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A volume containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to Irish Capuchin friars. The clippings are pasted into a copy of the ‘Record of Waterpark College, Waterford’ (c.1913). The clippings include obituaries for various friars, articles taken from ‘The Father Mathew Record’, ordination entries, and reports on sermons and retreats given by various friars. Also includes some typescript and manuscript notes.

The volume includes the following clippings:

Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap. ‘The New Monks of the West’. c.1915. An article on the early history of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Western United States.
Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., ‘Saint Francis and his message’. ‘Irish Catholic’ (2 Apr. 1927).
A report on the annual Corpus Christi procession to Rochestown Friary in County Cork. (c.1920).
Irish priests bound for the United States on board the SS ‘Bremen’ off Cobh in County Cork. (Oct. 1926).
Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Aloysius Travers, and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. with Irish tertiary pilgrims in Assisi in Italy. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The funeral of Fr. Fiacre Brophy OFM Cap. at the cemetery in Rochestown Friary in County Cork. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The departure of Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. for the United States. (2 Feb. 1925).
Father Theobald Mathew Anniversary / Observance in Cork. (1926).
Obituary for Br. Felix Brennan OFM Cap. (1842-1925). ‘The Franciscan Annals’ (1925).
Memorial card for Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (d. 9 Dec. 1921).
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. with Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork, in Rochestown. (1924).
The death of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister. ‘Cork Examiner’ (26 Nov. 1926).
A poem titled ‘Father Albert OSFC’ by Rev. Columba Downey OCC. ‘The Monitor’ (New Jersey). (Feb. 1925).
Lecture by Fr. Bernard Jennings OFM Cap. on the life and labours of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance. ‘Cork Examiner’ (18 Oct. 1897).
Ordination of priests at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. (29 June 1925).
The death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. ‘Cork Examiner’ (16 Feb. 1925).
Franciscan centenary celebrations at St. Saviour’s Church, Dominick Street, Dublin. (1926).
The Late Rev. Fr. Fiacre Brophy. (Oct. 1926).
Ordination souvenir card for Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (30 May 1910).

Expenditure and receipt ledger for the Capuchin friars in Cork. The volume is titled at p. 5: ‘The Book of the Community’. The book mainly consists of accounts of Sunday and feast-day collections at the chapel, accounts of household and building expenses, and entries relating to the governance of the Order in Ireland. The listing below follows the sequence of entries as found in the volume:
• An account of Sunday and feast day collections at the South Friary, Cork. 1821-25, pp 6-54.
• An entry concerning the appointment by the Minister General of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC as Provincial Minister, and Fr. Louis (James) O’Riordan OSFC (1800-1857) and Fr. Vincent (Denis) MacLeod OSFC (1808-1861) as his assistants. 29 Apr. 1836, p. 56
• ‘Wine Account’. 1 May 1836-18 Dec. 1836, p. 57.
• ‘Organ Account’. 29 Apr. 1836-10 July 1836, p. 58.
• An account of ‘collections of the South Friary commencing from the first day of May 1836’, pp 65-69.
• An entry concerning the chapter meeting at the Friary in Dublin on 5 June 139 at which Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC was elected Provincial Minister. Also, entries relating to the election of definitors and the composition of the community in Cork, p. 69.
• An account of Sunday and feast day collections at the chapel doors in Cork. 1839-43, pp 69-88.
• An entry relating to the inaugural meeting of an association of regular and secular clergy called the ‘Clerical Society’. 10 July 1843, p. 89.
• An account of Sunday and feast day collections at the chapel door, Cork. 1844-45, pp 90-108.
• An entry recording the names of priests who died in the diocese of Cork in 1845, p. 110.
• The remainder of the volume (pp 111-259) is mostly comprised of accounts of collections, mainly ‘chapel rent’, door collections and other incomes such as mass stipends. The accounts are interspersed with entries relating to the general governance of the Order such as:
• A meeting of the community in Holy Trinity Church regarding the appointment by the Minster General of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC as Provincial Minister for another three years, and to the appointment of four definitors. 17 Aug. 1848, p 148.
• A visitation at Kilkenny Friary (3 Feb. 1852); and at the Dublin Friary (4 Feb. 1852), p. 176.
• ‘Donations received for furnishing the interior of the church and [the] purchasing of an organ’, pp 214-17.
• The visit of Fr. Victor of Chamonix OSFC ‘to enquire into the state of the Capuchin Order in Ireland and to make arrangements for the appointment of a “Commissary General” deputed by the superiors in Rome to remedy whatever abuses may be found to exist’. 10 June 1856, pp 236-37.
• The appointment of Fr. Alphonsus Muldoon OSFC (1822-1895) as Commissary General. 6 June 1859, p. 238.
• The recording of the death at Queenstown of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on 8 Dec. 1856, p. 242.
Note: See also transcripts taken from this account book at CA HT/2/2/3 and CA HT/7/3.

An photographic image of an original temperance certificate signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC dated 25 April 1840. The print is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.