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Receipt for £30 received from Edward Dunn being one years interest on £500.

Case for counsel to advise in the matter of Fr Edward Nolan SJ and the property he inherited on Lower Sackville Street and counsel's opinion on the case.

Costs from Maxwell, Weldon and Company, Solicitors, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to the Jesuit Fathers for the sale of 34 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin.

Mounted photograph of Fr John Bannon SJ by W.G. Moore, 11 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.

A file of correspondence between Bartholomew J. Duffy, 82 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Dublin and Fr Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin regarding information on Jesuits, native to the Diocese of Elphin for a history of the Elphin Diocese by Fr M. J. Connellan (a friend of Bartholomew Duffy). Includes a request for information of Fr John Bannon SJ who was born in County Roscommon (9 September 1943, 3pp). Includes a biographical sketch of Fr Bannon, S.J. (n.d., 5pp).

Typed manuscript by Fr William Barnaby Faherty SJ, on Fr John Bannon SJ and his years as military chaplain during the American Civil War.

Booklet entitled 'The Fourth Career of John b. Bannon; St Louis Pastor Southern Chaplain Confederate Agent Irish Jesuit Orator', by William Barnaby Faherty SJ, assisted by Kevin Laheen SJ.

Extract from the 'Jesuit Yearbook' of an article on Fr Henry Fegan SJ by Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ.

Biographical information on Fr John Coyne SJ.

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of the 'Theology of Ecumenism' by Peter Blaeser contained in 'Was ist Theologie?' by Engelbert Neuhuesler and Elizabeth Goessman.

Letter of sympathy from Mary Purcell, 32 Gardiner Place, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Paddy Doyle SJ following the death of Fr john Coyne SJ.

Photocopy of list of archives in Milltown Park concerning Fr John Coyne SJ.

Photograph of Fr Joseph Darlington SJ.

Memoirs of Fr Joseph Darlington SJ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.

A file containing certificates conferring Sub Deaconship, Deaconship and Priesthood on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ.

Photocopy of newspaper cutting from 'The Leader' on the death of James Darlington, [brother of Fr Joseph Darlington SJ].

A file of photocopies of newspaper articles reporting the death of Fr Richard Devane SJ. Summarises his life and career.

Postcard from Fr John J. Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Richard Devane SJ concerning a memo prepared by Fr. Devane. Remarks that it is '...just what I wanted and have been wanting for quite a long time...'

Account of a Protestant girl, age 17, of her negative experience of going to the cinema.

Copy letters from Fr Richard Devane SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Eamon de Valera (President of the Assembly) concerning the cinema in Ireland. Requests Mr de Valera to meet a deputation of people to '...put formally before you a request for a full enquiry into the film problem.' Remarks that other countries have addressed this issue and have '...already done much to secure that the cinema be developed along positive and constructive lines in the best interests of their peoples...'

Declaration of the payment of £1,000 by Mrs Elizabeth Archbold to John Pepper of Mountjoy Square being the money due to him upon a mortgage of the lands of Newtown, County Dublin.

Parties:
Anne Archbold, Elizabeth Archbold, Mary Archbold, Spinsters, City of Dublin of the first part, Sarah Kavanagh, Widow of the second part and Gerald Archbold and Michael Hanrahan of the third part.

Property:
Lands of Newtown, Castlebancroft and Fazakerlys, County Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
To secure a payment of £1,600.

Other:
Signed and sealed.

Parties:
William Ledwidge, Gentleman, Scholarstown, County Dublin, Gerald Archbold, Paper Maker, Ushers Quay, City of Dublin and Elizabeth, Ann and Mary Archbold.

Property:
Newtown, Castlebancroft and Fazakerly's land, Newtown, County Dublin.

Typed manuscript entitled 'The Catholic Church and Reunion'.

Notes entitled 'Cases of Conscience' by Fr John Curtis SJ.

A file of letters from Cardinal Cullen (by his the amanuensis and secretary Patrick Moran) to Fr John Curtis SJ granting permission to Fr Curtis to preach and lead devotions at the Pro-Cathedral, in particular on the feast of the Sacred Heart. Also grants permission for the Association of the Tabernacle and Poor Churches to be affiliated to the main association in Brussels.

A file containing biographical information on Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ. Includes Fr Thomas Morrissey's entry on Fr Corcoran for the Dictionary of National Biography, article on Fr Corcoran by Dermot F. Gleeson and photograph of Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ.

Photograph of Thomas Corcoran, Honeymount, Roscrea, County Tipperary, photo taken about 1869, 1870.

