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Estimate for bricks and tiles from Walter Wardrop, Proprietor Courtown Harbour Brick and Tile Works, Gorey, County Wexford.

A file of copy letters concerning the estate of Barbara Daly, deceased and a bequest of £1,000 to educate a child for the Jesuit Order.

Estate map for the ‘Galway Estate of John Whaley Esq[ui]re’ which details the land held in Kilcorkey and Lenaboy, Galway. Outlines of 36 sites are marked by black borders and identified with numbers. The main concentration of sites is around Newcastle Road and Shantalla Road to the north, Sea Road and Shell Lane in the centre and Salt Hill to the south. The southern area is bordered by Galway Bay, indicated by the word ‘SAND’ and dots. Man made features include dwellings, roads and filed boundaries. Orientation is given by a compass. Surveyor: Allan MacDonald.

1 Ordnance Survey of Ireland map of Galway, Sheet 105 (1925). Includes key, scale of one inch to a statute mile, coordinates and distance to other towns.

Granting of establishment for the B.V.M Immaculate Conception at St Francis Xavier's by the Congregationi Primae Primariae.

Documents include those announcing the Union's establishment, and some inviting 'past Crescent boys' to join it, as well as documents concerning its rules/constitution.

A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.

A file relating to the establishment of a foreign mission to China and the foundation of a school for higher studies in Hong Kong.

Essay written by Fr Patrick Connolly SJ 'Catholic School Life'.

Essay on “ ‘Jus Naturale’ in Roman Law” by ‘A. Gwynn SJ’ Incomplete (last 2 pages missing).

Holograph essay by Arthur Cox entitled “The Jury System - its development and Reform being an Essay presented for the adjudication of the Chancellor’s Gold Medal by ‘The Man who was Wednesday’ ”. Legal and Economic Society, University College Dublin.

'Eros and Psyche. A Poem in Twelve Measures' by Robert Bridges (London: George Bell & Sons). With stamp of University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius’ College, S.J. Dublin.

Non-annotated book owned by Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.

Erin's Treasure. The Mass in Irish History.

Erastus Senior. Scholastically Demonstrating this Conclusion, that (admitting their Lambeth Records for true) those called Bishops here in England, are no Bishops, either in Order, or Jurisdiction, or so much as legal. [...] With an Appendix, containing Extracts out of ancient Rituals, Greek and Latine, for the Form of Ordaining Bishops: And Copies of the Acts of Parliament, quoted in the third Part

19ú haois. 8" x 9.9". 217 lch uimhrithe 1-215, ach 88-9 faoi dhó agus lch bán tar éis 115 fágtha gan uimhir; an príomhscríobhaí a d’uimhrigh go 203, agus Éamonn Ó Sealbhaidh as sin amach. Dhá dhuilleog cheangail chun tosaigh agus cuid de cheann (bán) laistiar. An tAthair Siomón Breathnach a scríobh in 1817 (cf. lch 1); tugann sé Tullachair mar log agus ‘mí deire Samhradh’ mar dháta níos cruinne ag 185i. Bhreac Eamonn Ó Sealbaidh ar lgh 199, 204, 212, agus ar an taobh istigh de na clúdaigh, níos déanaí. Tá stampa úinéara (?) ‘William J. Onahan Chicago’ ar an gclúdach tosaigh laistigh. Ansiúd leis agus ar na duilleoga ceangail tá nótaí mínithe ar na focail ‘Talmud’, ‘Hellenists’; nóta ar ‘Protesting Catholic Dissenters’; agus ráitis Laidine ó Hórás, Tertullian, agus eile. Tá comhartha seilbhe breactha ar an gcéad duilleog cheangail : ‘Arch. Prov. Hib.’ agus teideal na haiste ‘A dhuine cuimhnigh air do chriocha deighionach.’ Laistigh ar an gclúdach thiar tá: ‘Mangaire S. chúm S. Ó Tuama.’ Is lom an t-ionad san grinnoll na mbagh míne. 1 v. Tá an ls seo ceangailte i gcairtchlár glas le cúl leathair, ach go bhfuil an clúdach ar bogadh anois.

A file of envelopes, stamped (Queen Victoria) and postmarked from Australia to Ireland.

Envelope with the following sentence written on it - 'For a beloved and precious friend, M. Antonia, to keep, and to show whenever she may be asked any questions concerning me.'

