A group paying respects during a visit to the graves at the Capuchin Friary cemetery at Rochestown Monastery following mass after the conclusion of the 'Ministers of Mercy: the Capuchins and the Struggle for Independence in Ireland' conference at UCC organised by the School of History, UCC; Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, Cork, and Douglas-Rochestown Parish Assembly. Included in the picture are Bro. Pius Higgins, Bro. Dermot Lynch, Bro. Martin Bennett and Bro. Edwin Flynn along with speakers from the conference - Gabriel Doherty, School of History, UCC; Brian Kirby, provincial archivist, Capuchin Friary, Church St., Dublin, and Ruth Sheehy, Dept. of History of Art & Architecture, Trinity College. Also included are people who attended the conference and the mass and piper Edmund Casey, Carrigaline Pipe Band, and a student at St. Francis College, Rochestown.
EE LIVE NEWS (for maurice gubbins) 10/06/2017
Picture: Denis Minihane.