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Collection book for monies subscribed by members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The information is listed under the names of the receiving friar. Occasional reference is made to large subscriptions from the employees of Douglas Woollen Mills and St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills. The end pages of the volume contain Irish and French vocabulary notes.

Subscription book of female members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The information is arranged alphabetically by member name with details provided of addresses and the date and amount of monies paid. Occasional reference is also made to attendance at meetings, or to the death of a member of the sodality.

Statement of accounts of John Delaney, building yards and joinery works, Henry Street, Cork, to James Finbarre McMullen, architect, for contract work on Holy Trinity Church, on the adjoining Capuchin Friary, and on 24 South Mall. The costs relate to the addition of an extension to the Church, extensive interior decoration and structural alterations. Detailed summaries of the completed work (with costs) are provided in the statement. With cover letters from John Delaney to McMullen.

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.

Negative searches in the Registry of Deeds for acts, deeds and wills affecting premises on Charlotte Quay formerly occupied by William Clarke, William Regan and Daniel Murphy. The schedule specifies that the search was for all acts by certain named persons (William Clarke, Sir William Saint Lawrence Clarke, Lady Elizabeth Barbara Clarke Travers, Francis MacNamara and Nicholas Daniel Murphy) from circa 1781-1877.

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.

Rental and account of Mrs Alicia Louisa Seward. The rental includes entries under the headings of ‘denominations, tenant’s names, gale days, yearly rents, total due, total received, allowances, arrears and observations’. The denominations include premises on Queen Street (a portion of the Assembly Rooms) and on Father Mathew Quay, the latter of which is occupied by the Capuchin friars. The yearly rents amount to £151 5s 6d.

Receipts for rent payable out of 26 Cook Street, Cork, from Fr. Thomas O’Callaghan to Walter Thornhill & Sons, estate & insurance agency, 46 South Mall, Cork.