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A file relating to the valuation of Rathfarnham Castle, the contents and the sale of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a description of the land and location maps (nd, 4pp).

A file of University exam results from University Colle Dublin for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Documents for:

• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Catalogue of those apt for governing (Catalogus Aptorum ad Gubernandum);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum) et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours(Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);
• Examples of Deeds (Exemplar Contractus Perpetui);
• Supplement to First and Second Catalogue (Supplementum Triennale ad Catalogum Personarum Primum & Secundum).

Documents for:

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

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum)
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in First and Final Vows, etc.noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima)

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum).

Documents for Ireland:

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);

A file relating to ways in which the teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province.

A file relating to the supply of electricity to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A file relating to the 'Consilium Permanens', a standing committee of Prefects of Studies to offer advice to Superiors in the matter of the education of pupils attending Jesuit schools. Includes agendas and minutes of the 'Consilium Permanens', includes a statement issued by Fr Provincial on how the 'Consilium Permanens' should be conducted, its duties and terms of reference (31 December 1939, 3pp).

Sale catalogues, prepared by Donal Ó Buachalla auctioneers, containing particulars of land, and particulars and conditions of sale and tender form for land owned by the Jesuit Fathers at Rathfarnham Castle; Later catalogue containing description of further site for sale on behalf of the Society of Jesus at Rathfarnham Village.

A file relating to the road widening scheme at Rathfarnham and work carried out by Dublin Corporation on part of the boundary wall of Rathfarnham Castle and the subsequent problems that arose due to the Corporation's failure to complete the work. Includes a letter from Tom Bacon, Solicitor (acting on behalf of the Jesuit Fathers), 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr McDonald SJ Remarks 'This matter has taken a new and interesting turn... Mr Beausang (Dublin Corporation).. .explained his predicament. Apparently in his final anxiety to get the work through he agreed our terms without obtaining any additional estimates as to the cost... Mr Beausang states that there is a deficiency of at least £7,000...There is no fund out of which this deficiency can be met...Mr Beausang's first suggestion was that the Jesuit Fathers would make a grant to the corporation of half the increased cost namely £3,500. When he was told that this was out of the question it was then suggested that you might disclaim the acquisition money £2,000.' (11 October 1956, 3pp).

File relating to the return of Fr Harold E Craig SJ to Ireland and his appointment to parish work in England.

Retreat register containing the names and addresses of those attending retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin and the date attended for the Sacred Heart Register Mona Mors Record.

Retreat groups at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with various Jesuits - Br Byrne and Fr Patrick Barrett SJ.

2. L-r: Br John Adams, Fr Joe Erraught, Irish Fr Provincal Brendan Barry, Jack McDonald and Ted McAsey [1962]-[1968];

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

A file relating to research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle.

A file relating to repairs to the weir at Willbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin and the pond at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes quotations from contractors for the work.

Parties:
Rev. Richard Haggitt, Rector of Fornham all saints cum Westley, County of Suffolk and Samuel Jay, Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, County of Middlesex and John Henry, Marquis of Ely.

Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.

Terms and Conditions:
Release from two mortgages of £3,000 and £1,000 and interest on same.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties.

Parties:
Most Noble Anna Maria Dowager Marchioness of Ely, Chester Square, London and Most Noble John Henry Loftus Marquis of Ely, Ely Lodge, County Fermanagh.

Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.

Terms and Conditions:
Release of two annuities of £1,000 on the property.

Parties:
Lord George William Loftus, Chester Square, London of the first part, Rev. Lord Adam Robert Charles Loftus, Ardess, County Fermanagh of the second part, Lord Agustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus of the third part, Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus, Chester Square, London of the fourth part, William Tatton Egerton, esquire, Wilton Terrace, London and Lady Charlotte Egerton nee Loftus of the fifth part, Lady Anna Maria Helen Loftus, spinster, Chester Square, London of the sixth part and the Most Noble John Henry Loftus, Marquis of Ely, Ely Lodge, County Fermanagh of the seventh part.

Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.

Terms and Conditions:
Release of a charge of £10,000.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties.

