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Copy articles of intermarriage between Daniel O'Callaghan and Catherine Purcell, daughter of Baron Purcell.

Notice of Fr James Butler SJ (from Dr Oliver's account, p 218).

Declaration of the payment of £1,000 by Mrs Elizabeth Archbold to John Pepper of Mountjoy Square being the money due to him upon a mortgage of the lands of Newtown, County Dublin.

Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.

Document relating to Robert St Leger's first vows and additional vows.

Parties:
Anne Archbold, Elizabeth Archbold, Mary Archbold, Spinsters, City of Dublin of the first part, Sarah Kavanagh, Widow of the second part and Gerald Archbold and Michael Hanrahan of the third part.

Property:
Lands of Newtown, Castlebancroft and Fazakerlys, County Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
To secure a payment of £1,600.

Other:
Signed and sealed.

Bond for £537 between Ann Archbold, Elizabeth Archbold and Mary Archbold and Gerald Archbold and Michael Hanrahan.

Parties:
William Ledwidge, Gentleman, Scholarstown, County Dublin, Gerald Archbold, Paper Maker, Ushers Quay, City of Dublin and Elizabeth, Ann and Mary Archbold.

Property:
Newtown, Castlebancroft and Fazakerly's land, Newtown, County Dublin.

Statement concerning the marriage settlement between Patrick Nolan and Mary Anne Dunn and Edward Dunn's (father of Mary Anne Dunn) agreement to settle £1,000 on his daughter as a marriage portion.

Receipt for £30 received from Edward Dunn being one years interest on £500.

A file relating to the O'Callaghan estate in County Clare. Fr Edmund O'Reilly's mother Bridget O'Callaghan was a co-heiress of her father's estate in Clare. Includes rental accounts for the estate, with names.

Degree from the Jesuit College in Palermo awarding a Doctor of Divinity to Charles Aylmer.

Copy of a list of writings of Fr Charles Aylmer SJ and a note on the pedigree of the Aylmer family.

Copy of the description of the customs approved by the superiors of the Maryland and Missouri Missions and by Fr Visitor (Fr Peter Kenney SJ). Includes comments by Fr Kenney.

Printed document listing discourses/rhetorical displays by boys at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England.

Parties:
Patrick Nolan, Tobacconist, Sackville Street, city of Dublin and Jonathan Carr and Charles Kohler, Merchant Tailors, 7 Lower Sackville Street, city of Dublin.

Property:
7 Sackville Street, Parish of St. Thomas, city of Dublin.

Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent of £163.13 (late currency), £151.1.3 sterling paid in four quarterly payments on 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties

Parties:
Esther Gibson, Sandymount, County Dublin and John Philip Nolan, Solicitor, Upper Abbey Street, city of Dublin.

Property:
7 Sackville Street, city of Dublin

Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent of £113.15 (late currency), £105 sterling to be paid in equal quarterly payments on1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December. John Philip Nolan may quit the premises at the end of any fifth year of the term providing six months notice has been given.

Signed and sealed by the parties

First vows formula taken in the domestic chapel, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare written by Daniel Jones.

Lawyer's bill of costs to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ regarding his sister's will, by Kernan and Treacy, Dominick Street.

Document announcing the appointment of George ‘Sallery’ [Sillery] as overseer over the three works ‘in or about Jamestown’ by William E Corbett.

Reference written by William E. Corbett, [ ] Engineer, Office of Public Works, for George ‘Sallery’ [Sillery], Overseer, who he found ‘honest…and attentive to the duties entrusted to him and has always does his works in a proper and substantial manner’.

Exeat for Fr Matthew MacDonnell from Dr John McHale, Archbishop of Tuam.

Document confirming faculties to Fr John Grehan SJ from Dr James Brown, Archbishop of Shrewsbury. (In Latin; with shellac seal).

Ordination of Eugene Browne SJ to minor and major orders.

Proposal by Dr Ellis concerning the subject of a Charter for University College suggesting that it should be brought before the Archbishops and Bishops.

Parties:
William Napoleon Nolan, Esquire, Lower Dominick Street, city of Dublin and Thomas Henry Kohler, Merchant Tailor, 7 Lower Sackville Street, city of Dublin.

Property:
Dwelling house on Lower Sackville Street

Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent of £151.1.4 sterling to be paid in four equal payments on 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December.

