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A file relating to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta. Includes documents relating to religious instruction of Catholics, descriptions of clerical controversy, disputes with Protestants, conversions of Protestants to Catholicism, preaching, Catholic education, addresses presented to the Governor of Malta, Fr Esmonde's Journal describing his time in Malta, correspondence. Letters are addressed to Fr Esmonde at San Calcedonia, outside Valletta. This house belonged to the Sicilian Province and Malta had a close connection with the Sicilian Province. Note: at least 50% of the documents are written in Italian.

A file relating to an early sermon by Dr Charles Russell entitled 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge'.

A file of cases of conscience at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Notes by Fr Charles MacKenna SJ on ‘List of subjects in Retreat to Ours’; ‘Consid[eration]s’.

• address of the Catholic Parishioners of Kilrush to the Jesuit fathers on the conclusion of the mission (27 May 1854);
• a list of subscribers for the Jesuit mission (28 May 1854);
• copy of pamphlets entitled ‘Blasphemy! Blasphemy! BLASPHEMY!! by ‘A Trinity Student’ on the moves ‘by the PARSON of Carrigaholt, and SECONDED by the “Ennis Freeman”…
• notice ‘To Joseph F. Robbins, Vicar of Kilrush’ (23 May 1854).
• details of missions given by Jesuits in Wexford and Killaloe, 1856 - 1858 taken from The Tablet;
• missions in 1864 (a list by F. Haly);
• missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in Ireland in the year 1866 - 1868 by Fr Robert Haly SJ.

Note on the death of Fr John St Leger SJ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, with list of jobs (1869), and photocopy of notice of death (1868).

Notes and letters by Fr John Ffrench SJ, including reports on 12 boys at St Stanisalus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and what he has taught to them (18 October 1834), letters while acting as Substitute English Assistant to Fr General and English Assistant to Fr General, Rome to Fr O'Reilly SJ and Fr Browne SJ (21 December 1865 & 16 February 1867) and note on the wood used for Tullabeg. Includes letters from Fr George Lambert SJ, Fr General Peter Beckx SJ, Curia Generalizia Compagnia di Gesù, Rome, Italy on the death of Fr John Ffrench SJ (1873).

Part of a report on how Theological Studies are managed in an unidentified Theological College. An accompanying note in English suggests that the College may be St Beuno's, and that the writer may be Fr Edmund O’Reilly. (In Latin).

A file relating to Fr John Grene's family history. Includes family trees, and handwritten biography by Fr Grene.

File of handwritten sermon, retreat notes, considerations (Catholic University, 1862), Triduum and retreats. Includes long retreats at Cork (1860), Tullabeg (1861 - 1862; 1868 - 1871); Laval (1872 - 1875); Tronchiennes (1875 - 1877); Clongowes Wood College (1877) and meditations, attributed to the following Jesuits: Frs. Peter Kenney (Palmero), Aloysius Sturzo, Daniel Jones, Patrick Hughes, Charles Aylmer, John St. Leger, Robert St. Leger. Michael Kelly, Charles Plowden, John Cunningham, James Mullen, Alexander Kyan (with history of Kyan family), John Shine, Bartholomew Esmonde, Thomas Betagh, Patrick Bracken, P. O'Reilly, Stephen Farrell, Charles McKenna, Edmund O'Reilly, Pubrick.

A file relating to Fr James A. Cullen’s “Exeat”. Includes a letter from Fr Cullen, Tramore, County Waterford to Rev James Tuite SJ, Irish Provincial, Milltown Park, Dublin. Remarks ‘I enclose my “Exeat” which Doctor Warren...sent me this week with seal and signature...It severs the last link which officially bound me to a diocese...’ (24 July 1881, 4pp). Includes Fr Cullen’s “Exeat”.

A file containing notes and letters concerning Fr James A. Cullen's suitability to join the Society of Jesus.

Handwritten notes (with typed copy) concerning a deed relating to the Free Burses for Mungret Apostolic School. A note by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ remarks that the deed does not appear to be extant. This deed does exist, see SC/MUNG/121.

Notebook of notes from retreats given by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning his fund-raising trip to and around America. Includes typescript copies of the letters by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.

