Flier from the Halston Street Total Abstinence Society seeking subscriptions to fund the building of a new Hall on a site ‘secured at the junction of Church Street and Bedford Street’. The flier notes that ‘until now the work [of the Sodality] has been done in a wretchedly small hall which is no longer available for the perpetuation and increase of this great social reform’. The flier also provides a list of subscriptions for the fund.
Calendar for 1921 issued by the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Sodality, Church Street. The calendar provides information on subscribing to Father Mathew Hall (a temperance sodality for men) and to St. Brigid’s Hall (a temperance sodality for women).
Cash account of John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, with the Capuchin friars, Kilkenny. The account relates to legal fees for the collection of rents and the payment of rates for the period 1940-9. With a cover letter to Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap.
Correspondence regarding the sale of properties in Kilkenny city formerly held in trust by the late Fr. Thomas (Hilary) McDonagh OFM Cap. and subsequently held by the FMC Trust. The file specifically relates to the sale to Thomas J. Barrett of a three-storey building over a ground floor shop located at No. 19 Rose Inn Street, The Parade, Kilkenny, and to a house situated at No. 1 Castlecomer Road. The correspondents include Fr. Daniel (Nicholas) O’Brien OFM Cap., secretary of the FMC Trust, John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, Donal O’Buachalla, valuers and estate agents, and John Stanton & Sons, solicitors. With manuscript notes regarding title to the said properties which John Lanigan affirms is ‘rather “messy” as most of the deeds appear to have been lost’ (5 Jan. 1972).
Scale: 1 inch to 60 feet Section and plan of proposed additions to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny by Samuel F. Hynes, architect, 41 South Mall, Cork. The plan is titled ‘Drawing No. 3’ and contains ‘section AB’ and ‘section CD’ for the building work. The plan is signed by the architect. (See CA KK/2/4/4).
Scale: 1 inch to 60 feet Elevation and section of proposed additions to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, by Samuel F. Hynes, architect, 41 South Mall, Cork. The plan is titled ‘Drawing No. 5’. The elevation shows the building fronting onto the adjoining Pennyfeather Lane.
Scale: ½ inch Design for altar rails for the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny by Samuel F. Hynes, architect, Cork. The three designs are titled ‘Altar rail to Nave, designs A & B’, ‘North Aisle’, and ‘South Aisle’. The design is signed by the architect.
Design for new altar rail at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by Samuel F. Hynes, architect, Cork. Includes elevation and plan for the middle bay of the altar rail with a design for individual pedestals. The designs are signed by the architect.
Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Front and side elevation of an altar design (statue) for the sanctuary chapel, Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by Samuel F. Hynes. The design is signed by the architect.
Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot Floor plans for heating and boiler works at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, by Musgrave & Co. Ltd., St. Ann’s Ironworks, Belfast. The plan is for Fr. Camillus Killian OSFC, guardian. Tracing no.: 35624.
