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Draft assignment of Mary Craven, widow of Philip Craven, 141 Church Street, James Keogh, 35 Fontenoy Street, Bridget Keogh, his wife, and Elizabeth Kelly, spinster, to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and Fr. Patrick Joseph (Columbus) Maher OSFC, Presbytery, Church Street, of the residue of the abovementioned lease (24 June 1858) of the properties known as nos. 2 and 3 Thunder’s Court situated at the rear of 141 Church Street, in consideration of the sum of £225. The assignment also conveys the residue of the lease (13 Aug. 1866) of the premises known as 141 Church Street. (See CA CS/2/2/6/1 and CA CS/2/2/6/3). The title page is endorsed ‘for the approval on behalf of the parties of the 1st part of P.J. Kelly, Esq.’. The file also includes:
• Instructions submitted to Philip White, barrister, for advice on title to the aforementioned properties and for settling the said draft assignment. 16 Nov. 1888.
• Declaration of Mary Craven, Bridget Keogh and Elizabeth Kelly in respect of title to 141 Church Street. 27 July 1888.
• Rental of 141 Church Street and associated properties (2-3 Thunder’s Court) referred to in the declaration of Mary Craven and others.
• Copy draft request for searches in the Registry of Deeds relating to registered deeds of title affecting the said properties and aforementioned vendors. 26 July 1888.
• Requisitions on title relating to the draft assignment of the aforementioned properties. The requisitions relate to questionable points of title which were raised by the purchasers’ solicitors and barristers for comment and resolution. 3 July 1888.
• Municipal Rates’ receipts.

Letter from Joseph W. Cleary, National Education Office, to Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC, Church Street, enclosing a printed draft of the rules (particularly in respect of funding) for Evening National Schools. With a letter from P.E. Lemass to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC informing him that St. Francis’ Male Evening School has been recognised by the Office of National Education. Also includes a memorandum noting that St. Francis’ School has received a capitation grant of £15 15s 0d from the Commissioners of Education.

Letters from Jonathan J. Fitzgerald, 26 Lower Stephen Street, Dublin, to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Church Street, recommending a play titled ‘Dick Whittington’ for performance by the Boys’ Brigade. He later commends the Brigade for the ‘exquisite programmes’ rendered. Aloysius Johnson, 1 Glenarin Villas, Drumcondra, asks Fr. Paul if he intends holding Brigade troop meetings during the summer months.

Letters from William Mooney & Sons, solicitors, 16 Fleet Street, Dublin, to Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC regarding the possession of properties held by John Butterly in May Lane and their transfer to the lay trustees of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade, Dublin.

Letters of the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, to the Provincial Ministers of the Irish Capuchins (Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC) regarding the establishment and functioning of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade in Dublin. Walsh wrote to Fr. Matthew on 2 May 1895: ‘I should be glad if you could see your way to letting one of your fathers take it in hand. Of course, the rules should be approved in detail so that at any time we could withdraw our connection and our sanction if things were going wrong’. He later averred (27 May 1895) that the ‘organisation ought to be a useful one, if it is well looked after, and good provision for this seems to be made in the Rules’. He later referred (21 June 1895) to an article in the draft rules of Brigade: ‘In par. X, it seems to be left open to Protestants to have a voice in the management. This, of course, would not work in a Catholic organisation for Catholic Boys only’. On 27 Feb. 1900 Walsh wrote: ‘Our religious communities in Dublin are actively engaged in carrying on many good works, works which undoubtedly could not be carried on at all but for them. But I think it is generally understood that as I am exceedingly careful to avoid anything like interference, or bordering on interference, in the affairs of religious bodies, it is far better that I should not be in any connected with their good works’. He later referred to the Capuchin friars’ decision to discontinue work with the Brigade: ‘I observe there is a special point insisted on by the critics of the Boys’ Brigades – that such Brigades are really training schools for the army. On the whole, it may be just as well that your good fathers have got clear of the work’ (15 June 1902). In 1904, Walsh affirmed that he ‘had always remained aloof the organisation’ and claimed that it was not possible for him to interfere ‘in any way [with] the question as to the holding of the trust property’.

Letters expressing satisfaction with the excellent discipline and work of the Boys’ Brigade of Church Street. Many of the letters are from employers seeking boys to perform paid work. Correspondents include John. J. White, Cork Factory & Warehouse, Dublin, 'The Irish Rosary', St. Saviour’s Priory, Dominick Street, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Church Street, and P.D. Hartnett, grocer, 71 Great Strand Street, Dublin.

Letters of William Read & Son, 4 Dawson Street, Dublin, solicitors for John Jameson & Son, distillers, to Terence O’Reilly, solicitors for the Capuchin friars, concerning a dispute over rights of passage from Church Street to Bow Street. On 9 May 1883, William Read wrote ‘your clients are enjoying the use of those passages and have not for a considerable time paid any rent for same … and our applications and draft of leases have hitherto been treated with silence on your part …’. On 31 Oct. 1882, John Jameson instructed his solicitors to let it be known ‘that he will not press for the present payment of the arrears of rent due £103 10s 0d nor will he ask for interest thereon provided the principal be paid within a reasonable period (say twelve months) and the future rent paid punctually’. With a rental account of John Jameson & Sons with the Capuchin community, Church Street. 2 Oct. 1882.

Rough lists of subscribers to the fund to defray the debt on St. Mary of the Angels. The lists include names, addresses and amounts subscribed. One of the lists is titled ‘North King Street’ and another, ‘proposed names of priests to get circular’. The items were extracted from the subscription book relating to the said fund. (See CA CS/2/3/6).

Lists of Capuchin friars for confessions, masses and other Christmas ceremonies in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The file includes timetables for masses.