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Souvenir entitled ‘The Ignatian Album: reminiscences of St. Ignatius at Manresa and Barcelona. Souvenir de S. Ignace en Espagna’ dedicated to Fr Patrick Keating SJ, Provincial. Dedication by Fr Francis H Daly SJ, Mungret College, 20 January 1895. Printed and published by Guy & Co. Ltd, Limerick.

Recitations by Fr Robert Dillon-Kelly SJ which include: 'Jot it down';' Chincilla'; 'Spinning Wheel'; 'A wonderful boy of old, Limerick';' The Pilot of the Shannon'; 'Down with it'; and 'The Jesuit Trail'.

Prayerbook belonging to Fr Michael Morrison SJ. Includes photograph of Birmingham Junior, Milltown, Ballysimon, Limerick.

Photographic album (thirty photographs) belonging to Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ relating to his time as a scholastic in Mungret College c.1926, Rector of Mungret College (1936-1941) and later in Galway (1941-1972). Insert postcard from Irish Jesuit in Rome, Italy (1931).

File of correspondence between Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Australia, York,
Limerick, London, Amsterdam, Nova Scotia, Montreal, New York, Iowa and Singapore.

Brief handwritten precis to archival items on St Ignatius College, Galway (1869-1904, 12 items) by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. Reference to Sacred Heart College, Crescent , Limerick on reverse.

Photographic album by Fr Stephen Bates SJ. The photographs depict Jesuits and outdoor scenes such as on villa at:

• Ballytrent, Wicklow (1929 and 1930);
• Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (1928);
• Gormanstown (1928);
• Clydagh, County Galway (1926, 1927);
• the play 'Pinafore', Mungret College, Limerick (1931);
• Lough Bray, Wicklow (1928);
• Aloysus Dando, Donald Roset and John Moran, Jersey (17 March 1929);
• Milltown (1928);
• Cliffs of Moher (1933);
• Ballydavid, Kerry (1935);
• Kilkee, Clare (1933);
• Killarney, Kerry (1932 and 1945);
• Waterville, Kerry (1931 and 1932);
• Caragh Lake, Kerry (1932);
• Clongowes Wood College, Kildare (1932);
• Clane, Kildare;
• Prosperous, Kildare;
• Maynooth, Kildare;
• Mount Brandon, Kerry;
• Killaloe, Clare (1943 and 1945);
• Keeper Hill, Tipperary (1944 and 1945);
• Quin Abbey, Clare (1944);
• Lough Derg;
• Sacred Heart Church, Limerick;
• Long Avenue, Limerick;
• Manister Abbey, Limerick;
• Junior Rugby Team, Crescent, Limerick (1944 and 1945);
• Dromore Lake, Limerick (1945);
• aeroplanes at Rineanna, Clare (1946);
• Tramore, Waterford (1946);
• new College extension at Crescent (January 1946);
• Crescent rugby City Cup winners (1946) and match at Mardyke, Cork (1947);

Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Rose Coulter, Limerick.

Custom book for Mungret Apostolic College. Typed document giving some guiding principles for Apostolic students at Mungret College.

Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr Edward Dillon SJ concerning the purchase of additional farm land adjacent to Mungret.

Letter from E & G Stapleton, Solicitors, 29 Molesworth Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ asking if a constitution of Mungret College exists.

List of papers relating to Mungret College in the Archives of the Irish Province (4 packets). The list was drawn up by Fr Michael Browne SJ

Photocopies relating to the Golden Jubilee of Mungret College.

Lines by Fr Frank McSwiggan SJ prompted by the thought of Mungret closing and the number of priests who left her classrooms for the priesthood.

Poems written by Frs John Redmond and Fr Frank McSwiggan SJ prompted by the closing of Mungret College.

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Francis Joy SJ, Belvedere College asking him for a brief summary of the history of Mungret Apostolic School. Includes a copy of Fr Joy's summary.

Letter from Fr Charles McKenna SJ, Mungret College to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning a chapter Fr William Ronan SJ wishes to include in the Custom Book of Mungret College. Raises an objection to the contents of the chapter. Includes the relevant chapter.

Letter from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to Fr William Ronan SJ, Rector of Mungret College, Limerick, in relation to a donation of £700 made to the college. (Handwritten; in Latin).

