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Document laying down rules for the community in SFX, Upper Gardiner Street in relation to diet and the daily timetable for prayer etc.

Part of document, drawn up by Fr Lentaigne SJ, summarising sums of money invested in property, mainly Milltown Park, Dublin.

Handwritten treatise, which attempts to ‘lay down a few principles, from which inferences may be afterwards drawn…’ in relation to the running of a successful college.

Bound handwritten register of the female and male members of the Apostleship of Prayer and Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Includes lists of promoters; inserts of a Certificate of Enrolment to the Apostleship of Prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1877); list of books in library used for different subjects: Latin, Greek, Theology, Physics, German, Jesuitica, Mathematics. English Literature, Periodicals and Religion (1633-1918).

With signatures and practice handwriting by Daniel Leap[e], Bolart, Clara, King's County, 9 October 1912 and James Dolan, Roscommon.

‘De votes et virtutibus’. Document on rules regarding vows and virtues for Irish Jesuits

Daily prayer for souls in purgatory, with list of names (Bagot, Dease, Nangle and O'Ferrall) and dates (1810-1860).

Handwritten letter from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to Irish Vice-Provincial in relation to faculties.

Copies of two letters from Fr Alexander Kyan SJ to Dr. Scallan. The first refers to Scallan's letter of 13 September. Refers to his [Fr. Kyan's] brother Howard's removal to Dr Duncan's, and assures him that he has been a frequent visitor. Refutes the suggestion that his brother is being detained. (15 September 1859). In the second letter Fr Kyan requests that Dr Scallan should send him ‘no other impertinent letters’. (9 January 1860). There is also a note at the bottom of the page stating that Howard was removed from Dr Duncan’s on 29 December 1859, and that ‘James sailed for Liverpool’ on 16 January 1860.

Printed forms confirming faculties in the Diocese of Dublin from Paul Cardinal Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin. Also includes information on reserved sins and ‘Animadversiones’. Pages form part of a larger document. (In Latin).

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Fr Daniel Jones SJ. Advises the use of the English or Latin language for the Irish noviceship. Quotes from a letter from the Father General on the subject of the serving of punch to scholastics. Also refers to the wearing of watches by novices.

Regulations made by the Father General in response to the Vice-Provincial's visit and his report thereon. The rules concern the regulation of timetables in relation to ‘the duties of the day’, such as prayer, meditation, Masses, confessions etc., as well as mealtimes. There is an emphasis on obedience to authority, as well as economy, and a certain amount of disengagement from secular life. It is noted that the ‘Spirit of the Rule…is quite inconsistent with unnecessary visits to persons of the other sex’.

Regulations in relation to mealtimes, times of confessions, prayer, and Masses, dining out, accounts, cases of conscience etc.

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.

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.

Letter from John Mitchel, 19 Rue de l'Est, Paris, France to John Edward Pigot commenting on the 'Nation'. Remarks 'Indeed I suspect the Editor of that paper wants to be returned to Parliament through ecclesiastical influence.' Refers to the National Petition. Remarks that he is very confident of the effect it will have. Continues 'I am still very strongly of opinion that the rejection of that Petition ought to be followed up, and that quick, with an address somewhat like what I sent you a draft of - and that the address ought to be- not to mankind in general, but to the Emperor of the French or to the French people.'

Photographic album found in Fr Shield's room in 1986. Photographs are pasted onto the book. Includes portraits of individuals (not identified...British Royal Family), clippings from newspaper and books, landscapes, churches, Pilltown and Bessborough House, County Kilkenny.

Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Fr St Leger SJ thanking him for the enclosure of £20 for the poor of the diocese of Tuam in his last letter, and asks him to thank the donor also.

Handwritten report written by Rev Dr James Gartlan, Vice-Rector for the session 1858 - 1859 of the Catholic University for the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland.

Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Refers to Fr [Corcoran's] intended stay [in Tuam].

Letter from Robert Cornthwaite, Bishop of Beverley, to Irish Fr Provincial. Recounts some details of a mix-up, involving himself and another bishop, from whom he asked for a letter. Also refers to the ‘very pardonable pious impatience” of Mr ‘McDonnell’.

