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Father Sebastian O'Brien's crucifix

Father Sebastian O'Brien's crucifix

A crucifix belonging to Father Sebastian O'Brien, given to the donor's grandfather Patrick Canice Kenny when he was an altar boy in Church Street Church, Dublin. Mr. Kenny passed the crucifix to his family in the 1980s in an envelope with handwritten descriptions of the object itself, as well as notes on O'Brien's ownership of it and other priests who worked with him.

Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931), was a Dublin-born Capuchin friar who, together with his colleagues, ministered to the condemned leaders of the Easter Rising, among them Joseph Plunkett, in the hours before his execution in Kilmainham Jail on 4 May 1916.

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Creator
Unknown
Place
GPO O'Connell Street Dublin
Format
Crucifixes, Envelopes
Institution
Digital Repository of Ireland
Rights
This item is no longer in copyright. It was donated to the Inspiring Ireland project by the owner, Peter Murphy, to be shared under a CC0 licence.
Type
Physical Object, Text
Subject
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916, Capuchin Franciscans, Plunkett, Joseph Mary (1887–1916), Last rites (Sacraments)
Era
Twentieth century, 1916
Language
English