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Letter to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, from John D. Fitzgerald, solicitor, 35 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, regarding legal proceedings for the removal of an iron shed on premises (Drea’s Yard) leased by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane.

Letters from James Finbarre McMullen (1859-1933), architect, South Mall, and 34 Mary Street, Cork, and others to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC, Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and Fr. Martin Hyland OSFC concerning applications made by the Capuchin friars to acquire a portion of the Cork Assembly Rooms building. See also CA HT/2/4/1 and CA HT/2/1/1/25.

Letters from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the sale of a yard adjacent to the Friary for £100.

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.

Letters of the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, to the Provincial Ministers of the Irish Capuchins (Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC) regarding the establishment and functioning of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade in Dublin. Walsh wrote to Fr. Matthew on 2 May 1895: ‘I should be glad if you could see your way to letting one of your fathers take it in hand. Of course, the rules should be approved in detail so that at any time we could withdraw our connection and our sanction if things were going wrong’. He later averred (27 May 1895) that the ‘organisation ought to be a useful one, if it is well looked after, and good provision for this seems to be made in the Rules’. He later referred (21 June 1895) to an article in the draft rules of Brigade: ‘In par. X, it seems to be left open to Protestants to have a voice in the management. This, of course, would not work in a Catholic organisation for Catholic Boys only’. On 27 Feb. 1900 Walsh wrote: ‘Our religious communities in Dublin are actively engaged in carrying on many good works, works which undoubtedly could not be carried on at all but for them. But I think it is generally understood that as I am exceedingly careful to avoid anything like interference, or bordering on interference, in the affairs of religious bodies, it is far better that I should not be in any connected with their good works’. He later referred to the Capuchin friars’ decision to discontinue work with the Brigade: ‘I observe there is a special point insisted on by the critics of the Boys’ Brigades – that such Brigades are really training schools for the army. On the whole, it may be just as well that your good fathers have got clear of the work’ (15 June 1902). In 1904, Walsh affirmed that he ‘had always remained aloof the organisation’ and claimed that it was not possible for him to interfere ‘in any way [with] the question as to the holding of the trust property’.

Letter from James G. Robertson to Fr. James Edward Tommins, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, granting permission to remove a building which the Capuchins hold from the late Lady Harty. 29 May 1876; Memorandum of agreement (dated 19 May 1896) by James G. Robertson, Merton Cullenswood, County Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes, Superior, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, and Fr. Matthew O’Connor, for the yearly letting of a dwelling house on Walkin Street at present vacant but formerly in the occupation of Miss Moore at £16 per annum. With an identical agreement (bearing the same date) amended to indicate that Richard Samuel Owen Robinson and Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, 5 Fisher Street, Kinsale, County Cork, are the lessors; Letting agreement (dated 4 Jan. 1900) for the said premises at £16 yearly; Letting agreement to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC of the dwelling house on Walkin Street lately occupied by Mary Stapleton immediately adjoining the Capuchin Friary at the yearly rent of £16. With copy. See also CA KK/2/1/1/1/14.

A list of Capuchin friars of the Church Street community. The note is endorsed: ‘copy of form sent to the Archbishop in compliance with a letter of 18th Nov. 1895’. The list provides information (dates of ordination and the granting of faculties) in respect of Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Francis Hayes OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC, Fr. Canice Rice OSFC and Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC.

List of Capuchin friars buried in Foulkstown Cemetery in Kilkenny. The list was compiled by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. The list includes names, dates of death and other details (including age) in respect of:
Br. Urban Beirne, Cleric Student
Fr. Chrysostom Sutton, Master of Novices
Fr. Matthew O’Connor, former Provincial Minister
Br. Laserian O’Connor
Br. Angelus Moore
Br. Colman Butler
Br. James Kennedy
Fr. Bonaventure Murphy
Br. Benedict Curran
Fr. Seraphin Nesdale
Fr. Robert Ratigan
References is also made to a monument erected to the memory of Fr. Thomas Murphy OSFC (died 13 June 1817 aged 73 years) and Fr. William Berry OSFC (died 20 Oct. 1822 aged 80 years) and to Fr. Patrick Joseph Mulligan OSFC (died 4 Dec. 1853 aged 74 years), Fr. J.E. Tommins OSFC (died 29 July 1889 aged 78 years) and Br. Edward Foley OSFC, Cleric Novice (died 24 Sept. 1889 aged 16 years).

Mortgage by Thomas William Joseph Barry, 8 Queen Street, Cork, to Mary Fitzgerald, Kinneagh House, Caherciveen, County Kerry, for £700 on premises and on several plots of land in the County and City of Cork. The said plots are outlined in an attached schedule and include a dwelling house and premises at no. 6 Queen Street, Cork, in the occupation of Kate Wideman. The file includes a reconveyance (6 May 1912) by Mary Fitzgerald to Rev. Thomas Matthew O’Connor OSFC of the aforementioned mortgage on the dwelling house at no. 6 Queen Street (now known as no. 8 Queen Street). See also CA HT/2/1/1/31 for the will of above-mentioned Thomas William Joseph Barry in which he bequeaths to Rev. Matthew O’Connor OSFC his interest in the dwelling house at no. 8 Queen Street. 6 Jan. 1908. 8 Queen Street was the site of Father Mathew Hall which opened in 1907.