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

Letter from Richard [F] [Sidney] of 9 Nelson Street, to Fr Alexander Kyan SJ. Encloses letter received from the latter and from Howard Kyan in relation to Dr Scallan.

Letter from Thomas Rushe O.P., West Convent, Galway to Fr Robert Haly SJ, Prospect Hall concerning his objection (made to the Bishop) to the new Jesuit church in Galway.

Copy extract of a letter from the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, Cardinal Alessandro Barnabo, Rome to Dr Paul Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, regarding the baptism of miscarried foetuses. (In Italian).

Report by James [Garttan] on the publication of Professor O'Curry's book. Expresses his regret that Mr Duffy will not purchase all 2,000 copies of the publication ‘...nor the half, nor the quarter, as a commercial speculation. He (Mr Duffy) thinks he could scarcely sell 200 or 300 copies...’. Suggests that Mr Fowler, the University printer, should also be the publisher and that the index should be widely circulated particularly amongst ‘...the most distinguished Archaeologists, Philologists and Ethnologists...(who) make special mention... of the learned researches of Professor O'Curry.’.

Letter from Dr Charles Russell to his nephew, Fr Matthew Russell SJ.

Report of the two days' debate held in Dublin Corporation on the Charter for the Catholic University.

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

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam to Fr Thomas O'Malley. Refers to the fact that ‘a clergyman’ is coming to replace him (O'Malley) the following week.

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Refers to Fr. [Thomas] O’Malley's resolution to join the Society of Jesus. Fr O'Malley did not become Jesuit.

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.

Letter from John Edward Pigot to Jones concerning religious and spiritual matters. Refers to a book Pigot has found most helpful in his life. Remarks that he has inscribed a motto in it '...which for ten years has fastened itself in my mind as embracing all the comfort of Christian philosophy.' Includes a printed prayer.

Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Encloses Fr Corcoran's release from the diocese of Tuam (not included).

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

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Reports that, on the orders of the Fr General, he intends to remove the lay brother novices from Clongowes to Milltown.

Note from Lady Margaret Domvile to the Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Informs the latter that her husband is anxious to engage a Jesuit private chaplain who is English by birth. Asks if Fr Lentaigne would consent to recall Fr Costa from Malta. Encloses a letter from Fr Ryan (not included). Includes a note: ‘F. Costa was refused, as can't live out of Community’.

Lady Margaret Domvile to the Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. States that she and Sir Charles ‘are particularly anxious to have an English chaplain, and therefore would not wish to apply for F. Costa’.

Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Thanks Lentaigne and the donor for the £5 donation. Hopes that he will be again able to provide for a retreat of the clergy in Tuam the following August.

Letter from [ ], writing from 9 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, to Dr Anderson. Suggests that the latter should apply to the Irish Fr Provincial for permission for Fr Costa to return from Malta to act as chaplain to Lady Margaret Frances Domville of Santry House. A word or phrase has been cut out of this letter.

Letters from Michael Walsh, Skibbereen, County Cork to Fr Robert Haly SJ concerning his wish to join the Society as a lay brother.

Letter from Fr John McEncroe, Archdiocese, Sydney, Australia to Fr John Callan SJ concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the Diocese of Sydney.

From Fr John O'Shanahan SJ to Fr [ ] SJ. States that ‘the Father who aids F. Ramière’ – an exponent of the Apostleship of Prayer – has asked him to inform his correspondent that the latter owes him (Ramière) money. Gives instructions as to how he is to settle his account. Adds that N.B. Richardson also owes money.

Day book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a catalogue of Provincial property in 1873 and burdens on the Province in 1873 at the back of the volume.

Copy of two letters to the Rev. P Gilligan, Clongowes, January 1864 on 'The House of Loretto' by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ.

Typescript calendar of letters relating to the Australian Mission detailing date, writer and recipient.

Decree issued from Lausanne on behalf of Pope Pius IX regarding the cause of Peter Canisius, later a saint. (In Latin).

Letter from John Edward Pigot, Cork to John [Mitchel] concerning legal matters. Discusses news from home.

