A list of retreats and missions given by the Capuchin friars of Holy Trinity Friary, Charlotte Quay, Cork, in 1895. Many of the retreats were given by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Pascal Meade OSFC.
Letter from Fr. William OFM Cap., Pantasaph Capuchin Friary, Holywell, North Wales, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minster, extending his sympathy on the loss of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., ‘a brilliant member’ of the Irish community
Writ of summons to John Hyland, Clonmoran, County Kilkenny, executor of the will of the late Margaret Delahunty (d. 21 July 1894), to appear at the High Court of Justice, probate division, to state whether he will bear the burden of the execution of said will. The guardian (Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC) of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, is named is named as one of the beneficiaries of the will.
Declaration of George Lynch (aged 94), Ulverton House, Dalkey, affirming that his father William Lynch of Roscrea, County Tipperary, died at Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, in 1827. He also states that his brother, Gilbert, died intestate in Sheffield in 1830 at the age of 22. The declaration was made for the satisfaction of Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC and relates to the purchase by the Capuchin friars of premises on Carter’s Lane. (See CA CS/2/2/8/3).
Letter from Michael J. Dwyer, Main Street, Roscrea, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, expressing his joy in having a branch of the organisation established in Roscrea.
Demand notice from J. Simpson, Assistant Secretary, Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 6 Ely Place, Dublin, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC seeking the return of the attached form relating to duties on 21/28 Bow Street, Dublin.
Letter to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, guardian, referring to the recent National Temperance Congress. The letter affirms that the ‘most efficient way of reaping the fruits of the Congress is by the formation in this city without further delay … of a branch of the “Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association” similar to those established in in the other centres throughout Ireland …’. The letter is signed by Robert Branigan, Thomas Cantwell JP, Thomas Hayden and William J. Cleere. The letter encloses a list of 107 names (with address) in support of the foundation of the aforementioned branch.
Letter from Dorothy Godfrey, 267 West, 139 Street, New York City, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, referring to the poor treatment which Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. received from the higher echelons of the clergy and the Order. She asserts: ‘May God forgive the clergy or Free Staters who had a hand in his exile. Sending a dying priest 3,500 miles across our land. I went with him to the train and it left a picture in my mind that cannot be blotted out. Another Christ carrying his cross. He was not able to drag his feet across the platform and carrying a heavy bag’.
Letter to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, enclosing a synopsis of title deeds for properties in the possession of the Capuchin friars.