A file relating to the rateable valuation of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a letter from Donal Ó Buachalla and company, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin to Fr Patrick Doyle SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin 14 remarking that the Rathfarnham property is '...included in the current (1970) Annual Revision Lists...(these lists) allows us an opportunity to take advantage of this listing to appeal the valuation on the general grounds of age, obsolescence, excess accommodation and the ever increasing costs of maintenance and security.'

A file relating to the purchase of Rathfarnham Castle by the Society of Jesus. Includes part of the auction catalogue for the contents of the Castle, Battersby & Co, Auctioneers, 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, and list of Jesuit purchases (April 1913).

Letters and memorandum relating to the purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle for use as a Novitiate and House of Studies for Scholastics and Retreat House for Working-Men. Includes general survey of the premises and list of alterations and costs involved in refitting the Castle; copy of letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Archbishop William Walsh concerning the purchase and purpose of the Castle; letters from contractors and insurers relating to the fixtures and fittings of the Castle.

A file relating to the provision of services at Rathfarnham Castle i.e. sanitation, water supply, general alterations to the structure of the building, provision of electricity supply, installation of a telephone.

File of material relating to the proposed development of Jesuit land at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes planning application, appeal, and letters from local residents and from Andrew Devane, architect, and Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer.

File of material relating to developments at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters by Donal O'Buachalla, Fr Matthew Meade SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham, and Irish Fr Provincial Paddy Doyle SJ; market valuations for sites A and B by Hamilton and Hamilton Estates Limited; expressions of interest in the site by various groups of developers; letters by representatives of the Rathfarnham Traders Association.

Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Christmas 1932 ‘Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure’
Christmas 1935 ‘The man from Buenos Aires’ (An fear as Buenos Aires)
26 November 1936 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1936 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1937 ‘Lord Babs’
Christmas 1938 ‘Professor Tim’
Christmas 1938 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1938 An Cumann Gaedhealach
Christmas 1949 ‘The Grandmother clock’
Christmas 1950 Christmas plays
Christmas 1950 ‘Jack Strauss and the Seven Dwarfs’
26 November 1950 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1951 ‘The Terror’
Christmas 1951 ‘An Ruincleireach’
26 November 1951 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1952 ‘Tons of Money’
Christmas 1952 ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Christmas 1953 ‘X = 0’ & ‘Brother Wolf’
Christmas 1953 Pantomime & Concert
Christmas 1953 ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
March 1954 ‘The Singer’ & ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
Christmas 1954 ‘Riders to the Sea’ & ‘The Bespoke Overcoat’
Christmas 1955 ‘They got what they wanted’ & ‘An Dochtuir Breige’
Christmas 1955 ‘Aladdin and his lame’
1955 ‘Rock and Rome’
Christmas 1956 ‘Professor Tim’ & ‘Cruit agus Dhá Cruit’
Christmas 1957 ‘Labhartar Bearla Annseo’ & ‘The Devil a Saint would be’
Christmas 1958 ‘An chuis dli’ & ‘Is the priest at home’
Christmas 1959 ‘The Winslow Boy’
Christmas 1959 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1960 ‘The Ringer’ & ‘An rod seo romham’

Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes:

• 13 August 1928, Feast of St. John Berchmans
• Christmas 1930, An doctuir breige
• 1930-31, Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society 50th year Tongue-in-check allotment of Roll of Honour.
• Christmas 1931, ‘Kitchen Nuts’
• 13 August 1932, Rathfarnham Philharmonics: Feast of St John Berchmans
• Christmas 1933, ‘Fear na Foribe and Tons of Money’
• Christmas 1934, ‘Seven keys to Baldpate’
• Christmas 1935, ‘The man from Buenos Aires’ (An fear as Buenos Aires)
• 13 August 1936, Feast of St. John Berchmans
• Christmas 1936, ‘The Sport of Kings’
• Christmas 1937, ‘Lord Babs’
• Christmas 1938, ‘Professor Tim’
• New Year’s 1940
• Christmas 1943, Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society: ‘That the study of literature conduces more to the formation of an educated man than the study of History’.
• 13 August 1927-30, Feast of St. John Berchmans

Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes:

• Christmas 1927 Lapa an Apa
• Christmas 1929 An Bunnán Buidhe
• [.1941] The Blue Dodder
• [1911-1939] Lyrics to short songs

Includes notes by Patrick Hume SJ (2019) on both plays and participants. Material taken from the Jesuit library, Milltown Park, before the transfer to DCU (2019).