Envelope letter from Fr Geoffrey Murphy SJ, 23 Minden Heights, Road One, Minden, Penang, Malaysia to Fr John Macken SJ thanking him for his correspondence and comments on directed retreats.

Envelope in which the letters N6/1 - N6/14, Eugene O'Curry, were contained. Notes on the envelope refer to dates, senders and recipients of some of the letters. Another note reads ‘(The history of these letters is unknown: they were not part of Fr Delaney’s papers). Found loose in strong room April 1944. Seem to belong to Leeson Street.’.

Envelope addressed to Arthur Cox Esq M.A., 26 Merrion Square, Dublin.

Documents related to the entry of John Bury into the Catholic faith, first Communion and Confirmation.

Material related to the entry and ordination of Joseph McSweeney, including catalogue entry and photograph.

Entrance to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. The Irish and Vatican flags are flying.

Entrance gates to stable area from avenue, Manresa, Dollymount, with Fr Laurence Kearns SJ in the foreground, 1948;

Entrance examination in History for Gonzaga College SJ.

A file relating to the entitlements of Rev Luke Murphy SJ from his late father's will (John Murphy deceased).

Documents relating to the screening of films by the Jesuits. Includes a letter from a representative of the Office of the [Collector General] to Fr Tyndall, from Fr Joseph Conran SJ of Gardiner Street to Fr Tyndall, as well as official literature in relation to the tax.

A file relating to an enquiry from Miss Zena M. Carns, Stonyhurst Preparatory School, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst, Lancashire to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ concerning the re-establishment of the Catholic Church in the Isle of Man and Fr Matthew Gahan SJ. Includes a letter from Fr Francis Finegan SJ to Fr Barry answering the query and including copies of letters relating to Fr Gahan and the Isle of Man (24 July 1829 - 10 December 1838, 46pp).

'Enniskillen Model School: The Early Years 1867 - 1893', by Derek Davis and Gordon Brand, which contains an article, with image of Fr Patrick Morris, pp61 - 63.

English translation of letter from Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ to Cardinal di Pietro; reply to that of 7 October 1809.

English translation of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ.

English translation of a letter written on 30 January 1673 by Archbishop Oliver Plunkett to Fr Giovanni Oliva SJ, General of the Society of Jesus, informing him of his appointment of Father Stephen Rice (1625-1699), a Jesuit, ‘a person of profound religion…(and)…great prudence – unwearied in suffering, most assiduous in working in the vineyard of the Lord’ to work in ‘the pulpit & Schools of Armagh.’ (Fr Rice was made Superior of the Mission in 1672). Also discusses the state of the Society in Ireland, ‘I see that it is in a most desperate condition here, I see to my great sorrow that it will not last long in Ireland if there is not a better way to train and receive novices and to punish the wild & disobedient…If you, Rev. Father, who are so full of zeal to preserve & propagate the Faith in heretic countries & for the great love you always had for this unfortunate nation, will not lend a hand to Save the S.J. in Ireland I fear it will not have the Success that I wish it.’ (The original version forms part of MSS B 33)

Handwriiten poster 'Elogium Sepulcrale Sancti Ignatii'

Ellen Mary Browne at Fort Villas, Cobh, Cork and FB's sister, Nell and Mary (Mother Josephine) with Ursuline friend (Cobh) '50'.

Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin
Elevation and Section Plan
Architect: Robinson, Keefe and Devane, 22 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin

Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.
Electrical Installation to Yard Buildings

1. Ground Floor
2. First Floor
3. Second Floor
   Architects: Robinson, Keefe and Devane, 22 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin
   Engineer: L.C.G. Leonard, A.Amer S.H.V.E., A.M.I.H.V.E

Electrical Installation of “Sandford Hill” Ranelagh, Dublin

1. Basement
2. Ground Floor
3. First Floor
4. Second Floor
   Architects: Robinson, Keefe and Devane, 22 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin
   Engineer: P. J. Ryan, Electrical Contractor, 15 Clontarf Road, Dublin
   Paper: Blue background with yellow, white and red lettering.

Copy of contract document, ‘Proposed Science Room, St Ignatius College, Galway: Document E Specification for the electrical installation including Scheduled, Summary and Form of tender’ by J. A Kenny & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Eglington House, Eglington Street, Galway for Fr John Hughes SJ, (Rector), St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes insert of copy of memorandum of agreement between Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ, (Rector) St Ignatius College, Galway and Patrick Dolan, Electrical Contractor, Shangort, Barna, County Galway (1959) and specifications and general conditions of contract for the ‘Proposed Erection of Science Room at St. Ignatius College, Galway for Very Rev. Fr. John Hughes SJ Rector’ by Patrick Tobin, Consulting Engineer, 22, Eyre square, Galway.

