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Copy of a document from Rome concerning studies in the Chinese language for Jesuit Missioners.

A file relating to the entry of John Burden into the Society of Jesus.

Consultor's letters from Fr William F. Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and college.

Consultor's letters from Fr Richaed W Gallagher SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and church.

Letter granting religious powers in the diocese of Dublin by the Archbishop of Dublin, Edward Byrne to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ.

Minutes of School Attendance Committee meetings in Galway City, which references parents served with notices for failure to send children to school. Includes list of members of the board - no Jesuit involved. Note on front 'Has nothing to do with house but came to us probably through Fr A. O'Reilly. His uncle Canon Nestor was chairman at the end'. Index at rear of volume, and two inserts from parents outlining reasons for failure to send to school (1926).

Photographs of students in class at St Ignatius College, Galway. The doors interconnecting the classrooms are open therefore you can view different classes. A Jesuit is standing in both photographs.

Black and white photograph class taken outdoors, with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ in the centre.

A file of correspondence between T. N. Redington, Galway Urban District Council and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.

Valuation of Rathfarnham Castle before and after the construction of the Retreat House.

Material on James Baily, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 12 December 1890
Entered: 18 September 1918
Left: 20 November 1926

A file containing Litterae Annuae (annual letters) of the Australian Mission.

Index librorum for the Australian Mission, which list books by Jesuits in Australia.

Statement of an agreement signed by the Vicars Apostolic in China as a model for any group of Jesuits coming to work in China.

Two letters written by Fr John Neary SJ to Irish Provincial John Fahy SJ relating to arrangements for his journey to Hong Kong.

Index of those have died in the Australian Mission between 1923 and 1926.

‘Prayer to Guardian Angel & Certificate of Membership’ card from the Sodality of the “Holy Angels”, St Ignatius College, SJ, Galway.

Documents relating to a report on poverty in the Province sent to Rome in October 1926 in response to a letter sent in March 1926 by Fr General to the Irish Fr Provincial. Includes copy of Fr General’s letter, questionnaire and the responses which comprise the report.

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

Typed prospectus for St Ignatius College, Galway day school under the charge of the Jesuit fathers.

A file of correspondence between William S. Fitzgerald, Secretary, Galway Chamber of Commerce and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.

Invitation for dinner from the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to Dr Michael Cox.

Copy form from Dublin County Council concerning the rating of new buildings constructed at Rathfarnham Castle (the Retreat House) (The new rate was set at £469.10.0).

A file relating to a letter from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, The Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Archbishop Edward J. Byrne, Archbishop's House, Dublin asking him to make a personal subscription towards the building of a new oratory or chapel for the Retreat House. Describes the unsuitability of the existing chapel. (17 November 1926, 1p). Includes a copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to the Archbishop apologising for any upset caused by Fr Barrett's letter (22 November 1926, 2pp).

Rent and insurance receipts for 11 and 12 Gloucester Place, Dublin.

Bound volume containing a list of documents, compiled by Fr John Grene SJ held in Milltown Park, Dublin in 15 small metal boxes. Insert index to 8 tin or metal boxes, sorted by Fr James Rabbitte (April 1926).

A file relating from Elizabeth M Burden, Bellevue, Kilkenny to the Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy concerning here contribution to her son's upkeep as a scholastic in the Society. Remarks that she cannot afford to pay the £50 per annum but will leave £500 to her son in her will (29 November 1936, 2pp).

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning the newly founded ‘lectureship in Ancient History in U.C.D.’. ‘I feel that you will be very much disappointed when I ask you… to present yourself as a candidate; for I know that you wish to go to China. Do try to forgive me when I ask you to do something that pleases you less.’

School group of students of St Ignatius College, Galway, in six rows with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ, Fr John. MacSheahan SJ (Rector), and Fr John A. Byrne SJ. Taken outdoors, with church in the background.

Postcard of the Science room, St Ignatius, Galway where the pupils are writing under the instruction of a Jesuit.

Minute book of the debating society, Rathfarnham Castle.

