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Photographic prints of two close-up views of the High Altar and pulpit of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘The Father Mathew Record’

A pictorial postcard view of the Calvary outside St. Mary of the Angels on Church Street in Dublin in about 1940.

Photographic print of the Capuchin sale of work possibly in Father Mathew Hall on Church Street in Dublin. Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (1910-1977) and three women are present in the photograph. A manuscript annotation reads ‘Sacred Heart Stall, Capuchin Sale of Work’, 25th November 1944’

Photographic print of the High Altar and Sanctuary of St. Mary of the Angels during Mass. Ink-stamp on reverse reads: ‘Topical Photo News, 71 Dame Street, Dublin’.

Souvenir printed booklet with photographs of the exterior and interior of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The booklet includes photographs of:
‘The High Altar during forty hours’ adoration’.
‘The Interior showing gallery and organ’.
‘The Calvary adjoining Sacred Heart Chapel’.
‘The Interior of the Sacred Heart Chapel’.
The booklet includes a typescript insert which reads: ‘Stations of the Cross in Community Choir, Church Street, Dublin, were erected by V.R. Fr. Peter Bowe of Tullaroan, Guardian, December 17th 1900. Note to this effect on back of First Station’.

This section contains deeds and leases relating to the acquisition of property by the Capuchins on Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street) in Cork. Some of the deeds relate to the premises known as the ‘Protestant Hall’, subsequently called the ‘Assembly Rooms’, situated on South Mall directly behind Holy Trinity Church. The construction of this building can be traced to a religious controversy in 1858 when the Committee for the Athenaeum, now the Cork Opera House, refused permission to host a public lecture by Alessandro Gavazzi (1809-1899), an Italian Protestant preacher. The Committee did not apparently concur with the anti-Catholic tone of Gavazzi’s speeches. Many of Cork’s Protestants were outraged at this refusal and decided to build a Hall for the use of all the citizens of the city interested in preserving free speech. Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (1810-1877), laid the foundation of stone in 1860 and the Hall opened on 12 April 1861. The plot of ground was roughly L-shaped with a frontage onto the South Mall. However, the entrance to the Hall, located at 22 South Mall, was not completed until 1869. Richard Rolt Brash (1817-1876) was the architect. The 'Irish Builder' published an engraving (above) of the building in 1869 and noted that ‘The hall was erected some eight years ago, from the designs of Mr. Richard R. Brash, M.R.I.A., but the entrance leading to it from the South Mall was never completed; it is now proposed to cover in the entrance, which is 80 feet long and 20 feet wide, and to erect a reading-room and other offices over the space. The new buildings have been designed by the same architect, and have been contracted for by Mr. Robert Walker, builder, of Cork. The front will be executed in Henderson’s white brick and Portland stone, the plinth and bands in white limestone’.

Many events were held in the Hall over the years including operas, music recitals, and public lectures. The Assembly Rooms was also the location for the first screening of a motion picture in Cork in 1896. It functioned as a public cinema from 1911 until the mid-1960s. The Hall was run by an Association and elected trustees who resolved at a special meeting held in March 1964 to sell the property at a public auction. The Capuchins subsequently purchased the premises for £20,000 (See CA HT/2/1/1/36). The interior of the Hall was completely refurbished in 1970 but the external fabric of the building was retained. Students from St. Francis Training Centre opened a coffee shop on the premises in 1989. Later, it became a restaurant known as ‘The Assembs’. Threshold, the National Housing Agency founded by Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1936-2010), took over the building in 2005.

Draft design for an emblem for the Catholic Boys’ Brigade founded on Church Street in Dublin in March 1894.

A series of eight photographic prints of boys probably initiated into the Catholic Boys’ Brigade on Church Street in Dublin. The prints were found in an annotated envelope: ‘Mr. Peter Tierney’s Photos’. Tierney was an early organiser of the Boys’ Brigade. All the boys are barefoot and are dressed in worn rags and torn clothing. Two of the prints depict a pair of boys, possibly brothers. One of these prints is annotated on the reverse: ‘two recruits’. Two of the prints were produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.

An aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.

A view of the exterior of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in about 1950.