Although the association of the Capuchin friars with the Walkin Street (now Friary Street) area of Kilkenny dates to the late seventeenth century, the documents in this section relate primarily to the present-day Church of St. Francis, built by Fr. Peter Joseph Mulligan OSFC (1793-1853) in 1848. The section also contains documents relating to the subsequent extensions to the Friary, most notably in 1897 when a large three-storey building between Walkin Street and Pennyfeather Lane was constructed to provide, among other things, accommodation for novices. The relatively large number of documents relating to the Walkin Street properties has necessitated the creation of a further three sub-sub-series relating to a particular plot of ground, purchase or sale.
Includes; Vows taken on Profession.
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A clipping of an image of voting on the submission of artwork to the Royal Hibernian Exhibition. The image shows Jack. B. Yeats, Dermod O’Brien, Albert Power, Leo Whelan, George Collie, and Seán O’Sullivan. The clipping is taken from the ‘Times Pictorial’ (27 March 1943). (Volume page 112).
Blank voting form for Alexander Edward Miller in the Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election in January 1875.
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Three bound volumes of newspaper clippings containing Irish texts and some translations written by An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire. The titles of the texts include the lives of Saint Brigid and Saint Patrick. Some of the articles refer to the ‘coming of the faith to Ireland’. Most of the article clippings seem to have been taken from the ‘Cork Examiner’.
A clipping of an article by Seán Nolan attacking the ‘Irish Catholic’ newspaper claiming it is a ‘mouthpiece of anti-national, anti-Labour opinion, using religion as a cloak’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Workers’ Voice’ (August 1949).
Vocations:"On Recruiting and Testing Vocations" Fr. Gerard Rooney C.P. 1928085.
A circular letter,
Clipping of an article referring to a vocations workshop held in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary. The undated article is from the 'Donegal Democrat'.