The title page is annotated: ‘Registry of Masses received at the Capuchin Convent, Church Street, Dublin. … Mass Ledger’. The register records monthly income totals received from masses which were also recorded in the Day Book. The entries are periodically by the Provincial Minister at visitations. The final page is annotated: ‘This account book was closed on Sept. 17. Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.’. The next volume in this sequence is at CA CS/1/1/2/7.
Register with income derived from community masses at St. Mary of the Angels. The front cover is endorsed: ‘Masses said in House, 1900-1917’ with gilt title ‘Cash Book’ to spine. The entries are periodically signed by the Provincial Minister at visitations.
Register with income derived from mass stipends at St. Mary of the Angels. Entries in respect of the number of masses said by the community and monies retained or transferred to the Provincial Curia are also made. The entries are periodically signed by the Provincial Minister at visitations. A typescript memorandum regarding masses said by the Church Street community is pasted onto the reverse of the title page.
Cloth-covered notebook containing a list of masses and retreats undertaken by an unidentified Capuchin friar in Church Street. Figures (possibly attendance) are given for each Mass. Occasional reference is made to attendant events. On 7 Sept. 1913 it was noted that ‘there was an office for the dead in the Church for the people killed by the falling houses in Church Street’. The entries for Easter Week 1916 simply read ‘Rising’, and later ‘in [South Dublin] Union, Rising’.
Lease by Michael Clarke to Mary Kelly, 55 Church Street, of ‘the dwelling house and premises known as no. 141 Church Street … together with the court yard and outer yard attached and belonging and situate, lying and being in the parish of St. Michan and county of the city of Dublin’, for 86 years at the yearly rent of £10 10s and in consideration of the sum £50. With copies of the lease prepared by P.J. Kelly, solicitor, 1 Great Denmark Street, Dublin.
Abstract of title of Mary Craven, widow and administratrix of John Kelly, late of 55 Church Street, broker, to two houses numbered 2 and 3 situated on Thunder’s Court at the rear of Church Street. The abstract commences with a recital of a lease (dated 24 June 1858) by Michael Clarke to John Kelly of the said premises for 93 years at the yearly rent of 2d and in consideration of £40 (See CA CS/2/2/6/1). The abstract concludes with a reference to letters of administration granted under Probate (18 Dec. 1883) to Mary Craven (formerly Mary Kelly of 141 Church Street) for the administration of the personal estate and effects of the said John Kelly (d. 18 Jan. 1865). The file also includes: • Letters of administration of John Kelly (18 Dec. 1883). • Assignment by Mary Craven (widow of John Kelly) to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC and other Capuchin friars of the aformentioned premises in consideration of £225. (16 Jan. 1889). • Letters of administration granted to Elizabeth Kelly, a daughter of Mary Craven (died 5 Mar. 1889) for the administration of her mother’s personal estate and effects. 22 Mar. 1889. • Draft statement of account given by Elizabeth Kelly of the personal estate and debts of her late mother Mary Craven. The account notes that the amount of money owing from the estate was £107 17s 3d. 10 Apr. 1889. See also CA CS/2/2/6/5.
Conveyance of Kathleen Corcoran, London, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin, of a dwelling house formerly known as no. 141 Church Street and ‘now forming part of the grounds attached to the Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Angels’ in consideration of £200 to hold in fee simple as specified in the original lease dated 13 August 1866.
Bill of costs of Little, Ó Huadhaigh & Proud, solicitors, 12 Dawson Street, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., in connection with the purchase of the fee simple ground rent of £10 10s 0d issuing out of part of the premises of the Capuchin Church and Friary of St. Mary of the Angels, formerly known as 141 Church Street, for £200. With cover letter.
Lease of James John Bagot, Castle Bagot, County Dublin, to John McGrane, Church Street, hosier, of two dwelling houses (nos. 22 and 23) located on the east side of Bow Street, which were formerly ‘the large house known as the Bow Street Asylum’ for 31 years or one life at the yearly rent of £18. With draft surrender of said lease by Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC and other Capuchin friars to Ambrose More O’Ferrall. The original lease on the said properties to John McGrane had been vested in the Capuchin friars, Church Street, and it was necessary to surrender the original lease in order to enable O’Ferrall to grant a new lease of the properties. (See CA CS/2/2/5/11).
Copy probate of the will and testament of John McGrane, Sandymount Green, County Dublin, dated 2 May 1863. He bequeaths his leasehold tenements, lands, stocks-in-trade and household goods to his wife Mary Anne McGrane. The probate is dated 18 Sept. 1868. The copy was compiled by Terence O’Reilly, solicitor, 5 North Great Georges Street. With a cover letter from Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC to Terence O’Reilly. 4 Feb. 1881.
