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- 2 January 1914 - 28 June 1917 (Creation)
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10 items
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A file relating to the 'Bruton Controversy/Debt'. In February 1884, Dr Bruton, a Dublin merchant transferred, to the Apostolic School, Mungret, a debt of £869.2.6 owed to him by Clongowes. According to Bruton's document of transfer, Clongowes was to pay the debt within a reasonable time, and, pending the payment of the principal sum was to pay, in addition, 3% yearly interest to the Apostolic School. Clongowes refused to pay the principal sum or the interest Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr James Corboy SJ, Mungret College remarking that he has instructed Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector of Clongowes to pay £332.15.4 to Mungret. Remarks that Fr General decided that Clongowes should pay half the interest due on the debt and '…put an end finally to all disputes about the debt.' (25 June 1917, 2pp).
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment.
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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- Latin
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- Mungret College, Limerick, 1882-1974 (Subject)
- Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, 1832- (Subject)
- Corboy, James P, 1880-1922, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Tomkin, Nicholas J, 1859-1942, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969 (Subject)
- Fulton, Robert, 1826-1895, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Ronan, William, 1828-1907, Jesuit priest and chaplain (Subject)
- Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1814- (Subject)
- Cahill, Edward, 1868-1941, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Head, Thomas, 1842-1916, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Walmesley, Herman, 1850-1927, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Ledóchowski, Wlodimir, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and Father General (Subject)
- O'Reilly, Richard, 1849-1932, Jesuit priest (Subject)
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2010; 2020