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Photograph of the quays and Four Courts, Dublin.

A file of genealogical notes compiled and collected by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ on his family. Includes letters, from Margaret Ryan, 14 Grand Street, Pokepsie, New York, U.S.A. to Fr Corcoran concerning other relatives in America (18 October 1931), Rody Dwan, Lisnagonoge, Thurles, County Tipperary (1 June 1915) and John D Corcoran, Williamsport, Ohio, U.S.A. (24 January 1929) ; genealogical notes on Corcoran of Clontaffe, parish of Killea (1766-1842) and of Honeymount, parish of Rathnaveoge, Ikerrin (1855-1929) and Curraduff, parish of Killea, Ikerrin, (1855-1929), 1p; copies made by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ of family relatives in census material, 1821, 6 June 1841, at the Public Record Office, Dublin, (16 April 1916, 24 December 1917), 2pp; copies of originals at Lisnagonoge, Thurles, County Tipperary (25 August 1915), 1p; notes by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ from the Public Record Office, Dublin (March 1914) on the numbers of peoples in townlands related to him - Rathnaveoge, Honeymount, Gurteen in 1821 census; inscription in Monsea burial ground and photocopies of newspaper clippings (1911).

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

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

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.

Printed out photographs of the RMS Olympic taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ.

Catalogue online 2044.

A file relating to part of the Rathfarnham estate known as Cliff. Includes correspondence concerning its value and the rental of the land. It was proposed to have a novitiate there, and Charles Powell indicates that expenditure would amount to £15, 415 to fit out (6 September 1911).

The Belvedere community at Carrauntoohil, Kerry.

1. Atop Carrauntoohil.
2. Resting on Carrauntoohil.
3. On hillside, Killarney, with lakes in background.
4. On horse at the Gap of Dunloe
5. Same as No.1

Signed copies of portraits of Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ by unidentified [c1910], Adolf Eckstein’s Verlag (Berlin-Charlottenburg) and Leo Whelan [1940].

Letter from Aubrey Gwynn to his father asking for leave to become a Jesuit ([June 1910], 4pp) and his father’s reply, urging him to wait at least until Aubrey reaches twenty-one before he makes such a momentous decision (20 June [1910], 4pp).

Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)

Letters written to Fr John Conmee's friend, Fr Matthew Russell SJ, following Fr Conmee’s death. Includes:
– letter from Fr Patrick J. Ryan, C.C. of Fairview, Dublin – ‘God grant that he is now with the good Master he loved to speak of and to paint in words love and rainbow-hope. Your Fathers will miss his sweet, lovely voice, and so will many hundreds of secular priests who rose up to better and loftier things begotten of his preaching and good example. Who can tell the number of wounded hearts he cured and sent away rejoicing?’ (13 May 1910, 2pp);
– letters from a Mr Cullinan and his wife of Portrane House, Donabate, Dublin – ‘His whole personality endeared him to everyone with whom he came in contact…he was always a true friend and advisor.…We both owe more to Fr Conmee than you can have any idea of and his loss is a cruel blow to us’ (14 May 1910, 4pp). Also states “As regards our dear friend being ‘forgotten’ – that can never apply to 'us', at any rate. He lives in our memory every hour of the day and his place in our hearts, as the dearest friend and finest man we ever met, can never be filled” (16 Jun. 1910, 2pp).

Photograph of aid post with Fr John Gwynn SJ (c.1914) faded photograph of Fr Willie Doyle SJ; Jesuits at Portnoo (1910); telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death; letter between Rev. Mother, Sister Benedict of the Convent of Locre, Belgium and Fr William F. Browne C.C. (21-31 August 1917), Fr Frank Browne’s brother.

Letter from Fr Jeremiah Kelly SJ, RMS 'Omrah', Cape Town to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the voyage.

Parties:
(1) William A. Greer formerly of Sandymount Castle, Sandymount in the County of Dublin and now of No. 49 Chaplin Road, Wembley, Middlesex (Mortgagor)
(2) The National Bank Limited having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London

Property:
All that parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and Offices thereon situate on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount, in the Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west and west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holdings of James Beckett and Susan and Louisa Hepenstall and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke held under Lease of 4 January 1870 from the Earl of Clanwilliam and Others to John Edmond Byrne for the term of 150 years from 29 September 1869 at the yearly rent of £190.

Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the advances made or to be made by the said Bank to the said Mortgagor, the latter as beneficial owner demises unto the Bank all and singular the above property, to hold the same for the residue of the term of years for which the said Mortgagor now holds the same (less the last day of such term), subject to redemption on payment by the said Mortgagor to the said Bank of the sum or sums for the time being owing by him to the said Bank

Photographs of "Sorrento", Dalkey Island in the distance.

A file containing poems by a number of different poets belonging to Fr Joseph Canavan SJ.

