Handwritten notes relating to Blackrock properties. Mentioned are George Minchin, whose mother was Ellen Potter Minchin, née Burrowes. George received a fifth of the rent of Prospect through his parents and another fifth through Eliza Burrowes, daughter of Reverend John Burrowes. On 14 August 1879, [William] McEvoy had both parts conveyed to him. There are other notes relating to names of people who held certain fields in Blackrock, such as Robert Byrne, Georgina Mary Byrne, Thomas Ballings and John Burrowes Pilsworth.
Note of a letter in the Dublin Diocesan Archives from Father Peter Duff CM, Provincial, to Cardinal Cullen, reminding him of the CM’s need for enlarged accommodation.
Copy letter from Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Ryan, enclosing directives from Rome on the requirements for using psychological testing in formation programmes.
Letter from McEvoy to Father Morrissey CM advising the retention of a Protestant Senior Counsel so that ‘the case will not be earmarked as an essentially Roman Catholic one’.
Deed of Release in favour of the trustees of the CM [Vincentians] by Michael J Smith, regarding lands of Prospect, Newtown Castle Byrne, Blackrock, Parish of Monkstown, Barony of Rathdown, County Dublin. The memorial reference of the deed is 27 February Book 8 Number 271.
Counterpart lease on property at Temple Road, in the town of Blackrock, in the parish of Monkstown, in the borough of Dun Laoghaire, in the barony of Rathdown, by Reverend John Carr CM and other Vincentian priests to the tenant Christopher Gregory, Dublin dairy proprietor. The land is bounded by the wall of Saint Joseph's College on the south, as well as by other names premises on the north, east and west. 43, 45, 47, 49 and 51 Temple Road are also being leased to Christopher Gregory. The lease is for 68 years for fifteen pounds and fifteen shillings rent every half year. The lease includes a map. There is also a list summarising the details of the lease.
