Copy letter from the Most Rev. Herbert B. Kennedy, Dean of Christ Church, Corrig Castle, Kingstown, County Dublin, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. affirming that he pays a yearly rent of £12 5s 5d for two alms houses (formerly called the ‘Munster Arms’) to the Pack Estate. The file includes a letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap. stating he is ‘writing to the Rev. Mr. Kennedy saying that at present, owing to the state of affairs, we are not anxious to invest in house property. I take it that owing to the same reason that he is so anxious to part with it’ (11 Jan. 1921). Rev. Kennedy later wrote to Nicholas Shorthall, solicitor, referring to negotiations to sell the head rent on two houses on Walkin Street, which he holds from the Pack estate, and which are currently leased to the Capuchin friars. With income tax demands in respect of said properties.
Letter from Martin J. Crotty, solicitor, 45 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., guardian, regarding an undertaking (as a condition of sale) that the directors of the New Cinema Company would not build an entrance or exit from their premises which would front onto Friary (Walkin) Street. With signed agreement.
Design for railings and gate at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The drawing is annotated: ‘Designed and erected by the Rev. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, June 1865’.
Scale: 1 inch to 60 feet First and second floor plans for the proposed additions to the Capuchin Friary by Samuel F. Hynes, architect, 41 South Mall, Cork. The plan is titled ‘Drawing No. 2’. The second floor contains mostly cells whilst the first floor includes guest rooms, the upper part of the choir and the library.
Scale: 1 inch to 60 feet Elevations of the proposed extension to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. The two drawings show elevations fronting onto the Friary Garden and onto Walkin Street. The plan is titled ‘Drawing No. 6’.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch; ½ inch to 1 foot 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.
This sub-series includes records relating to the construction and repair history of buildings owned by the Capuchin community in Kilkenny City. The sub-series includes specifications for buildings, correspondence, bills of cost for construction, property upkeep and improvement, and contracts for repair and servicing of machinery
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’.
Account book of ‘monies received towards the new [Friary] building during the year 1895’. An index is given on the title page by Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian and definitor: I. List of guarantors on three-year system. II. List of special benefactors with amounts subscribed. III. Amounts received from Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. IV. Expenditure account on new building (mostly with Stephen Lalor [var. Lawlor], builder and contractor).
