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Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Mortuary cards for Ellen D. Hegarty and James Hegarty, grandmother and grandfather of Fr Frank Browne SJ respectively.
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Cabinet card for James Browne, the father of Fr Frank Browne SJ, Cork by Francis Guy, Cork.
Guy, Francis, photographer
Cabinet cards for Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne
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Cabinet cards for Fr Robert Browne (and later as bishop of Cloyne) by Lafayette, William Lawrence, Russell & Sons and Elliott & Fry (1894-1935); framed photographs of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne and with caption, not by Fr Browne on reverse (February 1931); photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of his dead uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, laid out in his room (1935) and newspaper notice of his burial place.
Lafayette, photographer
Various photographs of Frank Browne
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Various photographs of Frank Browne:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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File of photographs belonging/taken by Fr Bernard Page SJ:
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (1897)'
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Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (2897) Suggest No.2: Menton, France & No.17: Arch of Titus, Rome. Photographs have been removed from the album. Pencil annotations on the album (not in Mr Frank Browne SJ hand) are in written here in italic.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Map of Cork with Frank Browne’s birthplace marked in red.
Results for Francis M Browne from the Royal University of Ireland
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Results for Francis M Browne from the Royal University of Ireland: Matriculation Examination (Summer 1900), First University Examination (Summer 1901) and Second University Examination in Arts (1906).
Royal University of Ireland, 1879-1909
Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip
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Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip undertaken with his brother Fr William Browne and Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne at Florence, Pisa, Pompeii and Venice (Doge’s Palace & San Macro). Captions by [Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ].
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Photograph of Pope Pius X, taken after Mr Frank Browne SJ and his uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, had a private Mass with the Pope.
Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway
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Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway. Back row: Bernard Page, Frank Browne, James McCann, John Mary O'Connor and Robert Dillon-Kelly. Front row: Frs James Whittaker, Lambert McKenna and Frederick Gill;.
Various photographs and telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death
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Photograph of aid post with Fr John Gwynn SJ (c.1914) faded photograph of Fr Willie Doyle SJ; Jesuits at Portnoo (1910); telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death; letter between Rev. Mother, Sister Benedict of the Convent of Locre, Belgium and Fr William F. Browne C.C. (21-31 August 1917), Fr Frank Browne’s brother.
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‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings to be used for making Indian designs’ (279A1), and other craft works. This may relate to the area around Kelowna and Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, therefore not taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ. Captions on reverse are not in Fr Browne’s hand. The photograph of 'Indian boys sketching' has stamp of Stocks Photographer, Penticton.
Photographs of the ships by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Printed out photographs of the RMS Olympic taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Some stray Titanic photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ’
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Copies of original - ‘Some stray Titanic photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ’.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London
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Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London, (Mrs Lily Odell is his sister) enquiring after fellow passengers, requesting copies and promising to share photographs, and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
May, R. W.
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Letters from Major G.T. Noel, Hotel Julia, Pontaven, Finisterre, France and Temple Guiting House, Winchcombe, R.S.O., Gloucester, England. Describes his holiday in France after news of the Titanic disaster, request for copy of photograph of Bob and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
Holograph letters to Frank Browne SJ from those who disembarked with Mr Browne SJ at Queenstown (Cobh), Cork and relatives of those who perished on the Titanic to Mr Frank Browne SJ. With Kodak envelope with note by Fr Browne, ‘Letters recd ap. 1912 concerning Titanic’.
Noel, G.T., Major
Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on-board the Titanic
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Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.
Odell, Lily
Letter from J.J. Brennan, Bellvue, Queenstown, Cork
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Letter from J.J. Brennan, Bellvue, Queenstown, Cork. Includes copy of Lloyds Gazette, 18 December 1912 which mentions the summary of coast of the Titanic Inquiry.
Brennan, J. J.
