File containing Robert Thompson's admissionpapers and correspondence with irish Fr provincials covering his time in Zambia, at Rathfarnham Castle and Tullabeg and his parish work at Clane, County Kildare and Moycullen, County Galway.

Prayerbook belonging to Fr Michael Morrison SJ. Includes photograph of Birmingham Junior, Milltown, Ballysimon, Limerick.

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.

Photographs of the Mungret players.

Black and white photographs of the choir at Mungret.

Photographs of students at Mungret College,Limerick (at least one photograph is of Apostolic students). Found in the papers of Fr Vincent Byrne SJ. Includes Jesuits Michael O'Reilly, Sean Hughes, Aidan Ennis, J T Kelly, Brian MacMahon, Liam McKenna

Photographs of rugby teams at Mungret College, Limerick.

Photographs of Mungret College, Limerick students out walking.

File of photographs of Mungret College past pupils.

• Michael O'Shea at Tullabeg, nd;
• John Moore, Michael O’ Shea, Tom Deasy [1948-1950];
• Tom Deasy Jim Moran, Michael O’ Shea [1948-1950];
• All Ireland Sports - Outside Barry’s Hotel, May 1949. ‘Solomee’, -?, Hogan and self (Jim Moran);
• Interpros? - Michael O'Shea, John Moore, Frank Moran [1949-1950];
• Rugby match between Belvedere College and Mungret College, including Michael O'Shea [1948-1950];
• Karl Mullen (captain of the British Isles Rugby touring team (Lions) 1950), outside Mungret College with Michael O'Shea, Tony O'Connor, Frank Moran, Jim Moran, Dick Parkinson, Joe Fahy and John Moore (Autumn 1950)
• Michael O'Shea running.

Photographs depicting views of Mungret.

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.

Photographic album by Fr Stephen Bates SJ. The photographs depict Jesuits and outdoor scenes such as on villa at:

• Ballytrent, Wicklow (1929 and 1930);
• Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (1928);
• Gormanstown (1928);
• Clydagh, County Galway (1926, 1927);
• the play 'Pinafore', Mungret College, Limerick (1931);
• Lough Bray, Wicklow (1928);
• Aloysus Dando, Donald Roset and John Moran, Jersey (17 March 1929);
• Milltown (1928);
• Cliffs of Moher (1933);
• Ballydavid, Kerry (1935);
• Kilkee, Clare (1933);
• Killarney, Kerry (1932 and 1945);
• Waterville, Kerry (1931 and 1932);
• Caragh Lake, Kerry (1932);
• Clongowes Wood College, Kildare (1932);
• Clane, Kildare;
• Prosperous, Kildare;
• Maynooth, Kildare;
• Mount Brandon, Kerry;
• Killaloe, Clare (1943 and 1945);
• Keeper Hill, Tipperary (1944 and 1945);
• Quin Abbey, Clare (1944);
• Lough Derg;
• Sacred Heart Church, Limerick;
• Long Avenue, Limerick;
• Manister Abbey, Limerick;
• Junior Rugby Team, Crescent, Limerick (1944 and 1945);
• Dromore Lake, Limerick (1945);
• aeroplanes at Rineanna, Clare (1946);
• Tramore, Waterford (1946);
• new College extension at Crescent (January 1946);
• Crescent rugby City Cup winners (1946) and match at Mardyke, Cork (1947);

Photographic album (thirty photographs) belonging to Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ relating to his time as a scholastic in Mungret College c.1926, Rector of Mungret College (1936-1941) and later in Galway (1941-1972). Insert postcard from Irish Jesuit in Rome, Italy (1931).

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.

Photograph of wedding party outside building, possibly Limerick, with Paddy O'Mara SJ, back left. Blurred.

Includes back row, l-r: Eric Guiry, Maurice Leahy, Paddy Kelly, Eric Cantillon, Aidan Ennis, Bro. James Kavanagh, John Purcell, Paddy Meagher, John Paul Leonard.
Middle row, l-r: Bro. George Fallon, John Redmond, Paddy Coffey, Michael O'Meara, Kieran Fitzgerald, Gerry McLaughlin, Paddy Crowe, Bro. Paddy Brady, Brendan Murray.
Front row: Bro. Thomas Murphy, Jack Brennan, Cyril Perrott, Rev. Fr John J. MacMahon, Redmond Roche, Tom Kelly, John Deevy.

Photograph of the Third Club at Mungret College, with Fr Francis X. O'Sullivan SJ, taken by C & L Walsh.

Photograph of the senior cricket team at Mungret College, Limerick by R. T. Ford, successor to T O'Connor, Limerick.

