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Costs of Thomas J. Furlong, 11 Eustace Street, solicitor, to Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and Fr. Bartholomew Brophy OSFC for services rendered in respect of the purchase of premises on Bow Street and Brown Street. Totals: £21 0s 3d; £26 1s 0d.

Lease by Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Fr. Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, ‘the sub-lessors’, to John Morgan, North King Street, ‘the sub-lessee’, of ‘the piece or parcel of ground in Bow Street … bounded on the North by number 44 Bow Street, on the south by waste ground on which a weigh house formerly stood in the possession of Messrs John Jameson and Sons …’, for 135 years at the yearly rent of £10 and in consideration of the sum of £212 10s 0d. The deed contains an annexed sketch map depicting the demised premises. Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch. With apportionment by Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC and others to John Morgan of rent and rates on the said properties. 1 Apr. 1908.

Costs of Darley, Orpen & Synnott, solicitors, 30-31 Kildare Street, Dublin, to the Capuchin friars, Church Street, in securing a lease (18 Feb. 1927) from John Jameson & Son, Ltd. of certain premises on Bow Street. The costs amounted to £23 4s 9d. With cover letter.

Lease by Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Fr. Bartholomew (Fiacre) Brophy OSFC and Fr. Nicholas (Maurice) Murphy OSFC, Church Street, to Bernard O’Reilly, dairyman, of the aforementioned old dwelling house and dairy yard situated on the north side of Carter’s Lane off Smithfield for 999 years in consideration of £182 and at the yearly rent of 1s. One of the covenants attached to the lease specifies that the lessee ‘will not use the said premises or permit the same to be used as an appurtenant to any of the purposes of a brewer, distiller, malt house or storage for the sale of intoxicating liquors or for any asylum hospital or other institution for any offensive, noisy or dangerous trade, business, manufacture or occupation of any nuisance …’. With a draft of the lease prepared by T.J. Furlong, 11 Eustace Street, Dublin. The file also includes a letter from Bernard O’Reilly to Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC on the subject of the said lease (1 Sept. 1914).

Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger provides a daily record of income received and expenses incurred by the community. Notes are made of income derived from mass stipends, street collections, sodalities, Third Order payments and temperance publications. Reference is also made to monies received from donations, alms, bequests, and cheques. Expenses include travel tickets, staff wages, groceries, building repairs and other sundries. The entries are periodically signed by the Friary Guardian and by the Provincial Minister at Visitations
The front cover is endorsed in typescript with a list of Friary Guardians:
Fr. Bernard Jennings 1883-1886
Fr. Nicholas Murphy 1886-1893
Fr. Francis Hayes 1893-1895
Fr. Anthony Travers 1895-1898
Fr. Peter Bowe 1898-1901
Fr. Fiacre Brophy 1901-1904
Fr. Thomas Dowling 1904-1907
Fr. Laurence Dowling 1907-1910
It is also noted that Fr. Laurence began a ‘new ledger in Sept. 1907’. See CA CS/3/1/6.

‘Milk book’, containing a monthly account of the gallons of milk ordered by the friars of the Capuchin community, Church Street, from John Smith, Benburb Street, Dublin.

Monthly receipt and expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The pages are pre-paginated. Receipt entries relate primarily to income derived from masses, street collections and from shrines. Expenditure entries refer to specific cheque payments and items listed in cash expenditure and day books. Gilt title to spine reads ‘Ledger’.

Account book for street collections in aid of the Capuchin friars, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The entries are arranged under the headings of organiser’s/collector’s name, address, collecting district and monthly collection totals. Most of the districts were in the north inner city and surrounding areas. Ink stamp on inside cover reads: ‘Our Lady of Angels, Church Street’.

Dublin Corporation Municipal tax demands and rates’ receipts for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The file includes notices of demands and official receipts for the rates paid. The receipts were usually signed by the guardian of the community.