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Renunciation for Irish Jesuit scholastics and form of will.

Notebook containing names of those Irish Jesuits taking final vows, and date and location (also date of first vows, and location).

Letter from Fr Matthew Russell SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial. Refers to the publication of the first volume of 'The Irish Monthly' as regards finances. Suggests that Fr Clery be appointed as financial manager, and discusses advertising in the publication. Also discusses the layout and encloses a trade-mark design (included).

Photocopy of article entitled ‘Popularizing Spanish literature in 1930's Ireland; Aodh de Blacam and the Irish Monthly’ by Susannah Riordan, taken from ‘Spanish - Irish relations through the Ages’ edited by Declan M. Downey and Julio Crespo MacLennan, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp175-188.

Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to Br Brady’s poor progress. Declares Br Kane to be ‘a thorough Israelite’. Expresses his satisfaction with Tuite and O'Flynn.

Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ, writing from Manresa, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports that he did not allow Br Brady to take his vows; that Br Flynn is working very well, and that Fottrell is ‘a very holy young man.’ Discusses the novitiate in general, and claims that St. Ignatius never intended a novitiate so contemplative.

Schedule of deeds relating to premises in Drogheda, County Louth.

Parties:
Patrick Lynch, Esquire, Tara Hall, County Meath and Fr Charles James Lynch SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare.

Property:
One fourth part of the lands of Ballally otherwise Ballawly known as Rockbawn Farm.

Terms and Conditions:
For the life and lives of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Charles William, Marquis of Kildare and Matthew Patterson names in the lease of 30 June 1838. Payment of rent and renewal fines as stated in the original lease.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Parties:
Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. John Ffrench SJ, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Rev. Stephen Farrell SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Property:
Premises in Drogheda and lands of Ballyboggan

Terms and Conditions:
Payment of rent and performance of the convents to which the premises are subject and liable.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ

Parties:
Rev. John Curtis SJ., Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ, Rev. John Ffrench SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part and Charles Kernan, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood, County Kildare, Rev. John Curtis SJ, Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ of the third part.

Property:
Tullabeg, Parish of Rahan, Barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly containing 62 acres and 10 perches and 8 acres of the Bog of Newtown and 8 acres of the bog of Newbridge adjoining the lands of Tullabeg.

Terms &Conditions:
Yearly rent of £15.10.4 to be paid in two equal payments on 1 May and 1 November.

Parties:
Rev. John Ffrench, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood, County Kildare of the first part, Charles Kernan Esquire, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood of the third part

Property:
Premises in Drogheda

Terms & Conditions:
To be held in trust to the use of Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. forever.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev. John Ffrench, S.J. and Charles Kernan.

Letter from Townly W. Hardiman, Solicitor and Agent of Mrs L. B. Hamlin, 22 Bachelors Walk, Dublin to the executors of the will of A. N. Skelly concerning the affairs of W. N. Skelly and premises in Drogheda. Refers to the payment of rents due on the premises and gives notice to the executors of the will that they are liable for the rent and responsible for keeping the premises in good repair.

Parties:
Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. John Callan, S.J. and Rev. John Lynch, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £50 in two equal half yearly payments on 11 April and 11 October to Marianne Murphy for the term of her life.

Letter from C. [Dudgeon], Inland Revenue Office, Drogheda to Rev. John Callan, S.J., Church of St. Francis Xavier's, Dublin concerning arrears of Quit Rent due on premises in Drogheda belonging to the estate of the late Mr. W. Skelly. Remarks that he is now arranging to have the outstanding amounts paid to the Inland Revenue Office in Drogheda.

Parties:
Rev. John Power, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, David Keogh, Adelphi Hotel, Waterford, John Slattery, Merchant, William Street, Waterford of the one part and Rev. William Delaney, S.J. St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore, county Offaly, Rev. Edward Kelly, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. John O'Carroll, S.J., county Kildare, Rev. Sylvester O'Callaghan, S.J., Milltown Park, county Dublin of the other part.

