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Academic successes of individual pupils for the Sacred Heart College, Limerick

Documents regarding the academic achievements of Crescent pupils, including two members of the Doyle family - Daniel and Charles. Includes merit cards awarded to the latter, and a letter regarding a prize in books awarded to the former by the Intermediate Education Board. Also includes a certificate of excellence awarded to Bernard Begg in 1888.

Admission register for Mungret College, Limerick

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.

Agreement re. the letting of South Henry (aka Priory Park)

Parties:
1) Mary Anderson of George Street in the City of Limerick
2) Michael Hayes of Wickham Street, Limerick, and Peter Maguire of Barrington Street, Limerick

Property:
All that and those that piece or plot of land known as South Henry bounded on one side by the Waterford & Limerick Railway and on the other side by Dixon's Lane and situate lying and being in the Parish of Saint Michael and City of Limerick

Terms and Conditions:
Mary Anderson agrees to let and the other parties agree to take as yearly tenants the above property subject to the payment of the yearly rent or sum of £9., £9: 10: 0 payable quarterly on every 1st day of November, 1st day of February, 1st day of May and 1st day of August in each year, and subject to the tenants paying all relevant rates and taxes. Mary Anderson to have free use of half or more of the shed on the above property. The occupation of Patrick O'Shaughnessy of one acre of the land ‘shall not be deemed to be a breach of this agreement'.

Annual report of the Apostolic School of Ireland

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.

René, Jean-Baptist, 1841-1916, Jesuit priest

Annual report of the Apostolic School, Mungret

Annual report of the Apostolic School, Mungret 1884 - 1885. The contents include:

  • Sketch of the organisation of the Apostolic School;
  • Various extracts from the diary of the school during the years 1884 & 1885;
  • Letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to the Fathers and students of Mungret College including Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ.

Includes ground floor plan for Mungret College.

Printed by Bernard Kirby, Printer, Rutland Street, Limerick

Articles on the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia, includes articles on Ireland

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).

Association of Secondary Schools in Ireland and correspondence with the Society of Jesus in relation to the secondary schools under their direction

A file relating to the Association of Secondary Schools in Ireland (ASTI) and correspondence with the Society of Jesus in relation to the secondary schools under their direction. Includes letters relating to the dismissal of lay teachers, the employment of lay teachers in Jesuit schools and the salaries of lay teachers, list of lay teachers at Clongowes Wood College SJ and salary (1941)

Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ

Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ. Includes

  • typescript on his life, by Fr James Stephenson SJ (n.d., 13pp);
  • correspondence collected by Fr Stephenson in the course of research for the article (19 February - 26 October 1953, 4 items) - letter from Mary, Hartfiled, Santo Amaro, Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal, Margaret Woulfe, Kerry and Joseph Ranson, Salamanca;
  • notes and letter compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Fr Woulfe (1929, 4pp);
  • reprint 'The Last Years of a Confessor of the Faith, Father David Wolf' from 'Archivium Historicum Societatis Jesu', vol. XV, 1946 (15pp);
  • journal of notes made by Richard Woulfe, Dromlought, Lisselton, County Kerry, intended to comprise a ‘short and incomplete family history’;
  • biographical notes on Fr Woulfe, copies of correspondence, letters contributed to various newspapers by Maurice Woulfe (5 Bolton Street, Clonmel) on Woulfe family history (1904 – 1928) and copies of letters of Dr T. Woulfe of Bruff, County Kerry (1923-1924) (25 November 1935, c76pp);
  • draft typescript entitled ‘Unpublished Letter of Father David Wolf’ by Fr Manuel da Costa SJ (Portuguese Jesuit and historian). Foreword in English (3pp); letter (October 1568) in Latin to the Bishop of Killala, Redmond O'Gallaghair, written when Fr Woulfe was in jail in Dublin Castle, describing the events of 1566 – ‘68 (n.d., 24pp);
  • article on David Wolfe SJ and
  • article by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ, 'The Career and Problem of David Wolfe, 1528-1579? Jesuit, and Papal Commissary to Ireland', NMAJ, vol. 47, 2007, pp21-37.

Br Andrew Williams SJ

  • IE IJA J/543
  • File
  • 10 August 1936 - 10 August 1992
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing material relating to Br Andrew Williams's admission to the Society and subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

Williams, Andrew, 1935-1992, Jesuit brother

Br Edward Maher SJ

  • IE IJA J/235
  • File
  • 22 September 1971 - 11 May 1981
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to Br Edward Maher SJ.

