Postcard print of the garden of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny
- IE CA KK/6/7
- Stuk
- c.1930
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Postcard print of the garden of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Three (unidentified) friars are seen in the photograph.
Postcard print of the garden of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny
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Postcard print of the garden of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Three (unidentified) friars are seen in the photograph.
Capuchin Friary Garden, Kilkenny
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A view of the rear of the Capuchin Friary building and adjoining garden in Kilkenny.
Interior of the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny
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A colour postcard print of the high altar and interior of the Church of St. Francis in Kilkenny.
Notes on the history of the Capuchins in Kilkenny
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Assorted notes by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on the history of the Capuchins in Kilkenny. Most of the notes are loose and fragmentary. The more substantial records include:
• ‘The Capuchins in Kilkenny / 1643-1937 / The Capuchins in Walkin Street’.
• Notes on the ‘names of Friars who died in Kilkenny, with the dates of death, place of burial, and inscriptions on tombstones’. The list covers circa 1647-1930.
• Manuscript extract from 'The Kilkenny Journal', 30 Oct. 1875, referring to the first reception of novices in Kilkenny.
• Extract from 'The Kilkenny Journal', 18 Mar. 1876, on the ‘impressive ceremony of the clothing of four novices … at the Church of St. Francis, Walkin Street … celebrated by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC’.
• Extract from 'The Kilkenny Journal', 4 Nov. 1876, referring to the celebration of the Feast of All Saints at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.
• Transcripts of Latin documents referring to Capuchins connected with Kilkenny (primarily in the seventeenth century) including extracts from Fr. Robert O’Connell’s 'Historia Missionis Hibernicae Capucinorum' (Bibliothéque de Troyes, MS 706); a eulogy on Fr. Sebastian Butler OSFC (d. July 1647); a eulogy on Fr. Thomas Tuite OSFC (d. 12 Sept. 1649).
• Newspaper cutting referring to Fr. John Brenan (d. 1847) of Kilkenny, author of the 'Ecclesiastical History of Ireland'.
• Note asking the question ‘Was the Capuchin Convent closed after the death of Father Peter Joseph Mulligan OSFC in 1853’?
• Biographical notes on Fr. Peter Joseph Mulligan OSFC: ‘His life in Ireland was spent entirely in Kilkenny where he died on December 4th 1853’.
• Obituaries for Fr. Felix Duggan OSFC (d. 22 June 1847); Fr. Augustine Dunne OSFC (d. 19 Mar. 1860); Fr. Aloysius Hennessy OSFC (d. 2 Dec. 1879). Copy obituary articles taken from 'The Kilkenny Journal'.
• ‘The Capuchins in Kilkenny’. Copy text from 'The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory'.
Healy, Angelus, 1875-1953, Capuchin priest
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Founded by Edmund Finn in 1767, this newspaper was published in Kilkenny twice weekly (on Wednesdays and Saturdays). It also included local news from surrounding counties including Carlow, Kildare, Tipperary, and Waterford. Following the death of her husband in 1777, Catherine Finn took over the running of the paper. It was subsequently published as the 'Leinster Journal' (1801-1830), and the 'Kilkenny Journal and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser' (1832-1922). The file includes the following editions:
1782
30 Mar. 1782 (Vol. XVI, No. 27)
10 Apr. 1782 (Vol. XVI, No. 30)
1789
7 Jan. 1789 (Vol. XXIII, No. 3)-12 Dec. 1789 (Vol. XXIII, No. 100)
1792
21 Jan. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 7)
28 Mar. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 26)
31 Mar. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 27)
6 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 46)
9 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 47)
20 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 50)
14 July 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 57)
18 July 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 58)
8 Aug. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 64)
11 Aug. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 65)
1794
17 Dec. 1794 (Vol. XXVI, No. 102)
1796
13 Jan. 1796 (Vol. XXX, No. 5)-14 Dec. 1796 (Vol. XXX, No. 101)
1799
19 June 1799 (Vol. XXXIII, No. 41)
*Both the 1789 and 1796 runs are largely complete. Most of the editions in these years are bound together with cotton twine.
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Flier for Brian Boru Fete and prize draw ‘to reduce a heavy debt of £3,800’ on Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The first prize is a pony trap and harness, ‘a gift of a friend (the harness, a gift of J. Donnelly, North King Street)’.
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Expenditure and receipt book for Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The inside cover is annotated with a ‘History of Fr. Mathew Hall – copied from the other ledger (1881-1926)’. The history reads: ‘1891: Hall in Church St. formally opened up by Archbishop Walsh. Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC (President)’. The history chronicles extensions, leases and other financial matters concerning the Hall property. The remainder of the volume is made up of expenditure and receipt accounts from Sept. 1934-Sept. 1937. Expenditure is listed under the headings of details, cash and cheques. Receipts are listed under details, cash, total and lodgements. The entries include figures for rents (to the Merchant Tailors), rates (to Dublin Corporation) and the sales of tickets for pantomimes and for various badges, medals, certificates and other paraphernalia.
Letters from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator
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Letters from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, regarding the design and installation of windows and door panels at the Capuchin Church and Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The file includes letters to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC and Messrs Ashlin & Coleman, architects. Other works referred to include the erection of a tabernacle and canopy over the altar and a pulpit ‘made of the best selected Sicilian marble …’.
Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC
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Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.
Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC
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Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC re decorative work on the altar in the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.