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A printed address on cloth expressing the gratitude of the members of the Friary Choir in Kilkenny to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC. The address was presented to the friar to mark his departure from Kilkenny after many years. Includes the printed names of Miss A.M. Ryan, organist, and other members of the choir.

Account book of ‘monies received towards the new [Friary] building during the year 1895’. An index is given on the title page by Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian and definitor: I. List of guarantors on three-year system. II. List of special benefactors with amounts subscribed. III. Amounts received from Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. IV. Expenditure account on new building (mostly with Stephen Lalor [var. Lawlor], builder and contractor).

A view of the rear of the Capuchin Friary building and adjoining garden in Kilkenny.

Colour postcard print of the exterior of the Capuchin Friary (taken from an elevated position on Walkin Street). Published as part of the Valentine’s of Dublin topographical postcard collection.

Date: c.1775-1826
Author: St. Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Publisher: T’Antwerpen: Voor Dirk en Anth. van Zwaamen, boekverkoopers ... te Rotterdam
Full title: 'De kleine geestelyke wyn-persse, of kort begryp van den oorspronk, weerdigheid, mirakelen, conditien, previlegien, vrugten en aflaaten, van 't wyt vermaart Aarts-broederschap van de H. H. Vyf Wonden en lyden Christi: genaamt der Koorde van den H. Vader Franciscus. : met een beklag van Christus en Maria, over d'ondankbaarheid ende vergetinge van 't lyden Christi. : hoe dat men 't zelve eenigsints kan vergelden, hoe aangenaam het aan Godt is, en hoe profytelyk tot alle deugden. : met eenige gebeden en de zeven Previlgien van St. Francisçus'.
BOUND WITH: (Idem). 'Novene des H. Antonius van Padua. Of negen Dingsdaagsche devotie'. Dutch transl. H. de Jonghen. Antw. (= Amst.), idem, n.d. [c. 1775], (60 pp).
AND WITH: Idem. 'De kleine getyden van de Heyligen Vader Franciscus'. Dutch transl. H. de Jonghen. Antw. (= Antw.), idem, n.d. [c. 1775], (60 pp).
AND WITH: 4 other theological works, published by the same.

An engraving of St. John’s Abbey, Kilkenny. The print is probably taken from Edward Ledwich’s 'The History of Antiquities of Irishtown and Kilkenny', which contains plates of ‘St. John’s Abbey, Kilkenny’ and the ‘East Window of Dunamase Abbey’, engraved from W. Beauford’s drawings by J. Duff.

Date: 1813
Author: John O’Phelan
Publisher: Dublin, printed by Graisberry and Campbell, no. 10, Back-Lane
Full title: 'Epitaphs on the tombs, in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, / collected by John O’Phelan; Interspersed with plates, and specimens of fac simile of the manuscript; Together, with a preface, and notes, historical and explanatory, from the Monasticon, Holingshed, Ware, Stanihurst, Arsdekin, Burke, and other scarce authors; also, observations on the pillar, or round tower, near the cathedral'.

Expenditure accounts in connection with the building of a new Friary on Walkin Street. The accounts provide details of expenditure including Stephen Lalor, builder (£1,337 12s 7d); Samuel Hynes, architect (£100); alms house purchase (£315 2s 0d). A noted is appended to the accounts: ‘The above items were paid by cheque from bank. Some other items in connection with demolition of old house, repairing of new Alms House &c come under the ordinary expenses of the house’. Includes statement of ‘total amount of contract for addition &c to church and convent, Kilkenny, £3,430 13s 3d’. Endorsed on verso ‘statement of accounts given by Fr. Fidelis on the state of his house’.

A postcard print of the exterior of the Church of St. Francis and the adjoining Capuchin Friary on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.

Founded by Edmund Finn in 1767, this newspaper was published in Kilkenny twice weekly (on Wednesdays and Saturdays). It also included local news from surrounding counties including Carlow, Kildare, Tipperary, and Waterford. Following the death of her husband in 1777, Catherine Finn took over the running of the paper. It was subsequently published as the 'Leinster Journal' (1801-1830), and the 'Kilkenny Journal and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser' (1832-1922). The file includes the following editions:
1782
30 Mar. 1782 (Vol. XVI, No. 27)
10 Apr. 1782 (Vol. XVI, No. 30)
1789
7 Jan. 1789 (Vol. XXIII, No. 3)-12 Dec. 1789 (Vol. XXIII, No. 100)
1792
21 Jan. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 7)
28 Mar. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 26)
31 Mar. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 27)
6 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 46)
9 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 47)
20 June 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 50)
14 July 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 57)
18 July 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 58)
8 Aug. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 64)
11 Aug. 1792 (Vol. XXVI, No. 65)
1794
17 Dec. 1794 (Vol. XXVI, No. 102)
1796
13 Jan. 1796 (Vol. XXX, No. 5)-14 Dec. 1796 (Vol. XXX, No. 101)
1799
19 June 1799 (Vol. XXXIII, No. 41)
*Both the 1789 and 1796 runs are largely complete. Most of the editions in these years are bound together with cotton twine.