Munster Gallery

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters

The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915, when the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers suffered very heavily at Rue du Bois, in the Pas de Calais close to Arras. The action was only one of many local attacks which ended disastrously through lack of support. Colonel Victor Rickard, recently appointed to command, was killed in the attack, as was his Adjutant, Captain Filgate. Both are represented in the picture, alongside Father Gleeson, who is shown giving the Absolution on the evening prior to the action taking place.
1915

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10510942

St. Declans cathedral and round tower

St. Declans cathedral and round tower, 30m high, Ardmore, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

© Robert Harding 2008 - All Rights Reserved

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Celtic Monastery, Skellig Michael, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Kerry

Celtic Monastery, Skellig Michael, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

© Peter Barritt

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