Postcards depicting interior and exterior views of Rathfarnham Castle and Retreat House.

Two copies of a poem by Mr Seán Turner SJ entitled 'To Fr Hayes and Fr McGrath' and 'To one Taking his last Vows in Religion on the Feast of Our Lady's Purification' Too oft the spirits are the fonder, Most like a flight of steel-winged swallows glancing Like light, chasing the motes o' the air, advancing, Pausing, swooping, here, there, hither, yonder.

Plaque at base of altar at Rathfarnham Castle with the inscription: ‘Pray for the donors of Our Lady’s Altar, the members of the Racking and Traffic Department of the A. G. & S.

Plans of the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle (demolished by Dublin Corporation), drawn by Charles Powell, Architect.

Photographs taken by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ, made by the Office of Public Works of ceiling panel paintings installed by Jesuits to replace Angelica Kaufmann’s panels in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes visitors’ guide (FM/RATH/256) on Rathfarnham Castle history from 16th to 20th century, produced by the Office of Public Works. Words in guide are crossed out, ‘but those on the first ceilings are not now thought to be her work’ and replaced with ‘attributed to the artists Patrick Tuohy’.

Mounted photographs of those on retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. A Jesuit(s) is in front row.

Photographs of the model of the planned development at Rathfarnham Castle by Robinson, Keefe and Devane architects.

Photographs of the main gateway and first floor chapel of Rathfarnham Castle, taken by the Irish Architectural Archive.

A file of photographs of the grounds at Rathfarnham Castle.

Photographs of the excavation and building of the swimming pool at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

A file of photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Photographs of statues in Rathfarnham Castle.

Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.

Photographs of Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes photographs of groups taking part in the Irish Month at Rathfarnham.

1. Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin on sports field. Includes Aubrey Gwynn (hat), [1913]-[1917];
2. Jesuit Juniors involved with the Irish Month at Rathfarnham, Castle, Dublin. Includes standing 3rd row, far right Laurence Kearns.Seated front row, far right, Pádraic Ó Brolcháin, 1933;
3. Jesuit Juniors involved with the Irish Month at Rathfarnham, Castle, Dublin. Includes standing 3rd from right, Louis Meagher. Seated, l-r seating front row, , , , Bill White [1934];
4. Jesuit Juniors involved with the Irish Month at Rathfarnham, Castle, Dublin. Includes standing 2rd from right,Michael Morrsion, [1934];
5. & 6. Same group. Jesuit Juniors involved with the Irish Month at Rathfarnham, Castle, Dublin. Includes standing fourth from left, Seán McCarron, [1935].

Photographs of groups of Jesuit Tertians at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

1. 1961 - 1962;
   1st row:
   Ernest Bolsius, Edgar Ebel, Cecil McGarry, Hugh Kelly (Instructor), Bryan Fennelly, Gerard van Welie, Alfred Stoiber.
   2nd row: Joseph Marques, Helmut Platzgummer, John Dooley, Liam Browne, Jesus Martinez, James Healy.
   3rd row: Paul Museur, George Szaszkiewicx, Patrick Lavery, James Smyth, Francis Claes, Patrick Reynolds.
   4th row: Donald Moore, Kieran Barry-Ryan, Edward Heavy, Bernard O'Neill.

2. 1957 - 1958;
   Eric Cantillon, Denis O'Connell, Paul Leonard, Aloysius Sobreroca, Patrick O'Rourke, Robert Hardowirjono, Stephen Roes, Brendan Woods, Matthew Brosnan, Eutimius Martino, William Egan, Patrick Benson, Adulphus Fernandez Diaz-Nava, Angelus Anton Gomez
   John Redmond, Acatius Gutierrez, Cyril D Barrett, Hugh Kelly, Anthony Farren, John F O'Connor, Robert Lynch.

