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Bill of costs of Little, Ó Huadhaigh & Proud, solicitors, 12 Dawson Street, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., in connection with the purchase of the fee simple ground rent of £10 10s 0d issuing out of part of the premises of the Capuchin Church and Friary of St. Mary of the Angels, formerly known as 141 Church Street, for £200. With cover letter.

Conveyance of Kathleen Corcoran, London, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin, of a dwelling house formerly known as no. 141 Church Street and ‘now forming part of the grounds attached to the Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Angels’ in consideration of £200 to hold in fee simple as specified in the original lease dated 13 August 1866.

Certified copy probate of Kate Hannell Plunkett (d. 6 Jan. 1921). She bequeaths to her cousin, Kathleen Corcoran, a daughter of the late Michael Corcoran, manager of the Hibernian Bank Limited, Sackville Street, all her interest in the plot of ground formerly known as Thunder’s Court, Church Street, situated at the rear of 141 Church Street, now in the possession of the Capuchin friars. The probate was granted on 19 Feb. 1921. The copy is certified by O’Keeffe & Lynch, solicitors, 30 Molesworth Street, Dublin, 3 Dec. 1940. With copy conveyance by the said Kathleen Corcoran to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., of said premises ‘now forming part of the grounds attached to the Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street’, in consideration of the sum of £200. The copy conveyance is endorsed on the title page: ‘offered as altered on behalf of Kathleen Corcoran … 5 Dec. 1940’.

Correspondence, estimates, bills of costs and certificates of account concerning various building and improvement projects at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. Works included plastering the corridors in the Friary, improvements to the boilers and heating systems, new lavatories and basins, the installation of a new shrine, and alterations to candlesticks on the Church altar. Correspondents included John Hughes, builder and contractor, 26a Mt. Eden Road, Donnybrook, A.W. Lyons & Son Ltd., stained glass studios, 20 Westland Row, John L. Robinson, architect, 8 Merrion Square, Maguire & Gatchell Ltd., engineers, contractors and merchants, Dawson Street and C.W. Harrison & Sons, architectural and monumental sculptors, 178 Pearse Street. The file includes a letter from John L. Robinson (8 July 1943) referring to the difficulties in erecting the new shrine as ‘most of the garden is made up of ground with old cellars underneath … and in one corner of the building we came upon an old well over which it was necessary to place a substantial reinforced concrete slab’. Other correspondents include Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. and Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap., guardians of the Church Street community.

Correspondence, renewal notices and receipts for payments made by the Capuchin community, Church Street, to the Irish Catholic Church Property Insurance Company, 19 & 20 Fleet Street, Dublin. The file includes fire insurance policies covering the ‘Church, Friary, Committee Rooms of the Third Order of St. Francis, Sacred Heart Chapel and Domestic Offices … situate and known as “St. Mary of the Angels”, Church Street, Dublin’. Also includes receipts for payments made in respect of Employer’s Liability Insurance and forms for the renewal of said policies. With the correspondence of Valentine Iriwn, secretary of the insurance company, with Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap. and subsequent guardians of the community. In 1957, the total cost of the buildings and contents insured was £107,800 with a net annual premium of £60 12s 9d. With covers.

Correspondence with the Performing Right Society Ltd., Chatham House, 13 George Street, Hanover Square, London. The correspondence relates to the granting of licences to perform and make use of music controlled by the members of the aforementioned Society at entertainments held in Father Mathew Hall. The correspondents include the Presidents of Father Mathew Hall, Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. Responding to the claims of infringement of copyright, Fr. Columbus referred to the amateur status of the performers in the musicals and the philanthropic nature of the Association which ran the Hall (21 Nov. 1927). The file includes printed literature from the Society and newspaper clippings reporting a judgement made in a court case taken by the Society against Bray Urban District Council for infringement of copyright ('Irish Independent', 16 Nov. 1927). The dispute was eventually settled when the Father Mathew Hall Committee agreed to pay £3 3s for performing rights’ fees at the Hall. A letter of 12 Oct. 1943 referred to the intention of the Hall Committee to apply to the Metropolitan District Court for a licence to stage dances in St. Brigid’s Hall

Account books of the Capuchin community with the National Bank, Smithfield, Dublin. The books cover the following dates:
• 12 July 1920-8 Oct. 1926
• 14 Oct. 1926-9 June 1931
• 17 Aug. 1937-4 Aug. 1943
• 19 Aug. 1949-31 Dec. 1957
• 8 Oct. 1957-7 Feb. 1959
• 8 Dec. 1964-26 Mar. 1969
The entries mainly relate to lodgements made in cash and payments out of the accounts by cheque. Some of the books are annotated to indicate the number (nos. 1 or 2) of the account with the abovementioned Bank branch. The final account book notes that the account was closed in Mar. 1969. With a letter from the National Bank to Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap. sanctioning an overdraft of £10,000 subject to usual banking and repayment practice. 13 Sept. 1935.

Schedule of rents paid by the Capuchin community, Church Street. The schedule includes entries under headings of landlords, rents payable and location.
The schedule reads:
John Jameson £75 0s 0d Space in front of Friary and passage
John Jameson £13 10s 0d
Mrs. K. Pratt and others £25 5 2d
Congleton Estate £30 0s 0d Part of garden
Falls Estate £3 0s 0d
Cornwall Brady £10 0s 0d Part of garden
More O’Ferrall £51 8s 0d Friary and part of garden
Kate Plunkett £10 0s 0d
A note attached to the schedule affirms that the last item has been paid up to 1940 to the Loreto Convent, Gorey, to defray the education of a Miss Aileen Smyth. This has now ceased, and the rent is now payable to Kathleen Corcoran. With a note by Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the payment of income tax on the Plunkett estate.
See also CA CS/2/2/6/8.

A permit for street collection issued under the Emergency Powers (No. 8) Order, 1939, allowing Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Church Street Friary, to conduct street collections in Dublin. The permit specifies certain conditions and restrictions relating to the exercise of the right to engage in collections.