Letter from Thomas W. Franks, solicitor, agent for the Harty Estate, to John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, regarding the sale by John Slater of premises on Pennyfeather Lane to the Capuchin Friary. Franks refers to the Capuchins’ intention to ‘buy this property in order that they may have room for building at a future date … and to their intention to demolish the existing buildings on this holding which are more less derelict’. With a letter from John Lanigan & Nolan to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. confirming that the purchase of John Slater’s premises has been completed. The file also includes an acknowledgment from John Slater, a rent receipt and a certificate of rateable valuation for the said holding (30 Jan. 1939).
Declarations (including copies) of Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson affirming that the premises on Walkin Street which are to be conveyed to Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC (coloured red on the trace map at CA KK/2/1/1/3/21) ‘are either the entire or portion of the hereditaments comprised and granted by one or other of the fee farm grants of 9 Sept. 1705 and 25 Sept. 1705 …’. The indemnifying premises are coloured in blue on the said trace map. One of the copy declarations is annotated by John R. Peart, barrister.
Application forms for certificate for discharge from death duties or estate duty on premises on Walkin Street, Kilkenny, title to which passed on the deaths of Richard Samuel Owen Robinson (d. 8 Jan. 1912) and Henrietta Robinson (d. 6 Apr. 1916) to Rev. Willoughby Richard Knox Robinson.
Catalogue of books held in the library of the offices of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., editor of 'The Capuchin Annual', and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap., editor of 'The Father Mathew Record'. The catalogue lists Irish history books and periodicals, as well as compilations and anthologies of Irish literature, prose and poetry, and religious texts. The file also contains information re a weekly draw in aid of the Capuchin Foreign Missions (21 Sept. 1968).
Review of 'The Capuchin Annual'. The review reads ‘"The Capuchin Annual" … is intimately bound up with the name of one man – Father Senan. He founded it twenty-five years ago and edited every issue until the present one. … Though indifferent health compels him to retire from editorship, his spirit, sensitive in love for Ireland, and attuned to what is great in Catholic affairs and lives, in "The Annuals" he edited, is enough to inspire and encourage future editors’.
A very large collection of metal stereotypes and photoengraving plates (most of which are mounted on wooden blocks) used for printing purposes for 'The Capuchin Annual'. Photoengraving was a process used in preparing illustrations for printing by transferring images to metal plates by a combination of photography and acid etching. Photoengraving was widely used in making plates for various printing processes, reproducing a wide variety of graphics such as lettering, line drawings and photographs. A stereotype consisted of engravings from a drawing or from an illustration. If required, duplicate stereotypes could be set beside text composed on a linotype machine and headings in hand-set type. Photoengraving plates and stereotype blocks were frequently mass-produced for advertisements and were sent to various printers, newspapers and publishers. These photoengraving plates and stereotype blocks were transferred (many still extant in filing cabinets) to archival storage following the closure of the Capuchin Publications Office in 1977. Many of the plates and blocks are numbered but only a few have identifying captions or annotations.
Photoengraving plates of general liturgical artwork produced for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The printing plates are not captioned but include images of saints, the nativity, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Crucifixion. The file includes: • ‘St. Francis of Assisi’ by Seán O’Sullivan • ‘St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata’ by El Greco • St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Metal stereotypes (set on wooden blocks) of illustrations (many by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. with some by Grace Perry) of Franciscan life published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The themes include Christmas festivities, pranks and mischiefs involving Capuchins (some of the friars depicted, including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., were known to Fr. Gerald), sports, music, everyday chores and religious rituals. Several of the blocks depict more general aspects of religious devotion including representations of saints, the nativity, symbols and crests, missionaries and the clergy. Some of the blocks have annotations on the reverse indicating the theme of the illustration. These include: • ‘This place is holy’. • ‘Joy in the struggle’. • ‘St. Francis of Assisi / the builder’. • ‘People in love’. • ‘Building together’. • ‘Call to praise’. • ‘Peace and goodness’. • ‘St. Francis and the Wolf’. The cover illustration of 'The Capuchin Annual' by Seán O’Sullivan RHA. • Richard King at work on a Station of the Cross in his studio. Some of these stereotype blocks were found in box marked with an annotation suggesting that they had been returned from ‘Kelly’s Printers’.