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Positives of ships including:
“The Arabic”;
Henderson collapsibles on “Arabic”;
Steerage section of “Arabic”;
Danish sailing ship “Atacama” with tender “Forth”;
Aft view of “Baltic” from the tender (1912);
Extra boats on the “Baltic” after the great “Titanic” disaster (1912);
Bumboats (water-carriers) and tenders at “Majestic”;
White Star Liner of the olden time The “Majestic”;
“Before we shipped to sea” – tender leaving “Megantic” (1912); 2 items
“After we shipped to sea” – tender leaving “Megantic” (1912);
The “Megantic”;
Mounting the gangway “Megantic” (1912);
Hoisting the gangway “Megantic” (1912);
“All on board the tenders” Queenstown for “Oceanic”; A fall in the mail - “Oceanic”;
Contraband trade “Oceanic”, 2 items;
“Oceanic”, 4 items;
“Sounding” - “Oceanic”;
“Olympic” a tender as seen from the shore (1912);
“Olympic” (1912);
“Berthon” Collapsible on boat deck of “Olympic”;
Tenders tending “Olympic” (1912);
“Olympic” (White Star Line & “Haverford” (American Line) - 1912;
On board tender, leaving “Titanic” (1912);
On the tender, Queenstown, 3 items;
Pilot at Spithead “Titanic” (1912);
Gymnasium “Titanic” (1912) Mr T.W. McCawley, Physical Educator;
Sunrise – (moonlight) at sea (“Titanic”) - 1912;
Tender leaving the ship “Titanic” (1912);
Under the Bridge “Titanic” (1912);
The crew of the “Neptun”;
‘A fair breeze on a Summer sea’ – Yachting in Cork Harbour: Names from left: Master Jeff Sheehan (nephew of Canon Sheehan); Mr A.H. Allen (owner of “Sybil”); yachtsman; Mr Davis (Secretary to Admiral Coke); Mr Florence McCarthy; Mr Harold Allen, 3 items;
R.C.Y.C “Sybil” (owner A.H. Allen Esq.) Winner of Kingstown-Holyhead race on Whit Saturday, 2 items;
Cork Harbour – Mr Harold Allen rowing Mr A.H. Allen and Mr Florence McCarthy;
Moon’s silver path – Cork Head (1913);
“Blackthorns” Queenstown (Mrs Galvin) [Annie Galvin, 1911 census];
From U.S.A. at Queenstown;
White Star workers, Queenstown;
Tenders returning Queenstown;
Landing from U.S.A. at Queenstown;
German training ship “Hertzogen Cecilie”, stowing the anchor;
Daunt’s Rock Lightship, Cork Harbour 1912;
Cunard S.S. Franconia full speed ahead. American Line S.S. “Haverford “ in background;
Steerage “Haverford “;
Gangway to “Haverford “ on outward journey;
Two photographs by H. Peberdy of ‘Margaret’ off Cape Horn;
Fr Frank Browne SJ captions on reverse. Many are in Fr Browne’s Titanic album.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
The Belvederian and Cork Constitution articles on the Titanic
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Copies of The Belvederian (1912), the Cork Constitution article (13 April 1912) and articles/notes on the Titanic (2012).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letter from Crawford Hartnell, Wilson & Hartnell & Co., Publishers and Press Agents, Commercial Buildings, Dublin to Fr Frank Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin concerning information he discovered on Baron George and James Calvert Stronge. Advise Fr Browne that he should obtain a photograph of the River Liffey from the drawing room window of Harristown, near Newbridge for his book on the Liffey.
Hartnell, Crawford
Jesuits ordained at Milltown Park
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Jesuits ordained at Milltown Park, including Fr Frank Browne and his uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, on mounted card.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Fr Frank Browne SJ on his ordination day at Dublin with his family
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Fr Frank Browne SJ on his ordination day at Milltown Park, Dublin with his family (Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, sisters, brother, niece and nephews).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Note from the Sisters of Mercy, Cobh of the visit of Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Note from the Sisters of Mercy, Cobh of the visit of Fr Frank Browne SJ and lecture given by him while on leave from acting as chaplain in the First World War.
Sisters of Mercy
Photocopies of some of Fr Frank Browne's chaplain letters
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Photocopies of some of Fr Frank Browne's chaplain letters.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with members of family
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Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with various members of his family, including:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Fr Kent (snapped ‘unbeknowns’ and Fr Kenefick enjoying ye jolie’
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‘Fr Kent (snapped ‘unbeknowns’ and Fr Kenefick enjoying ye [ ]’ taken by Fr Frank Browne’s brother, Fr William.
Browne, William F, 1876-1938, parish priest
Fr Frank Browne SJ in chaplains uniform, taken by Ed Surelle á St Omer
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Full photograph portrait of Fr Frank Browne SJ in chaplains uniform, taken by Ed Surelle á St Omer;
Ed Surelle, photographer
Rudesind Brookes with the Irish Guards, and later in England, with Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Rudesind Brookes with the Irish Guards, and later in England, with Fr Frank Browne SJ as a Benedictine.
