Letter from Robert Branigan, secretary, to Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, guardian, forwarding a copy motion from a meeting of the council of the Third Order regarding the erection of ‘a suitable memorial tablet’ in the Church of St. Francis in memory of the lately deceased Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC, formerly spiritual director of the Third Order.
Letter to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. from Fr. Valentine OFM, Franciscan Convent, St. Laurence Street, Drogheda, enclosing a statement regarding Teresa Bradley’s (formerly Gilmartin) membership of the local congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis.
This series comprises records relating to communications mainly from the Catholic Bishops of Ossory and other ecclesiastical authorities in the diocese. It includes letters regarding appointments as confessors and chaplains, the granting of faculties, notices of religious ceremonies and communications from other religious in the locality.
Note from the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Camillus Killian OSFC, guardian, appointing Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC as extraordinary confessor to the Sisters of Mercy at Callan in County Kilkenny
Lists of religious, diocesan, and regular, appointed as additional confessors to convents situated in the Diocese of Ossory. Signed by the Most Rev. Peter Birch, Bishop of Ossory.
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.
Specification of works for the erection and completion of the Capuchin novitiate extension on Pennyfeather Lane by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. With a similar specification by the architect for work on internal alterations to the Friary to accommodate the novitiate building. With Bourke’s statement of account of professional fees associated with the project (£355 15s 11d). The total cost of the work is stated as £3,637 7s 6d.
Correspondence concerning a dispute over a contract to repair the organ at the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The correspondents include The John Compton Organ Company (Ireland), Penmare, Glenageary Hill, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., guardian, and John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, 81 High Street, Kilkenny.
Day account book of house expenses, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The volume includes accounts for routine expenses such as foodstuffs, washing, clothing, stationary, and newspapers. The entries are periodically signed by Provincial Ministers at visitations.
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’.