File of photographs of First World War scenes (Military convoy, 30 July 1916 and the Menin Road), Rathfarnham Castle and Dalkey. Includes copies of images of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Kemmel Hill and Zonnebeke, Belgium and small handwritten sketch maps of Ypres (11 February 1935).

Photographs depicting the exterior of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Photographs depicting exterior and interior views of Rathfarnham Castle (originally part of an album).

Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ which documents his life from 1912 until his death, 1972.

Galway:

1. Fr Kyran Ward SJ, [1960]-[1972]; 4 photographs
2. Group at shore front with Fr Kyran Ward SJ in the centre
3. [ ], Br Michael Crowe SJ, [1960]-[1972]; 2 photographs
4. Father of Fr Kyran Ward SJ, 27 June 1920; 2 photographs
5. Muiris Ó Séaghdha, 5 May 1945;
6. Villa house for Jesuits at Moville, 1913;
7. Group of Jesuits on villa [1910]-[1935];
8. Group of Jesuits on villa [1910]-[1935], James Whitaker;
9. Group of Jesuits on a boat, Cleggan extreme left John Sulllvian, Charles Byrne, John Neary;
10. Mortimer Glynn, Charles Byrne, A Morris, ,;
11. Gap of Dunloe, father of Fr Kyran Ward SJ, 26 August 1929;
12. Charles Byrne, Cleggan
13. Roundstone, County Galway;
14. Clongowes Wood College villa at Glengarriff [1928] - [1931] - Br O'Grady, Frs McGlade, C Barrett, Kieran Ward; M Kelly, James Whitaker, G Finucane, T Kelly; Frank Joy, M McCarthy and Donal Trant McCarthy.
15. Frs Robert Dillon-Kelly, Nolan and ?;

Photographic album includes:

• family photographs of himself and his parents (1923);
• cycling in Wicklow with G. Dunne and J Hurley, 1912;
• his time at Rathfarnham 1915 - 1916, with names;
• on villa at various locations;
• Jesuit contemporaries;
• Jersey 1916 - 1919;
• on villa Wicklow, while at Millltown Park, Dublin, 1919;
• postcards from Jersey; Donegal 1923;
• election of Pope Pius XI 1922;
• photographs of Clongowes Wood College (1919 -1923) including hurling, rugby, cricket, swimming, rugby, tennis;
• Clongowes union day activities, the Copper beech Winter 1920;
• tertianship at St. Beuno's, Wales 1927 - 1928;
• Frs Robert Dillon-Kelly, Nolan and Ward; Frs. Dick Butler and Paddy Cashman; later life of Fr Ward in Galway and time in France 1960’s;

Photograph taken at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin of Jesuit tertians. Includes from:
Top row: l - r; Frs. Tom Scott (Maryland), Vinny Murphy, Jeff Donahue (Buffalo), Ned Lynch (New York), Ciaran Kane, Henry Bischoff (New York), Tom O'Brien.
Middle: l- r; Sebastian Felieu (Aragon, Spain), Colin Warrack, Gerry Cavanagh (Detroit), Sean O'Connor, Tom Feliu ((Aragon, Spain), Gunter Reuter (Germany).
Front: l - r; Tom Martone (New England), Bill Lane, Joe Dargan, Michael Connolly (Tertian Director), Joe Tai, Fergus O'Keefe, Francesco Corsengo (Turin).

Photograph of the Rathfarnham Castle community on the occasion of Fr John Swain's visit.

See: IE IJA FM/RATH/273/31, Mounted photograph of Very Rev. Fr. Assistant and Community, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (See attached names given by Fr Hugh Duffy SJ, 2014).

Paper copy of photograph of the community at Rathfarnham Castle with typed identification of individual members.

