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Actions	Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Title Documents and Maps, 1852-1994 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleAllied Irish Bank (AIB), Title Documents and Maps, 1852-1994 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGS20/04 Date1852-1994 CreatorAllied Irish Bank Production date 1852 - 1994 Scope and Content Deeds and Agreements which relate to Prospect House, Eyre Square together with several sketches and maps of the south-west end of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, Galway, site of the Provincial Bank in the mid 1850s, later (mid- late 20^th century) the site of an Allied Irish Bank. Includes:- 1. August 1852Hand drawn colour ‘Sketch and measurement of property purchased in Galway being Lot No. 2 of the late Mr Robert Hedges Eyre’s property’ surveyed by William Clarke, on the south west corner of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, giving name of property owner/lessor, owned also property facing Eyre Square which include the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dr [Croker] King, John Ireland, Arthur Ireland (four storey with basement), and adjacent properties, also the Rail Road and Wall, and the (Wesleyan) Methodist Church and School House. Includes markings indicating a wall built by Arthur Ireland at the rear of which garden which encroached onto Plot No. 14, Lot 2, belonging to the Bank. Scale 40 ft to one inch. 2.1853-04-25Hand drawn colour map, a survey of the plots of grounds on the south east corner of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, Galway, leased to Arthur Ireland and John Kelly, ‘with an unlet plot being a swamp and un-reclaimed common, marked in Ireland’s lease as an ‘intended lane to the medial. Note the Medial is a stream running between Erasmus Smith’s College and Bohermore thro the Road to the Docks’, surveyed by William Clarke. Map indicates details of various Lots, giving Lot Numbers, the name of property owner/lessor and size in a.r.p, which include for instance the Methodist Chapel, Gas Company, and the Midland Great Western Railway Terminus and Hotel. Also includes a compass rose and position of an ‘intended Lane to the Medial or sally garden’, continuing on from the road to the Docks in an easterly direction in front Kelly’s plot. 3.1853-04-25Hand drawn colour map surveyed by William Clarke, of premises in the town of Galway, on the south west corner of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, providing details of various Lots, giving Lot No., the name of property owner/lessor and size in a.r.p, which include for instance the Methodist Chapel, and adjacent properties owned by John Kelly and Robert Murray (Buried in Forthill cemetery, Galway, Ireland), also property facing Eyre Square which include the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dr King, John Ireland, Arthur Ireland and the Midland Great Western Railway Terminus and Hotel, and the position of an ‘intended Lane leading to the Medial or sally garden’, continuing on from the road to the Docks in an easterly direction in front of John Kelly’s plot adjacent to the Methodist Church. Also includes a compass rose. Includes copy of ‘Map copied from John Kelly’s Lease’ and an appended miniature map of area, ‘Arthur Ireland’s Map, copied from his Lease’ with the site of Provincial Bank coloured pink. 4.October 1855Hand drawn map Plot of ground in the Town of Galway as leased to Mr George Rutledge, surveyed by William Clarke, showing Victoria Place, J B Purdan’s Yard, Methodist School House, Arthur Ireland’s garden and the Railway Boundary Wall. Includes compass rose. Scale 20 ft to one inch 5.N/dColour drawing on tracing paper of 6 storey warehouse building, possible Frenchville Lane (opposite entrance to Ceannt Station), showing various elevations. Scaled 20 feet to 1 inch Condition: Good 6. Type:Assignment Parties:1.Edward Sohan, Abbeygate Street, Galway (Pawnbroker) and 2.Patrick Powell, Shop Street, Galway, Merchant and Thomas Concannon, Upper Salthill, Galway, Insurance Inspector (Purchasers) Date:5 November 1920 Place:Dwelling house, out-offices and premises situated at Upper Abbeygate Street, Galway, Parish of St Nicholas, occupied by Edward Good, Grocer, and sheds in rear occupied by Mrs Tarpey, Mrs Clarke and Mr P Holland, also two small shops or tenements in Abbeygate St., underneath the Good’s dwelling, occupied by Mrs Barnacle and Mrs Evans, together with the dwelling house, out offices and premises in the rear occupied by Martin Browne (Lessor), all in the Parish of St Nicholas, County of the Town of Galway. Conditions: Recites details of indenture of 1 Feb 1847 wherein Martin Browne leased to Timothy Murray the premises cited above for 99 years, whereas Murray and bequeath his property to his two sons, William Murray and Frederick Murray. The latter died without issue, so William became the sole heir of the premises. Following William’s death on 19 January 1874, his executors sold by indenture of 26 June 1879 the lease in the premises to Mark Hughes, who by indenture of 13 April 1895 assigned the premises to Patrick Joseph Burke. Patrick died on 14 November 1902 intestate, his widow Anne sold and by Indenture of 18 May 1914 assigned the premises to William P. Uppington, for the residue of the lease term. Whereas by Indenture of 3 Sept 1920 Uppington assigned to Sohan the premises for rent of £17.1.10 per annum but indemnified against £9.0.10 for the adjoining shop (coloured yellow in the adjoining map) and premises in the possession of Uppington. Sohan agreed with Uppington that he would pay £8 pa being an apportioned part of the rent reserved by the Lease and keep Uppington indemnified