Education in a changing world.

Edited typescript manuscript entitled ‘My Friends, the Saints’ by Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ. Includes a table of contents. With stamp on front cover ‘May 7 – Rec(eive)d’.

Edited and annotated proof sheets of Arthur Cox’s Inaugural Address to the Solicitors’ Apprentices’ Debating Society, entitled ‘The Lawyer in Literature’.

Memorandum on the ecclesiastical administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia.

By S.M.M

Easter card from Prof. Jack Watt to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ containing domestic news. Encloses publisher’s notice for Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad’s book on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph, A Fourteenth-Century Scholar and Primate: Richard FitzRalph in Oxford, Avignon, and Armagh (1981).

A file relating to an early sermon by Dr Charles Russell entitled 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge'.

Dvds produced by Jesuit Communications: 'Memories' and 'Closing Mass 30th June 2006' on the occasion of the closure of the Sacred Heard Church.

DVD of images of the grounds of Emo Court by the Office of Public Works.

Crescent Past Pupils's Union. Includes newspaper reports on attendance and speeches, an invitation to attend the dinner in 1967.

Copy of article from the Sunday Independent by Tomas S. Cuffe, on the centenary of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Book entitled 'Drumconrath in the 1800s: A cradle of Irish Culture' by Larry Ward, which contains a chapter on Fr Michael Saul S (pp181-204), who was born in Drumconrath.

Plans, elevations cross-sections and brochure of the proposed new building for Wah Yah College, Kowloon.

Plan and elevation of the Chapel at Charles Lwanga Training College. Drawn by Oliver McCarron.

Drawing of Fr John Austin SJ from the picture by Henry Brocas, senior in the National Gallery of Ireland entiled 'Rev. John Austin, (1717-1784), Jesuit Preacher and Teacher' (Line and stipple engraving Object Number: NGI.10262). Biographical note on reverse.

Drawing depicting a design for the string course in St Francis Xavier's Church.

Notes and floor-plans in relation to the drainage system, guttering and access to the roof.

Drafts of letters written by Fr Timothy Kenny SJ. Includes a letter concerning a novena in honour of St. Joseph.

Drafts of letters to Rome in relation to Irish Jesuit funds. (In Latin).

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).

Various (copy) drafts of a typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘The Drummond Missal’ and various drafts of the accompanying footnotes.

Typescript drafts of a paper entitled ‘Chapter II. Brian (Boruma) and the Corpus Missal’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.

Draft will of [ ] bequeathing a sum of £50 sterling to Rev. [ ], of the church of St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Draft typescript of an unpublished book by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning his travels in Spain, with an emphasis on Catholics murdered in the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). States in the preface ‘This is an account of motorcycling 12000 miles through Spain, with special reference to spots where priests and nuns suffered for their faith in 1936 and 1937.’ Includes holograph preface and footnotes (4pp); ‘Index of Tales with Sources for Persons mentioned in order of their mentioning’ (3pp); map of Spain and Portugal with Fr Sheil’s routes marked in pen (10cm x 9cm) and draft typescript (first three pages are missing) (originally 192pp).

Draft schedule of deeds relating to Fr John Errington's estate.

Copy of draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land for Robert Molloy T.D., Minister for Local Government.

Draft portion of a letter from [Judge Thomas O'Hagan], Irish Land Commission to Mr Gladstone concerning the Government Land Bill. Expresses reservations about the Bill.

Draft plan of a course in the Principles, History and Methods of Education (Juxta Ratiorum Studiorum) for a one year course after the Novitiate.

Rough draft outlining a scheme for the distribution of the Birrell Grant of £40,000.

Draft of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ book 'The Roman Mass and the Sarum Mass in the Medieval Irish Church'. Includes contents page signed ‘A.G. 19/2/81’ and earlier unsigned draft page. Incomplete – chapters 11 and 12 are missing, as are the two appendices. Chapters 1 and 2: typescript; chapters 3 to 10: holograph. The book was never published.

