Correspondence, copy wills, executors’ accounts and other legal documents relating to bequests for masses and other legacies (for support of the foreign missions) left to the Capuchin community in Kilkenny.
Correspondence (mainly from solicitors), copy wills and other legal documents relating to bequests for masses to the Capuchin community in Kilkenny. The file includes bequests in respect of Ellen Gready (of Switzers’ Asylum, Kilkenny); James Fleming (late of Poulgour, County Kilkenny); Margaret Coogan (late of Parliament Street, Kilkenny); Edward Egan (late of 15 Alderly Street, Pimlico, London); Mrs N.T. Murphy (late of Columbkille, Thomastown); Maria Kinahan (formerly of Blenheim and latterly of Dungarvan, County Waterford); Patrick Tobin (late of Tullobrin, County Kilkenny); Bridget Shorthall (formerly of Clontubrid, County Kilkenny); John Brett (late of Donaghmore, Ballyraggett, County Kilkenny).
Letter from Nicholas Healy, solicitor, High Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, regarding a charitable legacy of £20 left by Julia Quirke, late of Rathclogh for masses for the repose of her soul and the souls of her deceased brother, sister, and parents at a stipend of 10s for each mass. With a letter from Michael Buggy & Co., solicitors, Parliament Street, re £50 left by Esther White, deceased, ‘for the benefit of the Poor people occupying the Alms House in Walkin Street …’.
Letter from John Lanigan & Nolan, solicitors, 81 High Street, Kilkenny, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a copy of the will of Margaret Carthy (d. 6 Mar. 1940) in which she leaves the sum of £5 for masses to be said for the repose of her soul. The solicitors assert that ‘there are not sufficient assets to meet any of the legacies contained in the will of deceased, as all available monies will go towards paying her funeral expenses …’.
A view of the small mortuary chapel commissioned and designed in 1857 by Charles Bianconi (1786-1875) on the death of his daughter. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bianconi's Mortuary Chapel / In this small chapel, near Cashel (at Boherlahan, County Tipperary) lies the remains of Charles Bianconi, of stage coach fame. He had this chapel erected as a family burial ground'.
Texts used in bi-lingual competition at the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. Includes Irish texts by Brian Merriman, Seán Ó Finneadha and Seán MacFheorais.