against payment. Sohan offered the portion of the leasehold premises assigned to him for sale by public auction on 6 October 1920, to the purchasers for £485. Sohan assigns to the Purchasers that portion of the premises (coloured green in the adjoining map), granted in the previous lease of 3 Sept 1920, for the residue of the 99-year lease at the adjusted rent of £17.1.10, but indemnified against £9.1.10 for the adjoining premises still in the occupation of Uppington (yellow in the map). The purchasers agree that they will not carry out, or allow to be carried out, the business of a licenced pawnbroker on the premises. If they breach the Agreement they must pay Sohan £1,000. Size:5pp Dates5 Nov 1920 Additional:Signed by Sohan, witnessed by Charles A Cooke, and also signed by Cannon Information:and Power, witnessed by William Cunningham, Law Clerk Prepared by L E O’Dea Solicitors, Dublin. Includes hand drawn colour map indicating the location of premises, in the vicinity of Lynch’s Castle, Shop Street, Galway. Scale 10.58 feet to a statute mile. Condition Good 7. Type: Lease, maintenance agreement Parties:1.Glann Holdings Ltd., 40 Dominick Street, Galway (Lessors) 2. Allied Irish Finance Ltd., 36 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin (Bankers) (Lessee) Place:Part of the 1^st premises on the ground Floor, Prospect Hill, Parish of St Nicholas, comprising an area of L683 sq. ft. Conditions:1^st part agree to grant to the 2^nd the premises for a term of 36 years from 1^st July 1974, paying for the first 3 years a rent of £3,450.15, payable half yearly. The 1^st will be entitled to increase the rent every 3 years. The 2^nd will also ‘preserve, uphold, support, maintain, repair and keep the interior’ of the premises in good and tenantable repair and condition. They will further agree not to make any alterations in the construction or arrangement of the premises without previous written consent, and will not assign, transfer, underlet or part with the possession of the premises without previous consent. The 1^st agrees repair the exterior of the premises. Size:5pp Date:1974-10-2 Additional:Signed, sealed and dated by both parties Information:Prepared by Concannon & Co., Solicitors, Sea Road, Galway Condition Good 8. Type: Sub-lease Parties:1.AIB Finance Ltd (formerly known as Allied Irish Finance Ltd), Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, (Tenant) 2.Power Leisure Ltd., Block 2, Village Green Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (Sub-tenant). Place:Sub-lease of portion of Ground Floor of Prospect House, Eyre Square, Galway Conditions:Recites details of original lease of 2^nd Oct 1974 between Glann Holdings and 2^nd part. Indicates that the title and interest of the landlord in that lease is now vested in M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien, Co. Mayo. The yearly rent in the original lease is presently £18,282.44 pa. 1st part agrees to sub-lease the premises to the 2^nd part for the unexpired residue of the original lease paying such ‘such of money as equates with the is exactly identical to the annual rent for the time being payable’ under the original lease. The 2^nd Part agrees to keep the interior of the premises good repair. They will further agree not to make any alterations in the construction or arrangement of the premises internally or externally without prior written consent, and will not assign, transfer, underlet or part with the possession of the premises without previous consent. Size:8pp Dates18 April 1994 Additional:Signed, sealed and date by all both parties, and witnessed, and includes Information:Signed, date and witnessed Consent of M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien. Condition:Good 9. Type:Agreement / Counterpart Sub-lease Parties:1.Dr M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien (his wife), Co. Mayo (Owners) 2.AIB Finance Ltd (formerly known as Allied Irish Finance Ltd), Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, (Tenant) 3.Power Leisure Ltd., Block 2, Village Green Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (Sub-tenant). Place:Affixing of satellite disk to exterior of Prospect House, Eyre Square Conditions:Recites details of original lease of 2^nd Oct 1974 between Glann Holdings and 2^nd part. Part 1 are now owners of the building, and the 2^nd part, with the former’s consent agree to grant a sub-lease of the premises to 3^rd part for the unexpired residue term of the superior lease. 1^st part have agreed to allow the 3^rd to attach a satellite dish on the roof of the building. The 1^st shall at all times be responsible for the safety of the dish and to be solely responsible for the dish and to accept full liability for any damage or injury, if any, however caused to person or property resulting therefrom. Size:4pp Dates18 April 1994 Additional:Includes drawing of premises, showing elevations, and proposed ground floor layout Information:at Paddy Power Prospect House, Prospect Hill, Galway, and the location of satellite on the roof of the building. Drawing by McElroy Architects, Dublin 14, Jul 1993 Document signed, sealed and date by all 3 parties, and witnessed. Condition:Fair Extent9 LanguageEnglish Archival historyDuring a review of Title Deeds for its estate portfolio the AIB Group, Sourcing & Security section, based in Dublin, deemed there were several it no longer required and thus donated various documents to Galway County Council Archives in 2020. Deeds, most of which relate to Prospect House, Eyre Square, were issued to the Bank by Joynt & Crawford Solicitors in July 2012. Persons keyword Arthur Ireland, Richard Hedges Eyre, John B. Purdon, William Upington, Edward Sohan Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. LevelItem

