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Demands and receipts for ground rents due to Mrs Christina Falls for premises at 142 Church Street. The rent was payable to Barrington & Son, 10 Ely Place, Dublin.

Correspondence and receipts regarding ground rent due to the estate of John Murphy, deceased, probably in respect of 142 Church Street. (See CA CS/2/2/2/7). The correspondence from Harry Lisney & Son, agents for the properties, mainly relates to demands for remittances from the Capuchin community.

Demands and receipts regarding ground due to the Carpendale estate for properties at 142 Church Street. The rent was paid Barrington & Son, 10 Ely Place, Dublin.

Correspondence Fr. Thomas Rocks OFM Cap., Guardian, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, with Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, mostly regarding property and financial matters pertaining to the Ards foundation. The subjects include improvements to the Friary and Retreat House, the potential sale of a tract of land called ‘Manus Lough’, the financial demands of the Ards community, the leasing of a camping site to the CBSI, and the potential lease of the disused pier at Sheephaven Bay. The file includes a schedule denoting the subventions from the Provincial (Central) Fund to the Ard Mhuire building fund from 1950-77. A letter (18 Feb. 1977) from Fr. Nicholas reads:
'The first agreement for the use of the pier (then known as “the flagstaff”) was made by the then Guardian – Fr. Cassian O’Shea, [who was guardian from 1937-43] with “Irish Minerals Co.” of Arklow. … And it was during this time that the pier as we know it today was constructed including the extension back to the friary grounds and the protecting wall – later the shed and repair workshop was added'.

Correspondence (with invoices) of Fr. Berchmans McCarthy OFM Cap., guardian, Ard Mhuire Friary, with A.H. Masser Ltd., Kylemore Road, Dublin 10, re the installation of a washing machine.

Letters from P.J. McLoughlin & Co., builders and public works contractors, Ardnacassa, County Longford, re their work on the new Capuchin Friary and House of Studies at Ard Mhuire in County Donegal. Letter recipients include Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. and Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. Most of the letters are acknowledgments of payments received for contracted work on the building project.

File relating to the promotion of a series of Silver Circle draws in aid of the building fund for the new House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary, Cashelmore, County Donegal. The file includes letters (mainly from the local clergy) in support of the fund, promoters’ cards and ephemera, legal permits, and bank statements and receipts associated with the fund. The file also includes a list of parishes in Donegal in which the promotion of the fund was permitted.

Letters referring to a serious fire in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary on 10 Dec. 1944. The file includes a letter from the Most Rev. William McNeely, Bishop of Raphoe, to Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. He wrote:
'After the terrible tragedy at Roddens’ here [in Letterkenny], our minds are very much on that kind of thing. And now Ards is next on the casualty list, followed by the nuns [Sisters of Mercy] of a house-burning at Moville. Everyone is now looking for the local chimney sweep, fearing the effects of turf fires on flews constructed for coal fuel'.
The file also includes letters conveying thanks to An Garda Síochána at Creeslough and to the Derry City Fire Brigade.

Minute book of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The title page refers to the role of Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC (d. 27 Sept. 1893) as spiritual director. The volume contains a record of the monthly meetings of the female members of the sodality. Reference is also made to the receptions and professions of new members, the rules and spirituality of the sodality, and sermons and retreats given by the spiritual director and various Capuchin friars. See also CA/HT/4/8.