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Letters from Thomas J. Loughlin, Killarney, Warrenheip, Australia, to Fr. Mark MacDonnell OSFC, regarding negotiations with local banks in Kilkenny over a loan and the reduction of a debt on the Friary. Loughlin also refers to ‘the loss I sustained in the failure of the "contract" of the new church not being carried out’. He also refers to his life and conditions in Australia.

Letters from Thomas Ryan & Sons, ecclesiastical sculptors, 30 & 32 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC, guardian, regarding the installation of statues and additions to the marble altar and pulpit at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny.

Letters from Sir Lionel Harty, Belrobin, Dundalk, County Louth, to [Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC], guardians, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, regarding the rent on three houses held by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane, Kilkenny. Harty affirms that he has no intention of selling any of the properties. With a rent receipt. Other correspondents include Eugene F. Collins, solicitor, Temple Chambers, Eustace Street, Dublin.

Letters from Dom Carthage Delaney OCist (1839-1909), Abbot of Mount Mellerary, Cappoquin, County Waterford, and Dom Camillus Beardwood OCist, Abbot of Mount St Joseph’s Abbey, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, regarding invitations to mark the re-opening of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Kilkenny.

Letter from Thomas W. Franks, solicitor, agent for the Harty Estate, to John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, regarding the sale by John Slater of premises on Pennyfeather Lane to the Capuchin Friary. Franks refers to the Capuchins’ intention to ‘buy this property in order that they may have room for building at a future date … and to their intention to demolish the existing buildings on this holding which are more less derelict’. With a letter from John Lanigan & Nolan to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. confirming that the purchase of John Slater’s premises has been completed. The file also includes an acknowledgment from John Slater, a rent receipt and a certificate of rateable valuation for the said holding (30 Jan. 1939).

Correspondence regarding the sale of properties in Kilkenny city formerly held in trust by the late Fr. Thomas (Hilary) McDonagh OFM Cap. and subsequently held by the FMC Trust. The file specifically relates to the sale to Thomas J. Barrett of a three-storey building over a ground floor shop located at No. 19 Rose Inn Street, The Parade, Kilkenny, and to a house situated at No. 1 Castlecomer Road. The correspondents include Fr. Daniel (Nicholas) O’Brien OFM Cap., secretary of the FMC Trust, John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, Donal O’Buachalla, valuers and estate agents, and John Stanton & Sons, solicitors. With manuscript notes regarding title to the said properties which John Lanigan affirms is ‘rather “messy” as most of the deeds appear to have been lost’ (5 Jan. 1972).

Letters concerning repairs to the heating system and the installation of storm glazing at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Includes letters from John Doherty & Sons, 20 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, and Myles Kearney & Sons Ltd, 23 Oakley Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.

Letters from Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, Abbey Bridge, Dean Street, Kilkenny, enclosing schedules of old deeds and leases (principally relating to properties formerly known as the ‘Munster Arms’ and to other premises on Friary Street) which have been returned to the Order’s archives. Many of these deeds are listed in the collection above.

Letters to Fr. Cormac Forrest OFM Cap., guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, from the Most Rev. Thomas Keogh, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Braganza, Carlow, regarding the collection of the Bagenlastown quest.

Letter, invitations, notes re agenda and itinerary for the Third Order Regional Congress (Franciscan Tertiary Congress) held in Kilkenny in October 1939. Correspondents include Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. and Fr. Leo Rowlands OFM Cap. (British Capuchin Province). It was noted that Aodh De Blácam (1890-1951), the well-known journalist and author, was one of scheduled speakers. With a photographic print of congress participants in Kilkenny on 15 Oct. 1939 ('Irish Press').