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The first Jesuit school in Limerick was founded by Father David Wolfe SJ (1528-c.1578) in 1565. Over the next three hundred years, the Jesuits presence in Limerick ebbed and flowed. By 1640, a Jesuit residence was established at Castle Lane and by 1672, a school was opened near St Mary’s Cathedral. After an interval of eighty-six years from the Suppression of the Society in 1773, the Jesuits returned to Limerick in 1859 after Bishop John Ryan (1784-1864) had invited the Society to establish a school in the city. The school initially opened in 1859 as St Munchin’s College on Hartstonge Street. The pioneer Jesuit community in 1859 were Frs Edward Kelly (1824-1905) (Rector), Thomas Kelly (1829-1898), Peter Foley (1826-1893), Edmund Hogan (1831-1917), Matthew Saurin (1825-1901) and one scholastic, Mr. Matthew Russell (1834-1912). In January 1862, the Jesuits purchased a neighbouring residence, Crescent House. The church building was started in 1864, opened in 1868 and named after the Sacred Heart in 1869. The college had ceased to be a seminary for the diocese in 1867 and was renamed the Sacred Heart College in 1873. Commonly known as the Crescent College, it ceased to be a fee paying school in 1971 and became the Crescent College Comprehensive SJ. In 1973 the Comprehensive moved to a modern greenfield site at Dooradoyle. Later it became a co-educational school and the Crescent Preparatory School was closed in 1976.

The bulk of material in the Crescent College Comprehensive SJ papers relate to: financial matters (1869-1990); community correspondence (1859-1992); performance and examination (1912-1966); pupils (1881-1974); school administration (1870-1971); school sports and theatre (1882-1969); deeds and leases (1809-1998); photographs (1884-1976).

The papers provide an insight into the daily workings of the Mungret College, as well as the Jesuit community who resided there. The bulk of material relates to correspondence, deeds, leases, minutes, account books, custom books, photographs, diaries and journals. Includes reference to:

• the establishment of Mungret College in 1882 (including references to the Mungret Model Farm and school), purchase of the site and deeds;
• correspondence between Lord Emly, Tervoe, (1812-1894), Limerick and Fr William Ronan SJ (1825-1907) concerning Mungret;
• Fr William Ronan SJ (1825-1907) - biographical information, letters to Irish Fr Provincial on establishment of Mungret (1880-1882), fund-raising Tour (1882-1893), letters written by Fr Ronan SJ (1882-1896);
• lists, registers, catalogues and results of students to the Apostolic and Lay school;
• accounts for Mungret College (1882-1928);

Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ has researched the history of Mungret College and his research notes are included in the papers.

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

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

Kevin A. Laheen S.J. 2014

ISBN 978 0 9929141 0 3

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

[email protected]

Accounts of the history of the Crescent Church and College, including short histories, notes, chronologies, lists of rectors etc. Includes handwritten and typewritten documents, as well as newspaper cuttings and magazine articles.

Typed booklet which give players impressions and photographs of the Munster Schools Rugby Junior Cup 1961 by Crescent College. Includes newspaper articles from the 'Limerick Chronicle' (13, 22 and 23 March 1961); 'Independent' (24 March 1961); 'Limerick Echo' (24 March 1961); the Crescentian. Includes reminisces from Billy Thompson, Don & Pat Reddan, Derek Hickey, Jerry O' Callaghan, Michael Wallace, Kevin Uniacke, Paul Reeves, Ivan Morris, Brendan Staunton, Willie Foley, Vincent Quirke, Tom Barry, Des Fogarty, Garrett Barry (Mungret College) and mentor. Fr Jim Moran SJ. Includes photographs of Gonzaga Rugby Team and Crescent College Junior Cup team for 1960-61, who won the Munster Schools' Junior Cup and the Limerick Schools' under 16 Cup.

Two typewritten lists: 'Prefects of Studies' and 'Choirmasters: Catalogue Years' and list of Rectors and Heads.

Edited by Tony White.

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international non-governmental organisation, founded in 1980 with the mission to accompany, to serve and to advocate the cause of refugees and forcibly displaced persons worldwide.

Page from the 'Limerick Chronicle' entitled Chronicle Memories which depicts a photograph from 1956 of the Crescent College Under 12s rugby team.
Back row: Fr Connla Delany SJ and Gordon Wood.
Standing from l-r: Fergus Leahy, Robert Morris, Frank O'Connor, Des Maurer, Don McMahon, Brian McCarthy, Michael O'Malley, St. John Kelly, Martin Daly, Fred Herriott, Des Hourihan, Oliver Frawley, Jude Connellan.
Kneeling: Greg Copper, Noel O'Connor, Denis Staunton, Diarmuid Power, Tommy O'Connor, Mick Wallace, Ivan Morris, Paddy O'Connor, Jimmy Harty and Jed Spencer.

Dvds produced by Jesuit Communications: 'Memories' and 'Closing Mass 30th June 2006' on the occasion of the closure of the Sacred Heard Church.

