Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ
- IE IJA J/427/1
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- 1901
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Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ.
Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ
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Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ.
'A Diary or Jottings' by Fr James F. Murphy SJ
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'A Diary or Jottings, from day to day of events, especially 1 Nov. 1892 regarding the Society and, in particular, this (Irish) Province, which may prove interesting &, perhaps, even useful when The Writer shall be many years dead and gone.’ Found enclosed is a typed note (n.d., 2pp) by an unknown Jesuit (possibly Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Irish Province Archivist 1975-1986) giving brief biographical details of Fr Murphy. Also comments on the contents of the diary, ‘Some interesting things recorded are: the initial history of all the houses of the province: the story of the setting up of Milltown as a Coll. Max.: the dispute with the Bishop of Meath (Dr Nulty) over faculties for fathers at Tullabeg: the biographies of various S.J.s (and, e.g., reference to W. Coyne, later father of Fr Eddie Coyne and to Charles Kennedy a benefactor of the province): the account of the great storm of 1890/1 and of the influenza epidemic which swept over Europe from Russia. Minutiae of the day-to-day life, customs, studies and so on, and the final account of the Provincial Congregation (June 1892) after Fr General’s (Anderledy) death are also of interest and some historical value.’ Enclosures includes extracts from diary kept in Tullabeg, 1856 (9pp).
Exhortation given by Mr Michael Egan SJ as a Junior on St Stanislaus Kostka
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Exhortation given by Mr Michael Egan SJ as a Junior on St. Stanislaus Kostka.
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Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, (Superior of the Mission), Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin concerning the opening of Tullabeg.
Aylmer, Charles, 1786-1849, Jesuit priest
Manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat by Fr John Coyne SJ
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Typed manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat. Includes a drawing of Tullabeg, County Offaly.
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Typed manuscript outlining the origins of Tullabeg. Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Joseph Hurley SJ concerning material on Fr Robert St Leger for Fr Francis Finegan SJ so that he can write an article or articles on Fr St Leger for his centenary. Remarks '...in preparing the chronology of Fr. St. L. principally from the 'Memorials of the Irish Province', I have come across some very serious anomalies as regards dates.' (3 October 1955, 1p) (NB: Fr St Leger was the first Rector of Tullabeg). Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Burke Savage SJ referring to Fr St Leger's Rectorship of Tullabeg and '...a somewhat mysterious problem connected with the Rectorship...1818-1831.' (5 October 1955, 1p).
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Letter from Fr Patrick Bracken SJ to [ ]. Recommends various sources for J[ohn] O’Connell and other Catholic members of the House of Commons for their argument against the supremacy of the Crown. Suggests that they identify themselves, in this matter, ‘with all the Presbyterians of Ireland & Scotland as well as with the other Dissenters in denouncing & repudiating the Royal Supremacy’, and in doing so, gain support. Also refers to the Catholic episcopacy and the Reformation.
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Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. From Announces the arrival of Fr Charles Brooke SJ from England, and appointments made so far in the Province. Refers specifically to Belvedere and Clongowes. Announces the names of those who have gone to Tronchiennes that year. Reports on his own activities and on Tullabeg. Also refers to the Repeal campaign. Doubts that the plans for a residence in Galway will come to fruition. Refers to the foundation of a College for Foreign Missions in Dublin, and announces the death of Fr Kearney. Asks if his correspondent might be disposed to go to Colombia to educate and carry out missionary work, as the population of Bogotà wish European Jesuits to do. Also refers to the political situation in Ireland.
Assignment for premises in Drogheda and lands of Ballyboggan
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
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A file relating to the Society of Jesus' decision to move the Noviceship and Juniorate from Tullabeg to Rathfarnham. This decision was made following the change of regulations of the National University requiring students to attend lectures in one of the University Colleges. Under the Royal University students had to pass examinations set by the University but could be prepared for the exams elsewhere.
