The edition carries reports of the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny and the centenary of the founding of the Friary Church on Walkin Street.
The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 3 May 1930 (Vol. 324, No. 30). The edition includes a lengthy obituary for Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister (16 July 1859-27 Apr. 1930).
The file contains the following editions of this newspaper published in Kilkenny: 21 Mar. 1863 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 3,343) 27 Dec. 1867 (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3,391) The latter edition has a manuscript annotation ‘Mr. Bibby’ referring to an article penned by ‘the nephew alluded to’ relating to the presence of a Catholic clergyman at his uncle’s bedside during his final illness.
The editions carry reports of sermons by Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, at the jubilee Triduum celebrations marking the opening of the Irish Capuchin novitiate in Kilkenny in October 1875. The newspaper also reprints an article from the 'Kilkenny Journal' of 30 Oct. 1875 referring to the opening of the novitiate on Walkin Street.
Report on the celebrations for the feast of St. Francis in the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny. Includes extracts from the sermon preached by Fr. Ferdinand Glenny OFM Cap.
Newspaper cutting from the 'Kilkenny Journal' reporting on a temperance retreat held in the cathedral in Kilkenny given by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC ‘whose simple eloquence, impressive earnestness and unfeigned piety are well known to the people of Kilkenny and made him beloved by all when he filled the position of Guardian of the Walkin Street Friary’.
Newspaper cutting reporting on a local tradition regarding the Alms’ House attached to the Capuchin Church founded in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century.
Newspaper cutting from the 'Kilkenny Journal' regarding the ceremony of religious profession for five novices at the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny. The article also traces the history of the Capuchins in the city and notes that in 1874 ‘the citizens of Kilkenny, with characteristic generosity, built the Fathers the present modest Convent which graces the vicinity of Walkin Street’.