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Notes on Killiney Castle and Druid Lodge, Killiney, County Dublin by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, (former Irish Province Archivist) referring to a letter he received from Miss Mary Purcell, 32 Gardiner Place, Dublin 1 (whose letter is also contained in this file). Fr McGrath traces the use of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus (nd, 1p). Includes a letter from Mary Purcell to Fr McGrath concerning the sale of Killiney Castle to the St John of God Brothers, France. Another property is also referred to by Miss Purcell who discovered this reference in a minute of a council meeting of the Brothers of St John of God but it is unclear if this other property also belonged to the Society of Jesus. The St John of God Brothers did not continue negotiations with the Society (18 August 1977, 2pp).

Note written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist) concerning Killiney Castle and the Jesuit community who resided there.

A file of bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food. Includes quotations for work to be carried out (6 March 1878, 1p).

Report by Charles Geoghegan, architect regarding the formation of thoroughfares through the Killiney Castle Estate.

Documents, comprising encyclicals and open letters to all prelates, including those in Ireland, issued by Pope Pius IX. Includes an encyclical on the political upheavals in the Italian states, an appeal for support in defence of the Papal states (18 June 1859, 15pp), and a ‘Decretum’ re. the rights of religious orders, a copy of a decree regarding the receiving of novices, and the admittance to professions in the Society (28 January 1850; 2pp).

‘An Historical Critique’. History of the College of Technology, Bolton Street from the 1950s up to the writing of the document, in relation to its development, education, student numbers and facilities. The writer, in an attempt to encourage the directors of the College to extend the facilities to cope with the changing needs of the students, warns of imminent revolt.

Documents relating to ‘The Archbishop’s Planning Commission for Third Level Colleges under the City of Dublin Vocational Education Authority’, which was established to investigate the ‘religious, educational, emotional and intellectual needs of the students’ and to ‘determine the policy to be pursued and the measures to be taken for the adequate religious education of Catholic students attending Third Level Courses in the Colleges of the City of Dublin Vocational Education Group’. Includes a report of the Commission (4 May 1971, 11 pages).

Two articles on ‘The Functions of a Chaplain in a College of Third Level Education’ by Fr [Peter] Dunne SJ. Deals with the role of the chaplain in third level institutions and the facilities required by him to fulfil this role.

Letter from Eugene O'Curry, 5 Portland Street, Dublin to William Forbes Skene, Edinburgh, Scotland referring to extracts that Skene collected from O’Curry. Remarks that he (O'Curry) did not send them to Skene ‘...lest they may not be exactly what you would want...’. Refers to pedigrees of the kings of Scotland contained in the extracts and remarks ‘You seem to think lightly of (them)...’. Continues ‘...I think them very valuable as the Ms. is one of the close of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century and appears to have been got up with very great care and attention...’. Refers to a note written by Skene in which he indicates that the pedigrees can be found in a more authentic source. O'Curry expresses his interest in this information. Remarks that Irish historical scholars are ‘...neither mercenary nor jealous, but seek to establish truth...’. Concludes ‘...I wish to say that there is not now any acceptable Irish Ms. in Dublin that I have not carefully read and the value of which as a historical document, I do not clearly understand...’.

Letter from Eugene O'Curry, Brehon Law Office, Trinity College Dublin to Dalton regarding a proof sent to by Stokes to O'Curry. Apologises for the delay in replying. O'Curry indicates a number of mistakes and discusses some corrections.

Letter from Rev. Henry Young, Molesworth Street, Dublin to his sisters, Mary Young (1783-1830) and Johanna (Mary Ursula) Young, Ursuline Convent, Cork concerning the death of their father, Charles Young.

Parties:
(1) William A. Greer formerly of Sandymount Castle, Sandymount in the County of Dublin and now of No. 49 Chaplin Road, Wembley, Middlesex (Mortgagor)
(2) The National Bank Limited having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London

Property:
All that parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and Offices thereon situate on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount, in the Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west and west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holdings of James Beckett and Susan and Louisa Hepenstall and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke held under Lease of 4 January 1870 from the Earl of Clanwilliam and Others to John Edmond Byrne for the term of 150 years from 29 September 1869 at the yearly rent of £190.

Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the advances made or to be made by the said Bank to the said Mortgagor, the latter as beneficial owner demises unto the Bank all and singular the above property, to hold the same for the residue of the term of years for which the said Mortgagor now holds the same (less the last day of such term), subject to redemption on payment by the said Mortgagor to the said Bank of the sum or sums for the time being owing by him to the said Bank

Booklets relating to the Sodality of Our Lady concerning rules, meditations, prayers, explanations and history of the Sodality. Includes 'Meditations for Sodalists', 'Rules of the Sodality of Our Lady', 'Prayers for the Dying', 'How to Establish a Sodality', 'His Mother's Beads', 'No surer way to heaven', 'What is the sodality of Our Lady?', 'The Message', 'Guide to the Sodality of Our Lady', 'The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ireland: A short history' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids', 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids, Daily duties', 'Magnificat Bulletin of the Sodality for the Sick' and 'Favours lost by a person who deliberately neglects to receive one holy communion'.

Newsletter of the Directors of Youth Service, the Sodality of Our Lady, published at 5, Great Denmark Street, Dublin. The newsletter was published for every month, with the exception of July and August. Includes an activity chart for the Sodality of Our Lady for 1945 – 46, 1947 - 48.

Fr William Doyle SJ, Chaplain - by Keogh Brothers Ltd., 124 St Stephens Green West and 75 Lower Dorset St, Dublin. On reverse is written Rev. C. Doyle, Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street.

Retreat Group, Traffic Department, A.G.S. & Co., Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Keogh Brothers. With names.

Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India with [retreatants] at Rathfarnham Castle during the Eucharistic Congress. With Fr Patrick Barrett SJ. See photograph FM/RATH/177. One copy is signed - Keogh Brothers Ltd.

St John Ambulance Brigade in Eire Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with Br Albert Kelly SJ, Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Assistant Commissioner P. J. MacNamara and District Commissioner G. W. Belton.

St Josephs Young Priests Society, D.U.T. Co Branch. Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle. With names. Includes Frs O'Donnell, Henry Croasdaile, Joy, Aubrey Gwynn and Br Byrne - J. Merriman & Son.

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).

Transport workers 25th annual retreat (1925), Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Praying at grotto - Independent News.

Retreat group at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ - Central Studios.

Portrait of Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin - College Studios.

Individuals praying at grotto at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin - College Studios.

Side altar with Statue of Christ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Letters to Edward Boyd Barrett from publishers concerning publication and distribution, and reviews of 'Strength of Will' first published in the U.S.A. in 1916 by P.J. Kennedy & Sons, and later by the Educational Company of Ireland Ltd.

Account book for University College, Dublin. Details expenditure on newspapers, advertisements, postage, furniture, monthly food bills, wines and whiskey, clothes, books, stationery, wages, rents, taxes, travelling expenses for the community. Includes a reference to Gerard Manley Hopkins under community travelling expenses. (2 April 1883, 3 January 1884, 24 December 1885, pp. 70 -71). Includes an alphabetical index to the accounts.

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.

Calendar of University College, Dublin.

Letter from William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin to Fr William Delany SJ concerning the move of the Jesuit Fathers from St Stephen's Green to new premises. Remarks ‘On a full consideration of the case I think it is not one that needs the consent of the Holy See. It is not really the establishment of a new house. It is a case of transfer.’. Concludes ‘The only drawback ...is that the Council...of Studies may seize the opportunity of investigating all sorts of things about the new University, and thus delay the business for months...’.

Letter from Fr Edward J. Coyne SJ, Director of Extra-Mural Studies at UCD, to Patrick Kavanagh re. the latter's series of Extra-Mural lectures. Asks Kavanagh for “some idea of the type of poems [he intends to read] and the general line of remarks...I am delighted to hear you are in better health and also that the Muse has returned to you, even ina violent way”.

Copy of articles entitled ‘The early days of UCD's Gaelic Society’ by Cathal O'Shannon, Dublin Evening Press and ‘Leathchead Bliain Ag Fas - Cuntas ar thus agus fas an Chumainn Gaelach i gColaiste na hOilscoile, Baile Atha Cliath’ from Comhar.

Individual at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ.

Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin imploring him to respond to his request for Irish Jesuits to be sent to the mission (1p). With airgraph copy.

A file of letters written during the year 1954 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.