Copy of a letter from the Vicar Apostolate of Hong Kong, Enrico Valtorta to [ ] (not a Jesuit but somebody in Rome) concerning the Chinese mission. Remarks that the Irish Jesuits would be advised to take on a hostel or a college or both and revive the publication 'Rock'. Remarks that men are available to go to China. Suggests that some Irish Jesuits should be sent to study Chinese in the Benedictine University in Peking prior to teaching in the Jesuit college in Hong Kong.

Paper copy of photograph showing the 1926 Leinster Cup winning rugby team from Clongowes, which includes John McAvoy. Each image is signedthe player. List of names on reverse.

Extract from the 'Catholic’s Who’s Who and Year Book, 1927' on Rev. Robert Kane SJ.

Group of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

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

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum).

Petition signed by parents and guardians of students attending St Ignatius College, Galway appealing to the Jesuit Fathers not to close the college.

Photocopies of letters published in the Connacht Tribune concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.

A file relating to a petition signed by members of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary urging the Jesuit Fathers not to close St Ignatius College, Galway.

A file of house histories for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street

List of deeds relating to the original Mungret farm up to 1895, in Mungret College safe, 5 March 1926, signed Fr George Redington Roche SJ.

Booklet published by the Irish Messenger Office by Rev. Patrick J McCurtin SJ entitled 'A Link With the Past, Mungret, Ancient and Modern, Its Apostolic School.

Balance sheet indicating the liabilities and assets of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes reference to ‘Community Priests 11. Schols. 45. Bros. 4. Total (60) (52 of these paid “Ex Arca”’; Farm (12 cows. 315. 2 calves 15. 2 horses 25. 20 pigs 90.).

Series of letters written by Fr John Neary SJ to Irish Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning his arrival to Hong Kong and the development of the Mission there

5 December 1926, 3pp
9 December 1926, 3pp
12 December 1926, 4pp
18 December 1926, 5pp
21 December 1926, 3pp
29 December 1926, 3pp
17 February 1927, 1p
26 February 1927, 2pp
1 March 1927, 1p
11 April 1927, 3pp
2 June 1927, 1p

Rough draft outlining a scheme for the distribution of the Birrell Grant of £40,000.

A file relating to the will of Philip Francis Little. Bequeaths £50 to the Society of Jesus. Includes a copy of the will. Remarks in a postscript 'I do not include my dear brother the Rev. Robert J. Little SJ under any benefit in my will. Professing as he does the holy virtue of poverty, it is useless conferring benefit upon Robert of which he can not avail. (23 September 1916, 3pp). Includes a letter from Patrick J. Little, executor of his brother's will. Enquires '...I would like to know whether a claim would be advanced on behalf of Father Robert to a share on technical grounds.' (27 January 1927, 2pp).

Photocopy of obituaries for Fr Peter Foley SJ.

A file of photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

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

Material on Michael Coyne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 24 January 1894
Entered: 1 September 1918
Left: 31 May 1927

Memorandum on problems for the future of the Hong Kong mission.

First issue of 'The Nation'. A column entitled 'Irish Bishops and the Oath' written by "Athanasius" is marked.

Details of Fr Daniel Jones' contemporaries and fellow students at Theology, Laval, France and their later careers.

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare to Fr Edward Cahill SJ expressing his approval for Fr Cahill to read a paper on social studies at the next Maynooth Union.

Catalogue entry for Fr James Farrell SJ.

Testimonial letter from the Bishop of Cloyne (Robert Browne) granting leave for John Hyde to enter the Society of Jesus.

Memorial card for Fr James Bury SJ.

The Jesuit enigma
Jonathan Cape, London, 1927

A file relating to the will of Matilda O'Donnell in which she bequeathed the residue of her property to her trustees and executors, Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr Michael Browne SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. The file contains extensive background material that appears to have little to do with the Society of Jesus and their bequest. However, as Frs. Nolan and Browne were appointed as trustees and executors of the will it may have been necessary to acquaint themselves fully with Miss Matilda O'Donnell's affairs.

