Documents relating to an application to the Commissioners of Charitable Donation and Bequests for Ireland for the appointment of Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap. (FMC) as trustees of various properties in Cork. The file includes a statutory declaration to be signed by the Capuchin friars and a copy of the order from the Charitable Commissioners confirming the appointment of the FMC members as trustees. The attached schedule provides particulars of the title to the various premises in Cork held by the Capuchins including Holy Trinity Church, the adjacent Friary and other properties such as Father Mathew Hall, and the friary, school and farm at Rochestown, County Cork (31 Mar. 1987).
Letters from solicitors T F O'Connell, Rooney & Company regarding a trust deed of new trustees, and work to be done identifying people involved in the holding of land in different legal documents. A list of such legal documents is included. A selection of names mentioned are: Reverend Thomas Robert Burrowes and his wife; Edward Caulfield; Sidney R Burrowes; Mrs J B Burrowes; Ellershaw and the Vincentians themselves.
Letters from solicitors T F O'Connell, Rooney & Company regarding a trust deed of new trustees, and work to be done identifying people involved in the holding of land in different legal documents.
One of the letters has a list of leases, detailing the names of lessors and lessee, as well as the dates of the leases. The names are Burroughes [Burrowes]; Fitzmaurice; Pilsworth; Father Malachy O'Callaghan CM; Doyle; Malone; and Byrne.
Letters from solicitors T F O'Connell, Rooney & Company regarding finalised trust deed of new trustees and the fact that the counterparts of certain deeds are still missing.
A bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘cuttings’. The volume contains newspaper and magazine clippings reflecting a wide range of literary and religious subjects. The volume includes several obituaries for prominent Irish emigrants (both religious and lay) in North America. The file also includes original photographs and ephemera relating to a pilgrimage to Ireland organised by Richard Cushing (1895-1970), Archbishop of Boston, in 1949. The photographs show Archbishop Cushing meeting various political and religious figures, including President Seán T. O’Kelly, Taoiseach John A. Costello, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop John D’Alton, Paul A. Dever (Governor of Massachusetts), and the Capuchin friars, Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. Typescript documents and ephemera are also extant in the volume, including material sourced from ‘The Advocate’ (Melbourne, Australia), and ‘The Father Mathew Record’.
This file contains two letters from the Archbishop of Dublin William J. Walsh referring to a document relating to the institution at Drumcondra turning up at the Archbishop’s residence and also discusses the visit of two Carmelite Brothers to Sydney. He also mentions the case of a blind man who wishes to be admitted to the institution.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
• Drawings by Don O’ Malley & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Limerick and Dublin for Builders Work, Water & Gas Services, Electrical installation, Heating Installation and Site Lighting. • Drawings by O’ Sullivan Campbell Architects for Extension to Presentation Secondary School. Several drawings are included giving details of all the various areas within the school. • Correspondence from Cathal Hurley & Company, Consulting Engineers Civil and Structural, regarding the details of the foundation and the construction of the building. • Correspondence from O’ Sullivan Campbell, Architects with Sr Columbanus [Quirke] regarding the proposed extension to the Secondary School. • Newspaper cuttings re the building of the Secondary School.
CMI/X/H/BRK(4)/28/1 & 2a, b & c 1976 Maps of the property at St Joseph’s, Temple Road, Blackrock.
CMI/X/H/BRK(4)/28/3a&b 1978 Architect’s sketches of a house to be built on a site belonging to the Daughters of Charity at Dunardagh. The project was abandoned at a fairly early stage.
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.