Incomplete letter regarding the curriculum in Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick. Signed ‘Thos Read’.
Superior of the Apostolic School, 1888-91: Thomas Head.

Photograph of past Mungret men on Jesuit mission in Hong Kong. Names are back row: left to right, Thomas Cooney, George McCaul, Richard Harris, Edmund Sullivan, mise (Patrick Walsh). Front row: Frs Eddie Bourke, Richard Gallagher and George Byrne.

1st edition Christmas 1897

Two documents in typescript form which catalogue the Rectors of Mungret from 1882 - 1962, Superiors of the Apostolic School 1882 - 1959 and a list of developments at Mungret from 1858 - 1963.

Annual report of the Apostolic School of Ireland, 1884 - 1885. Contains a sketch of the organisation of the Apostolic school, various extracts from the school diary and letters from the Rev. W. Ronan SJ to the fathers and students of Mungret College.

Register of the Sodality of the Holy Angels, Mungret College, Limerick. The register details names and addresses of all boys who were in the Sodality on September 1914 until February 1962 and the date received into the Sodality. Includes a list of directors of the Sodality from the foundation in 1891 to 1956.

Custom Book for Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting). Copy of letter from Fr Ronan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial on duties of the Minister and Moderator of Mungret College (26 November 1882).

Minutes and meeting notes of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Conference of St Nessan, Mungret College, Limerick and minutes of the Second Club Debating Society.

Ground floor plan of Mungret College, Limerick indicating division of rooms, for example, chapel, sacristy, class room, principal corridor. Includes scale and compass direction and an example of the front elevation of the building. Apppears in 'Annual report of the Apostolic School of Ireland'.

Burse book and benefactors for Mungret College and Mungret Apostolic School. Includes name of benefactors, date, amounts donated and remarks. Individual statements regarding each donation are made, as are promises of donations. Includes individual notes and letters from benefactors; William Ronan, Marianne Scully.

Introduction to format of French Apostolic schools (French), list of Seminarists and Lay students, diary of school life (Latin) and individual student results.

Details of income and expenditure for Mungret Apostolic School. Includes list of pensions, apostolic subscriptions, money for masses, bank details, farm income and expenditure and building funds.

Limerick in old photographs by Sharon Slater.
The History Press Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2016

Cash expense book for Mungret Apostolic School. Details the date, expenses and totals for each month.

Programmes invitations, tickets and reviews relating to theatricals, including comedies, tragedies, operettas, librettos and pantomimes, staged by pupils of the Mungret College and Apostolic School. Includes reference to New Years Holiday, Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, St Patrick’s Day, Feast of St Francis Xavier and Christmas Holidays.

Admission register for Mungret College which details, date of admission, name of pupil, date of birth, admission age, name of parent or guardian, address, occupation of parent or guardian, school previously attended by pupil, school career, date of withdrawal, remarks. With index to names.

Folio ledger of monthly credit and debit accounts for Mungret Apostolic School.

Abstract of the customs of Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting). Notes the Order of Time' for each day, the food eaten at each meal, lists first, second and third class feasts and their dates, describes the clothes worn (with prices) by priests and brothers.

Assets and Payments book which details assets invested in shares, the interest made on these shares and payments made.

Investment register which details the share investment that the Mungret Apostolic School has made. Includes investment history with figures.

Expenditure ledger for Mungret College, Limerick which details payments for gas, electricity, postage, telephone, stationary, books, printers and rates.

Index cards, arranged alphabetically, of former students of Mungret who later became Jesuits. Various information on cards which include names, date of entry and departure from Mungret, place of philosophy, date of ordination and mission. (Dates relate to late nineteenth and early twentieth century, for example, 91 - 95 is 1891 - 1895; 26-6-07 is 26/06/1907)

Card advertising a debate between the Cumann na Gaelige, Coláiste Mungairit and Cumann Gaelach Coláiste Iognáid, Gallimh, entitled ‘Gur tabhachtai d’ eirinn an talmhaiocht na aon tionscal eile’.

Copy of the Mungret Eagle, Vol. 1, No. 2 which details past pupils activities, news and the annual union dinner.

Map entitled ‘SITE PLAN MUNGRET COLLEGE, CO. LIMERICK’, reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Map is centred on the Mungret area. Includes main routes, buildings, directional arrow, scale and typewritten inscription ‘D. O'Buachall & Co. LTD, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin’.