Postcards with photographs on the obverse of: “Canadian Irish Guards”
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Postcards (Carte Postale) with photographs on the obverse of: “Canadian Irish Guards”; Private J Cassidy (signed); [Smithwick] on horseback (signed); Capt Rawe on horseback, Medical Officer, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusilier (signed) (29 July 1917) and [Gaffeny], Royal Dublin Fusilier on horseback (signed) (30 July 1917).
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Postcard with photograph on the obverse of Robert Joseph Francis Martin (Bertie) Martin [ ] C. O.T.C in military uniform , nephew of Fr Frank Browne SJ.
Martin, Robert Joseph Francis, 1898-1989
Fr Frank Browne SJ with Fr Joseph Scannell, Arras, France
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Fr Frank Browne SJ with Fr Joseph Scannell, Arras, France (1917-8) which includes soldiers in France, destruction in Arras, France and Bishop Keating giving Benediction at Corpus Christ, Warley Barracks, England (1919) , postcards and envelopes. Eight large negatives of Frs Joe Scannell, McShane and Fr Frank Browne SJ, Arras (1918) and bomb damage. Photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ and Monsignor Joseph Scannell taken post-First World War.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Carte postale with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ as a chaplain, with his horse
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Carte postale with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ as a chaplain, with his horse.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Carte postale from Fr Frank Browne SJ, Loudres, France to his brother, Fr William Browne, Bishop’s House, Queenstown, Cork with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ and soldiers on the obverse. Individuals are named. Blank carte postale of Fr Browne and and Irish Guards outside entrance to a church in Loudres.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, written from Germany (28 December 1918-9 February 1919, 4 items), Bishop's House, Queenstown (Cobh), Cork (27 February 1919) and from Warley Barracks, Essex (10 March 1919-6 September 1919, 8 items) including one describing his daily routine as Chaplain to the Irish Guards (6 May 1919, 6pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ from T. Stratton, A.P.C., Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), requesting that Fr Browne remain with the Irish Guards as Commissioned Chaplain. Encloses copies of extracts from letters sent to Fr Browne’s uncle, Dr Browne, Bishop of Cloyne from Dr Keating, Catholic Army Bishop and from Colonel Vesey, Commanding Officer of the Irish Guards referring to Fr Browne’s value and admirable qualities as a Chaplain.
Stratton, T A,
Appointment of Fr Frank Browne SJ as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class
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Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).
British Army, 1660-
Holograph letters by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Holograph letters by Fr Frank Browne SJ to his brother, Fr William Browne on slides and photographs that he has sent him with his new camera, his time in Germany and leave.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Ration book belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ, Irish Guards
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Leave or Duty ration book belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ, Irish Guards, which includes stamps for meat, tea, butter and margarine, sugar, lard, cheese and jam.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Postcard with Margaret Martin (sister of Fr Frank Browne SJ) and her husband, Dr Jerome Martin
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Postcard with Margaret Martin (sister of Fr Frank Browne SJ) and her husband, Dr Jerome Martin. Postcard by Ash Martin, 128 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, England.
Martin, Ash
Photographs of Cork City Hall and building before it was burnt by the Black and Tans
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Photographs of Cork City Hall and building before it was burnt by the Black and Tans (are these taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Fr Frank Browne SJ, Fr William Browne, two religious sisters
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Fr Frank Browne SJ, Fr William Browne, two religious sisters (one sister, Mother Josephine, Ursulines, Blackrock, Cork) and Ellen Mary Browne housekeeper at Cobh, Cork.
Notes made on Fr Willie Doyle’s early career
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Notes made by [Fr Frank Browne SJ] on Fr Doyle's early career (n.d., 8pp), ‘missionary’ career from 1910 to 1915 (n.d., 17pp) and ‘military career’ (n.d., 11pp) and notes, including extracts from the book (n.d., 9pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Postcard with photograph on the obverse of ‘Herbert Gerald Fitzgerald, sitting on rocks at a beach
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Postcard with photograph on the obverse of ‘Herbert Gerald Fitzgerald, sitting on rocks at a beach. R. I. P. To Father Browne in Memory’.
Fitzgerald, Herbert Gerald
Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey
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Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey.
