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This section includes records relating to the construction and repair history of the Capuchin Friary of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. The subseries includes specifications for buildings, correspondence, bills of cost for construction, property upkeep and improvement, and contracts for repair and servicing of machinery.

Letter of William Kavanagh, brass plate engraver, 28 Wellington Quay, to Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC, guardian, Church Street, referring to the designs and illustrations of brass memorial tablets for St. Mary of the Angels. With printed enclosure of various brass memorial templates which could be used.

Correspondence with G.C. Pillinger & Co., 43 Grand Parade, Cork, regarding the inspection and maintenance of the boiler and heating systems at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. With promotional literature from the company.

Specification by Charles J. McCarthy, architect, 12 Westland Road, Dublin, ‘of works to be done in building the Chapel of the Third Order of the Capuchin Franciscans at Church Street, Dublin’. The specification outlines the legally binding aspects of the contract for the work and the processes, methods, and materials to be employed in the construction. See also CA CS/2/5/10.

Correspondence mainly from John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, regarding the supply of furniture for the Third Order Council Rooms at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The Sisters’ room was designed to seat fifty individuals. Includes sketches, elevations and plan of the Sisters’ and Brothers’ Council Rooms. Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot.

Tender for the installation of an oil-firing boiler at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The file includes tenders from H.A. O’Neil Ltd., 162 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin and Maguire & Gatchell Ltd., Dawson Street, Dublin.

This section includes documents relating the refurbishment of Church and Friary of St. Mary of the Angels which took place from 1970-5. The church interior was extensively renovated during the guardianship of Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. to comply with the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-5). Externally, the Gothic character of St. Mary of the Angels was largely preserved and most of the side altars between the main body of the Church and the Sacred Heart Chapel were retained as shrines.

Fliers requesting assistance from the public for the renovation of St. Mary of the Angels. A flier from Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., guardian, declares that the ‘Church was built over 90 years ago. … Since then no major work has been carried out. We have been advised by our architects that the roof must be replaced immediately. The total cost will not be less than £35,000’.

Day Book, giving dates of receipt of goods, the names of persons or firms supplying goods, and other particulars relating to the Capuchin community, Church Street, from 1906-1949. The opening nine pages contains: ‘Accounts of subscriptions and receipts from drawing of prizes for gallery and decoration of Church’. This comprises a list of benefactors (with the sums subscribed) for the aforementioned fund, 14 May 1906-25 Jan. 1907. The total money received, presumably from the drawing of prizes, was £1,005 8s 10d. The day-book accounts run from 3 Sept. 1907-July 1949 and contain entries for routine daily expenses incurred by members of the community. Many of the entries are signed, probably by the Friary Guardian or Provincial Minister.