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Copy of letter from Alexander I Rorke, 51 Chamber Street, New York to Fr John Coyne SJ regarding the Rorke family - his granduncle Henry J Rorke SJ, his cousin Marie O'Rourke, St Brieuc, France, his uncle Fr Andrew J Rorke SJ, his cousin Mae Rorke Fitzgerald who was a Poor Clare at Donnybrook, son of his grand uncle Fr Andrew H Rorke SJ.

Dissertation for M.A. in Education Science in University College Dublin by Patrick Simpson, ‘Plato’s use of literature’.

Status Temporalis for 'Studies'.

Memorandum on Aims and Methods in the College re: Jesuit schools

Statement (in Latin) issued by the Vatican to Religious Orders concerning the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and University Studies.

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

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

Dom Columba Marmion by Dom Raymond Thibaut O.S.B.

Draft notes made by solicitor [and clerks] concerning the drawing up of the Deed of Trust.

Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc.’ (p.23 – 30) (typescript on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph and his sermons). 8pp (Part of an article ‘The Sermon-diary of Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, published in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, (xliv, section C, p.1 – 57); Annotated bound copy of Studies articles by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh.

Calendars with text from Fr Willie Doyle SJ selected from ‘A Year’s Thoughts’ and note by Mr Christopher J. Dunne.

Copy of a report on the Chinese mission written in French relating to a suitable mission district for the Irish Jesuit mission in China. Includes a document on the same subject prepared by Fr Tom Cooney SJ.

Reasons for investing money in Hong Kong rather than in Europe.

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...'

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

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.

Typed list containing the numbers of people who left the Society of Jesus. A breakdown of numbers for each Province is also provided.

Letter from Fr Patrick J. Connolly SJ, Editor, 'Studies', 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the rising costs in producing the publication 'Studies'. Suggests various proposals regarding Studies including changing its publication to every two months and amalgamating 'Studies' and the 'Irish Monthly'.

Newspaper cutting from the 'Irish Independent' regarding the silver jubilee of 'Studies'.

Copy of a circular letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to members of the Irish Province concerning the booklet compiled to aid scholastics about to begin their Magisterium. Asks for comments on the booklet under different headings.

Copy memorandum on St Francis Xavier's Hall, Upper Sherrard Street.

Photocopy of newspaper cutting reporting the death of Fr Luke Murphy SJ in Australia.

Bound volumes entitled 'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing articles, poems and songs on the various missions - China, India and Australia. Binding is loose on 'Dawning Day', 10th edition. Includes photographs of Frs Edward Bourke, Gerald Kennedy and George Byrne, Mr Richard Harris, Mr John Moran, Wah Yan College, the graves of Frs Saul and McCullough.

June letters: An exercise of devotion to the Sacred Heart

Letter from C.C Barham, Editor of Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ, returning the series of photographs of the ‘Angels’ and asking Fr Browne to write a short photographic article on them. Includes photographs of churches in East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse, and some photographs of angels (stone) in Ireland.

Application by Joseph Hurley SJ for sub-diaconate.

Photograph of young priests with Frs. Robert Peterson, Albert Power and George O'Neill. A 'New Building' is depicted in the background.

Letter from Joseph P Walshe, Department of External Affairs, Irish Free State to Fr John Ryan SJ asking him to translate a dedication.

Photograph (blurred) of group of jesuits on the beach at Roundstone, Galway.

Matriculation certificate from the National University of Ireland for John W Hutchinson.

Memorial hymn book of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, B.V.M. St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in devout memory of the Rev. Thomas Murphy SJ.

File relating to the admission of John Moran to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

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.

A file containing remarks by various members of the Irish Province on the proposed booklet to aid Scholastics about to begin their Magisterium.

A file relating to the will of Joseph Ryan, 81 Hollybank Road, Drumcondra, Dublin in which he bequeathed £25 to the Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Memorandum on food served to the community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.

Guestbook for those on retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

‘Irish Travel: Official organ of the Irish Tourist Association’. Handwriting of captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on cover, and photographs by Fr Browne.

Book by Leo McCabe (Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ) entitled 'Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen For or Against Christ (1791 - 1798)'. The book is heavily annotated by the author in preparation for the publication of the second edition.

Photograph of Michael Meade and Laurence Kearns on the beach at Roundstone, County Galway.

Notes and letters from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the St Joseph’s Young Priests Society, with regard to its income, expenditure and general policy. Fr Gwynn played an important part in the Society’s foundation and development (1927-49) and was Honorary Editor of its quarterly magazine Saint Joseph’s Sheaf.

Comments on the structure of the proposed booklet for Irish Jesuit scholastics.

Custom book for the Chinese mission. Includes comments on the Custom book.