Photocopies of photographs of Rathfarnham Castle. Contains Peter O'Leary and Pascal Duffy, who as children helped with the Irish Jesuits and the metrological station at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

A file relating to the paintings in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters relating to the ceiling paintings by Angelica Kauffman and new decorative works. Includes letters from Joshua Clarke, J Clarke & Sons, Stain glass manufacturers & Church decorators, 33 North Frederick Street, Dublin regarding the ceiling painting by 'my lady artist' (Miss Crilly, later known as Margaret Clarke) (10 September 1913). Only one painting by Margaret Crilly was accepted, which disappointed Joshua Clarke. Initially Miss Crilly rejected the offer of £7 10 shlllings per painting. Joshua Clarke persuaded her to accept £7, but by this stage, it was too late. She received £10 for her painting and Cambridge & Co. Ltd, Dublin were engaged (October 1913), and agreed a price of £35 for the series of nine painting. The artist Patrick Tuohy completed the ceiling paintings.

A file relating to Our Lady's Grotto, Rathfarnham erected by the employees of the Dublin United Tramways Company, including a history and photographs.

A file of notices and order of time for retreats conducted by Fr John Counihan SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Notebooks concerning the workings and the measurements of ‘The O'Leary Seismograph’ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. The first notebook (1946-1957) includes diagrams and details of the pendulum, suspension: trifilar workings of the seismograph. Includes inserts: ‘Fr M Murphy was present and helped erect the pendulum. He was in Rathfarnham, for (at worst) October 1916 to September 1917. Fr Hayes was also present. Fr O'Connell says 1915 work was started’; note from Fr Richard Ingram SJ to Mr Patrick Heelan SJ inviting him to measure the static mag. of O’Leary’. The second notebook records the measurements of the seismograph at Rathfarnham Castle (4 January 1948-May 1953). It has the names of Jesuit Juniors John Moore, Michael Kelly, Hubert Delaney, Albert Diviney and Paul McShane. Notebooks found in the basement (villa room) of Milltown Park, 2014.

File of newspaper cuttings relating to the controversy surrounding the sale of Rathfarnham Castle by the Jesuits to a private developer.

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ. Includes announcement of death, personal record and correspondence between Fr McSweeney and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

A file relating to the seismograph in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters from Fr William O'Leary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the construction of the seismograph.

A file relating to the Layman's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a description of a weekend retreat held in Rathfarnham by one of the participants, Joseph S. Considine (nd, 5pp).

A file relating to the Knights of Loyola at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

File containing material relating to the development of property at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence concerning the widening of the road running through the property, as envisaged by Dublin Corporation as part of its general town plan, and initial correspondence relating to the development and planning permission for the land itself. Contains letters by Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer, Thomas Bacon of J.G. O'Connor and Company Solicitors, E.J. Bourke, Dublin City Engineer, Frs Fergal McGrath and Patrick Doyle, Rectors, Rathfarnham Castle, and Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ.

File relating to Retreat promoters and programmes at Rathfarnham Castle, the golden jubilee year of the retreat house (1972) and the Layman’s Retreat Association.

A file relating to part of the Rathfarnham estate known as Cliff. Includes correspondence concerning its value and the rental of the land. It was proposed to have a novitiate there, and Charles Powell indicates that expenditure would amount to £15, 415 to fit out (6 September 1911).

Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, including catalogue entries and memorial cards, letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ, and off print of articles by Fr Ó Catháin SJ.

A file relating to Fr Laurence O'Neill SJ, his entry into the Society of Jesus, his ill health, his four years in Australia as a scholastic and his death.

File of material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney's tour of duty as chaplain to the Royal Air Force in the Middle East after Second World War (material on Second World War check chaplain's file). Includes letters regarding going to Belfast in 1945 for medical examination, a letter from Fr Edmund D'Arcy SJ, 114 Mount Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial expressing his concern over Fr McSweeney. Remarks that Fr Blount, senior army chaplain , came to see him and said that he considered Fr McSweeney. to be '...very weary and ought to be brought home'. (28 July 1948, 2pp).

Material relating to Fr John J Neary SJ, including catalogue entry, correspondence regarding his time in Hong Kong and biographical information.

