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Specification by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keeffe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, of work to be done and materials to be used in the carrying out of the proposed new aisle, porches, and extension to the nave at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.

Specification and contract of agreement with Alex Chestnutt & Company, organ builders, Manor Street, Waterford, for the installation of a ‘two-manual organ’ at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The agreement (dated 28 July 1914) with Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, guardian, notes that the consideration money for the installation of the organ was £580. The file includes letters from Alex Chestnutt to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC in which the former notes that ‘owing to this unfortunate war there is very little doing in the organ building trade … and having many bills to meet now at the end of the year I have no other course to take but to ask if you will kindly oblige me with another £100’. (30 Dec. 1914). With letters to Fr. Pius Duggan OSFC, guardian, regarding an estimate from the cleaning and overhaul of the organ (8 Feb. 1930).

Scale: ‘½ scale’
Sketches of proposed memorial ‘to be erected by Mr. Geary’ in the Church of St. Francis. Three alternative sketches or ‘schemes’ of the memorial statue or shrine to Our Lady are given by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. With manuscript annotations re the costs of the work and installation.

Scale: ‘1/8 scale’
Sketch plans (with sections) of proposed schemes for alterations to the sacristy of the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. The sacristy is bordered by reception rooms, altar servers’ rooms, confessionals and a vestments’ press. See related correspondence at CA KK/2/4/16.

Papers connected with legal searches carried out in the registry of deeds covering deeds of title affecting two houses on Walkin Street held by Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson and others which are to be conveyed to the Capuchin friars. The various searches (common, negative and index of names) prepared by the Registry of Deeds lists the names of the persons searched against, the premises affected and the dates covered. Includes searches against Michael Buggy, solicitor, Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson and others.

Search in the Registry of Deeds for acts affecting the house and concerns on Walkin Street, Kilkenny city, commonly called ‘The Munster Arms’ under the names of Margaret Empson and Joseph Empson between 22 Mar. 1859 and 2 May 1895.

Hand search in the Registry of Deeds for deeds of title of John Slater affecting premises on Pennyfeather Lane, Parish of Saint Mary, Kilkenny, from 1 Jan. 1928 to 29 Apr. 1940.

Requisitions on title and instructions for counsel relating to the sale of premises on Walkin Street, Kilkenny, by Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson to the Capuchin friars. The requisitions relate to questionable points of title to the properties raised by the purchasers. The file also includes instructions and opinions from counsel regarding the drafting of the deed of conveyance and suggested answers to queries from the vendors and purchasers. Many of the requisitions were passed by Nicholas Shortal, solicitor, to John R. Peart Esq., BL, the conveyancing counsel, and to W. Carrigan, 13 Herbert Street, Dublin, barrister at law.

Renewal of a lease from Abraham, Richard and Rachel Colles, Millmount, County Kilkenny, grandsons and granddaughter of William Colles, late of Abbeyvale, deceased, to Richard Empson, merchant, of the premises known as the ‘Munster Arms’ on Walkin Street in Kilkenny, in consideration of the fines payable for the addition of two of the three lives referred to in the original lease of 8 Apr. 1769. (See CA KK/2/1/1/1/1).

Renewal of a lease from Abraham Colles, doctor of physic, Dublin, Richard Colles, Riverview, Kilkenny, Rev. Thomas Ottewell Moore, Leskinferne, County Wexford and his wife Rachel Moore (née Colles), to Joseph Empson, boot and shoemaker, Kilkenny city, of the premises known as the ‘Munster Arms’ on Walkin Street, Kilkenny, in consideration of one peppercorn in fines payable for the renewal of lives in the original lease. (See CA KK/2/1/1/1/1).