Correspondence between two Vincentian priests regarding the decree of 3 December 1891, establishing the Vincentian presence at All Hallows College. The decree referred to has reference number CMI/X/H/AHC(2)/1/4.
Legal documents 1783-1932 relating to Blackrock properties managed by the Vincentians. Various family names occur as tenants or lessees of property, such as Campion, Minchin, Pilsworth, Burrowes/Burrows, Smith, Smyth, Cronin/Cronyn and Byrne. Bear in mind discrepancies in spelling when doing a text search for names of people or places.
Document of undertaking of J & EC Ellershaw, regarding property at Prospect, Newtown Castle Byrne, Blackrock, Parish of Monkstown, Barony of Rathdown, County Dublin. When Jane Sophia Brownrigg Pilsworth dies, money may be payable on the named lands.
Statements of land valuations of fourteen properties at Temple Road, Blackrock. Sometimes occupiers for properties are named: 'Mrs Forde', 'P Kelly', James Swann, Nicholas Lumsden.
Office copy power of attorney executed in Melbourne regarding property in Blackrock, Dublin, of Sydney [Sidney] Robert Burrowes. Also Declaration by James Andrew Christie Millar, living in Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, Australia. Alexander Burrowes of Ferensboro, County Longford, who was Sydney Robert's grandfather, left money and lands to his son, Thomas Robert Burrowes, father of Sydney Robert Burrowes. Now proceeds from the Blackrock property, also known as the Pilsworth Trust, is due. There is a lot of information on the role of the Burrowes family in relation to the Pilsworth Blackrock property.
Receipt from O’Hagan & Son, solicitors, detailing services rendered and payments due, regarding property at Blackrock, formerly owned by the Pilsworth family, bought by the Vincentians between 1873 and 1892. This is a very useful document for tracing the movement of this property.
Declaration by Arthur Henry Kelly that he has no claim at all to a boundary wall between the land he occupies at Sweetman’s Avenue, Blackrock, and the Vincentian property. The wall belongs to the Vincentians.It is addressed to Thomas Morrissey CM, Superior of Saint Joseph's College, Blackrock.
Marriage 'Settlement on the Intermarriage of William Pilsworth Esq[uire] with Miss Martha Mary Burrowes', relating to property at Blackrock. The description on the reverse reads 'In Chancery: In the matter of the Trustee Act 1850 Ex parte Edward Pilsworth a minor & o[the]rs. This is the deed referred to in the Affidavit of Charles Cavanagh, sworn before me this 30th day of June 1853. MDM. Charles Cavanagh'. Martha Mary Burrowes was the eldest daughter of Reverend John Burrowes. The marriage settlement names various members of the Burrowes and Pilsworth families, as well as lands in Counties Longford and Westmeath, and land in Dublin, including Prospect in Blackrock. The settlement is signed and accompanied by wax seals by William Pilsworth, Edward Pilsworth and Martha Mary Burrowes.