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Circular letter from the Bishop of Ossory [the Most Rev. Patrick Collier] to the clergy warning of the dangers of ‘performances … by professional companies in the Theatre in Kilkenny [and] cinema entertainments for Sunday nights’. The circular letter is not dated and is incomplete.

Chronology (probably compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) of important events associated with the Capuchin presence in Kilkenny dating from 1643 to 1876. Many of the later entries are references from local newspapers.

Certificate of rateable valuation for Kilkenny Corporation of premises leased by James Robertson, Patrick O’Reilly and John Slater on Walkin Street Lower, St. Canice’s Ward. Endorsed on verso: ‘Robinson & others to Bowe & others, certificate of valuation’.

Blessing (in Latin) for the new Capuchin Friary building in Kilkenny. The prayer was composed by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister.

Bill of variations and final account for works executed in erecting the new hall for the Third Order of St. Francis at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny by Messrs W.K. Cleere & Sons, builders and contractors, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny. Total value of works: £13,104.

Bill of quantities for proposed Third Order Hall attached to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, by Whelan & Co., chartered quantity surveyors, 108 The Quay, Waterford city. Architects: S. McGrath Bourke, D. O’Neill Flanagan & Co., Kilkenny.

Bill of quantities for proposed Capuchin novitiate extension at Kilkenny by Gabriel M. Cleere, chartered quantity surveyor, 11 Ely Place, Dublin. It is noted that the ‘work included in this bill of quantities consists of the erection of a new two-storey re-enforced concrete-framed structure and connecting bridge across Pennyfeather Lane to the existing Friary’.

Acknowledgment from Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the receipt of £20 from the estate of Nora Tobin (late of Kells, County Kilkenny) for masses for the repose of her soul and those of her deceased relatives and friends.

Letter from M.J. Crotty & Son, solicitors, 45 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap., guardian, regarding a bequest of $200.

Appeal to Third Order members in Kilkenny to support the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of St. Joseph’s Convent, Busoga, British East Africa, who require a larger hospital building for the care of lepers.