Pamphlet titled 'Draft Constitution as approved by Dáil Eireann ... Stand by Ireland's Declaration of Independence and Social Justice / Vote "Yes" on July 1st'. The text contains the draft of the Fianna Fáil-drafted Irish constitution of 1937. Includes side-by-side Irish translation of the English text. The constitution was translated into Irish over a number of drafts by a group headed by Micheál Ó Gríobhta (assisted by Risteárd Ó Foghludha) from the Department of Education. Issued by the Director of Elections for and on behalf of Fianna Fáil candidates, 13 Upper Mount Street, Dublin.
Draft lease from Fr. Patrick Flynn OFM Cap., Guardian, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal, to Brendan McFadden, Greenhill, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, of a portion of lands for five years at an annual rent of £1,550. With draft instructions for the ‘letting of land and farm buildings at Ards’.
Draft lease by the Corporation of Cork to the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan (1839-1916), Bishop of Cork, and the Rev. Canon Augustine Maguire, Parish Priest of St. Finn Barr’s Catholic Church, Cork, of premises on Blackamoor Lane ‘which were formerly used as a Roman Catholic Chapel with Sacristy attached thereto and was commonly called and known as “Father Mathew’s Chapel”’, for 75 years at the nominal yearly rent of £1. Also, in consideration that should the lessees sell the said premises they will ‘erect a suitable Hall as a Memorial for the Reverend Theobald Mathew deceased (who was styled the Apostle of Temperance)’. The lessees will also expend £300 on the erection of the said Memorial Hall. An annotation on the cover reads: ‘Recommended that the lease be approved’.
Draft lease by William George Huband, 39 Upper Mount Street, barrister, to Thomas Davy, 33 South Richmond Street, grocer, and wine merchant, of a plot of ground on south side of Richmond Place, parish of St. Peter, Dublin for 93 years at the yearly rent of £5.
Draft letter of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, guardian, to the Holy Trinity Friary reminding the friars of their duties and affirming that he give them ‘every freedom and latitude consistent with our Franciscan Capuchin Life’.
An unsigned draft letter to Fr. Benignus Gannon, Provincial Minister of the Order of Friars Minor, enclosing copies of the preliminary rules and constitution of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade. The author requests ‘a statement as to how far your Order on Merchants’ Quay, Dublin, is identified with the said “Catholic Boys’ Brigade” …’. Reference is also made to the need for the three Capuchin friars identified as clerical trustees of the organisation to sign over their trusts.
Draft letter to Walter Glynn Doolin, engineer, drawing attention to the ‘many defects’ in Father Mathew Hall which must be rectified without delay. The defects mainly relate to poor drainage facilities.
Draft memorandum of agreement between Thomas Lloyd, 14 Longwood Avenue, Dublin, and James Pearse for the letting of house at 27 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, for ten years at the yearly rent of £90.
Miscellaneous notes on the skin (epidermis) and cell structure. No indication is given regarding the author, but the notes appear to be in the hand of Margaret Mary Pearse.
