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Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
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Assignment of loan between Jesuit fathers by the will of Rev.d George F. Waters

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

Letter from Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning Rathfarnham Castle

Letter from Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ, University Hall, Hatch Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning Rathfarnham Castle and notes about the house received from Mr James Talbot Power. Remarks that he (Fr Finlay) can recommend an expert gardener who '...thinks its (Rathfarnham House) fruit bearing capacity could be turned to great profit.'

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Letters from J. M. Maxwell, solicitor to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a stipulation by Mr Bailey that the Jesuit Fathers maintain their side of a wall he is erecting on his land

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.

Maxwell, J. M., solicitor

Purchase of Rathfarnham Castle by the Society of Jesus

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).

Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan

Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan, deceased. Includes schedule of costs and receipts of payments by Fr Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to J.H. Walsh & Co. Solicitors related to costs incurred with reference to settlement of claim of the owners of premises in Meath Street against estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; sales of premises No. 73 & 74 Meath street, 60 Thomas Street, 32,33, 34 Vicar Street and 71 Thomas Street being the estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; extract from the last Will and Testament of Josephine Keshan Spinster.

Conveyance - William George Bailey and Frs Thomas V. Nolan, John Fahy, Dominick Kelly and James Bury

Parties:
William George Bailey, Builder, Cherryfield, Sandford, County Dublin and Frs Thomas V. Nolan, John Fahy, Dominick Kelly and James Bury all of Milltown Park.

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

Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent and receivers fees created by and to the covenants, conditions and clauses contained in the Fee Farm Grant of 4 April 1851 in addition to the sum of £5,900. Yearly rent of £123.6.6.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties. Includes a map depicting the extent of land cited in the conveyance.

Paintings in Rathfarnham Castle

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.

Letters from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin

Letters to the Provincial from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, on various matters including the Temperance Movement (the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association) (See also ADMN/3/47); the drawing up of a new ‘list of diocesan examiners for ordinations and for faculties’ and diocesan censors (See also ADMN/3/23).

Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin

Letters from Fr David Gallery SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, to Irish Fr Provincial concerning an invitation by the Loreto nuns in Rathfarnham and other community matters

Letters from Fr David Gallery SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning an invitation by the Loreto nuns in Rathfarnham and other community matters.

Gallery, David, 1849-1934, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Thomas Counihan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, to Irish Fr Provincial, concerning the results in his exams and his move to Stonyhurst

Letter from Mr Thomas Counihan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, concerning the results in his exams and his move to Stonyhurst. Remarks that he is looking forward to studying Philosophy.

Counihan, Tom, 1891-1982, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the deed of purchase for the site of University Hall

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.

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle

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.

University College Cork Students’ Hostel

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Sir Bertram Windle, President of University College, Cork, concerning St Antony’s Hall, a hostel run by the Franciscan Fathers for students attending U.C.C.. The Franciscans wish to end their association with the hostel and the President proposes that the administration of the hostel be offered to the Society of Jesus. The Bishop of Cork didn't consent.

Windle, Sir, Bertram Alan Coghill, 1858-1929, scholar, anatomist, archaeologist, and university president

Safe travel pass issued for Kevin Richard Stanislaus Nolan, by the German military authorities to travel from Bad Orb, through Holland to England

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

Letter from Mr Thomas J. O'Mara SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview to to Irish Fr Provincial concerning money left to him by his father

Letter from Mr Thomas J. O'Mara SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview to to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning money left to him by his father. Remarks that he would like to use the money to repair the cricket ground at the college.

O'Mara, Thomas, 1882-1933, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr James Rabbitte SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his interest in the Sodality of St Peter Claver

Letters from Fr James Rabbitte SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his interest in the Sodality of St Peter Claver and his wish to obtain faculties to hear confession.

Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ

A file of letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter remarking 'May the Lord reward you for getting us this place; it is like a paradise to come back to after the bustle and rush of the missions' (13 January [1914], 1p). Includes letters volunteering to serve as a war chaplain (4 - 26 November 1914, 3 items).

Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Belgian refugees in Ireland

Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.

On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.

Letters from Fr Patrick Tighe SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work in Australia and as a chaplain in the First World War

A file of letters from Fr Patrick Tighe SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the voyage to Australia, his work in Australia and his work as a chaplain in the First World War. Includes a letter concerning his appointment to the new Novitiate and remarks that he is not pleased and that he feels himself unfit for the role (16 June 1914, 4pp). Includes a letter describing his work in Egypt. Remarks 'The war is truly terrible but it has opened the gates of Heaven to many of those killed in battle and it is drawing countless hearts to God - this is the universal experience of the chaplains.' Continues '...my health continues quite robust...I have got quite accustomed to the sleeping bag on the floor...' (2 March 1916, 2pp). Includes a letter referring to his departure from Egypt. Refers to the 1916 Rising in Ireland. Remarks '...what a terrible time you have had in Dublin recently...it seems inconceivable that there could have been such a widespread movement without the knowledge of the authorities.' Continues '...what a drain on the Province and Mission the war is proving and yet how necessary the chaplains are...' (25 May 1916, 2pp).

Tighe, Patrick, 1866-1920, Jesuit, priest, chaplain and missionary

Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.

Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin

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