A file relating to the controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College. The file contains manuscript material written by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ. In a summary he remarks that the Bishop saw the presence of lay students at Mungret 'as a threat to his seminary' (nd, 1p). Includes correspondence, and prospectus for Mungret College, 1882, Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret, 1889 and 1895.

Notes compiled by Fr John Grene SJ, on individual Jesuits of the Irish Province. A note states 'Possibly all are in Memorials Ir. Prov.' Some notes in other hand, post-date Grene.

Browne, Thomas
Burke, William
Butler, James

Cunningham, John
Curtis, John

Ferguson, Charles

Gannon, Nicholas

Halpin, Thomas
Haly, Robert
Hayes, James Mark
Hearne, John

Kavanagh, Michael
Kelly, Michael
Kernan, Edward

Lentaigne, Joseph
Lynch, Henry
Lynch, John

McDonnell, James

O'Callaghan, Sylvester
O'Connor, John
O'Farrell, Michael
O'Reilly, Edmund

Rorke, Henry
Ryder, Alexander

Seaver, Matthew
Sheehan, Patrick
Stackowski, Francis Xavier

Obituaries of Fr James Tuite SJ and notes on theses for Theology and Philosophy.

Reader's tickets/call slips in Fr Edmund Hogan SJ name for the Archivo Secreto Della S. Sede and the Biblioteca Vaticana.

Typewritten document entitled ‘The Mission Manual’ by Fr William Ronan SJ’ with handwritten annotations by Fr Ronan SJ. The last page is in Fr Ronan’s hand. Includes wrapper for text and handwritten sermon notes.

Retreat and sermon notes attributed to Fr William Flynn SJ in the main. One document refers to Easter Sunday, 1 April 1866, [Fr.] James Butler [SJ]. References to sermons at St Beuno's, Wales, Mungret, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Galway.

Letters and notes to Fr William A Sutton SJ from various individuals including the Editor of 'The Lamp', Alfred de Burgh (Shankill, County Dublin), Hanbury Geoghegan, Charles Coppinger (Upper Merrion Street, Dublin) and A.H. Matthew (Chelsfield, Kent).

Miscellaneous notes, compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Denis Murphy on the cause of the Irish Martyrs.

Handwritten notes on 'The Woods in Ireland' by [Edmund Hogan SJ], which appeared in newspaper 'The United Irishman'

Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.

A file relating to the purchase of Rathfarnham Castle by the Society of Jesus. Includes part of the auction catalogue for the contents of the Castle, Battersby & Co, Auctioneers, 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, and list of Jesuit purchases (April 1913).

Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation. Includes notes by Fr Peter Finlay SJ as Province Procurator to consult with the Fr General [1905-1917].

Comments on, and reviews of Edward Boyd Barrett's doctoral thesis published by Longmans, Green and Co. 1911 under the title 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts: a Research in Will Psychology'. Includes:
– letter from Fr James J Carlin SJ (Socius, [Maryland and New York Province?] to the Irish Provincial Fr William Delany SJ drawing attention to the view of certain American Jesuits that the book ‘contained propositions, which, to say the least, seemed at variance with Catholic philosophy’ and enclosing a copy of the review originally prepared by the professor at Woodstock for inclusion in the publication 'America' and a ‘list of passages deserving of special notice’ (25 January 1912, 3 items, 2pp, 10pp, 2pp);
– letters from Boyd Barrett to Irish Fr Provincial defending his book and a ‘Reply of Father Fröbes to a request for his Opinion on some Points concerning Mr Barrett's Book’ (25 February - 4 March 1912, 3 items);
– letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Coemans SJ comprising the formal judgement of the Louvain professors on the book and the reply from Louvain “to the criticism of Mr Barrett’s book by a writer for ‘America’ ” (both in Latin) (1 March 1912, 2pp & 12pp);
– copy of letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr. Mc[…] (Stonyhurst) judging the book and the American Father's criticism of it (12 March 1912, 6pp);
– rough notes by Boyd Barrett defending his work [by systematically dealing with the points raised by his critics] (n.d., 5pp);
– copy typescript comprising ‘Pauca notanda velim’ on the book (n.d., 7pp) and
– copybook compiled by Boyd Barrett of reviews of 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts' published in various journals and periodicals. Also includes some newspaper clippings, telegrams and certificates relating to Boyd Barrett’s academic awards (1911 - 1913, c68pp).

