Notes by Fr Robert Dillon-Kelly SJ concerning the Cannock Challenge Cup - an inter collegiate challenge cup to be played annually by Mungret College and the Crescent College, Limerick.

Typewritten notes on the proprietorial history of 'Community House & Church' (aka "Mansion House & adjoining ground"/Russell's House), the school buildings (aka the Tontine buildings), and 'Builder's Yard' (aka Doyle's Yard).

Includes handwritten notes on history of Doyle's yard which sets out main terms and conditions of the 1923 lease of the property on Newenham Street to Michael Doyle. Also refers to an earlier lease from Miss de Courcy to the Crescent College.

Handwritten notes, and one typewritten, regarding the three Tontine buildings (nos. 12, 13 & 14 Richmond Place). Includes information re. the establishment and running of the Tontine Society; descriptions of various deeds executed in relation to the property; information on how the Jesuits came into possession of the buildings. Refers to those connected with the property, including the Earl of Limerick, members of the Maunsell family, the Marquise de Fontanelle.

Announcements of, and invitations to, the Society's public debates. Includes information such as the title of the motion, the names of the speakers, the venue and the date and time.

Documents concerning the OCBA and connected clubs, including a rugby club. Includes handwritten notes from meetings, as well as correspondence between Fr Gubbins SJ (former Rector of the Crescent) and Fr Roche SJ (present Rector). Also includes a printed notice of a meeting of the OCBA, at which its possible winding up is to be discussed.

Documents include club rules (draft and final) and a newspaper article (1 item; 20 May 1967) announcing the election of Fr Guinane SJ as new president of the club.

Consists mainly of photographs and articles from various newspapers, with the names of ex-Crescentians highlighted. Includes an edition of 'The Irish Jesuit' on ordinations in 1969, and extracts from 'Luceat', the annual publication from St Patrick's College, Thurles.

Informal shots of groups of boys in outdoor settings. Some are possibly on school tours. Includes photographs of 'Crescent Volunteers' in 1915, 1917 and 1918. Some of these appear on both sides of a piece of card, on which is written the names of the subjects and the location of their camps (Tinerana and Terryglass). Another image shows a group of boys with Canon Hayes on Muintir na Tire outing to 'Hayes' at Murroe' (2 prints and a note identifying the subjects). Also includes a photo of Br Priest working in the garden.

Page from the 'Limerick Chronicle' entitled Chronicle Memories which depicts a photograph from 1956 of the Crescent College Under 12s rugby team.
Back row: Fr Connla Delany SJ and Gordon Wood.
Standing from l-r: Fergus Leahy, Robert Morris, Frank O'Connor, Des Maurer, Don McMahon, Brian McCarthy, Michael O'Malley, St. John Kelly, Martin Daly, Fred Herriott, Des Hourihan, Oliver Frawley, Jude Connellan.
Kneeling: Greg Copper, Noel O'Connor, Denis Staunton, Diarmuid Power, Tommy O'Connor, Mick Wallace, Ivan Morris, Paddy O'Connor, Jimmy Harty and Jed Spencer.

File including papers concerning Conor Naughton's admission to the society, jubilees and death.

Documents regarding the theatricals staged by the College's past pupils, who came to be known as the Old Crescent Players. Includes programmes and an undated newspaper review of 'The Strong Are Lonely', which was based on the experience of the Jesuit missionaries to Paraguay.

'School accounts; vol 4; From Sept. 1874 to' [1881] - handwritten account ledger with index. Includes record of the payment of school fees by the pupils' parents. Amounts entered as paid, in instalments. Includes accounts from a later period [1927-], which were later copied into another account book. Also includes a handwritten page stuck to the inside cover re. expenditure on construction/renovation, and an insertion re household expenditure.

Two albums containing images of interior and exterior features of the Sacred Heart Church and College. One is dated 1929 and contains views of the facade of the church, residence and college buildings on the Crescent, the interior of the college, including the main staircase, landing, museum, science laboratory and study hall, as well as various interior features of the church. The other album contains similar images.

Group of 8 older pupils and Fr Richard Coyne SJ. Arranged in two rows - one standing, one seated - at the
main door of the College. Reverse states that the group includes Fr Coyne and Frank Thompson.