Two newspaper articles, one from 1909 and one from 1929, relating to the fiftieth and seventieth anniversaries (respectively) of the return of the Jesuits to Limerick, and the establishment of the College. Also includes an invitation to a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Sacred Heart Church on 30 June 2006, to 'mark the service given to Limerick City and County by the Jesuit Community...'

William Ronan, S.J., 1825-1907 : war chaplain, missioner, founder of Mungret College. Messenger Publications, Dublin.

Photocopy of page of contract, which refers to the leasing back by the purchasers to the vendors certain rooms occupied by Jesuits.

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

File containing Fr Brian R Scallan's admission papers and correspondence from his time as curate in the Dublin parishes of Edenmore and Marino.

File containing Fr Patrick Power’s admission papers and correspondence relating to his illness and death.

Father Browne's Limerick by Fr E. E. O'Donnell SJ.

File containing Robert Thompson's admissionpapers and correspondence with irish Fr provincials covering his time in Zambia, at Rathfarnham Castle and Tullabeg and his parish work at Clane, County Kildare and Moycullen, County Galway.

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.

File containing Kevin Quinn's admission papers and brief correspondence from his time in Lusaka, Zambia and at the College of Industrial Relations.

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.

File containing Donal Mulcahy’s admission papers and correspondence with provincials concerning his renunciation of property and his years of work at Tullabeg, Gonzaga College and the Milltown Institute.

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

Admission, early life in the Society of Jesus and correspondence of Fr William Lee SJ,with his Irish Fr Provincials from time in Zambia concerning his work at Gonzaga College, Dublin and in the Milltown Institute.

File including papers concerning Conor Naughton's admission to the society, jubilees and death.

File containing material relation to Gerard A McLaughlin's admission to the Society, his teaching positions at Crescent College, Limerick and Belvedere College, Dublin, and notice of his death.

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

File containing Jack Smyth's admission papers and brief correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning work at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the Crescent, Limerick and as Assistant Director of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.

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.

File containing Kevin O'Donnell's admission papers and brief subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

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

File containing papers relating to the admission of Stephen Bates to the Society of Jesus and his subsequent life as teacher and superior of the Jesuit community at The Crescent, Limerick.

File containing Henry Lawlor's admission papers; correspondence relating parish work in England and ‘The Eucharistic Crusade’; newspaper cuttings relating to stance on television censorship.

File of correspondence between Fr Edward O’Connor SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Rome during WWII and his time in Zambia

File containing papers relating to Francis Hennelly's admission to the Society of Jesus; his initial studies; family visits; time as a teacher at Clongowes Wood College; periods of residence at Mungret, County Limerick; St Ignatius College, Galway; Tullabeg, County Offaly; Gardiner Street, Dublin; ongoing illness and death.

File of correspondence between Fr Joseph Carlin SJ and his Irish Provincials covering his admission and ordination to the Society of Jesus, his time as a teacher at Belvedere College and his work from 1959-1988 in the Jesuit provinces of California, New Orleans and Missouri, United States of America.

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.

File of materiel relating to Fr Joseph Kavanagh SJ including: correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials; his work at St Joseph's East Wall and St Kevin's, Harrington Street, Dublin: catalogue entry: obituary and correspondence relating to his death in a motorcycle accident.

A file relating to Fr James T Casey SJ including biographical information.

Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ which includes correspondence concerning his work for the Society throughout his life. Includes notes by Msgr Alfred O'Rahilly on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ sent to Fr Ffrench SJ (18 August 1964, 2pp). Includes a letter from Fr Ffrench SJ, Jesuit Retreat Centre, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of Emo. Remarks 'But this dinner for Ours on the 11th? Apart from considerations of poverty, I cannot see that the closing of Emo is any occasion for festivity. After all, Emo is being closed because God does not see fit to bless the Province as at present being run with sufficient vocations to justify keeping it open.' (27 August 1969, 3pp). Includes correspondence concerning his work for the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament (1974-1982).

Material relating to Fr James Moloney SJ which includes a letter from Fr Moloney SJ, Mungret College, Limerick to Irish Fr Provincial concerning hid position as Minister in Mungret. Remarks that the position does not suit him and ask to return to Dublin (12 March 1971, 1p). Includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record, and application to join the Society.

Material relating to Fr Michael Moloney SJ which includes correspondence describing his work in Australia and Zambia and includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

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

Letter from Mary Murtagh, Honorary Secretary, Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle, County Limerick to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Dargan SJ sympathising over the death of Fr Hilary Lawton SJ. Includes a copy reply.

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).

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School.

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.

A file relating to Fr Patrick Coffey SJ. Includes biographical information, correspondence, concerning his health during his early years in the Society and correspondence during his time in England working in parishes in Birmingham and London.

A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.

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.

