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Correspondence (including many copies) regarding the protracted negotiations with the Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, to secure the conveyance to the Capuchin friars of two houses on Walkin Street (See CA KK/2/1/1/3/13). Correspondents include Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, Ballymoney Rectory, Ballineen, County Cork, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon, Fr. Peter Bowe, W. Carrigan, John R. Peart, conveyancing counsel, Nicholas Shorthal, solicitor for the Capuchin friars, and Michael Buggy, solicitor. Robinson noted that the said premises were mortgaged to Michael Buggy, that he was a joint owner with his sister-in-law and nephew, and that they would seek £625 for the outright purchase of the holding. One of the copy letters (8 Jan. 1916) from the Rev. Robinson to Nicholas Shorthal notes that he has received a letter from Lord Ormonde’s agent ‘saying that in consequence of a fire by which a valuable number of documents were lost they have no maps of the property in Kilkenny in the eighteenth century’. The file includes letters mainly referring to emendations to the draft conveyance of the properties, to negotiations over the purchase price, and to a dispute over the bill of costs for securing the conveyance and to the amount of tithe rentcharge payable out of the said premises. On 1 July 1917 John R. Peart wrote to Nicholas Shorthal affirming that they had ‘certainly had trouble in this case out all proportion to the purchase money and to the scale of fees involved’. Fr. Bowe wrote on 28 Dec. 1917 ‘we had patience so long with Rev. Mr. Robinson I suppose we must keep it up to the end’. One of Shorthal’s correspondents, James F. Reade, acknowledged the receipt of £3 3s 0d and referred to the air raids in London in June 1918 as ‘most damnable experiences. … One never gets used to these raids, the noise of the bombs falling, guns firing, shells singing and exploding and machine guns etc. make an infernal row’.

Copy statement furnished by Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding the expenses incurred in the building and maintenance of the Sacred Heart Chapel which was built in 1908. The statement notes that the original estimate for the Chapel was £3,400. The statement provides details in respect of the installation and maintenance of heating, lightning, architect’s fees, and the cleaning and re-erecting of shrine altars.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC, and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Loughrea (Galway), Dundalk (Louth), Tralee (Kerry), Kells (Meath), Eyrecourt (Galway), Broadford (Clare), Blackrock (Dublin), and Ballaghaderreen (Roscommon).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC, Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Quin (Clare), Tuam (Galway), Scariff (Clare), Belfast, Crossmaglen (Armagh), Scotstown (Monaghan), Schull (Cork), Frenchpark (Roscommon), Bunbeg (Donegal), Wicklow, and Castledermot (Carlow).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC, and other Capuchin friar, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Letterkenny (Donegal), Avoca (Wicklow), Bere Island (Cork), Dunleer (Louth), Bray (Wicklow), Ashbourne (Meath), Virginia (Cavan), Westport (Mayo), Ennis (Clare), Kilmaine (Mayo), Ahascragh (Galway), Tuam (Galway), Kilrooskey (Roscommon), Loughrea (Galway), Sligo, Rathmines (Dublin), Spiddal (Galway), Carrick-on-Shannon (Leitrim), Frenchpark (Roscommon), Ballinasloe (Galway), Birr (King’s County), Clonmel (Tipperary), Gweedore (Donegal), and Omagh (Tyrone).

Schedule of deeds relating to premises on Bow Street in Dublin compiled by T.J. Furlong, solicitor. The schedule lists deeds from 20 Apr. 1842 to 1887 and relate to premises formerly in the possession of Matthew Murphy. The schedule is signed by Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister.

Letter from John Gore to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. referring to a plan to purchase The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin, for the National University of Ireland. He encloses a copy letter from James H. North affirming that William Woodbyrne will accept £6,000 as a purchase price for the house.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Sandymount (Dublin), Wicklow, Quin (Clare), Drumshanbo (Leitrim), Armagh, Drogheda (Louth), Letterkenny (Donegal), Coalisland (Tyrone), Charleville (Cork), Cappoquin (Waterford), Ardee (Louth), Cloghan (King’s County), Ballyshannon (Donegal) and Limerick. The file also includes a copy of an address titled ‘A little farewell to the Capuchin Fathers on ending their retreat in St. Michael’s Church, Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire], 14th March 1909’.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Letterkenny (County Donegal), Dungarvan (Waterford), Newry (Down), Kingwilliamstown (Ballydesmond, Cork), Ballymahon (Longford), Frenchpark (Roscommon), Fermoy (Cork), Drumshanbo (Leitrim), and Abbeylara (Longford).