Parties:
Esther Gibson, Sandymount, County Dublin and John Philip Nolan, Solicitor, Upper Abbey Street, city of Dublin.

Property:
7 Sackville Street, city of Dublin

Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent of £113.15 (late currency), £105 sterling to be paid in equal quarterly payments on1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December. John Philip Nolan may quit the premises at the end of any fifth year of the term providing six months notice has been given.

Signed and sealed by the parties

Copy of negative search in the Registry of Deeds for memorials registered appearing on the Index of Names for all Acts affecting the parcel of ground on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount, Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin, known as Sandymount Castle. Includes list of abstracts of such instruments.

Copy of lease

Parties:
(1) The Right Honorable Richard Charles Francis, Earl of Clanwilliam in Ireland and the Most Honorable George William Frederick, Marquis of Ailesbury (the trustees of the last will and testament of the Right Honorable Richard late Viscount Fitzwilliam in Ireland, deceased);
(2) The Right Honorable George Robert Charles, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery;
(3) John Edmond Byrne of Upper Baggot Street in the County of Dublin, grocer.

Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwelling house and offices now standing thereon situate in the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin, in the County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west, west and south-west by Guilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hepenstal and partly by an unleased portion of the Estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, together with all the rights, members and appurtenances to the said lot or parcel of ground belonging or in any wise appertaining

Terms and conditions:
George Robert Charles, Earl of Pembroke, the party of the second part, being under the age of twenty-one, the parties of the first part demise, set and to farm-let unto John Edmond Byrne the above property (reserving to said George Robert Charles all manner of mines, minerals and royalties), to have and to hold from 29 September 1869, for and during the term of 150 years, yielding and paying unto George Robert Charles the yearly rents of £95 and £190.0.0; the former sum to be paid during the first three years, and the latter sum to be paid during the remainder of the term. Within the first eighteen months of the said term, Byrne to build and complete in a good and workmanlike manner on the said demised premises fronting to Gilford Road five good and substantial dwelling houses, of the best materials well roofed and covered with slates and best lead not more or less than two stories high and shall enclose the said demised premises with a stone or brick wall within the first twelve months of the said term, and within the first eighteen months of said term to expend the sum of £500.0.0 at least in putting the dwelling house and offices now standing on the premises into a permanent and complete condition of repair.

Other:
Accompanied by a map of the property. Includes a consent dated 28 May 1903, stating that the lessee shall, so long as any of the instalments payable to the Intermediate Education Board on foot of a loan about to be made on the security of the premises shall remain unpaid, use that portion of the said premises now known as the Academical Institution as a boarding school. Also includes a statement of consent dated 7 May 1918 by the Right Honorable Reginald, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, that the yearly rent of one hundred and ninety pounds reserved by the lease shall from 25 March 1918 be abated or reduced by the sum of £65.0.0 per annum.

Documents concerning Archbishop McQuaid's objections to the formation of a Sandymount-Ballsbridge group of Muintir na Tíre and Fr Edward J Coyne's involvement with the establishment of such a group (See also ADMN/3/29; 37; 39; 57). ‘I am not convinced that this Association has yet proved that it deserves a place in this Diocese, in the country or in the City. Therefore, I have not sanctioned the formation of any group in the Diocese. I should be grateful, if you could give me any help in understanding the Sandymount- Ballsbridge movement.’ (6 November 1941,1p). Includes correspondence between the Archbishop, Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Coyne on the matter. Also includes letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Hayes, C.C.(Chairman) relating to Muintir na Tíre’s ‘Rural Week’ (29 November 1942, 2pp) and printed advertising leaflets and leaflets concerning National Appeals on behalf of Muintir na Tíre (1940s, 4 items).

Material on Thomas Gallagher, who departed the Society of Jesus as a novice.
Born: 11 January 1921
Entry: 7 September 1939
Left:

Material on Antonín Veselý, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a priest.

