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Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

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Copy of draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land for Robert Molloy T.D., Minister for Local Government.

Invitation to Fr Provincial to attend a garden party at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne, Australia to celebrate the jubilee of the Archbishop of Melbourne.

File of photographs related to statutes, altars, side chapels, within St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes images, postcards.

Material relating to Br Edward Maher SJ.

Booklet entitled “Fr. Willie”; part of the Irish Messenger series. Subtitled ‘His world-wide appeal and favours attributed to his intercession’. Contains a short reflection on his life and a list of reports from around the world of how Fr Doyle’s intercession, when invoked, benefited those who sought it.

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Mission to a suffering people: Irish Jesuits 1596 to 1696.

A file of letters (six are undated) from Fr Isaac Moore SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Fr Moore spent time in Australia (1867-1870; -1890).

Two photographs of lay groups associated with St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Both taken outdoors, names are on the rear of photograph with Fr Quigley SJ.

Photographs of the model of the planned development at Rathfarnham Castle by Robinson, Keefe and Devane architects.

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A file of letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter describing the voyage to Australia (16 April 1866, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to St Patrick's College and the poor reputation it has. Remarks '...I am sorry to say that the college was fast losing ground in the estimation of the public for want of management and even yet the evil is not completely checked...we have been informed lately by the priests that we had not succeeded as was anticipated...the college has been looked upon as a failure.' Refers to Fr Dalton and his position as Superior of the Mission. Remarks '...he seems to me to want firmness of purpose and resolution to face the difficulty...My conviction is that if he goes on we cannot succeed.' (26 April 1867, 8pp). Includes a letter describing a trip to Ballarat to preach a sermon and a visit he paid to one of the gold mines called "the Band of Hope". Remarks 'The yield on the day I was there was 437 oz; a few days before it had been 1637 oz for one day, the largest yield ever obtained in a gold mine in Australia and worth over £6,500.' Remarks that he was presented with a nugget which he sold '...for the benefit of Richmond Church.' Continues 'Four hundred miners are employed at this one mine...the close bad air of the mines tells very quickly on them and they die off rapidly. Three batches of them relieve one another every eight hours...the work goes on night and day - Sunday and holiday - otherwise the water would go in upon them and flood the mine.' (22 August 1867, 8pp). Includes a letter referring to a plot of ground made available for the construction of a church at Hawthorn (24 October 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter describing the church at Hawthorn. Remarks '...the...church is greatly admired by all - Catholic and Protestant. It will be...one of the prettiest in the colony (11 October [1868], 12pp). Includes a letter, describing, in detail, a trip to New Zealand, the people he met there and the landscape. Remarks 'There is a complete dearth of good respectable Catholic boys-schools throughout the whole of New Zealand.' Remarks that there is a lack of clergy and as a result many people have lost their faith. (12 August 1870, 12pp). Includes a letter referring to the opening of a boarding school. Asks Fr Provincial for more fathers who can teach in the school (28 March 1872, 4pp).

Folder of photographs of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street church and community.

The lost painting.
Jonathan Harr
Random House, New York, 2006

Note relating to the death of Fr Daniel MacDonald SJ, Superior, Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick.

File relating to Fr Martin Maher SJ including catalogue entry, memorial card and an obituary.

File containing correspondence mainly between Fr Patrick Doyle SJ, Donal Ó Buachalla, Andrew Devane and Gabriel Byrne, Engineer of Euro–Irish Securities, relating to the Rathfarnham road widening scheme, the possible conversion of South Wing of the Castle and the Junior House for light office use, and the formal offer for the purchase of land for Rathfarnham Village By-pass from Dublin Corporation.

Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside. No date or reference.

Copy of article of Fr Michael Maher SJ by William Ellis published in 'Carloviana' (1988/89), entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography by David Murphy (2011), and photocopy of obituary of Fr Michael Maher SJ from 'Letters and Notices' (January 1919).

Preliminary planning report by Delaney MacVeigh and Pike, Planning Consultants, regarding the lands of the Jesuit Fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

A file of letters from Fr Joseph Mulhall SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the mission in Australia. Includes a letter concerning the upkeep of ecclesiastical students. Remarks that he does not agree with Fr Kelly that '...we have no right to accept...money for (their) maintenance...' Continues '...in the written contract with us the Bishop promises to pray us for their maintenance. They teach for 3 hours and during Mr. Lentaigne's time, they got lectures for 2 hours now these 2 things may be said to balance each other...' (DATE). Includes a letter referring to the establishment of a boarding school in Australia. Remarks that the Society accepted St. John's University and that the Board has promised not to interfere. Remarks '...they are most anxious that we should have it - for they are most apprehensive that the government will take it into their own hands...' (29 January 1870, 6pp). Includes a letter referring to the need to build a house for the community beside St Ignatius church, Richmond (6 November 1871, 6pp). Includes a letter concerning Fr James Cullen SJ and remarks that he would welcome him to Australia. Remarks '...he is a very zealous missioner, one that would save a great number of souls here living in this parish entrusted to our care - he is exactly the father we want in Richmond...' (29 January 1884, 4pp)

List of deceased members of the Limerick community (Crescent and Mungret) with date of death and place of death and burial.

