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Communication to the [Irish Provincial], announcing the death of the Fr General, and the election of Fr Louis Martin SJ as Vicar General.

Comments on the structure of the proposed booklet for Irish Jesuit scholastics.

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.

Circular letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ (Gardiner Street) to Fr Rector concerning Fr General's wish that scholastic philosophy be introduced into Jesuit secondary schools. Remarks that a committee was formed to discuss the matter. Concludes 'Hence I wish all our college Rectors when opportunity offers to suggest and if possible urge the introduction of scholastic philosophy as an alternative subject for the L.C. examination…'

Circular letter from Fr Lambert McKenna SJ, editor, 'The Irish Monthly' concerning the golden jubilee (50 years) of the publication and call for subscribers.

Circular letter concerning the commission appointed by the Provincials of the Irish and English Provinces to investigate the need for changes in Higher Studies.

Circular issued by Cardinal Mazzella, confirming that the Litany of the Sacred Heart may be said everywhere. (In Latin).

Circular from Fr General Beckx on the subject of the controversy regarding the Jesuit school in Manchester, England.

Circular document issued by Cardinal Archbishop Paul Cullen to Fr Provincial on the administration of the Sacrament of Penance to ‘Females engages in the Religious state’.

Cash book belonging to the Irish Jesuit Province.

Case on behalf of Fr John Curtis SJ on intructions with Thomas O'Hagan re: Clongowes Wood College SJ for John D FitzGerald.

Case of Conscience.

Copy case concerning the property of Rev. Henry SJ and Rev Charles James Lynch SJ submitted to the Solicitor General Charles O'Conor. Includes his opinion.

Booklet marking the celebration of Pedagogic Arts and Science according to Ratio Studiorum held in Clongowes.

Booklet entitled 'Regulations for the Register of the Intermediate School Teachers'.

Booklet belonging to Fr John R MacMahon SJ containing the names of the Fathers who attended the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus.

Bill from Scott, Bell and Company to Fr William O'Dowling SJ for a purse and two bags.

Bill from M. Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin to Rev. James Murphy SJ, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, concerning George F. Waters SJ deceased and costs for preparing an assignment of debt.

Bill from Joseph Martin, Portmanteau and Trunk Manufacturer for one hat case to Fr William O'Dowling SJ.

Parties:
Rev. John Curtis SJ., Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ, Rev. John Ffrench SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part and Charles Kernan, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood, County Kildare, Rev. John Curtis SJ, Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ of the third part.

Property:
Tullabeg, Parish of Rahan, Barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly containing 62 acres and 10 perches and 8 acres of the Bog of Newtown and 8 acres of the bog of Newbridge adjoining the lands of Tullabeg.

Terms &Conditions:
Yearly rent of £15.10.4 to be paid in two equal payments on 1 May and 1 November.

Parties:
Denis McGrath, Gentleman, Nenagh, County Tipperary and Rev. Patrick Keating SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin (Fr Provincial).

Terms & Conditions:
Policy of assurance on the life of Denis McGrath in consideration of his son Patrick McGrath on entering the Society of Jesus and all money assured or that become payable under the policy. Agrees also to pay a yearly sum of £9.16.8 during his life.

Parties:
Fr William Delany SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Fr Nicholas Walsh, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Fr Sylvester O'Callaghan SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin.

Property:
The Derries, barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly, 61 acres late plantation measure

Terms and Conditions:
300 years from 29 September 1873

Other:
Signed and sealed by Fr William Delany SJ

Parties:
Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. John Ffrench SJ, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Rev. Stephen Farrell SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Property:
Premises in Drogheda and lands of Ballyboggan

Terms and Conditions:
Payment of rent and performance of the convents to which the premises are subject and liable.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ

Parties:
Rev. John Ffrench, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood, County Kildare of the first part, Charles Kernan Esquire, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood of the third part

Property:
Premises in Drogheda

Terms & Conditions:
To be held in trust to the use of Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. forever.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev. John Ffrench, S.J. and Charles Kernan.

Announcement of the establishment by the Holy Father of indulgences in honour of the newly established fraternal society of ‘l’Oeuvre de S. Joseph’. Fr Joseph Lentaigne’s name appears at the head of the first page. (In French).

Annotated report, signed by Frs Joseph E. Canavan, Patrick Bartley and Cyril J. Power of the Education Committee appointed to enquire into the working of the colleges of the Irish Province.