Property:
Lands of Scalp William or Mount Mapas containing 5 acres, 1 rood and 131/2 perches and other lands known as Killiney Castle containing 14 acres 3 roods and 20 perches, part of Dalkey containing 11 perches and part of Dalkey Commons containing 3 roods and 12 perches, Barony of Rathdown and county Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Principal sum of £4,500

Other:
Signed and sealed

Costs from Maxwell and Weldon, Solicitors to Fr Robert Haly SJ in the case Conly versus Green.

Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. Charles McKenna SJ and Rev. John Grene SJ, Milltown Park, county Dublin of the first part and Thomas Healy, Smith, 23 Commons Street, Dublin of the other part.

Property:
No. 22 Commons Street, Parish of St. Thomas, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Yearly rent of £16 to be paid in two equal instalments on 1 August and 1 February.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Copy affidavit in the matter of the estate of John Sherlock, Trustee for the sale of the estate of Anna Maria O'Brien, widow, deceased, owner and petitioner.

Parties:
Mary Clare Sutton, Spinster, Eccles Street, Dublin and Rev. William Ronan, S.J., Mungret College, County Limerick.

Property:
Peppen Lane and Beresford Street, Dublin and the lands of Ballyrankin.

Terms & Conditions:
The lands to be held in trust. The rents and profits to be used to support and maintain scholars in the Apostolic School, Mungret, Limerick.

Parties:
Thomas Waters, Esquire, Carrigdoone, Blackrock, County Cork and John Waters of Montenotte, County Cork of the one part and Rev. Timothy Kenny, S.J., Rev. Thomas Kelly, S.J. and Rev. John Verdon, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £1,888 on 31 December by Thomas Waters and John Waters to the parties of the other part and £1,000 plus interest to be paid at a later date provided 6 months notice is given.

List of tenants and rents owed on the estate of Rev. John J O'Carroll SJ.

Consolidated final notice to tenants and adjoining owners and occupiers in the matter of the estate of John Emanuel Hughes and the transfer of premises. Includes a plan of the relevant property in Dublin, namely property at Sheriff Street, Mayor Street Lower and North Wall.

Parties:
Rev. William Delany SJ, Stephen's Green, Rev. Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street and Rev. John O'Carroll SJ, Stephen's Green (transferors) and Rev. William Keon, Fairview Strand, county Dublin and Archibold Harman Montford, Solicitor, Dame Street, Dublin.

Property:
Certain messuages, lands and other hereditaments at Killiney, County Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of the sum of £5,000 being the unpaid portion of the principal sum of £8,000

Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. Robert Carbery SJ, Milltown, Dublin and Rev. William Keon, Parish Priest, Fairview Strand, County Dublin and Archibold Harman Montfort, Solicitor, Dame Street, Dublin.

Property:
Lands of Coolacorkey, Barony of Athenry, County Galway.

Terms & Conditions:
Sum of £4000 for 21 years from 1 May 1873

Parties:
Rev. William Delaney SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin of the first part and Rev. Eugene Brown SJ, Milltown Park, county Dublin, Rev. James Redmond SJ, Milltown Park, Rev. James Dalton SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Matthew Russell SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the other part.

Property:
Baldarret, Barony of Upper Cross, County Dublin, 40 acres, 2 roods and 13 perches Irish Plantation Measure.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of the sum of £5.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev. William Delaney

Rental and account of the estate of Rev. Nicholas Walsh SJ.

Statement of title of Messrs Butler to obtain Fee Farm Grant concerning Butlers Trusts, Milltown Premises, Dublin.

Letter from J. P. Hall, Solicitor, 100 George Street, Limerick to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ, Crescent House, Limerick concerning Fitzgerald's Estate.

Parties:
Lieutenant Colonel John Lombard Hunt, India of the first part, Richard Healy, Hotel Proprietor, Aitkens Hotel, Westmoreland Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Patrick Hughes SJ, St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly, Rev. James Dalton, SJ, The Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. James Daly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare and Rev. Thomas Finlay, SJ, University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin of the third part.

Property:
Milltown, Barony of Upper Cross, County Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of payment of £450 by the parties of the third part to John Lombard Hunt.