Cecilia Street: the Catholic University School of Medicine 1855-1931.
F. O. C. Meenan
Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 1987

A file of letters from Fr David McKiniry SJ, St James', Richmond and St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Includes a letter written from Melbourne describing Prince Alfred's visit to the city. Describes the situation in St Patrick's College and remarks that its reputation is rising but that further money is needed. Remarks 'We will not be able to work the college even as a day-school for another year without help.' (26 November 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning remarks made by Fr Lentaigne SJ to Fr Dalton SJ (Superior of the Mission). Refers to the estrangement between the Bishops and some of the priests and remarks 'It appears to me...that neither the Bishop nor the leading priests in the city were ever friendly, but that they required of us to work for them and to perform those duties especially which demanded a great deal of time and labour and for which there was no remuneration whatever...' (11 September 1868, 6pp). Includes a letter referring to a lecture delivered by Dr Bromby, headmaster of the Church of England Grammar School on Scripture. Remarks that the lecture was 'most heretical' but that Fr Moore SJ gave the vote of thanks. (13 August 1869, 3pp).

Large photographs of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin at the time of Jesuit Missions.

Death notice of Fr William V. Kane SJ.

Paidreacha dúchais
Irische Gebete
Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta, [Baile Átha Cliath], 2022

Letter sent to Fr Patrick Doyle SJ by Fr Martin Cecil D'Arcy SJ forwarding an article concerning the sale of developed sites. Response attached.

Photocopy of a newspaper cutting concerning an ancient Irish Litany with commentary by Fr Joseph Hurley SJ.

‘Photographer Extraordinary: The Life and Work of Father Browne’ by Fr E. E. O’Donnell SJ in Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 79, No. 315 pp. 298-306.

Short story entitled ‘An Duilleog Ghlegeal’.

Letter from Dr Charles Russell, Dundalk, County Louth to John O'Hagan concerning a visit to England. Remarks that he was shocked to hear of the death of John Pigot and asks John O'Hagan to extend his sympathies.

Copy of a circular letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to members of the Irish Province concerning the booklet compiled to aid scholastics about to begin their Magisterium. Asks for comments on the booklet under different headings.

Boland's Bakery Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes P. Roe, Br John Loftus SJ, Fr Foley, J. Denny (Promoter) and Fr Ward (Director of Retreats).

Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning interest due to the Jesuit Fathers following the sale of St Mary's, Emo.

Typewritten and handwritten newsletter (1961-1963) and printed publication produced in commemoration of the centenary celebrations of the school (1963) by the students of Coláiste Iognáid. Includes articles by pupils on school activities including: sports, theatricals, clubs, societies, quizzes, letters to the editor, editorial, book and film reviews, poetry, jokes, postbag and current affairs. In Irish and English.

Letter from Fr Torquatus Armellini SJ, writing from the American College in Rome, to the Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Declines, with thanks, the latter's ‘offering’. Refers to events in Rome, and reports that the Fr General and others will not leave the country ‘till they see what can be done and where they may settle themselves.’ Announces that he is to stay in Rome for some time ‘for the communications with the Propaganda &c.’. Asks Fr. Walsh to send faculties to him to distribute.

List of students attending University College, Dublin detailing disciplines, subjects chosen, scholarships and studentships obtained, attendance at morning lectures and evening classes (B.A. and M.A.). Includes a list of Fellows, subjects taught by them, dates and number of students in attendance - this last list goes until 1901.

File of material relating to Fr Arthur Cox taken from the Mission Office. Includes application for residency (Zambia), newspaper obituaries, account of his death, birth certificate, marriage certificate and death certificate of his wife.

Leaflet published by the Royal Dublin Society entitled ‘Syllabus of a Course of Six Afternoon Lectures adapted to a Juvenile Auditory’. Two of the lectures on ‘Electric Sparks: Their Use in Wireless Telegraphy’ are by Fr Henry Gill SJ.

Published letter to the Editor of the 'Kilkenny Journal' containing biographical details on Fr James Archer SJ.

Published by Tullamore Parish Committee Tullamore, Ireland

Micheal Byrne 1987

ISBN 0 9511938 1 3 (hardback)
ISBN 0 9511938 0 5 (paperback)

Printed by
Leinster Leader Ltd.
Naas, Ireland

Letter from Thomas Bacon of J.G. O'Connor and Co., solicitors, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ following the death of his sister Sheila. Encloses a copy of Mrs. Moorehead’s will dated 8 November 1978, in which she bequeaths £1,000 to Fr Gwynn; an oil painting of ‘Cattle in Berkshire’ by Walter Osborne and the water-colour sketch of Fr Gwynn as a boy, also by Osborne, to the National Gallery; a lithograph of her grandfather William Smith O'Brien; a poem of his written in Kilmainham Jail and a signed poem by Thomas Francis Meagher, to the Municipal Art Gallery (5pp).