Photograph of James Corcoran, by T.F. Geoghegan, 2 Essex Quay, Dublin.

A file of sympathy letters and telegrams following the death of Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ.

A file relating to debt of money owed by Fr Timothy Corcoran's late brother, Francis William Corcoran in South Africa. Francis William Corcoran was in the Natal Police, 1904-1912. Includes a signed agreement by Fr Corcoran's brother (Francis William Corcoran) to repay the loan he obtained from Andrew Phibbs (1 May 1918, 1p). Includes letters from A. Phibbs, Police Stores, Pretoria, South Africa to Fr Timothy Corcoran concerning the debt (7 February 1921 - 29 June 1921, 6 items).

Photograph of a group of scholastics at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly [Henry King - 4th from left?].

Notebook belonging to Fr Henry King SJ containing spiritual notes.

A file of notebooks belonging to Fr Henry King SJ containing retreat notes.

Xerox copy of a letter from James Marshall, Richmond House, Roehampton Park SW, London, England to Cardinal Newman concerning his return to Africa '...sorely against what I may call my "home" feelings.' Remarks that he was asked by Lord Aberdare to accept the position of Chief Justice of Nigeria but for personal reasons he refused this offer and instead agreed to take on the responsibility of organising a judicial system '...on the distinct understanding that I might come away as soon as I liked. This I have accepted on the condition I was to take out a barrister with me who would take up the post when I left.' Continues 'My thoughts at once turned to barristers who had been at the Oratory School...it is now settled and arranged that Mr. W. V. Kane of the Dublin Bar and an O.S. boy is to go out with me and remain as C(hief) J(ustice).' Asks for Cardinal Newman's blessing.

Xerox copy of a book by Canon W. R. Brownlow entitled 'Memoir of Sir James Marshall.'

Coursework entitled ‘The family of Sir Robert John Kane (1809-1890); the emergence and disappearance of a nineteenth-century Dublin family’ by Dr Clara Cullen, submitted for Certificate in Family Module 2/Genealogy (GX04) - tutor Mr Sean J. Murphy, M.A.

A file of black and white photographs of Fr Patrick Joy SJ, his friends and [members of his family]. Many of the photographs depict Fr Joy in Hong Kong. Includes:

• ordination of Jesuits in Hong Kong;
• blessing children in Malacca during St Francis Xavier centenary celebrations [1949];
• week-end retreats;
• Penang Hill (1949);
• hostel site, Kings Road, Hong Kong (October 1953);
• Petaling Jaya;
• Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur (1958);
• Mrs [Tempairy] and Winnie, Red Lodge, Oakwood Lane, Leeds, England;
• Irish Jesuit scholastics in two rows. Patrick Joy, front row, extreme right. Aubrey Gwynn, back row, second from left [1912]-[1924].

Biographical details on Fr Stephen Brown SJ.

Partial inventory of books and manuscript material in Fr Stephen Brown's room.

Summary of the duties of '...other persons connected with the library (Central Catholic Library)'

A file containing biographical material on Fr Edward Cahill SJ.

Clipping from the 'Irish Times' related to High Court proceedings between Mrs Mary Rose Moran and Dr Moran. Fr John Barragry SJ gave evidence in the Ecclesiastical Court for Dr Moran.

Material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ and life on the missions including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial on volunteering for the missions, his work travelling back to Ireland, letters from Fr Bourke's family, passport photographs and catalogue entry.

Letter from Fr. E.[P.] Barry, writing from Miltown Malbay, County Clare, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial. Asks for permission to establish the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart in his district.

'Father Michael Browne, S.J., 1853-1933' by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ, published by Clonmore & Reynolds, Ltd..

A file relating to the entry of John Burden into the Society of Jesus.

A file relating to legacies due to Fr John Burden SJ.

Application by John Burden SJ to receive his diaconate.

Photographs in possession of Fr Thomas Byrne SJ including:

• individual photographs of Fr Thomas Byrne SJ (4 items);
• group photograph including Frs Laurence Kearns, Thomas Byrne, Br - , - , - , Sean McCarron, - , at Dollymount, Manresa, Dublin [1948]-[1952);
• photographs of Fr Thomas Byrne SJ visiting schools in Asia (2 items);
• group photograph of Fr Thomas Byrne SJ with others, in white cassocks;
• group photograph of Irish Jesuits in Zambia, including Fr Thomas Byrne SJ in centre, with Bishop James Corboy SJ;
• group photographs of Irish Jesuits in Hong Kong (although Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, Superior of the Hong Kong Jesuits, 1957-1960, these photographs postdate that time (5 items);

A file of letters realting to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ. Includes a letter from Fr John L Swain SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provivnial Charles O'Conor SJ concerning an emergencvy operatiopn performed on Fr Byrne in Rome (22 December 1963, 1p); letter from Fr Bernard Lonergan SJ, Regis College, 3425 Bayview Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, thanking him for suggesting that Fr General be asked to allow Fr Lonergan more free time to write (21 Decmeber 1967, 1p).

