Various memoranda sent to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes lists of Irish Jesuit chaplains and their addresses; estimates for chaplain’s uniform; memoranda concerning the appeal for military chaplains serving at home and abroad and their origins and ‘Memorial to the Irish Hierarchy re Shortage of Catholic Chaplains.’ Includes:

• remembrance card for the 2nd Battalion of Irish Guards, attending mission in Cologne, January 1919;
• name card (O.H.M.S) for wounded man's kit, belonging to Lieut Sheil, No 2. Squadron, R.A.F. (Frac. skull);
• carte postale depicting Fr Frank Browne and Irish soldiers at Loudres, France, 30 October 1918;
• carte postale depicting Fr Jerome O'Mahony's altar, 23 September 1918;

University College, Dublin roll book detailing student's names and results obtained in examinations, starting Hilary term 1883.

Insert, p.36, printed list of students, who registered since 12 November 1884, at University College, annonated with fees; Insert pasted newspaper clipping with list of students and results from conferring of degrees by the Royal University of Ireland (1885).

University College, Dublin examination record with names, results and order of merit, in subjects such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, French, English, Logic and Physics, for 1st Arts, 2nd Arts, B.A. and M.A.

List of kodachrome transparencies taken by Fr Smetsers in Southern Rhodesia and Mozambique.

Table of results and grants of the following Jesuit Colleges: Clongowes, Belvedere, Crescent, Mungret and Galway.

Suggested names for the different categories of Martyrs (i.e. Bishops, Secular Priests, Laity etc.).

List of people solicited by Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ to subscribe to St Francis Xavier's Church.

Comparative numbers of Priests, Scholastics and Brothers in the five colleges - Clongowes, Belvedere, Galway, Crescent and Mungret.

Statistics relating to Scholastics of Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

A file relating to 'St Stephen's', the magazine of the University College, Dublin and the Catholic University School of Medicine, Cecilia Street, Dublin and the removal of the medallion from the cover of the magazine, and insertion of the Catholic University of Ireland. Includes a letter from Joseph Brennan, Honorary Secretary to the Representative Council, Catholic University School of Medicine to Fr William Delany SJ referring to the medallion. Remarks, ‘..it was not their (the Representative Council) intention to substitute a medallion of the Catholic University for the existing medallion. Their object simply was to remove the false impression conveyed by the wording of the medallion, that the magazine belonged exclusively or mainly to the students of University College, and was not the joint organ of the students of University College and of the Catholic University School of Medicine.’ (22 March 1906, 2pp). Fr William Delany SJ established St Stephen's, as a magazine for University College, Dublin, and not for the Catholic University of Ireland. Includes list of subscribers to 'St. Stephen's' (March 1906) and accounts (1905-06).

This disagreement seems to precipitate the end of 'St. Stephen's : a record of University life', Vol. II No. 12 (May, 1906).

List of recent results for St Ignatius College SJ, Sea Road, Galway, for examinations at the Royal University Matriculation, South Kensington, Intermediate, Junior and Preparatory Grade.

Costs issued by E.D. Hunt, solicitor, to Fr Laurence B. Potter SJ and others re. ‘Lease & Co-Part, premises in Newenham St. Limerick.’ Detailed list of costs accrued in relation to the drawing up of a lease from ‘Miss DeCourcy to Revd. L.B. Potter & others’.

Handwritten account for the sodality of B.V.M - Lorcán Ua Tuathail (In Irish). Includes a list of those who attended a week-end retreat conducted in Irish by Fr Michael McGrath SJ (1872-1946), 29 - 31 January 1916. This Irish retreat was arranged with M. Colman, 1 Edward Terrace (sic) Dalkey.

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.

An Rolla’. Bound official school roll for Coláiste Iognáid S.J., Gallimh. Typed names with addresses. In Irish and English.

Bound volume containing documents transcribed/translated by Fr John Grene SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin.

Pp1-68: State of the Society in Ireland 1641-1650, by Fr John Young SJ;
Pp 69-70: A prophecy of Fr Julius Mancinelli SJ, 1606;
Pp 70-106: Annual letter of the Irish Mission, January 1669-December 1674, by Fr Stephen Rice SJ;
Pp 107: Copy of letter addressed by Supreme Council of Kilkenny to Fr Mercure Verdier SJ, Visitor of the Society of Jesus in Ireland;
Pp 108-120: De Arte Logica Carmen Didactium, 1825 by Francis Mahony (Fr Prout);
Pp 121-149: Annual letters of the Irish Mission, 1619-1620;
Pp 149-158: Life of Br James Murphy, Scholastic, 1839-1869;
Pp 159-414: Julius Cordera De Suppressione Socitatis Iesu. Opus nodum prolo commissum.