File of letters and copy of letters related to the postponement of the Penny Dinners in Galway at Columban Hall and its eventual re-establishment. Correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kiernan SJ, Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and Thomas O'Doherty, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, relating to Bishop O'Doherty’s pastoral letter in which he indirectly refers to the Penny Dinners and the Jesuits, when he condemns dances organised in aid of Penny Dinners by non – Jesuits, ‘I have the strongest possible objection to the means of raising money employed last January…who can control the evils perpetuated in motor cars' (6 April 1926). Includes correspondence between Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and M. O. Lainn, Clerk, Galway Urban District Council, relating to the re-establishment of Penny Dinners.

Copies of letters from A. J. Considine, College House, Galway to Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, Ignatius College, Galway concerning the use of Irish in Religious ceremonies. Includes an article published in a newspaper on the subjects entitled 'United Front for Language Promising Move in Galway to Gaelicise City.'

A file relating to two Irish Jesuit missionaries Frs Ernest Mackey SJ and Michael Garahy SJ who travelled to South Africa to conduct a mission in honour of the centenary celebrations in the Vicariate of the Western Districts of the Cape of Good Hope.

Letter from Br Philip G Sullivan SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning Mgr. Gee Piu's visit to Rome and Ireland.

Letter from Fr Rupert Coyle SJ, Belvedere College, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial explaining the requirements for matriculation.

Note stating that Brothers, after taking their vows, are not to read newspapers.

Bound volumes with account of receipts from Promoters for Rosary Circles for the Apostleship of Prayer - 'The Holy League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. Handwritten entries which includes names and amount.

Article from 'Studies' entitled ‘Brave Days at Cambridge’ (p.268 – 280).

Handwritten account of Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway, which details masses, sermons and feasts.

Photograph of Michael Moloney, Laurence Kearns and [P. Tormey] on a bench at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Frank N. Stagg, Commander R.N. retired, concerning Fr Gwynn’s ‘research on the history of the Irish in the West Indies and the island of Monserrat.’

Proposed articles for the commemorative issue of 'Studies' for the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus. Includes a letter from Aubrey Gwynn SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the commemorative issue.

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

‘Féilire 1936 - 1937 Coláiste Iognáid, S.J., Gallimh’. Calendar for Coláiste Iognáid which details the primary school (bun - scoil) and secondary school (meán scoil), school fees (táillí scoile), list of teachers and calendar of events (In Irish). On the penultimate page, details information re. the College, including the departments (preparatory and intermediate) courses followed, reports, terms, school fees, lunch, discount on fees for brothers subjects taught, extra-curricular activities, discipline, fees, school regulations etc. On reverse, ‘Coisreacad Staidear’ as Gaelige.

Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, on stage during a play. Students are dressed as woman, a gardai, a prisoner and an archbishop - ‘This troupe, having won the Schools Competition in Connaught, went on to win the National Competition in Dublin’. Names are printed on mounted photograph. Includes Peader Feeney, later to become a Jesuit. Taken by photographer, Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.

Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.

Newspaper articles with Titanic photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ, Daily Express (15 April 1932), Weekly Illustrated (10 April 1937).

Article by Fr Henry Gill SJ in 'The Irish Monthly', entitled ‘Give Me Only Thy Love!’ (p.238 - 244).

A file relating to Fr Ernest Spillane SJ which includes a catalogue entry, memorial card and notice of death.

'Boys Retreat Register' at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing the names and addresses of those attending retreats and the date attended.

Our Lady of Fatima.

Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.

Fr John Fahy SJ, trustee as a result of Fr Peter Finlay's (the original trustee) will, appoints Francis Davys and Patrick Moorehead as new trustees.

Parties:
Rev. John Fahy SJ, St. Ignatius Kew, E.I. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 1st part.
Francis Davys, Montrose, Ailesbury Park, county Dublin, Esquire;
Patrick Moorehead, The Cottage, Bagenalstown, county Carlow, Esquire: 2nd part.

Account of succession to private property of Rev. Peter Finlay SJ, Milltown Park, Milltown, county Dublin.

File relating to the admission of Fr Patrick Grogan SJ to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

Certificates awarded to Fr Joseph Conran SJ which includes:

• Degree of Bachelor of Arts, University College Dublin, National University of
  Ireland (7 November 1936);
• Matriculated as a student of the National University of Ireland (11 October 1933);
• Secondary School Certificate Examinations (9 March 1933); and
• linen backed portrait of Joseph Conran.

A file of agendas for meetings of Prefects of Studies.

Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick bequeathing a number of items to the Irish Province including five oak bookcases and the books contained in them to Emo (The bookcases are in Clongowes Wood College SJ, 2020).

School group of St Ignatius College, Galway, in seven rows with five priests, including Fr John MacSheahan SJ (centre), and five lay teachers. Taken outdoors Robert William Simmons.

Group photograph of the ‘St. Ignatius R[owing] C[lub] 1936’, on the river rowing. Same individuals as in SC/GALW/3/84.

Article from 'Studies' entitled ‘Glare of Head-Lights: Solution of Problem’ (p.317 – 319).

