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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Patrick J. Dunning, C.M. (President of St. Patrick’s College, Armagh). Includes:

• letter seeking information on St Malachy for an article Fr Dunning wishes to write in the school magazine and expressing surprise at the apparent lack of interest, on the part of the Irish, in St Malachy (18 January 1973, 2pp);
• letter seeking information for a lecture he is going to give to the London Medieval Society on ‘The attitude of the Irish Church to the Norman Invasion’ (13 November 1974, 3pp);
• letter on his brother Tom’s ‘valuable collection on Old and Middle English Literature’ which has been offered to U.C.D.. Includes a memorial card of Prof. Thomas P. Dunning, C.M. who died in 4 May 1973.

Also includes references to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ ‘presenting to U.C.D.’ his ‘most valuable card-index on Irish Medieval History, together with your most valuable correspondence with distinguished scholars. I am sure the History Department will be delighted with this generous presentation’ (23 July 1975, 2pp). (Inquiries to the Archives Department, U.C.D. in February 1998 revealed that no such presentation was made, either to the Library, History or Archive Departments in U.C.D.)

A file of correspondence relating to the University Bill and the affiliation of Mungret College following University changes in Ireland. Includes a summary of University Examinations (Royal University) taken by students in Mungret.

Typescript entitled 'Steer Neutral in Troubled Waters, Hong Kong 1941 - 1945' describing the experience of Irish Jesuits during the Japanese occupation by Fr Eddie Bourke SJ. Not related to Fr Thomas Ryan's 'Jesuits Under Fire'.

A file relating to the imprisonment of Frs Patrick Joy and Gerard Casey by the Japanese.

Regulations for the community issued by Fr Robert St Leger SJ, Vice Provincial, in compliance with an ordination of the Father General regarding Holy Poverty.

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.

Documents relating to the 1896 Provincial Congregation.

Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to the Agricultural Credit Corporation Ltd. £5 % State-Guaranteed Mortgage Bonds.

'The Dance Hall: A Moral and National Menace' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Parties:
Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin and Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street on the one part, Fr John Hughes SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway and Dominick Kelly, Mungret College, Limerick, Fr Edward Dillon, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare and James Forristal, Milltown Park, Dublin of the other part.

Property:
Plot of ground marked number twenty on the map or plans of Sherwood Fields, in the parish of Rahoon and West Liberties, Galway containing 38 perches and a quarter Irish Plantation measure.

Terms and Conditions:
Residue of the term of 999 years

Pass issued by Willie Chamberlain, Inspector General, Dublin Metropolitan Police for Fr Daniel Joseph Flinn SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to travel around Dublin in May 1916, and catalogue entry for Fr Flinn SJ (1930).

Material relating to the entry of Br Peter Foley SJ into the society, final vows and medical note.

A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.

A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)

A file relating to ways in which the teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province.

A file of University exam results from University Colle Dublin for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

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 relating to the studies of Juniors. Includes a report compiled by a committee set up to investigate the studies undertaken by Juniors (Ordinatio Studiorum Juniorum Provinciae Hiberniae Societatis Jesu).

'Dance Hall Legislation' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to Dublin Corporation 5% Inscribed Stock.

A file relating to two Irish Jesuit missionaries Frs Ernest Mackey SJ and Michael Garahy SJ who travelled to South Africa to conduct a mission in honour of the centenary celebrations in the Vicariate of the Western Districts of the Cape of Good Hope.

Documents relating to the 1899 Provincial Congregation.

A file relating to the difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School. Includes suggestions towards a solution of the difficulties (nd, 1p).

Stock and shares bought by Miss Cantwell, 12 Belvedere Place, Dublin bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ.

A file relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ concerning his entry to the Society of Jesus (1938) and his death following a car accident in Northern Rhodesia in 1964.

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.

'Dance Halls & More Dance Halls' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Circular from 27 scholastics studying philosophy at Roman colleges, which include Patricius (Patrick) M. Hughes and Guillelmus (William) O'Farrell.

A file relating to the paintings in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters relating to the ceiling paintings by Angelica Kauffman and new decorative works. Includes letters from Joshua Clarke, J Clarke & Sons, Stain glass manufacturers & Church decorators, 33 North Frederick Street, Dublin regarding the ceiling painting by 'my lady artist' (Miss Crilly, later known as Margaret Clarke) (10 September 1913). Only one painting by Margaret Crilly was accepted, which disappointed Joshua Clarke. Initially Miss Crilly rejected the offer of £7 10 shlllings per painting. Joshua Clarke persuaded her to accept £7, but by this stage, it was too late. She received £10 for her painting and Cambridge & Co. Ltd, Dublin were engaged (October 1913), and agreed a price of £35 for the series of nine painting. The artist Patrick Tuohy completed the ceiling paintings.

