The file includes: • ‘Evening Mail Centenary Supplement’, 12 Oct. 1961. A photographic supplement commentary the centenary of the first edition of the newspaper. The edition contains references to the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street). • ‘Canal boom helped the Friars’ by D.F. Moore. The article comprises a brief history of the Church Street locality and refers to the historic residences of the Capuchin friars on the street ('Evening Press', 18 Jan. 1962). The article includes a copy of the photographic print of the old Capuchin Chapel on Church Street at CA CS/7/1.
A set of four photographic postcard prints of the exterior (and friary garden) and interior (High Altar and Sanctuary) of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The annotated titles are printed: ‘Sanctuary, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin’.
Architectural plans (elevations and sections), designs, drawings and sketches for the new Capuchin House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary and Church, County Donegal, prepared by James Rupert Boyd Barrett (c.1904-1976), architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork. The file includes the following architectural records:
Sketch plan for House of Studies, Ard Mhuire Friary Date: Nov. 1958 Number: Sketch 1 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: OS; 104 cm x 77 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch plan for basement and ground floors of the House of Studies Date: 5 Jan. 1959 Number: Sketch 2 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch plan of alterations to accommodation block of the House of Studies. Date: 5 Jan. 1959 Number: Sketch 3 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm Note: With colour washes
Elevations and sections for alterations to the House of Studies and Friary Date: 7 Apr. 1959 Number: Drawing 5 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 66 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch, elevation, floor plan and axonometric view of the Friary Date: 14 Jan. 1960 Number: Sketch 1 Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet Sheet size: 117 cm x 69 cm Note: With colour washes
Elevation and sections of the House of Studies Date: 9 Oct. 1962 Number: Drawing 8 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 126 cm x 71 cm Note: With colour washes
Floor plans (ground, first and second) of the House of Studies Date: 15 Oct. 1962 Number: Drawing 7 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet; 1 inch to 22 feet Sheet size: 130 cm x 72 cm Note: With colour washes. The sheet shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) with a note indicating that this is ‘to be demolished’.
Revisions to ground floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 3 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 114 cm x 67.5 cm Note: The sheet is torn and frayed. Careful manual handling is required.
First-floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 4 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm
Revisions to second-floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 5 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm
Survey of proposed Ard Mhuire Friary and the House of Studies Date: 26 July 1963 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet Sheet size: 76 cm x 61 cm Note: The survey was completed by E.G. Pettit, consulting engineer, 7 South Mall, Cork, for J.R. Boyd Barrett. The survey shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) relative to the site of the new House of Studies.
Details of Altar Rail in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: 1965 Number: Drawing 53 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 72 cm x 48 cm
Details of seating in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: Nov. 1965 Number: Drawing 54 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 104 cm x 73 cm
Sketch plan of sanctuary layout in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: 24 Aug. 1965 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet Sheet size: 66 cm x 56 cm
Design for layout of sacristy in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: Oct. 1965 Number: Drawing 52 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 61 cm x 36 cm
Details of choir stalls in Ard Mhuire Friary Date: Mar. 1965 Number: Drawing 40 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot; 1 inch to 1 foot; ⅛ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 94 cm x 70 cm
Landscaping and garden plan for Ard Mhuire Friary Date: July 1965 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 92 cm x 67 cm Note: The plan was compiled by Powers of Waterford.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars at Holy Trinity Friary in Cork, marking the golden jubilee of Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. The group includes Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., guardian of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. Reginald O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Eunan Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Thaddeus Field OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., Br. Bernard Perry OFM Cap., Br. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Anslem Griffin OFM Cap. One of the prints is mounted on card and has a newspaper clipping identifying the friars present in the photograph. Photographer/Studio: 'Cork Examiner'.
Letters from the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963), to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. re arrangements for the purchase of Ards House by the Capuchins. A letter of 1 Mar. 1930 expresses his pleasure on hearing that ‘negotiations with the Land Commission have been successful. About the time of taking over the property, really it does not matter; just make arrangements as you consider convenient’. A letter on 18 Mar. 1930 affirms that the friars ‘may fix up an Oratory at once … as soon as things are in order’.
Correspondence of William Connolly & Son, contractors, 37-39 Upper Dominick Street, Dublin, regarding the repair and decoration of the altar and other furnishings (including confessional boxes) at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. Correspondents include William Connolly, Ashlin & Coleman, architects, 7 Dawson Street, and Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC, guardian, Church Street. On 21 Jan. 1908 William Connolly proposed to Ashlin & Coleman that he would ‘execute the works in the manufacture and erection of screens at St. Mary of the Angels … in accordance with your designs … for the sum of £575. The work to be executed in the best, seasoned Austrian oak, wax polished, and in the highest class of workmanship’. Other work included the building of a new stone porch to the south side of the Church. With bill of costs for said works. See also CA CS/2/6/1/1.
Photographic prints of the demolition of the old Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. Some of the images also show the shell of the former Ards House and construction work on the new friary building and oratory. Several of the prints show the two buildings during the transition phase of construction of the new House of Studies and Ards Friary. A small number of the prints have annotations on the reverse: • ‘Ceiling of choir, in old house, Ards, a few days before it was demolished’. • ‘Demolition of old Ards House in progress’. • ‘Ards, Autumn 1964’.
Photographic prints of the interior (and High Altar) of the Oratory in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal. The prints have annotations on the reverse: ‘Fr. Augustine [Donal] O’Mahony OFM Cap.’ and ‘A. O’Shea, Art Studios, Letterkenny’. The prints were probably for publication in 'Eirigh', an Irish Capuchin periodical.