Documents related to the entry of John Bury into the Catholic faith, first Communion and Confirmation.

Parties:
Samuel Page, Notary Public, Dame Street, Dublin and William Napoleon Nolan, Esquire, 32 College Green, Dublin.

Property:
7 Sackville Street, City of Dublin

Terms and Conditions:
£105 sterling to be paid in four quarterly payments on 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties

Exeat for Fr Matthew MacDonnell from Dr Robert Cornthwaite, Bishop of Beverley.

Document issued by Dr John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, granting faculties to Fr Patrick Corcoran SJ.

Schedule of papers belonging to the O'Callaghan property in 13 Cork Hill. Bridget O'Reilly, nee O'Callaghan, mother of Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Fr O'Reilly's mother Bridget, was a co-heiress of her father's estate in Clare.

A file of material collected by Fr John Grene SJ on the life of Mr James Murphy SJ, a scholastic who drowned whilst on villa (holiday) at Poulaphuca, County Wicklow. The contributors provide information of his life as a student at Clongowes Wood College and later as a novice in the Society.

Handwritten texts of sermons given by Fr John Conmee SJ and notes relating to the Tridium and Retreats.

Handwritten information sheet in relation to the Association of Prayer. States that letters, applications etc must be addressed to Fr Kelly SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Adds that no money is demanded, but offerings are accepted.

Five versions of a printed leaflet outlining the aims and organisation of the Association of Prayer against intemperance.

Document confirming the granting of faculties to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ by Pope Pius IX for the blessing and giving indulgences to holy objects, e.g., rosaries etc. (In Latin).

Copy Order from the Irish Church Temporalities Commission to George A. Nicolls merging the tithe rent charge for the lands of Garrisker and Ballyonan, County Kildare.

Copy of text of a letter from St Ignatius to St Francis Borgia on Mortification.

Document confirming the appointment of Fr Stephen Farrell as Extraordinary Confessor to Carmelite nuns at Blackrock, and to Mercy Sisters at Baggot Street, Rathdrum and Richmond.

Handwritten document relating to the genealogy of Fr Alexander Kyan SJ.

Letter of Association presented to Fr John Conmee SJ and his family by the Abbot of Lerins, Order of Citeaux.

Life of Fr Joseph Brown SJ, written in Latin. Annotation that 'HIbernus He told Madame Kelly his father [John] was Irish'.

Spiritual notes made by Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ (mostly for retreats).

Documents regarding Thomas Wheeler's entrance into Holy Orders. (In Latin)

Text of a sermon delivered by Rev. George O'Neill SJ on Holy Thursday, Kildare. Date no possible, as not ordained until

Bound xerox copies of 'Reminiscences of West Africa and its Missions' by Sir James Marshall, articles from 'The Month' and correspondence from 'The Tablet' given by the Archives of the Society of Africa Missions to the Irish Jesuit Archives.

Dates of deaths of [ ] Nangle, John Hyacinth Nangle, Mary E Nangle, Sir Percy Nugent and George A Nicolls.

Obituary for Fr John J O'Carroll SJ [1980] by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ, article written by Fr John J O'Carroll SJ entitled 'La littérature féniane' pp507-516, and testimonials of Rev. J. J. O'Carroll candidate for a fellowship in modern languages in the Royal University of Ireland.

Photocopy of ‘Status Temporalis Coll. Univ. a die 1st Sep. 1884 ad d. 1 Aug. 1885.’ Contains reference to Fr Hopkins under ‘Receipts: Ordinary’ – ‘Fr. Hopkins, Mr Curtis, Fr Klein – 866.19.7.’

Draft agreement for a loan of £3,100 from Louis Meldon and Thomas K. Roche to Rev. John Errington SJ.

Account of Fr Patrick E Duffy SJ’s involvement in the publication of 'The Book of Catholic Prayers', c. 1849.

A file containing certificates conferring Sub Deaconship, Deaconship and Priesthood on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ.

Extract from Archdeacon O'Rorke's 'History of Sligo' on Benada and the Jones family.

Description, written by J. M. O'Callaghan, C.C. of a visit made by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Tasmania. Refers to a meeting between Fr Duffy and Archbishop Murphy and Governor Hamilton at a Government House Levée. Governor Hamilton greeted Fr Duffy very warmly and remembered how Fr Duffy saved his life in the Crimean war when he carried Governor Hamilton to an ambulance.