Other:
Signed and sealed by John Lombard Hunt

Parties:
Denis McGrath, Gentleman, Nenagh, County Tipperary and Rev. Patrick Keating SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin (Fr Provincial).

Terms & Conditions:
Policy of assurance on the life of Denis McGrath in consideration of his son Patrick McGrath on entering the Society of Jesus and all money assured or that become payable under the policy. Agrees also to pay a yearly sum of £9.16.8 during his life.

Parties:
Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. John Fahy SJ and Rev. Augustine Hartigan SJ, of the one part and Rev Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ and Rev James Bury SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare of the other part.

Property:
Mansion House of Castlebrowne, walled gardens and out offices and lands of Castlebrowne (13 acres 0 roods and 2 perches, Irish Plantation Measure) and part of the lands of Castlebrowne or Clongowes (96 acres 2 roods and 0 perches) in the Barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, county Kildare.

Parties:
Rev. John Conmee SJ, Provincial, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part, Rev. Thomas Forde (Fr Stanislaus), St. Teresa's, Clarendon Street, Dublin of the second part and Ellen B. D. Griffen, Monasterevin, County Kildare of the third part.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £800 left to the Society of Jesus for the training of a priest for the Foreign missions provided that the sum of money is accepted by the Society of Jesus in full satisfaction and discharge of the legacies mentioned in the will of the late Annie Catherine Fox.

Other:
Signed and sealed by John Conmee and Ellen B. D. Griffen.

Rental and account of the estate of Rev. Nicholas Walsh SJ.

Costs from O'Keeffe and Lynch, Solicitors, 30 Molesworth Street, Dublin to the Jesuit fathers for legal services.

Copy case concerning the property of Rev. Henry SJ and Rev Charles James Lynch SJ submitted to the Solicitor General Charles O'Conor. Includes his opinion.

Costs from Thomas J. MacGrath, Solicitor, 15 Kildare Street, Dublin to Rev. Thomas Wheeler SJ, Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Michael Browne SJ in respect of a deed of indemnity and the will of Miss Mary Nicholson and a bequest of 3300 to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ..

Hand search on behalf of Rev. Stephen Farrell SJ and Rev. John Ffrench SJ.

List of deeds and documents concerning the case McCann versus Green

Draft will of [ ] bequeathing a sum of £50 sterling to Rev. [ ], of the church of St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Parties:
Rev. William Ronan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick and Rev. Thomas Wheeler SJ, Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Rev. James Bury SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin.

Property:
(Peppen) Phrapper/Phepper Lane and Beresford Street, Parish of Saint Michan, County Dublin and part of the farm, town and lands of Ballenrankah/Ballyrankah now called Ballyrankin, Parish of Kilrush, Barony of Scarawalsh, County Wexford and Palace Row, northside of the gardens of the Lying In Hospital, Dublin.

Parties:
Rev. Timothy Kenny SJ, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Rev. Matthew Russell SJ and Rev. James Brennan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the first part and Rev. Timothy Kenny SJ, Rev. Matthew Russell SJ and Rev. William Sutton SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the second part and Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ, Rev. James McCann SJ and Rev. John Fahy SJ, Upper Gardiner Street of the third part.

Property:
Ballally, otherwise Ballawley known as Rockbawn Farm, County Dublin containing 33 acres 3 roods and 14 perches.

Terms & Conditions:
Yearly fee farm rent of £46.6.1/2 payable half yearly on 25 March and 29 September.

Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties.

Copy case concerning the will of Henry Lynch and copy opinion of R. B. Warren on the case.

Will of Isabella McManus, Upper Dorset Street, Dublin. Fr John Curtis SJ is named as a beneficiary.

Will and codicil of Mrs Alice Seaver, 43 North Great George's Street (mother of Frs. Matthew Seaver SJ and William Seaver SJ).

Will of Jane Woollcombe.

Copy opinion of Mr. R. P. Carton on a case submitted to him on behalf of Fr William Ronan SJ, concerning the will of Mr Devereux and a bequest to St Mungret's College, Limerick.

