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- c.1890 (Creation)
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84 pp; Bound volume; manuscript
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Baptismal name: James Guy
Religious name: Fr. Benvenutus Guy OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 4 May 1860
Place of birth: Trim, County Meath
Name of father: Patrick Guy
Name of mother: Bridget Guy (née McMahon)
Ministries: Founded the Church Street Catholic Boys’ Brigade in Dublin March 1894. He also acted as the organisation’s first president. He left the Capuchin Order, moved to England, and was incardinated into the Diocese of Middlesbrough in 1899. He served as a Chaplain to the Forces during the First World War.
Date of death: 9 November 1927
Place of death: Halifax, England
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Notes from the Cork House Account Book compiled by Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC. The volume is titled ‘Notes regarding the Irish Capuchin Province and especially things transacted at Cork from 1825’. The period covered is 22 July 1825 to 14 June 1874. The file includes brief biographical notices re:
• Br. Innocent Mahoney OSFC
• Fr. Anthony Foot OSFC
• Br. Patrick Feeny OSFC
• Fr. Jeremiah Joseph O’Reilly OSFC
• Fr. Francis Murphy OSFC
• Fr. John Mary Brennan OSFC
• Fr. Louis Riordan OSFC
• Fr. Louis O’Connell OSFC
• Fr. Francis McSweeney OSFC
The original Cork House Account Book is at CA HT/3/1/1.
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The front cover is detached from the volume and there and numerous loose sheets. The volume is in poor condition and careful manual handling is required.