Material relating to Fr Jeremiah Hayes SJ, including catalogue entry and correspondence regarding dispensation to say Mass due to health.

A file relating to formation, order of time, customs, discipline amongst the Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Rector.

A file relating to the studies of Juniors. Includes a report compiled by a committee set up to investigate the studies undertaken by Juniors (Ordinatio Studiorum Juniorum Provinciae Hiberniae Societatis Jesu).

A file containing extensive material on the water supply to Rathfarnham castle and surrounding businesses. Includes copious correspondence concerning the upkeep of the millrace and repairs to the sluice gates to avoid flooding in the area.

Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.

Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (removed from ledger folder). Includes:

• list of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle and notice of opening of retreat house (1922);
• Honorary Secretary’s Reports (November 1947-March 1949);
• list of house renovations (August 1949-August 1950);
• costings and receipts for work on the retreat house which includes glass, grotto, kneelers, lamp, radiators, roof, statutes and tabernacle (1949-1962);
• ‘History of Our Lady’s Grotto, erected by D.U.T. Co. Employees 1925’ by Thomas Scally, ex-Superintendent. Includes references to the Jesuit school, St Francis Xavier, Lower Dorset Street, better known as Father Gaffney’s school (1 April 1950);
• income and expenditure for Laymen’s Retreat Association (1948-1953);
• newsletter of the Laymen’s Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle entitled the Week End Echo (vol. 1-5, 7), (Christmas 1953-September 1955);
• handicap sweepstakes results for Laymen’s Retreat Association at Rathfarnham Castle (1954-55)
• order of time for retreats for Chinese students at Rathfarnham Castle (4 April 1955);
• correspondence from Michael Scott, Architect, for drawings of the retreat house, Rathfarnham Castle (1955-57);
• income for retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle (1958-59);
• schedule of estimates for proposed decoration at Rathfarnham Castle (1958-1961);
• drawings, correspondence and accounts from James A. Doyle Architect, for works at the retreat house, Rathfarnham Castle (1959-1960);
• newspaper report of ‘Restoration of grotto erected in 1924 by D.U.T.C. men’ from Nuacht CIE (23 October 1964);
• notes on Laymen’s Retreat Association at Rathfarnham Castle, Christian Life Communities (CLC) seminar (21 April 1974);
• Guidelines for the constitution for the Laymen’s Retreat Association & Christian Life Communities (CLC) (1977);
• notice of the restoration work done by the Association of Retreat Promotors for the Laymen’s Retreat Association (nd.);
• postcard with order of time on reverse of weekend retreats at Rathfarnham Castle and notice of non-attendance (nd.);

Papers relating to the admission of Gerard Casey to the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence with his Irish Provincials.

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

File containing maps, plans and survey drawings relating to developments at Rathfarnham Castle from the offices of Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer and land valuer, and Robinson, Keefe and Devane Architects. Includes maps showing the location and type of trees on the property.

Two copies of a manuscript by Séan Griffin entitled 'A Last Look at Rathfarnham (1199 - 1973)'.

Litterae Annuae (Annual letters) for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Lists of spiritual books suitable for distribution by Directors at Diocesan Retreats.

Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:

