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Assignment of Michael Murphy, 24 Bow Street, to John Cunningham, 44 Bow Street, of no. 24 Bow Street in consideration ‘of he putting said premises in repair, and he allowing me two shillings and 6d per week during my life’. With a conveyance (24 May 1887) from John Cunningham to Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, of the said premises in consideration of the sum of £50. This deed has a small sketch map of the property. With receipts for the aforementioned payments and notices for payments in respect of municipal rates on the said premises. (See CA CS/2/2/7/10).

A photograph of the Church Street community of Capuchin friars in Dublin. The group comprises front row (left to right) Fr. Daniel O’Reilly (1831-1894), Fr. Columbus Maher (1835-1894), Fr. Francis Hayes (1866-1946), Fr. Nicholas Murphy (1849-1923). Back row (left to right): Br. Leo Cronin (1859-1949), Br. Felix Harte (1857-1935), Fr. Salvator Corrigan (1835-1919), Fr. Benvenutus Guy (1860-1946), Br. Joseph O’Mahony (1843-1902).

Conveyance by Edward Cannon, shopkeeper, and Bridget Cannon, North King Street, to Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, of a yard containing two wooden sheds with an entrance from Bow Street through a plot of ground held by J. Cunningham, in consideration of £125. With a draft prepared by James Plunkett & Son, 23 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin. The conveyance includes a coloured map of the premises referred to in the deed.

Conveyance of George Walsh to Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, of 25 Bow Street, in consideration of the sum of £50. The deed has a small sketch of the properties referred to in lease. Two copies are extant in the file.

A photograph of Fr. Nicholas Murphy OFM Cap. (centre) with two other clergymen standing in front of a religious shrine.

Lease of Henry William Parnell, 3rd Baron Congleton, and Colonel Henry Parnell, to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC of a plot of ground extending from Bow Street to Church Street for 300 years at the yearly rent of £30. The deed has a coloured map showing the property referred to in the lease.

Leases by Ambrose Moore O’Ferrall, Balyna, County Kildare, to Fr. William (Paul) Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Patrick Joseph (Columbus) Maher OSFC and Fr. Joseph (Bernard) Jennings OSFC, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the ‘houses known as number 133 and number 134 Church Street (old) with the yard at the rear thereof extending to Bow Street on which the house facing Bow Street and formerly known as number 27 on said street formerly stood … coloured green in the map delineated … [and] secondly the plot of ground on the east side of Bow Street on which the two houses formerly known as numbers 22 and 23 Bow Street stood, and also the plot of ground on which the Charity School formerly stood with passage thereto and on which the Presbytery attached to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, or a portion of it now stands … coloured pink in the map delineated’, for 300 years and in consideration of the sum of £719 12s 0d and at the yearly rent of £51 8s. With annexed hand-coloured map of the premises referred to in the said lease. Scale(s): 44 feet to 1 inch; 16 feet to 1 inch.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding parish and administrative matters. He notes that the construction of the parish school in Watts is moving along rapidly and that the friars are busy conducting Missions and retreats for Sisters. He also refers to the death of Fr. Nicholas Murphy OFM Cap.

Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Antonine Wilmer OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude for the care provided to Irish Capuchin students in Rome. He agrees to pay 200 Lire monthly for Brother James O’Mahony and requests that all college and Curia expenses be billed directly to the Provincial Fund to simplify bookkeeping. The letter references an agreement sanctioned by the Father General allowing the English Provincial to send friars to the Irish headquarters at Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. Fr. Peter admits he is ‘not too sure that the arrangement will work harmoniously’ but hopes for the best, noting that precautions have been taken to avoid friction. Father Peter reports the death of Fr. Nicholas Murphy, an ex-Definitor, who died on All Saints’ Day after celebrating Mass. He requests that an obituary notice be placed in the ‘Analecta’ (the Order’s official periodical).

Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. Fr. Peter suggesting that English friars only stay in Abbottstown for a few days every six months. Reference is also made to the death of Fr. Nicholas Murphy, who ‘died like St. Francis on the floor (in the Sacristy, just after saying Mass)’. Father Peter describes this sudden passing as a ‘final temporal reward’ for a life of long and faithful service.