Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center: plaque

Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center

The Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center exists to compile writings about the life, times, conversion, and recovery from alcoholism of Matt Talbot (1856-1925) of Dublin, Ireland. Disclaimer: The placing of information on this site from external linked sources does not necessarily imply agreement with that information. This center is independent of any other center, group, organization, website, or Facebook page. Comments are welcome at: ven.matt.talbot.resource.center@gmail.com

Showing posts with label plaque. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2015

90th Anniversary Gathering at Granby Lane

Matt Talbot was on his way to Mass at St. Saviour’s Church, Dominick Street, Dublin on Trinity Sunday, 7 June 1925, when he collapsed and died of heart failure on Granby Lane.

Granby Lane then and now

Earlier today, there was a procession from St. Saviour’s Church to Granby Lane for laying of wreath, prayers, and blessing.

Note: Additional photographs are available from https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10203040236087134&id=1842181797

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Remembrance of Matt Talbot on Granby Lane

Shrine to Matt Talbot, Granby Lane, Dublin.
The plaque states that this is the place Matt Talbot died on June 7 1925.

Collection RTÉ Johnson Collection, Photographer Johnson, Nevill
Search for "Matt Talbot" at https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/index se

Additional early photographs of Granby Lane can be found at http://www.ihpc.ie/ihpc/Main/Town.asp?iTownID=1240&iCountyID=12 and the seventeenth photograph at http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/2011/11/photographs-related-to-matt-talbots.html

Commemoration plaque today

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Matt Talbot Birthplace Plaque

The birthplace plaque of Matt Talbot was unveiled in Dublin on 30, November, 2010.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordmayor/5221552752/in/set-72157625501139358/ (By Lord Mayor of Dublin's photostream) Additional photographs of the unveiling are available at this link.

It would appear that the image of Matt Talbot on this plaque is the preferred one of the Dublin Diocesan Matt Talbot Committee, whose Executive Chairman is V. Rev. Brian Lawless, Vice-Postulator for the Cause of Venerable Matt Talbot.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Plaque to mark Venerable Matt Talbot's birthplace

For those interested and available in the Dublin area, the following notice has been posted:

"The Dublin Diocesan Matt Talbot Committee

A plaque to mark the birthplace of the Venerable Matt Talbot on Aldborough Courtbeside the Five Lamps Nth Strand will be unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Gerry Breen on Tuesday, the 30th November, 2010, at 12.15pm. All are welcome."

Source: Archdiocese of Dublin - The Dublin Diocesan Matt Talbot Committee or

http://www.dublindiocese.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2169&Itemid=44