• Includes a letter from Fr Robert Thompson SJ, PO Box 125, Lusaka to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ concerning an invitation from the Dept. of Social Welfare to Frs. Robert Thompson and Patrick J Walshe to participate in Council meetings in preparation for Territorial Social Welfare meetings (21 January 1954, 2pp).
• Includes a letter from Adam Kozlowiecki SJ, Apostolic Administrator, Vicariate Apostolic of Lusaka, PO Box 125 to Irish Fr Provincial thanking him for agreeing, in principle, to staff the Teacher Training College with members of the Irish Province (4 April 1954, 2pp).
• Includes a copy of a letter from [ ] Kabunda Mission, PO Fort Roseberry to the Right Reverend the Ordinaries of Northern Rhodesia concerning the siting of the proposed territorial Catholic Teacher Training College (6 June 1954, 2pp).
• Includes a letter from the Education Secretary-General to the North Rhodesia Catholic Missions, PO Box 593, Lusaka concerning the reorganisation of Teacher Training (18 June 1954, 4pp).
• Includes a memorandum by Irish Fr Provincial concerning the terms governing the choice of a site for the Teacher Training College (1 October 1954, 5pp).
• Includes Fr Robert Thompson SJ's impressions of participating in the Social Services Conference, Northern Rhodesia (19 October 1954, 2pp).
• Includes a memorandum by Fr Walter O'Connor SJ concerning the leprosy settlement near Chikuni (November 1954, 3pp).

A file of letters written during the year 1958 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.

• Includes a memorandum on the Ecclesiastical Administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia by Fr Joseph McCarthy SJ (9 August 1958, 2pp).
• Includes the minutes of a missionary conference held in Lusaka (28 October 1958, 32pp).

File relating to the financing of the Chikuni mission. Contains a letter to Dr Adam Kozlowiecki SJ, Archbishop of Lusaka, from Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ and resume of payments made to the Chikuni mission from 1964-1969.

Letter from John Henry Newman, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin to Archdeacon John Hamilton concerning a friend of Newman's who wishes to consult the Freeman from 1820 to 1855. Remarks that there is a copy among the late Archbishop's books. Refers to unfinished bookcases and apologises for this. Asks permission for Mr Scratton to take a box of books.

Black and white photograph of a nun, possibly Mother Baptist Russell, Sister of Mercy.

Documents concerning:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• House Histories (Historia Domus), form some 1868-1877;
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, First and Final Vows, etc. (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima).

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

Documents for:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus)
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus)
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae)
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum)
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum)
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in First and Final Vows, etc noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima)
• Catalogue of journals , periodicals (Catalogus ephemeridum et and school annuals.libellorum periodicorum)
• Supplement to First and Second Catalogue (Supplementum Triennale ad Catalogum Personarum Primum & Secundum)

'The Irish Constitution' by Fr Edward Cahill SJ.

'The King, the Irish Free State and the British Commonwealth of Nations' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

'Dance Hall Legislation' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

'The Protestant Church of Ireland and its Claim to Episcopal Succession' by Br Denis Fennell SJ .

'Can Ireland be Neutral' by Fr James McCann SJ.

'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.

Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Edited typescript of Arthur Cox's [Inaugural] address to the Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin entitled ‘The University and the Nation’.

Chronology of the Literary and Historical Society from 1856/7 to 1913 compiled by Arthur Cox.

Typescript document entitled ‘Testimonials of Doctor Michael F. Cox’ which details his qualifications and includes 15 testimonials from doctors and surgeons he has worked with or studied under. 10 original handwritten testimonials which appear in the typescripts testimonial are included.

Letter informing Michael F. Cox that he has been ‘this day elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy’. Includes extracts from the by-laws relating to the admission of members, and payments to be made by them.

File of documents related to the medical registration of Michael F. Cox, Hillsgrove Lodge, Kilmore, Drumsna, County Leitrim to the Branch Medical Council for Ireland. Includes receipt of £5 fee for registration and forms for change of residence on medical register and entitlement to a copy of the medical register.

Two letters concerning the question of accepting a college at Oxley, Brisbane, Australia.

Letter from Fr John Roney SJ, St Francis Xavier's, North Sydney, NSW to Fr Michael Browne SJ concerning the ordo and some mistakes he has discovered.

Letter from W. F. Butler and Tomas O Muirgeasa, Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, 1 Hume Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the length of time the following schools have been operating as secondary schools (and reply from Fr Fahy):
St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney, NSW (1880);
St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney (1904);
Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne (1879) and
St. Patrick's College, Melbourne (1874).

Telegram to Irish Provincial Fr John R. MacMahon SJ from London, concerning accommodation on the "Astorias" for Frs Michael Morrison and Sydney Lennon to travel to Australia.

