Bequests to Orphan School in St. Catherine's Parish, Dublin

Residents of the parish district, and Institutions are mentioned in these Last Wills. Date [unknown to be determined] Historical summaries from CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND), concerning St.Catherine's district. The contents of the document itself in whole is quite lengthy, herein extracted from the original compiler [to be determined]. The following individuals and institutions may have had these transactions administered by the Earl of Meath Charitable Loan association of St.Catherine's distict. However details are not presently available to confirm this yet due to the poor quality of the digital conversion. [   ] Brackets have been inserted for the page herein to cover digital conversion flaws by [to be determined]. We beleive the material is now in the public domain. Please inform us of any further information, extracted quote follows:

Orphan School of St. Catharine, Meath-street

Margaret Boyle, late of Upper
Bagot-street, in the City of Dublin, Widow: street, 10Z.; to the House of Refugefor Unfortunate Females in Townsend-street, 101.; and to the said Samuel Bell and Michael Merryman, 101.; to be by them disposed of for soul masses. And whereas my said departed husband, Philip Boyle, was desirous and anxious to promote the establishing and endowing a lying-in hospital in some part of the Earl of Meath's Liberty, for the reception and relief of poor women in labour in that neighbourhood, and there is now such an hospital opened on the Coombe in said liberty, to which I have already given the sum of 100z.; and being desirous to forward the wishes and intentions of my said husband, and to contribute towards the support of that institution, do hereby give and bequeath to theCommissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests the following securities for money; that is to say, two Pipe-water debentures (No. 415 and 496), for the sum of 100Z. each, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum; one Ballast-office debenture (No. 549), for 100Z., bearing interest at 21 Margaret Boyle, late of Upper Bagot-street, Prerogative Cosrf, at the rate of 4 per cent.; three of St. George's Church debentures (No. 13, 14. 21), for 100/. I8SI* each, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent.; and one county of Louth road debenture -(No. 149), for 50/., bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent; said several
debentures amounting in the whole to the principal sum of 650/. of the late Irish currency.

I also give and bequeath unto the said Commissioners the further sum of 30 I. a year, issuing and payable to me out Ox the rent of twodwelling-houses and premises, situate at Merrion-square West, known bv Nos. 3 and 4 for an unexpired term of 28 years or thereabouts yet to come, the produce and interest of said several debentures, together with said rent of 301, a year, to be received and taken by the said Commissioners from and immediately after my decease, in trust, and to and for the intent and purpose that the same shall be applied and disposed of to the support of the said hospital herein before mentioned, in such manner as my executors, or the survivor of them, shall think advisable end most prudent to promote the benefit of such an institution ; and if both my said executors shall die before the funds I hereby bequeath for the support of said hospital shall be exhausted, then the said Commissioners may appoint such other person or persons as they may think proper to superintend the application and disposal of said donations; and if it shall happen that the said hospital now opened shall not be kept for the purpose aforesaid, and that no similar one shall be established in said liberty, then the said Commissioners shall and may dispose of such part of the funds hereby bequeathed for saidhospital as shall remain undisposed of, to such other charitable institution as my said executors shall think proper.

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James Fennell, late of Meath-street, in the County of the City of Dublin, Gentleman: ﾕj I give and bequeath to the Roman-catholic sick poor of St. Catherine's parish, in the city of Dublin, the sum of 100/. sterling. I give and bequeath unto the Roman-catholic poor sick of the parish of St. Nicholas Without, in the city of Dublin, the sum of 50 /. sterling. I give and bequeath unto the Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society, in the city of Dublin, the sum of 50/. sterling. I give and bequeath to the Mendicity Association of the city of Dublin, the sum of 50/. sterling.

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John Dowling, late of Thomas-street, Dublin, Grocer : v/ First paying unto the Rev. William Welpy, of Meath-street Chapel, 5 /. sterling, begging of him to offer up masses for the repose of my soul.

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John Moore, late of Grand Canal Harbour and Market-street, Dublin, Cornfactor, deceased: v' I give and bequeath to the Rev. Mr. Kearney, parish priest of Meath-street Chapel, a sura of 50/., to be applied by him to the poor of Saint Catherine's parish as he shall think proper.

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John Whitcroft, late of Highfield, in the County of Dublin, Esquire : To the Society for the Relief of Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers in Dublin the sum of 100/.; and to the Meath Hospital, situate in the Long-lane, in the county of Dublin, the sum of 1001 j to the Fever Hospital, Cork-street, 100/.; to the Dispensary, Meath-street, 50/.; Lying-in-Hospital, Coombe, 50 /., if in existence at my death.

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James Walsh, late of Thomas-street, Dublin, Coppersmith, deceased : a/ To Meath-street Chapel, for masses for my soul,

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Nicholas Roche, late of New Row, County Dublin, deceased: */ Thirdly, I give and bequeath to the president, treasurer, and guardians of St. Peter's Orphan Society, Peter's-row, the sum of 5 /.; fourthly, I give and bequeath to the president, treasurer, and guardians of St. Nicholas of Myras Or]Dhan Society, Francis-street Chapel, 5/.; fifthly, I give and bequeath to the president, treasurer, and guardians of the Orphan School of St. Catharine, Meath-street Chapel, 5 /.; sixthly, I give and bequeath to the president, treasurer, and guardians of the Poor School, Bridge-street Chapel, 5 /.; seventhly, I give and bequeath to the Roman-catholic pastor of Wexford, in the county of Wexford, for the use of the Poor Orphan School of the said town of Wexford, the residue of such sum of money as may be in his hands after the before-named legacies, but all of which are only payable in case of James Roche, my son before-named, should die before he arrives at the age of 21 years as beforeHmentioned; and in case there should not be in his hands, if said James Roche should die before he is 30 years of age, a sum sufficient to pay the before-recited legacies, I then direct the legacies to Eliza Crosby and Eliza Murray to be paid in full, and such remaining sum after those legacies to be divided, share and share alike, amongst the five charitable poor schools I mention.