Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Plan of renovation work on the main entrance lobby to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, by William A. Maguire & Associates, 34 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. The project file number is noted as 251: drawing number 12. The plan and sections are annotated to indicate the nature of renovation work to be completed. See section below titled Church and Friary Renovation 1970-1975.
Bill of costs of M.J. Kelly, 56 Smithfield, contractor, to Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC, guardian, Church Street. The costs mostly relate to routine building work including the installation of wash basins, the whitewashing of walls and repairs to the heating system.
Specification, possibly by Ashlin & Coleman, architects, for alterations to the doorway of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The specification outlines the processes, methods, and materials to be employed in the re-construction of the porch and of other alterations to the windows, staircase, and galleries of the church. The specification is incomplete. See also CA CS/2/5/17.
Statement of accounts and bill of variations forwarded by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, relating to survey work carried out by Francis Shorthall, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, 10 Leinster Street, Dublin. The bills refer to the contract for the new library and extension at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street.
A spiral-bound album containing photographic prints (black and white) of existing damage to and remedial renovation work on the roof of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The prints (measuring 21.5 cm 16.5 cm) are numbered and captioned and show detailed and general views of refurbishment work including the installation of new lead works and slate tiles.
Photographic prints (colour) of the demolition of the old Capuchin Friary building on Church Street. The file contains two soft-bound albums (22 cm x 17.5 cm) containing fifteen and twenty-four colour prints of various views of the old friary building, the process of demolition and the construction of the new Friary building on the said site. With 106 loose prints showing various stages of the construction work. The photographs were taken by Fr. Christopher Twomey OFM Cap.
Letter from Ciaran Dunne, Dublin Corporation, to Fr. Seán Donohoe OFM Cap. re the proposed addition of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, to the Record of Protected Structures in Dublin. The letter encloses a short history of St. Mary of the Angels and a copy notice listing all of the proposed additions to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan (3 Jan. 2002). The particulars regarding St. Mary of the Angels read: ‘Today’s church was designed by J.J. McCarthy in what was called decorated gothic. … It was begun in 1868 but not completed until 1881’.
This section includes various books and journals of account (for example, ledgers of accounts payable, accounts received and cash receipts). The records detail annual audits and routine household and community expenditure. The series also includes records relating to tax returns and bills (property and municipal rates), and insurance policies covering fire, engineering, and public liabilities. Accounts of monies derived from street collections and annual quests are also included in this section.
