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'A History of Ards' by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. published by Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary. The booklet traces the history of the Ards estate from its occupation by the Wrays and the Stewarts to the arrival of the Capuchins in 1930. The chapter headings include: Life in the old mansion, The auction (1927), From manor house to Capuchin Friary, Novitiate and House of Theology, Life in the Friary, and Retreat House. The file also includes typescript and manuscript drafts of the text. Some of the photographs which appeared in the publication are extant at CA DL/5/1

A history of the Capuchins in Kilkenny by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC. The text covers the period from the arrival of the Order in the city in 1643 to about 1825. The text includes transcripts and extracts from contemporary sources including:
• The petition of the Capuchins in Kilkenny to the General Assembly of the Irish Catholic Confederation [c.1645/6]. In Latin.
• Reply of the General Assembly of the Irish Catholic Confederation ‘fully admitting the Capuchins to establish themselves as members of the regular clergy in Ireland …’. [c.1645/6]. In Latin.
• Letters and petitions from the Franciscans and Dominicans to the Most Rev. David Rothe, Bishop of Ossory stating their opposition to the establishment by the Capuchins of a foundation in Kilkenny. [c.1647]. In Latin.
• Letter from Fr. Inocencio de Caltagirone OSFC, Minister General of the Capuchin Order, to Fr. Barnabas Barnewall OSFC, Commissary General, Kilkenny, reporting on the favourable conduct of the Capuchins in Ireland. 22 Apr. 1650. In Latin.
• Extracts from The Laffan Papers re the Capuchins in Kilkenny (1689).
• Declaration of the state of the Irish Capuchin mission signed by Fr. Cyprian of Armagh. 1 Dec. 1689.
• Report on the state of the Diocese of Ossory sent to Propaganda Fide, Rome. 1769.

Brother Denis of St. Teresa, Brother Kevin of the Immaculate Conception

A ledger containing a written history of the Carmelites in Mount Saint Joseph monastery in Clondalkin, County Dublin, including lists of names of Carmelite brothers in the monastery.

A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘A little guide to true peace and happiness and a summary of Christian doctrine by a Capuchin Father of the Province of St. Joseph, USA’ (Detroit, Michigan: The Capuchin Fathers, 1931).

Author: Rev. James Birmingham of Borrisokane
Publisher: Dublin: Milliken and Son, Grafton Street
Language: English
Edition: Second Edition
Full title: 'A memoir of the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew / with an account of the rise and progress of temperance in Ireland'. Ink stamp on title page: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Order, Ireland’;

Samuel Carter Hall, ‘A memory of Thomas Moore’ (Dublin: William McGee, 18 Nassau Street, 1879).