Memorandum of agreement of Stephen Lalor [var. Lawlor], builder, Walkin Street, Kilkenny with Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary. The agreement (compiled by M.M. Murphy, solicitor) stipulates that Lalor will complete the building works on the Capuchin Friary and Chapel in Kilkenny according to the specifications set down by Samuel Francis Hynes, architect. The total cost of the works and labour is £3,430 13s 4d.
Publisher: Dublin: P. Wogan Edition/Format: Third Edition Language: English Front cover has gilt engraving ‘Very Rev. T. Mathew’; The title page has a manuscript depiction of the Mathew family coat-of-arms with the initialed monogram of ‘TM’.
Publisher: Dublin: Richard Coyne Full title: 'Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, Pii V maximii jussu editum, et Clementis VIII, primum, nunc denuo Urbani, papæ VIII, auctoritate recognitum; et novorum festorum missis hucusque concessis auctum: his accedunt festa, quæ ex indulto apostolico in regno Hiberniæ celebrantur: huic denique editioni nunc primum subjungitur index amplissimus missarum et orationum quæ in libro continentur'. Typed insert in the volume reads ‘Missal used by Father Mathew’.
An envelope dated 26 Sept. 1856 with annotation on front ‘Father Mathew’s Hair’. The envelope also has notes re a cashbook account endorsed on front. The other items are felt-covered decorative pieces containing small (encased) portions of Fr. Mathew’s hair. The decorative pieces were probably created in the early twentieth century.
A plate titled ‘Croagh Patrick. The Oratory. Back view’. The image shows a large crowd of pilgrims assembled at the small church on the summit of Croagh Patrick. The image is part of a collection of plates assembled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953).
Two plates showing a Capuchin friar standing along a forested lane-way probably near Rochestown in County Cork. The cover annotation suggests that the friar is Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. (1866-1946).
