29 November 2025 An Early History of Sheffield  You can see here the cover of a typescript volume detailing the history of the Vincentian mission in Sheffield, written nearly completely in 1861. The original manuscript was written by Father Michael Burke ISCM...

30 November 2025 Tribute to Father Edward Gaynor CM Today, we see a beautiful hand-drawn page, dated 29 April 1889, featuring artwork in the form of imagery and text. It is part of a book dedicated to Father Edward Gaynor CM (1852-1936), and was made by those of the...

1 December 2025 Saint Peter’s Church, Phibsboro While we have nothing medieval in our archives, Saint Peter’s Church in Phibsboro is neo-Gothic, based on the Gothic design common to many medieval churches, which was emulated by many of those built in the...

2 December 2025  Importance of Silence in Community Life In the life of a religious community, it is the norm for a leading figure to make periodic visitations of that community to make sure things are in order. As an example, we have here a snippet from the...

3 December 2025  A Moment of Rest with Dogs Here we have a nice sepia photograph from circa 1910, showing three priests and two dogs. The location is not specified. The two men on the left are identified as being Father Gerald Robinson CM and Father James McDonnell...

4 December 2025  Online Catalogue and Saint Joseph’s, Blackrock The Vincentian archives have descriptions of some of our collections hosted on an online catalogue. This means that, through digital searching, it is possible to find some material that may be available...

5 December 2025 Setting up Saint Mary’s School for the Deaf, Cabra  In the archives, we have copies of two letters, translated from French, that speak about setting up a school for the ‘deaf and dumb’ and are written by a ‘Reverend Mr Furon’, very probably...

6 December 2025 Vincentian Anniversaries This year, 2025, is the 400th year of the foundation of the Vincentian Congregation, officially the Congregation of the Mission, in France. We have no original archives going back that far, but we do have material relating to...

7 December 2025 Drama in the Seminary At Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Blackrock, the students would balance study with entertainment. A core element was putting on plays, which are extensively documented through photography. One photograph album spans 1941 to 1947 and...