Curriculum Vitae of Rev. George O'Neill SJ and handwritten notebook on Stations of the Cross (started 1868 and finished October 1894), with sermon on the Stations (11 March 1895).

Covering note and photocopy of Extract from the Irish Reports King’s Bench Division, Vol. II, 1914, p. 448 - 453, concerning the University Hall Trust Deed.

Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.

On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.

Spiritual notes and letters belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Includes typewritten notes on ‘Samuel’, ‘Acts of Immolation’, ‘The Prayer of Christ’; spiritual letters.

Handwritten notes by Fr John O'Brien SJ on subjects such as:

• Illuminated Manuscripts, including letters from Edward Sullivan (23 January 1917), Thomas William Lyster, Librarian, the National Library of Ireland (19 June 1917) and William Alexander Henderson, National Literary Society, 6 St Stephen's Green, Dublin (nd.).

• notes on notable individuals born in Galway, statements on imports and exports and net tonnage of sailing and steam vessels to/from the Port of Galway (1906-10, with letter from the Superintendent of Statistics and Intelligence Branch, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, Dublin (1 March 1912) to Fr John O'Brien SJ and pamphlet with the title ‘Good facts about Galway’ with information on ‘The Honourable Past; The Present: Achievements and resources; Some distinguished Galway men’ produced by St Ignatius College, Galway. Written by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. See SC/GALW/3

• Supplement entitled Galway as a Transatlantic Port’ reprinted from The Financial Times (16 February 1912).

Notebooks which details Jesuit missions, and includes date, location and on odd occasion, the priest giving the mission. (Front covers detached).

Documents inserted loose into the scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ, including newspaper clippings of a rugby match, two letters, handwritten map, prayer cards, receipts, poetry and list of retreats given (1920).

Instructions on baptism in cases of dangerous or premature childbirth.

'Informationes' for Br Vincent Johnson SJ and copy letter from St Francis Xavier Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin indicating that materiel sent is incomplete.

Biographical notes on Fr John Young SJ, mostly all in Latin, some compiled by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ (80pp).

A file relating to Michael O'Mahony's entry into the Society of Jesus.

Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the different islands of the West Indies (7pp) and by A. Olivar OSB ‘Spiritual and Liturgical life on Montserrat’ (7pp).

A file of notes by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on Bishop Kirwan of Killala.

Documents concerning Fr John Meagh SJ. Includes biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 16pp), ‘De P. Joanne Meagh authore P.F. Antonio Bruodino in Propugnaculo. 1669’ (4pp) and letter from Fr Leopold Škarka SJ, with notes from Prague, Czechoslovakia (21 September 1930).

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library (2 items), enclosing extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Barbados with reference to the Irish in the West Indies (8pp).

A file of notebooks containing theological notes belonging to Fr Arthur Little SJ. Includes 'Theses In Examine Annui Theologorum, s.j. Defendendae, Milltown Park, Dublini' (1927-1930).

Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ preached on Easter Sunday at the Crescent, Limerick.

Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc.’ (p.23 – 30) (typescript on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph and his sermons). 8pp (Part of an article ‘The Sermon-diary of Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, published in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, (xliv, section C, p.1 – 57); Annotated bound copy of Studies articles by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh.

Application form and notes establishing St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street as a charity and tax implications.

Retreat and prayer notes used by Fr William White SJ.

A file containing information compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the following parishes in the Diocese of Tuam, County Galway:
Abbeyknockmoy;
Addregoole/Liskeevy;
Annaghdown;
Athenry;
Ballynakill;
Boyounagh/Glennamaddy;
Donaghpatrick/Kilcoona/Ballycolgan;
Dunmore;
Inisboffin;
Kilbannon;
Kilbride;
Kilkerrin/Clonberne;
Killanin;
Killascobe;
Killeen;
Killererin;
Killursa & Killower (Headford);
Kilmacrenan/Kilmoylan/Cummer/Belclare;
Kilmeen;
Lackagh;
Moylagh/Mountbellew;
Moyrus;
Omey/Ballindoon;
Ross/Clonbur;
Rosserly;
Roundstone/Ballinafad;
Spiddal;
Templetoher and
Tuam.

and the following parishes in county Roscommon: Kiltullagh and Moone/Clarinborean.

