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Letters concerning the Cork Assembly Rooms
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
Mortgage and Reconveyance of No. 8 Queen Street
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Mortgage by Thomas William Joseph Barry, 8 Queen Street, Cork, to Mary Fitzgerald, Kinneagh House, Caherciveen, County Kerry, for £700 on premises and on several plots of land in the County and City of Cork. The said plots are outlined in an attached schedule and include a dwelling house and premises at no. 6 Queen Street, Cork, in the occupation of Kate Wideman. The file includes a reconveyance (6 May 1912) by Mary Fitzgerald to Rev. Thomas Matthew O’Connor OSFC of the aforementioned mortgage on the dwelling house at no. 6 Queen Street (now known as no. 8 Queen Street). See also CA HT/2/1/1/31 for the will of above-mentioned Thomas William Joseph Barry in which he bequeaths to Rev. Matthew O’Connor OSFC his interest in the dwelling house at no. 8 Queen Street. 6 Jan. 1908. 8 Queen Street was the site of Father Mathew Hall which opened in 1907.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
File of loose newspaper clippings relating to the Capuchins in Cork and their ministries. The file includes:
• Report on a retreat given in Holy Trinity Church conducted by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC. [c.1900].
• Report on a retreat given to the Commercial and Professional Sodality at the Tertiary Chapel, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The retreat was given by Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC. [c.1900].
• Photographic print of the unveiling of the National Monument on the Grand Parade, Cork, on 17 Mar. 1906. The spire of Holy Trinity Church can be seen in the distance. 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 24 Mar. 1906.
• Photographic prints of the Mass marking the anniversary of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Another print shows some of the local dignitaries who attended the Mass alongside some of the friars of the Cork community. 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 5 Dec. 1921.
• Article on the history of Bridge Street, Blackamoor Lane (the site of the old Capuchin Friary), Friars’ Walk, and Crosse Green. 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 28 June 1924.
• ‘The South Parish, Cork’ by Senex. An article exploring the history of the parish including the old Capuchin friary on Blackamoor Lane. [c.1925].
• Report on a Solemn High Mass in Holy Trinity Church marking the centenary of Catholic Emancipation. 'Cork Examiner', 9 July 1929.
• ‘The Church of the Holy Rood in Cork’ by M. Holland. 'Cork Examiner', 7 Dec. 1929.
• Photographic print of the conferring of degrees at University College Cork. The group includes Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. who received a Doctorate, Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. and Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap. 'Cork Examiner', 11 Mar. 1931.
• ‘Cork Pilgrimage to Lourdes’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1932. Includes a photographic print of the pilgrimage group with Fr. Alphonsus Carroll OFM Cap., spiritual director.
• Report on the Kinsale Annual Retreat conducted by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. and Fr. Alphonsus Carroll OFM Cap., Holy Trinity Friary. [1933].
• Group photograph of friars attending a bazaar in Father Mathew Hall, Cork, in aid of the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa. The group includes Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap., Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Maurice O’Dowd OFM Cap. (1904-1989). Cork Examiner, 26 Oct. 1939.
Notes on the history of Holy Trinity by Fr. Xavier Reardon
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Notes by Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (1899-1986) on matters relating to the history of Holy Trinity Church or to individuals connected with ministry in Cork. The file includes biographical notes on Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC (1859-1930) and Fr. Louis O’Riordan OSFC (d. 1857); a report on the opening of the Fr. Brendan Jennings memorial sanctuary (19 Apr. 1908); a report on the completion of Father Mathew Memorial Church, 'Cork Examiner', 29 Aug. 1891; a note affirming that ‘Fr. J.P. O’Connell was the last Provincial Minister after Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC between 1855 and the reconstitution of the Province in 1855’; copy ordnance map extract showing Holy Trinity Church on Father Mathew Quay and the surrounding area including the location of the Assembly Rooms on South Mall.