Letter from Christopher Augustine Reynolds, Bishop of Adelaide to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the sending out of two Jesuit Fathers and Nuns from Cabra.

Letter from Fr Joseph Tappeiner SJ, Superior of the Austro-Hungarian Mission, St. Ignatius, Norwood to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ concerning the prospect of two Jesuit Fathers being sent out to Norwood. Expresses his satisfaction at the news and advises that the Fathers should be young men. Remarks 'We find that it is always more difficult for men whose habits are already formed to get into the way of colonial life.'

A file of letters from Fr Michael Dooley SJ, St. Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Includes a letter referring to the finances of St. Francis Xavier's College. Expresses his concern over the debts that have accumulated. Remarks that the Archbishop has opened a new High School and appears to have lost confidence in St. Francis Xavier's College. Refers to Fr Therry's estate and remarks that it has been sold off '...and what has become of the money, I can't say.' Concludes that a debt of £20,000 has accumulated. (3 July 1881, 4pp).

Letter from Katie M. Drinan, 'E de Marie', Branxton, New South Wales, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin describing a tour of Europe and thanking Fr Brown for his advice.

Faculties granted to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Isle of Man by Pope Pius VIII for indulgences.

A file relating to 35 Hardwicke Street, Dublin. Includes deeds relating to this property (25 March 1810-17 June 1854). Includes a letter from Maxwell, Weldon and Company Solicitors, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ, The Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the deeds '..for the purpose of enabling us to report on the title of you community to the premises, 35 Hardwicke Street' (5 March 1912, 1p). Includes:

• lease by Richard Warren, Hardwicke Street, Dublin, Attorney-at-law to Thomas Higgins, Dublin, Attorney-at-law, 25 March 1810;
• assignment of house on Hardwicke Street, Dublin by Thomas Higgins, Dublin, Attorney-at-law, to Owen Nowlan, Waterstown, County Kildare, 27 April 1815;
• deed of assignment by Owen Geoughehan Nowlan, Waterstown, County Kildare to Rose Delahoyde, widow, Dublin, 24 August 1815;
• settlement on the intermarriage of James Lecky [soldier[, Eight regiment of Foot, with Miss Elizabeth O'Grady, Temple Street, Dublin [1810]-[1850];

In 1814, a Jesuit community took over the vacant Poor Clare convent in Hardwicke Street, Dublin. St Francis College was established at Hardwicke Street in 1832 however it proved to be too small for this emerging school. New premises were needed and Belvedere House, Great Denmark Street was bought in 1841.

Statement of rental and epitome of title of houses and premises in Common Street and Lower Sheriff Street derived through the will of Rev. Joseph Christopher McCann.

Parties:
Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. John Callan, S.J. and Rev. John Lynch, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £50 in two equal half yearly payments on 11 April and 11 October to Marianne Murphy for the term of her life.

Letter from C. [Dudgeon], Inland Revenue Office, Drogheda to Rev. John Callan, S.J., Church of St. Francis Xavier's, Dublin concerning arrears of Quit Rent due on premises in Drogheda belonging to the estate of the late Mr. W. Skelly. Remarks that he is now arranging to have the outstanding amounts paid to the Inland Revenue Office in Drogheda.

Mortgage (& two copy mortgages)

Parties:
Rev. William Delany, S.J., Rev. Edward Kelly, S.J., Rev. John O'Carroll, S.J. and Rev. Sylvester O'Callaghan, S.J., St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, county Offaly of the one part. Rev. John Power, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, David Keogh, Adelphi Hotel, John Slattery, Merchant, William Street, Waterford City of the other part.

Property:
Scalp William or Mount Mapas known as Killiney Castle, Barony of Rathdown, County Dublin containing 5 acres, 1 rood and 131/2 perches and containing 32 acres and 24 perches and parts of the lands of Dalkey Commons, Barony of Rathdown, County Dublin containing 1 acre, 3 roods and 17 perches.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £4,500. Payments at a rate of £4.10 paid equally twice a year on 22 August and 22 February.

Other:
Signed and sealed.

Parties:
Rev. John Power, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, David Keogh, Adelphi Hotel, Waterford, John Slattery, Merchant, William Street, Waterford of the one part and Rev. William Delaney, S.J. St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore, county Offaly, Rev. Edward Kelly, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. John O'Carroll, S.J., county Kildare, Rev. Sylvester O'Callaghan, S.J., Milltown Park, county Dublin of the other part.

