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'A Man who took Christ at his Word' and 'Life and letters of Fr Michael Browne SJ' by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ.

File relating to the admission of Kevin O'Dwyer to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

File relating to the admission of Seán Turner to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

Agreement between William McMunn and Fr Eric Guiry SJ (Rector), Rathfarnham Castle for the letting of a plot of ground from 1 March 1973 - 31 October 1974 for the sum of £90.00 paid half yearly.

Appeal to attend the Annual exhibition of the Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches so that money can be raised to send linens and vestments to the Foreign Missions.

Application form and notes establishing St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street as a charity and tax implications.

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).

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.

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

Authentication of the erection of the Stations of the Cross in domestic chapel of residence, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Biographical information on Fr Martin Cryan SJ.

Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death in an air crash.

Material relating to Br James Kavanagh SJ including admission details, catalogue entry, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and mortuary card.

Material relating to the entry of Br Peter Foley SJ into the society, final vows and medical note.

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

Caretakers agreements between Robert Breslin and William Hearne and the Jesuit Fathers, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

A file relating to the caretaker's lodges at Rathfarnham Castle and the sale of one of the lodges (178 Rathfarnham Road) to Pat Boland who occupied the premises under a caretaker's agreement since 1970.

A file relating to a case Kane versus Kane concerning the will of William Joseph Kane and his widow Mary Kane.

Case on behalf of Fr Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Fr Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. submitted to the Attorney General (C. Palles) for his opinion concerning a mortgage between John O'Brien and Anna Maria Elizabeth O'Brien (his wife) of the first part, Patrick Oliver Plunkett and Columbus M. O'Flanagan of the second part and Anna Maria Matilda Dennis, Spinster of the third part.

'Church History for Schools' by 'Fr Jerome Mahony SJ.

A file relating to the construction of a boundary wall at Killiney Castle.

A file relating to the construction of the bye-pass at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes maps and plans.

A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)

Parties:
Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Joseph Ffrench SJ and Fr Charles Molony SJ, Rathfarnham Castle and the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, City Hall, Dublin 2.

Property:
Portion of land at Rathfarnham Castle, 2 acres 1 rood, 37 perches and 8 square yards.

Terms and Conditions:
For the sum of £27,000

Copy of Agreement and Deed of Charge between Modern Homes (Dublin) Limited, having their registered office at St Andrew’s, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin (the contractors) of the one part, and the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and burgesses of Dublin, being the Urban Sanitary Authority for the Urban Sanitary District of the City of Dublin (the Corporation) of the other part. The contractors covenant with the said Corporation that the former, their successors and assigns etc. shall at their own expense put, maintain and keep in repair the drain or sewer of said the premises as shown on an accompanying map, and described in a schedule to the agreement (property on Gilford Road, Sandymount), or in default thereof that the Corporation be at liberty upon giving to the contractors 48 hours’ notice in writing, to do such work as may from time to time be necessary to put, maintain and keep the same in such repair as aforesaid and thereupon the said contractors, their successors and assigns will from time to time pay to the said Corporation all costs, charges and expenses of putting, maintaining or keeping in repair the common drain or sewer of the premises. The contractor further charge upon the premises all sums costs and expenses which may be incurred by the Corporation in carrying out the above, provided that such charges shall be equally divided amongst and borne by each of the houses.
Accompanied by map of the property entitled ‘Sandymount Castle Estate’

Copy of guarantee re: Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy deceased and Fr John St Leger SJ deceased from Frs Conmee, Fottrell and Farley, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to Michael Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare street; receipt for Legacy Duty paid.

Parties:
Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin and Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street on the one part, Fr John Hughes SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway and Dominick Kelly, Mungret College, Limerick, Fr Edward Dillon, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare and James Forristal, Milltown Park, Dublin of the other part.

Property:
Plot of ground marked number twenty on the map or plans of Sherwood Fields, in the parish of Rahoon and West Liberties, Galway containing 38 perches and a quarter Irish Plantation measure.

Terms and Conditions:
Residue of the term of 999 years

Lessor:
(1) The Right Honorable Reginald, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (lessor/reversioner)
(2) The Right Honorable Sidney Charles Herbert (Lord Herbert)

Lessee:
Modern Homes (Dublin) Limited, having their Registered Office at ‘St. Andrews’, Serpentine Avenue in the County Borough of Dublin (the lessee company)

Property:
All and singular that plot or piece of ground situate at Sandymount in the Parish of Saint Mary, Donnybrook and in the Barony and County Borough of Dublin bounded on the west by Gilford Road, on the north partly by Gilford Road, partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, and partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, on the east partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, and partly by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, and on the south by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, with the messuages and buildings erected thereon

Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the expense incurred by the lessee company in the erection of the eight messuages upon the above property, and of the several rents and sums of money reserved and made payable in the present lease and the covenants and agreements made by the lessee company and conditions, the lessor, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the will of 20 May 1904 by the Right Honorable Sidney, late Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and by the Settled Land Acts of 1882 to 1890, and with the consent of Lord Herbert, demises unto the lessee company the above property to hold from 29 September 2019 for the term of 72 years, paying the yearly rent of £126, and also paying during the said term the several additional contingent rents or weekly sums set down in the lease. The lessee company also undertakes to abide by the several other conditions laid down in the lease, including the construction of two roadways with footpaths, drains and sewers, and also the erection of 34 additional messuages or dwellinghouses, with all necessary cartilages, garages, out-buildings, offices, walls, fences, sewers, drains etc. The lessee company to pay to the lessor the yearly rent of £45.

Other:
Includes a map of the property

A file of correspondence relating to general education issues in Ireland and more specific education issues relating to Jesuit colleges. Includes correspondence relating to the establishment of a colleges/schools commission including draft terms of reference (14 December 1930 - 18 January 1931, 5 items).

File relating to Pat Boland, caretaker, Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence relating to his house at 178 Rathfarnham Road and a letter congratulating him on his retirement.

Covering letter from Noel M. Purcell to Fr Finlay enclosing a copy of the Declaration of Trust.

'Dance Hall Legislation' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

'Dance Halls & More Dance Halls' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

Declaration signed by Francis Henry Blackburne concerning the lands at Rathfarnham prior to its sale. Includes a map of the demesne.

Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh, S.J., Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Rev. Joseph & Lentaigne, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £3,600 from the lands bequeathed in the will of Anna Maria Matilda Dennis to Rev. B. Esmonde, S.J. and an agreement by the Society of Jesus to provide two free missions or courses of spiritual exercises for the conversion of sinners to be given annually in the diocese of Dublin.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Details of Fr Daniel O'Connell's next-of-kin.

A file relating to the difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School. Includes suggestions towards a solution of the difficulties (nd, 1p).

Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to Dublin Corporation 5% Inscribed Stock.

Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to the Agricultural Credit Corporation Ltd. £5 % State-Guaranteed Mortgage Bonds.

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.

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.

Documents concerning the editorship of ‘St Joseph’s Sheaf’, the magazine of the St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society.

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.

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).

Documents relating to the 1892 Provincial Congregation. Includes Letter from Fr. Alfred Murphy SJ to [ ] regarding a Provincial Congregation prior to a General Congregation (3 April 1892).

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation. Includes notes by Fr Peter Finlay SJ as Province Procurator to consult with the Fr General [1905-1917].

Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.

Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the preparation of the new Catechism for use in schools. Includes correspondence between the Irish Provincial and the Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid and copies of observations and suggested alterations to the Catechism made by various Jesuits including Frs. Denis Nerney, Edward Coyne and Paul O'Dea.

Documents relating to the series 'Scriptores Latini Hiberniae' published by the School of Celtic Studies of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Includes:
– notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the background to the series (12 November 1977, 1p.);
– printed advertisement for the series including a list of volumes and prices (n.d., 4pp);
– memorandum by Prof Ludwig Bieler (Acting Editor of the series) on a new edition of the complete works of Scottus Erriugena (10 August 1964, 1p.);
– ‘Scriptores Latini Hiberniae Directions for Contributors’ (n.d., 8pp);
– memorandum on some of the publications produced in the series and the uncertain future of the series as a result of financial difficulties (n.d., 3pp);
– letter from Prof Bieler to Fr Synan (Director of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies) inquiring as to the possibility of financial assistance for the series (15 May 1976, 2pp).

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr William Power SJ, from 9 July 1921 to the end of September 1922. Includes:

• memorandum ‘Puncta quaedam ad Instructionem particularem Visitatoris Hiberniae’ (n.d., 4pp);
• ‘Relatio Visitationis Factae Provinciae Hiberniae a Reverendo Patre Gulielmo Power a die 9 Julii 1921, usque ad finem Septembris 1922’ (19[22], 17pp);
• ‘Memorial of the Visitation of the Irish Province made by Revd. Wm. Power from July 9th 1921 to the end of September 1922’ (19[22], 11pp) and
  – pamphlet entitled ‘Letter addressed to the Fathers and Brothers of the Irish Province by the Very Rev. William Power, S.J., Visitor’ (17 Sep. 1922, 8pp).

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).

Parties:
Rev. Thomas Aloysius Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street and George O'Brien, 3 Burlington Road, County Dublin, Doctor of Letters (the Trustees).

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

Material related to the entry and ordination of Joseph McSweeney, including catalogue entry and photograph.

