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Fr Kennedy slides: Restoration of Abbey

Title

Fr Kennedy slides: Restoration of Abbey

Subject

Photographs documenting the restoration of Holycross Abbey throughout the 1970s and the people involved in the project

Description

A collection of photographs documenting the restoration of Holycross Abbey throughout the 1970s and the people involved in the project

Creator

Fr Tom Kennedy

Publisher

Digitised by Tipperary Studies

Date

1970s

Rights

©Tipperary Studies

Format

Jpeg files

Type

Still images

Coverage

Holycross, Co. Tipperary

Collection Items

Abbey 29 May 1966
Black and white image of the Abbey tower and cloister before restoration. 1966

Abbey and evening rainbow 1974
Colour image of the Abbey with restored roofs under a rainbow. No date

Abbey interior shot July 1975
Colour image of pillars in Holycross Abbey interior after restoration. 1975

Abbey from across the Suir
Colour image of the Abbey with some of the roofs restored. 1970s

Abbey from west roof showing roof beams of cloister in place 1975
Colour image of the Abbey cloister taken from the west roof showing roof beams of cloister in place 1975

Abbey interior during restoration
Colour image of the Abbey Nave with scaffolding in place during restoration. 1975

Abbey roof  restoration Nov 1976
Colour image of Holycross Abbey roof restoration. Work on the nave and the cloiser. Nov 1976

Abbey ruins black and white image
Black and white image of a section of Holycross Abbey buildings before restoration. No date

Abbey west window from inside 1973
Colour image of Holycross Abbey west window from inside the nave. 1973

Archbishops speech
Colour image of Archbishop Morris giving a speech Jack Lynch sitting behind him. 1975
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