Deeds relating to the letting of 47 Walkin Street by members of the Slater family. The file includes: Letting agreement from Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC and Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC to John Slater of a dwelling currently vacant but lately held by Miss Moore on Walkin Street at the yearly rent of £16 (20 May 1896); Administration (9 May 1950) of the will of John Slater (d. 5 Aug. 1945); Assignment from Annie Slater to her grandson John Slater of her interest in 47 Walkin Street which she holds as a yearly tenant from the Capuchin Friars at the annual rent of £16 (18 Oct. 1950); Search in the Registry of Deeds for documents of title relating to John Slater affecting properties on Walkin Street (3 Feb. 1953); Assignment of John Slater to Fr. Aloysius (William) Travers OFM Cap. and others of 47 Walkin Street in consideration of £400 (7 Feb. 1953). With copies.
Assignment from Mary Deegan, Walkin Street, to Fr. Patrick Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. and Fr. Denis Thaddeus Field OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, of a dwelling house and premises situated on Walkin Street. The deed recites that Kate Horner (died 17 Aug. 1933) was possessed of premises on Walkin Street held on a monthly or weekly tenancy from the Corporation of Kilkenny. Mary Deegan, as Kate Horner’s executrix, agrees to sell the deceased’s interest in the premises subject to the payment of rent and the performance of the tenant’s obligations for £100. With copy memoranda of agreement and copy probate of Mary Kate Horner dated 10 Oct. 1933.
Minutes of board meetings of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests regarding a deed appointing the FMC Trust to be a trustee of the property comprising of a dwelling house fronting onto Friary Street and situated at the junction with Garden Row. The property is to be vested in the FMC Trust to benefit the charitable functions of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny.
Letters to Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, from M.M. Murphy, solicitor, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, referring to a list of deeds relating to properties on Pennyfeather Lane, and to a request for a cheque for £306 10s relating to a deed of conveyance from Joseph Empson.
Memoranda of agreements from Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, for the yearly lease of stores and premises on Pennyfeather Lane. The file includes agreements with Nial Godwin, High Street, Kilkenny, at £7 yearly (30 Dec. 1948); with John Carrigan, The Parade, Kilkenny, at £7 yearly (5 Jan. 1949); with Quality Shoes Ltd. at £18 yearly (20 Jan. 1949). With a cover letter from John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, Dublin.
Copy letter from the Most Rev. Herbert B. Kennedy, Dean of Christ Church, Corrig Castle, Kingstown, County Dublin, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. affirming that he pays a yearly rent of £12 5s 5d for two alms houses (formerly called the ‘Munster Arms’) to the Pack Estate. The file includes a letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap. stating he is ‘writing to the Rev. Mr. Kennedy saying that at present, owing to the state of affairs, we are not anxious to invest in house property. I take it that owing to the same reason that he is so anxious to part with it’ (11 Jan. 1921). Rev. Kennedy later wrote to Nicholas Shorthall, solicitor, referring to negotiations to sell the head rent on two houses on Walkin Street, which he holds from the Pack estate, and which are currently leased to the Capuchin friars. With income tax demands in respect of said properties.
Letter from Martin J. Crotty, solicitor, 45 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., guardian, regarding an undertaking (as a condition of sale) that the directors of the New Cinema Company would not build an entrance or exit from their premises which would front onto Friary (Walkin) Street. With signed agreement.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch; ½ inch to 1 foot Designs for new confessionals in the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. The designs are comprised of alternative ‘schemes’ for the confessionals with plans and elevations for their installation. See related correspondence at CA KK/2/4/15.
