Dossier 2 - Lease by Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, to Fr. Bonaventure Delaney

Lease by Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford to Fr. Bonaventure Delaney OSFC, ‘Roman Catholic Priest’, of one undivided moiety of a plot of ground on the west side of Church Street, parish of Saint Michan’s, Dublin, ‘formerly in the possession of James Topham and afterwards in the tenancy of Robert Clements, … and whereupon a Roman Catholic chapel is now built …’, for 99 years at the yearly rent of £23 1s 6d. With an identical lease by John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci to Fr. Delaney of the other moiety of the aforementioned plot of ground on Church Street, for the same term of years and annual rent and subject to the same covenants.