Correspondence relating to the supply and delivery of index cabinets, drawers, and shelving units for the library of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The file includes correspondence from Banba Furniture Co., 1-3 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin; Libraco Ltd., Lombard Wall, Woolwich Road, Charlton, London; Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap., Capuchin Friary, Church Street.
Minutes of community meeting convened by Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., guardian, concerning the proposed renovations to St. Mary of the Angels and the adjoining Capuchin Friary. The meeting agreed that the re-wiring of the Friary was a priority and should be undertaken immediately. The meeting also declared that ‘work on … providing an Altar facing the people should be undertaken as a matter of urgency’. It was also affirmed that the ‘two side altars be removed and relocated to where the present shrine altars are: Our Lady, first, and St. Francis, second’.
The section includes documents relating to the construction and financing of the new Capuchin Friary building situated adjacent to St. Mary of the Angels on Church Street. Work on the new Friary commenced in November 1999 and was completed in October 2000.
The volume contains notices and announcements made at services in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The notices refer to meetings of Padre Pio prayer groups, temperance associations, the Third Order of St. Francis, mass times, the names of benefactors to whom mases have been offered, and various charitable collections.
Mass notice book for St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The volume contains lists of announcements particularly in relation to Padre Pio prayer groups, Secular Franciscan Order meetings, and various charitable collections.
Decrees from the Provincial Minister appointing Guardians and Vicars in the Church Street Friary. Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap. as Guardian on 5 Sept. 1970 Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. as Guardian on 20 Aug. 1976 Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap. as Vicar on 20 Aug. 1976
Copy undertakings and draft agreements by Thomas Burnell, Carrick Quarry, Edenderry, to Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC, 49-50 North King Street, Dublin, to deliver stones for the construction of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The undertaking reads: ‘I hereby undertake and agree to supply you for the new Roman Catholic Church now in the course of erection in Church Street, City of Dublin, with the best quality of hammer dressed white limestone …’. A schedule is attached specifying the type and quantity of stones to be provided. With guarantees given to the gentlemen of the building committee.
Judgement and negative searches in the Registry of Deeds for acts involving William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci, Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci, and Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford in relation to Church Street properties.
Mass register book for St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, providing a record of house masses (with the name of the celebrant). Details of masses at other locations including Arbour Hill Prison, McKee Barracks and Bons Secours Hospital are also given.
