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Flier for the annual retreat for the members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. The retreat was conducted by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC.

Letter from the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory, to Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister, granting faculties to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, permitting him to perform the Sacraments in the diocese.

Reconveyance from Sebastian Henry Petre, Fitzalan House, Arundel Street, London, and Constance Mary Lee, Mill Hill, Middlesex, to Fr. Bernard Joseph Jennings OSFC, Fr. Peter Edward Bowe, Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, Dublin, of a plot of ground on the west side of Church Street known as number 142 ‘together with the Roman Catholic Church erected on the said plot or parcel of ground called or known by the name of “Saint Mary of the Angels”’. In consideration of the principal money and interest secured on the mortgage of the said parcel of ground on Church Street.

Blessing (in Latin) for the new Capuchin Friary building in Kilkenny. The prayer was composed by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Provincial Minister.

A list of retreats and missions given by the Capuchin friars of Holy Trinity Friary, Charlotte Quay, Cork, in 1895. Many of the retreats were given by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC and Fr. Pascal Meade OSFC.

Originally a printed book: 'In memoriam, Peter Fenelon' Collier (New York: privately printed, 1910), 113 pp. The book was subsequently used to house newspaper cuttings mainly relating to the history and friars of the Capuchin community, Holy Trinity Friary in Cork. The volume includes cuttings relating to triduums, ordinations, transfers, provincial chapters, missions and retreats, the Third Order of St. Francis, a note on the Father Mathew Chalice, and various Capuchin apostolates in Cork. The volume also contains obituaries of Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC (d. 26 Dec. 1904); Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OSFC (9 Dec. 1921); Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC (d. 5 Oct. 1926). Includes an original photographic print of Fr. Fiacre’s funeral; Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC (d. 25 Nov. 1926); Fr. Dermot O’Reilly OFM Cap. (d. 9 May 1945); Fr. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap. (d. 3 July 1949); Fr. Pacificus Ryan OFM Cap. (d. 1 July 1950); Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. (d. 3 Oct. 1950); Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (d. 23 Oct. 1950); Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. (d. 7 Jan. 1951). Other cuttings refer to the International Cork Exhibition (July 1902) and the consecration of Monsignor Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. as the first Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone in Northern Rhodesia.

Deed of covenant of title for the assignment of properties on Charlotte Quay from Thomas Wellbank Morgan, 13 Blackheath Rise, Lewisham, Kent, and others to Fr. Maurice (Nicholas) Murphy OSFC, Fr. Thomas (Matthew) O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Joseph (Bernard) Jennings OSFC and Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Charlotte Quay, Cork. The deed refers to the intended purchase by the Capuchin friars of the said premises as set out in a deed of assignment dated 21 Jan. 1895. With a declaration of James Scanlan, 69 South Mall, Cork, agent, affirming that he has, for the past sixteen years, received the rents of the Charlotte Quay properties for Thomas Wellbank Morgan. 1 Jan. 1895.

Assignment from Theodore Frederick Carroll, 80 South Mall, to Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Fr. Bernard Joseph Jennings OSFC and Fr. Peter Edward Bowe OSFC, Charlotte Quay, of the residue of a lease dated 18 Mar. 1762 from Charles Dunbar to James Morrison, William Fritton and Ebenezer Morrison referring to a portion of the ‘marsh called Island Nagay adjoining the Corporation Marsh in the south suburbs of the city of Cork’. In consideration of £1,100. See CA HT/2/1/2/1.

Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The volume includes:
• Report on the celebration of the centenary of Father Mathew and proposed completion of Holy Trinity Church [c.1890].
• Obituary of Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC and tribute by Cork Corporation, 'Cork Examiner' 21 Dec. 1904; 'Freeman’s Journal', 27 Dec. 1904.
• Report on the blessing of the new bell at Holy Trinity Church. 24 July 1881.
• The jubilee celebrations at Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork ('Cork Examiner', 18 Feb. 1902).
• Retreat for Third Order at Holy Trinity Church ('Cork Examiner', 20 Mar. 1916).
• Father Mathew Chalice donated to Holy Trinity Church ('Cork Examiner', 16 Oct. 1928).
• The ordination of six Capuchin friars as priests including Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Holy Trinity Church.
• Damage to Holy Trinity Church by ‘English bullets’ and a reference to the tradition of Capuchin support for the Irish independence struggle (7 Oct. 1920).
• The close of the mission in Holy Trinity Church (15 Mar. 1926).
• Reports of damage to Holy Trinity Church during disturbances involving the British military (5 Oct. 1920); Fr. Dominic O’Connor’s recitation of the Rosary for political prisoners held Cork County Gaol (8 May 1920).
• The funeral (with photographic print) of Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap. at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. (3 Apr. 1933).
• Funeral of Br. Louis Daly OFM Cap. in Holy Trinity Church.