Draft abstract of title of the Capuchin friars to several properties and premises on Church Street and Bow Street. The houses and plots include Nos. 22, 23, 133, 134 and 142 Church Street. The abstract notes that the Church of St. Mary of the Angels is held in fee from Lord De Vesci. The entry for House No. 142 reads: ‘Lease dated 2 June 1834 from Mary Murray to Joseph Nolan containing in breadth in front to Church Street 25 feet 11 inches in the rear 35 feet 7 inches and in depth from front to rear 170 feet 11 inches bounded on the south by the Church St. Chapel, on the east by Church Street, on the west by the Church Street Charity School and on the north by John [ ] house, at a yearly rent of £12 … to hold for 99 years from 1834’.
Power of attorney by Fr. Anthony (John) Travers OSFC, ‘formerly of Church Street, but now of Saint Helens, Tasmania', appointing his brother Fr. Aloysius (William) Travers OSFC (joint-owner and tenant) to execute deeds for, and receive rents for, certain fee simple, freehold and leasehold properties in Dublin. Fr. John declares that he is likely to be permanently resident in Tasmania. The deed is witnessed by Edgar William Lawrence, Launceston, Tasmania.
Mass register book for St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, providing a daily record of house masses (with the name of the celebrant). Entries are also included for masses at St. Michan’s Church, Halston Street, at St. Brendan’s Hospital, at the Presentation Convent on George’s Hill, at Collins’ Barracks, at Arbour Hill Prison and at other locations.
Register of masses (and confessions) at St. Mary of the Angels. Some of the entries also relate to masses said at Arbour Hill Prison, St. Brendan’s Hospital and at other locations.
Newspaper clippings referring to the sale of Father Mathew Hall and the Bow Street Friary. The file includes articles relating to the history of the Hall, its current condition and the need for conservation of the elaborate arch decorated with Celtic Revival emblems within the Hall. The clippings are from the 'Irish Times' and 'Sunday Business Post'.
