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Leinster Bank Ltd., and Martha Grattan, widow, to Fr. Fiacre (Bartholomew) Brophy OSFC and Fr. Matthew (Thomas) O’Connor OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, and Fr. Jarlath (Thomas Hynes) OSFC and Fr. Augustine (John) Hayden OSFC, Rochestown, Cork, of all the premises and concerns now known as no. 24 South Mall, Cork, demised in a lease dated 28 Feb. 1805. In consideration of £100. With similar assignments of portions of the said premises to Joseph Sullivan, King Street, Cork, hotel keeper, for £285, and to Thomas Joseph Ollivere Esq., Cook Street, Cork, dental surgeon, for £300. With related requisitions on title.

Agreement of Fr. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, and Fr. Jarlath Thomas Hynes, OSFC and Fr. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Rochestown, Cork (the vendors), with Joseph Sullivan, King Street, Cork, merchant, for the residue of a term of 800 years granted in a lease from Joseph King to John Reynolds, dated 28 Feb. 1805, at the yearly rent of £34 2s 6d. The agreement is subject to certain legal stipulations and covenants including the requirement to keep the top garret and second floor windows which overlook the ‘recreation gardens of the vendors fitted with muffed and ribbed glass’. See also CA HT/2/1/1/27.

Deeds relating to the letting of 47 Walkin Street by members of the Slater family. The file includes: Letting agreement from Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC and Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC to John Slater of a dwelling currently vacant but lately held by Miss Moore on Walkin Street at the yearly rent of £16 (20 May 1896); Administration (9 May 1950) of the will of John Slater (d. 5 Aug. 1945); Assignment from Annie Slater to her grandson John Slater of her interest in 47 Walkin Street which she holds as a yearly tenant from the Capuchin Friars at the annual rent of £16 (18 Oct. 1950); Search in the Registry of Deeds for documents of title relating to John Slater affecting properties on Walkin Street (3 Feb. 1953); Assignment of John Slater to Fr. Aloysius (William) Travers OFM Cap. and others of 47 Walkin Street in consideration of £400 (7 Feb. 1953). With copies.

Copy letter from the Most Rev. Herbert B. Kennedy, Dean of Christ Church, Corrig Castle, Kingstown, County Dublin, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. affirming that he pays a yearly rent of £12 5s 5d for two alms houses (formerly called the ‘Munster Arms’) to the Pack Estate. The file includes a letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap. stating he is ‘writing to the Rev. Mr. Kennedy saying that at present, owing to the state of affairs, we are not anxious to invest in house property. I take it that owing to the same reason that he is so anxious to part with it’ (11 Jan. 1921). Rev. Kennedy later wrote to Nicholas Shorthall, solicitor, referring to negotiations to sell the head rent on two houses on Walkin Street, which he holds from the Pack estate, and which are currently leased to the Capuchin friars. With income tax demands in respect of said properties.

The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 3 May 1930 (Vol. 324, No. 30). The edition includes a lengthy obituary for Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister (16 July 1859-27 Apr. 1930).

Letter from the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister, granting faculties to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, permitting him to perform the Sacraments in the diocese.

Leases and related legal documents relating to transactions involving a dwelling house and adjoining premises at 6 Queen Street, Cork. The file includes:
• Lease from Edward Robinson, the city of Cork, attorney at law, to John Henry Gamble, of the aforementioned premises on Queen Street for 500 years at the yearly rent of £45. 28 July 1845. With counterpart.
• Conveyance from the Encumbered Estate Commissioners to Robert Hall, merchant, of the aforementioned premises at no. 6 Queen Street, in consideration of £250. 15 Nov. 1850.
• Lease by William Wise, Woolston House, North Cadbury, Bath, and Hugh Stanley Wise, Newton Abbott, Devon, to Thomas William Joseph Barry, hotel proprietor, Cork, of the said premises at No. 6 Queen Street, Cork, for 199 years at the yearly rent of £21. 27 Nov. 1890. With counterpart. See also CA HT/2/1/1/26.
• Conveyance by William Wise and Hugh Stanley Wise to Edwin Hall, Blackrock, County Cork, of the lessee’s interest of the aforementioned premises at no. 6 Queen Street in consideration of 10s. 24 Sept. 1894.
• Assignment by William Ringrose Atkins, chartered accountant, South Mall, Cork, and John Tweedy, solicitor, College Green, Dublin to William Carroll, Anglesea Street, Cork, of the residue of the unexpired lease of the aforementioned premises at no. 6 Queen Street in consideration of £205. 23 Dec. 1904.
• Assignment by William Carroll, Anglesea Street, Cork, to Rev. Fiacre (Bartholomew) Brophy OSFC and Rev. Matthew (Thomas) O’Connor OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, and Rev. Jarlath (Thomas) Hynes OSFC and Rev. Augustine (John) Hayden OSFC, Rochestown, County of Cork, of the residue of the unexpired lease of the aforementioned premises at no. 6 Queen Street in consideration of £550.
The original lease of these premises (dated 19 July 1773) is at
CA HT/2/1/2/2.

Leases and related legal documents relating to transactions involving a dwelling house and adjoining premises at no. 16 Queen Street, Cork. The file includes:
• Agreement for a lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy, Rev. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Rev. Jarlath Thomas Hynes OSFC and Rev. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, to Samuel Allsopp and Sons Ltd., brewers, for a store situated at no. 16 Queen Street, at the yearly rent of £10. 16 Apr. 1910. With related insurance agreement.
• Lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and others to Jules Brabants and John O’Callaghan, engineers, of a store and premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 5 years at the yearly rent of £75. 28 Feb. 1920. With counterpart.
• Lease by Rev. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC and others, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, to John O’Callaghan, engineer, of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 10 years at the yearly rent of £75. 1 July 1924. With counterpart.
• Revisionary lease by Rev. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC and Rev. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Charlotte Quay, Cork, to John O’Callaghan, engineer, of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 14 years at the yearly rent of £75. 1 Mar. 1929. With counterpart.
• Assignment by John O’Callaghan to Jules Brabants, engineer, Grand Parade, Cork, of the lease of the aforementioned premises at no. 16 Queen Street in consideration of £300. 25 Mar. 1929.
• Lease by Rev. Justin Hyland OSFC, Rev. Flannan Downing OSFC and Rev. Mel Farrell OSFC to Macroom Dairies Ltd., of the stores and premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for 5 years at a yearly rent of £75. 5 Apr. 1946. With draft copy.
• Copy memorial of an assignment by Macroom Diaries Ltd., to Sales Ltd., of the premises at no. 16 Queen Street, for £400. 12 Oct. 1953.

Copy of an extract of the will of Thomas William Joseph Barry, 8 Queen Street, Cork. He bequeaths to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC all ‘his estate and interest in the house No. 8 Queen Street in which I now reside, and the premises on which has been built Father Mathew Hall free and discharged from the mortgage which now effects said premises’ on condition that one mass shall be said in Holy Trinity Church every week for eighty years. With a rescript for commutation by the Sacred Congregation of this weekly obligation for eighty years to 400 masses as £50 is the maximum value of the house. In Latin and English. See CA HT/2/3/7 and CA HT/2/1/1/26.