This section contains records relating to the sale by the Capuchin Franciscan Order of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, and the Bow Street Friary building. The principal agents for the sale of the two properties (sold as lots) were Hamilton Osborne King (HOK). The old Friary consisted of a four storey L-shaped building of circa 2,675 m2. The original portion of the building was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, with a northern wing added in the early twentieth century. Access to this portion of the Friary was from Bow Street. The sub-series contains solicitors’ and auctioneers’ correspondence relating to arrangements for the sale. The collection includes legal material connected with the tender for sale and representations made to the Capuchins from various individuals for the preservation of Father Mathew Hall as a cultural and community amenity. This section also includes correspondence from Dublin Corporation regarding provisions for the protection of certain architectural features of the Hall’s interior.
A view of the exterior of Saint Patrick's Catholic Cathedral on North Street in Skibbereen in County Cork. Located in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, this neo-classical church was built between 1826 and 1832 to a design by the Cork-born architect, Michael Augustine O'Riordan (c.1783-1848), a Presentation Brother.
A clipping of the front cover of the ‘Extension Magazine’ (March 1947). The cover illustration shows Saint Patrick. The magazine was a monthly periodical published by the Extension Society, a Catholic charitable organisation founded in 1905 with the aim of promoting missionary work in rural and impoverished regions of the United States.
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
Date: 1885 Author: Fr. Léopold de Chérancé OSFC; Fr. Arsène de Chatel OSFC; Fr. Louis-Antoine de Porrentruy OSFC (1835-1912); et al. Publisher: Paris, Librarire Plon, E.Plon, Nourrit Full title: 'Saint François d’Assise: I. Vie de Saint François; II. Saint François après sa mort'. Physical description: XVI, 438 pp; illustrations by Fr. Louis -Antoine de Porrentruy OSFC; 35 cm x 29 cm
Article re Saint Francesco Maria da Camporosso OSFC (1804-1866), an Italian Capuchin friar who was canonized on 9 December 1962. The article includes a copy letter from Cardinal Giuseppe Siri (1906-1989), Archbishop of Genoa.
