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Newspaper cutting from the 'Kilkenny Journal' regarding the ceremony of religious profession for five novices at the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny. The article also traces the history of the Capuchins in the city and notes that in 1874 ‘the citizens of Kilkenny, with characteristic generosity, built the Fathers the present modest Convent which graces the vicinity of Walkin Street’.

Newspaper cutting from the 'Kilkenny Journal' regarding ceremonies associated with the seventh centenary of the foundation of the Franciscan Order. Includes extracts of a sermon by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap.

The edition carries reports of the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny and the centenary of the founding of the Friary Church on Walkin Street.

The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 3 May 1930 (Vol. 324, No. 30). The edition includes a lengthy obituary for Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister (16 July 1859-27 Apr. 1930).

The file contains the following editions of this newspaper published in Kilkenny:
21 Mar. 1863 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 3,343)
27 Dec. 1867 (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3,391)
The latter edition has a manuscript annotation ‘Mr. Bibby’ referring to an article penned by ‘the nephew alluded to’ relating to the presence of a Catholic clergyman at his uncle’s bedside during his final illness.

The editions carry reports of sermons by Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, at the jubilee Triduum celebrations marking the opening of the Irish Capuchin novitiate in Kilkenny in October 1875. The newspaper also reprints an article from the 'Kilkenny Journal' of 30 Oct. 1875 referring to the opening of the novitiate on Walkin Street.

The file contains reports on the Solemn Triduum celebrations held in the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny marking the seventh centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 1 Jan. 1868 (No. 68,857). The edition has a manuscript annotation ‘Mr. Bibby’ referring to an article by Rev. Wm. Andrews titled ‘Roman Catholic Proselytism’.

The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 23 Oct. 1948 (Vol. 55, No. 43). The edition carries reports on the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny including a sermon preached by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. on the history of the Capuchins in the city. The celebrations were attended by the Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, Fr. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap., Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., F.J. McGeary, editor of the Irish Independent and Mr. T.F. De Loughrey, Mayor of Kilkenny.

The file contains the following editions of this local newspaper:
16 June 2000 (Bishop Laurence Forristal on the occasion of first confirmations at the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny).
13 June 2003 (Article re the refurbishment of the gravestones of eighteenth-century Capuchin Priests in Kilkenny. See also CA KK/6/4).
3 June 2005 (Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap. on the Capuchins in Kilkenny).
16 Sept. 2005 (Article titled: ‘Friary’s future hangs in the balance’).