Online obituary taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives, accessed 23September 2011.

https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/J-Carroll.htm

Material relating to Fr Bernard P Collins SJ entry to the Society of Jesus, biographical information and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

Obituary for Fr Michael P Colman SJ.

Correspondence on Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (1952-1953).

File relating to the return of Fr Harold E Craig SJ to Ireland and his appointment to parish work in England.

A file relating to Fr Harold E Craig's return to Ireland and his death in Cherryfield Lodge, Dublin. Includes biographical details, mortuary card and copy of photograph.

Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death in an air crash.

Material relating to the work of Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ including correspondence from St Stanislaus College, Bandra, Bombay, India.

File of material relating to Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport
photographs of Frs Daniel and Leo Donnelly; personal record; document entitled ‘The Irish Jesuit Mission in Hong Kong: A retrospect’ by Fr Donnelly from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (1937); and correspondence between Fr Donnelly and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

A file of letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Agnes (later Mother Prioress), Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin concerning his life and work as a priest. The majority of these letters are written from Australia and describe his work in this mission. The letters also discuss news from the convent of Firhouse and Fr Duffy offers constant encouragement in spiritual matters and discusses the numbers of novices in the convent. Many of the letters were written while his sister (Sr Mary Gabriel) was ill and could not write herself. Includes a letter concerning his sister's health. Remarks that he is glad to have been told how serious her attack was. Remarks 'I am anxious about her, of course I am, we are brother and sister and the last remaining two of a family of eleven. No wonder, then, that we should look towards each other - now especially, when we are both coming so near to the end of the journey.' (21 June 1894, 4pp). Includes a letter congratulating Sr. Mary Agnes on becoming Mother Prioress of the Carmelite Convent in Firhouse. Remarks 'And so the burden of authority has been laid upon your shoulders! Well - God's will be done. And that it is God's will that you should be put into your present position.' (25 April 1895, 4pp). Includes a letter enclosing a cutting from The Argus concerning Edward Grennan who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Advises Sr Mary Agnes to read the cutting to the novices. Remarks 'The lesson taught is grand! I would advise the Mistress of Novices to read both (cutting and letter) to her novices and give them a lecture on obedience. The analogy between the two warfares, the warfare of this world and the warfare of the soul is very close.' (22 November 1896, 2 items).

Letter from Sr John Gaynor, The Sisters of Charity, Our Lady's Hospice for the Dying, Harold's Cross, Dublin to Mother Prioress Sr Mary Gabriel, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse concerning the illness of her sister and Fr Duffy's sister, Anne. Remarks 'Although I know you must feel it a blessed thing for a soul to be nearing its eternal house, still it pains me to have to tell you your dear sister is visibly losing ground.' Refers to Fr Duffy and remarks that she sent for him.

A file of material relating to Fr Peter Dunne SJ including biographical information and correspondence concerning various duties he attended to as a Jesuit.

Photograph of Milltown Park villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford.

Photograph of [Fr Butler] [Doody] in Roundstone, County Galway

Photograph of ‘3rd Clubbers Walk Mungret 1940’, Limerick.

Photograph of group including Laurence Kearns in the garden at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly.

Photograph of group including Laurence Kearns at the beach at Slyne Head, Galway.

Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ.

Letter from Dr Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, writing from Kilkenny, to Fr Ronan. States that the work in which the latter is engaged ‘cannot be aided by the Executors of the late Mr. Devereux’, and that ‘there is no fund available which the Executors could apply to [his] charitable undertaking.’ Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Fr Brown in Gardiner Street, with a note which reads: ‘a courteous! letter from Dr Moran - Abp Sydney’.

Invitation card which admits John Bury to ‘A Course of Spiritual Exercises’ given to the members of the Society of St Vincent De Paul by the Jesuits from 26 March - 1 April 1860.

Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ. Includes photographs, announcement of death, obituaries, personal record; review of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ (1943-4), proofs and illustrations of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ by Fr Ryan; correspondence between Fr Coyne, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland and the publishers of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’; censorship judgements, book requests and receipts for the book; article entitled ‘The Church in China’ (1950); and correspondence between Fr Ryan and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Catalogue entry (1930), obituary and letter requesting information on Fr Michael Saul SJ (21 May 1995).