TitleAllied Irish Bank (AIB), Title Documents and Maps, 1852-1994

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGS20/04

Date1852-1994

Production date 1852 - 1994

Scope and Content

Deeds and Agreements which relate to Prospect House, Eyre Square together with several sketches and maps of the south-west end of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, Galway, site of the Provincial Bank in the mid 1850s, later (mid- late 20^th century) the site of an Allied Irish Bank. Includes:-

1. August 1852Hand drawn colour ‘Sketch and measurement of property purchased

in Galway being Lot No. 2 of the late Mr Robert Hedges Eyre’s property’ surveyed by William Clarke, on the south west corner of

Eyre Square and Victoria Place, giving name of property owner/lessor, owned also property facing Eyre Square which include the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dr [Croker] King, John Ireland, Arthur Ireland (four storey with basement), and adjacent properties, also the Rail Road and Wall, and the (Wesleyan) Methodist Church and School House. Includes markings indicating a wall built by Arthur Ireland at the rear of which garden which encroached onto Plot No. 14, Lot 2, belonging to the Bank.

Scale 40 ft to one inch.

2.1853-04-25Hand drawn colour map, a survey of the plots of grounds on the

south east corner of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, Galway, leased to Arthur Ireland and John Kelly, ‘with an unlet plot being a swamp

and un-reclaimed common, marked in Ireland’s lease as an ‘intended lane to the medial. Note the Medial is a stream running between Erasmus Smith’s College and Bohermore thro the Road to the Docks’, surveyed by William Clarke. Map indicates details of various Lots, giving Lot Numbers, the name of property owner/lessor and size in a.r.p, which include for instance the Methodist Chapel, Gas Company, and the Midland Great Western Railway Terminus and Hotel. Also includes a compass rose and position of an ‘intended Lane to the Medial or sally garden’, continuing on from the road to the Docks in an easterly direction in front Kelly’s plot.

