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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’.

Alphabetical register of sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Gilt title to spine. The volume is divided into distinct sections:
• Register arranged under the headings of names of sisters; dates of reception; dates when professed; name of residence.
• Printed alphabetical register of female Third Order subscribers to a fund ‘to defray the lawful demands of the new meeting room and library etc.’. This register commenced on 1 Dec. 1874 with payments made to Fr. William for the half year ending 31 May 1875.
• Expenditure and receipt book detailing cash income and expenditure from 9 Nov. 1876-7 Apr. 1878.

Register book of sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Some printed devotional material connected with the Third Order is inserted into the volume. Gilt title to front cover. The volume is divided into distinct sections:
• Manuscript index containing 118 names of sisters. The entries include the numbers given to individual sisters extant on their registered certificate of profession in the volume.
• List of officers (and their rank) on the council of the Third Order. 1 Apr. 1875.
• Minutes of proceedings of the council of the sisters of the Third Order. 22 Oct. 1875-5 Dec. 1877. 5 pp.
• Printed forms of profession of sisters of the Third Order, 1871-1878.
• Blank forms of profession are inserted at the end of the volume.

Specifications, contracts and bills of costs of Robert Walker, architect, 17 South Mall, to Fr. Simeon Gaudillot OSFC (1836-1910), Commissary General, for the construction and furnishing of the library and reception room wing of the new Capuchin Friary attached to Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. The total cost of the building work was noted as £2,593 6s 9d.

Schedules of title deeds and leases of properties held by the Capuchins on Father Mathew Quay and on Father Mathew Street, Cork. The deeds were received from the Official Assignee, Four Courts, Dublin. The lists are titled: lots 1-3, and were compiled by Donal McMenent, solicitor. The numbering system devised for these lists is still present on some of the deeds catalogued in this collection.

Correspondence of John George MacCarthy, solicitor, MP, 70 South Mall, Cork, with Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC regarding the serving of notices to quit on tenants occupying premises on Tory Top Lane, Cork.

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.