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Photographic print of the High Altar and Sanctuary of St. Mary of the Angels during Mass. Ink-stamp on reverse reads: ‘Topical Photo News, 71 Dame Street, Dublin’.

Photographic prints of two close-up views of the High Altar and pulpit of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘The Father Mathew Record’

A hand-coloured sketch of the emblem of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade, founded at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, in March 1894. The legend or motto reads: ‘Valour and Innocence’. Two saintly figures (on the left St. Michael the Archangel, and on the right possibly St. Joseph, the patron saint of the organisation) stand between a Boys’ Brigade member. The Brigade member is identified by the standard uniform: a simple rosette and sash with a pillbox cap (a popular military cap of the day) worn over everyday clothing. Two drafts of the emblem are extant. The drafts vary slightly in composition. With a photographic print of the finished emblem. The photographic print (on card) was produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.

A pictorial postcard print of the Grotto at St. Mary of the Angels on Church Street in Dublin in about 1940.

Flier for a Grand Bazaar to raise funds for the completion of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. The prizes included: ‘30 fat sheep or £100 (1st); pony and phaeton or 50 guineas (2nd); Kerry cow’ (3rd); Diamond ring’ (4th); magnificent medallion, pure gold’ (5th); splendid Harp by Egan’ (6th).

The file also includes a flier for the ‘Lottery for the Marble Pulpit exhibited by the Operative Stonecutters’ Trade Association’, 1 May 1886 and a blank authorisation card for collectors for funds to pay off ‘the heavy debt on this Church and New Convent which is giving the Fathers much anxiety’. The card is authorised by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC. Another flier notes that ‘the new Church, which is now nearly completed, but over six thousand pounds in debt, is to be in every way worthy of being the temple of the Living God’. Reference is also made to the previous Capuchin chapel on the site: ‘The inhabitants of the neighbourhood are of the poorest class … at the ceremonies of religion in the old humble Church … the attendance of one thousand weekly attests the virtue of these poor Irish Catholics’. With a newspaper clipping from the 'Irish Press' referring to the discovery of a book of tickets for the said Grand Bazaar draw by Patrick Fitzsimons. The 'Irish Press' clipping is dated 20 October 1949.

A clipping from the 'Freeman's Journal' (5 Sept. 1913) showing workmen clearing the wreckage of the collapsed tenement buildings on Church Street.

A clipping from the 'Freeman's Journal' (4 Sept. 1913) showing the wrecked interior of one of the collapsed tenement buildings on Church Street.

A carte de visite of Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC (1860-1927). The card is annotated on the reverse: ‘First president of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade’.