A file relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'. Includes letters from Irish Fr Provincial urging Fr Tomkin SJ not to correspond with former Apostolics on the 'Mungret Question'.

Text of a speech delivered by [ ] at the dedication of the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Rathfarnham Castle.

Foclóir gaedhilge agus béarla: an Irish-English dictionary, being a thesaurus of the words, phrases and idioms of the modern Irish language. Educational Co. of Ireland for the Irish Texts Society, Dublin, 1927

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

Covering letter from Fr Daniel J Finn SJ, 16 Caine Road, Hong Kong to Fr Patrick Connolly SJ, Dublin enclosing an article [written for 'Studies'] inspired by a recent visit to a town called Wai-Chan.

Letters from Fr Daniel J Finn SJ, 62 Robinson Road, Hong Kong to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his life and work in Hong Kong. Describes his surroundings and discusses Chinese culture. The second letter is incomplete.

Letter from Fr Daniel J Finn SJ, 62 Robinson Road, Hong Kong to Fr Brennan SJ concerning the Chinese mission, his work and the Chinese people.

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

File of material found in envelope, entitled Free State papers:

• copy of a page from The Freeman’s Journal (12 April 1922);

• newspaper clipping, Bulletin, L’Etat libre d’Irlande (written in French) (9 December 1922);

• copy of a note from the Red Cross secretary Champain, London (on behalf of Sir Arthur Stanley), acknowledging receipt of your letter (3 December) and in reply ‘I am directed to say…My Society feels that it cannot at the moment take any action in the matter’ on the subject of the treatment of civilians in Ireland (13 December 1922);

• letters from Madame Chaponniére-Chaix, ex-President, International Council of Woman, Geneva, Switzerland (16 December 1922-26 January 1923) to ‘My dear President’ (of International Council of Woman, Lady Aberdeen, Aboyne, Scotland). The first letter (written in French) comments on the potential for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (16 December 1922). The second letter (written in English), refers to a letter received from Miss O'Brennan, through the Peace and Freedom League, regarding a visit from the Police at Dr Lynn’s Hospital and the arrest of Miss Mary Comerford. Madame Chaponniére-Chaix doesn’t believe that the time is right for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (26 January 1923);

• copy of note ‘Projet Hayes Humanity Dublin’ which refers to Madame Chaponniére-Chaix and the establishment of the Red Cross in Ireland (In French), (nd.);

• leaflet entitled ‘The extreme penalty’ which details the words of Mr Eamon Aylward in relation to his involvement in disturbances in Kilkenny "The extreme penalty”: Mr. Eamon Aylward, in the document with his signature attached which has been found upon an irregular captured by the Kilkenny force, has lighted up, as by a lightning flash, the criminality of the militarist attack upon the people...but that such an order could be issued by a man blaspheming the honourable name of Irish Republican will reveal to the people the tyranny that they have escaped (1922);

• letter from Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief, Oglaigh na hEireann, Dublin to Miss Margaret MacNeill, Industrial Schools Office, Government Buildings apologising for keeping ‘those papers so long’ and ‘that the Red Cross people have been suitable replied to’ (25 January 1923);

• pamphlets to the electors of the National University recommending the candidates Eoin Mac Neill and Patrick McGilligan [1927];

• handwritten notes on the resignation Eoin Mac Neill from the boundary commission and events surrounding his candidacy for the university election of 1927;

Letter from Michael Curtin, Parochial House, Cloyne, County Cork certifying that John Hyde was confirmed by Dr Browne on 14 May 1921.

Letter (written in Irish) from John Hyde, Ballycotton, County Cork to Fr [ ] concerning the results of his Intermediate Examination.

Details of Fr Casimir Hlasko SJ taken from Menologies (Vol. 1 1800 - 1899).

Óglaigh na hÉireann Week End Retreatants, with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Reverend R. J. Casey, Military Chaplain. By J. J. O'Reilly, 36 St. Thomas Tcr, S.C.R., Dublin. With names.

