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- 1942-1969 (Creation)
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Contains biographical information on various ex-pupils of the Crescent, including two articles on Dr John Joseph Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles, as well as correspondence involving Fr.Peter Halpin SJ, Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ and Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, on the subject of Fr William Benn SJ, who was an ex-pupil of the Crescent. Also contains some documents relating to Canon John Hayes, founder of Muintir na Tire, as well as material on that organisation. Other material includes newspaper articles reporting on matters involving
ex-pupils of the Crescent, including lectures and television appearances by Fr Thomas Stack C.C., Glendalough, re-unions of old classmates in Limerick, and an article on the Second Vatican Council by Fr Dominic Johnson O.S.B. Also includes a document entitled 'Limerick Jesuits on the Hongkong-Singapore Mission', which contains a brief biography of some Jesuit missioners, some of whom attended the Crescent. In addition, there is a handwritten list of some past pupils from the Crescent who joined the priesthood. Also includes some material, including correspondence, in relation to the celebrations and presentation to mark the Golden Jubilee of Fr. Gerard Guinane SJ in 1967.
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- Crescent College Comprehensive SJ, 1859- (Subject)
- Crescent Past Pupils Union (Subject)
- Stack, Tom, 1933-2020, Monsignor (Subject)
- Halpin, Peter J, 1883-1973, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles (Subject)
- Tyndall, Robert J, 1897-1989, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- O'Reilly, Patrick I, 1872-1958, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Guinane, Gerard, 1900-1971, Jesuit priest and chaplain (Subject)
- Benn, William J, 1882-1952, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Hayes, Canon John Martin, 1887-1957, Roman Catholic priest and founder of Muintir na Tíre (Subject)