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Author: Sir John Pope Hennessy (1834-1891)
Publisher: Cork: Guy & Co. Ltd., 70 Patrick Street
Language: English
Full title: 'Temperance and Nationality / The Father Mathew Centennial Oration / Delivered in Cork, 10th October, 1890'.

Quest collection books for Kilkenny city. The entries are listed under the family name of the residence (or business) and the (yearly) amount subscribed. The entries are primarily arranged by street name. Occasional reference is made to a Protestant or non-Catholic family.

Letters to Fr. Cormac Forrest OFM Cap., guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, from the Most Rev. Thomas Keogh, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Braganza, Carlow, regarding the collection of the Bagenlastown quest.

The volume list the names of collectors (probably members of the Third Order of St. Francis), and their sections (each section was organised under a religious name such as ‘St. Francis of Assisi', 'St. Aloysius', 'St. Brigid' etc.). A note dated March 1955 gives details of the amount of money collected which was subsequently given to the spiritual director of the Third Order. A list of novices of the Third Order (with addresses and dates of reception) is extant in the volume.

The volumes list the names and addresses of parishioners in the Diocese of Ossory (and to a lesser extent in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin). The lists were probably compiled by the Capuchin friars for the purposes of collecting quest money. The books are divided by geographical and administrative area (mainly townland and parish). Divisions include Rathdowney, Borris-in-Ossory, Castletown, Mountrath, Aghaboe (book IV); Bennetsbridge, Drumbell, Thomastown, Gowran, Castlewarren (book VI).

Letters (mainly from solicitors) relating to bequests for masses for the Capuchin community in Kilkenny.

Letters re attendance and cessation of membership of the Third Order of St. Francis in Kilkenny. The letters refer to cessation of active membership as a brother and registration as an isolated tertiary.

Conveyance (dated 21 Jan. 1919) from Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, Ballymoney Rectory, Ballineen, County Cork, and Rev. Willoughby Richard Knox Robinson, Ballintemple Stanley Park Road, Surrey, to Rev. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Church Street, Rev. Thomas (Matthew) O’Connor OSFC, Holy Trinity Church, Cork, and other Capuchin friars of a portion of premises on Walkin Street, Parish of Saint Mary, Kilkenny, situated ‘on the same side of the Capuchin Friary (being on the south east side) … being the entire portion of the hereditaments and premises granted in two fee farm grants of 9 Sept. 1705 and 25 Sept. 1705 from Lord Ormonde [James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde] to Mary Pape now held by the vendors, and which are occupied by John Slater and Patrick Reilly, tenants to the purchasers. The deed notes that the Capuchin friars are to hold the said premises in fee simple free from any encumbrances save the head rent payable (£10 9s 9d) under the aforementioned fee farm grants for which a clause of indemnity is included in the conveyance. The deed includes schedules and a coloured map (scale: 1 inch to 50 feet) of the premises. The schedule attached to the map lists the tenants holding numbered plots on the property. With numerous drafts (many of which are endorsed by either counsel or solicitor), memoranda of agreement, memorials, additional endorsements, and typescript copies of the conveyance.

Requisitions on title and instructions for counsel relating to the sale of premises on Walkin Street, Kilkenny, by Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson to the Capuchin friars. The requisitions relate to questionable points of title to the properties raised by the purchasers. The file also includes instructions and opinions from counsel regarding the drafting of the deed of conveyance and suggested answers to queries from the vendors and purchasers. Many of the requisitions were passed by Nicholas Shortal, solicitor, to John R. Peart Esq., BL, the conveyancing counsel, and to W. Carrigan, 13 Herbert Street, Dublin, barrister at law.