Letter from John Cavanagh, Solicitor, 13 College Green, Dublin to Rev. Eugene Browne SJ concerning the will of Mr Patrick Matthews in which he bequeathed the annual dividends or interest of 74 shares of Drogheda Steam Packet company to his nephew Rev. John Stanley Matthews SJ.

Probate of the will of Laurence Brady, Lynch Park, County Dublin. Bequeaths his property to Rev. John S. Conmee SJ and Rev. George Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare as joint tenants. Appoints Conmee and Kelly, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare as joint tenants and as executors of his will.

Bill from M. Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin to Rev. James Murphy SJ, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, concerning George F. Waters SJ deceased and costs for preparing an assignment of debt.

Will of Miss Margaret Maxwell, 22 Dawson Street, Dublin in which she bequeathed her estate to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ and Fr Peter Finlay SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin for masses to be said for her soul and the souls of her parents.

Will of Joseph Hannan, Caherelly Castle, County Limerick. Bequeaths a portion of his estate to the Irish Provincial of the Society of Jesus so that masses can be offered for his soul. Instructs that £52 that he borrowed from the Society of Jesus be returned.

Letter from W. P. Kelly and Walker, Athlone, County Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the will of Mr. Andrew Moore and a legacy of £500 to the Society of Jesus.

Copy will of Nicholas John O'Neill, 4 Belleview Terrace, Limerick in which he bequeathed £2,700 to the Apostolic School at Mungret, County Limerick, the money to be used to educate Irish boys who would not be able to afford the expense of their maintenance and education for the priesthood.

Copy will of Ellen Colgan, 33 Great Charles Street, Dublin. Bequeaths the residue of her estate to her brother Rev. John Colgan SJ and Rev. Thomas Vincent Nolan SJ, Rev. Michael Browne SJ and Rev. James Bury SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Copy will and grant of Teresa Doran, 51C Dawson Street, Dublin and Howth View, Blackrock, County Dublin, Spinster. Bequeaths money to the Jesuit fathers, Milltown Park, Dublin for educational purposes.

Will of Richard Gore Daly, Grenville Street, Dublin naming Fr Charles Ferguson SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Dublin as a beneficiary.

Draft of a circular letter from [ ], Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning the organisation of a retreat for lay gentleman.

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Refers to the latter's letter, which announced that Fr O’Reilly was being sent to MacHale’s diocese to conduct a retreat for the clergy on 20 August. Expresses his gratitude.

Letter from Dr John Healy, Archbishop of Tuam to Fr William Ronan SJ. Asks the latter to organise a retreat for clergy in Loughrea, and to send him two priests to conduct a retreat for the people of Portumna.

Letter from Dr James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Asks the latter to provide him two clerical retreats in the following July. Advises him to get in touch with the president of Carlow College to arrange dates.

Letter from Dr Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, to Irish Fr Provincial Fr Patrick Keating, Hopes that the latter can send one or more Jesuit priests to conduct the clerical retreats in his diocese. Asks specifically for Fr Cullen SJ.

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Asks him to send one of his Fathers to conduct a retreat for the nuns in Ballina.

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to a retreat to be arranged by Fr Murphy for nuns in Ballina.

Letter from Dr. John Healy, Bishop of Clonfert, to Irish Fr Provincial. Hopes that the latter can provide him with one of his priests to conduct the annual clerical retreat at St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe.

Letter from Dr Thomas A. O'Callaghan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to the arrangements for a retreat in Cork, which is to be conducted by a Jesuit.

List of the numbers of retreats and tridua (three day retreat for religious communities) given [for statistical purposes].

Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ. Asks him to designate a priest to give the diocesan retreat in the following July if he (the Provincial) cannot do it. Includes note written by the Provincial stating that he promised that Fr [Reidy] would give the retreat if at all possible.

Letter from Fr J. Halpin, P.P., St Colmans, Scariff, County Clare, to the [Father Superior]. Suggests that the practice of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament be encouraged at clerical retreats given by Jesuits.

Letter from Fr William Gleeson SJ, writing from St Aloysius College, Garnethill, Glasgow, to an unidentified Jesuit in Ireland. Refers to the mission in which he finds himself, and to the Jesuits who work there, most of whom are English. Also describes the Irish who have come to the area. Claims that they lose self respect there, and refers to the bad quality of their houses, and to their drinking. Adds that ‘[t]he women are awful’. (Incomplete).

