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Letters from Thomas J. Loughlin, Killarney, Warrenheip, Australia, to Fr. Mark MacDonnell OSFC, regarding negotiations with local banks in Kilkenny over a loan and the reduction of a debt on the Friary. Loughlin also refers to ‘the loss I sustained in the failure of the "contract" of the new church not being carried out’. He also refers to his life and conditions in Australia.

Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, to Fr. Camillus Killian OSFC, guardian, regarding arrangements for the impending Provincial Chapter and the canonical visitation by Fr. Anselm, definitor general. Fr. Bowe also reminds Fr. Camillus that the recently established houses in America are ‘attached … to the Irish Province so that the religious sent to them shall have the same rights and privileges as in the houses of the Irish Province’.

Letter from Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding the conditions of a lease of property adjoining the Friary offered at an annual rent of £20.

Letter from Fr. Gilbert Bermingham OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., reporting on the religious exercises and triduums held in the Friary in Kilkenny to mark Marian Year. With cover.

This series contains property documents including title deeds, legal correspondence and memoranda relating to the acquisition of properties in Kilkenny by the Capuchin friars. For the most part, the documents relate to the present-day Friary building situated on Friary Street (formerly known as Walkin Street). The modern Friary consists of two portions, one running parallel to Friary Street, built about 1873-4; the other is a wing built in 1897, situated at a right angle and extending to the adjoining Pennyfeather Lane. The series also contains documents relating to the novitiate building constructed on the site of the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny in 1959-60.

Although the association of the Capuchin friars with the Walkin Street (now Friary Street) area of Kilkenny dates to the late seventeenth century, the documents in this section relate primarily to the present-day Church of St. Francis, built by Fr. Peter Joseph Mulligan OSFC (1793-1853) in 1848. The section also contains documents relating to the subsequent extensions to the Friary, most notably in 1897 when a large three-storey building between Walkin Street and Pennyfeather Lane was constructed to provide, among other things, accommodation for novices. The relatively large number of documents relating to the Walkin Street properties has necessitated the creation of a further three sub-sub-series relating to a particular plot of ground, purchase or sale.

Copy will and probate of Joseph Empson, Kilkenny city. He leaves all his property to his wife Margaret for her use and that of their children. The probate was granted on 29 Sept. 1859.

Assignment from Fr. John Laurence O’Flynn OSFC to Fr. James Edward Tommins OSFC, Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC, Capuchin Convent, Dublin, Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, Capuchin Convent, Kilkenny, and Fr. Edmund Thomas Dillon OSFC, Capuchin Convent, Cork, of the leasehold interest in premises on Walkin Street in consideration of 5s. The lease recites an earlier lease (dated 31 Aug. 1855) from Frances and Grace Blair to Fr. James Lewis O’Reardon [var. Louis O’Riordan] and Fr. John Laurence O’Flynn of the ‘gateway and yard formerly held by Humphrey Semple and the house at present occupied by Thomas Aylward … and the plot of ground in the possession of the said Rev. John Laurence O’Flynn which said demised premises are situate in Walkin Street in the parish of Saint Mary, City of Kilkenny … forever at the yearly rent of £6’. The file also includes a conveyance (19 Aug. 1897) from Beledia Juliana Maher to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and others of the said gateway and premises on Walkin Street to hold in fee farm subject to the rents payable. It is noted that Beledia Juliana Maher was the principal heiress-at-law of the estate of the late Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC.

• Copy flier for Portraits of Father Mathew painted by Dr. Lees. It is noted that the ‘drawing will take place on the 1st of September 1845, at Lister’s Temperance Hotel, West End, Leeds’. Copy print, 1 p.
• Copy invitation to a festival organised by the Shamrock Temperance Hall, Blarney Lane, Cork. It is noted that Fr. Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance, will attend. Copy print, 1 p.
• Photostat copy of entries in the House Account Book of the Presentation Brothers’ South Monastery, Douglas Street, Cork. The entries refer to payments made to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC from 1843-4. Copy print, 2 pp.
• Extracts from Samuel Carter Hall, 'Retrospect of a Long Life / From 1815 to 1883' (London: R. Bentley, 1883), referring to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Printed, pp 497-512.
• Photocopy from 'County and City of Cork Post Office General Directory' (1844-5). The entry refers to the Capuchin friars in Blackamoor Lane, Cork. They are: Very Rev. Theobald Mathew (Provincial Minister), Cove Street; Rev. Denis McLeod, Rev. G. Brennan, Rev. James Reardon, and Rev. J. O’Connell (Guardians). Copy print, 1 p.
• Photocopy of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Fr. William Keane, Parish Priest, Midelton, County Cork, referring to the history of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork city. The letter reads ‘The insults offered to Catholic priests who were grossly outraged in Protestant Church Yards, the large fees demanded from the very poorest for the internment of their Relatives, induced me to open my present large and beautiful burial grounds. … The Cemetery was blessed by the late Archbishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Laffan, assisted by the late Vicar General, Archdeacon Keeffe at the period of the Month’s Mind of the late admirable Bishop Coppinger …’. The letter is dated 22 May 1847. A compliments’ slip indicates that the original was held by Fr. Bertie Troy (1930-2007), Parish Priest of Holy Rosary Church, Midleton, County Cork. Copy manuscript, 5 pp.
• A timeline relating to Fr. Mathew’s ministry as Provincial Superior of the Irish Capuchins from 1822-1852. Typescript, 1 p.
• Photocopies of letters from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mother De Pazzi Leahy, Superior, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, to a Mrs Bernard and to a Mrs Cronin. A covering note on the copies by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. states that two of the letters were written by Fr. Mathew whilst he was in New Orleans, Louisiana, and that the originals are held in the Archives of the South Presentation Convent in Cork. The letters date from 24 July 1846-18 Mar. 1851. Copy manuscript, 8 pp.
• Copy extract from a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to the editor of the 'Cork Constitution' dated 27 Apr. 1843. The letter reads: ‘I do not arrogate to myself the merit of having originated the Temperance Society, on the contrary I have ever given my predecessors in this Sacred Cause the highest degree of approbation …’. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Copy photographic print of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Richard Foley dated 31 May 1854. The prints measure 7 cm x 4.2 cm. Prints, 3 pp.
• Photocopies of documents from the State Paper Collection relating to female emigration to Australia. The documents are notices issued by a committee (among whose 16 members was Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC) offering free passage on a ship to New South Wales, Australia, in May 1836. Copy print, 4 pp.
• Photocopy of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew dated 23 July 1845. Fr. Nessan Shaw notes that the original is the possession or Rev. Con O’Donovan CC, Convent Hill, Mitchelstown, County Cork. The letter refers to an ‘inspired sermon’ which was sent to Fr. Mathew and which he intends to circulate to teetotallers. Copy manuscript, 2 pp.
• Extracts by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. taken from 'The Nation' newspaper relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 6 Mar. 1847-4 Sept. 1847. Manuscript, 8 pp.