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.
Two plates showing a view of a walled road leading to Rochestown Capuchin Friary. A horse and cart (with a visible advertisement ‘Delicious’) is stopped on the road. With an annotated cover.
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Rev. Thomas A. Murphy, ‘A lesson from France / the good literature crusade (Dublin: Office of the “Irish Messenger”, 5 Great Denmark Street, [c.1912]).
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘A letter from a venerated nobleman, recently retired from this country, to the Earl of Carlisle: explaining the causes of that event’ (Dublin: 1795). The ‘venerated nobleman’ is William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833).
A linen weaver at work in Belfast in about 1935.
Creator: An original list of deeds and who they concerned with a copy.
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’;