Property:
Lands of Scalp William or Mount Mapas containing 5 acres, 1 rood and 131/2 perches and other lands known as Killiney Castle containing 14 acres 3 roods and 20 perches, part of Dalkey containing 11 perches and part of Dalkey Commons containing 3 roods and 12 perches, Barony of Rathdown and county Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Principal sum of £4,500

Other:
Signed and sealed

Parties:
Rev. William Delany SJ, Stephen's Green, Rev. Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street and Rev. John O'Carroll SJ, Stephen's Green (transferors) and Rev. William Keon, Fairview Strand, county Dublin and Archibold Harman Montford, Solicitor, Dame Street, Dublin.

Property:
Certain messuages, lands and other hereditaments at Killiney, County Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of the sum of £5,000 being the unpaid portion of the principal sum of £8,000

A file relating to a case Daniel Ryan deceased, Kenny versus Ryan. Includes a letter from [ ], Solicitor, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning '...Delahunt's affair.' Continues 'The parties I got the money from are now pressing for payment.' (22 September 1897, 1p).

Parties:
Rev. Timothy Kenny SJ, Melbourne, Victoria, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part (the Grantors). Rev. James Murphy SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. John Verdon SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Milltown Park of the other part (the Grantees).

Terms & Conditions:
Sum of £500 by the will of Rev.d George F. Waters Decd.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Parties:
Rev. William Ronan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick and Rev. Thomas Wheeler SJ, Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Rev. James Bury SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin.

Property:
(Peppen) Phrapper/Phepper Lane and Beresford Street, Parish of Saint Michan, County Dublin and part of the farm, town and lands of Ballenrankah/Ballyrankah now called Ballyrankin, Parish of Kilrush, Barony of Scarawalsh, County Wexford and Palace Row, northside of the gardens of the Lying In Hospital, Dublin.

Parties:
Rev. John Conmee SJ, Provincial, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part, Rev. Thomas Forde (Fr Stanislaus), St. Teresa's, Clarendon Street, Dublin of the second part and Ellen B. D. Griffen, Monasterevin, County Kildare of the third part.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £800 left to the Society of Jesus for the training of a priest for the Foreign missions provided that the sum of money is accepted by the Society of Jesus in full satisfaction and discharge of the legacies mentioned in the will of the late Annie Catherine Fox.

Other:
Signed and sealed by John Conmee and Ellen B. D. Griffen.

Costs from O'Keeffe and Lynch, Solicitors, 30 Molesworth Street, Dublin to the Jesuit fathers for legal services.

Parties:
Rev. Timothy Kenny SJ, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Rev. Matthew Russell SJ and Rev. James Brennan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the first part and Rev. Timothy Kenny SJ, Rev. Matthew Russell SJ and Rev. William Sutton SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the second part and Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ, Rev. James McCann SJ and Rev. John Fahy SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the third part.

Property:
Ballally, otherwise Ballawley known as Rockbawn Farm, County Dublin containing 33 acres 3 roods and 14 perches.

Terms & Conditions:
Yearly fee farm rent of £46.6.1/2 payable half yearly on 25 March and 29 September.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties.

A file relating to the will of Jessie Maguire. Appoints Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin as executors. They are also named amongst the beneficiaries.

A file relating to the will of Mr Denis Kehoe. Includes a copy of the will (13 November 1831, 7pp). Includes a letter from Thomas Leland, [Solicitor], Fitzwilliam Square to Fr Esmonde concerning the appointment by Mr Denis Kehoe of Fr Esmonde SJ and Fr John O'Connor SJ as guardians of his son and daughter (24 February 1832, 3pp).

Will of Richard Gore Daly, Grenville Street, Dublin naming Fr Charles Ferguson SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Dublin as a beneficiary.

A file relating to the will of Professor John Casey, 86 Iona Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin.

Letter from John Cavanagh, Solicitor, 13 College Green, Dublin to Rev. Eugene Browne SJ concerning the will of Mr Patrick Matthews in which he bequeathed the annual dividends or interest of 74 shares of Drogheda Steam Packet company to his nephew Rev. John Stanley Matthews SJ.

Search relating to the will of Mary Clare Sutton, Eccles Street, Dublin. Rev. William Ronan SJ was appointed sole executor and residuary legatee and devisee.