Map of Hong Kong depicting the site of the new school. Scale 8 inches to 1 mile.

A file relating to the will of Canon Roche and money he left for the education of students for foreign missions.

Postcard from Fr Daniel Finn SJ, Venice, Italy to Rev. Gerard Casey SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin, congratulating him on his future ordination (31 July 1936).

Biographical information and photocopies of obituaries for Fr Daniel J Finn SJ.

Catalogue entries and obituary of Fr Thomas V Murphy SJ.

Week-End Retreat, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. With Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats - Keogh Brothers Ltd.

French examination paper for St Ignatius College, Galway. Sketch drawing of south Galway on reverse.

Bound volume containing the minutes of house consultations, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr Edward Dillon SJ concerning the purchase of additional farm land adjacent to Mungret.

Minute book of the Philosophy Society, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Letter from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Fr Frank Shaw SJ concerning the completion of Fr Shaw's D. Litt. and irish Fr Provincial's wish that Fr Shaw wait until after theology to put the finishing touches to his thesis.

Photograph of Mr Arthur Little SJ, Tomás Ó Criomhthain and Mr Maurice Dowling SJ.

Drafts of leaflets on Papal objections to ‘Very Many Features of the Present Social and Economic System, Individualistic Capitalism’, Catholic objections to Communism and the foundation of a Christian Social Order. Includes editorial comments on the drafts and two pamphlets compiled by the Redemptorists for the Catholic Truth Society discussing Communism (1933, 1936, 2 items).

Documents for:

• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Catalogue of those apt for governing (Catalogus Aptorum ad Gubernandum);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum) et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours(Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);
• Examples of Deeds (Exemplar Contractus Perpetui);
• Supplement to First and Second Catalogue (Supplementum Triennale ad Catalogum Personarum Primum & Secundum).

A file relating to the question of establishing a tribunal of appeals (in cases of dismissal) for lay teachers in Catholic secondary schools.

Correspondence between Fr J. O'Leary PP, Dunmanway, Cork and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a donation from Fr O'Leary for the Chinese mission.

Photographs taken by Mr Thomas Martin SJ, while in Hong Kong.

1. Original Kodak envelope for negative prints.
2. Small boy in doorway
3. Fisherman with hat pulling rope
4. Woman with small children on tree lined avenue.
5. Outdoor Mass.
6. Bearded priest gives food to children.
7. Chinese novices sitting in rows
8. Small shrine
9. Bearded priest gives food to woman and baby
10. Woman and small child on tree lined avenue.
11. Portrait of elderly woman.
12. Children playing under a tree.
13. Group with telescope.
14. Street Festival Scene.
15. Elderly man smoking opium.
16. Working in paddy fields.
17. Chinese Temple
18. Church on the sea.
19. View of church exterior.
20. Church façade with rickshaw driver.
21. Side view of Chinese temple.
22. Portrait of priest.
23. Group of students.
24. Exterior view of Chinese mansion.
25. Street signs.
26. Residence by the sea.
27. View of Temple through doorway.
28. Details of Chinese architecture.
29. View of Train station?
30. View of urban coastline with spire in foreground.
31. Priest disembarking from ship.
32. Group of Chinese students.
33. Church spire.
34. Group of Chinese students.
35. Four men with trophy.
36. Nine men with trophy.
37. View of city and coast from a height.
38. View of the harbour from a height.
39. Group of students.
40. Two Jesuits greeted by a Chinese man.
41. Women walk by roadway carrying baskets.
42. View of church spire and water.
43. Man in doorway contemplating landscape.
44. Men holding carrier with animals.
45. Still life with can, scythe and fishing net?
46. Portrait of priest and bishop.
47. Men at work in a paddy field.
48. School group with trophies.
49. Exterior view of apse of church.
50. Group at viewing point over city.
51. Photograph of priest.
52. Spire of church.
53. Man with load walking down tree-lined avenue.
54. Man in paddy field.
55. View of train station?
56. Broken jar.
57. Photographs of Portrait of Joseph Lo Pa Hong with original envelope (3 items).
58. Ferry boat by quay.
59. Group at viewing point over city.
60. Sampans under Pear River Bridge, Canton with original envelope (2 items).

Group photograph of the ‘St. Ignatius R[owing] C[lub] 1936’, with a cup in the middle. Names of the five individuals are printed on the mounted photograph, taken outdoors. Includes Colm O’Riordan, who later became a Jesuit.

Beadle's journal for St Mary's, Emo. The Beadle was the head novice and kept a record of the daily activities of the novices. The Beadle was normally appointed for a three month period. A list of beadles is given on inside page. In the English Province the Beadle was known as the Novice's Porter.

Short biography of Fr William Ronan SJ by Rev. James F. Cassidy, BA entitled 'A Saintly Irish Jesuit'.

Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School.

Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni held in Mount Barker Convent in Australia.

Correspondence between Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the relationship between the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary.

Catalogue entries for Fr William Lyons SJ.