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A file relating to a sum of money from Edwin Richard Windham Quin, 3rd earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl to be lodged with the Sisters of Mercy, Stanhope Street, Dublin in honour of an agreement between Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Helen McCarthy and Margaret Sweetman, Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Stanhope Street, Dublin.

Copy of draft deed related to lands in Sherwood Fields, Rahoon, Galway deposited with the Sisters of Mercy, 'This Indenture made the 23 day of May 1864 Between Joseph Lentaigne of Upper Gardiner Street in the City of Dublin and Fr Stephen A Farrell SJ of the Town of Galway...John William Whaley of Hardwick Street'. Written on a copy of the register of persons entitled to vote for the election of MP's of the Barony of Kilconnell, County Galway, 30 November 1861 - 1 December 1862.

File of handwritten sermon, retreat notes, considerations (Catholic University, 1862), Triduum and retreats. Includes long retreats at Cork (1860), Tullabeg (1861 - 1862; 1868 - 1871); Laval (1872 - 1875); Tronchiennes (1875 - 1877); Clongowes Wood College (1877) and meditations, attributed to the following Jesuits: Frs. Peter Kenney (Palmero), Aloysius Sturzo, Daniel Jones, Patrick Hughes, Charles Aylmer, John St. Leger, Robert St. Leger. Michael Kelly, Charles Plowden, John Cunningham, James Mullen, Alexander Kyan (with history of Kyan family), John Shine, Bartholomew Esmonde, Thomas Betagh, Patrick Bracken, P. O'Reilly, Stephen Farrell, Charles McKenna, Edmund O'Reilly, Pubrick.

Original correspondence with title page 'Litterae et Documenta', which gives an index to the following:

• 17 December 1858, reply of Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Vice-Provincial Joseph Lentaigne;

• 15 April 1859, grants permission to preach, establish a college etc..(copy by Fr Robert Haly SJ 15 April 1859);

• 5 June 1858, Altare Maius Ecclesia Sti. Patricii in oppodo Galviae Privilegiatum designatur;

• 2 August 1860, Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway, grants permission for the erection of Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Convent, Taylor’s Hill;

• 2 February 1863, copy of faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway;

• 18 February 1863, faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Fr Stephan Farrell;

• 17 January 1871, Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Fr Murphy re: Dr Nulty and examination for faculties to hear Confessions;

• 23 March 1874, Fr Alfred Murphy SJ re: faculties of Regulars to hear Confessions outside their own Churches;

• 6 August 1880, Fr Philip O'Connell SJ to Bishop re: Diocesan regulations;

• 1888, Memoriale Visitationis Provinciae Hiberniae (1 ms. copy, 2 printed copies) and letter from Father Provincial Timothy Kenny to Fr Hughes regarding memorial (27 July 1888);

• 25 December 1890, Father Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ gives extract from a letter from Father General dated 20 October 1890;

• 15 April 1907, Unum Altare in privatis sacellis domorum Soc. Iesu Privilegiatum designari potest;

• 28 August 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of the death of Father General;

• 8 September 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Council of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality on occasion of the death of Father General;

• 15 May 1919, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of Fr Donovan’s death;

• 16 May 1919, Fr Henry Foley SJ to Mr Mullery, Secretary, the Board of Guardians, Galway Union;

• 10 February 1923, Fides Matrimonii Contracti a Lettia Monica Leatham, quae in Ecclesia Catholica (Jesuit) an. 1898 baptizata est. and

• 1810-1896, Necrologia Provinciae Hiberniae Soc..

Obituary of Fr Stephen Farrell SJ.

Letter from Townly W. Hardiman, Solicitor and Agent of Mrs L. B. Hamlin, 22 Bachelors Walk, Dublin to the executors of the will of A. N. Skelly concerning the affairs of W. N. Skelly and premises in Drogheda. Refers to the payment of rents due on the premises and gives notice to the executors of the will that they are liable for the rent and responsible for keeping the premises in good repair.

Letter from Sr Mary of St Mary Magdalene of Pazzi Lawson, Prov. Superioress of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ. Encloses a receipt for the gift of £100 from an anonymous donor, and received through Fr Farrell (included).

Letter from Sr M. Catherine of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, St Mary’s, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Conveys her thanks, through the latter, to the anonymous benefactor, who gave a donation of £100 for the use of her Convent. Includes a handwritten receipt for the above donation, signed by Sister Mary Catherine Bren.

Letter from Fr Thomas Cahill SJ, College of St Joseph, Macao, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway. Refers to two unanswered letters sent to Fr Michael Bellew SJ, and asks Fr Farrell to inquire into the matter. Expresses concern in relation to the fate of money sent to him for the purchase of certain articles, and explains that if he not able to account for the money, the Society will be thought ill of.

Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Encloses receipt for the sum of £100 (included), received from an anonymous donor through Fr. Farrell for the use of the Fathers at Mount St. Alphonsus.

Hand search on behalf of Rev. Stephen Farrell SJ and Rev. John Ffrench SJ.

Document confirming the appointment of Fr Stephen Farrell as Extraordinary Confessor to Carmelite nuns at Blackrock, and to Mercy Sisters at Baggot Street, Rathdrum and Richmond.

Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh, S.J., Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Rev. Joseph & Lentaigne, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £3,600 from the lands bequeathed in the will of Anna Maria Matilda Dennis to Rev. B. Esmonde, S.J. and an agreement by the Society of Jesus to provide two free missions or courses of spiritual exercises for the conversion of sinners to be given annually in the diocese of Dublin.

Other:
Signed and sealed

Case on behalf of Fr Stephen Farrell, S.J. and Fr Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. submitted to the Attorney General (C. Palles) for his opinion concerning a mortgage between John O'Brien and Anna Maria Elizabeth O'Brien (his wife) of the first part, Patrick Oliver Plunkett and Columbus M. O'Flanagan of the second part and Anna Maria Matilda Dennis, Spinster of the third part.

Parties:
Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. John Ffrench SJ, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Rev. Stephen Farrell SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Property:
Premises in Drogheda and lands of Ballyboggan

Terms and Conditions:
Payment of rent and performance of the convents to which the premises are subject and liable.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ

Parties:
Rev. John Ffrench, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood, County Kildare of the first part, Charles Kernan Esquire, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood of the third part

Property:
Premises in Drogheda

Terms & Conditions:
To be held in trust to the use of Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. forever.

Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev. John Ffrench, S.J. and Charles Kernan.

Announcement of the death of Fr Stephen Farrell SJ at Milltown Park on 20 June 1879 and obituary. (In Latin and English).