Diary of Fr William A Sutton SJ
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Diary includes entry dated 31 August 1909 which reads, ‘Since coming here to Mungret six years ago I’ve been struggling on much on the old lines ever seeking peace one way or another…It came upon me quite by surprise to be sent here from M(ill)town Park. I had been told I sh(oul)d be there 10 years (of course not for certain). Any way I made best of it. It was compensation to get away from relatives who had given me awful bother, poor creatures. I came here as Vice Rector & had lots of teaching. I had to study much & got on well enough. I expected to be appointed Rector, but after 2 years ceased to be Superior & felt it someways though I would have chosen it too.…In the matter of Latin it seems to me as if I had never known much about it before & still I am far from being a Latin scholar. This is absolutely true. Last year I had 2nd Arts Pass Greek & learnt a good deal about it too & glad of additional insight.…First year I had 1st Arts English Pass & Honors besides Pass [ ] of B.A. [And] 2nd Arts. Eyes got affected. Two months not allowed to read. Enjoyed the time. This year I had only Lat(in) B.A. & 2nd Arts & so like last year.…For all my reading, writing, thinking, results not much. I have not turned out at all what I expected. Much better so. I have given up thinking I ever shall.…I am now in my 63rd year, old enough to have sense. It is something to know that one has not much sense & never shall. Men are but children of larger growth.…one w(oul)d think I ought to have made more mark. Since I came here six years ago I have never been asked to preach anywhere, not even at the Crescent. I am glad now. I am determined for the future to be absolutely truthful with regard to mental state, & give up all sham.…I have a great deal of the buffoon in me. This vacation I was three weeks away at C.W.C.,…(Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare)…in Dublin & in [...]. All that time I was going about & meeting many. I joked & told stories & made people laugh &…in my own esteem shone & I am sure several thought I was always goodhumoured… the truth is very different.…As I have given up all desire of distinguishing myself, of attracting notice etc. I will try to make diary a companion.…The way to please God is to be as useful & helpful as one can. I must try. Reading & writing may be best for me.’
Diary is resumed after a three year break, on 1st October 1912, in an entry beginning ‘Tullabeg. here since Aug. 24th 1911.’
Part of a letter from Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway
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Part of a letter from Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway regarding the acquisition for the library in Tullamore, an old parchment bound folio volume entitled ‘Defensio Fidei Catholicae a Francesco Suario Soc. Iesu Coimbra 1613’.
O'Kelly, Patrick H, 1897-1968, Jesuit priest
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.
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.
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.
Catalogue of Boys: Clongowes 1814-1900, Tullabeg 1818-1886
Catalogue of Boys: Clongowes 1814-1900, Tullabeg 1818-1886
Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1814-
Status Temporalis book for the Irish Province
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.
Photograph of a group of scholastics at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
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Photograph of a group of scholastics at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly [Henry King - 4th from left?].
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Note from Fr Dick Coyne SJ, Jesuit House, Rahan, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr Joseph Conran SJ informing him of the papers (exam
certificates) and photographs found in Tullabeg which he has forwarded on.
Coyne, Richard C, 1917-1999, Jesuit priest
Pocket ritual belonging to Fr William J. G. Allen SJ
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Pocket ritual belonging to Fr William J. G. Allen SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, Offaly.
Manuscript entitled 'General Topographical Note'
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Typed manuscript entitled 'General Topographical Note' by Fr Denis Nerney SJ on the history of the townlands surrounding Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Lantern slide with image of St. Ignatius of Loyola taken from Art Catholique
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Lantern slide with image of St. Ignatius of Loyola taken from Art Catholique (507), 6 Place St Sulpice, Paris. On reverse, written in Latin, are vows by Charles Barrett taken at Tullabeg on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ
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Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ, with captions in English and Irish. Includes photographs of
Notebook (XXXII) belonging to Fr John Curtis SJ containing the accounts of the property of the Irish Vice Province of the Society of Jesus and other details including title deeds etc.
Curtis, John, 1794-1885, Jesuit priest
Treatise in relation to the running of a successful college
Handwritten treatise, which attempts to ‘lay down a few principles, from which inferences may be afterwards drawn…’ in relation to the running of a successful college.