• Polish scholastics coming to Ireland to study;
• the censuring individual scholastics;
• financial matters of the late Fr Henry Browne SJ;
• the taking of villas during wartime;
• a report on Irish theologians in Hong Kong;
• the question of censorship of various publications (See also ADMN/3/1 and 23);
• the question of Jesuit support for the Catholic Association for International Relations;
• a proposal by Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ to open a Jesuit school in Dartry;
• the Secret Instruction of the Holy See: Normae Quaedam De Agendi Ratione Confessariorum Circa VI Decalogi Praeceptum;
• the prohibition of female characters in plays produced by scholastics;
• comments on Director’s Service from Sodality reports of summer 1944 (See also ADMN/3/65 and 74);
• the publication of a book entitled Selected Writings of Father Ledochowski (See also ADMN/3/44);
• an invitation to the Irish Fr Provincial to the inauguration of President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/43 and 76) in June 1945, signed by Taoiseach Éamon de Valera;
• relations with the Confederación Nacional de Congregaciones Marians;
• the proposal to purchase Crawfordsburn Estate, County Down (see also ADMN/3/6);
• the Chair of Education in University College, Dublin and
• some suggestions about choirs in the Province.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General’s Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ, various Jesuits and others relating to Fr Sheil’s work in the Jesuit church in Galway. Includes:
– letters from Fr Sheil and the Secretary of the International Catholic Girls’ Protection Society (Veritas House, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin) regarding radio broadcasts for Irish emigrants in England and an appeal for funds for the I.C.G.P.S. (see also J16/6) (7 November 1941 - 6 June 1942, 3 items);
– letters from Fr Hugh Kelly SJ (Rector, Rathfarnham Castle) and Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ (Director of the Pioneers Association) reporting complaints about Fr Sheil’s behaviour with regard to the content of his lectures to secondary school girls, his running of the Sodalities in Galway and his comments to a young girl who came to him for religious instruction (17 November - 20 December 1942, 4 items);
– letters from Fr Sheil, Fr Hugh Kelly SJ and the Superior of the Presentation Convent, Dundrum, County Tipperary requesting permission for Fr Sheil to give various lectures and retreats and to act as Special Confessor to the nuns of Dundrum Presentation Convent (26 January - 24 May 1943, 3 items) and
– letter from Fr Sheil enclosing a list of his sodality work in Galway, to help his successor, ‘I have tried all these two years to get these works into such order that anyone could carry them on, but I have not had the time. Many details of organization have still to be put into practice. The walls are built but the roof is not yet on. However there is plenty of brains and holiness among the men and women engaged in the work. If I could have any wish where obedience is concerned, I would wish to stay with them’ (8 August 1943, 3pp).

Letters to Fr Finlay from various individuals. Includes:
– letter from Lord Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, asking Fr Thomas Finlay SJ to become a member of the Board of Intermediate Education (14 November 1900, 1p.);
– letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ regarding finance, University Hall, Rathfarnham Castle and Kennedy case (7 July 1913, 2 items);
– letters from Augustine Birrell, Chief-Secretary of Ireland, concerning grants for the National Library (21 February, 5 March 1915, 2 items);
– letter of congratulation from Timothy Healy, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, County Dublin [following Fr Finlay’s retirement from University College?] (19 December 1930, 2pp);
– letter from John Stafford Johnson, Carrickmines House, Carrickmines, County Dublin informing Fr Finlay that Dr Lea Wilson requested that (John Stafford Johnson) call on you with updates regarding the hospital situation, and childrens hospitals (19 January 1935, 2pp);
– letters from Fr Edward Dillon SJ regarding the progress of Rory O'Connor (payment of his fees) at Mungret College, and Mungret College results of public examinations 1934 and 1935 (4 March, 12- 13 September 1935, 5 items).

File containing letters relating to access roads to sites at Rathfarnham, the use of Rathfarnham Castle for accommodation for residents from St Michael's House and the planning conditions on land at Rathfarnham which was offered for sale to the Irish League of Credit Unions.

A file of letters relating to a small plot of land between Rathfarnham Castle and the golf course and the decision of the golf club to sell the plot of land to a builder. Includes a letter from J. Keane SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Fr Socius remarking that the building of houses on this plot of land would interfere with Rathfarnham Castle's privacy. Suggests the construction of a boundary wall along this plot (19 March 1929, 2pp).

Letters, mostly to Irish Fr Provincial discussing the declining circulation 'An Timire', the Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart and proposals to issue the magazine on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis.

Letters from Mr Thomas F. Ryan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the obtaining of a piano for the Juniors and remarking that his brother has just taken up practising as a dentist in Dublin. Asks Fr Provincial to send patients to him.

A file of letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin concerning his studies and results of his exams.

Letters from Mr Arthur Little SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, concerning musical lessons and his studies.

Letters from J. M. Maxwell, Solicitor, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a stipulation by Mr Bailey that the Jesuit Fathers maintain their side of a wall he is erecting on his land.