Probate of the last will and testament of Sir William Saint Lawrence Travers, Rosmore, County Cork. He devises and bequeaths to his wife Elizabeth Barbara all his estate and property (real and personal) and appoints her his residuary legatee. Sir William died on 31 Aug. 1877 and his will was proved on 17 Nov. 1877. It is noted in the probate that the ‘effects sworn’ amounted to ‘under £3,000’.
Letter from W.V. Nagle, National Bank, 34 College Green, Dublin, to Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC, guardian, Church Street Friary, referring to the ‘American draft’ of £59 5s 6d and enclosing copies of two accounts of the Capuchins with the aforementioned Bank.
Photograph of the decorated altar of St. Anthony’s Shine, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of one of the prints reads ‘St. Anthony’s Shrine, Church St., now demolished’.
Pictorial booklet history of St. Mary of the Angels published by the Capuchin friars of Church Street. The booklet includes various views of the interior and exterior of the church along with associated shrines and altars: The Pieta St. Brigid’s Shrine The Calvary outside the Church The Grotto St. Patrick’s Shrine Our Lady of Good Counsel Shrine The Third Order Chapel Sacred Heart Altar St. Anthony’s Shrine Our Lady’s Altar Child of Prague Shrine St. Thérèse’s Shrine St. Anne’s Shrine St. Maria Goretti’s Shrine
Letter from the Most Reverend Henry Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor, to [Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC], referring to a request made by one of his Belfast priests to establish a Boys’ Brigade similar to the one founded on Church Street. Archbishop Henry asks for a copy of the rules and inquires whether ‘the results produced would justify the expenditure of time and trouble and I suppose funds’.
An unsigned draft letter to Fr. Benignus Gannon, Provincial Minister of the Order of Friars Minor, enclosing copies of the preliminary rules and constitution of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade. The author requests ‘a statement as to how far your Order on Merchants’ Quay, Dublin, is identified with the said “Catholic Boys’ Brigade” …’. Reference is also made to the need for the three Capuchin friars identified as clerical trustees of the organisation to sign over their trusts.
Draft letter of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, guardian, to the Holy Trinity Friary reminding the friars of their duties and affirming that he give them ‘every freedom and latitude consistent with our Franciscan Capuchin Life’.
Flier for the Lenten Mission at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The mission took place from 28 Feb. to 5 Mar. 1993 and was conducted by Fr. Cletus Noone OFM, Franciscan Friary, Ennis, County Clare.
Confirmation from Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the election of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) as guardian of Holy Trinity Friary.
