Letters of the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, to the Provincial Ministers of the Irish Capuchins (Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC) regarding the establishment and functioning of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade in Dublin. Walsh wrote to Fr. Matthew on 2 May 1895: ‘I should be glad if you could see your way to letting one of your fathers take it in hand. Of course, the rules should be approved in detail so that at any time we could withdraw our connection and our sanction if things were going wrong’. He later averred (27 May 1895) that the ‘organisation ought to be a useful one, if it is well looked after, and good provision for this seems to be made in the Rules’. He later referred (21 June 1895) to an article in the draft rules of Brigade: ‘In par. X, it seems to be left open to Protestants to have a voice in the management. This, of course, would not work in a Catholic organisation for Catholic Boys only’. On 27 Feb. 1900 Walsh wrote: ‘Our religious communities in Dublin are actively engaged in carrying on many good works, works which undoubtedly could not be carried on at all but for them. But I think it is generally understood that as I am exceedingly careful to avoid anything like interference, or bordering on interference, in the affairs of religious bodies, it is far better that I should not be in any connected with their good works’. He later referred to the Capuchin friars’ decision to discontinue work with the Brigade: ‘I observe there is a special point insisted on by the critics of the Boys’ Brigades – that such Brigades are really training schools for the army. On the whole, it may be just as well that your good fathers have got clear of the work’ (15 June 1902). In 1904, Walsh affirmed that he ‘had always remained aloof the organisation’ and claimed that it was not possible for him to interfere ‘in any way [with] the question as to the holding of the trust property’.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters expressing satisfaction with the excellent discipline and work of the Boys’ Brigade of Church Street. Many of the letters are from employers seeking boys to perform paid work. Correspondents include John. J. White, Cork Factory & Warehouse, Dublin, 'The Irish Rosary', St. Saviour’s Priory, Dominick Street, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Church Street, and P.D. Hartnett, grocer, 71 Great Strand Street, Dublin.
Letters of William Read & Son, 4 Dawson Street, Dublin, solicitors for John Jameson & Son, distillers, to Terence O’Reilly, solicitors for the Capuchin friars, concerning a dispute over rights of passage from Church Street to Bow Street. On 9 May 1883, William Read wrote ‘your clients are enjoying the use of those passages and have not for a considerable time paid any rent for same … and our applications and draft of leases have hitherto been treated with silence on your part …’. On 31 Oct. 1882, John Jameson instructed his solicitors to let it be known ‘that he will not press for the present payment of the arrears of rent due £103 10s 0d nor will he ask for interest thereon provided the principal be paid within a reasonable period (say twelve months) and the future rent paid punctually’. With a rental account of John Jameson & Sons with the Capuchin community, Church Street. 2 Oct. 1882.
List of apostolates, chaplaincy and diocesan appointments for friars attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The lists were compiled for the visit of Fr. Flavio Carraro OFM Cap., General Minister.
A list of Capuchin friars of the Church Street community. The note is endorsed: ‘copy of form sent to the Archbishop in compliance with a letter of 18th Nov. 1895’. The list provides information (dates of ordination and the granting of faculties) in respect of Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Francis Hayes OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC, Fr. Canice Rice OSFC and Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC.
List of class hours undertaken by Mr. J.J. Doyle with young officers of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade. The total numbers of hours are noted as seventeen. With an addition: ‘Paid with thanks, J.J. Doyle’.
List of ‘collections for Church Debt, Dublin … V. Rev. Fr. Antony [Travers OSFC], Guardian’. The list includes name, address and amounts subscribed towards the said fund. The contributors include Alderman O’Reilly (£1) and an anonymous ‘friend from Cork’ (£10).
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.
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.
List of head rents paid by Capuchin friars, Church Street. The list reads: John Jameson £75 0s 0d John Jameson £13 10s 0d Mrs. K. Pratt and others £25 5 2d Congleton Estate £30 0s 0d Falls Estate £3 0s 0d Cornwall Brady £10 0s 0d More O’Ferrall £51 8s 0d Rent £208 8 0d Rates £101 15 0d With cover endorsed ‘landlords – names of etc’. See also section 3.5 below on Ground Rents.