Draft of an autobiography of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ. Comprises six non-contiguous section, dealing with his mother’s family ‘The O'Briens of Cahirmoyle’ and his father’s early life. Original holograph manuscript and version typed by a Mrs Hannigan, 13 Church Drive, Churchtown, County Dublin. Manuscript found in an envelope marked ‘Received 15 July 1979 from Mr Hannigan.’

Draft of a letter from [ ], Belfast, to the Trustees of the Galway Congregational Church agreeing to purchase the premises formerly occupied as a Congregational Church. Outlines terms and conditions.

Draft obituary of Fr Patrick Tighe SJ.

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

Draft letters, unsigned, from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr James O'Dwyer concerning the position of Rector of Newman College and explaining why Fr O'Dwyer service as Rector was not continued.

Draft letter from the editor of 'Studies' seeking advertising revenue for the publication.

Draft letter from [Irish Fr Provincial] to Fr Michael Quinlan SJ (Superior), St Ignatius, Galway concerning documents relating to the lease of property belonging to the Society of Jesus in Galway to a Mr O'Dea. Demands an immediate explanation. Remarks 'It seems to me that under no circumstances should this transaction go through…'.

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.

Lessor:
Mary Anderson of the Crescent in the city of Limerick, widow

Lessee:
Richard Hartigan of the Royal George Hotel, O'Connell Street, in the City of Limerick, Gentleman; Peter McCarthy Junior of 38 O'Connell Street, in the City of Limerick, Gentleman; and Hugh O'Brien Moran, of Catherine Street, in the City of Limerick, Solicitor, acting as Trustees for and on behalf of the Ignatian Sodality of the College, Limerick.

Property:
All that and those a plot of ground containing three acres, two roods and ten perches, bounded on the north side by the Railway premises and on the south side by the houses (Mrs Anderson's property) erected on Carey's Road, on the East Side by Mrs Thornhill's holding, and on the west side by the old wall separating the premises in question from the holdings of Samuel Dickson. All of which said demised premises are situate lying and being at Boherbuoy in the Parish of Saint Michael and city of Limerick.

Terms and Conditions:
To have and to hold from 1 August 1911 for the term of 50 years, subject to the payment of a yearly rent of £13 and 5 shillings, and to the condition that the lessees, within the space of 6 months from the date of the execution of the lease, erect or cause to be erected concrete walls to replace the existing two separating the property from the holdings of Mrs Thornhill and Samuel Dickson.

Lessor:
Rev. Laurence B. Potter, Rev. Charles Byrne, Rev. Patrick J. Kennedy and Rev. Daniel Roche, all of the Sacred Heart College, The Crescent in the City of Limerick, Members of the Society of Jesus

Lessee:
Michael Doyle of New Street in the City of Limerick, Builder

Property:
Plot of ground with buildings thereon in Newenham Street adjoining Richmond Place or the Crescent in the Parish of Saint Michael and City of Limerick as now and lately in the occupation of the Lessee, bounded in front to the south by O'Connell Street (formerly George Street), on the west by Newenham Street, on the north by the dwelling house no. 18 Newenham Street, and on the east by the Crescent College

Terms and Conditions:
To have and to hold from 1 November 1922 for the term of 99 years, subject to the payment of a yearly rent of 25 pounds. The lessee to execute a sub-lease to the lessors, if they should require it and after their having given 12 months’ notice, for so much of the premises as they (the lessors) may require as a site for a lecture hall.

Draft Gwynn family entry from Burke's Peerage sent to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ by the publishers: ‘We are sending you the entire genealogy in the hope that you might be able to supply fuller information – especially full present addresses – on the other side of the family as well as your own immediate branch.’

Parties:
Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. John Fahy SJ and Rev. Augustine Hartigan SJ, of the one part and Rev Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ and Rev James Bury SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare of the other part.

Property:
Mansion House of Castlebrowne, walled gardens and out offices and lands of Castlebrowne (13 acres 0 roods and 2 perches, Irish Plantation Measure) and part of the lands of Castlebrowne or Clongowes (96 acres 2 roods and 0 perches) in the Barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, county Kildare.

Handwritten draft constitution for University College Dublin student's union.

Draft holograph chapter entitled ‘5 – The liturgical decree of the second Synod of Cashel (1172)’ (pp.30 –50) (21pp) and draft typescripts, ‘Irish annalists and the Reformers of the Twelfth Century: 1. The Synod of Cashel’ (pp.98 – 102) (5pp) and ‘2. The Synod of Rath Breasail’ (pp.103 – 108) (6pp); ‘3. St. Malachy and Armagh’ (pp.109 – 112) (4pp); ‘4. The Synod of Kells’ (pp.113 – 118) (6pp); ‘5. The second Synod of Cashel’ (pp.119 – 147) (29pp).

