List of deeds and leases (compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC) relating to property held by the Capuchins in Cork. The list includes deeds dating from 2 Nov. 1832 (see CA HT/2/1/2/10) to 8 Mar. 1880 (see CA HT/2/1/2/23).
List of properties held by the Capuchin community in Cork. The schedule lists and describes the titled deeds to these properties and notes that the deeds are held by J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, Cork.
Memorandum possibly compiled by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, Provincial Minister, listing ‘properties which were purchased or exchanged by the superiors of the Province from time to time’. The schedule refers to transactions involving properties and lands held in Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork city and Rochestown. The Cork section refers to the ‘purchase of stores etc. at [the] sanctuary-end of Father Mathew Memorial Church, and the exchange of part of the same for the property upon which the new extension of [the] sanctuary is built …’. It is noted that the ‘annual rent of the Cork church house and garden etc. is about £160’.
Letters from James Finbarre McMullen (1859-1933), architect, South Mall, and 34 Mary Street, Cork, and others to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC, Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and Fr. Martin Hyland OSFC concerning applications made by the Capuchin friars to acquire a portion of the Cork Assembly Rooms building. See also CA HT/2/4/1 and CA HT/2/1/1/25.
Letter to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, enclosing a synopsis of title deeds for properties in the possession of the Capuchin friars.
Letter from Scanlan & Sons, valuers and auctioneers, 69 South Mall, regarding the valuation of dwelling house at No. 8 Queen Street held under lease dated 27 Nov. 1890 for 199 years at the yearly rent of £21. The valuation of the said property in 1908 was £50. See CA HT/2/1/1/31.
Bill of costs of J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, to the Capuchins, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The costs mainly relate to legal services rendered in respect of the conveyancing and transfer of property title. With a manuscript annotation for the receipt of payment of £49 6s 3d.
Letters from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, 27 Marlboro Street, to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, concerning a dispute with a Mrs Cussen, a tenant of 16 Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street), over repairs to the roof of the said property which she believes the Capuchins, as landlords, are responsible for.
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet An annotated plan showing three sections through Holy Trinity Church, Cork, by Kelly & Barry, architects, 16 Sidney Place, Cork. Includes sections showing altar and sacristy. File number: 283/4.
