The volume list the names of collectors (probably members of the Third Order of St. Francis), and their sections (each section was organised under a religious name such as ‘St. Francis of Assisi', 'St. Aloysius', 'St. Brigid' etc.). A note dated March 1955 gives details of the amount of money collected which was subsequently given to the spiritual director of the Third Order. A list of novices of the Third Order (with addresses and dates of reception) is extant in the volume.
Quest book for Kilkenny city. Manuscript title to front cover: ‘City Quest, Fr. Guardian’. The entries are listed under the family name of the residence (or business) and the amount subscribed.
Quest book for Kilkenny city and county. The entries are listed under street name and (occasionally) house number. The quest accounts appear to be the work of Fr. Barnabas Gaynor OFM Cap.
Quest book for County Kilkenny. The volume is arranged by district (Inistioge, Graiguenamanagh and Bennets Bridge Village). The entries are listed under street name and (occasionally) house number, the name of the family (business or profession) and the amount subscribed.
The volumes list the names and addresses of parishioners in the Diocese of Ossory (and to a lesser extent in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin). The lists were probably compiled by the Capuchin friars for the purposes of collecting quest money. The books are divided by geographical and administrative area (mainly townland and parish). Divisions include Rathdowney, Borris-in-Ossory, Castletown, Mountrath, Aghaboe (book IV); Bennetsbridge, Drumbell, Thomastown, Gowran, Castlewarren (book VI).
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.
Cuttings referring to the notice of the charitable bequest of Elizabeth Mary Walshe, late of Fairview, County Kilkenny, devised by her will dated 21 Sept. 1909. She bequeathed to Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory her property on High Street and Walkin Street, Kilkenny in trust to pay (amongst others) the guardian of the Capuchin Friary £100. She also bequeathed to the guardian ‘the sum of £200 to be expended on the erection of an Altar in the Public Church of that Community in honour of the Blessed Virgin …’. Manuscript annotation reads ‘Received 25 Feb. 1910’.