A file relating to the Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College but given to All Hallows. Includes note explaining the provenance of the correspondence (25 September 1977) and documents such as; Lord Emly Burse (January 1883, 2 items); Boyce Burse (23 June 1905 - 10 October 1910, 5 items); Michael Leahy bequest (20 October 1909 - 31 May 1912, 4 items); Madeline Josephine M. Sampson Burse (St. Marie Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, 3 May - 6 June 1913, 2 items); Canon Doyle Burse (24 October - 28 November 1922, 5 items); letter from Fr O'Donnell SJ to Fr Edward Cahill SJ relating to ‘De Jure Burses’ (12 September [ ], 4pp).

Abstract of the customs of Mungret College, drawn up with the authorisation of his Paternity the Rev. J. Beckx. Notes the Order of Time' for each day, the food eaten at each meal, lists first, second and third class feasts and their dates, describes the clothes worn (with prices) by priests and brothers etc., Spirituals, Scholar's Refectory,

File of documents related to Mungret Apostolic School, on the right of the Society of Jesus to the lands and buildings of Mungret College and the question at issue between the Lay College and the Apostolic School of Mungret.

Letter from Jeremiah Sullivan SJ, St Mary's, North Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a number of matters relating to the Australian Mission including: the departure of Frs. Loughnan, Montague and Mr Spillane, visitation to Toowong, disappointment of the Archbishop that the Society of Jesus has not increased their numbers in Brisbane, the creation of Australia as a Vice-Province.

Copies of images of Lord Emly's house at Tervoe, County Limerick. The pillars at the front of the house were used at the front of Mungret College.

Text of a play by Fr Edward Cahill SJ entitled 'The Abbot of Mungret: a drama in four acts', published by the Office of the Irish Messenger.

File of photographs of Mungret College past pupils.

• Michael O'Shea at Tullabeg, nd;
• John Moore, Michael O’ Shea, Tom Deasy [1948-1950];
• Tom Deasy Jim Moran, Michael O’ Shea [1948-1950];
• All Ireland Sports - Outside Barry’s Hotel, May 1949. ‘Solomee’, -?, Hogan and self (Jim Moran);
• Interpros? - Michael O'Shea, John Moore, Frank Moran [1949-1950];
• Rugby match between Belvedere College and Mungret College, including Michael O'Shea [1948-1950];
• Karl Mullen (captain of the British Isles Rugby touring team (Lions) 1950), outside Mungret College with Michael O'Shea, Tony O'Connor, Frank Moran, Jim Moran, Dick Parkinson, Joe Fahy and John Moore (Autumn 1950)
• Michael O'Shea running.

'A Catholic Unionist; The Life and Times of William Monsell: First Baron Emly of Tervoe (1812-1894)' by Matthew Potter, The Treaty Press, Limerick.

Material relating to Fr Thomas F O'Sullivan SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, memorial card and application to join the Society.

Catalogue for Mungret Apostolic College which lists the alumni who have become bishops, priests, theologians, philosophers and members of religious order not yet ordained and obituaries. Includes reference to Jesuits.

Mungret College crest as worn by James Moran in competing for the college at athletics.

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.

Includes back row, l-r: Eric Guiry, Maurice Leahy, Paddy Kelly, Eric Cantillon, Aidan Ennis, Bro. James Kavanagh, John Purcell, Paddy Meagher, John Paul Leonard.
Middle row, l-r: Bro. George Fallon, John Redmond, Paddy Coffey, Michael O'Meara, Kieran Fitzgerald, Gerry McLaughlin, Paddy Crowe, Bro. Paddy Brady, Brendan Murray.
Front row: Bro. Thomas Murphy, Jack Brennan, Cyril Perrott, Rev. Fr John J. MacMahon, Redmond Roche, Tom Kelly, John Deevy.

Diary of the Sacristy, Mungret College, Limerick which details events and happenings at the chapel of Mungret College. Includes duties such as Laundry and how to serve mass etc.

Photograph of the Third Club at Mungret College, with Fr Francis X. O'Sullivan SJ, taken by C & L Walsh.

Material related to a past pupil of Mungret College Fr T.M. Long, (left school in 1921), who worked for many years in Sri Lanka as a teacher. A stamp enclosed, bearing image of Fr T.M. Long.