Letter from Fr William O'Keeffe SJ, St Ignatius’ Hall, Leeson Park, Dublin to Mr Cyril Power SJ thanking him and others for their congratulations on his ordination. Remarks that there are rumours about the Juniors and Novices coming up to Dublin ‘A very nice place near Rathfarnham is said to be bought for them...I should very much like to see the Rathfarnham place taken, it consists of 200 or 300 acres and a small lake. I have often been through the domain (sic) a Mrs Blackburn owns it.’.

Case of Conscience.

Copy of a letter/draft of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John S. Conmee SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr [ ] concerning a discussion paper on Higher Studies in the Society. Includes a copy of the discussion paper from Fr General.

Copy of 'The Apostolic Record', Vol. 1, No.1 - 1910;

Pages from a diary by an unidentified student in Mungret College, Limerick.

Material related to premises in Hollybank Road, Lower Drumcondra Road and the licensed premises Nos.56 & 57 Ballybough Road, Dublin mortgaged to Frs John Conmee, Charles Farley and Walshe by Mr Francis O'Reilly. Includes copy of tax rebate due to Mr O'Reilly.

Letter from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 40 North Great Georges Street to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street which refers to the following death certificates for Jesuits which are attached:
Fr Michael Weafer 26 March 1922
Fr James Fottrell 3 January 1918
Fr Henry Lynch 18 August 1913
Fr Joseph Tunney 21 January 1923
Fr John Hughes 16 June 1912
Fr James Walshe 22 April 1913
Fr John Conmee 6 May 1910
Fr John Bannon 14 July 1913
Fr John McAvoy 26 July 1983

Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which details celebrant and time of mass.

Mounted photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin the view is towards the choir.

Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside. No date or reference.

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

Book entitled 'The Society of Jesus in Australia.'

Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (3pp);
• material relating to the Jesuits’ printing press in the city in the seventeenth century, in 'The First Printers in Waterford, Cork and Kilkenny Pre-1700' by William K. Sessions, (The Ebor Press, York, England, 1990) (310pp);
• letter from Margaret Phelan, Kilkenny Archaeological and Society to Fr James B Stephenson SJ (2 May 1962);
• short account of the Jesuits in Kilkenny by Fr Stephen Redmond SJ (January 1991);
• article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on 'Jesuits in Kilkenny', 'Jesuit Year Book', (1970, pp9-23);
• twelve colour photographs by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ of various sites in Kilkenny relating to the Jesuits - St John's Priory, Irishtown (June 2001).

Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ informing him of his proposal for a ‘House of Retreats for Workingmen’. Includes ‘Report on the proposed House of Retreats for Workingmen’ and brochures for retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, printed in 1922.

File of photographs of First World War scenes (Military convoy, 30 July 1916 and the Menin Road), Rathfarnham Castle and Dalkey. Includes copies of images of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Kemmel Hill and Zonnebeke, Belgium and small handwritten sketch maps of Ypres (11 February 1935).

Letter from Fr Thomas Fay SJ, St. Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the college - the purchase of, finances of and numbers of pupils.

Black and white photograph taken in the Sodality Room, St Ignatius, Galway with Fr Edward Masterson SJ and six other pupils seated
around a table. 17th century pictorial map of Galway City in background.

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.

Photograph of Dalkey Island from "Sorrento".

Photograph of Fr Lambert McKenna SJ.

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 Mr Francis Bergin, Civil Engineer, Architect and Estate Surveyor to Fr William Delany SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin regarding architectural plans for University hall. Expresses his surprise at another set of plans being obtained from a different architect. Remarks ‘...in the course of my professional experience I never heard of a second architect being employed to furnish plans...without the knowledge of the man who was first engaged to do so.’. Remarks that he could have altered the plans to suit Fr Delany’s specifications and fears that his reputation may have been affected because of the incident.

Letter from Elodie Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ thanking him for a copy of 'The Irish Monthly'. Expresses her gratitude for Fr Russell’s ‘...great appreciation of my dear husband. Refers to her life and her husband's life in England ‘It is almost impossible for anyone to whom God has not given it to suffer to know what it is for two militant and convinced Catholics to live in...England. But his love and companionship and the security of the Faith constitute an unmerited reward.’ Remarks that she has decided to visit France (from where this letter is written) with her children despite flooding in the area.

Receipt of shares payments by the Jesuit fathers St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin towards £25 annuity to Mrs Brosnahan.

Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: Mrs. Donnelly deceased, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors, and Michael Horan will.

Group of photographs of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes: father’s library; a view of the residence; organ; main statue on entrance; first installation of loud speakers; father’s refectory; St. Joseph side chapel; St. Patrick’s altar; battery switches; Suffering of Christ mantle statue; St. Aloysius altar; the garden.