File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

Mission material relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ. Includes passport photograph, photographs, personal record, announcement of death (December 1970), list of executors of will, newspapers articles on court case involving Fr Sheridan relating to a publication entitled ‘Outlook’ and correspondence between Fr Sheridan and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Photograph of artist, Miss Evie Hone, from c.1955, taken from the Irish Digest, found in the room of Fr Daniel Shields SJ after his
death.

Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to Br Laurence Toole SJ, Clongowes College, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland. See transcription J406/8. See transcription J406/8.

Copy of article by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ entitled, ‘The letters of an Irish brother, Edward Sinnott, S.J., from Calcutta, 1834-1837’, 'Collectanea Hibernica', 2004, 155-197. Contains transcripts of letters J406/2-7.

File relating to Fr Robert Stevenson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and memorial card.

Pamphlets written by Fr Robert Stevenson SJ and published by the Irish Messenger Office.

• ’20 Questions’; 1959;
• ‘Don’t risk it’. 1948;
• ‘Handy Answers’, 25 August 1951.

Draft letter from [Fr John St Leger SJ] to the [officer in charge] of the non-commissioned officers and privates of Dum Dum station. Expresses his gratitude for the donation given to him by the soldiers, and the honour he felt in serving them.

Catalogue entry (1930), obituary and memorial card (with relic), for Blessed John Sullivan SJ.

Online obituary for Fr Patrick Toner SJ taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives, accessed 21 November 2011. https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/P-Toner.htm

Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ.

Reference written by William E. Corbett, [ ] Engineer, Office of Public Works, for George ‘Sallery’ [Sillery], Overseer, who he found ‘honest…and attentive to the duties entrusted to him and has always does his works in a proper and substantial manner’.

Letter to Reverend Alexander Kyan SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin, from Charles Coyle, Secretary, Catholic Cemeteries Office, sanctioning the use of grave LC 47 South in Prospect Cemetery by Fr Tuite for his eventual burial.

File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Walsh SJ. Includes photograph; announcement of death; personal record; obituary and correspondence between Fr Patrick Walsh SJ and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Death certificates for Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ.

Letters written to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ from W.J. Gannon, House of John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin, and Anathoth, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, relating to his future spiritual life. In the first letter he writes, ‘I am now satisfied that it is God’s holy will that I am not to serve Him as a Jesuit…’.

Letter from Emily Foley, 156 Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3, to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ relating to the costs of drawing up her will.

Letter from Mr John Mary O'Connor SJ, writing from Brussels, to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Asks the latter to communicate with Messrs Sheridan & Kenny – solicitors of Fr O'Connor’s mother – in relation to the ‘Dowling mortgage’.

Letter from Norbert L. Moran, solicitor, Dublin, to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Encloses a bill for miscellaneous costs (not included). Also refers to his efforts for a sale of Tobercurry.

Letter from Cardinal Michael Logue to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Thanks him for sending him a copy of his book ‘Vetera et Nova’, and congratulates him on its contents.

Letter from Dr Harold Quinlan, 43 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin to Fr Laurence Kieran SJ concerning Fr Francis Shaw's health and his recent examination of Fr Shaw.

Letter from Fr John Ryan SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a discussion with Dr Quinlan about Fr Francis Shaw's health and a decision that Fr Shaw should go to Bonn for his studies.

A file relating to Francis Shaw's health and a doctor's report on his health while studying in Valkenburg.

Letter from Sr Marie Hilary, The Sisters of Charity, Mount St Anne's, Milltown, Dublin 6 to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ concerning a letter to Fergal McGrath from his grandparents (McAllister) on the occasion of his first holy communion (12 April 1906, 1p), and a poem written by his mother, Lady McGrath (Eleanor Mary McAlister), on the occasion of her son's ordination.

Baptism certificate of Fergal McGrath.

Letter from Fr Henry Fegan SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Mr Fergal McGrath SJ sympathising over the death of [his father].

A file of memorial cards and prayer cards belonging to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ.

• Clause O'Conor Mallins, 1914;
• Rev, John Healy D.D., 1918;
• Daniel Joseph McGrath, 1928;
• Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, 1933;
• Christina Cribbin, 1940;
• Francis Noel O'Brien, 1944;
• Mother Teresa Magdalen of the Holy Face (Mary Rose Bodkin), 1955;
• Mother M. Joseph O.P., 1957;
• Patrick Corcoran, 1970;
• Thomas Bodkin, 1961;