A file relating to Fr Peter M Troddyn SJ. Includes correspondence concerning his appointment as acting editor of 'Studies' following advice to Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ from his doctor to be relieved of this position (20 - 22 December 1967, 2 items). Includes correspondence concerning the publication of a manuscript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ 'The Jesuits in Ireland 1598-1773 (17 December 1973-13 December 1974, 6 items, and 6-15 March 1976, 3 items), correspondence concerning a memorial fund in honour of Dan Chambers, and ex pupil of Mungret who died in a car accident (December 1977 - 16 January 1978, 4 items). Including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, memorial card and catalogue entries.

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

Correspondence concerning Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ, including catalogue entries.

Material relating to Br Edward Maher SJ.

File of material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ includes identity card, catalogue entry, correspondence between Fr Sullivan and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran, and Frs Lawrence Andrew, Joseph Garland and Robert Tyndall, and Selvaraju Selvam.

Material relating to Fr Daniel Louis Meagher SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

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).

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Jack Watt (History Department, University of Hull and University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) with references to Prof. Watt’s family; news of other academics; a proposed paper of his on ‘John Colton, colonial official and archbishop’; the current political situation in Northern Ireland; Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s publication of the Sermon Diary of Archbishop Richard FitzRalph; Prof. Watt’s research work on the fifteenth century and various volumes of the series 'New History of Ireland'.

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

Material relating to which Fr Conal K Murphy SJ includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

Material relating to Fr John B Kerr SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

Material relating to Fr William Hogan SJ, including admission details, catalogue entry, and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial.

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

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

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.

A file containing statistics relating to the Apostolic College, Mungret College 1880 - 1977. The statistics relate to those who 'persevered' with their vocation, i.e. those who were ordained or who died during their studies. Note on Brendan Bracken and his leaving 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).

A file relating to Burses supplied by St Joseph's Young Priests Society to Mungret Apostolic School.

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).

File relating to Fr Thomas P Kelly SJ, includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

Material relating to Fr Thomas Hurley SJ, including correspondence with the Irish Fr Provincial, items relating to his health and catalog entry

Documents relating to three shows organised in order to raise money for the Building Fund: 'A Royal Jester', an operetta produced by the past and present pupils of the Presentation Convent on 22-23 January 1953, 'An Tostal' charity concert on 19 April 1953; and a concert on 8 November 1953, featuring the singers Rita Dwan, Delia Murphy, Joseph McNally and Leo McGuire. Includes programmes, newspaper articles and ads, notices, andnother documents relevant to the performances.

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

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

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

A file relating to Fr William Carroll SJ including biographical information.

Some Jesuit Contributions to Irish Education: A Study of the Work of Irish Members of the Society of Jesus in connection with the Irish College, Salamanca (1592-1610); Mungret College, Limerick (1881 to 1889): St. Stanislaus College. Tullabeg 1818 to 1886): and University College, Dublin (1883 to 1909)

Two Volumes

Thomas J. Morrissey, M.A.

Ph.D Degree N-U.I.
Faculty of Arts, University Collge, Cork.
Department of education: Professor V.A. McClelland.

1975

Province file for Fr Seán J McCarron SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

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

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’.

Typescript copies of letters concerning Mungret Apostolic School (copied by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ for his thesis).

Photograph of a sketch of the exterior of Mungret College. The sketch appeared on the cover of the 1975 Jesuit Yearbook.

A file relating to the controversy between Dr O'Dwyer (Bishop of Limerick) and Mungret College (1886 - 1900), and research by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.

Some Jesuit Contributions to Irish Education: A Study of the Work of Irish Members of the Society of Jesus in connection with the Irish College, Salamanca (1592-1610); Mungret College, Limerick (1881 to 1889): St. Stanislaus College. Tullabeg 1818 to 1886): and University College, Dublin (1883 to 1909)

Two Volumes

Thomas J. Morrissey, M.A.

Ph.D Degree N-U.I.
Faculty of Arts, University Collge, Cork.
Department of education: Professor V.A. McClelland.

1975

Mainly from ex-students informing Fr Stephen Bates SJ of their and their ex-classmates' progress since leaving school. Many seem to be in reply to a request from Bates for information to be included in a 'Centenary Record' to be published to mark the centenary of the College in 1959, and in some letters the writers attempt to identify the subjects of various photos. Includes letters from ex-students working in the UK. Also includes correspondence from the sons, brothers and other relations of various men who were ex-Crescentians. Many reminisce fondly about their schooldays and refer with affection to Jesuits who taught or influenced them in some way, including Fr Tom Maher SJ, Fr Weafer SJ, Fr Guinane SJ, Fr Finucane SJ, Fr Hackett SJ and Brother Priest SJ. Includes a handwritten account by J.M. Hayes of his memories of his school days at the Crescent College. Describes the layout of the school building as he remembers it, and refers to various Jesuits and laymen who taught him over the years. Also refers to classmates, exams, prizes and theatricals in which he was involved. Also includes a letter from Clem O'Flynn to Thomas MacMahon, which refers to a letter from Fr Bates, and also lists some past pupils and their current situations.

A file of material relating to Fr Eamon Egan SJ including biographical information and correspondence relating to his death in a boating accident.

Manuscript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled 'The Jesuit Community of Mungret College 1882-1974'.

Visitors book for past pupils.