Scale: ‘½ scale’ Sketches of proposed memorial ‘to be erected by Mr. Geary’ in the Church of St. Francis. Three alternative sketches or ‘schemes’ of the memorial statue or shrine to Our Lady are given by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. With manuscript annotations re the costs of the work and installation.
Scale: ‘1/8 scale’ Sketch plans (with sections) of proposed schemes for alterations to the sacristy of the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. The sacristy is bordered by reception rooms, altar servers’ rooms, confessionals and a vestments’ press. See related correspondence at CA KK/2/4/16.
Scale: ‘1/8 inch’. Side elevation of proposed alterations to the exterior of the Church of St. Francis by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Scale: ¼ inch to 1 foot for plan; 5ft to 1 mile for site map Plan sheet for internal alterations at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to accommodate the novitiate building. Plan by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. The novitiate is situated between the Friary and the Church of St. Francis. Includes plan and sections of bedrooms, the recreation hall and the study hall. With a site map insert showing the Friary bounded by Walkin (Friary) Street and Pennyfeather Lane. Sheet number: LO.14 a/1. See also CA KK/2/4/25.
Scale: ¼ inch to 1 foot Technical plan for choir room accommodation and ventilation at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. The drawing was supplied to the guardian of the Kilkenny Friary. Sheet number: LO.14 (A). Includes sections and elevations of choir ceiling, installations (kneelers) and second floor plan. It is noted that ‘the treatment of the arms of the Capuchin Order as incorporated in the extract grid is to special detail and template and will be supplied as necessary’.
Letters from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, regarding the design and installation of windows and door panels at the Capuchin Church and Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The file includes letters to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OSFC and Messrs Ashlin & Coleman, architects. Other works referred to include the erection of a tabernacle and canopy over the altar and a pulpit ‘made of the best selected Sicilian marble …’.
Correspondence (including draft copies) regarding a boundary dispute and encroachment claims arising out of new building erected by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane, Kilkenny. The correspondents include Patrick J. Morrissey, Mayor of Kilkenny, Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, and James Poe & Sons, solicitors.
Valuation report by Ganly Walters Boyd, 5 William Street, Kilkenny, for garden premises on Pennyfeather Lane. The property comprises a portion of the garden attached to the Capuchin Friary. It comprises approximately 18,000 square feet in area, and at the time of inspection was laid out in level lawns and with, at one end, a handball alley and a small stand for spectators. The property is bounded to the north by the remainder of the Friary garden, to the east by a car belonging to Allied Irish Banks, to the south by an extensive development site owned by the proposed purchaser and to the west by the same development site. The property is held by the Capuchin friars under an unencumbered freehold title. With attached copy ordnance survey map.
Letter to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, from John D. Fitzgerald, solicitor, 35 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, regarding legal proceedings for the removal of an iron shed on premises (Drea’s Yard) leased by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane.
This sub-series contains plans, drawings and architectural or engineering specifications and blueprints for properties and premises acquired by the Capuchins in Kilkenny. The section includes many drawings for the extension to the Friary, designed by Samuel F. Hynes (1854-1931), and completed in 1897. It all also includes plans (by the architect Sylvester Bourke) for the extension to the Capuchin novitiate at the Kilkenny Friary which was completed in 1960.