This section includes deeds and leases relating to the acquisition of 142 Church Street, formerly known as ‘the Swan Inn’, which later became part of the present-day Capuchin Friary. In 1809, Fr. Patrick Corcoran OSFC secured a plot of ground between Bow Street and the old Capuchin chapel (built in 1796) on which he erected a building, the lower part of which formed what was known as the ‘Church Street Schools’, with the upper storey being used as a residence for some of the religious. By the 1870s, Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC and other Capuchin friars from North King Street were keen to secure outright title to 142 Church Street in order to build a new friary adjacent to St. Mary of the Angels. Fr. O’Reilly wrote to his solicitor in March 1874 expressing his intent on ‘having it at any cost’. However, by this point, the title to the properties had become increasingly complicated as rents for the plots and title to the premises thereon were seemingly vested in joint owners. Nevertheless, the Capuchins succeeded in purchasing 142 Church Street at a public auction held on 30 March 1874.
Correspondence between Mgr. Tom Fehily& Fr. James Ardle MacMahon regarding an article by Peter Lennon in ‘The Guardian’. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Correspondence between Fr. Lucius McClean and +McQuaid regarding a series of articles he has written for the ‘Sunday Independent’. Annotations by +McQuaid. Evening Herald
Newspaper cuttings regarding Pasternak’s ‘Dr. Zhivago’ and Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’. Censorship Reform Society
January - December Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Synod of Bishops, emigrants, education, seminaries & formation, Apostolate of the Laity, church music, liturgy, Irish Turf Club, annual reports on universities, ecumenism and report entitled ‘Ireland in the Seventies’. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as college development and expansion plans, farm and college administration, faculty business and the re-drafted lease. Items 103-106 (plans) are oversize. They are stored in Drawer 1. 1970
Council digest, 4th session.
Letters from Fr. Edward Griffin to +McQuaid seeking permission to travel to New York to visit relations. Granted. 2 items
Correspondence relating to accommodation for housekeepers.
Correspondence between Fr. John Mulderrig and +McQuaid regarding the temporary use of an unused school by the Christian Brothers in Francis Street.
Letter from James Horan to +McQuaid regarding charges being imposed by the parish for christenings and other religious ceremonies.