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Register of masses at the Capuchin Church of St. Mary of the Angels. The title page is annotated by Fr. Virgilus Murtagh OFM Cap., Guardian: ‘A requiem mass is to be said each year on or about Nov. 9th for repose of the soul of Rev. Fr. Benvenutus Guy, RIP’. The book was closed by Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. on 10 Jan. 1959.

Register of mass celebrants at St. Mary of the Angels. The title page is annotated: ‘Commenced, January 1st 1959, Fr. Virgilus Murtagh OFM Cap., Guardian … Convent of Our Lady of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin’. A typescript memorandum re ‘fixed intentions’ at masses said by the Church Street community is pasted onto the reverse of the title page.

Weekly receipt and expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street, from 1930-1960. The pages are pre-paginated in the volume. Titled to the spine: ‘Day Book’. Details are given of the date of receipt of goods, names of persons or firms supplying goods in respect of expenses. Entries for receipts relate primarily to income derived from masses, retreats, alms, donations, and bequests. The title page is annotated: ‘Commenced January 1930 (Fr. Angelus, Guardian); Ended May 1960 (Fr. Virgilius, Guardian)’.

Receipt and expenditure ledger for the Capuchin community, Church Street. From June 1960-Dec. 1967 the volume contains a record of income and expenditure accounts. The income primarily relates to monies received from masses, street collections, sodality payments and subscriptions, chaplaincy work, and donations. From Sept. 1967-May 1972 the volume contains a record of cheque payments relating to expenditure on staff wages, household goods, laundries, transport and mass incomes sent to the Provincial Curia. The entries are periodically signed by the Provincial Bursar. An annotation on the title page reads ‘Commenced June 1960 (Fr. Viriglius, Guardian)’.

Press photographs (mainly of Capuchin friars and Observant Franciscan friars) compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Some of the photographs are annotated. The file includes the following images:

• The Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. at celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchins in Kilkenny in 1948.
• The celebration of Mass at St. Adam and St. Eve’s Church in Dublin.
• Gabriel Fallon (1898-1980) with rosary beads blessed by the Pope for presentation to the actress, Margaret O’Brien.
• The consecration of Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. as Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 Sept. 1950.
• The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and Archbishop John Charles McQuaid at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 1798 Rebellion.
• Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. preaching in St. Francis Church, Kilkenny, in 1948.
• Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958).
• The funeral of Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchants' Quay, Dublin, in January 1948. With images of his funeral procession along O’Connell Street.
• Presentation by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. to Captain Robert Monteith.
• Rev. H. Canon Murray speaking at a Pioneer Total Abstinence Association meeting. Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. is also in attendance.
• Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. (1896-1972) speaking at a sale of work in aid of the Capuchin Foreign Missions.

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Plan of proposed alterations and additions to the Church of St. Francis by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin. Includes ground floor plan, balcony level plan, and front and side elevations with cross sections. With cover envelope to Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap., guardian.

Photographic prints of Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap., Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap., Bishop Anthony McFeely and other clerics at a reception to celebrate the official opening of the new Ard Mhuire Friary.