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Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (3pp);
• material relating to the Jesuits’ printing press in the city in the seventeenth century, in 'The First Printers in Waterford, Cork and Kilkenny Pre-1700' by William K. Sessions, (The Ebor Press, York, England, 1990) (310pp);
• letter from Margaret Phelan, Kilkenny Archaeological and Society to Fr James B Stephenson SJ (2 May 1962);
• short account of the Jesuits in Kilkenny by Fr Stephen Redmond SJ (January 1991);
• article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on 'Jesuits in Kilkenny', 'Jesuit Year Book', (1970, pp9-23);
• twelve colour photographs by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ of various sites in Kilkenny relating to the Jesuits - St John's Priory, Irishtown (June 2001).

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’

Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ and Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, (Irish Province Archivist 1986 - 2019)) on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century.

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).

Fr John MacErlean SJ and the development of the Irish Jesuit Archive by Elizabeth Mullins in 'Archives and Archivists', pp166-176.

Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 73pp);
• ‘Jesuits resident in Waterford 1660 - 1798’ notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 12pp);
• typescript entitled 'Jesuits acting as Parish Priests in Waterford' (n.d., 1p.);
• typescript article entitled 'The Jesuits in Waterford' by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. With handwritten corrections and annotations (n.d., 27pp);
• copies of 'The Catholic Record of Waterford and Lismore', containing an article in three parts entitled 'St Patrick’s Church and Parish', by Rev. P[ower]. Patrick, M.R.I.A. (June, August, October 1916, 3 items);
• photocopy of an article, 'St Patrick’s Church, Waterford 1750 - 1984', from 'The Pioneer' (February 1985, 2pp);
• material relating to Jesuit records of St Peter’s Church (1646 - 1650, 8 items).
• photocopy of an article, 'Recent Archaeological Excavations in Waterford City', by Maurice Hurley, ‘annotated with numbers to accompany photographs by M. Brennan SJ’ with references to St Peter’s Church ([post 1987], 5pp);
• black and white prints of the excavations at St Peter’s Church, taken by the archaeologists (n.d., 3 items), colour photographs of the excavations taken by Fr Martin Brennan SJ (7 items) and their negatives (8 frames);
• photocopies of documents (some of whose originals are also in the Irish Jesuit Archives) [sent to/by? Fr Martin Brennan SJ in 1988]: 'Spicilegium Ossoriense: Being a Collection of Original Letters and Papers Illustrative of the History of the Irish Church from the reformation to the year 1800', by Right. Rev. Patrick Francis Moran, DD, Bishop of Ossory (original in the Jesuit Library, Milltown Park) (1878, 9pp);
• transcript dated c29 Dec 1646, beginning ‘sanctissimus D. N. Paulus felicis recordationis Papa Quintus per literas…’ (6pp);
• photocopy of a Fr John MacErlean transcript SJ ‘Patres Missionis Hiberniae Innocentio Papae X’ (1646/7, 2pp);
• ‘Pro Patribus S.J. Waterfordia’ (29 December 1646, 2pp);
• ‘24 Junii 1649 Parisiis P. Mercure Verdiere to Fr General Vincent Caraffa’ (3pp);
• ‘Catalogus Tertius Missionis Hibernicae Anno 1650’ (1p) and ‘P. Gulielmus Malonius P. Francisco Piccolomineo Waterfordia 31 Augusti 1650’ (3pp);
• notes from Rev. Prof. Patrick Power to Fr John MacErlean SJ, on Waterford Jesuits, made in the course of Prof. Power’s research for a history of the Waterford diocese (20 May 1935 - 7 December 1947, 31pp) and
• article by Fr Michael G Olden in the 'Furrow' entitled 'A diocese remembers: A tribute to the Jesuits' (November 1991).

Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (4pp);
• letters from a Patrick Donovan, Upper Rosbercon, New Ross to Frs Matthew Meade and John MacErlean seeking information on the history of the Jesuits in New Ross, in particular the book of carols ‘A Pious Garland’ compiled by Fr Luke Wadding SJ, and information on Fr Hosschius Sidronius (31 January - 3 March 1948, 3 items, 18pp);
• notes by Diarmaid Walsh, Coolcull House, Taghmon, County Wexford to Fr Stephenson (10 November 1971);
• extract of an O.S. map indicating the site of the seventeenth century Jesuit church in New Ross (no scale given) and
• note by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ on the Jesuit presence in the town of Wexford (14 June 2000, 1p).

Spiritual bouquet and poem by Fr Diarmuid Ó Laoghaire SJ in honour of Fr John MacErlean's jubilee in the Society of Jesus.

Brief list of deceased Rectors of the Irish College in Salamanca, 1646-[1790].

Notes on students who studied in Irish Colleges abroad, including Lisbon, 1617-1867, by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809. Complied by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

List of Jesuits and their date of arrival in Ireland, 1554-1637.

Notes on Irish Jesuits copied by Fr John MacErlean SJ from Watty Cox’s Irish Magazine, August 1810.

Wording of Fr John MacErlean's death notice published in the 'Irish Independent'.

Notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ for a lecture on the Irish College in Rome (not delivered).

The Irish Jesuits Vol.1: being a collection of articles on the history of the Irish Province, culled from various sources, mainly for the Jesuit Year Book.

The Irish Colleges were established chronologically as follows: Lisbon 1590, Salamanca 1592, Santiago de Compostela 1605, Seville 1608 or 1612, Rome 1628 and Poitiers 1674. Irish Jesuits were involved in the establishment or running of the colleges at Lisbon, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela and Seville. The colleges were established with the aim of educating and training students for the priesthood and acted as service and social centres for Irish religious communities all over Europe. Fr Thomas White SJ (1558-1622) founded Salamanca. For diplomatic reasons the title of Rector was held by a Spanish Jesuit successively at Santiago (1612) and Seville (1619). Fr John Howling SJ (1543-1599) founded Lisbon.

The material comprises of notes on the Irish Colleges at Lisbon, Poitiers, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Seville and Rome by Frs Edmund Hogan (1831-1917), John MacErlean (1870-1950) and Fergal McGrath (1895-1988). Includes lists of rectors and students of the Colleges.

Two bound volumes relating to the Irish College, Lisbon concern the foundation of the college, accounts, custom book and statutes. Analysis of the documents relating to the Irish College, Lisbon by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (1909-2011).

The Irish Jesuit College at Rome was established in 1628.

The Irish Jesuit College was established in 1592.

The Irish Jesuit College at Santiago de Compostela was established in 1605. Fr Thomas White SJ (1558-1622) founded Salamanca and went on to become Vice-Rector (for diplomatic reasons the title of Rector was held by a Spanish Jesuit) successively at Santiago (1612) and Seville (1619).

The Irish Jesuit College at Seville was established in 1608/12. For diplomatic reasons the title of Rector was held by a Spanish Jesuit. successively at Santiago (1612) and Seville (1619).