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Notebook containing the results of Examina Annua for the Irish Province. The results are listed under name in alphabetical order.

Notes concerning Studies in the Novitiate and Juniorate and Philosophy and Theology.

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.

Part of a report on how Theological Studies are managed in an unidentified Theological College. An accompanying note in English suggests that the College may be St Beuno's, and that the writer may be Fr Edmund O’Reilly. (In Latin).

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

Comparative numbers of Priests, Scholastics and Brothers in the five colleges - Clongowes, Belvedere, Galway, Crescent and Mungret.

Letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at front.

Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.

Documents examining ‘the question of the advisability or otherwise of our…(the Irish Jesuit Province)…founding & running a Weekly Paper’ following Fr General’s letter asking the Provincial to “find out the views of ‘peritorum Patrum’ on this subject.” Includes copy of circular letter and questionnaire sent by the Provincial to sixteen ‘knowledgeable’ Jesuits and replies from the following Fathers: Patrick Connolly (Editor of 'Studies'), Michael Kirwan, John Ryan, Aubrey Gwynn (ADMN/3/18; 29; 40), Timothy Corcoran, Michael Egan, Edward Cahill, Joseph Canavan, Timothy Mulcahy (Editor of 'Madonna', 'Irish Monthly' and 'The Jesuit Directory'), Edward J. Coyne (See also ADMN/3/29; 39; 42; 57), John McMahon, George Roche, John Keane, Charles Doyle (includes two unsigned replies from Frs Stephen Brown and Charles Scantlebury). Also includes tables of summaries of the views expressed.

Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.

Two circulars from Irish Fr Provincial L.J. Kieran SJ relating to a letter from Fr General, ‘On the combating of modern Atheism’ and how the Jesuit community in Ireland should assist special celebrations being held in Lourdes in 1935.

Circulars from Provincial Thomas Byrne relating to Extraordinary Permissions renewed by Fr General granting leave to accept stipends for various purposes; the notice of congregations for the beatification of Fr. Peter Olivaint; fundraising for the Gregorian University; the order for the removal from libraries, and subsequent destruction, of a recent work by Fr. Emile Delaye entitled Qu’est-ce qu’un Catholique (Paris 1950).

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);

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).

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) book which contains accounts 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, Upper Gardiner Street, Irish Jesuit mission to Australia.

Letter from Jan Roothaan to Rectors and Superiors of the Irish Vice-Province.

Documents relating to the 1862 Provincial Congregation. Includes Acta Congregatione Procuratorum.

Documents relating to the 1883 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1899 Provincial Congregation.

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

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

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

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

'Reply to Dr Gregg’s Sermon'.

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

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

'The Date of the B-text of Piers Plowman' by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.

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

'The Blessed Sacrament' by Mr Robert Nash SJ.

'Shadow of the Cross', 'Crossroads', 'Temptation', 'My Importance', 'Don’t Read This', 'The First Christmas Present' and 'St. Joseph on Trial' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.

Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials William Delany and Thomas V Nolan.

Note from Fr James Cleary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ.

Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Thomas Egan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Jerome Mahony SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr John J. MacSheahan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Robert McCarthy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Account books of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a statement of bequests to the Irish Vice Province (1859, pp. 1-4)

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

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

Cash book belonging to the Irish Jesuit Province.

Loose account sheet of the Toulouse Province in account with the Irish Province. Three Irish Jesuits, Christopher Bellew, John O'Carroll and O'Brien are mentioned in the accounts. All three were studying Theology in the Toulouse Province at this time.

A file of account sheets of the Belgian Province in account with the Irish Province. Includes accompanying letters.

Bill from Scott, Bell and Company to Fr William O'Dowling SJ for a purse and two bags.

A file relating to stock held in the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company and the Wexford Railway Company by the Irish Province.

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.

Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ in effort to establish a chronology of the Society in Ireland from 1814 to 1819.

Copy of an ‘important & precious document’ entitled ‘Memoirs of the Suppression & Restoration of the Society of Jesus in Ireland’ by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Copy made by Fr John Grene SJ (Librarian and custodian of the Irish Province archives [mid nineteenth century to c1880s]) (92pp). Includes ‘Notes to Memoirs’ (18pp). Loosely bound.

