Letter from Nicholas Healy, solicitor, High Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, regarding a charitable legacy of £20 left by Julia Quirke, late of Rathclogh for masses for the repose of her soul and the souls of her deceased brother, sister, and parents at a stipend of 10s for each mass. With a letter from Michael Buggy & Co., solicitors, Parliament Street, re £50 left by Esther White, deceased, ‘for the benefit of the Poor people occupying the Alms House in Walkin Street …’.
Letter from John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, 81 High Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a copy of the will of Margaret Carthy (d. 6 Mar. 1940) in which she leaves the sum of £5 for masses to be said for the repose of her soul. The solicitors assert that ‘there are not sufficient assets to meet any of the legacies contained in the will of deceased, as all available monies will go towards paying her funeral expenses …’.
Income and expenditure accounts for the Capuchin community, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. Includes statements of accounts from 9 Aug. 1910-10 Aug. 1913; Aug. 1910-June 1911; July 1911-May 1912; June 1912-May 1913. The accounts are signed by Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC.
Accounts with E. McCormack, newsagent, 98 High Street, Kilkenny, with Fr. Gilbert Bermingham OFM Cap., guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street. The accounts relate to expenditure on the delivery of various newspapers and Catholic periodicals.
Register (reception book) of the female members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny. The entries are listed under date of reception, name, name in religion, address and by whom professed. Occasional remarks such as ‘deceased’ or ‘gone to Dublin’ are included for some individuals. The final page of the register contains a note by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. indicating that the book has been closed and a new register opened (11 Apr. 1940).
Register of mass celebrants at St. Mary of the Angels. The title page is annotated: ‘Commenced, January 1st 1959, Fr. Virgilus Murtagh OFM Cap., Guardian … Convent of Our Lady of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin’. A typescript memorandum re ‘fixed intentions’ at masses said by the Church Street community is pasted onto the reverse of the title page.
Register of masses at St. Mary of the Angels. Totals of masses celebrated for the Minister General, for Brothers, for benefactors and for suffrages are given at the end of each month.
