Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity
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- 20 February 1876-16 June 1878
Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity
Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Interior of Manresa House, Dollymount
Interior of Manresa House, Dollymount, 1948.
Attendance register for St Berchmans Sodality at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Attendance register for St Berchmans Sodality at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Entries are arranged under headings by day of the week and remarks, which include 'Sick', 'On vacation'.
Handwritten register of attendance for the Congregation of the Children of Mary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes name, address, date of reception and attendance. See also CM/GARD/2/2/3/14
Minutes of meeting for The Sodality of Our Lady Blessed Sacrament Section, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes register of members.
Note advertising the Annual Retreat for St Joseph's Young Priests Society
Note advertising the Annual Retreat for St Joseph's Young Priests Society which was conducted by Fr John Murphy SJ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Sodality of B.V.M - Lorcán Ua Tuathail
Handwritten account for the sodality of B.V.M - Lorcán Ua Tuathail (In Irish). Includes a list of those who attended a week-end retreat conducted in Irish by Fr Michael McGrath SJ (1872-1946), 29 - 31 January 1916. This Irish retreat was arranged with M. Colman, 1 Edward Terrace (sic) Dalkey.
Establishment of the B.V.M Immaculate Conception of Saint Brigid at St Francis Xavier's
Granting of establishment for the B.V.M Immaculate Conception at St Francis Xavier's by the Congregationi Primae Primariae.
Attendance register for sodality for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Attendance register for sodality for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Entries are arranged under headings by hours, day of the week and remarks, which include 'Sick', 'On vacation', 'Signed'.
Income from church collections for St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Volumes which details the income from: church collections, dead list, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Saint Ignatius, Ladies Retreat, Last day of Year, Rents, Retreats, Sacred Heart Feast, Sermons, Saint Xavier and Lent Lectures at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street.
Holograph letter from Fr John Conmee SJ to Irish Fr Provincial in which details the position he is in regarding the Bannon money and questions of 'the Church Exits - Extended gallery - the New Land at the rere - the School'. Suggests that the 'intention of the Testatrix was to leave the money to this house'.
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Record of monthly expenditure of the Jesuit community at St Francis Xavier's
Handwritten record of monthly expenditure of the Jesuit community at St Francis Xavier's and income received from the procurator and Superior. Expenses include stamps, travelling, hair-cuts, medical and hospital expenses, bicycle, funerals, repairs of clocks and watches, books, sacristy boys, alms, electric, tobacco, etc...
Expenditure on food at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Handwritten record of weekly, fortnightly and monthly expenditure on food at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Expenses include butcher, fishmonger, vegetables, potatoes, milk, trotters, tinning coppers, grocer, fruiter, bread and eggs. Includes reference at the rear of volume of food needed for lunch for the Archbishop on the feast of St Francis Xavier 1898; Christmas morning and boxes to messengers 1898 and Good Friday and St. Francis Xavier 1899.
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.
Record of finance at the residence of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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).
Valuation of the Presbytery, Gardiner Street
Letter from James R Green, 15 Eden Quay, Dublin to Fr Troddyn SJ on the valuation of £300 on the Presbytery, Gardiner Street.
Origins of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street and artwork
Description of the origins of the Dublin residence of Jesuit fathers and the establishment of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes reference to the artworks, statutes and renovations undertaken in Frs Gaffney and Walshe's time.
Account which detail the number of confessions to have taken place at St Francis Xavier's Church
Account which detail the number of confessions, communions etc...to have taken place at St Francis Xavier's Church.
Subscriptions for St Francis Xavier Church
List of people solicited by Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ to subscribe to St Francis Xavier's Church.
Pamphlet on 'A Profession of Faith'
Pamphlet of a pray entitled: 'A Profession of Faith in the Immaculate Conception of Our Blessed Lady' with the dedication St Francis Xavier's, Dublin.
Beatification of John de Britto and Andrew Bobola
Advertisement promoting the beatification of venerable fathers John de Britto and Andrew Bobola, martyrs of the Society of Jesus at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street. Details order of ceremonies and admission fees.
Letter from James Green, Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 15 Eden Quay to Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the site plans for the new Hall at Sherrard Street and matters arising.
Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (Jesuit) community
Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (St Francis Xavier's) community, which details income and expenditure.
Regulations made by the Father General in response to the Vice-Provincial's visit and his report
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’.
Title page and handwritten contents page from ‘The Holy Bible’ by Rev. Dr. Crolly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise, 93 Merrion Square West, Dublin. Pages taken from the Jesuit community Library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street taken in summer time. In foreground local children and group with two members of the order of the Sisters of Charity.
Lease for vaults under St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Lessor:
The Reverend John Grene and others
Lessee:
James and Charles Kennedy, Capel Street, Dublin
Property:
Vaults under St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Terms and Conditions:
Term of fifty years thence next ensuing and fully to be completed and ended determinable nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned yielding and parting therefore yearly and every year during the said term unto the said Lessors their executed admons or assigns the yearly rent of Eighty pounds to be paid by equal half yearly payments on every final day of February and first day of August each year during the term.
Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered
Maxwell and Weldon Soliciotrs, 37 North Grrat George Street
Book from the Cruise Library (Cruise Collect B.2.), St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled 'The Soliloquy of the Soul', published by James Duffy, 23 Anglesea Street, Dublin. Inserted page explains that Sir Francis Cruise loaned this book to Sister Francis, Harold's Cross, Dublin (6 January 1886).
Handwritten notebook on Thomas à Kempis possibly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise.
Book taken from the Cruise Library, St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled 'Alphabetum divini amoris'. With note by Sir Francis R. Cruise 'This book was kindly given to me by my friend Mr Wm Watson - It is a slighlty modified version of an essay [wrongly] attributed to John Gerson - See Vol III. page 770. of his works. Dated. 1706.' (26 April 1897). Cruise Collect C. I.
Religious duties of staff of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Notice which has been taken out of its frame previously hung in the Jesuit community, Gardiner Street, which indicates the 'Religious duties obligatory on all members of the staff who live in the house'. Details times of mass and communion. Indicates that 'repeated violations of any of the above regulations particularly with regard to attendance at daily mass, will incur dismissal from the Service'. Signed by Fr Frank Browne SJ, Superior of the Gardiner Street Community.
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Arrangement of St Francis Xavier's Community Library, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted board with details of the 'Arrangement of the Library: Main Library' of St Francis Xavier's, for example: 0. Works of reference, 29. Books on Ireland.
Rental of the Estates – Corporation of Dublin
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.
List of books 'listed here have been transferred to the storeroom beneath the church, most of them are much abused by water and grime, the balance need trimming of pages. All need re-binding either complete or in part. No classification attempted. Close examination of this list is requested.' at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes list of books that have been parcelled up for re-binding.
Volume which lists by date the new books put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community
Volume which lists by date the new books (and authors) put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes list of books for binding.
'Library Rules' for the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Plaque with page entitled 'Library Rules' which outlines the taking and returning of books from the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Signed by the Superior, Fr John Conmee SJ.
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Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall
Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall.
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record Vol. 44, No. 3
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record, Vol. 44, No. 3.
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Postcard of Baymount School, Dollymount, Dublin
Postcard of Baymount School, Dollymount, Dublin.
Mounted group photograph of the first community at Manresa House
Mounted group photograph of the first community at Manresa House. Includes seven Jesuits, Frs Laurence Kearns, Sean McCarron and William Stephenson. Others possibly are Brother Edward Foley SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ. Black and white.
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Manresa House, with car outside
Manresa House, with car outside [1948-60];
Chapel at Manresa, Dollymount [1949-50];
Retreatants outside Manresa with Fr [ ] and Fr Sean McCarron SJ
Retreatants outside Manresa with Fr [ ] and Fr Sean McCarron SJ, [1950-55];
Retreatants, perhaps from CIE, outside Manresa
Retreatants, perhaps from CIE, outside Manresa with Fr [ ], Father Provincial Thomas Byrne, Fr Sean McCarron SJ and Fr [ ], [1950-53];
Chapel at Manresa, Dollymount [1955-65];
Sketch plan of proposed alterations and additions to Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Sketch plan of proposed alterations and additions to Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin.
