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Two letters from Br Denis Fennell SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Frs Provincial John Conmee (from 1905) and Thomas V Nolan (to 1922):

1. Proposal to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ by Br Fennell regarding the Church. Request that a family member be looked on favourably when applying for a post at the "Irish Messenger";
2. Apology to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ for an indiscretion at not informing of the publication without permission of a poem of Br Fennell under a nom de plume.

'The Protestant Church of Ireland and its Claim to Episcopal Succession' by Br Denis Fennell SJ .

A file containing portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing. Instructions on the envelopes ask that they be left unopened until a week/eight weeks after Br Fennell’s death. File also includes biographical details.

Annotated manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’ sent to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, with accompanying letter.

Annotated manuscript addressed to Irish Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ entitled, ‘Brother Fennell’s Story of 1916-1928: A Jesuit Octogenarian’s Account of Certain Partly or Entirely Unknown Propagandist Efforts of His in Years Gone By’ with accompanying envelopes.

A file of letters from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters at Clongowes Wood College SJ. These letters include Fr Tomkin informing or requesting assistance from Fr Nolan in the ordinary business and administration of the College and Community. They include health issues relating to members of the community, in particular Fr James Daly SJ, as well as an outbreak of scarlatina and how they are managing. He also raises some financial matters, including the sponsorship of Mr Edward Boyd-Barrett's "Clongowes Social Club", a request for assistance in collecting unpaid fees, and a desire to support some local people in difficulty. Included also are various issues which arose in relation to staff in the house, garden and on the farm. Included are some references to the past, in particular those who were engaged in or died in the First World War, about whom there was a great deal of compassion, and yet a desire to be sensitive to the political realities of the day in Ireland. There was also some discussion about the setting up of some kind of cadet corps in the school, and there were widely divergent views on this topic in the community.

Letter from Fr Charles Farley SJ, Procurator at Clongowes Wood College SJ to Fr Thomas Wheeler, Minister at Milltown Park, Dublin concerning some financial expense details (20 September 1900-8 November 1906), compiled by Br Denis Fennell SJ, which he hopes will satisfy the Procurator of Milltown Park, Dublin, Fr Eugene Browne SJ.

Two copies of a letter from Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, Naas, County Kildare to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, explaining the nature and history of his propagandist writings.

Two copies of a letter addressed to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ providing instructions for the post-humus publication of his manuscript entitled ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’.

Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’S corrected manuscript of ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’ sent to his Provincial for publication after his death. Accompanying envelopes explain the contents of the manuscript’s two volumes.

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.

Book by Leo McCabe (Br Denis Peter Fennell) entitled 'Henry VIII His Wives and the Pope'. The book is heavily annotated by the author in preparation for the publication of the second edition.