Review of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ books Latin-Irish Patrician Documents from the Book of Armagh and the Codex Bruxellensis. The review is written in French.

Case for counsel to advise in the matter of Fr Edward Nolan SJ and the property he inherited on Lower Sackville Street and counsel's opinion on the case.

Counsel's (D. F. Browne) opinion regarding 34 Sackville Street and the assignment of the leasehold of the premises.

Costs from Maxwell, Weldon and Company, Solicitors, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to the Jesuit Fathers for the sale of 34 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin.

A file relating to biographical material on Fr Edward Joseph Andrews SJ.

Miscellaneous costs between solicitor and client, Fr Thomas A Finlay SJ, for period 29 November 1896 to 14 November 1898.

Documents reviewing Fr Henry Gill ’s publications and contributions to the various fields of physical science. Includes: copy of argument [addressed to his superiors in the Society of Jesus] for staying at his present position in Dublin, rather than joining the Australian Mission (2pp); copy ‘List of Papers describing original research work, with some opinions on same’ (with handwritten amendments) (5pp); copy ‘List of Articles in Reviews’ from 1897 to c1911 (with handwritten amendments) (2pp) and copy extracts from correspondence comprising testimonials in favour of Fr Gill from former professors (2pp).

Obituaries for Fr Thomas Kelly SJ.

Mini autobiography by James Donoghue (1899) and memorial card (1954).

Extract from account of Life of Mrs Mary Aikenhead, chapter IV, Benada Abbey.

Photocopy of biographical information on Fr Patrick Bracken SJ by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ.

Recitations by Fr Robert Dillon-Kelly SJ which include: 'Jot it down';' Chincilla'; 'Spinning Wheel'; 'A wonderful boy of old, Limerick';' The Pilot of the Shannon'; 'Down with it'; and 'The Jesuit Trail'.

Exam paper for third year Philosophy, Vals, France, belonging to Mr Patrick Connolly SJ.

Rules and ordnance's for University College, Dublin, printed by John F. Fowler, 3 Crow Street

Documents, including miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Cause of the Irish Martyrs.

Draft of a Memoir of Fr Patrick E. Duffy SJ and a published pamphlet of the Memoir.

Circular letter from the honorary secretary of the Council of the Catholic Defence Society for comment. Handwritten notes by Fr Finlay on 'Scheme for the Constitution and Government of the Catholic Union of Ireland [1905] (11pp).

A file concerning doubts over the suitability of Mr Lambert McKenna SJ and Mr John Casey SJ for ordination. The letters express doubts over the health of both priests and their ability to say the office each day and mass.

Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ.

A file containing biographical details on Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ including recollecting by a Jesuit in 1933 (when a novice in 1873), list of Italian Jesuits who came to Ireland in 1860.

A file of draft articles for a Charter of University College, Dublin (Irish Universities Bill, 1908).

Information of the novices entry (1907-1914) and obituary from the 'Irish Province News' for Fr Henry Croasdaile SJ.

Information of the novices entry (1907-1914), obituaries from' The Clongownian' (1916), ‘material for Memorials of Irish Province S.J. Collected by Fr Henry Lynch S.J.’ and Chronological Catalogue (1900-1929) and article by Mihalea Repina, Assistant Archivist, Jesuits in Britain entitled One Hundred Years Ago Today, regarding Mr Thomas Egan SJ.

Memento of Priesthood from Charles Mulcahy SJ to Cyril Power.

Biographical details of Fr John Hyde SJ. Includes Fr Hyde's medical report on entering the Society, information compiled by the examiners assessing his suitability for the Society and personal histiory.

Order of Admission for the degree-conferring ceremony at Cambridge on 22 June 1909. Includes the name of Henry Vincent Gill who is receiving a B.A. from Downing College.

Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)

A file of genealogical notes compiled and collected by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ on his family. Includes letters, from Margaret Ryan, 14 Grand Street, Pokepsie, New York, U.S.A. to Fr Corcoran concerning other relatives in America (18 October 1931), Rody Dwan, Lisnagonoge, Thurles, County Tipperary (1 June 1915) and John D Corcoran, Williamsport, Ohio, U.S.A. (24 January 1929) ; genealogical notes on Corcoran of Clontaffe, parish of Killea (1766-1842) and of Honeymount, parish of Rathnaveoge, Ikerrin (1855-1929) and Curraduff, parish of Killea, Ikerrin, (1855-1929), 1p; copies made by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ of family relatives in census material, 1821, 6 June 1841, at the Public Record Office, Dublin, (16 April 1916, 24 December 1917), 2pp; copies of originals at Lisnagonoge, Thurles, County Tipperary (25 August 1915), 1p; notes by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ from the Public Record Office, Dublin (March 1914) on the numbers of peoples in townlands related to him - Rathnaveoge, Honeymount, Gurteen in 1821 census; inscription in Monsea burial ground and photocopies of newspaper clippings (1911).

Biographical information, and correspondence relating to the health of Fr Michael Erraught SJ.

Safe travel pass issued for Kevin Richard Stanislaus Nolan, by the German military authorities to travel from Bad Orb, through Holland to England. Kevin Nolan was a brother of Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, and had been a solicitor in London. On the eve of the First World War, he travelled to Bad Nauheim, Germany to undergo treatment for a heart condition. He was arrested as a spy, imprisoned however later released. He died in November 1918. See 'The Clongownian', 1919, p.308. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017.

Application and testimonials of Fr Lambert McKenna SJ for the Professorship of Education at University College Galway.

File of material including biographical information, obituary, passport photograph, and paper clippings, notes and sermons by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on issues, for example, ‘Drink’, ‘Scandal’, the use of 'Lantern Lectures', ‘Girls’, ‘The Rules’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Purgatory’ and ‘Mass’.

Photocopy of account of the award of the degree of Welsh Bard to Fr William Kane SJ, (April 1915) and obituary, both taken from taken from 'Letters and Notices'.

Printed copy of a 'Pastoral Letter to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Limerick by Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick.

Notice of entering in the record of the Irish Division (Mentioned in Dispatches) of Fr Joseph Wrafter SJ (att. 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers) (in February and March 1916; 3 and 9 September 1916) for ‘your gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field’ signed by W.B. Hickie, Major General, Commanding 16th Irish Division.

A file relating to the 1916 Rising which includes Dublin Metropolitan Police safe travel pass (3 May 1916). Includes diaries (5 items) kept by Mr John Delaney SJ during the Rising.

Pass issued by Willie Chamberlain, Inspector General, Dublin Metropolitan Police for Fr Daniel Joseph Flinn SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to travel around Dublin in May 1916, and catalogue entry for Fr Flinn SJ (1930).

Photocopy of text of a sermon by Fr Edward Cahill SJ on 'The Cosmic Orgy of Destruction. Europe's Plunge into Physical and Moral Ruin' delivered on the occasion of the opening of the new academic year in University College Galway.

List of Auditores Philosophiae 1917 - 1918 at Jersey which includes Andrew O'Farrell SJ. Includes news of Jesuits in France, and First World War. (In French).

Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).

Appreciation of war time service issued by Winston Churchill for Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ.

Edited text of a paper by Fr. Henry Gill SJ entitled ‘On the Temperature of Gas rushing into a Vacuum’ to be published in Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. Includes tables and figures.

Lodgement receipts from The National Bank Limited in Fr Finlay’s account.

Medal of the Order of the Crown (Ordre de la Couronne), class Officier, conferred by the King of Belgium to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ. Includes official document concerning the decoration (6 May 1919) and letter from the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (22 May 1919). The medal in case, with name of Fernanrd Heremans, Schaerbeek, is a five-armed white enamel and silver-gilt Maltese cross with silver-gilt graduated rays between the arms, on green enamel oval laurel wreath suspension; the face with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the gilt crown of Belgium; the reverse with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the cipher of King Leopold II, founder of the Order. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017. Medal given by King of Belgium in recognition for the work of Irish Jesuits in helping Belgian refugees in Ireland during the First World War.

Photocopy of text of a sermon by Fr Edward Cahill SJ entitled 'Lost Sheep' published in the 'Munster New's and 'Limerick and Clare Advocate'.

A file concerning a proposal for a new edition for Rodriquez’s ‘ “Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection” for use in English-speaking Countries.’.