Group of boys with Rev. Hyland SJ.

Scenes at an athletics event (possibly a school sports day), including running, high jump and shot-putt.

Photograph of boys and master examining a hurley stick at Crescent College, Limerick.

Photograph of cabinet containing trophies at Crescent College, Limerick - mainly rugby.

Group of boys c. 11 years old. Accompanied by list of their names, with their current location or status.

Groups of boys before and during the excursion; cars waiting outside the College.

Cup won by Willie Walpole, 1929. Image reproduced in the June 1929 issue of the SHC magazine.

Kevin Kearney, open diving champion 1932, with trophy.

Photograph of Dr David Keane, Bishop of Limerick, Patron of the Sacred Heart College, Limerick.

Group of boys (Junior School or early Senior School) arranged in rows, with Fr John Forster SJ. Accompanied by notes re. the identification of the boys.

Group of eight boys, six standing, two seated. They are wearing suits, with large collars and bows, and some have a white ribbon on their arm. Accompanied by a hand-written list of the names of the children. Reprinted by Fergus studios, Limerick [1951].

Group of pupils of varying ages. Includes Michael Kelly and Willie Waterhouse. The year '1926' is written on the cardboard mount.

Photographic print of group of pupils (possibly one class or year). Boys are arranged in rows, and include
Willie Waterhouse, Michael Kelly, Frank Hayes and James Gould. Accompanied by handwritten note identifying the boys.

Group of pupils (possibly one class). Taken outdoors, with brick wall as background. Accompanied by a handwritten note identifying the boys.

Group of several classes from the school, arranged in rows. Accompanied by a handwritten note identifying most of the boys.

Academic year: 1890-91
Taken outdoors. Four boys standing, two sitting. Master also sitting. Printed caption on cardboard mount: 'Sacred Heart convent; 'Limerick 1890-91'

Willie Walpole and H. O'Loughlin with their trophies. Image appeared in the SHC magazine 1931.

Interprovincials: Paddy O'Connor and Brian Begley.

Outdoor image of some or all of the Junior and Senior schools. Most of the pupils are standing on the steps [at the back of the College]. More informal than other school group photographs.

Group of young boys, probably from the Junior School. Two rows of boys standing rows and three seated. The names of the boys are written on the back of the unmounted print, and a similar hand-written list accompanies one of the mounted photographs. Reprinted by Fergus studios, Limerick [1951].

Pupils of the Junior School for the academic year 1930-31. Two masters are seated among the boys, who are arranged in rows. The image appeared in the June 1931 issue of the SHC magazine.

Large group of pupils (possibly the whole school) arranged in rows. Taken outdoors, with large brick wall as backdrop. Pupils include Willie Waterhouse, Michael Kelly and Frank Hayes.

Eleven boys; one row standing, one seated. No one identified. Taken outdoors. 'Sacred Heart Convent; Limerick 1890-91' printed on cardboard frame.

Large group of young boys (and one girl - hair ?), in the College grounds. In one of the photos the background has been re-touched by the studio. The focal point of the image is a portrait of a saint [Stanislaus] and the Infant Jesus. Reprinted by Fergus studios, Limerick [1951].

Group of students who went on a tour of Great Britain and continental Europe, including Gerald Gaynor, Anthony Riordan and Fr O'Mahony SJ.

Pupils of the junior and senior schools for the academic year 1928-29. The location is the grounds of the
school; a brick wall, windows and steps are visible. The pupils are arranged in rows, and members of staff
are also present, including Bro. Priest SJ, Fr John Barragry SJ.

Pupils of the Junior School. Boys arranged in rows, with masters, such as Fr James Barragry SJ and Fr James
Gubbins SJ. Image appeared in the SHC magazine of June 1930.

From l-r: John Ahern (holding an oar), Rody Gleeson, Frank Ahern (holding a trophy won in Galway) cox, John Quinn, Ronie Desmond (holding an oar) stroke. Under Donie Ryan and Thomas Morrissey SJ.

Outdoor image of the whole school, with members of staff. Appeared in the June 1932 issue of the SHC magazine.

