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Revised ground floor plan and side elevation of the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. With annotations re revisions to the building: ‘new side aisle’ and ‘line of existing wall’.

Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
Ground and first floor plans showing proposals (in blue ink) for the installation of heating pipes and radiators at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Plans by Messrs Maguire & Gatchell, engineering consultants, 10 Dawson Street, Dublin.

Date: 1773
Author: James Harris (1709-1780)
Publisher: Dublin, printed for J. Williams, at No. 5 in Skinner Row
Full title: 'Hermes: or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar, the 4th edition, revised and corrected'.
Language: English

This series contains unpublished research notes compiled mainly by Capuchin friars, particularly Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953), relating to the history of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny or to noteworthy local members of the Order.

A history of the Capuchin novitiate in Kilkenny, 1875-77 by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. Referring to the decision to found a novitiate, Fr. Angelus wrote ‘In the month of May 1875 a visitation of the Irish Custody was made by Very Rev. Arsenius, the Provincial of Paris Province. At the conclusion of the visitation he called the Custos [Fr. Patrick O’Reilly OSFC] and his two assistants [Fr. Edward Tommins OSFC and Fr. Aloysius Hennessy OSFC]. They met in our Convent at Dublin on May 25th. At this meeting it was decided to apply to our Superiors General in Rome, for permission to establish a Novitiate for the Irish Custody’. The novitiate was transferred from Kilkenny to Rochestown on 14 Feb. 1877. Fr. Angelus concludes by noting that the ‘account of the Novitiate in Rochestown from 1877 to 1886, when it returned to Kilkenny may be given in another paper’.

Date: 1685
Author: J.B. Le Vray
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Edme Couterot, rue Saint Jacques au bon Pasteur MDCLXXXV [1685]
Full title: 'Homelies, ou Explication litterale & morale des Evangiles de tous les Dimanches de l'année, oùles veritez les plus importantes de la morale chrêtienne sont traitées; avec des resolutions de cas de conscience les plus difficiles & les moins connus, qui font expliquez & decidez o dans le corps, ou à la fin des Homelies … Tome Second'.

Horariums for the community at the Capuchin Friary, Kikenny. The documents are signed by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, Provincial Minister, and Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, 8 Oct. 1901 and 16 Aug. 1910.

This series includes various books and journals of account (for example, ledgers of accounts payable, accounts received and cash receipts). The records detail annual audits and routine household and community expenditure. The series also includes records relating to tax returns and bills (property and municipal rates), and insurance policies covering fire, engineering, and public liabilities. Accounts of monies derived from street collections and annual quests are also included in this section.

The title page reads: ‘The ledger of the Capuchin Convent, Kilkenny, August 6th 1860 and 1861-1880’. The manuscript title is initialled by Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC. Most of the expenditure entries relate to household sundries, wages and expenses incurred for the upkeep of the church and friary. Most of the income derives from monies received at collections at Sunday mass and at vespers. Monthly totals are included. The entry for 14 Aug. 1867 is signed by the Irish Capuchin Commissionary General.