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.
Account book giving details of donations and collections for the Church Street Friars. Reference is made to the collections for vestments and to the sale of Adoration Cards (Oct. 1852). Information is given in respect of the name of the donator and the amount received. Reference is made to Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC (d. 1894) and to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC (1826-1893). A short note re expenditure from January-February 1850 is made on the final the page including the payment of £8 8s for ‘rent for school’.
Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger contains details of routine income and expenditure including wages for lay staff, building repairs, and various foodstuffs and groceries. Entries for income relate primarily to collections, donations, and bequests. The pages are pre-paginated in the volume. The mass register for the community commences at p. 86 and is titled ‘Liber pro missis dicendis ad intentionem superious localis’. The register provides a list of the names of individuals to whom a special intention or prayer is offered. The register runs from 16 Aug. 1886-31 Oct. 1889. The entries are signed by the celebrating priest. The mass intentions’ register runs from pp 86-309. A typescript insert is also extant. It reads: ‘Dublin House Ledger, July 1882 to July 1883. … income and expenditure during my administration, commencing July 1st 1882, Convent and Church of Our Lady of Angels Church Street, Dublin, D.A. [Albert] Mitchell, OSFC, Ex. C. Prov.’. The front cover has been annotated by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.: ‘This ledger contains I. House expenses (Dublin) from 1st July 1882 to July 2nd 1883. II. Community Masses from August 16th 1886 to Oct. 31st 1889. Guardians: Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, 1882-1883 Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, 1883-1886 Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 1886-1889’.
Register book of the brothers of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The members are listed chronologically under the headings of certificate number, name, address, name-in-religion in the Third Order, date of reception, by whom received, date of profession, by whom professed, date of death (if known), and remarks. The title on the first page reads ‘Registry of the members of the 3rd Order / St. Mary of the Angels / Church Street / Dublin / Fr. Albert Mitchel, Director / 17 May 1880’. The title page is also endorsed with various ink stamps of the Third Order Brothers of Church Street.
