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Letter from John W. Moran, photographer, 14 Lower Gloucester Street, Dublin, to C. Hepworth, Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, asking for the ‘balance due for photo groups on or before the 5th Feb. as I am much pressed for cash at the present time’.

This section contains records relating to the sale by the Capuchin Franciscan Order of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, and the Bow Street Friary building. The principal agents for the sale of the two properties (sold as lots) were Hamilton Osborne King (HOK). The old Friary consisted of a four storey L-shaped building of circa 2,675 m2. The original portion of the building was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, with a northern wing added in the early twentieth century. Access to this portion of the Friary was from Bow Street. The sub-series contains solicitors’ and auctioneers’ correspondence relating to arrangements for the sale. The collection includes legal material connected with the tender for sale and representations made to the Capuchins from various individuals for the preservation of Father Mathew Hall as a cultural and community amenity. This section also includes correspondence from Dublin Corporation regarding provisions for the protection of certain architectural features of the Hall’s interior.

Particulars and conditions of sale (with tender form) of Father Mathew Hall. The spiral-bound booklet establishes the conditions of the tender for the sale of the Hall and specifies that the closing date for the submission of tenders is 21 September 2001. It also notes that the property ‘comprises of the entirety of the area contained in Lease dated the 28th of January 1890 made between Samuel Worthington of the one part and George Noble Plunkett and others on the other part’. The particulars note the some of the original leases referred to have been lost and only copy memorials will be supplied to prospective buyers. Includes tender form and copy ordnance survey map highlighting (in red ink) the Hall property.

Copy minutes of the meetings of the Father Mathew Sodality, Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street), Cork. The minutes mainly refer to routine administration and membership matters pertaining to the sodality and Father Mathew Hall. The minutes are signed by the Presidents of the Hall including Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC and Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC. The location of the original minute book is unknown.

Correspondence with Donal O’Buachalla & Co., valuers, rating and property consultants, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, regarding the valuation of Father Mathew Hall, Cork. O’Buachalla affirms that if ‘the Hall may cease to be used for commercial purposes (bingo) and reverts to being more or less a full-time theatre it might be worthwhile trying for a further reduction in the valuation when this occurs’. (6 Oct. 1972). O’Buachalla later refers to his intention to make a contribution towards the Feis Maitiú in Cork in honour of his parents who ‘had a long and harmonious relationship with the Capuchins at Rochestown and at the Feis Maitiú (where all their five children “performed” during their early adolescence)’. Correspondents include Fr. Senan Dooley OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap.

Correspondence relating to the redundancy appeals tribunal for a stage manager employed by the Capuchins at Father Mathew Hall from March 1958 to September 1968. Correspondents include Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap., Edmund Hayes, solicitor, and Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., Provincial Bursar.

Letter from Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., President, Father Mathew Hall, Cork, to Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., enclosing a notice from the Cork Corporation Fire Department regarding the use of the Hall for bingo.

This section includes mainly administrative files relating to the ministries undertaken by the Capuchin community in Dublin. The series includes records of masses, internal community records and minute books, correspondence, schedules, and records of appointments and transfers to the Church Street Friary.