Group of boys with Fr. Thomas Finlay SJ, Master of Studies. Taken outdoors. Accompanied by a typewritten list identifying the students in the photograph, supplied by Edward Whelan, Chemist, Rathkeale.

Group of boys, probably from the Senior School. Two rows are standing; three are seated. Two hand-written lists identifying the subjects accompany these photographs. Reprinted by Fergus studios, Limerick [1951].

Pupils of the Senior School for the academic year 1930-31. Some masters are standing and seated among the boys, who are arranged in rows. The image appeared in the June 1931 issue of the SHC magazine.

Two similar images. Pupils of the Senior School for the academic year 1929-30. Students arranged in rows, and group includes masters, such as Fr Gubbins, Fr Barragry and Fr McCurtin. Imaged used in the June 1930 issue of the SHC magazine.

Photographic prints and negatives of various groups of boys, from both Junior and Senior schools. Some images are accompanied by their negatives; some exist only as negatives. There are more than one copy of many of the existing prints, many of which are mounted on frames. Includes a group of First Communicants (2 mounted prints and a negative); some class groups taken indoors, with a picture of the Colosseum as a backdrop; and some less formal outdoor groups. Many are reprinted by Fergus studios, Limerick [1951].

Photographs of boys who died while pupils at Crescent College, Limerick. Pupils who excelled academically and in similar fields, such as debating, boys who died while still pupils at the College, including Patrick Keating (d.1898), Dermott Gaynor and Michael Geraghty (d.1930).

Photograph of Willie Walpole and David Barry; photograph of Arthur MacMahon. From SHC: printed reproduction of images of Harold Barry and Arthur MacMahon.

Photographs from match[es] involving a Crescent team and other unidentified team[s]. Also includes negatives of another Crescent team before or after a match.

A range of undated but possibly related photographs depicting scenes following the victory of the Crescent team in the competition. Includes photos of the captain's speech and also celebrations in the grounds of the school (including players posing with the cup). Brian Reddan and mother with Munster Junior Cup.

Group of boys (probably low Senior School class), standing and sitting on steps. Dressed in cricket gear; one holds a cricket bat. Mounted photograph has been re-touched. Accompanied by a list of names of some of the subjects.

John O'Sullivan, cycling champion on his bicycle, with a trophy on a stand beside him.

Selection of photographic prints of various lay men who once attended the Crescent College. Includes members of the professions, such as lawyers, doctors, surgeons, soldiers etc. as well as those involved in the arts. Most of the earlier photos are mounted studio portraits or printed reproductions of images. Many of these images appear in various publications produced by the college over the years, including commemorative booklets and the SHC magazine. One is a press photograph, and shows Dr Michael Rynne, Irish Ambassador to Spain, presenting his credentials to General Franco. Includes a studio portrait of the opera singer Joseph O'Mara, as well as stills from 'This Sporting Life', starring Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts, and 'The Heros of Telemark', starring Harris and Ulla Jacobson. Also includes photographs of unidentified persons, for example those taken at the wedding of an unidentified past pupil, in which the couple pose with some members of the Sacred Heart community, including Frs Guinane and Bates. Individuals such as Maurice Hayes (1922), J. Lavertine (1917), Surgeon Albert Lavertine, Sir Vincent Nash, Surgeon Major Charles J Holmes, Daniel Doyle, Thomas St John Gaffney,

Images of members of the Sacred Heart Community - mostly mounted studio portraits and some negatives. Some of these images appeared in the SHC magazine.

Album of photographs of scenes and groups of cast members from various OCP productions including 'The First Legion' (March 1956), 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' (November 1958), 'The Strong are Lonely' (February 1959), as well as several photos of a group of the Old Crescent Players and Associates (accompanied by a handwritten list identifying the subjects). Also includes prints of members of the cast of, and scenes from a play about St Bernadette of Lourdes.

Various images of an OCRFC team (or teams with some common players). No indication given re. identity of members or date. In some of the photos the players are accompanied by others wearing the club blazer, and several feature Fr Guinane seated amongst the men. Also includes a photo of the Old Crescent Boys' Association 1st rugby team, with an accompanying letter from Donal O'Sullivan to Fr Stephen Bates SJ.

