Historical information

Original photograph loaned by Sister de Sales of Presentation Sisters in 1988, together with a typed up history of the Sisters in Rutherglen. Father Lawless (later Monsignor) was Priest at St Mary's Rutherglen from 1923 until his death in September 1958. He is buried in Carlyle Cemetery. Father Woods was a local curate and is second from the left at the altar below the bishops.

Physical description

Photograph of the interior of St Marys Church Rutherglen, with a congregation of priests at a requiem mass. Black and white, sateen finish.

Inscriptions & markings

On back: "The Old Church St Marys Rutherglen | Fr Woods at Mons Lawless's Requiem"