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.
Abstract of title of Joseph Empson Esq. to the house and premises on Walkin Street commonly called ‘The Munster Arms’, parish of Saint Mary, Kilkenny City. The abstract commences with a recital of a lease (dated 8 Apr. 1769) by William Colles to George Chapman of the said house for three lives at the yearly rent of £14 10s (see CA KK/2/1/1/1/1). The abstract concludes with a reference to an assignment of lease (dated 5 May 1893) by Frederick Reynell Pack to Joseph Empson Esq. of the said house and premises for ever at the yearly fee farm rent of £13 7s 8d. Endorsed on title page: ‘Abstract prepared on the sale by Joseph Empson Esq. to Reverend F.M Neary and Reverend Thomas O’Connor completed by conveyance dated 1 Aug. 1895. Joseph Empson Esq., 1st part, Mrs M.H. Doxey, 2nd part, Rev. F.M Neary OSFC and another, 3rd part’.
An image of a group of Capuchin friars in Kilkenny. An annotation on the cover indicates that (seated, second from the right) Fr. Camillus Killian OFM Cap. (1872-1941) was the house superior. Fr. Killian was superior in Kilkenny from 1907-10. Other friars in the group include: (seated, first on the right): Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935) (seated, second on the left): Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950) (standing, third from the left): Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921) (standing, fourth from the left): Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971)
An image of Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955) and Fr. Kieran O’Callahgan OFM Cap. (1893-1967) on a horse and trap outside the Capuchin Friary on Walkin Street in Kilkenny in about 1920. The cover annotation provides the names of the two friars.
An image of a group of Capuchin Friars in the garden of St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. One of the friars is identifiable. The friar (second on the left) is Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. (1857-1939). An annotation on the cover gives the location of the photograph.
An image of the first group of students at the Seraphic School in Rochestown, County Cork, in 1886. The individuals in the image include Fr. Matthew O'Connor OFM Cap., Guardian, Br. Leonard Brophy OFM Cap., Benedict MacDonald, and John Hayden (later Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap.). Most of the individuals in the photograph (including Br. Canice Rice, Br. Jarlath Hynes, Br. Bonaventure Halvey and Br. Finbarr Sullivan) would go on to become solemnly-professed Capuchin friars.
