The Meeley Family Foreign Missions, Benevolent and Educational Trust

Public benefits

Purpose A-To pay to the Parish Priests for the time being of Drumcree, Portadown and Loughgall, County Armagh the sum of Six pounds per annum each for the purpose of saying one Mass per month each and to pay to the two Curates for the time being of Drumcree, Portadown, the sum of Three pounds per annum each for the purpose of saying bimensal masses

each. The said masses to be said for the happy repose of the souls of the Meeley family and the most abandoned soul in Purgatory. The honorarium for each Mass to be Ten Shillings. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the financial assistance to the Parish Priests of Drumcree and Loughall and to two curates of Drumcree. These benefits can be demonstrated by the scheduling of these masses by the Parish Priests and those that attended the masses. The beneficiaries of this purpose are the Parish Priests of Drumcree and Loughall and to two curates of Drumcree. Purpose B-To pay Ten per cent of the net income, as found in paragraph 1. (but not exceeding Thirty pounds per annum) to the Parish Priests for the time being of the Parishes of Drumcree, Portadown and Loughgall, County Armagh, in such proportions as the Trustees of the said Trust in their discretion think fit, such sums to be expended for the benefit of the aged or infirm poor of the said Parishes. The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include providing financial assistance to the aged or infirm of both parishes. These benefits can be demonstrated by the increased level of care and the reduction of poverty in respect of those who this fund is applied to. The beneficiaries of this purpose are the aged or infirm of both parishes. Purpose C–To pay Twenty-five per cent of the net income, as found in paragraph 1. (but not exceeding One hundred pounds per annum) to any Catholic Institute or Home which provides for the care of the aged or infirm poor, cripples, blind persons or orphans in Ireland, at the discretion of the Trustees of the said Trust. Such sum or sums to be used for educational purposes or otherwise at the discretion of the said trustees. In the event of the percentage herein exceeding the maximum mentioned, I direct that the excess be used to assist educational work, especially in the Irish Language, in such manner as the said Trustees of the said Trust shall think fit. In the event of the said trustees establishing a scholarship I direct them to call the said scholarship the "Meeley Family Scholarship". The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include providing financial assistance to any Catholic Institute or home which cares for aged, infirm, blind, cripples, orphans in Ireland. These benefits can be demonstrated by the feedback from the Catholic Institute or home which provides the care and the educational benefits, particularly in respect of the Irish language. The beneficiaries of this purpose are any Catholic Institute or home which cares for aged, infirm, blind, cripples, orphans in Ireland and those that require assistance with educational work, especially in the Irish language. Purpose D–All the remainder of the said annual income is to be expended by the Trustees of the said Trust to assist the Irish Catholic Foreign Missions in such manner as the said Trustees shall think fit provided however that a donation is to be paid each year to the Mission to Sierra Leone, West Africa and the money is to be spent in Ireland for the purposes of the said Mission. The direct benefits which flows from this purpose include the assistance provided to the Irish Catholic Foreign Missions, in particular the Mission to Sierra Leone to achieve a reduction in poverty. These benefits can be demonstrated by the Irish Catholic Foreign Missions, particularly in the Mission to Sierra Leone. The beneficiaries of this purpose are the Irish Catholic Foreign Missions, in particular the Mission to Sierra Leone. There is no harm or private benefit flowing from these purposes.

What your organisation does

The trustee manages the share portfolio and pays the net income generated from that portfolio to the charitable beneficiaries named in the Will of the late Michael Meeley who died on 16th September 1946.