Miscellaneous notes and lists made by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the early history of the Restored Society from 1814 onwards, with special reference to Clongowes Wood College SJ.

Note on Fr Jean Claude Jautard SJ (Spiritual Father of the newly Restored Society; buried at Clongowes in 1821), as Chaplain to George’s Hill Convent, 1814, made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Irish Province Archivist until 1986).

A file of order forms for advertisements in 'The Irish Monthly'.

'Avvisi pè i Novisi di S. Andrea di Roma. Qui spernit modica paulatim decidet.' Italian novitiate custom book with stamp of 'Tullabeg College' on the first page. With index. Found in the SJ Library of St. Stanislaus' College, Tullabeg, the book was probably brought back from Sicily/southern Italy early last century.

Notes concerning the three vows of religion - poverty, chastity and obedience taken from the lectures of Fr George Byrne SJ, Master of Novices. The notes appear to be in the handwriting of Robert Nash SJ.

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Fr Daniel Jones SJ. Advises the use of the English or Latin language for the Irish noviceship. Quotes from a letter from the Father General on the subject of the serving of punch to scholastics. Also refers to the wearing of watches by novices.

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

Villa Rules and Daily Order of Time for Irish Jesuit Province.

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.

A file of letters from Frank Kennedy, 85 Haddington Road, Dublin to Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the estate of James Browne and annuities due to Rev. Eugene Browne.

Costs from P. F. Quinlan, Solicitor, 68 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin to Rev. James Bury SJ, executor of Major Rev. John J. Fitzgibbon SJ, M.C. or legal services.

A file relating to the will of Anna Maria Dennis and a bequest made by her in her will to the Society of Jesus. Includes a file of letters relating to the bequest which was a matter of dispute between the Society of Jesus and the Archbishop of Dublin (27 April 1876 - 24 January 1891, 4 items).

File containing extensive documentation concerning the will of Charles Kennedy and his bequest to the Society of Jesus. The Society used the proceeds from this bequest to construct University Hall, Hatch Street. The extent of the file can be explained by the numerous properties owned by Charles Kennedy and the necessary documentation that inevitably accompanies ownership of property, receipts and vouchers from professional companies involved in the construction of University Hall and the fact that the will of Charles Kennedy was contested by his brother Frank Kennedy. His legal action was unsuccessful (29 January 1909 & 30 January 1909 & 30 May 1912, 3 items).

A file relating to the will of Dr Shea and caveat to the will entered by Mrs Hickie.

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.

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.

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 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.

Lists of contents written on scrap paper and envelopes which detail papers previously held in the basement of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes document entitled ‘Archives of the Irish Province’ with box numbers.

List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints, with details of publishers and date of publication.

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 B. Quinn, PP, Laragh, Ballymote, County Sligo to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ concerning a tenant on land belonging to the Society in Tobercurry. Remarks that the tenant, Patrick Shee, is 'wretchedly poor'. Asks Fr Conmee if he can offer any help to him and his family.

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’.

Circular from Fr General Beckx on the subject of the controversy regarding the Jesuit school in Manchester, England.

Fragment of letter from Fr General Beckx. Refers to ‘Dionysius Murphy’ and ‘William Seaver’.

Letter from Fr Torquatus Armellini SJ, writing from Rome, to the Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to the proposal to establish the Irish Messenger. Also makes reference to a request for a dispensation on behalf of a priest who wished to enter the Society. Announces that Fr John Ffrench SJ is very sick, and that he is to receive the last sacraments soon. Reports on the political situation in Rome, and the threat of suppression that faces the Society.

Letter from Fr Torquatus Armellini SJ, writing from Rome, to the Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to a letter from the latter, the subject of which Fr Armellini has communicated to the Fr General. Expresses the hope that Fr Walsh has by now received the painting and drawing of Fr Ffrench, by way of Miss Fleming. Adds that ‘[t]he professor shall not be sent’ until word comes from Fr. Walsh. Encloses small photographs of the portrait (not included). Contains note written by Fr Walsh regarding the content of the letter.

