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T.C. Beirne & Co. has a proud history of contribution both culturally and economically to Brisbane. Beirne’s as it was often referred to, held a position of prominence as a retailer of choice for decades during the early 1900’s to the 1960’s. T.C. Beirne (known as ‘T.C. Beirnes’ or just ‘Beirnes’) was a long-running department store that stablished Fortitude Valley as the place to shop for fashion in Brisbane. They catered to the middle of the market, offering a comprehensive range of women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing and footwear, as well as fabric, haberdashery, and other household goods. The early success and growth of Thomas Beirne’s drapery business demonstrates the opportunities Queensland held for immigrant fashion retailers Beirne’s retained its independence until David Jones bought it out in 1961. The Valley store continued to trade as T. C. Beirne until being rebadged as David Jones in 1966. The Fortitude Valley store was closed in 1973, in a widespread move by David Jones to cut costs. Thomas Charles Beirne (1860–1949), an Irishman, was the founder and director of the T.C. Beirne department stores, remaining active in the business right up until his death. What started as a modest drapery business made him one of Queensland’s most successful businessmen, and among the first Australian millionaires. Source: tcbandco.com.au/history/

An authentic Railway Refreshment Room!

He's at Mount St. Joseph in Roscrea in another Keogh photo.

The church dates from 1884. They did get a new bell tower, foundation stone laid 1940: Name: JONES & KELLY Building: CO. OFFALY, MOUNT ST JOSEPH ABBEY (RC, CISTERCIAN) Date: 1938;1940 Nature: New bell tower; new church, FS laid May 1940. Refs: IB 80, 1 Oct 1938, 810; 82, 11 May 1940, 318; Capuchin Annual 12 (1941), 302

Wikipedia gives a list of abbots: Dom Athanasius Donovan (Prior) Dom Camillus Beardwood Dom Justin McCarthy Dom Camillus Claffey Dom Eugene Boylan Dom Colmcille O'Toole Dom Laurence Walsh Dom Kevin Daly Dom Richard Purcell (current)

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

In June 1952, Cardinal Norman Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, visited Mount Saint Joseph Abbey, Roscrea in Ireland and formally requested its abbot, Dom Camillus Claffey that he make a foundation in the Archdiocese of Sydney,