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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.

Correspondence and receipts regarding ground rent due to John Jameson & Sons (later known as the Irish Distillers Group Ltd.) in respect of 21 Bow Street (comprising a portion of the Chapel ground and a passage into the Chapel yard). The correspondence with Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., guardian, relates to a demand for three years’ rent (totalling £225) which had not been collected due to an administrative oversight.

Correspondence and specification reports principally from William A. Maguire, architects, 34 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, supervisors for the general refurbishment of St. Mary of the Angels and the adjoining Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The principal building contractors for the work were Hannon Brothers Ltd., 31 Richmond Avenue, Fairview, Dublin. Other work was undertaken by Dwyer & Daly Ltd., 81 Eccles Street, Dublin, general floor contractors. The extensive repair work included the painting of the Sacred Heart Chapel, the sandblasting of exterior walls, the fitting up of a new fire escape, various interior renovations, and redecorations (including the removal of some confessional boxes and work on the altar), the refurbishment of the side-porch entrance, the installation of heating systems and the replacement of wiring throughout the Friary. The file includes several bill of costs for professional fees and certificates of payment. The total cost of the renovation work was £91,621.53 (see letter from William A. Maguire, 27 July 1976). The file includes a letter (25 Sept. 1975) from George Smith, 8 Shelton Drive, Kimmage Road, Dublin 12, seeking brass-polishing work. Smith describes how ‘the changes in church décor brought about by the last Vatican Council has meant unemployment for many – especially in the metal trade. The simple furnishings of the modern church do not require nearly as much work as the traditional style did’. With four architectural drawings up by William A. Maguire relating to specific work projects undertaken during the renovations (Aug. 1972-Sept. 1976).

Correspondence of Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., with Robert F. Mahony, President, American Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic; Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Central Council of Irish County Associations; Eugene Twomey, Secretary, Fianna Fail, Inc., Irish Republican Party of America; Charles F. Tiernan; Joseph O’Byrne of the Fathers’ Albert & Dominic Committee; and the Irish American National Alliance. The letters refer to appeals from various Irish-American republican organizations calling for the repatriation to Ireland of the mortal remains of Fathers Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.

Correspondence of Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., President, Father Mathew Hall, with Valentine Miley, solicitor, 12 South Frederick Street, Dublin, regarding the appointment of legal trustees for the Hall property. The file includes copy notices sent by Fr. Columbus to committee members regarding the amendment needed to the ‘General rule of the Father Mathew Hall OSFC and the “Sacred Thirst” Branch of St. Patrick’s Branch League of the Cross’. With solicitor costs for the completion of a deed assignment for the appointment of a new committee and trustees.

A notebook containing extracts from letters received from parish priests and other individuals (mostly religious) referring to retreats and temperance missions given by Capuchin friars from 1913-19. The volume was compiled by Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC, Provincial Secretary. Most of the letters refer to requests for friars to conduct missions and (in some cases) to the need for the priests to converse in Irish. The volume includes:
• A letter from Fr. Innocent Ryan, Parish Priest, Fethard, County Tipperary, affirms that the local men ‘have safely ridden the storm of temptation that blew over the place on the occasion of the “old fair” on Friday last. Bucket fulls of coffey [sic] were consumed; and even Bovril (Friday and all!) was, under false ideas of permission, brought into requisition’. Nov. 1913.
• A letter from Rev. Phelan, Parish Priest, Glenmore, County Waterford, to Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC, notes that the ‘harvest was threshed without drink and the farmers and labourers were perfectly happy. Only in two cases out of possibly 200 threshings was an attempt made to break through the pledge’. (17 Jan. 1914).
• A letter from Rev. J. Flavin, Parish Priest, Arklow, County Wicklow, to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, refers to his desire to have Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC for a mission. He added ‘I did not mind who came with him provided he was not a Sinn Feiner’. (28 Dec. 1917).

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 of Fr. Dan Joe O’Mahony OFM Cap., President, Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap., Celia Hanley and Patricia Melligan, secretaries, Father Mathew Feis, mostly seeking subscriptions for corporate sponsorship and requests from teachers for poems and other Feis syllabi, and arrangements for competition adjudicators and students. The file includes a letter from Thelma Conlan, President, Speech and Drama Teachers Association, affirming that it ‘would be a great loss if a Feis of such stature was to become a thing of the past’. She suggests to Fr. Dan Joe that the ‘Association would be prepared to take over the running of this excellent Feis’; a letter from A. Ó hAonghusa, secretary to Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, regretting that he cannot attend the launch of the Feis (9 Feb. 1993). With a newspaper clipping from the 'Evening Herald', 8 Feb. 1997, referring to the Feis Maitiú and the TV personalities who appeared in the Feis including Gay Byrne, Brenda Fricker, Frances Black and Hugh O’Connor.