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Correspondence (including many copies) regarding the protracted negotiations with the Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, to secure the conveyance to the Capuchin friars of two houses on Walkin Street (See CA KK/2/1/1/3/13). Correspondents include Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, Ballymoney Rectory, Ballineen, County Cork, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon, Fr. Peter Bowe, W. Carrigan, John R. Peart, conveyancing counsel, Nicholas Shorthal, solicitor for the Capuchin friars, and Michael Buggy, solicitor. Robinson noted that the said premises were mortgaged to Michael Buggy, that he was a joint owner with his sister-in-law and nephew, and that they would seek £625 for the outright purchase of the holding. One of the copy letters (8 Jan. 1916) from the Rev. Robinson to Nicholas Shorthal notes that he has received a letter from Lord Ormonde’s agent ‘saying that in consequence of a fire by which a valuable number of documents were lost they have no maps of the property in Kilkenny in the eighteenth century’. The file includes letters mainly referring to emendations to the draft conveyance of the properties, to negotiations over the purchase price, and to a dispute over the bill of costs for securing the conveyance and to the amount of tithe rentcharge payable out of the said premises. On 1 July 1917 John R. Peart wrote to Nicholas Shorthal affirming that they had ‘certainly had trouble in this case out all proportion to the purchase money and to the scale of fees involved’. Fr. Bowe wrote on 28 Dec. 1917 ‘we had patience so long with Rev. Mr. Robinson I suppose we must keep it up to the end’. One of Shorthal’s correspondents, James F. Reade, acknowledged the receipt of £3 3s 0d and referred to the air raids in London in June 1918 as ‘most damnable experiences. … One never gets used to these raids, the noise of the bombs falling, guns firing, shells singing and exploding and machine guns etc. make an infernal row’.

Correspondence between John J. Robinson & R.C. Keeffe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, Messrs W.K. Cleere & Son, 8 Ormonde Road, Kilkenny, Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, and Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OSFC regarding the specification for work on the extension to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The enclosed plans and alternative ‘schemes’ for the extension to the sacristy are at CA KK/2/3/20.

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.

Letters from Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, 81 High Street, Kilkenny, regarding the proposed sale by the Capuchin Order of premises situated on Pennyfeather Lane to James J. Farrell. The letters refer to the need to inform the Charity Commissioners of the proposals for the sale in order to obtain a vesting order. Reference is also made to negotiations with the Harty estate which holds the freehold interest in the property being sold to Farrell. With solicitors’ bill of costs.

Correspondence regarding demands for rent payable to the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, for a garage property on Pennyfeather Lane. The tenant was Dr Reginald Griffin, 42 Parliament Street, Kilkenny. With rent receipts, demand notices and some copy letters from Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, Walkin Street.

Correspondence, tender documents, bills of account and minutes of meetings regarding the extensive renovation work on the Church of St. Francis and adjoining Friary in Kilkenny. Principal correspondents included Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., guardian, C. Harvey Jacob Harvey & Associates, architects, 29 The Mall, Waterford, P.M. Cantwell Ltd., building contractors, 11 Upper Patrick Street, Kilkenny, Liam Tyrrell, painting contractor, 4 Pius XII Terrace, Circular Road, Kilkenny and Donal McDonald, stone, and marble craftsman, Maddoxtown, County Kilkenny. The main building work entailed a re-design of the sanctuary area of the Church to bring it into line with current liturgical practice, the erection of a porch at the back of the Church and the remedying of dampness and mould growth in the main body of the Church building. The work included the installation of a new central heating system and an insulated lining in all walls and roofs, the painting of all exterior walls and the replacing of windows and storm glazing. The total cost of the renovation work was £118,917.

Correspondence (including draft copies) regarding a boundary dispute and encroachment claims arising out of new building erected by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane, Kilkenny. The correspondents include Patrick J. Morrissey, Mayor of Kilkenny, Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, and James Poe & Sons, solicitors.

Copy writ of summons from Nicholas Shorthal, solicitor, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, to Fr. Thomas O’Connor OSFC to appear at the High Court of Justice (Probate and Matrimonial Division) in relation to a case of Peter Jackman, plaintiff, versus Charles and Catherine Dunphy, Rev. William Cassin, and Patrick Egan, defendants. The case involves a dispute about the will of John Jackman, late of King Street, Kilkenny (died 28 July 1895).

Copy will and probate of Richard Empson, Kilkenny city. He leaves all his freehold and personal property situated in Kilkenny to his wife, Ruth Epsom, subject to several legacies charged upon the said properties for his sons and daughters. It is noted in the will that the house and concerns on Walkin Street are ‘now in the possession of Mr Mathew, Mr Max, Mr Hunt and their tenants’. Ruth Epsom and George Leech are appointed executrix and executor of the will. The probate was granted on 6 Nov. 1820.

Copy will and probate of Joseph Empson, Kilkenny city. He leaves all his property to his wife Margaret for her use and that of their children. The probate was granted on 29 Sept. 1859.