Notes made by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes drafts of a typescript ‘The Jesuit School at Cashel - 1620’ (n.d., 1p. and 2pp).

Note relating to a decision to open an Apostolic School at Loyola - to train possible candidates for the Society.

A file relating to Fr John Williams SJ, and entry into the Society of Jesus.

Notes on the O'Flahertys by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. Includes notes on the Lynchs and Richard Martin.

Notes and newspaper clippings on distinguished Ecclesiastics in the Tuam Diocese, compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.

Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Our Lady'.

Documents concerning Archbishop McQuaid’s objections to the formation of a Sandymount-Ballsbridge group of Muintir na Tíre and Fr Edward J Coyne’s involvement with the establishment of such a group (See also ADMN/3/29; 37; 39; 57). ‘I am not convinced that this Association has yet proved that it deserves a place in this Diocese, in the country or in the City. Therefore, I have not sanctioned the formation of any group in the Diocese. I should be grateful, if you could give me any help in understanding the Sandymount- Ballsbridge movement.’ (6 November 1941,1p). Includes correspondence between the Archbishop, Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Coyne on the matter. Also includes letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Hayes, C.C.(Chairman) relating to Muintir na Tíre’s ‘Rural Week’ (29 November 1942, 2pp) and printed advertising leaflets and leaflets concerning National Appeals on behalf of Muintir na Tíre (1940s, 4 items).

Documents relating to the wording of forms of charitable bequests to the Society. Includes examples of different bequest forms, memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial on charitable bequests and letters to Irish Fr Provincial on the matter.

Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning manuscripts in the British Museum relating to Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm. Includes note (6 April 1943) with ‘Notes taken at Aberystwyth – where B.M. MSS were stored in 1943.’

Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of notes on Archbishop Lanfranc (mostly extracts from various sources):
– ‘Lanfranc and the Primacy of Canterbury’ (Latin and English) (1p.);
– ‘Lanfranc and the See of Dublin’ (Latin) (1p.);
– ‘Professiones Episcoporum Hibernie’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Gothric King of Dublin’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Turlough O Brien King of Ireland’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Pope Gregory VII to the Irish People’ (Latin) (1p.) and
– ‘Lanfranc and Columbanus at Canterbury’ (pp.18 – 22).

(In 1941 Fr Gwynn wrote ‘Lanfranc and the Irish Church’ for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lvii, pp.481 – 500; lviii, pp. 1 – 15) and ‘Pope Gregory VII and the Irish Church’ also for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lviii, pp.97 – 100) ).

A file containing notes on issues relating to the Hong Kong mission, discussion points for the Superior of the mission and an agenda for Irish Fr Provincial concerning various issues relating to the mission.

Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Holy Name' preached at Galway and St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

A file relating to a proposal by Dr Fehily of the Colonial Office that some Jesuits be incorporated in the Welfare Mission which he is leading to Hong Kong following the liberating army.

Biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Frs David Woulfe, Paschase Broët and Charles Lea.

A file of notes and correspondence concerning Fr John MacErlean's family tree. Includes letters from a relative, Teady McErlean, Portglenore concerning their family history (8 August 1928 - 14 January 1932, 31 items).

Notes on the early history of Manresa House by a sister of the Loreto Convent, Bray, forwarded to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ by James O'Connor, solicitor.

File of material including biographical information, obituary, passport photograph, and paper clippings, notes and sermons by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on issues, for example, ‘Drink’, ‘Scandal’, the use of 'Lantern Lectures', ‘Girls’, ‘The Rules’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Purgatory’ and ‘Mass’.

Biographical notes compiled by [ ] on Fr Thomas Tasburgh SJ, and reference to George's Hill, Dublin.

