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Statement by Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ indicating that he has received and accepted ‘the sum of £900 on 3 per cent stock’ from Sister E.M. Sutton of the Ursuline Convent of Ardanche, France, on certain conditions.

Copy of ‘The Irish Monthly’, No. 174, Vol. XV,December 1887 published by M.H Gill & Son, with insert pp716-717 - letter from R M Levey, Violet Hill, Vico Road, Dalkey, Dublin to Dr Francis Cruise refering to Cruise's book on 'Thomas A Kempis' (14 May 1895), reviewed in said issue of ‘The Irish Monthly’. Dr Cruise name wriiten on front of ‘The Irish Monthly’.

Note by Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ on orders from Fr General.

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr Robert Fulton SJ, Visitor in 1888. Includes three versions of the Memorial of the Visitation:

• printed version ‘Memoriale Visitationis Provinciae Hiberniae ab. A.R.P.N. approbatum A.D. 1888’ (2pp);
• handwritten transcriptions of same (3 items, 4pp each) and;
• handwritten English translation of same (6pp).

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

‘Memo. For Rev. Fr. Prov. in re Proc. Prov. Hib.’ Relates to dealings with a solicitor, Mr. Maxwell, who owes money; a field in Milltown bought from Lord Mount Temple; a debt due to John Errington SJ in California etc. Signed ‘P.H. S. J.’ [Patrick Hughes]

Cash book belonging to the Irish Jesuit Province.

List of tenants in arrears [Dromore, County Down]. A note states that proceedings should be taken against them to recover rent and arrears. Adds that Fr [McCartan] ‘says that they are well able to pay’.

Documents relating to the 1889 Provincial Congregation.

Letter book belonging to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ.

Drafts of letters written by Fr Timothy Kenny SJ. Includes a letter concerning a novena in honour of St. Joseph.

Letter from William Cartan O’Meara, solicitor, Dublin, to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ. Writes in relation to the estate of George F. Waters SJ [scholastic in Louvain], deceased. States that he has arranged for the shares (listed) to be sold. Refers to other stock, some of which has been assigned to C.T. Waters.

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.

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.

‘Sacre Liturgia Praxis juxta Ritum Romanum…’ Note on the manner of saying Mass, quoting Belgian regulations. (In Latin).

Copy of list of ‘Principal Indulgences granted to the Society.’

Letter from Fr Robert Whitty SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Fr Murphy. Refers to the reaction in America to an article in the March 1890 edition of the Lyceum on ‘The Church in America’, and to a letter received by the Father General from an American Jesuit on the subject. Includes a review taken from a Chicago Catholic newspaper, which criticises the article.

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated.

Handwritten ‘Extract from the Catalogue of Indulgences specially granted to the religious of the Society of Jesus.’ (5pp). Includes printed poster entitled ‘Extrait du catalogue des Indulgences accordées spécialement aux religieux de la compagnie de Jésus’. (French version).

Material on James S. Duggan who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 11 August 1862
Entered: 23 September 1890
Left: 1897

Unidentified account book, which includes novice's pensions for the Irish Jesuit Province, and monies from Irish Jesuis. includes refeences to The Grattan Bellew charity.

A file relating to the will of Professor John Casey, 86 Iona Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin.

Note written by [ ] on the 24th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus held at Loyola, Spain at which Fr Luis Martin SJ was elected General.

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ, where reports on his and others’ journey to, and arrival at, Loyola, and to their reception there. Refers to the health of some of the priests/novices, and to the imminent election of a new General.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Duty' - possibly University College, Dublin.

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.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Reason' -possibly University College, Dublin.

A file relating to Elm Hall, Milltown, County Dublin. Includes a copy query submitted to M. Myles Kehoe, B.L. in the matter of liability and his answers to the query (8 March 1892, 4pp).

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).

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ, asking Fr Alfred Murphy SJ to make a request to Fr Nicholas Walshe SJ to let Fr Charles Lynch SJ have a room at Milltown, as he is unhappy at Tullabeg. Refers to the death of Fr McElroy. Reports the visit of Fr Carbery and Fr Gallwey. Describes the college as being immense, dark and ‘on the whole very fine’.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Human Testimony' - possibly University College, Dublin.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Morals' - possibly University College, Dublin.

Communication to the [Irish Provincial], announcing the death of the Fr General, and the election of Fr Louis Martin SJ as Vicar General.

Document concerning the question of the use of text books in Theological studies.

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

Letter from Daniel Purcell, solicitor, Dublin, to Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Writes in relation to the ‘Butlers’ Fee Farm Grants’, referring to the various grantors, being various Jesuit fathers in Ireland and Australia, who must execute the deeds to the property.

Account book containing the accounts of Irish Jesuit Provinces and Missions abroad in account with the Irish Province. Includes the Provinces of Portugal, Mexico England, New Orleans Mission, Mission of Canada, Includes details of the Bellew Bequest and Charity (pp. 49 - 52), and individual contributions to families of Jesuits in training.

Letter from Fr General Luis Martin SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ. Writes with regard to the compilation of a history of the Society. (Printed; in Latin).

A file relating to the entitlements of Rev Luke Murphy SJ from his late father's will (John Murphy deceased).

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

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.

Lists of books in Irish Jesuit library, and suggestions regarding access. Refers to writing of the history of the Irish Province - archives and library [Edmund Hogan SJ].

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).

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.

Handwritten document setting out the order of the day, and reading lists for an unidentified formation house. (In Latin).

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

Documents relating to the 1896 Provincial Congregation.

Custom books of the Irish Jesuit Province, some annonated.