Photograph of scenes and cast member groups from various school theatrical productions. Includes scenes from 'Captain X' (1931) and 'Les Cloches de Corneville', (1952), as well as groups of cast members.

Winners of the Schools Swimming Cup in 1930, 1931 and 1932.

Outdoor shots of various teams, some with trophies and cups won in competitions.

Workmen and others on the construction site. Includes a letter from Joe Keane to [Fr Finegan].

Images of the church and school buildings from different periods. Most are images of the facade of the
church and adjacent buildings, including the 'new' school buildings (built 1946).

Groups of student sodality members with sodality directors Fr James Gubbins SJ and Fr John A. Deevy SJ: 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 - all of which appeared in the SHC magazine of the relevant year. Among the members are Michael Kelly, Frank Hayes, Jim Gould, Gerald Gaynor, PJ Hogan, John McGrath, Gerard Riordan. Photographs appeared in the SHC magazine in the relevant years.

Photographs relating to the Centenary of the Sacred Heart College and Church, and to the Fourth Centenary of the death of St Ignatius Loyola. Include scenes from during and after the Thanksgiving Mass celebrated to mark the former, as well as photographs of Limerick Jesuit community members and others, such as Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ during the period of celebrations. Includes a group photograph of the cast of 'The First Legion', and a photograph of the stage used in the production. Also includes an image of a picture of the Sacred Heart, which commemorates the dedication of the church to the latter on 10 October 1932.

Images of former pupils of the Crescent who entered religious life - as Jesuits and non-Jesuits. Mostly
mounted studio prints. Some of the images appeared in various publications produced by the College, including the Crescent College Review, the SHC magazine and the Jesuit Centenary Record. Some subjects are unidentified.

Photographs taken at Union dinners and other meetings and gatherings of past pupils. Includes images of two Union presidents: Ted Russell and P.J. Hogan, as well as a Frank Thompson and Derry O'Neill at a Dublin branch Union dinner. Includes photographs of events which may or may not be Union events.

Estimates addressed to Fr Tyndall from various printers and publishers for the printing of programmes and other literature for shows staged in the Crescent.

Includes agenda, motion for debate: 'Ba Choir do Luimneach Bheith in-a Priomh-Chathair na h-Eireann' (That Limerick should be the capital city of Ireland).

Programme for 'The Gondoliers' performed by the Cecilian Operatic Society, with local advertisements.

Programmes, ads, newspaper reviews and admission tickets for various shows performed in the Crescent Concert Hall. The entertainments include charity concerts, a piano recital, a Marian year pageant produced by the pupils of the Presentation Convent: 'Crown of Glory', a Feile Luimni prizewinners concert, and a recital by Bernadette Greevy, contralto, and Margaret MacKenzie, piano.

Documents in relation to the proposal to bring back the production of a College magazine. Includes a handwritten memo written by the Rector, Fr Tyndall SJ, outlining his arguments for its revival, including publicity for the school, a revival of interest in the College amongst past and present pupils etc. Also includes a typewritten document by Fr Finegan SJ on the subject, in which he suggests a quarterly magazine, rather than an annual. File also includes written reactions from other members of the community.

Documents including letters from solicitors and Jesuits, and newspaper cuttings, re. CIE's proposed compulsory purchase of the Crescent College playing field, owned by Mrs Pearse. Includes a number of letters from Irish Fr Provincial MacMahon to Fr Roche, Rector of the College on the subject (9 September 1945 - 15 June 1947,13 items). Some documents contain suggestions re. possible alternative fields, e.g., Cussen's field and Baker's field. Suggestion that the field be bought from Mrs. Pearse.

Letters from Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ to Fr Redmond Roche SJ in relation to the proposed purchase of Doyle's yard from Michael Doyle.

Pupils from the Junior and Senior schools for the academic year 1932-33. The boys are arranged in rows, and several masters are seated and standing among them, including Fr Gubbins and Br Priest. This image appeared in the June 1933 issue of the SHC magazine. The background has been blanked out with paint.

Typed copy of reply to questionnaire, compiled by Fr Stephen Bates. Gives information regarding Crescent pupils after they finished school for the years 1959, 1960 and 1961, eg. the number who went on to university, to the priesthood etc. Also refers to the number of pupils who stay in or leave Limerick after the Leaving Certificate. Accompanied by a covering letter from Ted Russell, Union president, to Fr Bates.