A file relating to Our Lady's Grotto, Rathfarnham erected by the employees of the Dublin United Tramways Company, including a history and photographs.

A file relating to the Knights of Loyola at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

A file relating to the closure of the Philosophate at Mungret Apostolic School.

Typescript document entitled ‘Testimonials of Doctor Michael F. Cox’ which details his qualifications and includes 15 testimonials from doctors and surgeons he has worked with or studied under. 10 original handwritten testimonials which appear in the typescripts testimonial are included.

'The Control of the Film' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Documents and letters relating to Fr John Hayes’ career before becoming a military chaplain. Includes:

• Letter of John Hayes to the Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ in reply to Fr Fahy’s instructions that Mr Hayes goes to Tullabeg (Novitiate), County Offaly on 1st September (Fr Hayes entered the Society on 1 September 1925) (5 August 1925, 1p);
• John Hayes’ confidential medical report, prepared by Dr M.S. McGrath for the Provincial (25 June 1925, 1p)
• ‘Informatio de Candidato’ – reports on John Hayes by five Jesuits for the Provincial (n.d., 5 items);
• Letter from Mr John Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ regarding his application to go on the Mission in Alaska (6 August 1932, 1p) and
• Copy letter to Mr John Hayes SJ from the Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ relating to ‘two faults…(that)…have been mentioned in the Informationes taken recently concerning you to which I must call your attention’ (26 July 1936, 1p);
• letter to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ from Fr Louis Lachal SJ, Loyola, Watsonia, Victoria, Australia (20 February 1945, 2pp) enclosing 'a letter for Frank Hayes, John's brother'...'The news of John's death was a big knock to those of us out here who knew him well'. Mentions Fr Victor Turner SJ in POW camp, Tokyo.
  See also CHP2/35 (43);CHP2/35 (44) and CHP2/31
• Dog collar identification for Rev. John Hayes C.F. RC, 199879. See CHP2/18

A file relating to Patrick J. Benson, member of the Chikuni Mission who died in 1970. Includes documents relating to his entry to the Society in 1942.

Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation.

A file relating to a case Kane versus Kane concerning the will of William Joseph Kane and his widow Mary Kane.

Copy of guarantee re: Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy deceased and Fr John St Leger SJ deceased from Frs Conmee, Fottrell and Farley, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to Michael Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare street; receipt for Legacy Duty paid.

File of material relating to the bequest of Mrs Mary O'Callaghan, 15 Leinster Road, Rathmines, County Dublin such as: miscellaneous costs of probate, receipt from Mr Gill, costs in connection with the conveyance of the Upper Sherrard Street property of the Jesuit community; cheques to be drawn; correspondence from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors; receipts from Glasnevin Marble Works and B. Farrell, Job Carriage Proprietor & Undertaker; will and codicil of Mrs Mary O’ Callaghan; list of Mrs Mary O' Callaghan’s papers; letters to be opened after Mrs Mary O'Callaghan’s death’

Material related to the bequest of Ellen Taaffe, deceased. Includes correspondence and legacy receipts for Ellen & Sophie Taaffe; James Taaffe; Mary Anne Taaffe; Robert James Taaffe; Mary Ryan.

A file relating to the Layman's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a description of a weekend retreat held in Rathfarnham by one of the participants, Joseph S. Considine (nd, 5pp).

File of handwritten documents setting out rules and regulations for juniors and scholastics in Irish Jesuit formation colleges. Relates to Masses, prayer, timetables, dining, recreation, personal freedom, villas etc.

'The Protestant Church of Ireland and its Claim to Episcopal Succession' by Br Denis Fennell SJ .

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.

A file relating to Ricci Hall, Hong Kong. Includes documents relating to the finances of the hall, visitation memorials, Historia Domus.

A file relating to the ownership of Mungret College by the Society of Jesus. Includes

• a summary of the material by [Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ];
• copy of letter from Fr Redmond Roche SJ to Fr John Guiney SJ, with typed documents, describing documentary evidence concerning ownership of Mungret College (1895-1928, 8pp), Father Ronan's intentions (2pp), chief references to Apostolic School Funds in Fr Ronan's Correspondence (1p), A page in Fr Ronan's handwriting (1p) and The origin of the pre-Jesuit foundation in Mungret (9pp);
• bibliographic information on Father Jean-Baptist René SJ (1841-1916) (1p) and
• chronology of the history at Mungret College, taken from the Mungret Record, 1882-1963 (1p).

Material related to shares given to Fr John Bannon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in order for masses to be said for Mr Edward McDonough, Balmarino, Drogheda.

Photocopy of account of the award of the degree of Welsh Bard to Fr William Kane SJ, (April 1915) and obituary, both taken from taken from 'Letters and Notices'.

Material relating to Br James Kavanagh SJ including admission details, catalogue entry, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and mortuary card.

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.

Application by Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ for the Lectureship (1950) and Professorship (1966) in Education in University College Dublin.

Documents concerning:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• House Histories (Historia Domus), form some 1868-1877;
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, First and Final Vows, etc. (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima).

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Vice-Province by Fr Charles Brooke SJ in 1842. Includes [copy] letter containing Fr Visitor’s views on the proposal to establish a Novitiate at Tullabeg (22 Sep. 1842, 2pp) and [copy] letter from Fr Brooke to the Vice-Provincial, Fr Robert St Leger SJ concerning Tullabeg’s large debts and the proposal to establish a Novitiate at the College, with the Novices undertaking to ‘take some part of the teaching of the scholars’ (1 Oct. 1842, 3pp).

File of mission material relating to Fr Walter O'Connor SJ. Includes passport photographs, photographs, personal record, rough notes on coloured slides for the ordination of the first Tongan priest, Fr Dominic Nchete (15 August 1952); extract from a letter of Fr O'Connor SJ (28 March 1952) and homilies.

File of documents related to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ sermons in Irish and English, translation of Gilbert Keith Chesterton ‘Don Juan of Austria’, and newspaper report on the annual mass at Galway University College.

'The Censorship of Films' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Handwritten texts of sermons given by Fr John Conmee SJ and notes relating to the Tridium and Retreats.

Proposal to publish a quarterly review of 'Letters, Philosophy and Science' under the control of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

File relating to the admission of Kevin O'Dwyer to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

Memorandum of agreements between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Brown & Nolan Limited, 41 42 Nassau street, Dublin, The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A, M.H Gill & Son, 50 Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin and Benziger Brothers, 6 - 8 Barclay street, New York 8, N.Y, U.S.A

• 2 March 1946, ‘Send forth thy light’;
• 23 July 1946, ‘Marriage, before and after’;
• 17 February 1947, ‘Send forth thy light – Part II’ (Thy light and thy truth);
• 15 October 1948, ‘The Riddle of Life’ afterwards called ‘Is life worthwhile’;
• 29 January 1949, ‘The Priest at his Prie - Dieu’;
• 14 November 1949 ‘The Nun at her Prie - Dieu’
• 9 August 1955, ‘Standing on holy ground’;
• 5 March 1959, ‘Ideals to live by’.

Includes issues such as delivery date, royalty payments and conditions of sale and resale.

Medal of the Order of the Crown (Ordre de la Couronne), class Officier, conferred by the King of Belgium to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ. Includes official document concerning the decoration (6 May 1919) and letter from the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (22 May 1919). The medal in case, with name of Fernanrd Heremans, Schaerbeek, is a five-armed white enamel and silver-gilt Maltese cross with silver-gilt graduated rays between the arms, on green enamel oval laurel wreath suspension; the face with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the gilt crown of Belgium; the reverse with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the cipher of King Leopold II, founder of the Order. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017. Medal given by King of Belgium in recognition for the work of Irish Jesuits in helping Belgian refugees in Ireland during the First World War.

A file containing the texts of sermons preached in honour of the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.

A file relating to the establishment of a foreign mission to China and the foundation of a school for higher studies in Hong Kong.

A file relating to the terms of agreement for the Jesuit Fathers to establish a mission in Australia.

Covering letter from Noel M. Purcell to Fr Finlay enclosing a copy of the Declaration of Trust.

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].

Letter to 'Irish Times' Answer to Archdeacon Kerr by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Material on Michael J Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 8 August 1910
Entered: 18 August 1935
Left: 24 February 1944

Case on behalf of Fr Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Fr Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. submitted to the Attorney General (C. Palles) for his opinion concerning a mortgage between John O'Brien and Anna Maria Elizabeth O'Brien (his wife) of the first part, Patrick Oliver Plunkett and Columbus M. O'Flanagan of the second part and Anna Maria Matilda Dennis, Spinster of the third part.

A file relating to research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle.

Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: Mrs. Donnelly deceased, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors, and Michael Horan will.

Solicitor costs from Maxwell, Weldon & Co., 40 North Great George’s Street, Dublin to the Jesuits, Upper Gardiner Street related to the account of sale of 1 Upper Gardiner Street.

Documents relating to the Stowe Missal and Tallaght. Includes:

• holograph text entitled ‘The Stowe Missal in Tallaght’ pp.2-14 (n.d., 13pp);
• fragment (3pp) and
• typescript entitled ‘Decline of Tallaght’ pp.11 – 20 (n.d., 10pp).

Income tax - charity (dividends) claim by Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Material related to premises in Hollybank Road, Lower Drumcondra Road and the licensed premises Nos.56 & 57 Ballybough Road, Dublin mortgaged to Frs John Conmee, Charles Farley and Walshe by Mr Francis O'Reilly. Includes copy of tax rebate due to Mr O'Reilly.

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

File of documents related to the medical registration of Michael F. Cox, Hillsgrove Lodge, Kilmore, Drumsna, County Leitrim to the Branch Medical Council for Ireland. Includes receipt of £5 fee for registration and forms for change of residence on medical register and entitlement to a copy of the medical register.

Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.

'The New Testament and Divorce, Review' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Material on Patrick C Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 4 November 1911
Entered: 3 September 1930
Left: 23 November 1933

Parties:
Rev. Thomas Aloysius Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street and George O'Brien, 3 Burlington Road, County Dublin, Doctor of Letters (the Trustees).

Obituaries for Fr Thomas Kelly SJ.

A file relating to day pupils in Mungret College and the O'Malley Scheme.

Inventory of Rathfarnham Castle for Fire Insurance made out by Fr Thomas Shuley SJ. Inventory includes details of the furnishing and content of each room. Inventory of the kitchen area by Br Andrew Bannon SJ.

Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni held in Mount Barker Convent in Australia.

File relating to Retreat promoters and programmes at Rathfarnham Castle, the golden jubilee year of the retreat house (1972) and the Layman’s Retreat Association.

Material on Peter Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 28 November 1899
Entered: 1 March 1920
Left: 22 December 1943

Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Press, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

A file relating to the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Includes documents relating to the establishment of the Regional Seminary, finances, annual report detailing the opening of the Seminary in 1931 (24 January 1933, 6pp). Includes letters relating to the Terna for the Rector of the Seminary (12 - 15 April 1937, 5 items and 30 June 1937 - 2 July 1937, 7 items).

File relating to Pat Boland, caretaker, Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence relating to his house at 178 Rathfarnham Road and a letter congratulating him on his retirement.

Letters from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector of the Lay School, Mungret College) and Fr Jeremiah Kelly SJ (Superior of the Apostolic School, Mungret College) urging them to establish a harmonious working relationship between the two schools.

Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh, S.J., Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Rev. Joseph & Lentaigne, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £3,600 from the lands bequeathed in the will of Anna Maria Matilda Dennis to Rev. B. Esmonde, S.J. and an agreement by the Society of Jesus to provide two free missions or courses of spiritual exercises for the conversion of sinners to be given annually in the diocese of Dublin.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Times, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Material relating to which Fr Conal K Murphy SJ includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

'The Pope’s Call to Action' and 'Lay Catholics in the World of Today' by Fr Henry Gill SJ.

Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.

Material relating to the Sisters of Charity and the Providence Woollen Mills, Foxford, county Mayo. Includes: envelope sent to ‘Sr. Alcantra (of Foxford), The Sisters of Charity, Merrion, Dublin’ from Foxford enclosing a St. Christopher bracelet, an embroidered patch commemorating the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin made by the mills and some prayer cards ([n.d.], 6 items);
– copy of supplemental instruction for Counsel, John H. Pigot (16 December 1919, 2pp) on behalf of the trustees of Mrs. E.M. Lynch’s will (2pp), enclosing copy of an extract of a letter from Fr Finlay to a ‘Mr. Ryan’ concerning a bequest to Mother Morrogh Bernard, Superioress of Foxford, to establish an industrial foundation at Warrenstown (2pp) and Counsel’s opinion.