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- 1939-1941 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
10 items; Manuscript and printed
Name of creator
Biographical history
Baptismal name: Cornelius Downing
Religious name: Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 7 Aug. 1903
Place of birth: Cappyaughna, Glengarriff, County Cork
Name of father: Maurice Downing (Tailor)
Name of mother: Bridget Downing (née Sullivan)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1920
Date of first profession: 18 Sept. 1921
Date of final profession: 29 Dec. 1925
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 June 1928
Educational attainments: BA, 1st class hons. (1924); Higher Diploma in Education (1929)
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1943-6; Custos General, 1946-9; Guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, 1940-3
Date of death: 12 Dec. 1951
Place of death: Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
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Scope and content
File compiled by Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, relating to wartime restrictions during ‘The Emergency’. The documents include notices and fliers regarding tea and sugar rationing, a notice to the public regarding the issuing of respirators as an air raid precaution and a public flier concerning the use of a ration book