List of Capuchin friars buried in Foulkstown Cemetery in Kilkenny. The list was compiled by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. The list includes names, dates of death and other details (including age) in respect of: Br. Urban Beirne, Cleric Student Fr. Chrysostom Sutton, Master of Novices Fr. Matthew O’Connor, former Provincial Minister Br. Laserian O’Connor Br. Angelus Moore Br. Colman Butler Br. James Kennedy Fr. Bonaventure Murphy Br. Benedict Curran Fr. Seraphin Nesdale Fr. Robert Ratigan References is also made to a monument erected to the memory of Fr. Thomas Murphy OSFC (died 13 June 1817 aged 73 years) and Fr. William Berry OSFC (died 20 Oct. 1822 aged 80 years) and to Fr. Patrick Joseph Mulligan OSFC (died 4 Dec. 1853 aged 74 years), Fr. J.E. Tommins OSFC (died 29 July 1889 aged 78 years) and Br. Edward Foley OSFC, Cleric Novice (died 24 Sept. 1889 aged 16 years).
Draft recollections of deceased Irish Capuchin friars compiled by an unknown author (but certainly by another friar). The texts are titled ‘Some who have gone before’ and ‘Predecessors / A Capuchin Reverie’. The text includes personal recollections of: Fr. Leonard Brophy OFM Cap. (1869-1930) Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925) Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 27 Apr. 1930) Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (d. 11 Jan. 1935) Fr. Fidelis Neary OFM Cap. (d. 22 June 1932) Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931) Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. (d. 20 June 1939) The text also refers to several friars who have been given pseudonyms such as ‘Philemon’, ‘Junius’, and ‘Marcion’. The text includes references to Fr. Albert’s role in the 1916 Rising and in the later revolutionary period. It reads: ‘He felt, as few did, the piercing griefs of the young widows of Easter Week. Often would he visit them of an evening. … He made friends with the wistful little son and daughter who were orphaned by the bullets that took [Thomas] MacDonagh’s life away, and who were made motherless by the cruel waves that closed over the drowning body of the patriot’s bride [Muriel MacDonagh drowned in the sea off Skerries, County Dublin, on 9 July 1917]. For them he had a special corner in his affections. All his heart went out to that wee pair, so tragic, so utterly lonely’. The file also includes an attached clipping referring to the re-interment of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Rochestown Capuchin Cemetery on 14 June 1958
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).
Copy conveyance from Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, and Fr. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, to Fr. Martin John Hyland OSFC, Fr. Patrick Kelleher OSFC and Fr. Michael O’Shea OSFC, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, of the residue of the several leases referred to in CA HT/2/1/2/30 of lands and properties in Cork city and at Rochestown, County Cork. With a photocopy of original manuscript deed and a typescript schedule of the leases referred to in the foregoing conveyance.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin, referring to his declining condition. He wrote ‘I’m so weak and in such a serious condition that I know not if I shall be alive to-morrow’. He declared that he has renewed his profession ‘surrounded by the Franciscan Sisters here and Fr. Dillon, a devoted Kerry friend’. Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. died two days later on 14 Feb. 1925. With cover.
Conveyance of Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC and Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and other Capuchin friars, of premises on Church Street and Bow Street (including Father Mathew Hall).
Publisher: [Publisher not identified] Language: English Full title: 'Report of the Ladies’ Visiting Temperance Society / attached to the Church of the Holy Trinity, Cork / President: Rev. Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC'.
Report of the Ladies’ Visiting Temperance Society attached to the Capuchin Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cork. The President of the Association was Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC.
Copy minutes of the meetings of the Father Mathew Sodality, Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street), Cork. The minutes mainly refer to routine administration and membership matters pertaining to the sodality and Father Mathew Hall. The minutes are signed by the Presidents of the Hall including Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC. The location of the original minute book is unknown.
Policy of fire insurance from the Law Union & Crown Insurance Company, 126 Chancery Lane, London, with Fr. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC, Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, and Fr. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Rochestown, covering 24 South Mall, Cork, for £800.
