Legal documents 1783-1932 relating to Blackrock properties managed by the Vincentians. Various family names occur as tenants or lessees of property, such as Campion, Minchin, Pilsworth, Burrowes/Burrows, Smith, Smyth, Cronin/Cronyn and Byrne. Bear in mind discrepancies in spelling when doing a text search for names of people or places.
Copy will of the Reverend John Burrows of Prospect in the County of Dublin. Certain lands are mentioned: Fernsboro also known as Renahan Bawn, Derivorue, Abbeyland, Toneymore, Aghaboy, Aughakine, Aughabrack and Granard in the County of Longford. There is a lot of detail about who is to inherit what.
Marriage 'Settlement on the Intermarriage of William Pilsworth Esq[uire] with Miss Martha Mary Burrowes', relating to property at Blackrock. The description on the reverse reads 'In Chancery: In the matter of the Trustee Act 1850 Ex parte Edward Pilsworth a minor & o[the]rs. This is the deed referred to in the Affidavit of Charles Cavanagh, sworn before me this 30th day of June 1853. MDM. Charles Cavanagh'. Martha Mary Burrowes was the eldest daughter of Reverend John Burrowes. The marriage settlement names various members of the Burrowes and Pilsworth families, as well as lands in Counties Longford and Westmeath, and land in Dublin, including Prospect in Blackrock. The settlement is signed and accompanied by wax seals by William Pilsworth, Edward Pilsworth and Martha Mary Burrowes.
The collection relates to the Vincentian work done in All Hallows College (AHC) from 1892, when the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) took over the administration of the college, to 2016 when the Vincentians gave up the running of AHC. Contains financial, spiritual and architectural reports and considerations of the college as run by the Vincentians.