Maher, Edward, 1901-1982, Jesuit brother

Br John Kevin Rogers SJ

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

Rogers, John Kevin, 1905-1976, Jesuit brother

Br Patrick Brady SJ

Documents relating to the admission of Patrick Brady into the Society of Jesus, including certificates of baptism and confirmation, letters, catalogue entries, obituary and memorial card.

Brady, Patrick, 1922-1994, Jesuit brother

Br Patrick McNamara SJ

File containing mainly papers relating to the admission of Patrick McNamara to the Society and his death notices.

McNamara, Patrick, 1931-1997, Jesuit brother

Br Peter Cunningham SJ

File relating to the admission to the Society of Jesus of Peter Cunningham and subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, and catalogue records.

Cunningham, Peter, 1917-1990, Jesuit brother

Br William J Fitzgerald SJ

  • IE IJA J/505
  • File
  • 13 May 1949 - 8 September 1995
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to William Fitzgerald's admission to the Society, correspondence relating to his move from Emo to Clongowes Wood in 1967, catalogue entries and his death notice.

Fitzgerald, William J, 1921-1995, Jesuit brother

Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College

A file relating to the Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College. Includes documents relating to the Harriett McDonnell Burse (11 August 1918 - 11 April 1933, 21 items). Includes a deed for establishing Free Burses (18 December 1883, 3pp), prospectus and typed notes by Fr John Guiney SJ (Province Treasurer).

Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College

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).

Case for Counsel re. proposed purchase of Jones's field

Copy case issued by Dundon & Treacy, solicitors, for William Binchy, BL ‘to advise Jesuit Fathers, Crescent College, Limerick’ in relation to the proposed purchase of a field from the Jones family in Dooradoyle. Gives a history of the Jones holding and of its proposed sale. Asks Counsel to consider the matter and advise Querists accordingly, and to draft an indemnity from Kate and Patrick Jones if he believes that the Querists could be adequately protected by such an indemnity.

Catalogue for Mungret Apostolic College

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.

Catalogues of benefactors to Mungret College

Catalogues of benefactors. Includes the names of benefactors, the date on which the donation was made and the amount of money donated. Includes details of the benefactors wishes. Includes a memorandum (by Fr Patrick Joy SJ) on Benefactor's Masses in Mungret College (nd, 8pp).

Centenary of the Sacred Heart College and Church

Documents relating to the events organised in 1959 to celebrate the centenary of the return of the Jesuits to Limerick. Includes invitations to a 'Triduum of Thanksgiving' in the Sacred Heart Church, of which the Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by Dr Henry Murphy, Bishop of Limerick, on Sunday 8 March. Correspondence includes telegrams and letters, and comprises of congratulations from other Jesuit houses, the Fr General and the Vatican, as well as from lay organisations, such as the National Bank and An Garda Siochana, and replies to invitations to attend the ceremonies. Also includes the typed transcript of a sermon preached at one of the centenary ceremonies, as well as souvenir programmes for the play 'The Strong are Lonely' by Frtitz Hochwaelder, staged by the Old Crescent Players in February 1959 as part of the centenary celebrations, newspaper reports, and souvenir cards. There is also a handwritten document with the heading 'Centenary', which lists the names and addresses of subscribers and amounts pledged.

Circular letter from Fr Senan Timoney SJ, Rector, Mungret College, Limerick to parents and guardians concerning a proposed strike by ASTI

Circular letter from Fr Senan P. Timoney SJ, Rector, Mungret College, Limerick to parents and guardians concerning a proposed strike by ASTI. Remarks that the Catholic Headmaster's Association supports the teacher's pay claim.

Timoney, Senan Patrick, 1927-2013, Jesuit priest

College prospectuses for the Sacred Heart College, Limerick

Printed documents containing information re. the College, including the departments (preparatory, intermediate, and later, the commercial department), subjects taught, extra-curricular activities, discipline, fees, school regulations etc. The prospectus for 1901-02 is contained within a booklet 'Review Notes of Past Year', which reports on school activities over the past year. A large section is devoted to theatrical successes, with photographs and newspaper reports. Also includes news of past pupils' successes in their careers, and present pupils' academic attainments.

Controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College

A file relating to the controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College. The file contains manuscript material written by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ. In a summary he remarks that the Bishop saw the presence of lay students at Mungret 'as a threat to his seminary' (nd, 1p). Includes correspondence, and prospectus for Mungret College, 1882, Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret, 1889 and 1895.

Controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools

A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)

Conveyance and Assignment in Trust for benefit of Poor Purchasers

Type:
Conveyance and Assignment in Trust for benefit of Poor Purchasers

Parties:
Rev. Thomas Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin (the Settlor): 1st party.
Rev. George Redington Roche, Mungret College Limerick;
Thomas A. Finlay, Longford, County Longford, District Justice and Noel M. Purcell, 45 Lower Leeson Street, solicitor (the Trustees): 2nd part.

Terms:
Fr. Finlay assigns three plots of ground unto the trustees, along with the premises currently occupied by the Dublin Food Supply Company Ltd., to hold for various terms as given in the three indentures to which the plots are subject to, subject to a number of conditions, including one that the Dublin Food Supply Company shall ‘carry on business solely for the purpose of supplying to the poor, all or any manner of household supplies at such a price and no greater over and above the wholesale price as will cover rents and other costs of distribution.’

Property:
The plot of ground in Gloucester Place Upper, parish of St. Thomas, city of Dublin, subject of an indenture of 19 December 1918 between Josephine Hodgens, spinster and Fr. Finlay; plot situated at the rere of the premises in Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin, subject of an indenture of 11 October 1910 between Margaret Alexandrina Brabazon and Fr. Finlay; No. 1 Pimlico, parish of St. Catherine, city of Dublin and ground adjoining it which are subject of an indenture of 28 April 1924 between Michael Joseph Dillon and Fr. Finlay.

Conveyance re. Doyle's yard, Limerick

Document issued by the Inland Revenue stating the duty payable on a conveyance relating to Doyle’s yard. Accompanied by a type-written [draft] certificate stating that ‘the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction…’

Copy of a letter from Fr Richard Coyne SJ to Fr Patrick J. Stephenson SJ concerning the Mungret Annual and priests

Copy of a letter from Fr Richard Coyne SJ, Editor, Mungret Annual, Mungret College, Limerick to Fr Patrick J. Stephenson SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne concerning the Mungret Annual and priests, working in Australia, who attended Mungret.

Coyne, Richard Charles, 1917-1999, Jesuit priest

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Edward Dillon SJ, Rector, Mungret College concerning complaints about the administration of Mungret

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector), Mungret College concerning complaints about the administration of Mungret made by the Rector to Fr Provincial. Asks Fr Rector to put his complaints in point form.

Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest

Copy of Abstract of the customs of Mungret College

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,

Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings

Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings which are (1) de jure; and (2) ex gratia. Is whiskey allowed on every coffee evening, and what is the quantity of wine permitted to each…is there any special treatment in the refectory for visitors.’ Includes replies to the circular from the Rectors of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham; Belvedere College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare; St. Mary’s, Emo Court, Portarlington, County Laois; Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick; No. 35 Lower Leeson Street; St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street and Mungret College, Limerick.

Copy of lease of Newenham Street, including Doyle's yard

Lessor:
Rev. Laurence B. Potter, Rev. Charles Byrne, Rev. Patrick J. Kennedy and Rev. Daniel Roche, all of the Sacred Heart College, The Crescent in the City of Limerick, Members of the Society of Jesus

Lessee:
Michael Doyle of New Street in the City of Limerick, Builder

Property:
Plot of ground with buildings thereon in Newenham Street adjoining Richmond Place or the Crescent in the Parish of Saint Michael and City of Limerick as now and lately in the occupation of the Lessee, bounded in front to the south by O’Connell Street (formerly George Street), on the west by Newenham Street, on the north by the dwelling house no. 18 Newenham Street, and on the east by the Crescent College

Terms and Conditions:
To have and to hold from 1 November 1922 for the term of 99 years, subject to the payment of a yearly rent of 25 pounds. The lessee to execute a sub-lease to the lessors, if they should require it and after their having given 12 months’ notice, for so much of the premises as they (the lessors) may require as a site for a lecture hall.

Copy of letter from Fr William Ronan SJ, College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick to the Bishop of Limerick

Copy of letter from Fr William Ronan SJ, College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick to the Bishop of Limerick [Dr G. Butler] assuring him that Masses said in the chapel at Mungret will only be said for those living in Mungret and their friends and relatives. Includes Fr Tuite's approval.

Ronan, William, 1828-1907, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Copy of 'Mungret Record 1882-1958'

Catalogue of Lay and Apostolic Students, Mungret College. Some annotation of list to indicate who became priests. (Catalogue same as SC/MUNG/68, 72).

Deevy, John A, 1887-1969, Jesuit priest

Copy of 'Mungret Record 1882-1963'

Catalogue of Lay and Apostolic Students, Mungret College. Annonatation in red pen indicates what happened to certain individuals '. (Catalogue same as SC/MUNG/68).

Deevy, John A, 1887-1969, Jesuit priest

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