Correspondence with Fr Thomas Hurley SJ from and about ex-pupils, both lay and clerical. Letters from ex-pupils, their families and
acquaintances. Subjects include career histories, memories of teachers, classmates and schooldays, deaths of contemporaries etc. Many mention the SHC magazine/annual, in which Fr Hurley is involved, and some promise to send photographs of themselves to appear in the publication. Includes letters from sisters Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and Katharine (aka Kathleen) Cruise O'Brien in relation to their father David Sheehy MP, who was educated at the Crescent (8 & 15 May 1933, 22 June 1933; 3 items).

Copy of Power of Attorney in relation to the Earl of Pembroke’s Irish and settled estates. The Right Honorable Reginald Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery appoints Henry Arthur Vernon of No. 1 Wilton Place in the City of Dublin, Esquire, as his attorney. The Right Honorable Sidney Charles Lord Herbert appoints Arthur James Beatty of No. 31 Molesworth Street in the City of Dublin, solicitor, as his attorney. The power of attorney to be irrevocable for twelve calendar months from the date of the document.

Parties:
(1) William A. Greer formerly of Sandymount Castle, Sandymount in the County of Dublin and now of No. 49 Chaplin Road, Wembley, Middlesex (Mortgagor)
(2) The National Bank Limited having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London

Property:
All that parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and Offices thereon situate on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount, in the Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west and west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holdings of James Beckett and Susan and Louisa Hepenstall and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke held under Lease of 4 January 1870 from the Earl of Clanwilliam and Others to John Edmond Byrne for the term of 150 years from 29 September 1869 at the yearly rent of £190.

Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the advances made or to be made by the said Bank to the said Mortgagor, the latter as beneficial owner demises unto the Bank all and singular the above property, to hold the same for the residue of the term of years for which the said Mortgagor now holds the same (less the last day of such term), subject to redemption on payment by the said Mortgagor to the said Bank of the sum or sums for the time being owing by him to the said Bank

Lessor:
(1) The Right Honorable Reginald, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (lessor/reversioner)
(2) The Right Honorable Sidney Charles Herbert (Lord Herbert)

Lessee:
Modern Homes (Dublin) Limited, having their Registered Office at ‘St. Andrews’, Serpentine Avenue in the County Borough of Dublin (the lessee company)

Property:
All and singular that plot or piece of ground situate at Sandymount in the Parish of Saint Mary, Donnybrook and in the Barony and County Borough of Dublin bounded on the west by Gilford Road, on the north partly by Gilford Road, partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, and partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, on the east partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, and partly by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, and on the south by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, with the messuages and buildings erected thereon

Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the expense incurred by the lessee company in the erection of the eight messuages upon the above property, and of the several rents and sums of money reserved and made payable in the present lease and the covenants and agreements made by the lessee company and conditions, the lessor, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the will of 20 May 1904 by the Right Honorable Sidney, late Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and by the Settled Land Acts of 1882 to 1890, and with the consent of Lord Herbert, demises unto the lessee company the above property to hold from 29 September 2019 for the term of 72 years, paying the yearly rent of £126, and also paying during the said term the several additional contingent rents or weekly sums set down in the lease. The lessee company also undertakes to abide by the several other conditions laid down in the lease, including the construction of two roadways with footpaths, drains and sewers, and also the erection of 34 additional messuages or dwellinghouses, with all necessary cartilages, garages, out-buildings, offices, walls, fences, sewers, drains etc. The lessee company to pay to the lessor the yearly rent of £45.

Other:
Includes a map of the property

Parties:
(1) The National Bank Limited, having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London
(2) James Johnston Mullan of 38 Park Avenue, Sandymount in the County of Dublin, Gentleman

Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and offices now standing thereon situate on the east side of Gilford road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin, in the county of Dublin, bounded on the north-west, west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hepenstal and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, together with all the rights, members and appurtenances to the said lot or parcel of ground belonging or in anywise appertaining.

Terms and conditions:
In pursuance of an agreement in a mortgage between James Johnston Mullan and the Bank, and in consideration of the sum of £225 paid by the latter to the former, the Bank as mortgagees and as beneficial owners assign and convey unto Mullan all and singular the above property to hold for the residue of the term of years in the lease of 4 January 1870, subject to the yearly rent of £125.