See also booklet by Francis M. Browne, 'Footsteps of St. Patrick Near the River Liffey'. Dublin: Office of the "Irish Messenger", 1922.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Footsteps of St. Patrick Near the River Liffey’
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Booklet ‘Footsteps of St Patrick Near the River Liffey’ by Fr Browne, ‘Irish Messenger’ Series.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Gardiner Street ‘excursion’ to Lough Tay
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Gardiner Street ‘excursion’ to Lough Tay. L-r: Fr Frank Browne SJ, P McGlade, N J Tomkin, Charles Farley, John Fahy, Matthew Devitt, J Keane and M Phelan taken at Mrs McGurk’s cottage, Lough Bray, Wicklow.
Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ which includes:
Mungret College Third Club, 1925;
Mungret College Third Club snaps - Official’s excursion 1925 - 12 negatives;
Mungret College hurling team, 1925;
Luke Wadding, June 1925;
Lismore Castle, July 1925;
Interior of St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, July 1925;
Philosophers at Mungret College, July 1925;
Tomb in St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, taken under the impression that it was of the Countess of Desmond.
Retreat group taken about 9 August 1925 (Mungret?);
Lady Emly (deathbed), September 1925;
Celtic cross (numbered 90);
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own)
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Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own). Fr Browne has captioned some of the albums:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Positives and negatives of photographs taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ entitled ‘Burke Tour’, 1926, with captions. Note by Fr Frank Browne SJ ‘Burke Tour’, 1926:
Note by Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ that ‘All copied and catalogued’ (3 December 1991)’.
Missing from positives (1-73), are no. 9, and no. 21, therefore 71 in total.
16 positive duplicates; 2 positives in duplicates don’t appear in (1-73).
23 negatives (number in ink of 73 prints); 2 negatives, 35A and 69A not in positive form.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Saints and Shrines of Lough Corrib’
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Pamphlets ‘Saints and Shrines of Lough Corrib’, Parts 1 and 2, by Fr. Browne, ‘Irish Messenger’ Series.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Fr Francis Browne's claim for a military pension
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Letter from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial regarding Fr Browne’s claim for a military pension. Encloses a letter sent to him from the General Secretary of the Ex-Services Welfare Society.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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File relating to Br John K Rogers SJ, including application to join the Society, catalogue entries, and memorial card.
Rogers, John K, 1905-1976, Jesuit brother
‘Irish Travel: Official organ of the Irish Tourist Association’
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‘Irish Travel: Official organ of the Irish Tourist Association’. Handwriting of captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on cover, and photographs by Fr Browne.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Handwritten note from W. Riddell Martin to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Handwritten note from W. Riddell Martin to Fr Frank Browne SJ asking whether Fr Browne would act as a judge on the monthly (summer) competitions for the Photographic Society of Ireland.
Martin, W. Riddell
Newspaper articles with Titanic photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Newspaper articles with Titanic photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ, Daily Express (15 April 1932), Weekly Illustrated (10 April 1937).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Insurance policies for the cameras and equipment belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Insurance policies for the cameras and equipment belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ, which details lens, cameras, finder, magnifier, cases, tripods adaptor, copying head, flash developing tank, projector (1934-1955).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Blessing the fishermen and their boat, River Suir
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Blessing the fishermen and their boat on the feast of Corpus Christi by Rev Paul O'Flanagan SJ, Mooncoin, River Suir. Caption by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse.
Religious processing in Leitrim
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Religious procession [Children of Mar]) walking up street in County Leitrim.
Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ regarding the notes of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne with sermon note with headed paper, Bishop’s House, Cobh. Includes pamphlet entitled ‘Panegyric on Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, delivered at the Month’s Mind, in the Cathedral, Cobh, on the 2nd May 1935, by Most Rev. Dr, Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe’. 12pp.
Fogarty, Michael, 1859-1955, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe
Copy of photograph of the frozen lake, Emo
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Copy of photograph of the frozen lake, Emo with Jesuit novices pulling material.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Clock and shrine to Our Lady under station clock at Cobh Railway Station, Cork
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Clock and shrine to Our Lady under station clock at Cobh Railway Station, Cork. Caption by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Flower seller, St Francis Xavier Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Flower seller at , St Francis Xavier Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, with little girl.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick
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Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.
Kendrick, Sir, Thomas Downing, 1895-1979, archaeologist and art historian
Letter and photographs from C.C Barham, Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Letter from C.C Barham, Editor of Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ, returning the series of photographs of the ‘Angels’ and asking Fr Browne to write a short photographic article on them. Includes photographs of churches in East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse, and some photographs of angels (stone) in Ireland.