Holograph manuscript of Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins’s 'St. Thecla'. Two versions – English ‘St. Thecla’ (34 lines, 1p.) and Latin ‘In Theclam Virginem’ (16 lines). On top left and right corners respectively, A.M.D.G. and L.D.S written (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam and Laus Deo Sempe).

Letter from [ ], Vienna, Austria to [Dr Charles Russell] concerning a letter written by [Dr Charles Russell] to M. de Schmerling. Remarks '...it will give me much pleasure if I am able in any way to contribute to the success of your application to the Austrian Government'.

'Biblia Sacra'. Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins’s own copy of the Vulgate. Signed by him ‘Gerardi Manley Hopkins. Octobris XXXI, in vigil, omn. sanct. MDCCCLXVI’ (the day he was received into the Catholic Church). With 'St. Ignatius' College S.J. Dublin.' stamp. Petal of blossom flowers p115 and p546 . Copy of vulgate stops at Proverbs, Chapter 19. Index refers to 1313pp.

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Father General Peter Beckx SJ, Rome, Italy concerning the Australian Mission and his visit to Australia.

Letter from Josef Polk SJ, St Aloysius College, Sevenhills, Australia to Fr [ ] concerning St Patrick's, Melbourne. Offers advice on various matters relating to the school.

Handwritten notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (one notebook appears to be missing).

Letter from Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Grosvenor Hotel [London] to Dr. Charles Russell. Refers to a journey he undertook to Ireland to visit old friends and remarks that he read Dr Newman's Apologia on the voyage home.

Handwritten record of finance at the residence of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Detailing expenditure and income of St. Francis Xavier's. (In Latin).

Letter from Fr Thomas Cahill SJ, College of St Joseph, Macao, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway. Refers to two unanswered letters sent to Fr Michael Bellew SJ, and asks Fr Farrell to inquire into the matter. Expresses concern in relation to the fate of money sent to him for the purchase of certain articles, and explains that if he not able to account for the money, the Society will be thought ill of.

Account for the Melbourne Mission, total receipts and expenses in Australia, '3 students and one teacher were fed daily'.

Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission (Fr William Kelly SJ and Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ). Refers to Fr Therry's brother in Cork who has agreed to co-operate in anyway so that the Jesuit fathers may secure their bequest.

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Bishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, concerning the arrival of Frs Lentaigne and Kelly in Australia in order '...to take preliminary steps for the establishment of our Society in Melbourne.'

Letter from Dr. Charles Russell, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare to his [nephew Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen] concerning the early death of '...our darling Annie...'.

Letter from John Cashel Hoey, 18 [Denleigh] Street, London, England to Dr Charles Russell concerning articles on Ireland becoming more prominent in the Dublin Review. Refers to an obituary he and Dr Manning are writing for 'the Cardinal' and asks for information '...he (Dr Manning) suggested that you and Mr Bagshawe are probably best acquainted with the facts of the Cardinal's connexion with the foundation and early conduct of the Review.'

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General Peter Beckx SJ concerning the Australian Mission.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Copy of an ‘important & precious document’ entitled ‘Memoirs of the Suppression & Restoration of the Society of Jesus in Ireland’ by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Copy made by Fr John Grene SJ (Librarian and custodian of the Irish Province archives [mid nineteenth century to c1880s]) (92pp). Includes ‘Notes to Memoirs’ (18pp). Loosely bound.

Letter from Rev. Henry James Coleridge SJ, St Beuno's, St. Asaph to Dr Charles Russell concerning some '...trouble that has lately taken place about the 'Dublin Review'. Discusses in detail the editorship of the publication.

Account which detail the number of confessions, communions etc...to have taken place at St Francis Xavier's Church.

Document entitled 'Summary of the collection made for the liquidation of the debts of the Church of St. Francis Xavier' which details gross receipts and disbursements.

Letter from P. McDonnell OCC, Carmelite Convent, Moate, County Westmeath to Fr Murphy concerning his wish to join the Society.

Note from Paul Newell OSA (Augustinian), R.C. Clergyman recommending Patrick Read as a lay brother in the Society.