Photocopies of biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Richard Fleming SJ (3pp) and Michael P. Godinez SJ (2pp) (Michael Wadding).

Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ. Arranged chronologically by individual, tracing the history of the Society in Ireland from 1541 - 1774.

Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.

A file of notebooks belonging to Fr Henry King SJ containing retreat notes.

A file relating to Irish Jesuits working and living in China and Hong Kong during the rise in communism after the Second World War. Includes newspaper cuttings and descriptions by the Irish Jesuits of their experiences.

A file containing portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing. Instructions on the envelopes ask that they be left unopened until a week/eight weeks after Br Fennell’s death. File also includes biographical details.

Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various Annals:
– ‘Annals of Loch Cé (Annals of Kilronan)’ (1p.);
– ‘Annals of Connacht’ (1p.);
– ‘Annals of Boyle (Annals of Loch Cé after c.1228’;
– ‘The Annals of Connacht and the abbey of Cong’, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vo. XXVII, 1-9 (1956).

Notices related to the times and frequency of masses during the Triduum of Renovation and Manual Masses.

File of documents (found in the possession of Fr Francis Finegan SJ) concerning retreat, sodality groups and An Cór.

• Cullach Muire is Brighe, (1917 - 1920);
• Naomh Damhnait (1950 - 1955);
• An Cór (1950 - 1957);

Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on 'Christianity'.

A file containing Fr Brendan Barry's observations on the Lay School and Apostolic School, Mungret College. The notes include Fr Barry's concerns over the finances of the school. Fr Barry was superior of the Apostolic School from 1957 - 1959. The notes were compiled by Fr Redmnd F. Roche SJ who succeeded Fr Barry in 1959 and remained as Superior until 1967.

Biographical sketch of Fr John Austin, with note on first page ‘This brief Memoir of the Rev. John Austin SJ was sent to Canon Conlan, P.P. St Michan’s, Dublin, by Mr. Edward Evans, July 14, 1900’ ([1900], 5pp), typescript entitled ‘Father John Austin SJ 1717 - 1784’ probably by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (n.d., 2 copies, 4pp each), pamphlet entitled 'Rev. John Austin, S.J.' by Dr George A. Little, Irish Messenger Office (1960) and article on John Austin and Thomas Betagh.

Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics including Dr Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, Prof Jim Lydon (Professor of History, T.C.D.) and Dr Ludwig Bieler, relating to the [Irish Manuscripts Commission]. Includes: carbon copy of a ‘Report on Manuscripts of Irish Interest in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg’ by Dr Ludwig Bieler (August 1957, 11pp).

Biographical notes on Fr Thomas Betagh SJ including:

• Biographical skecth from 'The Irish Magazine, and Monthly Aslyum for neglected biography (March 1811);
• 'The Life of Revered Pious Predictions of the late Very Rev. Dr Betagh..' compiled by Mr Francis Daniel, printed and sold by C.M. Warren, 8 Tight Street, 1832;

A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).

Documents relating to events organised in 1963 to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College in Galway. Includes programme of events; ‘the Men’s Sodality of Our Lady and The Jesuits in Galway’; menus; concert programmes, messages from Dr Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and Father General John Janssens SJ; letter from Fr Francis Finegan SJ to Rector, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway on a centenary brochure (2 November 1963); list of principal events of contrary celebrations (1963); rough plan of church placings; ‘Ceiliuradh Cead - Bliana Cholaside Iognáid. Deire Fomhir 1963’; ‘Cuirm Ceoil St Ignatius Centenary Celebrations 1863 - 1963 Concert’ and notes.

Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:

• letter from Fr James Rabbitte SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ, concerning Galway records and Jesuit chalices (1 December 1935, 2pp);
• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the chalice of the Galway Jesuits (n.d., 1p.) and drafts of a typescript article by [Fr Francis Finegan SJ] on the Centenary of St Ignatius’ Galway, recalling the history of the Jesuits in the city in the seventeenth century (1963, 8pp and 9pp);
• copybook by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the Jesuits in Galway using James Hardiman's version of 1651 map, and his history of Galway [1905], (71pp). Includes letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin to Fr William Byrne SJ, St Ignatius, Galway on townlands (19 September 1905).

