Account book and membership register of the sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. The volume is titled on the inside of the front cover: ‘Accompt book belonging to the Society of the 3rd Order of St. Francis, Walkin Street, Kilkenny’. Entries are made under the names of the sisters, the dates of their profession, arrears of subscriptions, and the amounts of monthly contributions. Occasional reference is made in some of the entries to the residence of the sisters.
Monthly subscription record book for the Third Order of St. Francis in Kilkenny. The entries are listed under number, name and amounts of monthly subscriptions for Jan. 1909-Dec. 1913. The volume also contains receipt and expenditure records from May 1913-Dec. 1918 and from Nov. 1922-Dec. 1947.
Monthly subscription book for the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The entries are listed under names, amount of arrears (if any) and the amounts of subscriptions received. The record of monthly Third Order subscriptions runs from Jan. 1918-Dec. 1930. The volume also contains miscellaneous accounts including records of collections made by Third Order members at masses and subscriptions towards the cathedral repair fund, 1932-3.
Income and expenditure account book for the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Most of the income was derived from subscriptions (from isolated tertiaries), donations and mass collections. Expenditure entries include accounts for the purchase of devotional manuals, scapulars, and habits for Order members. The accounts were periodically signed by Provincial Ministers at visitations.
Letter from Robert Branigan, secretary, to Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, guardian, forwarding a copy motion from a meeting of the council of the Third Order regarding the erection of ‘a suitable memorial tablet’ in the Church of St. Francis in memory of the lately deceased Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC, formerly spiritual director of the Third Order.
Letter to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. from Fr. Valentine OFM, Franciscan Convent, St. Laurence Street, Drogheda, enclosing a statement regarding Teresa Bradley’s (formerly Gilmartin) membership of the local congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis.
Lists of religious, diocesan, and regular, appointed as additional confessors to convents situated in the Diocese of Ossory. Signed by the Most Rev. Peter Birch, Bishop of Ossory.
Photographic print of the exterior of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny (taken from a slightly elevated position on Walkin Street). Pasted onto Card. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of one of the copies reads: ‘To Jack’.
Postcard prints of the interior and exterior of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The exterior is taken at the junction of Friary Street with Pennyfeather Lane. Published by 'Kilkenny People' Printing Ltd. There are numerous copies of each print.
Fliers, invitations, correspondence, photographs relating to the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchins in Kilkenny. Includes copies of the souvenir booklet for the solemn high mass of thanksgiving held in the Friary on 17 Oct. 1948. With a letter from the Corporation of Kilkenny to Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., guardian, offering their congratulations. Includes photographic prints ('Irish Press') of the aforementioned high mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory (sermon preached by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap.). See also newspaper reports of the celebrations at CA KK/11/21-25.