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

A file of letters relating to Fr Matthias Bodkin's sister (Rosie Bodkin), Sr Teresa Magdalen's final vows. Includes a letter from Sr Teresa Dympna, Prioress, Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation, Hampton, Drumcondra, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission for Fr Bodkin to be present at the ceremony.

Consultor's letter from Fr Bartholomew Coghlan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning financial matters, the re-opening of the school and the church.

Consultor's letter from Fr William T Stephenson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community, church and the re-opening of the school. Remarks that he would be in favour of re-opening the school.

Lined notebooks and journals with handwritten entries for notices to be read out at Sunday Mass at St Ignatius, Galway. Each entry is headed with the relevant Sunday’s Title, such as the ‘Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost’, the ‘First Sunday of Lent’ etc, or the name of the relevant Feast, ‘Palm Sunday’. Each volume contains announcements in relation to rosaries, benedictions, devotions, novenas, confessions, Mass times, arrangements for Feast Days. There are also announcements in relation to recent deaths in the parish, and requests for prayers for the repose of the souls of those recently deceased and of those whose anniversaries occur. Insert letter, incomplete, in 1912-1914 journal, from an Ursuline nun [Sullivan], and referencing Fr Robert giving a mission in Queenstown (21 August 1862).

2 July 1905 - 12 May 1907;
31 May 1908 - 13 February 1910;
4 August 1912 - 13 December 1914;
20 December 1914 - 16 July 1916;
23 July 1916 - 6 May 1917;
13 May 1917 - 9 February 1919;
16 February 1919 - 2 March 1922;
26 March 1922 - 15 August 1924;
7 September 1924 - 8 January 1928;

Copy of obituaries of Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ.

Catalogue entry for Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Pamphlet written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ entitled 'The Church Supreme and Independent', Catholic Truth Society of Ireland Dublin.

File of material related to insurance policies in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes correspondence from Sun Fire & Life Assurance Office, old rent receipts, cancelled insurance documents and dividend counterfoils.

A file of Consultor's letters from Fr Edward Masterson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters.

Consultor's letters from Fr Henry Potter SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of the college. Recommends that it should be re-opened. Remarks 'The school brought us into close contact with the people and was a very big factor in establishing our influence. It gave us too a different and more important footing than the other religious orders.

‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’. Receipt and expenses account book for St Ignatius Community, Galway. Gives cost of items such as for clothes, food and books. (In Latin).

Books owned by Blessed John Sullivan SJ, with list of books.

Group photograph that includes Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ, possibly taken in Australia, where he lived 1925-29.

Handbills advertising Missions in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent.

Obituaries of Fr William Henry SJ taken from the 'Irish Province News' and 'The Mungret Annual'.

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

Material on James Carey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 11 December 1903
Entered: 26 September 1923
Left: 19 June 1928

Copy of 'La Vie Spirituelle. Ascétique et Mystique', Vol. XIX, No. 3 containing an article on Fr. Doyle by F. de Lanversin (p.323-341).

Postcard to Fr Michael Browne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin from M.M. (Fr Michael McGrath SJ), St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly.

Admission of Cornelius Finn to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

Postcards from Fr Joseph P McCullough SJ, London England and Genoa, Italy to Maggie McLoughlin, No 8 Ward, Royal Hosptial, Donnybrook, Dublin on his way to Hong Kong.

Retreat Group, including some members of the staff of the L. M. & S. Railway Co. with Frs Patrick Barrett, Dr Naughton (Lord Bishop of Killala), Richard Devane, Michael Garahy and Canon O'Boyle, College Studios, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. With names.

A telegram from Pope Pius XI to Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, blessing all those making a retreat at Rathfarnham. In Latin.

Donation envelopes for a charity sermon in aid of St. Francis Xavier's poor schools, Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.

Souvenir of a Men's Mission conducted by Jesuits Timothy Halpin, Daniel Roche, Michael Garahy and Michael Saul at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.