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Letter to Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., guardian, from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, 27 Marlboro Street, Cork, enclosing a memorandum from the Labour Exchange regarding the claims of Christopher Cotter for unemployment insurance following his period of work as a domestic at Holy Trinity Church.

Letters and memoranda regarding alterations and refurbishment work on Holy Trinity Church in the early 1980s. The file includes an outline of the ‘preparatory steps’ taken by the Provincial Minister and Definitory (Council) in the lead up to the renovation and remodelling of the Church; Copy letter from Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (22 Sept. 1981) expressing concerns about the liturgical aspects of the refashioning of the Church and Fr. Brendan O’Mahony’s reply; newspaper cuttings reporting on the renovation work and fundraising for the same. With a printed booklet and a newspaper clipping ('Cork Examiner') referring to a Mass celebrating the official re-opening of Holy Trinity Church on 28 Nov. 1982.

Letters from James Finbarre McMullen (1859-1933), architect, South Mall, and 34 Mary Street, Cork, and others to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC, Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and Fr. Martin Hyland OSFC concerning applications made by the Capuchin friars to acquire a portion of the Cork Assembly Rooms building. See also CA HT/2/4/1 and CA HT/2/1/1/25.

Letters regarding negotiations for the purchase by the Capuchin friars of the Seward estate, comprising premises at the rear of the Assembly Rooms extending out to Charlotte Quay and other properties on Queen Street. Correspondents include J.B. Lacy & Sons, agent for Alicia Louisa Seward, 15 South Mall, Cork, and Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. A letter dated 30 June 1930 noted that Ms Seward was prepared to accept an offer of £1,150 for the properties. The sale was eventually realised in 1951. See CA HT/2/1/2/34.

Letters from Brian Wain & Associates, architects, Maryborough Lodge, Douglas, Cork, to Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., guardian, regarding liability for fire insurance cover. Fr. Eustace is asked to notify the insurance broker to the effect that the Capuchins have ‘placed a contract with Messrs Joseph Lane & Sons, building contractors, for the amount of £359,355.98’.

Letters to Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, from Robert McClement, auditor, 27 Marlboro Street, Cork, concerning income tax deductions from rents paid by the Capuchin friars and fees connected with his work for the Order in filing charitable exemption claims.

Letters to the guardians of Holy Trinity Church, Cork, from the Electricity Supply Board regarding alterations and maintenance of the electricity supply to the Church and Friary. Reference is made in the letter of 4 Mar. 1948 to ‘continuing emergency conditions’.

Letters from the Most Rev. Cornelius Lucey (1902-1982), Bishop of Cork, to the guardians of Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The letters concern the appointment of ordinary and extraordinary confessors for convents of religious women and at hospitals in County Cork.

Letters from the Most Rev. Daniel Colahan, Bishop of Cork, to the guardians of Holy Trinity Friary, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. The recipients include Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC and Fr. Flannan Downing OSFC. Some of the letters were written by the Bishop’s secretary, James Hurley. Many of the letters relate to requests from the Bishop to the Capuchin community for confessors (particularly for convents of religious women) and to other aspects of ecclesiastical administration in the diocese. Reference is made to masses for benefactors including the Christopher Dunn bequest. On 9 Feb. 1940, Bishop Colahan wrote a circular letter to the clergy warning of the need to the keep the Church ‘detached and Independent of party politics’. The file also includes several printed pastoral letters: 5 Apr. 1942, referring to the ‘sacrament of matrimony’; 16 Mar. 1947, warning of the threat of ‘Communist’ activities in Cork.

Letters to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap. from Ronan Daly Hayes & Co., solicitors, 12 South Mall, Cork, and from Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. to Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap. re possession of 16 Father Mathew Street.