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Photographic prints compiled for an article by G. Allan Little titled ‘A tale of a Convent’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973), pp 118-123. The file includes images of Catholic religious in Elgin, Scotland.

Abstract of title of Alicia Louisa Seward to leasehold premises on Charlotte Quay, Cork. The abstract provides a recital of the title to said premises commencing with a lease dated 5 Dec. 1844 (CA HT/2/1/1/4) from Margaret Wood and Joshua Brown Ryder to Robert Warner. The abstract contains sketch maps of the premises copied from the recited deeds. The abstract concludes by noting that Alicia attained the age of 21 in March 1886. With a typescript copy. See also CA HT/2/1/2/26.

Abstract of title of Thomas Douglas Yourell to house and premises situated at 47 North King Street. The abstract of title provides a summary of all the legal actions that have been performed or used in conjunction with the said property. The abstract commences with the lease of the property Frances MacDonnell to James Ball dated 13 Dec. 1854. (See CA CS/2/2/4/8). With related legal documents including notices, searches and counsel’s directions

Abstract of title of William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, and Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci, to premises on Church Street whereupon a Roman Catholic Church is built. The abstract provides a recital of title to this property commencing with the grant of lands by letters patent by King James II to the Most Rev. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin, on 13 June 1685 (See CA CS/2/2/1/1). The abstract concludes with reference to articles of agreement between the aforementioned William, Earl of Longford and Thomas, Viscount de Vesci (vendors) and Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC (purchaser) of 4 May 1869 to sell the above-noted plot of ground subject to a quit rent of 6s 1d a year and for the sum of £1,000. The agreement specifies a number of terms including the furnishing by the vendors of an abstract of title in fee simple to the said premises on Church Street. The abstract should commence with the will of Charles Dunbar (3 Oct. 1778) ‘and the purchaser shall not require any evidence of the seizin or ownership of the said testator but should presume the premises passed under the residuary devise contained in the said will’. Other terms relate to inspection of deeds of title and arrangements regarding the payments of the purchase money. The file also includes copies of many of the deeds referred to in the foregoing abstract:
• Copy will of Charles Dunbar. 3 Oct. 1778.
• Copy memorial of Sir Hugh Dillon Massey and John Dillon to Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci and Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford concerning the assignment of legacies. 14 Feb. 1784.
• Copy declaration of trust between the Honourable Thomas Pakenham, Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci. 25 Apr. 1789.

Abstract of title of the trustees of the Protestant Hall and Assembly Rooms Association to the premises adjoining Queen Street, parish of Holy Trinity, Cork. The abstract provides a recital of the title to the said premises commencing with a lease dated 1 Sept. 1862 from Robert Warner to Thomas Ronayne Sarsfield of a portion of the said property for 750 years at the yearly rent of £40 (see CA HT/2/1/1/13). The abstract concludes with a recital of an indenture dated Mar. 1905 assigning the residue of the aforementioned lease to the trustees of the Assembly Rooms. With a cover letter and abstract of encumbrances attached to the property. See also CA HT/2/1/1/36.

Account book of the Capuchin community, Church Street, with Daniel Murphy Ltd., wholesaler, 25-6 Mary’s Abbey, Dublin. The entries relate to payments for the supply of foodstuffs (mainly meat, butter, and eggs) to the friars.

‘Milk book’, containing a monthly account of the gallons of milk ordered by the friars of the Capuchin community, Church Street, from John Smith, Benburb Street, Dublin.

Ledger containing various receipt accounts associated with the operation of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. An annotation on the front cover reads: ‘1944 from F.M. Hall and F.M. Feis account’. Entries (pp 1-4) are noted as ‘miscellaneous’. Entries (pp 5-103) are listed under company or supplier names such as Dublin Corporation (rates’ payments), Revenue Commissioners (income tax payments), the 'Irish Press' (for printing of advertisements). Inserts include invoices and bills of costs from various companies.

‘Return showing the names of persons subscribing towards the repairs of the above-named Church and Convent’ (Cork: Flynn & Company, printers, 66 George’s Street, Cork). A printed appeal on the inside front cover refers to the need for funds to execute the necessary buildings and repairs as ‘with the approach of winter, the Community find themselves literally "without a roof over their heads"’. The account book is incomplete and relates only to the Coburg Street districts. Entries are listed under names, residences and amount of weekly subscriptions. The remainder of the volume contains a history of the vicissitudes of the Irish Capuchins in the late nineteenth century. Includes short biographical notes on Fr. Louis O’Riordan OSFC (Vice-Provincial and later Commissary General), Fr. Simeon Gaudillot OSFC (a Capuchin friar from Lyons, France, who was Commissary General of the Cork and Rochestown houses) and Fr. Seraphin Van Damme OSFC (first Provincial Minister of the reconstituted Irish Capuchin Province in 1885).