Demands and receipts for payment of various charges, eg. water rates and poor rates. Issued by Limerick Borough Council.

Programme for 'Readings' which occurred at Sacred Heart College, Crescent House. The drama 'Oliver Twist' occurred in part two.

Receipts for various items, including food provisions and photographic prints at Sacred Heart Church, Limerick.

Loose-leaf A5 pages with handwritten entries, accompanied by handwritten, typewritten and printed insertions. Kept together in a ring-binder (discarded for preservation reasons), and divided alphabetically by subject with tabbed sheets of card. Subjects relate to Church, school and community matters. Many entries relate to the arrangement of liturgy and devotions, eg, Feast days, confessions, novenas, benediction etc. Some relate to the need for clarification on some point or other of canon law and other regulations in relation to powers and faculties, e.g., the proper date for the celebration of a feast, the transfer of faculties etc. Others relate to customs regarding the daily lives of community members, eg. the movements of priests, brothers and scholastics outside the house, talking at table, fast days, the consumption of wine etc. School-related subjects include boys' retreats, school dramas, property (including the football field), membership of groups such as sodalities, and the Apostleship of Prayer. Insertions include correspondence the Provincial, various bishops and others.

Lined notebook with alphabetical index, containing handwritten entries and printed, typewritten and handwritten insertions. On the inside cover Fr Robert Tyndall SJ has written: 'Father Rector's reference book. May 1950 I began this as I could find no up-to-date journal or guidance book in the Rector's Room.' Subjects of entries cover a range of Church, community and school matters. Many entries relate to arrangements made in relation to liturgy and devotions, eg, Feast days, confessions, novenas and benediction, and to ceremonies and timetables for special periods in the Church calendar, eg. Holy Week and Christmas . Some entries relate to the need for clarification on some point or other of canon law and other regulations in relation to powers and faculties. Others relate to the everyday running of the buildings, eg. electricity charges, fire precautions, organ tuning, staff wages etc. School-related subjects include school fees, boys' retreats, school dramas, sports, property (including the football field), membership of groups such as sodalities, and the Apostleship of Prayer. Other subjects of entries include visitations of the Provincial, villas, general finances of the church and school. Insertions include Lenten and novena leaflets, timetables, notices and correspondence.

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

Lists of requirements drawn up by the solicitors of the purchasers of the Crescent field ('Rev. L. P. Potter & others) for Richard Hartigan & others (Ignatian Sodality) including the production of leases, receipts and other evidence of proper title to the property. Includes handwritten replies supplied by the vendors' solicitors.

Letters and circular letters concerning a circular letter from Fr General on economy measures and assisting the poor during the ‘severe economic crisis’. Includes draft of circular letter sent by Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses on ways and means of economising in order to carry out the wishes expressed in Fr General’s letter and replies following House Consultations from Belvedere College; Milltown Park, 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; S. Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; Clongowes Wood College, Naas; Sacred Heart College and Mungret College, Limerick and St Mary’s, Emo Court. Also includes circular list of economy measures issued to all houses.

List of names and addresses of members of the Union, divided alphabetically

File relating to the work carried out on the church roof. Includes correspondence between the architect
Patrick Sheahan and the College Rector Fr Edward Andrews SJ regarding extent and cost, a detailed specification of the proposed re-slating etc. drawn up by Sheahan, and two roof plans.

Memorandum drawn up by Dundon & Treacy, solicitors for the Jesuit Fathers of the Crescent. List of suggestions in relation to what steps could be taken to ensure that the Fathers would have security of tenure with regard to Jones’s Field. Accompanied by a covering letter from the solicitors to William Binchy asking him to give his opinions on the proposals (included).

