church on Dursey Island. Several months later the gable end collapsed in a gale
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St. Michaels, Bere Island238 viewsPhoto taken in the early 1900's.
Note the number of British warships moored in the sound.
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Fife and Drum Band227 viewsJohn Michael O’Neill conducting the last Fife and Drum Band on the Church Steps, Castletownbere
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Church of the Sacred Heart226 viewsA Cork choir in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Castletownbere. Note the altar rails, now gone
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The Old Church Castletownbere 1909221 views
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Monastic Ruin Dursey Island221 views
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Church of the Sacred Heart221 viewsView of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Castletown Berehaven during its construction in 1911. Note the scaffolding, no steel tubes and couplers at that time; in those days scaffoldings were erected by lashing locally grown bamboo poles together with hemp ropes.
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Alter Boys 1960's220 viewsAltar Boys: From top: Michael O’Shea, Dermot Murphy,
Donal O’Sullivan, Michael Martin-Sullivan
and Barry O’Sullivan.
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