Letters from Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding the installation of a new staircase in Mrs O’Reilly’s house. Fr. Ignatius notes that these premises are ‘held with special permission from Rome, obtained on the grounds that the houses were necessary for the enlargement of the Monastery ….’. He also affirms that Sir Lionel Harty has ‘promised to give of all the premises we require’.
Letters from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., St. Bonaventure’s Hostel, Cork, and Holy Trinity Friary, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, enclosing a trace sketch and drawing of the planned extension to the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny.
Correspondence of John J. Robinson & R.C. Keeffe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, Messrs W.K. Cleere & Son, 8 Ormonde Road, Kilkenny, regarding the design, dimensions, and installation of new confessional boxes in the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The enclosed designs of the new confessionals by John J. Robinson are extant at CA KK/2/3/17.
Tenders from Kennan & Sons Ltd., engineers, Fishamble Street, Dublin, and Smith & Pearson, North Strand, Dublin, for the construction and installation of sheet iron gates at the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. Enclosures include two blueprint drawings from Smith & Pearson of the proposed gates. Scale: ¾ inch to 1 foot; File No. 2277F/R; 44 cm x 36.4 cm; 35.4 cm x 31 cm.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The title is given on the first page: ‘Liber celebrationis missarum commenced September 1st 1893, Fr. Fidelis Neary, guardian’. Monthly totals of masses are given periodically.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The title is extant on the first page: ‘Register Missarum, 1917’. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. Entries were routinely signed by the guardian and by the Provincial Minister at visitations. A manuscript addition on the final page of the volume reads: ‘N.B. One Mass said by Fr. McCartan on the 12th August ad intentionem privatam – stipend given [to] superior and money [to] Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC of Cork. Entered under lending of alms’.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The entries were routinely signed by the Provincial Minister at visitations. Monthly totals of masses are also periodically given.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The entries were routinely signed by the Provincial Minister at visitations. Monthly totals of masses are also periodically given.
