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Downing, Flannan, 1903-1951, Capuchin priest Papers of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, Cork
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Deeds relating to No. 16 Queen Street

Leases and related legal documents relating to transactions involving a dwelling house and adjoining premises at no. 16 Queen Street, Cork. The file includes:
• Agreement for a lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy, Rev. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Rev. Jarlath Thomas Hynes OSFC and Rev. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, to Samuel Allsopp and Sons Ltd., brewers, for a store situated at no. 16 Queen Street, at the yearly rent of £10. 16 Apr. 1910. With related insurance agreement.
• Lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and others to Jules Brabants and John O’Callaghan, engineers, of a store and premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 5 years at the yearly rent of £75. 28 Feb. 1920. With counterpart.
• Lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and others, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, to John O’Callaghan, engineer, of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 10 years at the yearly rent of £75. 1 July 1924. With counterpart.
• Revisionary lease by Rev. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC and Rev. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Charlotte Quay, Cork, to John O’Callaghan, engineer, of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 14 years at the yearly rent of £75. 1 Mar. 1929. With counterpart.
• Assignment by John O’Callaghan to Jules Brabants, engineer, Grand Parade, Cork, of the lease of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street in consideration of £300. 25 Mar. 1929.
• Lease by Rev. Justin Hyland OSFC, Rev. Flannan Downing OSFC and Rev. Mel Farrell OSFC to Macroom Dairies Ltd., of the stores and premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 5 years at a yearly rent of £75. 5 Apr. 1946. With draft copy.
• Copy memorial of an assignment by Macroom Diaries Ltd., to Sales Ltd., of the premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for £400. 12 Oct. 1953.

Election of Fr. Flannan Downing as Guardian

Confirmation from Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971), Provincial Minster, of the election of Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap. (1903-1951) as guardian of Holy Trinity Friary.

Griffin, Colman, 1886-1971, Capuchin priest

Holy Trinity Community, Cork

Group photograph of Capuchin friars at Holy Trinity Friary in Cork, marking the golden jubilee of Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. The group includes Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., guardian of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. Reginald O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Eunan Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Thaddeus Field OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., Br. Bernard Perry OFM Cap., Br. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Anslem Griffin OFM Cap. One of the prints is mounted on card and has a newspaper clipping identifying the friars present in the photograph. Photographer/Studio: 'Cork Examiner'.

Letters from Robert McClement re the payment of professional fees

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 from the Most Rev. Daniel Colahan, Bishop of 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.