A file of general account statements for the Australian Mission.

Letter from [ ], Claremont to Dr Charles Russell thanking him for his letter and the expression of sympathy contained therein.

Handwritten formula of declaration to be made by Irish Jesuit scholastics at their First Vows. (Copied by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ). (In Latin).

Letter from Thomas Stone, Galway to Fr. [ ] SJ concerning his wish to join the Society.

Handwriten letter by Fr General Beckx to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Announces the renewal of faculties by Pius X.

Memorial card for Fr James Bury SJ.

Typed copy of letter from M. Brogan (Agricultural Inspector), 4 Drumcondra Terrace, Dublin to [Dear Sir] concerning the good results of the students attending Mungret Agricultural College, taken from publication.

Letter from Fr John Ffrench SJ, writing the Gesù, Rome, to Fr Kelly SJ. Refers to a visit made by Cardinal Cullen to Rome, and apologises for not having brought up a matter which Fr Kelly wished him to raise with the Cardinal.

Part of a letter from Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne to Fr [ ] concerning a journey to Sydney, then Goulburn, and Fr Therry's estate.

Letter from Bishop Daniel Murphy, Hobart Town, Tasmania to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the introduction of the Jesuit Fathers into Tasmania and the establishment of a college.

Document by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Mission Superior, on donations for churches and parishes made by Dr Vaughan, Archbishop of Sydney.

Letter from John Kells Ingram, 34 Trinity College, Dublin to Dr Charles Russell concerning a meeting of the friends of Dr George Petrie who decided that a deputation should visit the Lord Lieutenant to appeal for a pension for Dr Petrie's family. Asks if Dr Russell would be part of the deputation. Includes a list of those already part of the deputation.

Letter, written in Latin from Fr Joannes Hinteroecker SJ to [ ] describing his work amongst the Aboriginal people (Indigenous Australians) in Australia.

Letter from Dr John Henry Newman (founder of the Oratorian Congregation at Edgbaston, Birmingham, from where the letter was written) to Fr John Walford SJ, congratulating him on ‘having fixed’ his vocation. Fr Walford entered the English Province of the Society on 13 September 1867.

Letter found among the papers of Fr William A. Sutton SJ however the connection with Fr Walford or Cardinal Newman is unknown.

[Copy of] letter from Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College, to [Fr Assistant], asking to make his tertianship in Rome to do his third year of studies. (In Italian). Includes confirmation in Latin on reverse of letter of decision to allow him to go to Rome.

Handwriten letter by Fr General Beckx to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ in relation to [faculties and the responses of consultors].

Document written by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ regarding rules for Jesuit boarding schools. Quotes Frs Roothaan and Beckx. (In Latin).

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

Receipt issued by Fr Edward Kelly SJ for £50 stg, received from Fr John Curtis SJ ‘on account of the debt due by [ ] to this Province’.

Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.

Letter from Lord Fingall to Dr Charles Russell concerning the death of his son-in-law and thanking Dr Russell for his expression of sympathy.

Letter from Sr Mary Emmanuel (Sarah Russell) to her brother Fr Matthew Russell SJ telling him of their mother's death.

Photocopy of obituary for Fr Christopher Bellew SJ.

A file of status temporalis and account sheets for St Patrick's College, Melbourne.

Envelope containing a lock of Stephen Lucius Gwynn’s hair (Fr Gwynn’s father), ‘Stee’s hair 1867 Three year’s old.’

Letter from Fr Forde, Vicar General of Dublin Diocese to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ. Encloses papers (faculties; not included) for Frs. Sturzo, O'Reilly and Jones.

Notebook containing details of collections made in order to help paying off the debt of the church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.

Presentation copy from Councillor Richard Joseph Devitt of the ‘Rental of the Estates of the Corporation of Dublin’ by Francis Morgan, Law Agent to the Jesuit community library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.

Letter from Fr Arnold Damen SJ, writing from Chicago, to [ ]. Informs the latter that he has given his bonds to a banker to dispose of them ‘to the best advantage’. Suggests that they not be drawn on for some time, until the value of gold decreases.

Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis (Province Account).