Manuscript Memoranda re books held in the Kilkenny Friary Library. The notes were probably compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Particular reference is made to annotations, marginalia and inscriptions found on the frontispieces of the volumes. Some of the memoranda are very fragmentary and incomplete. Many of the books referred to in the memoranda are now extant in the Provincial Archives. See CA KK/10 for a listing of some these texts from the Kilkenny Friary Library.
Archival reference book for the holdings in the Library of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The title of the volume (Eason’s blank-index notebook) is annotated: ‘Archivium … fiosrú 1945 – an 14 Márta ‘45’. The final page of the volume contains a map showing the physical arrangement of the stacks in the archive made by Fr. Hubert Grealy OFM Cap. Includes references to ‘capitular enactments’, ‘appointments of guardians and vicars’ and ‘deeds, leases etc’.
Letters from Samuel Francis Hynes, architect, 41 South Mall, Cork, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding the design and installation of the altar and pulpit in the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. Fr. Hynes also refers to the design of the frames for the Stations of the Cross.
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.
Quest book for Kilkenny city. Manuscript title to front cover: ‘City Quest, Fr. Guardian’. The entries are listed under the family name of the residence (or business) and the amount subscribed.
Quest book for Kilkenny city and county. The entries are listed under street name and (occasionally) house number. The quest accounts appear to be the work of Fr. Barnabas Gaynor OFM Cap.
Cuttings referring to the notice of the charitable bequest of Elizabeth Mary Walshe, late of Fairview, County Kilkenny, devised by her will dated 21 Sept. 1909. She bequeathed to Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory her property on High Street and Walkin Street, Kilkenny in trust to pay (amongst others) the guardian of the Capuchin Friary £100. She also bequeathed to the guardian ‘the sum of £200 to be expended on the erection of an Altar in the Public Church of that Community in honour of the Blessed Virgin …’. Manuscript annotation reads ‘Received 25 Feb. 1910’.
Letter from Nicholas Healy, solicitor, High Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, regarding a charitable legacy of £20 left by Julia Quirke, late of Rathclogh for masses for the repose of her soul and the souls of her deceased brother, sister, and parents at a stipend of 10s for each mass. With a letter from Michael Buggy & Co., solicitors, Parliament Street, re £50 left by Esther White, deceased, ‘for the benefit of the Poor people occupying the Alms House in Walkin Street …’.