Copy letter from the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius and St Aloysius to sodality members, concerning the centenary of the Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady, St Ignatius Church, Galway and seeking contributions in order to present a special altar to the church.

Retreatants eating in refectory, Manresa, Dollymount with Br Ned Foley SJ, 11 December 1950;

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Refers to the latter's letter, which announced that Fr O’Reilly was being sent to MacHale’s diocese to conduct a retreat for the clergy on 20 August. Expresses his gratitude.

Two copies of a satirical circular letter entitled ‘The Intermuddle-it Education Board for Ireland’. Pokes fun at the work of the Intermediate Education Board by implicitly criticising it having set up its own commission to inquire into itself

Notice relating to the relics of King Edward the Confessor.

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

Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle including negatives of the stained glass windows in the Chapel.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Richard Kennedy SJ from the 5th Replacement Camp, Manila, Philippines, Military Hospital, Moira, County Down and the College of the Rhine Army, Göttingen, following his time as a Japanese POW. immediately

Incidental accounts for Frs Philip O'Connell, William MacCormack, William Hayden and James Rabbitte at St Ignatius, Galway.

Group photograph of the first year of Aberdeen Seminary, Hong Kong. The photograph includes Bishop Valtorta and Fr Thomas Cooney SJ (Rector) and other Irish Jesuits.

Letter from Aubrey de Vere, Curragh Chase, Adare, County Limerick to Frances O'Hagan sympathising over the death of her husband John O'Hagan. Thanks her for sending him a book by John O'Hagan. Remarks 'His "Children's Ballad Rosary" is a beautiful bequest to his fellow countrymen and their children.' Remembers fondly the time he spent with Mrs O'Hagan and her husband.

Fragment of formula of declaration by scholastic. Also includes a note (in a different hand) regarding the transfer of £600 from the St Francis Xavier community to Tullabeg. (In Latin).

Copy affidavit in the matter of the estate of John Sherlock, Trustee for the sale of the estate of Anna Maria O'Brien, widow, deceased, owner and petitioner.

Photograph of Fr Henry Gill SJ ‘Chaplain with the Forces at the Front’ published in a supplement to the Weekly Freeman, 6 November 1915. Pasted on reverse, is details of the death of Fr John Firzgibbon SJ, from The Freeman's Journal, 25 September 1918.

Valuation of the property relating to the Isle of Man Mission in Douglas and Castletown.

Map of central Northern Rhodesia. Scale 1:1,000,000.

A file of letters from Joseph Alipius Goold, Bishop of Melbourne, Bishop's House, Melbourne, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning an invitation to the Irish Province to set up a mission in his diocese.

Original correspondence with title page 'Litterae et Documenta', which gives an index to the following:

• 17 December 1858, reply of Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Vice-Provincial Joseph Lentaigne;

• 15 April 1859, grants permission to preach, establish a college etc..(copy by Fr Robert Haly SJ 15 April 1859);

• 5 June 1858, Altare Maius Ecclesia Sti. Patricii in oppodo Galviae Privilegiatum designatur;

• 2 August 1860, Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway, grants permission for the erection of Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Convent, Taylor’s Hill;

• 2 February 1863, copy of faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway;

• 18 February 1863, faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Fr Stephan Farrell;

• 17 January 1871, Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Fr Murphy re: Dr Nulty and examination for faculties to hear Confessions;

• 23 March 1874, Fr Alfred Murphy SJ re: faculties of Regulars to hear Confessions outside their own Churches;

• 6 August 1880, Fr Philip O'Connell SJ to Bishop re: Diocesan regulations;

• 1888, Memoriale Visitationis Provinciae Hiberniae (1 ms. copy, 2 printed copies) and letter from Father Provincial Timothy Kenny to Fr Hughes regarding memorial (27 July 1888);

• 25 December 1890, Father Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ gives extract from a letter from Father General dated 20 October 1890;

• 15 April 1907, Unum Altare in privatis sacellis domorum Soc. Iesu Privilegiatum designari potest;

• 28 August 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of the death of Father General;

• 8 September 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Council of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality on occasion of the death of Father General;

• 15 May 1919, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of Fr Donovan’s death;

• 16 May 1919, Fr Henry Foley SJ to Mr Mullery, Secretary, the Board of Guardians, Galway Union;

• 10 February 1923, Fides Matrimonii Contracti a Lettia Monica Leatham, quae in Ecclesia Catholica (Jesuit) an. 1898 baptizata est. and

• 1810-1896, Necrologia Provinciae Hiberniae Soc..

'Prometheus. The Firegiver' by Robert Bridges (London: George Bell & Sons). With stamp of University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius’ College, S.J. Dublin.

Non-annotated book owned by Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.

Draft letter from [ ] to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Writes in relation to a question of a case of conscience, i.e., the circumstances in which a confessor may give absolution to a penitent. (Unfinished/incomplete).

Letter from Aloysius Fortis to Peter Kenney.

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

Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ.

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated.

Letter from Sr Mary St John Russell, The Old Palace, Mayfield, Sussex to her aunt, Rosa Mulholland, thanking her for a book. Remarks that she will be making her perpetual vows after a retreat.

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.