A file relating to the Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Memorial Fund inaugurating by Rev. Mother Thunder in 1909. Includes a list of students in the Apostolic School who were assisted by this fund (1909-1974).

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

Handwritten roll book of pupils at St Ignatius College, Galway. Entries are arranged under headings by pupil names, dates of attendance and remarks which details pupil, addresses, term dates, school notices and dates of birth. Includes pasted insert of results of Collegiate Easter examinations (1900). Front and back cover of volume are detached.

Results of public examinations held at Clongowes Wood College SJ 1912, including :

• National University of Ireland Matriculation;
• National University of Ireland Entitled to Matriculate on Senior Grade Intermediate Results;
• National University of Ireland University College Entrance Scholarship;
• National University of Ireland Civil Service Scholarship;
• National University of Ireland County Council Scholarships;
• Intermediate Examinations Medals;
• Intermediate Examinations Exhibitions;
• Intermediate Examinations Prizes;
• Intermediate Examinations Composition Prizes;
• London Chamber of Commerce
• Academical Distinctions of Past Students, National University : University College Dublin, Scholarships and Degrees
• Academical Distinctions of Past Students, National University : University College Cork, Scholarships
• Academical Distinctions of Past Students, Oxford - Trinity College
• Academical Distinctions of Past Students, Cambridge, Christ College
• Solicitors Apprentices' debating Society Awards
• University College Legal and Economic Society Awards
• King's Inns Debating Society Award

Results of House Examinations held in Clongowes Wood College SJ 1868 and 1870.

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.

Document entitled 'Reasons for not publishing the names of students in the Intermediate Honour Result List 1902, 1903, 1904':

1. The original intent was to allow Catholics to avail of themselves of the Nutting Bursaries at Trinity College Dublin, and these no longer exist.
2. Setting school results in competitive comparison does a great injustice to small schools of great merit.
3. The rivalry engendered by such lists brings unhelpful pressures on clever students, often to the serious injury of their healths.

Purchase of Baymount Castle, Dollymount. Letters from Mr J T Gwynn, Baymount Castle, Dollymount to Frs Sean McCarron and John Coyne, regarding the sale of Baymount to the Jesuits which refers to sale price, dates in which they can occupy the house, solicitors details and queries (boundary wall, rates), items for sale at Baymount which the Jesuits intend to buy (278 lbs of jam), discounts on items. Includes lists of items bought from Mr J T Gwynn, Baymount Castle by the Jesuits which include items from basement pantry, kitchen, dining room, drawing room, etc (August 1948) and items required (December 1948). Mr J T Gwynn was the uncle of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and had been headmaster of the Protestant Preparatory School at Baymount. His daughter made an unsuccessful effort to carry on the school with a small mixed infants class (See letter from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Father Provincial, 16 February 1948). See CM/MAN/55.

Bound register of payment of fees by pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway, (1888 - 1904; 1903 - 1940). Contains handwritten information under the following typewritten headings; name; class; birth date; address; remarks and rate of payment of fees. Arranged chronologically and alphabetically.

Copy of the 'Province News' (Australia) containing the obituaries of Australian Jesuits (many Irish born or entered Irish Province).

Printed list of the benefactors of the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street for the years 1829, 1830, 1841 and 1850.

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

Philosophy Exam Results (1st & 2nd years).

Philosophy Exam Results (1st & 2nd years).

Petition signed by all pupils of Clongowes Wood College SJ and submitted to the Fr James Brennan SJ, Rector and Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ, requesting that students be allowed to engage in the study of the Irish language, "if not as one of the examination subjects, at least during some part of the ordinary class and study time" (11pp). Contains lists of the members of each class in Clongowes who have signed this petition

Stonyhurst Men Killed in the War.

Number of departures from the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus before and after vows.

Notes on the Irish Colleges by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ, which includes reference to Jesuits at Salamanca, Seville, Lisbon, Rome and Santiago de Compostela, 1595-1767.

Notes compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ (Custodian of the Province Archives, 1924 - 1930), on the history of the Society of Jesus in Ireland. Some inserts in the hand of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ. Includes lists of:
– Superiors of the Irish Mission (7pp);
– residences of the Old Society in Ireland (1p);
– ‘Summary of Work Abroad’ (1p);
– Summary of literary works by Jesuits of the Old Society (5pp);
– schedule of Jesuit writers and professors (5pp and 6pp);
– distinguished preachers (1p);
– those who suffered for the faith (2pp);
– aliases/variants on surnames (2pp);
– ‘Vestiges of the Old Soc(iety)’ (5pp);
– names of writers (arranged alphabetically) and of their works (c60pp) and
– some Jesuit schools of the Old Society (6pp).

