Costs of Darley, Orpen & Synnott, solicitors, 30-31 Kildare Street, Dublin, to the Capuchin friars, Church Street, in securing a lease (18 Feb. 1927) from John Jameson & Son, Ltd. of certain premises on Bow Street. The costs amounted to £23 4s 9d. With cover letter.
Letter from John Gore to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. referring to a plan to purchase The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin, for the National University of Ireland. He encloses a copy letter from James H. North affirming that William Woodbyrne will accept £6,000 as a purchase price for the house.
Statement of Solicitor’s charges to Reverend Mr Duff, St Joseph’s, Blackrock. The details are hard to read.
Costs of Thomas J. Furlong, 11 Eustace Street, solicitor, to Fr. Edward (Peter) Bowe OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and Fr. Bartholomew Brophy OSFC for services rendered in respect of the purchase of premises on Bow Street and Brown Street. Totals: £21 0s 3d; £26 1s 0d.
Costs of Thomas J. Furlong, 11 Eustace Street, solicitor, to Fr. Peter (Edward) Bowe OSFC and others for preparing a deed of conveyance to vest Church property in nine members of the community as joint tenants and for a power of attorney from Fr. Anthony (John) Travers OSFC (resident in Tasmania) to Fr. Aloysius (William) Travers OSFC. Total cost: £33 5s 4d. 2 copies. With letters from Thomas J. Furlong to Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC referring to a deed executed by Miss Maher on 19 Aug. 1897 conveying the property bequeathed to her following the death of her brother (Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, died 10 Sept. 1894) to the Capuchin community on Church Street.
Receipt from O’Hagan & Son, solicitors, detailing services rendered and payments due, regarding property at Blackrock, formerly owned by the Pilsworth family, bought by the Vincentians between 1873 and 1892. This is a very useful document for tracing the movement of this property.
Costs of Little, Ó hUadhaigh & Proud, solicitors, 12 Dawson Street, Dublin, to the trustees of Father Mathew Hall, for legal costs incurred in obtaining a valuation of the Hall property and in applying for a renewal of the dance hall licence for the St. Brigid’s Hall extension. Totals costs: £9 15s 6d.
Poem written by Helena Callanan to commemorate a solemn triduum at Holy Trinity Church, Cork, to honour Blessed Mary Magdalene de Martinengo (1687-1737), a Capuchin Poor Clare Nun, beatified by Pope Leo XIII.