Material relating to Fr Frederick Paye SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, ordination card and application to join the Society.

Photograph of the M. Abbe l'Heritier (standing), sitting l-r: Frs William Ronan, William Sutton and Thomas Head. 4 members of the orginal staff of Mungret. Taken by Dominic Kelly SJ.

Plaque to commemorate the association of the past students of Mungret, and the building of this hall.

Letter from T. H. Kenny, Solicitor, 55 George Street, Limerick to Fr William Ronan SJ, Mungret concerning the drawing up of a scheme to be attached to the lease for Mungret College.

File relating to Fr Redmond F Roche SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and (57) photographs of Jesuits, on holiday, plays, and outdoor scenes (some of the same photographs are in the papers of Fr William R Prendergast SJ, IE IJA J/365).

Letter from Sr. [ ] Sutton, Ursuline Convent, Avranches, France to Fr William Ronan SJ approving of his plans [to open an Apostolic School]. Remarks '…you can act as you say we both trust and rely on you and the Provincial for safeguarding our interests during our interests during our lives after which all will be yours.'

File relating to Br John K Rogers SJ, including application to join the Society, catalogue entries, and memorial card.

A file relating to Fr Laurence O'Neill SJ, his entry into the Society of Jesus, his ill health, his four years in Australia as a scholastic and his death.

Letters from Fr Robert Fulton SJ to the Rector, Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning Mungret College. Refers to Dr Molloy and his attitude to the college. Remarks that Lord Emly is very well disposed towards Mungret. Fr Fulton SJ was a Visitor appointed by Fr General. Dr Molloy was a member of the Educational Endowments Commission.

List of masses said for (with No.) and priests who said mass at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes an insert (1898) discussing the location of a novitiate at Mungret and having a noviceship at Tullabeg.

File relating to Fr William Saul SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and catalogue entries,

File of mission material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ. Includes passport; passport photographs; personal record; obituary; accounts of the trial of Canadian Sisters in Canton (2 December 1951); the Communists in Canton (1949); Fr Sullivan’s experiences 1942 - 1945 ; and correspondence between Fr Edmund Sullivan and Fr. Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae) and House Histories (Historia Domus) for Ireland and Australia (2 versions).

Letters to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ from various individuals including: note from Fr Kenny SJ, Clongowes Wood College, with instructions regarding a Mungret College villa (holiday) (June 1893, 2 items) and letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kiernan SJ congratulating Fr Byrne on the occasion of his being seventy-five years in the Society of Jesus (2 items).

Letter from Fr Michael Browne SJ [writing from the Crescent, Limerick] to the Vice Provincial. Announces that he intends to sent Fr James Jeffcoat SJ to St John’s the following day for treatment, and states that Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ is to take Fr Jeffcoat’s place at Roscrea.

Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Encloses receipt for the sum of £100 (included), received from an anonymous donor through Fr. Farrell for the use of the Fathers at Mount St. Alphonsus.

Summary by [ ] of the facts concerning the transfer of Mungret from the Trustees firstly to Fr Joseph Bourke and subsequently to the Society of Jesus in the name of Frs William Ronan SJ and Thomas Finlay SJ.

Kevin A. Laheen S.J. 2014

ISBN 978 0 9929141 0 3

Published in July 2014
O'Brien Photo Books,
26 High Street
Limerick.

obrienbooks@yahoo.ie

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from various Jesuits in response to Fr Provincial’s letter (16 April 1941, 1p.) seeking volunteers to serve as chaplains: ‘Mgr. Coghlan (an Irishman from the diocese of Meath) who is in charge of the military chaplains has called upon me and informed me that the need of chaplains is acute and urgent, in some areas Catholic soldiers have no priests to look after them’. Includes responses from: John Hayes SJ (See CHP2/18); John Burden SJ (See CHP2/13); Thomas O'Donnell SJ; Cyril Perrott SJ (See CHP2/35); Conal Murphy SJ (See CHP2/30); Thomas P. Kelly SJ; Brendan Lawler SJ; John McCarron SJ; Brian MacMahon SJ; Daniel Shields SJ (See CHP2/37); Maurice Dowling SJ (See CHP2/16); Frank O'Riordan SJ and Joseph Garland SJ.

