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Plan by the City Engineer, Dublin Corporation, relating to the proposed scheme to widen Mary’s Lane and to build artisan’s dwellings. The plan also delineates the ground and plots which will be required by the Corporation for a similar scheme for the New Street and St. Michan’s Street area. The area is demarcated in red ink.

Photograph of a religious print commemorating St. Joseph’s League, a precursor to the Dublin Catholic Boys’ Brigade. The picture frame is adorned with rosary beads and a tertiary scapular of the Sisters of Charity.

Particulars and conditions of sale of a leasehold interest in 138-140 Church Street. The premises are held under the lease from John Smith to James Willis for 99 years at the yearly rent of £50 dated 28 May 1856 (CA CS/2/2/3/2). The biddings acknowledge that John Coyle had purchased the properties from Daniel O’Brien by private treaty for the sum of £220 with £55 paid to the auctioneer as a deposit on the holdings.

Particulars and conditions of sale of 47-50 North King Street and certain houses on Abbey Street, to be sold by Messrs Bentley and Son, at their auction rooms, 110 Grafton Street, Dublin. The premises on North King Street have a net rental of £76 13s 10½d. The tenant for nos. 47 and 48 is Frances MacDonnell who holds the properties under a lease to Mathew Butler bearing the date of 1 May 1794. The tenant for nos. 49 and 50 is Patrick Regan who holds the premises under two leases, one to Patrick McDaniel bearing the date of 1 Jan. 1796 (See CA CS/2/2/4/2), and the other to Richard Lynch bearing the date of 1 Sept. 1829 (See CA CS/2/2/4/5). With a coloured map of the aforementioned premises surveyed by Rae and Fitzgerald, 7 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin, 1859. Scale: 15 feet to 1 inch.

Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a leasehold interest of 141 Church Street held under a lease for eighty-six years from 1 May 1866 at the yearly rent of £10, and the adjoining premises of nos. 1-3 Thunder Court held under lease from 1 May 1864 at the yearly rent of 2d per annum. The biddings note that said premises were purchased by P.J. Henderick for the sum of £225.

Photographic print of parishioners signing at a Mass in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.

Notice of decree to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, President, Catholic Boys’ Brigade, Church Street. The notice refers to enquires to be held by the High Court, Chancery Division, into the disposal of the estate of John Green, late of 20 St. Alphonsus Road, Dublin, merchant.

Minutes of community meeting convened by Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., guardian, concerning the proposed renovations to St. Mary of the Angels and the adjoining Capuchin Friary. The meeting agreed that the re-wiring of the Friary was a priority and should be undertaken immediately. The meeting also declared that ‘work on … providing an Altar facing the people should be undertaken as a matter of urgency’. It was also affirmed that the ‘two side altars be removed and relocated to where the present shrine altars are: Our Lady, first, and St. Francis, second’.

Memorial to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Dublin from the Burgesses of Inns Quay and Arran Quay referring to the ‘great want of proper dwelling house accommodation’ suitable for the ‘upwards of 180 persons’ engaged in business at the new food market. The memorial requests that the Corporation widen Mary’s Lane and erect proper artisans’ houses. A list of subscribers (and their addresses) is appended to the memorial. The list includes John Jameson, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and many local vegetable and fruit sellers.