Statement of ground rents payable by the Capuchin friars of Church Street. The entries are listed under the name of the estate; agents to which monies are payable; total annual rent; tax deductions; amount payable. The total amount payable was noted as £110 14s 8d.
Will of Thomas Black, Eccles Street, Dublin. He assigns his personal estate, rents and hereditaments to his sons George and William Black and to his daughter Catherine Black. No reference is made in the testament to the location of any properties in Dublin. Thomas Black died on 4 Dec. 1872 and the probate was granted to the said Catherine Black on 18 Feb. 1873.
Letter from John Gore to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. referring to a plan to purchase The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin, for the National University of Ireland. He encloses a copy letter from James H. North affirming that William Woodbyrne will accept £6,000 as a purchase price for the house.
Copy statement furnished by Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding the expenses incurred in the building and maintenance of the Sacred Heart Chapel which was built in 1908. The statement notes that the original estimate for the Chapel was £3,400. The statement provides details in respect of the installation and maintenance of heating, lightning, architect’s fees, and the cleaning and re-erecting of shrine altars.
Letter from J. Taylor, National Bank Limited, Dublin, to ‘Reverend Prior, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin’ enclosing ‘a short list of deeds … connected with Church St. solely’. With a typescript copy of said list.
Alphabetical index (by parties involved) to the title deeds, lease, indentures and other legal documents associated with properties held by the Capuchin friars, Church Street. The entries are listed under parties to the indenture, bundle and reference number and year. The manuscript may have been copied from the volume at CA CS/2/4/4.
Scale: 32 feet to 1 inch Plan of the Church Street Chapel bordered to the west by ground ‘in the possession of the mortgagors’ and the chapel house and to the east by the chapel yard fronting onto Church Street. The Chapel measures 164 feet by 58 feet. The plan was prepared by Terence O’Reilly & son, solicitors, 5 North Great George’s Street. The map is annotated: ‘The premises proposed to be mortgaged are bounded green’. The plan is also annotated on the reverse with a statement that the plan refers to the ‘Capuchin Loan’ and was sent to Messrs Blount on 22 June 1882.
List of friars in the Church Street Fraternity. The list includes the various roles assigned to the friars including confessor/preacher, promoters of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association, chaplaincy appointments, bursar and vocations promotion.
Declaration of the result for the canonical election of the discreet for the Capuchin community on Church Street. The declaration lists votes from the community members and declares that Fr. Benedict Phelan OSFC is elected enabling him to attend the Provincial Chapter. It is noted that there are seventeen friars present in the community. The declaration is signed by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC.