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Circular letter from Archbishop D. Mannix, St. Mary's 'Star of the sea', West Melbourne concerning the establishment of a Catholic college within the University of Melbourne.

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A file of letters from Fr Patrick J. McCurtin SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work as Rector of St. Aloysius College and the community who live there and general news from the Australian Mission (administration, finances, pupils, staff, extension to the college). Many of the letters emphasise the shortage of staff at St Aloysius College. Remarks 'Still our objection as regards staff is not owing to the dearth of men - but to the unequal distribution...it looks as if the place which makes his loudest noise gets all the best of the arrangements...' Asks Fr Provincial to relieve him of his job as Rector of the college (21 March 1916, 4pp).

A file of letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ, St Patrick's College, E. Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the college and community at St. Patrick's.

Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with various members of his family, including:

• studio portrait with his brother Fr William and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, 1916;
• postcards with his brother Fr William, sisters Ellen Mary Browne and Margaret Martin (Cork) and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
  • with his brother Fr William, uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, sister and other, with motor-car, outside The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
• having afternoon tea with four others;
  • on a bench with four other people [his brother, Dr Browne];
  • soldier with girl, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
• postcard with photograph on obverse of Fr William Browne aiming a rifle. Note and poem written by Fr William Browne to his brother Fr Frank Browne SJ (28 March 1916 );
• postcard of Fr William Browne, Fr Frank Browne SJ and their sister, with St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Cork. In the background;

‘Fr Kent (snapped ‘unbeknowns’ and Fr Kenefick enjoying ye [ ]’ taken by Fr Frank Browne’s brother, Fr William.

Three poems. ‘Duanín na Nodlag’, beg. Ó mo láimh-se beir gáirdeas, gach buidhe is buaidh, 3qq. (1914); ‘An tAistear go Beithil’, beg. Fada an bóthar, olc an tslighe, 24 lines of edited text (Christmas 1916) and ‘Sa Choill d[am]’, beg. Sian-sán gaoithe sciatháin dhiadha, translated from the German poem ‘Im Walde’ by T. Schlegel (12 lines).

Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Guadaloupe Barracks, Bordon, Hampshire to his father, Hugh Doyle Esq., Dalkey, Dublin in which he gives his new address.

Obituary for Fr William O'Dowling SJ.

Prayer leaflet entitled ‘League of Prayer’, from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin: ‘Thousands of our fellow-countrymen, thousands of our co-religionists in France and Belgium, thousands who, though they do not profess our Faith, are united to us by ties of friendship and interest, are exposed to every danger, and hardship, and suffering, that must attend the present war’.

Letter from Fr Wilfred Ryan SJ, St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning Fr James Strickland SJ.

A file of letters from Fr George Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the voyage to Australia and his work with the Novices and the community in Loyola, Greenwich Road, Greenwich. Includes a letter concerning a trip to America and refers to a meeting he had with the doctor of Mr William Tucker SJ. Remarks 'I saw the Doctor, his opinion is that, as far as climate etc. is concerned, home was just as good as USA but because of "T(ucker)'s temperament he believed California would be better...I doubt very much whether the man himself really seriously wants to remain in the Society...' (31 May 1919, 3pp).

Letter from G. F. A. Jones, Solicitor, 47 Queen Street, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a power of attorney from Fr Arthur J. Little SJ to Fr Nolan.

Letter from Fr William Moloney SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial thanking him for sending him to Australia. Remarks how much he likes Australia and his work there.

A file of letters from Fr Francis B. Keogh SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to the promise of a good vintage at Sevenhills ([1901]-[1911], 3pp). Includes a letter referring to his share in the estate of his late father. Asks that the money be used for the benefit of the Novitiate at Loyola, NSW. Annotated by Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) (14 February 1916, 1p).

A file relating to the 1916 Rising which includes Dublin Metropolitan Police safe travel pass (3 May 1916). Includes diaries (5 items) kept by Mr John Delaney SJ during the Rising.

Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Copies of poems composed by various individuals, Alice Furlong and others, in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, collected by Edward Boyd Barrett.

Full photograph portrait of Fr Frank Browne SJ in chaplains uniform, taken by Ed Surelle á St Omer;

Covering note and postcard sent from the Front by Fr Willie Doyle SJ, to Sister M. Anthony, St Mary’s of the Isle, Cork. Possibly Sr Anthony (Margaret) O’Rahilly (1872-1921).

Handwritten copy of a parchment certificate given to Fr Doyle on his first leave of absence from the Front in 1916. Issued by Major General W.B. Hickie, Commander of the 16th Irish Division, commending his ‘gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on April 27th & 29th’.

Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School.

Copies of articles published in 'The Mungret Annual' concerning Fr Jean Baptist René SJ.

Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 8th Royal Irish Fusiliers, to a relative of a casualty. Donated to the Irish Province in 1968 by Miss Brigid Duffy, 237 Lisburn Road, Belfast.

Notice and prayer leaflet of the annual retreat for the members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force held in the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Photocopies of some of Fr Frank Browne's chaplain letters.

Biographical information on Fr Doyle including a copy of his birth certificate and memorial card.

Chasuble with maniple belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ according to Sergeant Thomas Brady. Explanatory note gives background to provenance.

Beads given by Fr Willie Doyle SJ the day before his was killed, to one of his ‘Boys’.

Photograph of aid post with Fr John Gwynn SJ (c.1914) faded photograph of Fr Willie Doyle SJ; Jesuits at Portnoo (1910); telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death; letter between Rev. Mother, Sister Benedict of the Convent of Locre, Belgium and Fr William F. Browne C.C. (21-31 August 1917), Fr Frank Browne’s brother.

Diaries in notebook and copybook form, belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ which documents his spiritual thoughts, confessions, resolutions and retreats notes, list of mortifications. Some are contemporaneous with his time as a chaplain in WWI, which he alludes to. Inserts comprise loose documents in the form of notes, prayers and letters (July 1908; 5 November 1911 - 16 April 1916) addressed to ‘My dear Child; My dearest Child’.

J2/85 (16) - notebook for conscreation of the Sacred Heart, signed in Fr Doyle's blood.

Copy of a letter from the Micheal Kelly, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Australian Mission) concerning two issues raised in letters from Fr Ryan SJ to the Archbishop, namely sanction for a loan to extend St Mary's Church, Milson's Point and the restoration of parish duties to the Fathers at Loyola.

Letters from Fr Patrick J. Dalton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his theology course and the voyage back to Ireland to begin theology. Includes a letter concerning his new post in Kurseong and explains the delay in going to India due to a misunderstanding with Fr Ryan (15 December 1917, 3pp).

Letter from Mr Denis Nerney SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning where he would like to study theology.

Letters from Fr William I. Baker SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning arrangements to sail to Australia and the stopover in America en route.

Letter from Mr Denis Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr Oswald Kellet SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Fr William MacMahon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Fr William Doyle SJ, Chaplain - by Keogh Brothers Ltd., 124 St Stephens Green West and 75 Lower Dorset St, Dublin. On reverse is written Rev. C. Doyle, Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street.

Copy probate of the last will and testament of Lieutenant Colonel Llewellyn Blake (Count Blake), D.L. He left a Burse of two fifteenths to Mungret Apostolic School, County Limerick.

Obituary for Fr Timothy Kenny SJ.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Willie Doyle SJ written during his time as a chaplain attached to the 8th Brigade Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, and the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, B.E.F., France. Missing original letter 31 December 1915, but have photocopy.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death in action on 17 August 1917, from Fr Kerr McClement, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, Fr William Feran SJ, English Province, Farm Street, London and Fr M. O'Connell, Senior Chaplain (R.C.), H.Q., 16th Division, B.E.F..

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Patrick Tighe SJ written while serving as chaplain with the 15th Battalion, A.I.F., B.E.F. and on his way to Australia. Named places have been cut out of a letter (24 January 1917).

Pamphlets issued by the War Office on ‘The Abolition of flies in camps, billets and hospital. Circular Memorandum No.8.’, 24 June 1916, (7pp) and ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains. Information and Hints. British Armies in France. January 1917’, (21pp), possibly in the possession of Fr Henry Gill SJ. A section of ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains’ is underlined, where the chaplain should live, p.11, ‘with the Transport when the Battalion is in the trenches, unless by arrangement with the Senior Chaplain, it is decided that he shall be in the trenches’. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017.

Letters from Fr Joseph Flinn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning boys who wish to join the Society of Jesus and money from his father to erect a memorial in Clongowes boys chapel in honour of Fr Flinn's mother.

Letter from H. W. Shea, Thomas Dockrell Sons and Company, House and Estate Agents, Auctioneers and Valuers, South Great George's Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 asking if the Society of Jesus would like to purchase additional lands at Rathfarnham.

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Photograph of Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (originally in the papers of Aubrey Gwynn SJ - J10).

Front row: Edward Andrews, , James Brennan, Lambert McKenna, ;
Back row, l - r: John Ryan,

Material on Edward Dodd who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic
Born: 3 May 1888
Entered: 7 September 1904
Left: 1917

Postcards (Carte Postale) with photographs on the obverse of: “Canadian Irish Guards”; Private J Cassidy (signed); [Smithwick] on horseback (signed); Capt Rawe on horseback, Medical Officer, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusilier (signed) (29 July 1917) and [Gaffeny], Royal Dublin Fusilier on horseback (signed) (30 July 1917).

Postcard with photograph on the obverse of Robert Joseph Francis Martin (Bertie) Martin [ ] C. O.T.C in military uniform , nephew of Fr Frank Browne SJ.

Notes on address to the Columban League, Maynooth, Kildare, Easter 1917.

Various articles, including soap, scissors, pencil, examen beads, rosary beads and buttons, 'some found on his person when he was killed'. Includes leaflets ‘Reasons for being a Catholic’ and Fr Doyle’s ‘Pioneer Pin’. With box.

Stole belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ who had it with him at the front from February 1916-March 1917 (his last home leave) with the inscription ‘Forgot not the kindness of thy surety for he hath given his life for thee’ written by Fr Doyle SJ (05 March 1917). With box.

Letter from Thomas Cook and Son, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers etc., 118 Grafton Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the suspension of sailings through the Suez Canal.

Letters from Fr Edward Sydes SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ. Includes a letter discussing wills of Jesuits with specific reference to members of the Society in Australia.

A file relating to the various meetings and discussions that took place between Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) and Dr Mannix concerning the administration of Newman College by the Society of Jesus. Includes typed diary entries of Fr Ryan; a letter from Fr Ryan to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning one of these meetings. Remarks 'It was one of the most difficult tasks I ever had to deal with. I have never met a more exacting man in driving a bargain.' (14 October 1917, 2pp).

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Draft letters, unsigned, from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr James O'Dwyer concerning the position of Rector of Newman College and explaining why Fr O'Dwyer service as Rector was not continued.

A file of letters from Fr John Forster SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney concerning his work in St. Aloysius' College and the administration of the college.

Letter from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ, St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning money he received.

Cutting from 'The Evening News' concerning the numbers of new buildings constructed and supplied with water during 1916.

Letters from Fr Edmund W Donovan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters. The first letter is written in his capacity as Admonitor.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial informing him of properties suitable for purchase by the Society – ‘The Hermitage, Mr William Woodbyrne’s Estate’; a house at Lehenagh, Frankfield, Cork and Magheramenagh Castle, Belleek, County Fermanagh.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from various editors and publishers mostly regarding the purchase and publication of religious books and periodicals, including Fr Stephen Brown’s 'Ireland in Fiction', 'Our Boys' published by the Christian Brothers and 'The Universe'.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Catholic Working Boy’s Technical Aid Association, the St. Vincent de Paul and the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Includes memorandum comparing the work of the St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland and Belgium.

Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).

Status Temporalis (Province Account). for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ asking him to return overdue books.

Letter from Paul de Gibergues SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Fergal McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Typed manuscript by John Bithrey entitled 'Philip Brady, Priest of the Society of Jesus'.

Dairy of the Junior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School. List of prefects on cover page.

Notes by Fr Robert Dillon-Kelly SJ concerning the Cannock Challenge Cup - an inter collegiate challenge cup to be played annually by Mungret College and the Crescent College, Limerick.

Letters from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the taking of a retreat provided he can have a rest beforehand and his commission to join an Irish regiment as a chaplain in World War One.

Material on Thomas Fullerton, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 17 August 1889
Entered: 27 June 1914
Left: 3 April 1917

Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (St Francis Xavier's) community, which details income and expenditure.

Photocopy of obituary notices from the 'Irish Independent' and the 'Freeman's Journal' of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ.

Typescript copy of a letter from Surgeon Conway Dwyer to Fr Robert Kane SJ concerning Fr Kane’s operation and illness during the months of May, June and July 1917. Expresses his thanks to Fr Kane for a portrait of Fr Kane and a copy of one of his books. Concludes ‘I feel very happy at the successful issue of what is always a severe and trying operation. I earnestly trust that you will be able now to carry on your great and good work for many fruitful years.’.

Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at rear.

Letter from Nobert de Boynes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Draft of a letter from [ ], Belfast, to the Trustees of the Galway Congregational Church agreeing to purchase the premises formerly occupied as a Congregational Church. Outlines terms and conditions.

Letters from Edmond Downing SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and a potential candidate for the Society.

Letters from Fr John Barragry SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and recommending a candidate to join the Society.

Letter from Fr Charles Cuffe SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial recommending John Creaven, an ex-student of St Ignatius College, Galway as a suitable candidate for the Society.

Ledger style notebooks with printed headings and tables and handwritten entries for Mass Intentions, St Ignatius, Galway. Divided by month. The tables detail those for whom the Masses are said; the priest who said the Masses in each case, the amount of money received, and remarks.

Copy letter from Fr Edward Corish SJ, St Mary's, North Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior, concerning the purchase of property for the new school.

A file of letters from Fr Thomas Gartlan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning the administration of the college and matters regarding the community.

Details on the examinations for entrance scholarships for Newman College, University of Melbourne, starting Monday, 19 November 1917.

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A file of letters from Fr Richard Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to the opening of the Novitiate at Loyola, Greenwich Road, Greenwich, North Sydney. Refers to retreat work also carried out from Loyola, North Sydney (4 August 1913, 1p). Includes a letter concerning the establishment of a new foundation in Toowong, Queensland. Remarks 'Queensland is a land of quite extraordinary wealth and must eventually harbour a very large population. In those days our Foundation here will be gratefully remembered.' (20 November 1916, 2pp).

Letters from Mr Leo F. Murphy SJ, St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, Sydney and St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning a swimming carnival and his theological studies.

Letter from C. G. Hepburn, Consulting Engineer, Gladstone Chambers, 90 Pitt Street, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point concerning proposed additions to the Stella Maris (Milson's Point) Church, North Sydney.

Group of several classes from the school, arranged haphazardly in six rows and taken outdoors.

Carte postale with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ as a chaplain, with his horse.

Leaflet in Italian containing prayers to biography of Fr William Doyle SJ.

Box with altar requisites which includes missal stand, missal, altar linen, stole (instead of maniple) burse, kneeler and Á Kempis used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ at the front. With box.

Holograph letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ from his time with the 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, 16th Division and the 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusilier’s: at Whitely Camp, Surrey; Bordon Camp, Hampshire; various locations in France. In the main, the letters are addressed to his father, but also his sister Mai. The letters document his time as a military chaplain, firstly at camp in England while preparing for embarkation and secondly, at the front in France. Some of the letters have been transcribed by Professor Alfred O'Rahilly in his book - Father William Doyle SJ. (1922) http://www.archive.org/details/fatherwilliamdoy00orahuoft
With envelopes and four undated parts of letters.

Includes notebooks written by Fr Willie Doyle SJ at the front (31 March 1916 - August 1917) with the following titles: ‘Bully Beef’ (20 - 29 December 1916); ‘Pork and Beans’ (16 January - 5 February 1917); ‘Bits and scraps for an old man’s breakfast’ (July 1917)’; ‘The Battle of Ypres’ (9 July - August 1917). Includes opening entry - ‘My dear Father, When I posted my letter to you this morning it occurred to me that perhaps if I kept a kind of diary for the next couple of weeks it might interest you and others, even if I had nothing of very great interest to relate (31 March 1916).