Letter from Michael Slattery, Archbishop of Cashel, to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes. Asks the latter to give a retreat to the clergy of Cashel diocese the following July.

Extract from a letter from Dr Thomas Grant, Bishop of Southwark to the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda, giving an account of a Jesuit mission which took place in the area.

Note from Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to [Fr] Joseph. Requests him to procure the services of a priest to conduct a retreat in the diocese of Kildare at the end of the year. Expresses his preference for a Jesuit priest.

Letter from Dr John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry, to Fr James F Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to retreats for the clergy, which he hopes Murphy will conduct, or at least arrange, in July.

Letter from Fr John Bannon SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ. Informs the latter that [Br.] Carolan wishes to make a few days’ retreat at Milltown Park, Dublin.

Letter from [Mons] Smollen P.P. & Vic. Gen. to Fr William I. Gleeson SJ. Grants to the latter all faculties that he may require for nuns and others who may call on him during his stay at Monaghan [on a parish mission].

Timetable of religious services etc. in the Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, on days [dedicated] to the sacred missions: ‘Orario delle funzioni che hanno luogo nella Ven. Chiesa del Gesù nei giorni destinati alle sacre missioni.’

Notes on Retreat given to the Ursuline Nuns, Waterford by Rev. Daniel Considine SJ entitled ‘The Cure of the Blind Man’.

Notes complied from retreats given by Fr Michael Browne SJ at the Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Mount St Anne's, Milltown, Dublin.

Booklet entitled 'Regulations for the Register of the Intermediate School Teachers'.

Statement (in Latin) issued by the Vatican to Religious Orders concerning the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and University Studies.

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

‘Regulations concerning the Provincial's prizes in the Irish Colleges, S.J.’ Relate to the prize money, examiners, papers etc.

List of cash amounts received from and paid to various Jesuit colleges for Religious [Exhibition] prizes.

[Draft] ‘Resolutions of the Committee of Catholic Masters’. Adopted at a meeting held at Maynooth on 29 September and submitted to the Assistant Commissioners of Intermediate Education for their consideration. Relate to syllabi, exams, exhibitions etc.

Letter from [ ] in Belgium to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly. Writes in relation to studies and lay students in Ireland and Belgium, in reply to Fr Sturzo's query. (In Italian).

Document outlining the domestic duties of two Jesuit brothers: [Br.] Pat McGennis and Br. Farrell, in an unidentified boarding school.

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

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

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

Letter from Fr Patrick J. Connolly SJ, Editor, 'Studies', 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the rising costs in producing the publication 'Studies'. Suggests various proposals regarding Studies including changing its publication to every two months and amalgamating 'Studies' and the 'Irish Monthly'.

Letter from Fr Patrick J. Connolly SJ, Editor, 'Studies', 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the accounts of the publication and the possibilities of producing a commemorative issue for the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.

Newspaper cutting from the 'Irish Independent' regarding the silver jubilee of 'Studies'.

Article by Henry Somerville. Reprint from 'Studies', Vol. II., No.8

Letter book belonging to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ.

Letter from Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, The Presbytery, Navan, County Meath to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning an application by the Society to establish a house in Meath. Refers to the Redemptorists who made a similar application. Remarks 'The late Bishop and the Priests…strongly decided against their introduction.' Continues 'I am determined not to re-open the question…'

Copy of a circular letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to members of the Irish Province concerning the booklet compiled to aid scholastics about to begin their Magisterium. Asks for comments on the booklet under different headings.

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

Letter from Mrs Nolan of Killiney House, Killiney, to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to her financial difficulties and to their effect on her son [Tom], who is studying to be a priest.

Draft letter from [ ] to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Writes in relation to a question of a case of conscience, i.e., the circumstances in which a confessor may give absolution to a penitent. (Unfinished/incomplete).

Letter from Dr Cruise to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ.States that he has examined Mr Higgins, and finds ‘no positive impediment to his entering upon the life of a Jesuit’.