Comparative numbers of Priests, Scholastics and Brothers in the five colleges - Clongowes, Belvedere, Galway, Crescent and Mungret.

A file of letters from Aubrey de Vere, Curragh Chase, Adare, County Limerick to Dr Charles Russell. Discusses his writing and poems and articles by other authors. Includes a letter in which he expresses his thanks to Dr Russell for writing a paper on his father's sonnets 'It is not merely as a son that I am interested in the recognition which his poetry seems now at last to have a chance of meeting.' (5 February 1875, 4pp).

Letter from [ ] D. Murphy, Cork Club, Cork to Fr William Ronan SJ concerning a scheme for Mungret and objections to the scheme that must be considered by the Judicial Commissioners. Gives advice 'I do not think you can do better than make use of the ready talent and quick wit of Charlie Doyle, who beside being an old Jesuit boy, has a local knowledge which will stand him in good stead'.

Letter from Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Raheen, Kew, Victoria to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ thanking him for sending a copy of Fr McKenna's book on Fr Cullen. Refers to the work of the Society of Jesus in Australia and praises it making special reference to Newman College and Corpus Christi College.

A file containing various accounts, biographical details and obituary of Fr William Ronan SJ founder and first Rector of the Apostolic School.

Letter from J. P. Hall, Solicitor, 100 George Street, Limerick to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ, Crescent House, Limerick concerning Fitzgerald's Estate.

File relating to Fr James B Stephenson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and memorial card.

File relating to Fr William T Stephenson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and book by Fr Stephenson entitled, 'Jesus Christ: Yesterday Today and For Ever: Easy Meditations on the Gospel' (90pp, 1969).

Short biography of Fr William Ronan SJ by Rev. James F. Cassidy, BA entitled 'A Saintly Irish Jesuit'.

A file relating to Fr James G Tormey SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and catalogue entries.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Gives an outline of the reasons that the Fr General accepted ‘Montgret’ in Limerick, viz. he wishes to put the Apostolic School in Limerick ‘on a firm foundation’, and to provide a seminary for the Bishop's students. Assures Fr Tuite that the Fr General is aware of the current financial difficulties experienced by the Irish Province. Refers to the Zambesi mission, which will be headed by Fr Ronan, and suggests that the lay brother staff of Montgret be recruited from among the candidates for the mission. Adds that the Fr General is also very eager that the Irish province’s plans for a Dublin College come to fruition.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning Mungret. Includes a letter written from St Mary's, Athlone remarking that if the Society of Jesus do not take Mungret then it will be offered to the Holy Ghost Fathers (nd, 11pp). Includes a letter written from the College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick concerning a meeting with the Bishop (Dr Butler). Remarks that the Bishop did not know that the Society was interested in taking Mungret '…otherwise he would not have consented to Lord Emly's request to invite the Fathers of the H. Ghost' (29 December 1881, 13pp). Includes a letter written from the College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick concerning a system of studies for Mungret. Remarks that the trustees have made a condition that agriculture must be taught but have agreed that the teaching of chemistry and botany would fulfil this condition. Refers to the Holy Ghost fathers efforts to get Mungret. (9 January 1882, 8pp). Includes letters relating to Fr Bourke's surrender of Mungret to the Bishop of Limerick (15 January 1882 - 10 February 1882, 4 items). Includes letters relating to the Bishop's acceptance of the Society's terms and conditions for Mungret. Asks Fr Provincial for a subscription to the Apostolic School. Refers to the clear distinction between the Lay school and Apostolic School. (24 February 1882- 6 March 1882, 3 items). Includes letters relating to the decision to follow the University rather than the Intermediate programme of studies at Mungret. (26 March 1882 - 31 March 1882, 4 items). Includes letters relating to the dedication of Mungret to the Sacred Heart. (15 August 1882 - 9 September 1882, 3 items).

Documents on Fr Joseph Ignatius O'Halloran SJ, includes note on his being at Cork in 1765, by Fr John MacErlean SJ (1p) and biographical sketch extracted from 'Worthies of Thomond' Third Series, collected and edited by Robert Herbert, Limerick, 1946 (2pp).

