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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.

Copy newspaper report on the blessing of a new bell, the gift of Humphrey O’Donovan, for Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. With a note by Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (1899-1986) regarding the inscription on the said bell.

Copy report on the Victoria Falls Prefecture, Northern Rhodesia, by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic, for Fr. Donatus von Welle OFM Cap., Minister General. With a copy cover letter outlining the general progress of the mission under the following headings:
I. General Statistics
Population: 380,000; Catholics: 524; Catechumens: 1,929.
II. Personnel
III. Stations
IV. Schools
The report encloses statistical forms re the personnel of both the Victoria Falls Mission and the Cape Town Vicariate in South Africa. The appendix includes a section titled: ‘Report on the Capuchin Quasi-Parishes in the Cape Town Vicariate’. The Victoria Falls mission stations are listed in the statistical form as: Livingstone; Sichili; Sancta Maria; Mankoya.

Copy schedules and affidavits prepared for the High Court of Justice of Ireland (Probate Division) in relation to the personal estate and effects of Robert Warner, late of 71 Penrose Quay, Cork. The schedule includes property on Charlotte Quay held under lease (4 Dec. 1844) for 800 years subject to a head rent of £60; premises on Queen Street held under lease (1 Mar. 1845) for 800 years subject to a head rent of £25; and premises on Penrose Quay held under lease (27 Sept. 1875) for a residue of a term of 999 years subject to a head rent of £30 per annum during the life of Sarah Deaves. See also CA HT/2/1/2/25.

Photocopies of Temperance Reports held in the State Paper Office (now the National Archives of Ireland). The reports are part of the Official Papers Collection (OP/1840/131/10). Police and magistrates in the southern counties of Ireland submitted detailed reports on the progress of the temperance crusade in their districts at the beginning of 1840 in reply to a circular (12 March 1840) from the Chief Inspector of the Constabulary in Dublin. These replies (the Temperance Reports) have survived in the original handwriting of the police officers and magistrates. The counties covered in the reports include Waterford, Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary, Wexford, Cork, Clare and Galway. The file also includes a copy of the ‘Rules of Saint Mary’s Temperance and Mortality Society established July 28th, 1839, in Limerick’. The photocopies were acquired by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. in March 1982. The file also includes notes (compiled by Fr. Nessan) taken from evidence found in the Temperance Reports particularly in respect of the locations visited by Fr. Mathew and the numbers pledged.