Item 1 - Fire Insurance Policy: Irish Catholic Church Property Insurance Co., Limited to the Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Rochestown

2 pp; printed

Fire insurance policy (No. 24869) issued by the Irish Catholic Church Property Insurance Co., Limited to the Superior of the Franciscan Capuchin Monastery in Rochestown, County Cork. Valued at a total sum insured of £24,000 for an annual premium of £18, the document outlines a seven-part itemized inventory of the monastic and collegiate complex. Covered assets include the primary monastery buildings, church, and college wings (£19,300); household property, libraries, and sacred gold and silver altar vessels (£4,100); and outbuildings, including a greenhouse, gas house, and a timber-and-iron recreation hall. The policy provides some architectural and infrastructural context for the estate, specifying that the college buildings are illuminated by electric light, the monastery by acetylene gas, and the detached recreation hall by oil lamps.