Barham, C.C., editor
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Fr William Browne (Fr Frank Browne's brother) in bed at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin and Fr Frank Browne praying over William's grave. Includes a burial procession which features the Bishop of Cloyne, Robert Browne and Fr William Browne.
Copy of newspaper notice, Dublin, negative in Dublin Trays
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Copy of newspaper notice, Dublin, negative in Dublin Trays (1939).
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Crucifix on the main street at Snowdonia, Wales.
Fr Francis Browne’s hearing difficulties and his request for a hearing aid
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Letters concerning Fr Francis Browne’s hearing difficulties and his request for a hearing aid.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Muintir na Tíre official handbook; parish guilds and councils’
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‘Muintir na Tíre official handbook; parish guilds and councils’ contains photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ, pp. 69. With note from the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Thomas Morris, who was the editor of the handbook in 1942 (30 March 1993).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Provincial on various matters
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Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ, many written from St Mary’s, Emo, Portarlington, County Laois, to the Irish Provincial on various matters (mostly seeking permission to travel to different locations for the purposes of giving retreats, lectures, visiting friends and family), including his health and his photographic work. Includes letters:
– referring to his securing photos of ‘the ruins on Inniscaltra in Lough Derg…(and)…Castletown at Celbridge’ (29 June 1944, 2pp);
– referring to his eldest sister, Mother Josephine in the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, County Dublin (17 and 20 September 1944, 2 items);
– concerning his travelling expenses (28 October and 2 November 1944, 2 items);
– his making ‘a set of photographs in Curraghmore House … because I am collecting a set of Georgian Houses & Curraghmore was on the list given me by the Georgian Society’ (9 April 1945, 3pp);
– regarding his ‘camera work’. ‘As you know, I am supplying a series of pictures of “Historic Mansions” each month to ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch’. The first of the series were photos of Shelton Abbey for which the present Lord Wicklow gave his very willing approval…he proposes utilising c as a kind of Hotel or “Country Club” He asked me whether it would be possible for me to go there again to take further photos before the necessary alterations are made’ (8 April 1947, 3pp);
– stating ‘…the editor of ‘Tatler & Sketch’ is pressing me for a further series of “Historic Mansions” to be published in the Autumn. Apparently he found that the first series – Jan. to May – was very popular. Would you permit me to do some journeys for this purpose & to debit them to a “Villa” account: not, as usual, to my Camera account?’ (23 June 1947, 3pp) and
– stating ‘I enclose a list of places I wish to photograph for my next series of “Historic Mansions” – which is due to begin in October. The last set – January – May, brought me £25, & the next will be even more profitable, because the Editor told me that he is so satisfied with the results, that he will print more pictures of each house in the next series’ (14 July 1947, 2pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
St Francis Xavier cross, George's Hill Convent, Dublin
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Note on the origins of the St Francis Xavier cross at George's Hill Convent, Dublin, with photograph.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letters from J. McArthur, for General Secretary, Central Council for the Care of Churches (Church of England) to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him on behalf of Dr Eeles on the photographs of Westhall, of the stained glass windows of Martham, the angels in the roof at Blythburgh and the view of Pakefield font. Includes typed list from the Central Council for the Care of Churches of churches in Suffolk and Norfolk, England, 3pp.
McArthur, J.
Letter from D.A. Lyons S.C., St John Bosco novitiate (Salesians), Ballinakill, Laois
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Letter from D.A. Lyons S.C., St John Bosco novitiate (Salesians), Ballinakill, Laois to Fr Frank Browne SJ, thanking him for the snaps. With envelope.
Lyons, D.A., Salesian
Letters concerning Fr Francis Browne's health
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Various letters and telegrams, mostly concerning Fr Francis Browne's health and hearing.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Permission note from John Nolan, Secretary, Office of Public Works
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Permission note from John Nolan, Secretary, Office of Public Works for Fr Frank Browne SJ to photograph at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin.
Nolan, John
Letters from Mr Fred McKiernan, c/o Post Office, Clonakilty, Cork to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Letters from Mr Fred McKiernan, c/o Post Office, Clonakilty, Cork to Fr Frank Browne SJ requesting slides taken by Fr Browne of religious scenes.
McKiernan, Fred
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Permission note from E. Rooney, Aer Lingus for Fr Frank Browne SJ to be allowed photograph aircraft at Dublin Airport, Collinstown.
Rooney, E.
Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives
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Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives. One case has note by Fr Frank Browne SJ on the contents, ‘Copy of Alex letters ‘(perhaps Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis), and recommendations on making positives.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Photographs of Fr John Hannon SJ
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Photographs of Fr John Hannon SJ.
Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of Donegal (Carrick, Glencolmcille and Slieve League) and butter making at Ballypatrick creamery (Kilsheelan), Tipperary [1947].
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Fr Frank Browne SJ with clergy at St Joseph’s fishponds, Bristol, England
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Fr Frank Browne SJ with clergy at St Joseph's fishponds, Bristol, England.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Photographs of Gonzaga College by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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The library at Gonzaga College, new college buildings, grounds and and exterior of Gonzaga taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ.
Photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ, probably taken at Emo.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
‘Mother and Child: What the new service means to every family’
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Booklet entitled ‘Mother and Child: What the new service means to every family’, which contains photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ (marked in biro).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letter from Janie Browne, White Gates, Quebec Square, Westerham, Kent, England to her uncle Fr Frank Browne SJ, informing him of family news. With envelope.
Browne, Janie
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‘Ireland of the Welcomes’. Handwriting of captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on cover, and photographs by Fr Browne.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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‘The Irish Digest’, with condensed articles which Fr Frank Browne SJ has marked, Howth, p.69 and Glaslough, p.34.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Photographs taken by Fr Richard Brenan SJ of Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Negatives taken by Fr Richard Brenan SJ of:
Positive photograph of Mr Maurice Leahy SJ, Fr William White SJ and Fr Frank Browne SJ at breakfast.
Brenan, Richard Henry, 1918-1995, Jesuit priest
Letters from Graham Urch, George Brown & Son Ltd, Pharmacists, Dublin to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Letters from Graham Urch, George Brown & Son Ltd, Pharmacists, Dublin to Fr Frank Browne SJ on aspects of light in photography and their mutual interest in the Book of Kells. Includes slide of Book of Kells and photograph by Fr Frank Browne SJ of Graham Urch, and by Graham Urch of Fr Frank Browne SJ.
Urch, Graham, pharmacist
Letter from M. J. Aloysius Murphy, Castilleza de las Cueta, Sevilla, Spain to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Letter from M. J. Aloysius Murphy, Castilleza de las Cueta, Sevilla, Spain to Fr Frank Browne SJ requesting permission to reprint Fr Browne’s article on Lismore Castle in a school magazine).
Murphy, M. J. Aloysius
Photographic album of St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Photographs are pasted into the album and relate to the following subjects: the interior and exterior of the St Mary's, Emo, gardens, farm, lake, the winter landscape, trees, Jesuit alterations to the house, individuals playing golf and men seated on a wall. Includes group photograph of six Jesuits in the garden, Cormac Gallagher, -,-, Alan Mowbray, Dermot Murray,-. Seven photographs were loose therefore these are stored in mylar sleeves. The photographs have captions by Fr Frank Browne on the reverse. These include:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letter from Leslie Reade, 100 Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London to Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Letter from Leslie Reade, 100 Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for letting him see your menu and the Cabin Plan. Included is a carbon copy of letter from Leslie Reade to R Deegan, 62 Priory Avenue, Stillorgan, County Dublin, regarding one of Fr Browne’s Titanic photographs and copyright fee.
Reade, Leslie
Biographical information on Fr Francis M Browne SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Francis M Browne SJ.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Letter from Fr Joseph Murphy C.S.Sp, Marianella, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry following Fr Browne’s death. States ‘Fr. Frank was a great chaplain and helped to build up the prestige of Catholic chaplains in the British army, which I and so many others were so fortunate to inherit.’ Also refers to Lord Nugent’s intended obituary of Fr Browne in the Irish Guards Association Journal.
Murphy, Joseph, Redemptorist priest
Copies of obituary notices for Fr Frank Browne SJ
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Copies of obituary notices for Fr Frank Browne SJ, 1960 (items damaged from fire at Gonzaga College, 5 May 1996).
Short obituary of Fr Browne by Lieut.–Colonel The Lord Nugent
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Copy of the Irish Guards Association Journal containing a short obituary of Fr Francis Browne SJ by Lieut.–Colonel The Lord Nugent, G.C.V.O., M.C. (p.38). With insert note from Fr Joseph Murphy C.S.Sp, Marianella, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6 (4 September 1961).
Nugent, Terence Edmund Gascoigne, 1895-1973, 1st Baron Nugent