Two plates showing images of the road from Rochestown to the local railway station. The image shows three Capuchin friars with a three-arch stone bridge, a mill and a chimney in the distant background. One of the friars is identifiable. The individual first on the right is Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC. With an annotated cover.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The title is extant on the first page: ‘Register Missarum, 1917’. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. Entries were routinely signed by the guardian and by the Provincial Minister at visitations. A manuscript addition on the final page of the volume reads: ‘N.B. One Mass said by Fr. McCartan on the 12th August ad intentionem privatam – stipend given [to] superior and money [to] Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC of Cork. Entered under lending of alms’.
Letter from the Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the renewal of diocesan faculties for the Capuchin fathers in Kilkenny. Reference is also made to public mass times at the Church of St. Francis.
Letter from James Poe & F.M.J. Lyons, solicitors, Kilkenny, to Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a list of deeds connected with the purchase of property (on Pudding Lane) from Patrick Francis Doran. With searches from the registry of deeds.
Letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, affirming that it would be advisable to defer the plans for the extension of Friary Church in Kilkenny for the present ‘in view of the recent extension and improvements and the present disturbed conditions of the country’.
An image of a group of Capuchin friars. The group includes (second on the left), Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., (second on the right), Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. and (first on the right) Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. A manuscript annotation on the cover is addressed to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965).
An image of a large group of Capuchin friars. A cover annotation reads: ‘Fr. Edwin and students’. Identifiable individuals include: Second row, second from the right: Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938) Second row, third from the right: Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925) First row, second from the right: Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961) Third row, first from the right: Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971) Third row, third from the right: Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968) Third row, fifth from the right: Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. with pupils at the Capuchin Seraphic School, Rochestown, County Cork. Identifiable individuals include: Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. College Rector (seated, second row, third from the left). Fr. Augustine was Rector at Rochestown from 1896 to 1907. Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. (1873-1950) (standing adjacent to second row). Fr. Damascene Kenny OFM Cap. (1873-1913) (standing adjacent to third row). Patrick Joseph Collins (first row, first on the left). (later Fr. Ignatius Collins, 1885-1961).
An image of the large congregation at a Mass held in the Phoenix Park during the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin on 26 June 1932. Some Capuchin friars (including Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap., Fr. Benedict Phelan OFM Cap., Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap.) and members of other religious congregations are visible in the photograph.
Day account book of house expenses, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The title is given on the first page: ‘Day book commenced April 1932, Fr. Ignatius Collins of Cork, guardian’. The volume includes accounts for routine household expenses such as foodstuffs, washing, clothing, stationary, and newspapers. Other expenses included wages paid to lay staff. The entries are periodically signed by the guardian and by Provincial Ministers at visitations.