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Copy of an unsigned letter from Father Mathew Hall, Queen’s Street, Cork, to Kevin Bourke, Strand Electric, 62 Dawson Street, Dublin, referring to the pantomime show in the Hall. With enclosures referring to a cheque payment and a poem titled 'The Poppy Boy'.

Copy lease of William Tankerville Chamberlain (1751-1802) , Justice of the Peace, Court of King’s Bench, Dublin, to William Hamilton and Mountjoy Hamilton, Stafford Street, Dublin, of a dwelling house on Church Street ‘near the old bridge’ for 900 years at the yearly rent of £10. The original lease is dated 4 March 1796. The copy was made at the Registry of Deeds for Thomas Falls, solicitor. The file includes a copy memorial of the said lease.

Copy mortgage from Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, Ballymoney Rectory, County Cork, and Richard Samuel Owen Robinson, 4 Woodstock Terrace, St. Simon’s Road, South Sea, Hampshire, to Michael Buggy, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, solicitor, of premises on Walkin Street, for £100 at 7 per cent interest to be paid within 30 days. With similar copy mortgages between the aforementioned parties (dated 20 Aug. 1907 for a further £150 and 21 Nov. 1908 for a further £100). The file includes numerous copies of the said mortgages which have been endorsed by solicitors and draft reconveyances of the said mortgages from Buggy to Rev. Robinson dated 30 May 1916 and 21 Jan. 1919. The reconveyances note that the principal money and interest secured by the above-noted mortgages of 10 June 1907, 20 Aug. 1907 and 21 Nov. 1908 have been paid.

Letter from Robert Branigan, secretary, to Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, guardian, forwarding a copy motion from a meeting of the council of the Third Order regarding the erection of ‘a suitable memorial tablet’ in the Church of St. Francis in memory of the lately deceased Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC, formerly spiritual director of the Third Order.

Copy articles from the 'Cork Daily Herald' and 'Cork Examiner' referring to the architectural style and construction of the new Capuchin Friary adjoining Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork.

Copy power of attorney obtained from the High Court of Justice (Ireland), Chancery Division. The deed specifies that Caroline Sophia Hunt, 17 Clarinda Park East, Kingstown, County Dublin, spinster, aged 67, has appointed Rev. Henry de Vere Hunt, The Rectory, Ahascragh, County Galway, to act as her attorney, allowing him to execute deeds for certain premises situated on Church Street, Middle Abbey Street, Strand Street and Bachelors’ Walk in Dublin. Specifically, the deed allows Rev. Henry de Vere Hunt to execute a fee farm grant (under the provisions of the Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act, 1849) of premises (probably nos. 138-139) on Church Street. Caroline Sophia Hunt was entitled as tenant for life to rents accruing out of the above-noted premises. With a statement showing fee farm rent from Caroline Sophia Hunt to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC and Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC of the aforesaid properties on Church Street.

Copy print of an engraving showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge to Daniel O’Connell. The print is surrounded by various temperance-related vignettes and images including the cruciform version of the pledge.
The print has a typescript note by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. attached. It reads: ‘April 1927, "The Father Mathew Record", p. 110. Engravings re temperance crusade. Mr. Charles McCarthy (Cork) presented to Fr. Francis [Hayes] (Rochestown) two very valuable engravings re the temperance campaign. These engravings are the work of Mr John Brown, heraldic artist, Patrick Street, Cork, and were executed by him in the year 1845 as suitable illustrations for the temperance cards then being distributed by Fr. Mathew’.

Certified copy probate of Kate Hannell Plunkett (d. 6 Jan. 1921). She bequeaths to her cousin, Kathleen Corcoran, a daughter of the late Michael Corcoran, manager of the Hibernian Bank Limited, Sackville Street, all her interest in the plot of ground formerly known as Thunder’s Court, Church Street, situated at the rear of 141 Church Street, now in the possession of the Capuchin friars. The probate was granted on 19 Feb. 1921. The copy is certified by O’Keeffe & Lynch, solicitors, 30 Molesworth Street, Dublin, 3 Dec. 1940. With copy conveyance by the said Kathleen Corcoran to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., of said premises ‘now forming part of the grounds attached to the Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street’, in consideration of the sum of £200. The copy conveyance is endorsed on the title page: ‘offered as altered on behalf of Kathleen Corcoran … 5 Dec. 1940’.

Copy probate of the will and testament of John McGrane, Sandymount Green, County Dublin, dated 2 May 1863. He bequeaths his leasehold tenements, lands, stocks-in-trade and household goods to his wife Mary Anne McGrane. The probate is dated 18 Sept. 1868. The copy was compiled by Terence O’Reilly, solicitor, 5 North Great Georges Street. With a cover letter from Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC to Terence O’Reilly. 4 Feb. 1881.