Letter from Fr General Franz Xavier Wernz SJ to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ and all Provincials, in relation to the decree ‘Quam singulari Christus amore’. (Printed; in Latin).

Letter from Fr General Franz Xavier Wernz SJ to Fr James A Cullen SJ. (Typewritten; in Latin).

Loose pages from the Captain's book at Mungret College, Limerick.

Article taken from the Apostolic School Record entitled 'A Retrospect'.

Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Fr Francis White SJ, ‘Novice Master of the Blessed John de Britto, martyr, S.J.’. Also lists S.J. Generals and Provincials in the ‘time of De Britto’ (1647 – 1693).

List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809. Complied by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

Handwritten notes by Fr John MacErlan SJ of the catalogues (Catalogus Brevis) for Jesuits at the Irish College in Salamanca, [ ] April 1603 - [ ] 1767

Brief list of deceased Rectors of the Irish College in Salamanca, 1646-[1790].

‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings to be used for making Indian designs’ (279A1), and other craft works. This may relate to the area around Kelowna and Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, therefore not taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ. Captions on reverse are not in Fr Browne’s hand. The photograph of 'Indian boys sketching' has stamp of Stocks Photographer, Penticton.

Photographs of the altar of chapel at Our Lady of Benada, County Sligo.

Obituary of Fr Charles McKenna SJ taken from 'Chronological Catalogue of the Fathers, Scholastics and Brothers of the Irish Province, 1900 - 1929', pp85 - 86.

Photograph of the lawn Milltown Park grounds.

A file relating to Jesuit Missions. Includes information on the date of the mission, the name of the person who gave the mission and the location of the mission.

• list of Irish Jesuit missions, 1915;

Proposal to publish a quarterly review of 'Letters, Philosophy and Science' under the control of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

List of degrees awarded to Jesuits in the Irish Province, 1893-1910.

List of Jesuit Fathers in Australia and the illnesses they are suffering from.

Copy of a letter from Cardinal Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr James Colgan SJ (Fr Superior), Manresa, Hawthorn concerning the boundary between St Mary's Parish and Chatswood.

Postcard of the Science room, St Ignatius, Galway where the pupils are writing under the instruction of a Jesuit.

Letter from Fr William Delany SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Mr Francis Bergin, Civil Engineer, Architect and Estate Surveyor in which he replies to Mr Bergin’s letter of the same date concerning architectural plans for University Hall. Expresses his regret that a misunderstanding has occurred and gives a detailed account of the situation and reasons why another set of plans were sought.

Small sized leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’.

Copy of the last will of Michael Horan of Derrygra, County Roscommon, with enclosed letter indicating that the deceased estates was bequeathed to three charities, one of whom is the Jesuits.

Summary by [ ] of the facts concerning the transfer of Mungret from the Trustees firstly to Fr Joseph Bourke and subsequently to the Society of Jesus in the name of Frs William Ronan SJ and Thomas Finlay SJ.

Biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Frs David Woulfe, Paschase Broët and Charles Lea.

Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• biographical notes by by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on Jesuits who were stationed in Clonmel (n.d., 24pp);
• notes by ? on the Clonmel residence, 1600 to 1650 (n.d., 4pp) and
• typescript article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled Jesuit Associations with Clonmel in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. With handwritten corrections by the author (27pp).

List of Rectors of the Irish College in Salamanca, 27 August 1592-3 April 1767

List of alumni in the Irish College, in Salamanca who entered the Society.

Book entitled 'The Society of Jesus in Australia.'

Booklet entitled 'A Memorial of Our Dead in God's Acre an Elegy' by Michael Watson. Printed by J.T. Picken, Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Hand-written index/precis to the Australia collection, 1835-1903. It is not known who prepared this precis (perhaps Fr James Rabbitte SJ, check handwriting).

Photograph of Our Lady's Grotto, Milltown Park grounds.

Photocopy of text from the Cork Examiner of an article reporting on a lecture entitled 'The Due Reward of Labour' delivered by Fr Edward Cahill SJ at the Connolly Hall.

Proposal, written in Latin [and submitted to Fr General in Rome] concerning the establishment of 'Studies'.

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

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.

Note concerning long table days at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

File of photographs related to statutes, altars, side chapels, within St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes images, postcards.

Menu of a complimentary dinner given for Fr Thomas Finlay SJ ‘First Hon(ourary) Member of the Columbians’ at the Imperial Hotel, Dublin. Signed by Fr Finlay.