Hardback notebook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes entitled ‘Miscellanea’. Taken from newspapers related to religious sermons; letters; statistics; list of persons admitted as postulants for the Society in Ireland 1801 - 1809; authors useful for the study of Italian.

Notebook containing the results of Examina Annua for the Irish Province. The results are listed under name in alphabetical order.

Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’ compiled by an unknown Jesuit. Includes a table of contents on a loose page and a calendar of events in the Irish Society 1542-1822. Separate typewritten page lists 'Jesuit writers of Penal Days'.

Menology of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus by Fr James Stephenson SJ.

Memoranda and notes relating to chaplains and lists of those serving as chaplains. Includes:
– Memorandum on 'Emergency Arrangement for Irish Army Chaplains', Clongowes Wood College, 1939;
– Draft of letter sent by Irish Fr Provincial to Frs Thomas O'Donnell, James Bates, [James] Stephenson and Leo Donnelly; inquiring if they would be willing to ‘work for God as a military chaplain’ (n.d., 1p.);
– Note listing names of first two ‘batches’ of chaplains and the dates of their departures from Dublin (n.d., 1p.)
– Lists of ‘Volunteers for post of Army Chaplain’ (17 February 1942, 2pp, n.d., 1p.).

A file relating to the Layman's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a description of a weekend retreat held in Rathfarnham by one of the participants, Joseph S. Considine (nd, 5pp).

A file relating to the fate of the Irish Jesuit priests working in Hong Kong during the Second World War and the Japanese occupation of the city. Includes returned letters to Irish Fr Provincial marked 'No Service Return to Sender'. Includes letters from family members asking for news or reporting to Irish Fr Provincial on letters received by them. Includes letters from other individuals seeking news about non Jesuit family members. Includes a copy of a request by Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ to Joseph P. Walshe, Department of External Affairs seeking help in assisting four Jesuit students to return home to Ireland (23 March 1943, 1p). Includes a reply stating that a proposed scheme to exchange civilian internees applies only to British or Allied subjects (12 May 1943, 1p). Includes a memorandum written by Fr Joy on Irish nationals in Hong Kong. The memorandum was sent by Irish Fr Provincial to the Irish Red Cross (24 October 1942, 2pp). Includes letters concerning Irish Jesuits who left Hong Kong to live and work in India during the war and subsequent return to Hong Kong when the war was over. Includes 'A Priest in a Japanese Jail' by Fr Gerard Casey SJ (1948)

A file relating to Jesuit Missions. Includes information on the date of the mission, the name of the person who gave the mission and the location of the mission.

• list of Irish Jesuit missions, 1915;

A file relating to the golden jubilee of Rathfarnham Castle - 50 years as a Jesuit house. Includes lists of first Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle, invited guests, letters from those who attended the celebrations including Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland and John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin. Includes a letter from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop's House, Dublin 9 to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ remarking that he will not be able to attend the lunch after mass 'You will not miss my speech, I assure you, and the Province does not need to be told what I think.' (6 September 1963, 1p).

Documents re. the establishment and early years of the union in London. Includes meeting minutes, lists of contact details of members and potential members. Correspondence includes letters to Fr Stephen Bates SJ from John McMahon and Fr Donough O'Malley, and one from the latter to Michael O'Malley, president of the Union.

Lists of works by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ with annotations.

Lists of spiritual books suitable for distribution by Directors at Diocesan Retreats.

Lists of potential names submitted as part of the cause of the Irish Martyrs.

Lists of places which obtained Diplomas of Aggregation to the Primae Primariae: Includes date of aggregation, date and by whom.

Lists of Mungret priests of the Lay School, Mungret College, Limerick (1882 - 1964), and supplement to the Mungret Record (1882 - 1967).

A file of lists of members of the following guilds connected to St Ignatius, Galway:
St. Francis;
St. Joseph;
Sacred Heart;
St. Peter;
St. Nicholas;
St. Bridget;
St. Ignatius;
St. Brendan;
St. Aloysius;
Blessed Virgin Mary.

Lists of lay pupils of Mungret College, Limerick and their addresses.

Chronological lists of Irish Jesuits and their year of entry into the Society, from 1550 to 1799. No indication of compiler or sources, possibly the work of Fr John Rabbitte SJ.

Lists of contents written on scrap paper and envelopes which detail papers previously held in the basement of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes document entitled ‘Archives of the Irish Province’ with box numbers.

Handwritten lists of boys who entered the Apostolic School, Mungret College, Limerick. Includes date of entry, names, address of parent or guardian, home diocese, date of birth, date of leaving Mungret, destination, after history and present address.

Lists of articles and sermons produced to celebrate the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.