Amendments to a case Andrew Valentin Kirwan administrator to the goods and chattels of his sister Clare Kirwan, Spinster, Petitioner and Rev. Paul Cullen and Rev. John Curtis SJ.

Agenda for a conference on Jesuit Colleges held in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.

Agenda for a committee meeting on studies at Stonyhurst College, England.

Account book containing the accounts of Irish Jesuit Provinces and Missions abroad in account with the Irish Province. Includes the Provinces of Portugal, Mexico England, New Orleans Mission, Mission of Canada, Includes details of the Bellew Bequest and Charity (pp. 49 - 52), and individual contributions to families of Jesuits in training.

Circular from Fr Paul Pierling SJ. An account of the confiscation of the Gesú by the Italian government.

‘Relazione di una guarigione prodigiosa…’ Account by Fr Vincenzo Decorradi SJ, master of novices in a Jesuit novitiate in Malta. Relates the story of a young novice who went blind and was cured after praying to the Blessed Virgin. (In Italian). A handwritten note in English by ‘J.F.M.’ (possible Fr James Murphy SJ, Irish Provincial) states that the novice was later dismissed from the Society after becoming ‘a regular “ecstatic”’. (In Italian).

Account book of the Jesuit Vice Province of Ireland detailing income and expenditure. Includes an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.

Account book of the Irish Jesuits in Sicily. Includes a list of books bought in Sicily (1811 & 1812, pp. 69 - 72), and mentions purchase of jaspar, agate and polished stones.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book entitled Provincial Account F. Lentaigne XXVII. The book contains details of property owned by the Irish Province, investments, annual income, general cash account, bequests (pp. 385 - 400). Includes an alphabetical index. Also, copy of letter of Fr General Peter Beckx SJ (In Latin).

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes insert for Tullabeg villa, August 1887.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book containing various financial details including general account, receipts and expenditure, Noviceship account, education money. Includes details of legacies, requests for masses, loans by the Society and to the Society.

Account books of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a statement of bequests to the Irish Vice Province (1859, pp. 1-4)

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of Irish Jesuit property. Includes a description of the finances of the Irish Mission account, written by Fr John Fullam SJ. Remarks 'In 1760 this mission had in Paris a capital of £1000 ster. including the deposits of individuals and what belonged to different residences. By the persecution which ensued the whole was nearly despaired of when by Fr Crookshank's activity and cleverness about half that sum was recovered and transmitted to Ireland where Mr Ward placed it as occasions presented.'

Account book entitled 'The Fund Fr. Callaghan II'. Includes an inscription 'An account of the property of the late Michael Moran which came into the hands of the Executors.'

Account book detailing Fr Peter Kenney's expenses. Includes details of his travelling expenses to America (1 September 1830 - 3 July 1833, pp. 1-9).

‘Sacre Liturgia Praxis juxta Ritum Romanum…’ Note on the manner of saying Mass, quoting Belgian regulations. (In Latin).

Booklet ‘Responsum ad litteras illustrissimi comitis thun, ministri vultus et publicae instructonis imperii austriaci’, written by Fr General Peter Beckx SJ.

[Draft] ‘Resolutions of the Committee of Catholic Masters’. Adopted at a meeting held at Maynooth on 29 September and submitted to the Assistant Commissioners of Intermediate Education for their consideration. Relate to syllabi, exams, exhibitions etc.

‘Regulations concerning the Provincial's prizes in the Irish Colleges, S.J.’ Relate to the prize money, examiners, papers etc.

Photocopy of article entitled ‘Popularizing Spanish literature in 1930's Ireland; Aodh de Blacam and the Irish Monthly’ by Susannah Riordan, taken from ‘Spanish - Irish relations through the Ages’ edited by Declan M. Downey and Julio Crespo MacLennan, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp175-188.

‘Instructions received from Fr General regarding the members of the V. Prov. who receive pensions or possess a right to property'. Issued by Fr John Curtis SJ.

‘Conclusiones ex Universa Theologia Depromtae quas Publice Defendendas Suscipit P. Franciscus Oliveri e Societate Jesu facta cuilibet post tertium arguendi potestate'. Printed document: a public defence of theological propositions by Fr Francis Oliver SJ. (In Latin).

‘A Bill to amend the Law regarding Roman Catholic Charities’.