Bound volume with handwritten entries, and some typewritten insertions. Entries refer to term dates, holidays and half-holidays, feast days, retreats, examination days, absences of lay and religious teachers, performances of plays and concerts, sports events, deaths of members of the Society, deaths of pupils and their relatives, funeral arrangements etc. Also includes commentary on attendance, length of holidays, examination results, sodality membership, heating of classrooms etc. Tables of examination results and attendance records are to be found at the end of each academic year's entries up to 1925-26, which include each pupil's name, class, date of birth, examination no., attendance record and exam results. Also includes occasional references to events in Limerick and in the country as a whole, which affected the school in some way; eg. entry for Tuesday 5 October 1918: 'All the schools in the city have been closed owing to the spread of the new species of Influenza...'; entry for 1 May 1916: 'School resume. Two Fathers, (Egan & R. D-Kelly) and one laymaster absent owing to Rebellion. Laymaster arrested later & deported. (M. Malone) No Lectio Brevis but full work!!'

Issues of the school journal, produced by Crescent pupils: nos.10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23 and 27. All contain an editorial at the beginning, and subjects of articles include school activities, such as sports, theatricals, debating, school tours etc. Some contain short stories, poems, letters and commentary on current affairs. Reports on the activities of school societies such as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the sodalities are included. Photographs of class groups and sports teams appear also. Among the editors were Donough O'Malley and Peter Ahern.

Programmes, newspaper notices, invitations, tickets, and reviews relating to theatricals, including comedies, tragedies, operettas, librettos and pantomimes, staged by pupils of the Sacred Heart College. Includes a bound copy of a programme for the Crescent College pantomime of 1901, presented by 'Miss Claire Hanrahan in 1955' to the Crescent College. Also includes some correspondence, including a letter from Fr William Lockington SJ (16 February 1907; 1 page) a [draft] letter in Irish advising participation in a festival of Gaelic drama (nd.; 1 page), for which there is also a newspaper review from 10 March 1945. Reviews of the three pages staged in the years 1858, 1963 and 1964 are to be found respectively in three copies of 'Our Catholic Life', a quarterly magazine of the Diocese of Limerick. Some correspondence re. plays and performances is also included.

Image of a group of boys and teachers standing beside an airplane before they embarking on a school tour. Handwritten note on reverse: 'Michael Kiernan, 1st Sept 1950', and 'Independent Newspapers stamp.

Season tickets for Crescent College Rugby Football Club home matches. Tickets in booklet form, for the following seasons: 1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1966-67. Allow admittance to all home matches played by the College, apart from Cup Matches. Include fixture details. File also includes a list of fixture details for the 1948-49 season produced by the Limerick Leader. Includes Fr Jim Moran's 1960-61 ticket.

Tickets in booklet form belonging to Fr Stephen Bates SJ. Include information on location and date of matches and other teams involved. A list of the Club's officers appears in each booklet, and some contain receipts.

Bound volume containing handwritten entries reporting on the Debating Society meetings. Information given includes the motion debated, the names of members of each team, a short report on the actual debate, and the result. Some of the entries refer to prizes awarded for debating skills, inter-college debates, and invited speakers. Many documents have been glued onto pages of the volume, including notices of individual debates, newspaper reports, and correspondence. The reports are signed by the society's presidents: Fr Bates, Fr Purcell and Mr Morrissey.

Two group shots boys from the Senior School (probably a class). Pupils arranged in 3 rows, with 2 boys sitting on the ground in front of the group. One print is accompanied by a handwritten list identifying some of the students.

Several shots of a group of boys (probably a class) from the Senior School. Arranged in four rows, standing and seated. No identification of the boys. One print kept in a folder, on which is written '1940s'.

4 printed issues: 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1933. Edited by Fr Hurley SJ. Editorial in 1929 issue states that the magazine 'will contain nothing except the record of the doings of the Past and of the Present pupils.' Includes school history, news of past pupils, obituaries, school activities such as sport, theatricals, debating, school tours, as well as pupils' academic achievements, and news of societies, such as the Vincent de Paul and the Sodalities. The authors of most of the articles are not identified. Also includes photographs relevant to the subjects of the articles, e.g., class groups, prize-winners etc.

S.H.C. : the magazine of the Sacred Heart College, Limerick

Correspondence between Dundon & Treacy, solicitors for the Society in the Crescent College, and Tynan & Co., solicitors for the Jones family, in relation to the title of Jones’s field, and the interest of various members of the Jones family therein. Also includes a letter from E. Treacy of Dundon & Treacy solicitors, to Fr Redmond Roche SJ, rector of the Crescent.