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Ground and first floor plans showing proposals (in blue ink) for the installation of heating pipes and radiators at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Plans by Messrs Maguire & Gatchell, engineering consultants, 10 Dawson Street, Dublin.

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Designs for new confessionals in the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny, by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. The designs are comprised of alternative ‘schemes’ for the confessionals with plans and elevations for their installation. See related correspondence at CA KK/2/4/15.

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Plan of proposed alterations and additions to the Church of St. Francis by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. Includes ground floor plan, balcony level plan, and front and side elevations with cross sections. With cover envelope to Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap., guardian.

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Plan sheet for internal alterations at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to accommodate the novitiate building. Plan by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. The novitiate is situated between the Friary and the Church of St. Francis. Includes plan and sections of bedrooms, the recreation hall and the study hall. With a site map insert showing the Friary bounded by Walkin (Friary) Street and Pennyfeather Lane. Sheet number: LO.14 a/1. See also CA KK/2/4/25.

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Plan and sections for extension to the Capuchin Novitiate at Kilkenny Friary by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. Includes plans, sections and elevations of the study hall and various installations within the room. Sheet number: LO. /14(A).

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Plan and sections for extension to the Capuchin Friary by Sylvester Bourke, architect, 79 High Street, Kilkenny. Includes first and second floor plans with details and sections of cells and washrooms. Sheet number: LO.14(A).

List of donations to the Tertiary Chapel Building Fund, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The volume relates to donations made almost solely by women (including many members of the Third Order of St. Francis). Entries are initially listed as an index under the name of the subscriber, her address, and the amount of the donation. The remainder of the volume is comprised of an alphabetical list of monthly subscribers. Additional notes are occasionally added to the entries such as ‘Miss Bergin left for Australia in March 1896’. Gilt title to front cover reads ‘Ledger’.

Estimates and specifications from Maguire & Gatchell Ltd., 10 Dawson Street, Dublin, and Musgrave & Co., Ltd, Belfast, for heating and boiler works at the Capuchin Church and Friary, Kilkenny. Sent to Fr. Camillus Killian OSFC, guardian.

Specification and contract of agreement with Alex Chestnutt & Company, organ builders, Manor Street, Waterford, for the installation of a ‘two-manual organ’ at the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The agreement (dated 28 July 1914) with Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, guardian, notes that the consideration money for the installation of the organ was £580. The file includes letters from Alex Chestnutt to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC in which the former notes that ‘owing to this unfortunate war there is very little doing in the organ building trade … and having many bills to meet now at the end of the year I have no other course to take but to ask if you will kindly oblige me with another £100’. (30 Dec. 1914). With letters to Fr. Pius Duggan OSFC, guardian, regarding an estimate from the cleaning and overhaul of the organ (8 Feb. 1930).

Letters from Fr. Ignatius Collins OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding the installation of a new staircase in Mrs O’Reilly’s house. Fr. Ignatius notes that these premises are ‘held with special permission from Rome, obtained on the grounds that the houses were necessary for the enlargement of the Monastery ….’. He also affirms that Sir Lionel Harty has ‘promised to give of all the premises we require’.