Photograph of the school orchestra at Mungret College, Limerick.

Photograph of the exterior of Mungret College, Limerick.

Photographs of the Blake memorial tablet in the chapel at Mungret College.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Large group of young boys (and one girl), 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.

Photograph of past Mungret men on Jesuit mission in Hong Kong. Names are back row: left to right, Thomas Cooney, George McCaul, Richard Harris, Edmund Sullivan, mise (Patrick Walsh). Front row: Frs Eddie Bourke, Richard Gallagher and George Byrne.

Photograph of members of the Jesuit community at Mungret.

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

Photograph of the M. Abbe l'Heritier (standing), sitting l-r: Frs William Ronan, William Sutton and Thomas Head. 4 members of the orginal staff of Mungret. Taken by Dominic Kelly SJ.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'

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

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

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

Photograph of Frs Aidan Ennis and Sean Hughes by Dr J Gerstenberg, 25 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, possibly at Mungret College, Limerick.

Photograph of Fr Robert Dillon-Kelly SJ.

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.

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

Group of boys with Rev. Hyland SJ.

Photograph of a sketch of the exterior of Mungret College. The sketch appeared on the cover of the 1975 Jesuit Yearbook.

Photograph of ‘3rd Clubbers Walk Mungret 1940’, Limerick.

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.

File of mission material relating to Fr William Lee SJ. Includes photograph; personal record; article entitled ‘Wings over Africa’; and correspondence between Fr.William Lee SJ and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Dublin.

File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Grogan SJ. Includes photographs; announcement of death; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Grogan and Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.

File of mission material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ. Includes passport; passport photographs; personal record; obituary; accounts of the trial of Canadian Sisters in Canton (2 December 1951); the Communists in Canton (1949); Fr Sullivan’s experiences 1942 - 1945 ; and correspondence between Fr Edmund Sullivan and Fr. Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ including pasport photogrpah, catalogue entry (1939, 1962 and 1965) and application to join the Society.

File of material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office. Includes passport photograph; mortuary card; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Headon SJ and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Missions Office, Dublin. Also includes letters from former students of Fr Headon.

Material relating to Fr Daniel Louis Meagher SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

Limerick in old photographs by Sharon Slater.
The History Press Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2016

Journal of the Mungret Apostolic School containing newspaper cuttings, lists of addresses of past pupils, addresses of Apostolic Schools, exam results of pupils, photographs of Apostolic students, new arrivals etc.

Copies of images of Lord Emly's house at Tervoe, County Limerick. The pillars at the front of the house were used at the front of Mungret College.

A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.

File relating to Fr Redmond F Roche SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and (57) photographs of Jesuits, on holiday, plays, and outdoor scenes (some of the same photographs are in the papers of Fr William R Prendergast SJ, IE IJA J/365).

File of materiel relating to Fr Joseph Kavanagh SJ including: correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials; his work at St Joseph's East Wall and St Kevin's, Harrington Street, Dublin: catalogue entry: obituary and correspondence relating to his death in a motorcycle accident.

Documents relating to the events organised to mark the centenary, including the staging by the Old Crescent Players of the play 'The First Legion' in March and April 1956. Includes letters addressed to Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, Rector of the College, in reply to his invitation to attend the play. Also includes a souvenir programme, a poster, and photographs of the cast of the play, as well as newspaper announcements and reviews. A newspaper article from January of the same year reports on a sermon preached by Fr J. B. Stephenson SJ, Mungret College, on the important links between the Jesuits and Limerick.

Father Browne's Limerick by Fr E. E. O'Donnell SJ.

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.

Consists of newspaper articles and some correspondence relating to ex-Cresentians involved in different areas of the arts. Includes material on the opera singer Joseph O'Mara, several artists, a poet, a playwright, and the actor Richard Harris.

Mainly consists of newspaper photographs and reports regarding past Cresentians in, or attempting to get into politics, both local and national. Subjects include Desmond O'Malley of Fianna Fail (later Progressive Democrats), Donogh O'Malley, Minister for Health, and
James O'Higgins, Fianna Fail Dail candidate.

Consists mainly of newspaper articles and photographs relating to past pupils' successes in academia and industry. Includes reports of qualifications and degrees, appointments, awards, prizes etc. Includes handwritten biographical details re. James Hassett, organist, and Maurice Hayes, radiologist. Also includes newspaper articles re. past pupils who became members of the British Army.

A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)

Admission, early life in the Society of Jesus and correspondence of Fr William Lee SJ,with his Irish Fr Provincials from time in Zambia concerning his work at Gonzaga College, Dublin and in the Milltown Institute.