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Photograph of Christie Breen at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of Christie Breen who 'became house porter - 1925' at Gardiner Street.
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ to the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street in the appointment of Rev. Alexis Magni to the office of Vicar-General which entitles him to ‘the full powers of a General till such time as a successor to the late Fr Ledochowski has been appointed’ and ‘the powers of Visitor granted Fr Dugre on 9 April 1939 will remain in force till they are revoked’.
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Medal of Mary Immaculate, with image of the church at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the obverse, with the words 'St. FRANCIS XAVIER'S DUBLIN 1871'. On the reverse - image of Miraculous Medal (or Medal of the Immaculate Conception) with the words 'MARY IMMACULATE PRAY FOR US 1871'.
Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress
Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress, June 1932 which occurred in Dublin. The large folio has pasted newspaper clippings collected and presented to the Gardiner Street Library by Fr William Gwynn SJ, 3 December 1942.
Announcement Book for Refectory at St Francis Xavier's, Dublin
Announcement Book for Refectory for the Province of Maryland and New York used at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Has some annotation i margin.
Copy of article from the Sunday Independent by Tomas S. Cuffe, on the centenary of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Handwritten history of the bequest (of Miss Anne Kellet, who died in 1811) which subsequently established the Kellet school on Dorset Street. After 'arson' in 1855, the school was repaired and was acquired by Fr Gaffney, where the St. Francis Xavier School was built.
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Pamphlet of a sermon by Rev. Henry Marshall, missionary apostolic and priest of the archdiocese of Dublin at the church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the festival of the Most Holy Name.
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent.
Mounted group photograph of the visit of his Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927 and January 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons of Advent, month's mission and church notices taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin.
Catholic Year Book and Calendar 1939
Church of St Francis Xavier Catholic Year Book and Calendar which details church services at St.Francis Xavier's.
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1932' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent. Includes reference to the centenary.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1949
Leaflet entitled 'Souvenir of the Novena of Grace 1949' at the church of St Francis Xavier, S.J. Dublin.
Transcript of the 13th Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture
Lecture entitled ‘Commodious temples: Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin; part of which related to St Francis Xavier’s Gardiner Street by Brendan Grimes at Dublin City Library and Archive.
Scrapbook with calendars of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street for Lent (1896-1957), November-Advent-January (1896-1934) and May-June-July (1896-1957) including calendars for Novena to the Sacred Heart.
Diary of the community at St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street
Diary of the community at St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes lists of departures and arrivals, guests. Also records weather conditions and dinner menus.
Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street
Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Handwritten entries detail receipts: church collections and expenditure: bacon; newspapers etc…
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary (founded 1871 when Fr John Bannon SJ, Director), which was based at the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Sodality intended for male adults. Includes handwritten entries of names of members, pasted invitations to retreats, correspondence and notices.
Minutes of meetings for Promoters of the ‘Centre of the Apostleship of Prayer, Treasury of Good Works’ held at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Contains handwritten entries including information on: the comings and goings of various members of the community and of visitors; Retreats, Masses and special ceremonies are recorded; deaths of members of the Society and of relatives of members of the community, their health and well-being, maintenance work and renovations carried out on the buildings; customs regarding the daily lives of community members, e.g. the quality of food and dining arrangements.
A letter from J. P. Lonan Murphy, McCann and Murphy, Solicitors, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin to Rev. Aubrey Gwynn, SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street regarding the will of Mr Joseph Dolan and the erection of windows in the chapel of University Hall, Hatch Street, Dublin.
Letter from Mr Francis Bergin, Civil Engineer, Architect and Estate Surveyor to Fr William Delany SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin regarding architectural plans for University hall. Expresses his surprise at another set of plans being obtained from a different architect. Remarks ‘...in the course of my professional experience I never heard of a second architect being employed to furnish plans...without the knowledge of the man who was first engaged to do so.’. Remarks that he could have altered the plans to suit Fr Delany’s specifications and fears that his reputation may have been affected because of the incident.
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Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick of the apse windows, University Hall, Dublin
Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick, architect, Milltown, Dublin of the apse windows, University Hall, Hatch Street. 5 lancet windows in apse of chapel, Symbols of Christ were undertaken by Evie Hone.