Lists of ‘Irish Dioceses from Rath Breasail to Kells’ (6pp); ‘Bishops with Sees not Identified’ and ‘Diocesan Sees of 1152, not in Rath Breasail’ (1p.).

List of volunteers for the Chinese mission.

List of vigils before the Blessed Sacrament at Clongowes Wood College SJ.

List of those professed of the four vows in the Society, between 1541 and 1705.

List of those admitted to Society’s English province, including Irishmen, from 1803 on. (In Latin).

List of the successful candidates in the summer public examinations (NUI Matriculation) with the subjects in which they passed, from Mungret College, Limerick.

List of the Rectors of the Irish College in Seville, 20 August 1619-3 April 1767, and Rome, 1635-1772, by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

List by Fr John MacErlean SJ of the Rectors of the Irish College in Santiago de Compostela, 15 April 1613 - [ ] 1776

Handwritten list of the Rectors of the Irish College in Poitiers, 1674-1762, by Fr John MacErlan SJ.

Two documents in typescript form which catalogue the Rectors of Mungret from 1882 - 1962, Superiors of the Apostolic School 1882 - 1959 and a list of developments at Mungret from 1858 - 1963.

List of the numbers of retreats and tridua (three day retreat for religious communities) given [for statistical purposes].

List of the names of the Fathers who attended the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus.

List of "The Annual Academical Exercises" Clongowes Wood College SJ, July 1870. "Academical Exercises" are divided into "Schools". This document states at the end "The Academical Exercise will terminate at two o'clock and at three the distribution of "Premiums" will take place. In each "School", Premiums will be given to such Gentlemen as have obtained pre-eminence in any of the various species of composition appropriate to their respective Schools, viz :- Greek, Latin, French and English".

Handwritten list compiled by [Mrs] V. Pearse of tenants who, she claims, 'persecuted' her. The list is divided by road/lane: Sparlings Lane, Carey's Road and Dixon's Lane. [Written on reverse of paper from 1912]

List of tenants in arrears [Dromore, County Down]. A note states that proceedings should be taken against them to recover rent and arrears. Adds that Fr [McCartan] ‘says that they are well able to pay’.

List of tenants and rents owed on the estate of Rev. John J O'Carroll SJ.

List of teachers, the subjects taught by them and number of hours spent teaching per week at Mungret College, Limerick.

Bound volume containing a list of subscribers and amounts paid to 'The Irish Monthly'.

List of students in the Irish College, Rome compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

List of students attending University College, Dublin detailing disciplines, subjects chosen, scholarships and studentships obtained, attendance at morning lectures and evening classes (B.A. and M.A.). Includes a list of Fellows, subjects taught by them, dates and number of students in attendance - this last list goes until 1901.

List of students and their progress in their studies and Holy Orders,11 June 1615-21 March 1682; 24 September 1736, by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated.

Bound list of retreat promoters, from Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

List of results for the Inter-Collegiate Competition in Religious Instruction for the academic year 1885-86.

List of Rectors, Vice-Rectors and Superiors of St Ignatius, Galway, 1859 - 1959.

List of Rectors of the Irish College in Salamanca, 27 August 1592-3 April 1767

List of property owned by the Irish Province of the Society, compiled by Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Includes details such as type of property – stocks, mortgages, land etc. – and value.

Alphabetical list of promoters of weekend retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

List of print portraits of Fr Thomas Betagh copied from the National Library of Ireland's catalogue of prints. Includes a photocopy of a print of Fr Betagh.

List of Priest's retreats by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ.

List of papers relating to Mungret College in the Archives of the Irish Province (4 packets). The list was drawn up by Fr Michael Browne SJ

List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints, with details of publishers and date of publication.

‘Novices’ Pensions’ - Lists novices, the amount of their annual pensions, number of years in noviceship, and observations.

List of novices for the Irish Jesuit Province and their status as regards fee payment.

List of names of the elementary class (30) at Hodder, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ. Haly was a novice at Hodder from 1814 - 1816).

List of names of scholars (72) at Clongowes, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ. (Fr. Haly spent his regency at Clongowes from 1816 - 1825).

List of names for whom Masses were said by [Fr Matthew Gahan SJ].

List of Mungret men ordained for Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

List of Missions to be given in Britain in Autumn 1955.

List of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart. Gives names, address and rank.

Handwritten list of names and addresses of those who are in both the Church choir and the Society.

List of melodies for schools and mission. Includes a note remarking that the words did not accompany the table of contents. Asks for the words to be included in Fr Dalton's bill and box.

List of masses said for (with No.) and priests who said mass at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes an insert (1898) discussing the location of a novitiate at Mungret and having a noviceship at Tullabeg.

List of Masses said by obligation in the chapel of the Irish College in Lisbon, [1671-1705], by Fr John MacErlean SJ.