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Leases by Ambrose Moore O’Ferrall, Balyna, County Kildare, to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Patrick Joseph (Columbus) Maher OSFC and Fr. Joseph (Bernard) Jennings OSFC, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the ‘houses known as number 133 and number 134 Church Street (old) with the yard at the rear thereof extending to Bow Street on which the house facing Bow Street and formerly known as number 27 on said street formerly stood … coloured green in the map delineated … [and] secondly the plot of ground on the east side of Bow Street on which the two houses formerly known as numbers 22 and 23 Bow Street stood, and also the plot of ground on which the Charity School formerly stood with passage thereto and on which the Presbytery attached to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, or a portion of it now stands … coloured pink in the map delineated’, for 300 years and in consideration of the sum of £719 12s 0d and at the yearly rent of £51 8s. With annexed hand-coloured map of the premises referred to in the said lease. Scale(s): 44 feet to 1 inch; 16 feet to 1 inch.

Newspaper cuttings covering the collapse of two tenement buildings at No. 66 and No. 67 Church Street on 2 Sept. 1913. The reports provide descriptions of the disaster and the subsequent funeral of the seven victims at St Michan’s Church, Halston Street. Some of the photographic prints show the attendance of Capuchin friars at the funerals including Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Fr. John Butler OSFC and Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC. The file includes cuttings from the 'Evening Telegraph', 'Irish Independent', 'Daily Sketch', and 'Freeman’s Journal'.