Letter from Fr Thomas A Finlay SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the deed of purchase for the site of University Hall. Remarks that it cannot be found but that it may be in Gardiner Street. Suggests that the Provincial should make a strong room available so that all of the property deeds can be kept safely.
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Letter from Fr William Delany SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Mr Francis Bergin, Civil Engineer, Architect and Estate Surveyor in which he replies to Mr Bergin’s letter of the same date concerning architectural plans for University Hall. Expresses his regret that a misunderstanding has occurred and gives a detailed account of the situation and reasons why another set of plans were sought.
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Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which details celebrant and time of mass.
List of annual Lenten lectures delivered at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, from 1896-1957. List includes the year, name of preacher and title of six lectures.
Commemorative magazine published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier, which was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes a history of the church and its activities, as well as photographs of the interior and exterior, and of church-related activities.
Notebook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes entitled ‘Miscellanea’
Hardback notebook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes entitled ‘Miscellanea’. Taken from newspapers related to religious sermons; letters; statistics; list of persons admitted as postulants for the Society in Ireland 1801 - 1809; authors useful for the study of Italian.
Custom book regarding church devotions and masses etc... at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled ‘Aids to New-comers’.
Church decoration and organ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Lined notebook entitled ‘Church decoration Organ Improved’. Details work on organ choir services, stations, novenas, old and new organ, advent calendar, retreats and souvenir of retreats and the new organist. With index at the front and hand-drawn plan of reconstruction of organ (30 September 1926) and schedule of works to be completed by Telford & Telford, Organ Builders, 33 Charlemont Street, Dublin for the ‘cleaning and overhauling of organ in Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin (11 July 1944).
List of candidates proposed for membership of the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christians, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes members from Dublin establishments such as Pim Bros, McBirney's, Todd, Burns and Co. Ltd, Henry Street Warehouse, Arnotts, Clery and Co.
Minister's Journal detailing marriages, funerals and sermons at St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
‘The Catholic Penny Magazine’, Vol. 1, No. 3 - Vol. 1, No. 10.
Plan of the heating arrangements at the presbytery of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, by Maguire & Catchell Ltd, Engineering Contractors, Dublin. Shows ground floor and basement floor plan.
Receipt of cheque for work carried out at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin by William Conolly & Son Contractors, 38 & 39 Upper Dominick Street.
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes Papal Nuncio Dr Gaetano Alibrandi and Fr Joe Gill SJ.
Exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photographic negatives of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
List of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart
List of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart. Gives names, address and rank.
Photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin the view is towards the choir.
Images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Booklet of images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which belonged to Fr Paddy O'Mara SJ.
Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside
Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside. No date or reference.
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka in frame.
Prayer leaflet entitled ‘League of Prayer’, from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Prayer leaflet entitled ‘League of Prayer’, from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin: ‘Thousands of our fellow-countrymen, thousands of our co-religionists in France and Belgium, thousands who, though they do not profess our Faith, are united to us by ties of friendship and interest, are exposed to every danger, and hardship, and suffering, that must attend the present war’.
List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints
List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints, with details of publishers and date of publication.
Schedule of costs incurred by St Francis Xavier’s Schools to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors
Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: St Francis Xavier’s Schools (66 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin) to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors.
Receipt by Rev Charles Farley SJ from the National Bank Limited
Receipt for the sum of £98 2s by Rev Charles Farley SJ from the National Bank Limited.
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Receipt ‘to support 3 Messenger Father June + July’
Receipt ‘to support 3 Messenger Father June + July’ for £31 2s 8 d.
Receipts for income and expenditure for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Receipts for income and expenditure at the Jesuit community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Notebook of costs taken from the Gardiner Street Bursarship
Notebook of costs taken from the Gardiner Street Bursarship, surrendered by Fr Andrew Henry Rorke SJ to Fr Charles Farley SJ.
List of Jesuit shares in companies with amount in dividend and income tax
List of Jesuit shares in companies with amount in dividend and income tax, ‘Arthur Guinness & Co.’.
Notebook detailing annuities and dividends payable by St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.