3.1853-04-25Hand drawn colour map surveyed by William Clarke, of premises in

the town of Galway, on the south west corner of Eyre Square and Victoria Place, providing details of various Lots, giving Lot No., the

name of property owner/lessor and size in a.r.p, which include for instance the Methodist Chapel, and adjacent properties owned by John Kelly and Robert Murray (Buried in Forthill cemetery, Galway, Ireland), also property facing Eyre Square which include the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dr King, John Ireland, Arthur Ireland and the Midland Great Western Railway Terminus and Hotel, and the position of an ‘intended Lane leading to the Medial or sally garden’, continuing on from the road to the Docks in an easterly direction in front of John Kelly’s plot adjacent to the Methodist Church. Also includes a compass rose.

Includes copy of ‘Map copied from John Kelly’s Lease’ and an appended miniature map of area, ‘Arthur Ireland’s Map, copied from his Lease’ with the site of Provincial Bank coloured pink.

4.October 1855Hand drawn map Plot of ground in the Town of Galway as leased to Mr George Rutledge, surveyed by William Clarke, showing Victoria Place, J B Purdan’s Yard, Methodist School House, Arthur Ireland’s garden and the Railway Boundary Wall. Includes compass rose.

Scale 20 ft to one inch

5.N/dColour drawing on tracing paper of 6 storey warehouse building, possible Frenchville Lane (opposite entrance to Ceannt Station), showing various elevations.

Scaled 20 feet to 1 inch

Condition: Good

Type:Assignment

Parties:1.Edward Sohan, Abbeygate Street, Galway (Pawnbroker) and

2.Patrick Powell, Shop Street, Galway, Merchant and

Thomas Concannon, Upper Salthill, Galway, Insurance Inspector (Purchasers)

Date:5 November 1920

Place:Dwelling house, out-offices and premises situated at Upper Abbeygate Street, Galway, Parish of St Nicholas, occupied by Edward Good, Grocer, and sheds in rear occupied by Mrs Tarpey, Mrs Clarke and Mr P Holland, also two small shops or tenements in Abbeygate St., underneath the Good’s dwelling, occupied by Mrs Barnacle and Mrs Evans, together with the dwelling house, out offices and premises in the rear occupied by Martin Browne (Lessor), all in the Parish of St Nicholas, County of the Town of Galway.

Conditions: Recites details of indenture of 1 Feb 1847 wherein Martin Browne leased to Timothy Murray the premises cited above for 99 years, whereas Murray and bequeath his

property to his two sons, William Murray and Frederick Murray. The latter died without issue, so William became the sole heir of the premises. Following William’s death on 19 January 1874, his executors sold by indenture of 26 June 1879 the lease in the premises to Mark Hughes, who by indenture of 13 April 1895 assigned the premises to Patrick Joseph Burke. Patrick died on 14 November 1902 intestate, his widow Anne sold and by Indenture of 18 May 1914 assigned the premises to William P. Uppington, for the residue of the lease term.

Whereas by Indenture of 3 Sept 1920 Uppington assigned to Sohan the premises for rent of £17.1.10 per annum but indemnified against £9.0.10 for the adjoining shop (coloured yellow in the adjoining map) and premises in the possession of Uppington. Sohan agreed with Uppington that he would pay £8 pa being an apportioned part of the rent reserved by the Lease and keep Uppington indemnified against payment.

Sohan offered the portion of the leasehold premises assigned to him for sale by public auction on 6 October 1920, to the purchasers for £485. Sohan assigns to the Purchasers that portion of the premises (coloured green in the adjoining map), granted in the previous lease of 3 Sept 1920, for the residue of the 99-year lease at the adjusted rent of £17.1.10, but indemnified against £9.1.10 for the adjoining premises still in the occupation of Uppington (yellow in the map). The purchasers agree that they will not carry out, or allow to be carried out, the business of a licenced pawnbroker on the premises. If they breach the Agreement they must pay Sohan £1,000.

Size:5pp

Dates5 Nov 1920

Additional:Signed by Sohan, witnessed by Charles A Cooke, and also signed by Cannon

Information:and Power, witnessed by William Cunningham, Law Clerk

Prepared by L E O’Dea Solicitors, Dublin.

Includes hand drawn colour map indicating the location of premises, in the vicinity of Lynch’s Castle, Shop Street, Galway. Scale 10.58 feet to a statute mile.