Draft chapters by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of the book he was working on before he died 'The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries'. Incomplete – first three chapters are missing. Includes:

• draft table of contents (2 different drafts, 1p. and 4pp);
• preface (3pp);
• list of abbreviations (2 drafts, each 2pp);
• chapter 4 ‘The Origins of the See of Dublin’ (2 different drafts: 47pp and 4pp footnotes; 37pp);
• chapter 5 ‘Lanfranc and the Irish Church’ (2 different drafts: 53pp, 3pp footnotes and 1p. of editing notes; 36pp (pp.57 – 92) and 4pp footnotes);
• chapter 6 ‘Gregory VII and the Irish Church’ (5pp incomplete, and 4pp footnotes);
• chapter 7 ‘Saint Anselm and the Irish Church’ (34pp and 2pp footnotes (p.27 is missing) );
• chapter 8 ‘Six Irish Papal Legates (1101 – 98)’ (82pp and 10pp footnotes);
• chapter 9 ‘The First Synod of Cashel (1101)’ (54pp and 4pp footnotes);
• chapter 10 ‘The Synod of Rath Breasail (1111)’ (29pp and 3pp footnotes);
• chapter 11 ‘Saint Malachy and the See of Armagh (1121 – 37)’ (56pp and 4pp footnotes);
• chapter 12 ‘The Synod of Kells’ (35pp and 3pp footnotes (p.17 is missing) );
• chapter 13 ‘The Irish Dioceses after the Synod of Kells’ (105pp; 9pp footnotes and 7pp editing notes (1968 – 1969) );
• chapter 14 ‘Irish Cistercian bishops and the Anglo-Norman invaders’ (43pp and 6pp footnotes);
• chapter 15 ‘Epilogue’ (7pp and 3pp footnotes) (partly typescript and partly holograph);
• ‘Appendix A: An Arrouaisian Breviary from St. Mary’s Abbey, Trim’ (9pp and 1p. footnotes) and
• ‘Appendix B: A New List (c.1600) of Medieval Irish Dioceses’ (14pp; 1p. footnotes and 1p. editing notes).

Draft cable from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 2 to the Australian Mission concerning the finances of one of the colleges.

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.

The first two parties (Miss Evelyn Egan to Fr Peter Finlay SJ) assign certain shares and securities unto the trustees ‘to pay the income and dividends arising there from to Catherine Gargan during her life…’

A file of draft articles for a Charter of University College, Dublin (Irish Universities Bill, 1908).

Parties:
Rev. Thomas Aloysius Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street and George O'Brien, 3 Burlington Road, County Dublin, Doctor of Letters (the Trustees).

Draft agreement for a loan of £3,100 from Louis Meldon and Thomas K. Roche to Rev. John Errington SJ.

Donncha Ó Murchú S.J. 1833-1896: agus Cuis ár Mairtíreach

Typescript of copies relating to donations made to the Irish College in Poitiers, 21 February 1735 - 3 June 1740, perhaps collated by Fr Francis Finegan SJ from the Jesuit archives, Rome, Italy.

Donation envelopes for a charity sermon in aid of St. Francis Xavier's poor schools, Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.

Dominic Collins: Irish Martyr Jesuit Brother

File of material related to domestic arrangements for the Jesuit community in Galway. Items include: customs regarding the use of intoxicating liquors (May 1959); General Chapter notices which comment on issues in the house such as the lack of punctuality for dinner; ‘Order of Time’ (1969); notice for all visitors; appointment of House Consultors (26 August 1969); how to facilitate the smooth operation of accounts (16 April 1970), domestic arrangements for community and visitors (November 1971); record of Christmas gifts and cards received by the community, church services over Christmas and Christmas Day menu (1968-1971).

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

Documents, comprising encyclicals and open letters to all prelates, including those in Ireland, issued by Pope Pius IX. Includes an encyclical on the political upheavals in the Italian states, an appeal for support in defence of the Papal states (18 June 1859, 15pp), and a ‘Decretum’ re. the rights of religious orders, a copy of a decree regarding the receiving of novices, and the admittance to professions in the Society (28 January 1850; 2pp).