Letter from Fr Torquatus Armellini SJ, writing from the American College in Rome, to the Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Acknowledges the receipt of the latter's letter, with enclosures, of 24 November. States that he has not yet heard of the arrival of Dr Conroy. Refers to events in Rome, and to a decree which deprived the Society of its houses and churches there. Also laments the effects of the situation on the Catholic schools.

Circular from Fr Paul Pierling SJ. An account of the confiscation of the Gesú by the Italian government.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from the Gesù in Rome, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports on the takeover of the Gesù by the Giunta, and states that the house is to be used as offices for the Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry. Refers to effect these events are having on the Fr General, and reports on the exodus of the residents from the house. Announces that he and Fr. Lambert are going to the English College. Refers also to the Roman College and the South American College. Refers to confusion in relation to the Pope’s rights over the Observatory. Reports that the Fr General gave him a letter from Fr Walsh, in which he refers to ‘the house in Stephen's Green’, and declares himself to be glad that Fr Walsh has accepted it, and hopes that ‘an energetic man devoted to study’ will be appointed as head.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Florence, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Asks the latter to post the enclosed letters (not included) to Frs Ronan and Kelly. States that the diplomas are to be posted that day, and that he sent Fr Walsh ‘a lithographed account of the suppression of the Gesù’ two days previously, and adds that he also sent one to Fr Gallwey. Refers to the University, and expresses the hope that it will be successful. Reports that the property of the Irish College outside the walls of Rome is advertised for sale by the Giunta.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Florence, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to the case of a Fr Murphy ‘who committed himself in the Dublin Diocese and was afterward received into the Society in America’. Asks for more information from his correspondent. Asks the latter to ask the Fr Provincial's opinion on the matter. Refers to the situation in Rome and Florence, and the involvement of the Jesuits.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Explains that his delay in replying is due to his being absent in Rome. Gives the Fr General's answer to Fr Walsh’s query in relation to the saying of Masses. Reports that he said Mass in the rooms of St Ignatius. Refers to the protest of the Irish bishops against Tyndall.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports that he has come into possession of ‘some good relics’, and undertakes to send some to Ireland. Refers to Fr Carbery's health, and asserts that a new rector for Clongowes should be appointed as soon as possible. Also refers to Fr Ronan, and the decorations in his church, and to [W] Lynch. Comments on the fact that ‘someone in England has written strongly against the London University’.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Announces that he has decided to send [Thomas] Manning on the Zambesi mission, and asks Fr Tuite to send him to Louvain. Reports that a new edition of the Epitome Instituti is almost completed and advises Fr Tuite to order copies for the members of the Irish Province. Announces that he leaves the following day for Gibraltar, and afterwards goes to India ‘on some business of the Society’.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Refers to the latter's letter on 12 March, and addresses some of the points in it. Refers to Fr Tuite's proposals in relation to Montgret, and passes on the Father General's authorisation to send Fr Brennan to Australia. Also discusses the Terna for Australia, and an offer to the Society of 10 acres of the Catholic Reserve. With regard to the question of the New Zealand mission raised by Fr Dalton in his letter, asks Fr Tuite's opinion on the proposed removal of the missioners from there to Australia. Asks for a copy of the Irish Catholic Directory for 1882.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Thanks the latter for sending a copy of the Catholic Directory. States that the Fr General gives his consent to Fr Dalton to accept the 10 acres of the Catholic reserve. Advises Fr Tuite that the Fr General wishes that ‘more important matters’ be addressed to himself and in Latin. Refers to the Australian mission and its need for ‘some young blood’. Reminds Fr Tuite that he and the Fr General are awaiting his letter about 'Montgret'. Also refers to the Dublin College, and to Cardinal McCabe, to whom Fr Armellini is to visit; and to a proposed convent of the Sacred Heart at Sydney.

Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Requests the latter to allow Thomas Manning and Thomas Curry to go to the Zambesi Mission.