{"id":1974,"date":"2016-12-06T11:36:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T11:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deafheritagecentre.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2017-03-14T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T20:33:56","slug":"francis-ross-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deafheritagecentre.com\/?p=1974","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ross Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Francis Ross Maguire was born on June 16, 1855, in\u00a0Lambeth (London), son of Hugh Thomas Maguire.\u00a0Engineering Surveyor, and Maria, Needlewoman. His\u00a0parents were married in 1847 and reared nine children, of\u00a0whom three were Deaf – the eldest, Theresa, born in Kings\u00a0county (now Co. Offaly) in 1848, while the fifth. Francis\u00a0Ross (1855) and the youngest. Walter William (1859) were\u00a0born in Lambeth. It appears that Francis and Theresa were\u00a0admitted to the London Asylum for Deaf and Dumb on Old\u00a0Kent Road, Southwark (on 9th January 1865) before their\u00a0father died at the age of 51 in the winter of 1867.<\/p>\n

After the death of Hugh Thomas, their mother clearly\u00a0became concerned for the children’s religious education. In\u00a0August 1868, Francis and Walter were admitted to St.\u00a0Joseph’s School for Deaf boys in Cabra after being\u00a0recommended by Viscountess Castlerose and Most Rev. Dr.\u00a0Manning of London. Walter, aged 9, was pupil No. 442 and\u00a0Francis, aged 13, was No. 445. Their sister Theresa was\u00a0admitted to St. Mary’s School for Deal Girls in September\u00a01869 as pupil No. 400 at the age of 21 She had been\u00a0recommended for admission by Very Rev. Fr. G. McMullen\u00a0of London and she remained in school for three years during\u00a0which time she received instruction in the sacraments.\u00a0According to an old tattered address book, now in the DHC\u00a0archive. the Maguire family lived in several different\u00a0addresses between 1860 and 1890.<\/p>\n

When he left Cabra Francis planned lo follow a career as an\u00a0artist so he weal lo the Lambeth School of Art in London\u00a0where he studied sketching, panting and stained glass techniques.\u00a0Afterwards he got a job as a stained glass artist\u00a0and painter of religious pictures. He completed work in\u00a0Canterbury Cathedral and Folkestone Church. Francis\u00a0married a Deaf woman from North Dublin Anne O’Brien in\u00a0Fulham London in the spring of 1887. Anne was a former\u00a0pupil (No. 273) of St. Marys School. They lived at No. 60\u00a0Wendell Road Hammersmith. His younger brother William\u00a0lived with Theresa and her family of five children at No. 54\u00a0on same road.<\/p>\n

The Last Supper<\/h4>\n

Four of Francis Ross Maguire’s works are now located in the\u00a0DHC museum. One is a large, almost square painting called\u00a0the ‘Last Supper’ which he initialled and dated ‘January 16th\u00a01912’ in the bottom right-hand corner. This painting hung on\u00a0the wall of the refectory in St. Josephs for many years. It\u00a0was later moved because there was a risk of it being\u00a0damaged. It is now permanently located in the DHC\u00a0museum.<\/p>\n

The Sacred Host<\/h4>\n

Francis kept in touch with the Deaf Male Sodality of St.\u00a0Josephs and received circulars and news about his former\u00a0schoolmates and his friend. Thomas Mahon. I understand\u00a0that Francis visited Cabra regularly and stayed for several\u00a0days when missions were being held. He informed the\u00a0Superior Br. E. L. D’Alton (1911-1919) that he would like to\u00a0paint a suitable mural in the church. The result was a\u00a0representation of the Sacred Host with six angels which was\u00a0completed about 1914 and which I believe, was warmly\u00a0received by the community in St. Josephs and certainly\u00a0reflects his artistic skills.
\nUnfonunately, most of the large old chapel was convened\u00a0into new classrooms in the 1980s and, when a smaller\u00a0chapel was provided the Lamb of God mural wa panially\u00a0covered by the new lowered ceiling. In the summer of 1995\u00a0I met Richard McEIIigott from Listowel, Co. Kerry at the\u00a0Deaf Club in Drumcondra. I enquired if he knew anything\u00a0about Francis Maguire or if he remembered his work.\u00a0Richard who at the time was only 10 years old told me that\u00a0he actually saw Francis painting the mural himself on the\u00a0wall behind the altar and he remembered the wooden\u00a0scaffolding being erected in the chapel. He told me that it\u00a0took about a year to complete the work. He also\u00a0remembered that Francis had a pet dog and that he was a\u00a0great friend of Thomas Mahon. Unfortunately Richard died\u00a0in 1996. aged 93 just before I had an opportunity to visit\u00a0him in Listowel and show him some photos and articles for\u00a0my research on the lives of Francis Maguire and Thomas\u00a0Mahon.<\/p>\n

The Lamb of God<\/h4>\n

Another rectangular painting representing the Lamb of God\u00a0was located on the front of the altar in the chapel until about\u00a01935. It was then moved to the Brothers dining room. It is\u00a0now in the DHC museum.\u00a0The third painting is a small watercolour of the Cruciixion\u00a0and can be dated to 1915. Finally there is a framed pidure\u00a0of a fragment of stained glass with a representation of St.\u00a0Joseph and the child Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Francis Ross Maguire was born on June 16, 1855, in\u00a0Lambeth (London), son of Hugh Thomas Maguire.\u00a0Engineering Surveyor, and Maria, Needlewoman. His\u00a0parents were married in 1847 and reared nine children, of\u00a0whom three were Deaf – the eldest, Theresa, born in Kings\u00a0county…
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