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

A file relating to the establishment of a foreign mission to China and the foundation of a school for higher studies in Hong Kong.

A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.

File of documents requesting for and granting of faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes requests from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ - 'Canonical erection of Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. F. Xavier, Dublin' (5 November 1861), plenary indulgences (22 December 1832). On the reverse of a request, 12 February 1840, a holograph letter is written to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ.

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

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.

File containing Fr Seán Ó Catháin's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning his role as head of the Education Department, University College Dublin and later supply work.

File of material relating to Fr John Coyne SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes photographs; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Coyne and Fr Thomas J Martin, SJ Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Form of tender from William H. Byrne, Architect, 20 Suffolk Street, Dublin to the Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street (April 1900). Includes estimate from James Kiernan, Builder and Contractor to Fr John Conmee SJ, Upper Gardiner Street on additions to the Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street (5 May 1900).

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

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).

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

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's history of the Zambesi Mission. Includes a letter from Fr Coyne, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Loyola, Northern Rhodesia, Africa to Fr Sean [MacM ] concerning the death of Fr Dan Byrne SJ in a car crash in Africa (7 May 1964, 2pp).

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of 'Christian Prayer in its Course through the Centuries' by Josef Andreas Jungmann SJ. Includes correspondence with the publishers and Josef Andreas Jungmann. The translation was published by Paulist Press, New York posthumously. Includes a typed manuscript of the translation.

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of the 'Theology of Ecumenism' by Peter Blaeser contained in 'Was ist Theologie?' by Engelbert Neuhuesler and Elizabeth Goessman.

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of Valignano's 'Mission Techniques for Japan volume I' by Josef Franze Schutte SJ.

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.

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

A file relating to Fr William Lockington's collecting/fund-raising tour to the United States of America. A full explanation of how this tour came about is contained in the file.

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).

House consultors letters regarding the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Federation of Malaya to Irish Fr Provincial.

Income tax - charity (dividends) claim by Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

'Indecent Literature' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.

A file containing information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a photocopy of a chronological timeline, ‘Notes on Rathfarnham’ from the Irish Jesuit Directory and a photocopy of ‘Rathfarnham Castle and some of its former owners’ published in Memorials of the Irish Province, Part 1, Centenary Year 1814 – 1914.

A file relating to various insurance policies held by the Jesuit Fathers, Rathfarnham Castle including workmen's compensation insurance, main building and outhouses, contents, motor, public liability, fire insurance.

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Inventory of Rathfarnham Castle for Fire Insurance made out by Fr Thomas Shuley SJ. Inventory includes details of the furnishing and content of each room. Inventory of the kitchen area by Br Andrew Bannon SJ.

Invitation card, order of service and hymn sheet for the service of remembrance at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Remembrance Sunday, Armistice Day, 11 November 1928 (perhaps an Irish Jesuit attended the service).

A file relating to the joint Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies.

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

Letter from James G. O'Connor, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick Kennedy SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, County Dublin concerning a portion of land held by William George Bailey under his own conveyance, rent free. Remarks that the rent on the land held by the Jesuits is incorrect and advises the correct amount.

Letter to 'Irish Times' Answer to Archdeacon Kerr by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Press, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

A file of letters (including a summary) from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ, Fiesole, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning the establishment of Mungret College as a Jesuit College and his approval for the project.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Patrick J. Dunning, C.M. (President of St. Patrick’s College, Armagh). Includes:

• letter seeking information on St Malachy for an article Fr Dunning wishes to write in the school magazine and expressing surprise at the apparent lack of interest, on the part of the Irish, in St Malachy (18 January 1973, 2pp);
• letter seeking information for a lecture he is going to give to the London Medieval Society on ‘The attitude of the Irish Church to the Norman Invasion’ (13 November 1974, 3pp);
• letter on his brother Tom’s ‘valuable collection on Old and Middle English Literature’ which has been offered to U.C.D.. Includes a memorial card of Prof. Thomas P. Dunning, C.M. who died in 4 May 1973.

Also includes references to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ ‘presenting to U.C.D.’ his ‘most valuable card-index on Irish Medieval History, together with your most valuable correspondence with distinguished scholars. I am sure the History Department will be delighted with this generous presentation’ (23 July 1975, 2pp). (Inquiries to the Archives Department, U.C.D. in February 1998 revealed that no such presentation was made, either to the Library, History or Archive Departments in U.C.D.)

Letters to Prof Ludwig Bieler from various critics and editors associated with the 'Scriptores Latini Hiberniae' series and other academics, concerning the series and Prof. Bieler’s writings, especially the question of the publisher’s financial difficulties and the proposed collaboration between the Institute for Advanced Studies and the British Academy in the publishing of the series.

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

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.