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Letter from Father Henry O’Connor CM, Provincial, to a confrere regarding percentages of land held, and rents, regarding house property in Blackrock.

Letter regarding to whom rents were payable and which holdings are involved.

Scale: 1 foot to 1 mile
Map showing property divisions on Pennyfeather Lane (marked in red ink). The properties are annotated to indicate sub-lettings (1, 1A, 1B, and so forth). Property belonging to the Capuchin Friary (located opposite) is also marked in red ink. Bordered to the north by Walkin Street and to the east by High Street.

Pennyfeather Lane is a minor lane connecting Friary Street (formerly Walkin Street) to High Street and Patrick Street in the centre of Kilkenny city. In the early part of the twentieth century the Capuchins held property on the Lane from Sir Lionel Harty of Belrobin, Dundalk, County Louth. In 1911, it was noted that the Capuchins held two houses on Pennyfeather Lane. On 29 Sept. 1916 a property lease was secured from the representatives of Sir Lionel Harty for 99 years at an annual rent of £60. A portion of this property was sub-let to tenants to cover some of the rent due to the Harty estate (Dr Reginald Griffin leased one house). The outright purchase of the premises on Pennyfeather Lane from the Harty Estate was accomplished in May 1940.