Letter from Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ giving his opinion on the Society taking over Mungret
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Letter from Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ giving his opinion on the Society taking over Mungret.
Sturzo, Aloysius,1826-1908, Jesuit priest
List of results for the Inter-Collegiate Competition in Religious Instruction
List of results for the Inter-Collegiate Competition in Religious Instruction for the academic year 1885-86.
Fragment of formula of declaration by Irish Jesuit scholastic
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).
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).
Offaly Heritage: Volume 2, 2004.
Tullabeg, Rahan, Tullamore 1818-1991 by Michael Byrne, pp90-111.
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Letter from Fr Maurice Wolfe SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to Lyons Fr Provincial Ambrose Monnot SJ. Asks the latter to write to the Irish Fr Provincial in relation to his (Fr Wolfe's) final vows. (In French).
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Letter from Dr Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, to Fr Michael Browne SJ. Regrets that he cannot accept the latter’s invitation due to visitation commitments.
Gaffney; Matthew, 1839-1909, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath
Presentation Convent Killina 1817-1992, (1995)
Presentation Convent Killina 1817-2017, (2017)
Rahan Memorial Garden by Fr Ray Brady P.P.
Letter from Dr Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, to Fr James Murphy SJ
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.
Gaffney; Matthew, 1839-1909, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath
Death certificate of Fr James F. Murphy SJ
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Copy of death certificate of Fr. James F. Murphy SJ.
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Letter from Fr Arthur Little SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial agreeing to carry out a task assigned to him by Irish Fr Provincial.
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Letter from Fr Patrick Meagher SJ, writing from Gardiner Street, Dublin, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial, St Stanislaus College Tullabeg, King's County (County Offaly). Refers to the case of a young [novice] – ‘H.T.’, who is suffering from some sort of illness. Reports that he (Meagher) consulted a surgeon on the state of the man’s health. Reports that he received a letter that morning from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ in Rome, who wrote about the church re-decoration in which he was involved, and also, more extensively, about a lecture given in Rome, which cast aspersions on the Catholic clergy of Ireland. Also refers to a letter he received from Fr Aylmer. Describes preparations for the ‘Festival’, including the recruiting of clergy to say Mass. Reports on the progress of building work also.
Meagher, Patrick, 1799-1855, Jesuit priest
Postcard to Kenneth Flood SJ, St Stanislaus College, Offaly from Harry
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Postcard to Kenneth Flood SJ, St Stanislaus College, Offaly from Harry, while holidaying in Syria.
Italian novitiate custom book with stamp of 'Tullabeg College' on the first page
'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.
Sketches compiled by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on deceased members of the Society
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Sketches compiled by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on deceased members of the Society in Australia for 'Memorials of the Irish Province' including Frs John Cunningham SJ (1817-1858), and the pilgrimage to St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly before the Irish famine on the 'first Sundays' (Bona Mors) and Br Philip Reilly SJ (1784-1868).
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Photograph of the grave of D. F. Mahony and Emily Geoghegan, Melbourne, Australia
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Photograph of the grave of D. F. Mahony and Emily Geoghegan, Melbourne, Australia. Mahony was past pupil of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly. Details on reveres of photograph.
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Postcard sent by ‘E.F.R.’, Edward Frank Ryan, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Henry Johnston SJ at St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore, Kingscounty (County Offaly), planning a day trip depending on the weather.
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to John Ginivan SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly. See transcription J406/8.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Conveys Fr General’s opinion that is more important that Fr Finlay should be installed as a professor of philosophy in the Dublin College than be retained as Prefect of Studies in Tullabeg. Refers to Fr Browne who his going to his Tertianship, and informs Fr Tuite that Fr Keating has been allowed to go to Hadzor, Droitwich [for/after] his retreat. Suggests that Fr Browne be sent there too.
