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Blessing (in Latin) for the new Capuchin Friary building in Kilkenny. The prayer was composed by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister.

Letter from the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister, granting faculties to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, permitting him to perform the Sacraments in the diocese.

A list of retreats and missions given by the Capuchin friars of Holy Trinity Friary, Charlotte Quay, Cork, in 1895. Many of the retreats were given by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Pascal Meade OSFC.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC and other Capuchin friars requesting parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Crossmaglen (Armagh), Carrick-on-Suir (Tipperary), Tullow (Carlow), Foxford (Mayo), Kilkenny, Cookstown (Tyrone), Castledermot (Carlow), Waterford, Belfast and Newport (Mayo).

File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘Leitrim Man 116 Years Old / Follower of Father Mathew / Preserves Pledge Card of 89 Years Ago’, 'Roscommon Herald', 27 June 1931.
• ‘Father Mathew’s Birthday / Great Demonstration in Cork’, 'Cork Examiner', 12 Oct. 1885.
• ‘Father Mathew Anniversary / Eloquent lecture by the Rev. Fr. Kane SJ in the Assembly Rooms’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Sept. 1899’.
• ‘Celebrations at St. Finn Barr’s Temperance Association Hall’ / Address by Father O’Leary’. 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1904.
• ‘Fr. Mathew Anniversary / Address by Rev. J.A. Cullen SJ’.
• An address by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC on Fr. Mathew in the Assembly Rooms, Cork. 'The Monitor', 15 Oct. 1897.
• ‘Father Mathew / Notable Anniversary / Lecture by Canon Ryan, Thurles’. Refers to a lecture in Father Mathew Memorial Hall, Church Street, Dublin.
• ‘Father Mathew / Birth Anniversary / An Eloquent Appreciation by Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC’. 'Irish Catholic', 17 Oct. 1903. Refers to a commemoration in Father Mathew Memorial Hall, Church Street, Dublin.
• ‘Apostle of Temperance / Impressive Ceremonies in Holy Trinity Church’, 'Cork Examiner', 10 Oct. 1910.
• ‘Father Mathew Anniversary / Father Mathew Hall, Queen Street, Cork / Oration by Mr. P.J. O’Neill, Chairman, Dublin County Council’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1910.
• ‘Father Mathew Anniversary / Oration by Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC / References to Home Rule / Brilliant Discourse in Father Mathew Total Abstinence Hall, Queen Street’, Cork Examiner, 12 Oct. 1912.
• Newspaper cutting of an article titled Carmel in Kinsale re the history of the Carmelites in Kinsale, County Cork. Reference is made in the article to the preaching of a sermon by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in the church in 1844. It reads: ‘A manuscript History of the Temperance Reformation by James McKenna, Chief Travelling Secretary to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew, contains an account of a visit of the Apostle of Temperance to Kinsale in the summer of 1844 … ‘. 'The Southern Star', 14 Dec. 1929.
• Newspaper cutting of article by ‘Dogliente’ re the need for the preservation of Thomastown Castle, Fr. Mathew’s birthplace. A memorandum attached to the cutting reads: ‘Our representative was informed that as far back as 1916 the Superiors of the Capuchin Order were very concerned about the condition of the historic house which through neglect was fast going into a state of ruin. To preserve the house they were prepared, with the sanction of their higher Superiors, to take over the property, but failed to obtain [the] necessary ecclesiastical authority to do so’. 'Cork Examiner', 27 Oct. 1931. Typescript, 1 p.

Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger contains details of routine income and expenditure including wages for lay staff, building repairs, and various foodstuffs and groceries. Entries for income relate primarily to collections, donations, and bequests. The pages are pre-paginated in the volume. The mass register for the community commences at p. 86 and is titled ‘Liber pro missis dicendis ad intentionem superious localis’. The register provides a list of the names of individuals to whom a special intention or prayer is offered. The register runs from 16 Aug. 1886-31 Oct. 1889. The entries are signed by the celebrating priest. The mass intentions’ register runs from pp 86-309. A typescript insert is also extant. It reads: ‘Dublin House Ledger, July 1882 to July 1883. … income and expenditure during my administration, commencing July 1st 1882, Convent and Church of Our Lady of Angels Church Street, Dublin, D.A. [Albert] Mitchell, OSFC, Ex. C. Prov.’.
The front cover has been annotated by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.: ‘This ledger contains I. House expenses (Dublin) from 1st July 1882 to July 2nd 1883. II. Community Masses from August 16th 1886 to Oct. 31st 1889.
Guardians:
Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, 1882-1883
Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, 1883-1886
Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 1886-1889’.

Account book of Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC and Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, Church Street, with the National Bank. The book is annotated on the front cover: ‘To be sent at least once a month to be written up from Bank’s ledger – Reverends Murphy and Maher’. The entries relate to deposits in cash and payments by cheque.

Assignment by Catherine Murphy, widow, John Murphy, labourer, Ellen Murphy and Mary Murphy to Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC, Fr. Joseph Bernard Jennings OSFC and Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, Church Street, of the residue of the lease of premises formerly known as ‘the Swan Inn’, later no. 142 Church Street, measuring twenty 25 feet 11 inches at front, 25 feet 7 inches at rear, and in depth from front to rear 170 feet 11 inches. In consideration of £100. The original lease, dated 26 Feb. 1835, was from Patrick Joseph Nolan to William Hynes for the term of 61 years at the yearly rent of £32. With two draft copies of costs by Terence O’Reilly, solicitor, 5 North Great Georges’ Street, and a note by Catherine Murphy agreeing to dispose of her interest in the aforementioned premises for the sum of £100 payable to her daughter Ellen. With a badly torn draft of said assignment.

Correspondence relating to a lease by O’Ferrall to the Capuchins of Nos. 133 and 134 Church Street. Correspondents include Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Capuchin Convent, John O’Hagan, solicitor, 9 Harcourt Street, Dublin (later Arthur O’Hagan & Son), and Terence O’Reilly, solicitor, 5 North Great George’s Street. On 25 Jan. 1884 Fr. Bernard wrote: ‘The property which we hold from Mr. O’Farrell consists of 2 houses in Church Street, nos. 133 & 134 (now in the possession of a Mr. John Ryan who is I suppose a sub-tenant to us) and a plot of ground running from Church Street to Bow Street upon which I believe a house formerly stood, but which was condemned by the Corporation and had to be taken down’.

Lease by John Jameson & Sons, distillers, Bow Street, to Fr. Joseph Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Patrick Columbus Maher OSFC and Fr. Joseph Harkins OSFC, Capuchin Convent, Church Street, of a plot and parcel of land situated on the west side of Church Street as delineated in green on an annexed sketch map, for 90 years at the yearly rent of £13 10s. The sketch plan of the demised premises is drawn at a scale of 20 feet to 1 inch. With a similar lease between the said parties relating to a plot of ground on the east side of Bow Street ‘and a piece of ground at the rear thereof extending along the north side of the premises in the possession of John Jameson & Sons’ as delineated in yellow on an annexed sketch map, for 43 years at the yearly rent of 1s. The lease reserves to the lessor and his workmen ‘full and free liberty in case of necessity to open, repair and inspect the sewer extending from the back of the corn kiln of Messrs John Jameson & Sons and …. a right of entry through the entrance gate in Bow Street to the Chapel Yard at all reasonable times’. The file also includes drafts and copies of the said lease agreements and a copy memorandum of equitable deposit from the Capuchin friars to John Jameson & Sons for £103 as security.