A file relating to the will of Philip Francis Little. Bequeaths £50 to the Society of Jesus. Includes a copy of the will. Remarks in a postscript 'I do not include my dear brother the Rev. Robert J. Little SJ under any benefit in my will. Professing as he does the holy virtue of poverty, it is useless conferring benefit upon Robert of which he can not avail. (23 September 1916, 3pp). Includes a letter from Patrick J. Little, executor of his brother's will. Enquires '...I would like to know whether a claim would be advanced on behalf of Father Robert to a share on technical grounds.' (27 January 1927, 2pp).

A file relating to the will of Elizabeth Cahill, Hill View, Meath Road, Bray, County Wicklow and the estates of both Elizabeth Cahill and James Healy. Elizabeth Cahill bequeathed the residue of her estate to Fr Kirwan SJ, Superior of Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin for the charitable purposes of the Jesuit Fathers.

Draft of a circular letter from [ ], Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning the organisation of a retreat for lay gentleman.

Notes complied from retreats given by Fr Michael Browne SJ at the Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Mount St Anne's, Milltown, Dublin.

Notes on the Theology course in Milltown Park, Dublin.

Incomplete document regarding replies from Fr General on various matters including the fourth vow.

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.

William Joseph Gabriel Doyle was born (1873) at Melrose, Dalkey Avenue, Dalkey, county Dublin. Known as Willie, Billie or Sloper (a comic book hero of the time), he was the youngest of seven children of Hugh Doyle, registrar of the insolvency court, and Christine Doyle (née Byrne). Growing up, Willie was devout, caring and cheerful. Educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, in 1891 Willie followed his older brother Charles into the Jesuits. After two years as a novice, he taught at Clongowes Wood College, where he produced The Mikado and founded the school magazine, The Clongownian. His Jesuit formation included periods in Belgium and England, and further teaching at Clongowes and Belvedere Colleges. After ordination at Milltown Park on 28th July 1907, Willie began work as an urban missionary and retreat giver in Ireland. His positive attitude made him a great success, and he travelled all around the British Isles. He was also the author of best-selling pamphlets on retreats and vocations.

Volunteering as a military chaplain in First World War, Fr Doyle was sent to France with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in early 1916. Within days of his arrival at the Front, he showed himself outstanding in the work of a chaplain. Lt Col HR Stirke noted that Fr Doyle was ‘one of the finest fellows that I ever met, utterly fearless, always with a cheery word on his lips and ever ready to go out and attend the wounded and the dying under the heaviest fire’. Present at the battles of the Somme and Messines, Fr Doyle was killed during the third battle of Ypres on 16th August 1917, while going to the aid of a wounded man near Frezenberg. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial, Belgium. Fr Doyle was awarded the Military Cross, and he was put forward for the Victoria Cross posthumously but did not receive it. Writing to Willie’s father, Hugh, in December 1917, Major General WB Hickie remarks that: ‘I could not say too much about your son. He was loved and reverenced by us all. His gallantry, self sacrifice and devotion to duty were all so well known and recognized. I think that his was the most wonderful character that I have ever known.’

[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady, Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office in Whitehall, London to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Informs him that Fr Doyle was mentioned in Despatches from General Sir Douglas Haig, which were published in the London Gazette.

“Father Willie” (Father Willie Doyle, SJ) as part of the “Irish Messenger Series” published by the Irish Messenger Office. Includes a note from Diarmuid [ ], Fitzpatrick’s Book Shop, 12 Cathedral Street, Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin to Fr Fergal [McGrath] SJ in which he refers to a reprint of an insert letter by T. Cain, 22 Limetree Crescent, Cockermouth, Cumberland which corrects Fr Doyle’s date of death.

‘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.

Permission note from E. Rooney, Aer Lingus for Fr Frank Browne SJ to be allowed photograph aircraft at Dublin Airport, Collinstown.

Fr William Browne (Fr Frank Browne's brother) in bed at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin and Fr Frank Browne praying over William's grave. Includes a burial procession which features the Bishop of Cloyne, Robert Browne and Fr William Browne.

Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ concerning a crisis in the administration of Cullacht Mhuire with a knock on effect in the administration of FÁS and An Timire. Seeks an appointment with Fr Provincial to discuss the situation. Refers also to his health and expresses his concern for the survival of An Timire under the circumstances.

Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin expressing his concern, after visitation to Clongowes, at the lack of regularity in the spiritual life of Matthew Bodkin.