Register book of sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Some printed devotional material connected with the Third Order is inserted into the volume. Gilt title to front cover. The volume is divided into distinct sections: • Manuscript index containing 118 names of sisters. The entries include the numbers given to individual sisters extant on their registered certificate of profession in the volume. • List of officers (and their rank) on the council of the Third Order. 1 Apr. 1875. • Minutes of proceedings of the council of the sisters of the Third Order. 22 Oct. 1875-5 Dec. 1877. 5 pp. • Printed forms of profession of sisters of the Third Order, 1871-1878. • Blank forms of profession are inserted at the end of the volume.
Account book and membership register of the sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. The volume is titled on the inside of the front cover: ‘Accompt book belonging to the Society of the 3rd Order of St. Francis, Walkin Street, Kilkenny’. Entries are made under the names of the sisters, the dates of their profession, arrears of subscriptions, and the amounts of monthly contributions. Occasional reference is made in some of the entries to the residence of the sisters.
A letter from Patrick James Smyth, Auburn Villa, Rathgar, Dublin, to James Joseph O’Kelly, referring to the recruitment of an Irish brigade for service in France. The letter reads ‘Shortly after the capitulation of Sedan, I was informed by Mr. T.D. Sullivan that an accredited agent of the French government was in Dublin … and that he wished to see me’. The letter appears to be incomplete. The letter is endorsed ‘7204’.
Letter from John O’Connor Power (1846-1919), St. Jarlath’s College, Tuam, County Galway, to a ‘dear friend’, referring to the possibility of forming an Irish brigade to serve in France. The letter reads ‘Late events in France have so depressed our people that, I do not see how anything can be done except in the vicinity of large towns. You will get no man in these parts to offer his life in the place of the “Garde nationale” who run away so frequently unless for a large consideration and since all can’t be officers the consideration will not be forthcoming’. He also refers to his friend ‘John Mahony of 32 Mill Street Cork’. A summary note is attached to the letter and reads ‘John O’Connor Power, St. Jarlath’s, Tuam, 2 Feb. 71 / “non arrival of the parcel / “Quirke” / “Mr John O’Farrell / “O’Phelan” / Mahony in Cork / J.N.’. Both the summary note, and the letter are endorsed ‘7199’.
