Membership sheet and flier for participants in the choir at the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The columns for the names of choir members are left blank. Printed by Coyle Brothers, Kilkenny.
Ballot papers for elections of council members for the Third Order of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The file consists of a bound volume of completed ballot papers (tied together with chord) and a blank councillor election form (1932).
Replies to the Ceremony of Visitation by members of the Third Order of St. Francis, Kilkenny. It is noted that the replies to the set questions ‘have the one purpose of enabling the Visitator to judge how the Rule [of St. Francis] is being observed …’. The replies to the twelve questions are answered anonymously. The individual sheets have been bound together with a chord.
Letter from the Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the renewal of diocesan faculties for the Capuchin fathers in Kilkenny. Reference is also made to public mass times at the Church of St. Francis.
Letters from Most Rev. Peter Birch, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap., guardian. The letters refer to the appointment of confessors to convents in the diocese, notices of clerical conferences, arrangements for ecclesiastical celebrations (masses, benedictions, expositions) and faculties for various Capuchin priests.
Photographic prints by William Lawrence (1840-1932) of St. Francis’ Abbey, Kilkenny. Robert French (1841-1917) was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection which is now held in the National Library of Ireland. The printed caption numbers read: 1463-6. W.L.
Colour postcard print of the exterior of the Capuchin Friary (taken from an elevated position on Walkin Street). Published as part of the Valentine’s of Dublin topographical postcard collection.