Porter, George, 1825-1889, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Michael Browne SJ, [Fr Albert Power’s novice master], St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly to Mr Cyril Power SJ concerning news from the college and wishing Mr Power well in his forthcoming examinations. Concludes ‘Pray for me you see I do not forget you or any of those I ever taught.’.
Browne, Michael, 1853-1933, Jesuit priest
Assignment for property known as The Derries, Ballycowan, County Offaly
Parties:
Fr William Delany SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Fr Nicholas Walsh, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Fr Sylvester O'Callaghan SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin.
Property:
The Derries, barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly, 61 acres late plantation measure
Terms and Conditions:
300 years from 29 September 1873
Other:
Signed and sealed by Fr William Delany SJ
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes insert for Tullabeg villa, August 1887.
Postcard to Fr Michael Browne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin from Fr Michael McGrath SJ
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Postcard to Fr Michael Browne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin from M.M. (Fr Michael McGrath SJ), St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly.
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Photocopy of novice journal which mentions Fr Hopkins at Loyola House, Dromore, County Down
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Photocopy of pages from the Novice Journal (Beadle) at Tullabeg (IE IJA FM/TULL/55, early part of journal; deals with Loyola House, Dromore, County Down), which references the arrival at Dromore of Fr Hopkins ‘from Dublin to make his Retreat’ (15 September) and ‘Rev[eren]d Fr Rector came to evening recreation accompanied by Fr Hopkins whom he introduced to the Novices (26 September).
Letter from Fr Boursaud, Secretary to the Fr General, to Fr Tuite. Asks the latter to convey the sympathies of the Fr General to Fr Bannon in his illness. Also conveys permission to Fr Tuite to recall Fr Delany and to send him back to Tullabeg. Refers to the Archbishop of Sydney, and to New Zealand.
Boursaud, Edward, 1840-1902, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr McAlroy, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr William Seaver SJ
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Letter from Fr McAlroy, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr William Seaver SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly. Invites the latter and others to dine with him and the Archbishop on the following Thursday.
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Letter from Fr Robert St Leger SJ, India to Fr John Curtis SJ, St Stanisalus College, Tullabeg, Tullamore, County Offaly containing extensive details of an incident concerning the college and church of Sivdahna. Explains fully the situation. Discusses and defends his position in the matter. Refers to three accusations levelled at him. Remarks that he wrote nine or ten times to the General 'I then got from him a letter full of accusations, of this I do not complain but I complain that all these accusations were considered just and I felt myself to have been condemned before my cause was examined.'
St Leger, Robert, 1788-1856, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ, La Retraite, Western Road, Cork to Irish Fr Provincial welcoming the Emo community to visit Tullabeg.
O'Sullivan, Donal, 1904-1977, Jesuit priest
Rahan Monastic Site: A conservation plan prepared by Howley Hayes Architects.
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Extract of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr John Neary SJ (Rector), St Mary's, Emo concerning a site for a cemetery in Emo. Remarks, 'I...have come to the conclusion that on the rare occasions of deaths in Emo, the interment should take place in Tullabeg.'
Irish Jesuit education and imperial ideals
Irish Jesuit education and imperial ideals by Timothy G McMahon in "Irish Classrooms and British Empire".
Villa journal for Irish Jesuit scholastics
Villa (holiday) journal for Irish Jesuit scholastics (Juniors).
Milltown Park, Dublin, 1907;
Redford House, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1908;
Ashby, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1909;
Ivanhoe, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1910;
Rochfort House, Portland Road, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1911;
Bayview, Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1912;
Bayview, Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1914;
Warrenpoint, County Down, 1915;
New Brighton, Monkstown, Dublin, 1916;
St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, 1917;
St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, 1918;
St Joseph's, Laytown, County Meath, 1919;
Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1920;
Bayview House (Mrs McPhail), Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1921.
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Photograph of Michael Moloney, Laurence Kearns and [P. Tormey] on a bench at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Photograph of group in the garden at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
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Photograph of group including Laurence Kearns in the garden at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly.