Lease of William Gerald Bagot, Castle Bagot, County Dublin, to Fr. Patrick Corcoran OSFC, Church Street Chapel, of a plot of ground with the Charity School thereon for the life of the lessee or 41 years at the yearly rent of £9 2s 0d. The plot is situated ‘on the north side of the passage which is between Bow Street and the yard of the Chapel in Church Street … together with the house or tenement lately erected … called and known by the name of the Charity School the lower apartment of which is now occupied and used as and for the Charity School of the said Chapel, and the two upper apartments of which are now in the occupation of the said Reverend Patrick Corcoran or other clergymen of the Chapel’. The plot is bounded to the west by a ‘Charitable Penitentiary Asylum’.
Leases by Ambrose Moore O’Ferrall, Balyna, County Kildare, to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Patrick Joseph (Columbus) Maher OSFC and Fr. Joseph (Bernard) Jennings OSFC, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the ‘houses known as number 133 and number 134 Church Street (old) with the yard at the rear thereof extending to Bow Street on which the house facing Bow Street and formerly known as number 27 on said street formerly stood … coloured green in the map delineated … [and] secondly the plot of ground on the east side of Bow Street on which the two houses formerly known as numbers 22 and 23 Bow Street stood, and also the plot of ground on which the Charity School formerly stood with passage thereto and on which the Presbytery attached to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, or a portion of it now stands … coloured pink in the map delineated’, for 300 years and in consideration of the sum of £719 12s 0d and at the yearly rent of £51 8s. With annexed hand-coloured map of the premises referred to in the said lease. Scale(s): 44 feet to 1 inch; 16 feet to 1 inch.
A manuscript letter and report titled ‘Lectures on Consumption and Fevers in South Connemara’. (c.1908). Reference is made in the letter to ‘Mr [Patrick] Pearse, editor of An Claidheamh Soluis’, and to various public lectures on health-related matters in the Connemara district. The item appears to be incomplete, and the author of the report is not given.
Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger contains details of routine income and expenditure including wages for lay staff, building repairs, and various foodstuffs and groceries. Entries for income relate primarily to collections, donations, and bequests. The pages are pre-paginated in the volume. The mass register for the community commences at p. 86 and is titled ‘Liber pro missis dicendis ad intentionem superious localis’. The register provides a list of the names of individuals to whom a special intention or prayer is offered. The register runs from 16 Aug. 1886-31 Oct. 1889. The entries are signed by the celebrating priest. The mass intentions’ register runs from pp 86-309. A typescript insert is also extant. It reads: ‘Dublin House Ledger, July 1882 to July 1883. … income and expenditure during my administration, commencing July 1st 1882, Convent and Church of Our Lady of Angels Church Street, Dublin, D.A. [Albert] Mitchell, OSFC, Ex. C. Prov.’. The front cover has been annotated by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.: ‘This ledger contains I. House expenses (Dublin) from 1st July 1882 to July 2nd 1883. II. Community Masses from August 16th 1886 to Oct. 31st 1889. Guardians: Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, 1882-1883 Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, 1883-1886 Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 1886-1889’.
Ledger containing an alphabetically arranged listing of accounts with various suppliers mostly in Kilkenny. The volume includes accounts with Walter Lanigan, draper, J. White, organ tuner, the Hibernian Bank, the Gas Company, Coyle Brothers, stationers, the Sisters of Charity, and St. Joseph’s Schools. An index is given at the start of the volume. Manuscript title on front cover reads ‘House Ledger’.
The Lee Public Baths, Victoria Cross, Cork, in about 1945. The Lee Baths were a sprawling outdoor and unheated swimming pool complex with rudimentary concrete finishes and a perilous diving board. Costing £23,000 to build, the baths opened to the public in 1934.
The Lee Public Baths, Victoria Cross, Cork, in about 1945. The Lee Baths were a sprawling outdoor and unheated swimming pool complex with rudimentary concrete finishes and a perilous diving board. Costing £23,000 to build, the baths opened to the public in 1934.
A view of Leeson Street (near the junction with Adelaide Road) in Dublin in about 1960. The small brickwork building in the centre of the image is the kiosk, a landmark in Dublin’s south city.
This sub-series contains wills, executors’ accounts, solicitors’ correspondence and related legal documents re legacies, bequests, and other forms of donations to the Capuchin community in Kilkenny. The material is arranged chronologically. The Mass Intentions’ Ledger Book at CA KK/1/1/3/5 contains a list of mass bequests from c.1930-60.