Case for Counsel on behalf of Fr Charles Doyle SJ acting under Power of Attorney on behalf of the Revd. Fr Fahy SJ, executor of the Rev. Peter Finlay SJ deceased, concerning two trusts in which Fr Finlay was involved – the Jane Margaret Wall trust and the Evelyn Egan trust (14 February 1935, 17pp). Includes Counsel’s opinion dated 5 March 1935 and copies of relevant documents such as copy will and probate of Miss Jane Margaret Wall deceased (2 membranes); office copy judgement of Justice Madden in the matter of Finlay v Wall (17 February 1910, 2pp); copy will of Fr Peter Finlay deceased (30 April 1917, 1p.); notebook containing details of income and expenditure of trust fund money and draft deed appointing new trustees Frs. Peter Finlay, John Hannon and John Deevy in both cases (1929, 4pp).

Marerial avaialble 2027.

Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ. Arranged chronologically by individual, tracing the history of the Society in Ireland from 1541 - 1774.

Biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Jesuits at New Ross in the seventeenth century.

List of Jesuits and their date of arrival in Ireland, 1554-1637.

Notes on Irish Jesuits copied by Fr John MacErlean SJ from Watty Cox’s Irish Magazine, August 1810.

Rough financial accounts for various houses in Australia.

A file of Consultor's letters from Fr Charles Haendel SJ, Sevenhill to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the community.

Letter from Fr Hugh Pidcock SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ concerning the college and Fr James O'Dwyer's success as Rector of the College. Refers to the financial position of Xavier College.

A file of letters from Fr Jospeh Hearn SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission.

Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ entitled 'New Martyrs'. The reverse of some of the notes used by MacErlean, is the answer sheet, 1st paper Mathematics, Entrance Scholarship for the National University of Ireland by M.J. O'Halloran.

Fr Denis Murphy SJ last work as entitled “Our Martyrs”.

Responses of some Irish Jesuit priests to Fr General's observations on the order of Studies.

Letter from R. Donovan, Dublin Commission, Royal University Buildings, Dublin to Rev William Delany SJ requesting a list of Fellows of the Royal University teaching in University College, Dublin. Includes a list of the Fellows detailing dates of appointment, ages, subjects taught, number of lectures delivered and academic distinctions.

Copy letter from Rev William Delany SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin to the Archbishop of Dublin, William J. Walsh concerning the application of the Governing Body of University College for three years tenancy of the St Stephen's Green buildings. Remarks ‘The first essential preliminary to the transfer is obviously [to] providing a home for this community to which they may transfer their belongings...’. States that he has searched the neighbourhood for a suitable hall of residence where Jesuit Fathers could also live. Continues ‘...the most I could secure were two houses some 6 minutes walk from each other. No. 35 Lower Leeson Street... and Winton House, Winton Road...’. Remarks that these two houses although physically separate ‘...will be under one jurisdiction the responsible head being the superior in Leeson Street.’. Concludes ‘...I recognise most fully the advantage of having the new Institution begin its existence in the old home of Newman’s “Catholic University” and this helps me to go not merely with resignation but with positive gladness.’.

Copy letter from Fr William Delany SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin to the Archbishop of Dublin concerning a formal application to [Rome]. Remarks 'I am not skilled in the forms of the Curia and if anything in the enclosed might be otherwise expressed I shall gladly amend it on hearing from your Grace.’.

Letter from William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin to Fr William Delany SJ concerning the move of the Jesuit Fathers from St Stephen's Green to new premises. Remarks ‘On a full consideration of the case I think it is not one that needs the consent of the Holy See. It is not really the establishment of a new house. It is a case of transfer.’. Concludes ‘The only drawback ...is that the Council...of Studies may seize the opportunity of investigating all sorts of things about the new University, and thus delay the business for months...’.

Articles from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' entitled ‘On the Frontier of Physical Science’ (p.449 – 460).

Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from various scientists and scientific institutions on his research. Includes:

• letter from the Assistant Librarian of the Royal Institution, London giving Fr Henry Gill SJ permission to use one of the Libraries to demonstrate ‘the new glow in Vacuum tubes’ which Fr Henry Gill SJ discovered during the course of his research work in Cambridge (22 May 1909, 1p);
• letter from Prof. Oliver Lodge, (The University, Edmund Street, Birmingham) thanking Fr Henry Gill SJ for sending him his article on ‘the Ether’ and discussing the theory propounded by Prof. J. J. Thomson, who, in a recent Address ‘allows for the possibility of extra condensation of ether close to matter’ (9 September 1909, 3pp);
• letter from the Director of the Union Géodésique et Géophysique Internationale concerning Fr Gill’s paper, ‘Some Speculations on Wegner’s Theory of Continental Drift’ published in Publications du Bureau central séismologique international, série A: Travaux scientifiques, fascicule 15 - 1937 (18 January 1936, 1p.) and letter from J. E. Doyle (Mullaghadun, Dungannon, County Tyrone) discussing his ideas on entropy and concluding ‘I would strongly advise you to consult an authority on physics and biology before publishing anything more on this subject, as erroneous arguments, although they should not be taken as proving anything one way or the other generally throw some discredit on the thesis which they are used to support’ (3pp).