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Letter of contract by John Delany to Fr. Simeon Gaudillot OSFC, guardian, undertaking to complete works as specified by Robert Walker (c.1835-1910), architect, in respect of the construction of the new confraternity room and vestry at Holy Trinity Friary, for the sum of £743.

‘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).

Receipt and expenditure book of the Capuchin community of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. Most of the income entries relate to monies received from mass and vespers’ collections and chaplaincy duties. Occasional reference is also made to the building fund for St. Mary of the Angels. The expenditure accounts include entries for wages, groceries, and household goods, stationary, travel expenses, insurance payments and other sundries. A loose account by Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. (1834-1919), dated 3 Mar. 1881, is inserted into the volume. This account is extant on a printed flyer seeking contributions towards the completion of building work on St. Mary of the Angels. The flyer is illustrated. An annotation (probably by Fr. Joseph Harkins OFM Cap.) on the first page of the volume reads: ‘Book of current expenditure as per week of the Rev. Capuchin Community of Dublin’.

An account book detailing expenses for publications including subscriptions for newspapers and journals from 1900-1910. The accounts also detail outlays for household expenses such as foodstuffs, lighting, laundry, salaries, and basic provisions. The remainder of the volume covers household expenses for the Church Street Friary under the guardianship of Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC from October 1913 to July 1916. Includes inserted accounts titled: ‘Badge Department Stock from 1st January to 31st July 1913’.

Statement of special account signed by Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The statement refers to monies given by the Church Street community to the Provincial fund; to Rochestown; and towards repayment on the ‘American loan’; and to monies received from ‘street collections since Chapter to the end of March’. An annotation in Fr. Mark’s hand reads: ‘Debt in bank at the Visitation, Apr. 1922, £2,330 5s 3d’.

Weekly receipt and expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street, from 1930-1960. The pages are pre-paginated in the volume. Titled to the spine: ‘Day Book’. Details are given of the date of receipt of goods, names of persons or firms supplying goods in respect of expenses. Entries for receipts relate primarily to income derived from masses, retreats, alms, donations, and bequests. The title page is annotated: ‘Commenced January 1930 (Fr. Angelus, Guardian); Ended May 1960 (Fr. Virgilius, Guardian)’.

Receipt and expenditure ledger for the Capuchin community, Church Street. From June 1960-Dec. 1967 the volume contains a record of income and expenditure accounts. The income primarily relates to monies received from masses, street collections, sodality payments and subscriptions, chaplaincy work, and donations. From Sept. 1967-May 1972 the volume contains a record of cheque payments relating to expenditure on staff wages, household goods, laundries, transport and mass incomes sent to the Provincial Curia. The entries are periodically signed by the Provincial Bursar. An annotation on the title page reads ‘Commenced June 1960 (Fr. Viriglius, Guardian)’.

Monthly cash expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The book provides details and accounts of expenditure in respect of wages, utilities, travel accounts, stationary etc. Yearly summaries of cash payments from 1972-84 are extant from pp 134-8. The accounts are routinely signed by Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., Provincial Bursar.

Draft cash expenditure and receipt accounts of the Capuchin community, Church Street. The expenditure accounts are listed under several headings including wages for lay staff, household expenses, medical costs and mass revenues sent to the Provincial Curia. The cash receipts include incomes derived from street collections, alms, legacies, and donations. With inserts including rough calculation sheets and other notes regarding the accounts.

Cash receipts book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The volume provides details of income received from ministries, masses, pensions, bequests and various donations and alms given to the community. The end of the volume contains a summary of monthly cash receipts from 1979-84. The entries are periodically signed by the Provincial Bursar.