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It happened, incredibly, when he followed his superiors order to get off the Titanic.
The story of Jesuit Fr. Frank Browne:
When Derry priest Fr. Eddie ODonnell stumbled across over 40,000 negatives belonging to the late Fr. Frank Browne he would not have been able to envisage the significance of what he had just discovered.
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When holy obedience saved a priests life on the Titanic...
The story of Jesuit Fr. Frank Browne:
When Derry priest Fr. Eddie ODonnell stumbled across over 40,000 negatives belonging to the late Fr. Frank Browne he would not have been able to envisage the significance of what he had just discovered.
Fr. Browne, a Jesuit priest, was widely recognised as a skilled photographer. He boarded the Titanic in Southampton and several days later he was ordered off the boat in Cobh, Co. Cork by his superior.
Fr. ODonnell was born in Dublin but was reared for the first few years of his life in 106 Bogside (close to where the Little Diamond is now) after the death of his mother. He spent summers visiting aunts, uncles and cousins in Derry before joining the Jesuits.
Fr ODonnell discovered the invaluable collection of photographs and mementoes in a Dublin basement in 1985. His book Father Brownes Titanic Album has been updated and re-released to mark the 100th anniversary of the boat sinking in 1912
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When holy obedience saved a priests life on the Titanic...