Notes on concerning the history of Galway and the Jesuits in Galway taken from the 'Galway Vindicator' (13 April 1859 - 1866, 58pp) and (1863-1884, 50pp) by Fr Francis Finegan SJ.

Material relating to the Jesuits in Limerick in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Includes:

• tracing of a map of Limerick from John Speed’s map of Munster, 1610, reproduced in 'Pacata Hibernia, Dublin', 1810 (21cm x 14cm);
• notes by Fr Francis Finegan SJ and Fr John MacErlean SJ;
• tracing of a map entitled ‘Limerick circa 1590, Copy feb 1903. Thos. Westropp’ (22 1/2 cm x 15cm) and
• tracing entitled ‘Plan of Limerick castle’ (circa 1611), (141/2cm x 24cm). All tracings signed by ‘A. Cox’

Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ. Includes notes, letters and postcards (mainly in German).

File of writings on religious topics by Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ consisting of notes for retreats and missions and lectures to sodalities and apostleship of prayer meetings.

File containing biographical information, obituary and notes from a sermon of Fr William Allen SJ (10 May 1964).

File of notes for holy hour ceremonies by Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ on various religious topics such as the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Reunification of Christendom, each of which is divided into four quarters, a series of prayers and aspirations and a final blessing and consecration.

A file relating to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ research on his family. Includes an offprint of an article by William Hogan entitled 'Rev. Edmund Hogan, S.J. An Eminent Great Island Scholar' published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (vol. LXX, 1965).

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Liam Ó Buachalla, Cork, relating to the history of the diocese of Cork and Cloyne; - the Uí Toirdhealbhaigh ‘the subsept to which Brian Ború, the Ua hEnna’s and Ua hAailgenis belonged’;

• the O Sealbhaig family and numerous other points with regard to Fr Gwynn’s article ‘Bishop of Cork in the Twelfth Century’ in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (July 1950);
  his work helping ‘to edit a voluminous…(manuscript)…History of Diocese of Cork left by the late Canon Cahalane’;
• the history of Cloyne from the ninth to the eleventh centuries;
• Nehemias, Bishop of Cloyne who died in 1149;
• the Arrouaisians in Cork (see also J10/153; 195; 227; 228).
  Encloses typescript notes by Ó Buachalla entitled ‘Diocese of Cloyne’ (n.d., 4pp).

Notes and letters on the history of Baymount. Handwritten and typed notes by J T Gwynn on the history of Baymount (3 June 1948) and letter from James G. O'Connor, Solicitor to Fr Coyne SJ on the history (23 June 1948). Letter from Fr Thomas Shuley SJ to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin referring to a book on the life of Mrs Ball which says that she bought Baymount Castle in 1847 and it was taken over by some Sisters from Rathfarnham Abbey (18 August 1848). Letter from F. John L. Evans, 39 James Street South, Hamilton, Canada to Fr Donal Mulcahy SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin thanking him for his hospitality in showing him the home of his ancestors and the copy of the history of the house (5 June 1967).

A file of notices and order of time for retreats conducted by Fr John Counihan SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Material related to Liam Egan SJ. Typed notes (possibly by Fr Egan) on ‘Canary Breeding at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin’ published in ‘Cage Birds’, 4 August 1949. Letter from Donal G. (Godfrey), Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Fr Edward O'Keefe SJ (ADMN/7) on the typed notes and the sale of birds by Val (McLaughlin).

Catalogue entries (1930; 1970), black and white photograph depicting Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ at Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy (1948) and notes on appointment as Director of the Vatican Observatory (1952).

Typescript copies of Fr William Ronan's letters written prior to his fund-raising trip to America by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ. Includes details of his fund-raising in Ireland and retreats given by him. Includes a page of quotations from the Mungret Annual.

Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• biographical notes by by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on Jesuits who were stationed in Clonmel (n.d., 24pp);
• notes by ? on the Clonmel residence, 1600 to 1650 (n.d., 4pp) and
• typescript article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled Jesuit Associations with Clonmel in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. With handwritten corrections by the author (27pp).

Sermons by Jesuit priests from the Church of St Ignatius, Galway. Small number in Irish.