Letter from Ciaran Dunne, Dublin Corporation, to Fr. Seán Donohoe OFM Cap. re the proposed addition of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, to the Record of Protected Structures in Dublin. The letter encloses a short history of St. Mary of the Angels and a copy notice listing all of the proposed additions to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan (3 Jan. 2002). The particulars regarding St. Mary of the Angels read: ‘Today’s church was designed by J.J. McCarthy in what was called decorated gothic. … It was begun in 1868 but not completed until 1881’.
This section includes various books and journals of account (for example, ledgers of accounts payable, accounts received and cash receipts). The records detail annual audits and routine household and community expenditure. The series also includes records relating to tax returns and bills (property and municipal rates), and insurance policies covering fire, engineering, and public liabilities. Accounts of monies derived from street collections and annual quests are also included in this section.
Day account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The volume contains entries for routine household expenses incurred by members of the community. The title page is annotated and reads: ‘Day book, 4 Feb. 1893, Fr. Francis Hayes OSFC, guardian’. Some of the entries are endorsed ‘transferred to ledger’. Many of the entries are also signed by the guardian. The next volume in this sequence is at CA CS/3/1/7.
Account book of the Capuchin community, Church Street, with Daniel Murphy Ltd., wholesaler, 25-6 Mary’s Abbey, Dublin. The entries relate to payments for the supply of foodstuffs (mainly meat, butter, and eggs) to the friars.
Day book of receipts and expenditure of the Capuchin community of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The expenditure accounts contain entries for routine expenses incurred by members of the community. The receipts relate primarily to monies received from masses, sodality subscriptions, donations, chaplaincy duties, missions, and retreats. The entries are struck through presumably upon entry into the primary account ledger. A listing of participants at the Corpus Christi Procession in 1949/50 is extant at p. 398. The participants included the Liberty Hall Band, the Garda Band, the Knights of Malta, the Red Cross, the Girl Guides and St. John’s Ambulance. A list of ground rents is given at p. 401.
Cheque books stubs from the National Bank, Smithfield, Dublin. The cheque books cover the periods: 13 Oct. 1960-28 Oct. 1960; 15 Feb. 1961-24 June 1961; 9 Oct. 1962-19 May 1964; 1 June 1964-23 Dec. 1965; 19 Jan. 1966-27 July 1967.
Street collection book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The entries are listed under names and address of collectors, districts (usually street names), and monthly subscriptions. A summary for each year is recorded at the end of the volume. The total for the years 1920-1929 is given as £32,615 16s 1d.
A permit for street collection issued under the Emergency Powers (No. 8) Order, 1939, allowing Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Church Street Friary, to conduct street collections in Dublin. The permit specifies certain conditions and restrictions relating to the exercise of the right to engage in collections.
Quest books of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Ignatius Murphy OFM Cap., questors, Capuchin Friary, Church Street. Entries in the books are made under the headings of street (mainly Dublin City), persons, family or business occupying the dwelling and the annual amount donated. Occasional reference is made to the dates of the quest and to the presence of a ‘non-Catholic’ family on a particular street. In one particular book, Fr. Henry drew a sketch map of the area which he was assigned (Dublin Southeastern Area) and included an index of streets, quays and businesses thereon. Another book has an insert of an appeal made by the Capuchin friars on behalf of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Dec. 1964.
Demand notice from J. Simpson, Assistant Secretary, Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 6 Ely Place, Dublin, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC seeking the return of the attached form relating to duties on 21/28 Bow Street, Dublin.