‘Irish National Insurance Co. Ltd. 1949 “Every hour diary”’ containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to performances, recitals, and musical events at the Father Mathew Hall. Includes notices of winners in various Feis competitions. Most of the clippings contain annotations identifying the paper and date (mostly take from the 'Irish Press', 'Dublin Evening Mail', and 'Irish Independent'). Includes photographic prints of many of the Capuchin friars involved with the Feis (Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.).
Book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Father Mathew Feis. The first page of the volume contains cuttings reporting on the funeral of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (d. 2 May 1957) and the tributes paid to him at the Feis. The remainder of the newspaper clippings cover performances, recitals, and prize winners at the Feis Maitiu. Other cuttings refer to prize winners at Feis Ceoils in Sligo and in Dublin (1957-8). The volume appears to have been originally used a register of members of the Hall (circa Dec. 1920), and as a ledger of books purchased for the Father Mathew Temperance Hall Library (pp 63-9 contains a manuscript ‘list of books received on Feb. 26th 1921’).
Memorandum by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, referring to the discovery in the Church Street Archives in 1922 of a collection of papers labelled ‘Correspondence between Dr. Cullen and the Fathers relative to the New Church in North King Street’. Fr. Stanislaus refers to a loose folio sheet titled ‘Notabilia’ relating to the Baron Hale bequest which was the ‘only authentic expression of an obligation for Masses to be found … in the Archives’. (See CA CS/2/3/2). The memorandum affirms that the ‘Notabilia’ document was submitted by Fr. Stanislaus to a definitory meeting in November 1922 which ordered him to investigate the whereabouts of the investment and interest money referred to in the bequest. The memorandum reports Fr. Stanislaus’s findings in relation to the Hale bequest. It notes that in 1893 the legacy, which had been converted to stocks worth £181 11s 5d, was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of National Debt and was subsequently paid to Jane E. Pratt, lawful sister and next of kin of Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC, one of the priests in whose name the legacy was invested. Fr. Stanislaus concludes by affirming that ‘interest on the investment was drawn up in 1883 which warrants the assumption that the masses were likewise said up to that time’. With copies of the memorandum and transcription of the ‘Notabilia’ document made by Fr. Stanislaus on 10 Nov. 1921. One of the copies is endorsed by Fr. Stanislaus: ‘submitted to the General Definition, Rome, Decree of Condonation from the Sacred Congregation, dated, Feb. 22, 1927 [and signed by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap.], appended’. The file also includes a typescript note suggesting that ‘Baron Hale’ may refer to Sir Matthew Hales, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. Some of the notes by Fr. Stanislaus also refer to the correspondence of Fr. Lawrence Gallerani, Irish Capuchin Commissary General, with Archbishop Paul Cullen, regarding the construction of St. Mary of the Angels.
The clippings contain lists of subscribers to a fund to pay off debts incurred in the building of St. Mary of the Angels. A clipping from the 'Freeman’s Journal', 27 Feb. 1897, provides details of a public meeting held in the Church, which discussed measures ‘for clearing off a debt of £8,000 still due for the completion of the new sacred edifice’. Among the attendees were William Field MP, Alderman Mulligan, and various members of the Church Street Capuchin community. The clippings were extracted from the subscription book relating to the said fund. (See CA CS/2/3/6).
Copy statement furnished by Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding the expenses incurred in the building and maintenance of the Sacred Heart Chapel which was built in 1908. The statement notes that the original estimate for the Chapel was £3,400. The statement provides details in respect of the installation and maintenance of heating, lightning, architect’s fees, and the cleaning and re-erecting of shrine altars.
Letter from J. Taylor, National Bank Limited, Dublin, to ‘Reverend Prior, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin’ enclosing ‘a short list of deeds … connected with Church St. solely’. With a typescript copy of said list.
Alphabetical index (by parties involved) to the title deeds, lease, indentures and other legal documents associated with properties held by the Capuchin friars, Church Street. The entries are listed under parties to the indenture, bundle and reference number and year. The manuscript may have been copied from the volume at CA CS/2/4/4.
Scale: 32 feet to 1 inch Plan of the Church Street Chapel bordered to the west by ground ‘in the possession of the mortgagors’ and the chapel house and to the east by the chapel yard fronting onto Church Street. The Chapel measures 164 feet by 58 feet. The plan was prepared by Terence O’Reilly & son, solicitors, 5 North Great George’s Street. The map is annotated: ‘The premises proposed to be mortgaged are bounded green’. The plan is also annotated on the reverse with a statement that the plan refers to the ‘Capuchin Loan’ and was sent to Messrs Blount on 22 June 1882.
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch Copy extract from the Ordnance Survey (1838) showing the Capuchin Chapel on Church Street bordered to north by Bedford Avenue (later Nicholas Avenue), to the south by May Lane, to the east by Bow Street and to the west by Church Street. An extract from a later Ordnance Survey map, copied in 1909, shows St. Mary of the Angels and the boundaries of Father Mathew Temperance Hall (constructed in 1890). One of the maps is annotated on the reverse ‘for Fr. Angelus Healy’.