Condition Good

Type: Lease, maintenance agreement

Parties:1.Glann Holdings Ltd., 40 Dominick Street, Galway (Lessors)

2. Allied Irish Finance Ltd., 36 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin (Bankers) (Lessee)

Place:Part of the 1^st premises on the ground Floor, Prospect Hill, Parish of St Nicholas, comprising an area of L683 sq. ft.

Conditions:1^st part agree to grant to the 2^nd the premises for a term of 36 years from 1^st July 1974, paying for the first 3 years a rent of £3,450.15, payable half yearly. The 1^st will be entitled to increase the rent every 3 years. The 2^nd will also ‘preserve, uphold, support, maintain, repair and keep the interior’ of the premises in good and tenantable repair and condition. They will further agree not to make any alterations in the construction or arrangement of the premises without previous written consent, and will not assign, transfer, underlet or part with the possession of the premises without previous consent. The 1^st agrees repair the exterior of the premises.

Size:5pp

Date:1974-10-2

Additional:Signed, sealed and dated by both parties

Information:Prepared by Concannon & Co., Solicitors, Sea Road, Galway

Condition Good

Type: Sub-lease

Parties:1.AIB Finance Ltd (formerly known as Allied Irish Finance Ltd), Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, (Tenant)

2.Power Leisure Ltd., Block 2, Village Green Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (Sub-tenant).

Place:Sub-lease of portion of Ground Floor of Prospect House, Eyre Square, Galway

Conditions:Recites details of original lease of 2^nd Oct 1974 between Glann Holdings and 2^nd part. Indicates that the title and interest of the landlord in that lease is now vested in M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien, Co. Mayo. The yearly rent in the original lease is presently £18,282.44 pa.

1st part agrees to sub-lease the premises to the 2^nd part for the unexpired residue of the original lease paying such ‘such of money as equates with the is exactly identical to the annual rent for the time being payable’ under the original lease. The 2^nd Part agrees to keep the interior of the premises good repair. They will further agree not to make any alterations in the construction or arrangement of the premises internally or externally without prior written consent, and will not assign, transfer, underlet or part with the possession of the premises without previous consent.

Size:8pp

Dates18 April 1994

Additional:Signed, sealed and date by all both parties, and witnessed, and includes

Information:Signed, date and witnessed Consent of M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien.

Condition:Good

Type:Agreement / Counterpart Sub-lease

Parties:1.Dr M. J. O’Brien & M. O’Brien (his wife), Co. Mayo (Owners)

2.AIB Finance Ltd (formerly known as Allied Irish Finance Ltd), Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, (Tenant)

3.Power Leisure Ltd., Block 2, Village Green Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (Sub-tenant).

Place:Affixing of satellite disk to exterior of Prospect House, Eyre Square

Conditions:Recites details of original lease of 2^nd Oct 1974 between Glann Holdings and 2^nd part. Part 1 are now owners of the building, and the 2^nd part, with the former’s consent agree to grant a sub-lease of the premises to 3^rd part for the unexpired residue term of the superior lease. 1^st part have agreed to allow the 3^rd to attach a satellite dish on the roof of the building. The 1^st shall at all times be responsible for the safety of the dish and to be solely responsible for the dish and to accept full liability for any damage or injury, if any, however caused to person or property resulting therefrom.

Size:4pp

Dates18 April 1994

Additional:Includes drawing of premises, showing elevations, and proposed ground floor layout Information:at Paddy Power Prospect House, Prospect Hill, Galway, and the location of satellite

on the roof of the building. Drawing by McElroy Architects, Dublin 14, Jul 1993

Document signed, sealed and date by all 3 parties, and witnessed.

Condition:Fair

Extent9

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyDuring a review of Title Deeds for its estate portfolio the AIB Group, Sourcing & Security section, based in Dublin, deemed there were several it no longer required and thus donated various documents to Galway County Council Archives in 2020. Deeds, most of which relate to Prospect House, Eyre Square, were issued to the Bank by Joynt & Crawford Solicitors in July 2012.

Persons keyword Arthur Ireland, Richard Hedges Eyre, John B. Purdon, William Upington, Edward Sohan

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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