Parties:
(1) William Morgan Mullan of Sandymount Castle, Sandymount in the County of the City of Dublin, solicitor (the Vendor)
(2) Modern Homes (Dublin) Ltd., having their Registered Office at “St. Andrews”, Serpentine Avenue in the City of Dublin, Limited Company (the Purchasers)

Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and offices now standing thereon situate on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin in the County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hempenstall and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.

Terms and conditions:
In pursuance of an agreement dated 13 November 1939, between James R. Smyth of St. Andrews, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge in the City of Dublin and William J. Kavanagh of 57 Merrion Square in the City of Dublin, builders on behalf of the Purchasers, and by which Mullan agreed to the sale to the Purchasers for the sum of £2,925 of the above premises for all the residue of the term of 150 years set down in a lease of 1870, and consideration of the said sum paid by the Purchasers to the Vendor, the latter, as personal representative of James Johnston Mullan, deceased, assigns and conveys unto the purchasers the above property, to hold for all the unexpired residue of the term of 150 years, subject to the rent of £125, and to the covenants and conditions in the 1870 lease, and subject to the sub-leases set out in an accompanying schedule.

Copy of Agreement and Deed of Charge between Modern Homes (Dublin) Limited, having their registered office at St Andrew’s, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin (the contractors) of the one part, and the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and burgesses of Dublin, being the Urban Sanitary Authority for the Urban Sanitary District of the City of Dublin (the Corporation) of the other part. The contractors covenant with the said Corporation that the former, their successors and assigns etc. shall at their own expense put, maintain and keep in repair the drain or sewer of said the premises as shown on an accompanying map, and described in a schedule to the agreement (property on Gilford Road, Sandymount), or in default thereof that the Corporation be at liberty upon giving to the contractors 48 hours’ notice in writing, to do such work as may from time to time be necessary to put, maintain and keep the same in such repair as aforesaid and thereupon the said contractors, their successors and assigns will from time to time pay to the said Corporation all costs, charges and expenses of putting, maintaining or keeping in repair the common drain or sewer of the premises. The contractor further charge upon the premises all sums costs and expenses which may be incurred by the Corporation in carrying out the above, provided that such charges shall be equally divided amongst and borne by each of the houses.
Accompanied by map of the property entitled ‘Sandymount Castle Estate’

Copy of administration in relation to the estate of James Johnston Mullan, late of Sandymount Castle, Dublin, who died on 12 June 1939. Issued by the High Court of Justice; the Principal Probate Registry. States that the last will of Johnston, of which a copy is included, did not name any executor, and that on 3 October 1939 Letters of Administration of all and singular the personal estate of the deceased were granted to William Morgan Mullan, son of the deceased. Certifies that an Affidavit for Inland Revenue was delivered showing the gross value of Johnston’s personal estate within Ireland to be £2994.2.0 for the purpose of Estate Duty, and that the amount of £270.3.10 for Estate Duty and interest thereon has been paid.

The will of James Johnston Mullan bequeaths all of his real and personal estate to his son William Morgan Mullan and his daughter Kathleen Mullan in equal shares, but if the latter should marry or decide to live elsewhere she is to be paid the sum of £1,500. William Mullan to support and maintain Kathleen and James’ wife (their mother) and pay each of them the sum of £1 weekly during their lives, and in case of Kathleen’s marriage or removal, the sum of five hundred pounds each to be paid to his wife and son James Morgan of Stroud, Gloustershire (sic). If his wife should decide to live separately and apart from the other legatees William Morgan and Kathleen or either of them she shall be paid £1000 in addition to the legacy of £500.

Certificate of Habitation that new dwellinghouse(s) are fit for human habitation issued by Dublin Corporation. Addressed to Modern Homes Ltd., Builders, ‘St. Andrews’, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin. States that number 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68 and 70 Gilford Road, Sandymount, were, in the opinion of the City Architect, fit for human habitation when inspected on 19 February 1941. Copy included.