• 1896 (2 copies, 35pp);
• 1897 (2 copies, 35pp);
• 1899 (2 copies, 32pp);

A file relating to the will of John C. Mackey, Nenagh, County Tipperary, father of Fr Ernest Mackey SJ in which he names his son as one of his beneficiaries (one fifth of his property).

Letter from Fr James Murphy SJ, writing from St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly, to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ. Relates to a sequence of events involving Fr Murphy, Monsignor Gaffney, the Bishop of Meath (Dr. Thomas Nulty) and Fr Anderson. The Bishop tried to assert his right to examine Fr Anderson after the latter had been granted faculties by the Monsignor. The letter describes a conversation between Fr Murphy and the Monsignor on the subject, and Fr Murphy asks for the Provincial's approval to write to the Monsignor, confirming Fr Anderson's fitness in terms of theological knowledge.

A file relating to a case Daniel Ryan deceased, Kenny versus Ryan. Includes a letter from [ ], Solicitor, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning '...Delahunt's affair.' Continues 'The parties I got the money from are now pressing for payment.' (22 September 1897, 1p).

Volume containing information on retreats given by Irish Jesuit priests. Includes information on the date of the retreat, the type of group to whom the retreat was given and the name of the person who gave the retreat.

Letter from Fr General Luis Martin SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ and refers to Pope Leo XIII. (Printed; in Latin).

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.

Material on Francis Davis who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 29 November 1880
Entered: 7 September 1897
Left: c.1912

Circular issued by Cardinal Mazzella, confirming that the Litany of the Sacred Heart may be said everywhere. (In Latin).

Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats.

A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.

A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a manuscript entitled 'Some hints for Reading' (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Rector concerning the consumption of spirits. Remarks 'Owing to grave representations made to me from many quarters and regrettable facts that have come to my knowledge...I have decided that for the future of the Province the following points should be observed as obligatory customs of the Province.' (12 March 1901, 4pp). Includes a typed supplement to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province entitled 'Customs of Serving Mass and Benediction(13pp, [1935-]); regulations for the Villa menu (1919, 1p); revision of Custom Book by Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois (12 April 1933);

Documents relating to the 1899 Provincial Congregation.

Notes on the Theology course in Milltown Park, Dublin.

A file relating to the will of Jessie Maguire. Appoints Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin as executors. They are also named amongst the beneficiaries.

Reports on Jesuit Studies in the Irish Province.

Letter from Dr Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Thanks the latter for his contribution to his fund. Refers also to ‘Frank’ and ‘Fr Willie’.

Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

Fragment of a document which cites a book on moral theology by a Belgian Franciscan Recollect Friar, and published in Trichinopoli, India in 1854. (In Latin, with final sentence in English).

Fragment of formula of declaration by scholastic. Also includes a note (in a different hand) regarding the transfer of £600 from the St Francis Xavier community to Tullabeg. (In Latin).

List of Jesuits at Vatican I: bishops, theologians etc.

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…'

Letter from Dr Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, to Fr James Murphy SJ. Refers to news the latter had sent him; that he had ceased to be rector of Tullabeg, and had been made Provincial. Thanks him for his recognition of his ‘friendly feelings towards the Society’, and declares that Murphy’s ‘fraternal relations’ with his (Gaffney’s) priests was a source of comfort to him.

Regulations for unidentified house of formation in relation to the announcement of Communion days, Cases of Conscience etc., reporting of irregularities, retreats etc.

Letter from Cardinal Logue to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Acknowledges receipt of Fr Murphy’s letter, with accompanying documents. Undertakes to lay them before the bishops at their next meeting.

File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.

Letter from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, writing from Hof in Bayern, Germany, to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Refers to the Commission set up to examine the proposal to establish a Catholic university in Ireland. Expresses his concern over the attitude of Jesuit priests to such an institution.

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.

Receipts of dividends from railway stocks invested by the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus - for example - ‘The West Carbery Tramways and Lights Railways Co. Ltd’, ‘Dublin & South Eastern Railway Company’, Great Northern Railway Company’.

Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae) and House Histories (Historia Domus) for Ireland and Australia (2 versions).

Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis (Province Account).

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.

Instructions for the saying of Mass by Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ.

Letter from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Asks the latter to help him in finding a promoter for the cause of the canonisation of the Irish Martyrs. Refers to Cardinal Moran's efforts in relation to the canonisation of Oliver Plunkett.

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.

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.

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.

Report to the Provincials of the English and Irish Provinces. The commission was appointed to consider whether any changes should be introduced in Jesuit Studies.

Letters from English Fr Provincial Reginald Colley SJ, 31 Farm Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning the special commission on Higher Studies. The commission was established to investigate how to adapt the courses offered to Scholastics to modern needs and difficulties.

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 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 Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Expresses his sorrow at the news of Fr [Alfred] Murphy’s death. Due to an attack of lumbago he will be unable to attend the funeral.

Letter from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Complains about the inaccuracy of the information contained in a directory which he was consulting.

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

Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the condition and requirements of the higher studies in the English and Irish provinces.

Administration (intestate) in the High Court of Justice, Ireland, Kings Bencon behalf of Henry Alexander Donovan, The Square, Listowel, County Kerryh Division (Probate) deceased bachelor assigning his estate to his brother and only next of kin, Edmund William Donovan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway. Two pendant wafer seals attached.

Letter from John Lyster, Bishop of Achonry, The Abbey, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning property belonging to the Society in Tobercurry, County Sligo and an order of nuns who wish to build a school on it. Includes a draft of a reply from Fr Murphy SJ.

Letter from Dr Francis McCormack, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Declares that the decision of the Holy See is most acceptable to him, and that the right man has been chosen. Refers to the good relations between himself and the Jesuit fathers.

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 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.