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Refers to the latter's letter on 12 March, and addresses some of the points in it. Refers to Fr Tuite's proposals in relation to Montgret, and passes on the Father General's authorisation to send Fr Brennan to Australia. Also discusses the Terna for Australia, and an offer to the Society of 10 acres of the Catholic Reserve. With regard to the question of the New Zealand mission raised by Fr Dalton in his letter, asks Fr Tuite's opinion on the proposed removal of the missioners from there to Australia. Asks for a copy of the Irish Catholic Directory for 1882.

Circular letter issued on behalf of the Apostolic College of the Sacred Heart, Mungret Abbey, Limerick by Fr William Ronan SJ, seeking donations from American benefactors, issued from College of St Francis Xavier, 39 West 15th Street, New York City.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Thanks the latter for sending a copy of the Catholic Directory. States that the Fr General gives his consent to Fr Dalton to accept the 10 acres of the Catholic reserve. Advises Fr Tuite that the Fr General wishes that ‘more important matters’ be addressed to himself and in Latin. Refers to the Australian mission and its need for ‘some young blood’. Reminds Fr Tuite that he and the Fr General are awaiting his letter about 'Montgret'. Also refers to the Dublin College, and to Cardinal McCabe, to whom Fr Armellini is to visit; and to a proposed convent of the Sacred Heart at Sydney.

Letter from J.P. Hall, solicitor, 100 George Street, Limerick, to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ in Riverview, Sydney, Australia. Reports on his efforts to sell an unnamed property (Cecil Street premises), which later burned down. Offers to send over the money received from the insurance claim, and asks Fr Dalton to decide on a course of action in relation to the damaged property.

Letters concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the Legion of Mary and the Legion’s 1943 Dundalk Missionary Display. Includes letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Archbishop McQuaid.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Thanks his correspondent for ‘the paper & for the good news’. Sends the congratulations of the Fr General, who was particularly pleased by the part played by Fr Delany. Hopes that ‘the business of the college may be brought to an equally favourable termination’. Refers to the case of a member of the Limerick community, whose removal is left to the discretion of Fr Weld's correspondent. Adds that the Fr General is anxious that the man in question should be removed as his behaviour could cause scandal. Also refers to the ‘Montgret lease’, and states that if this Limerick diocesan seminary succeeds it ‘well may lead the way to very important work for the Society in Ireland’. Discusses the importance of helping the development of the Australian province, and refers to the sending of Frs Thomas Keating and Joseph Brennan there.
Note: The name of the man in Limerick, who may be removed from there is blacked out in this letter. The letter is accompanied by an envelope marked: ‘F. Rabbitte; 1. Letter enclosed for archives. 2. I am keeping the other (two) letters; [ ]’.

Typed notes concerning Fr William Ronan's fund-raising tour of America.

Series of articles bound into book format concerning the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia:

• 'The Woodstock Letters'. Vol. XXXVII. No. 3 'The Society of Jesus in Australia' pp303-318; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 1 pp1-9; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 2 pp161-176; Vol. XXXVIII. ? pp341-349; Vol. XXXIX. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XXXIX. No. 3 pp304-318; Vol. XL. No. 1 pp1-16; Vol. XL. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XL. No. 3 pp274-288; Vol. XLI. No. 1 pp1-6;

• catalogue of the Adelaide residence of the Australian Mission (1862; 1869-1870; 1874; 1877; 1880; 1886; 1889) and the Australian Mission (1887; 1893; 1902; 1912);

• contemporary newspaper clippings of Jesuit houses in Australia;

• copy of 'Edmund Campion’s History of Ireland' by the Rev. John Hungerford Pollen SJ with an inscription to Fr John Conmee SJ by J. H. Pollen SJ reprinted from ‘The Month’, December, 1905, and February, 1906.

• articles by Fr Matthew Devitt SJ on 'Summerhill, County Meath and its neighbourhood', published in Kildare Archaeological Society;

• 'Irish University Education: A plea for Fair Play' by Fr William Delany SJ (1904);

• 'Brief memoir of Fr Patrick Duffy SJ' (1904);

• 'The Annual Report of the Apostolic School of Ireland' (Society of Jesus) 1884-1885, 1886, 1895;

• extracts from the diary of Mungret College (1884-1885);

• copy letters from Rev. F. Ronan to the Fathers and Students of Mungret College during the journey through the United States (September 1884- Christmas 1885).