A file relating to the will of Mr Denis Kehoe. Includes a copy of the will (13 November 1831, 7pp). Includes a letter from Thomas Leland, [Solicitor], Fitzwilliam Square to Fr Esmonde concerning the appointment by Mr Denis Kehoe of Fr Esmonde SJ and Fr John O'Connor SJ as guardians of his son and daughter (24 February 1832, 3pp).

A file relating to the will of Jessie Maguire. Appoints Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin as executors. They are also named amongst the beneficiaries.

A file relating to the will of Anna Maria Dennis and a bequest made by her in her will to the Society of Jesus. Includes a file of letters relating to the bequest which was a matter of dispute between the Society of Jesus and the Archbishop of Dublin (27 April 1876 - 24 January 1891, 4 items).

Documents for:

• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Catalogue of those apt for governing (Catalogus Aptorum ad Gubernandum);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum) et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours(Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);
• Examples of Deeds (Exemplar Contractus Perpetui);
• Supplement to First and Second Catalogue (Supplementum Triennale ad Catalogum Personarum Primum & Secundum).

Documents for:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus)
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus)
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae)
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum)
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum)
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in First and Final Vows, etc noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima)
• Catalogue of journals , periodicals (Catalogus ephemeridum et and school annuals.libellorum periodicorum)
• Supplement to First and Second Catalogue (Supplementum Triennale ad Catalogum Personarum Primum & Secundum)

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum)
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in First and Final Vows, etc.noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima)

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum).

Documents for Ireland:

• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);

Documents for Ireland (37 items):

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);

and for Australia (39 items):

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• House Histories (Historia Domus);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae).

Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae) and House Histories (Historia Domus) for Ireland and Australia (2 versions).

Documents concerning:

• Catalogue of those apt for governing (Catalogus Aptorum ad Gubernandum);
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, First and Final Vows, etc. (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima).

Documents concerning:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• House Histories (Historia Domus), form some 1868-1877;
• Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, First and Final Vows, etc. (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima).

Documents concerning:

• First Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Primus);
• Second Catalogue (Catalogus Personarum Secundus);
• Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
• Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
• Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, First and Final Vows, etc. (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima);
• Catalogus Rerum.

Also, see ADMN/9/2. Documents relating to the 1862 Provincial Congregation.

Lecture entitled ‘Commodious temples: Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin; part of which related to St Francis Xavier’s Gardiner Street by Brendan Grimes at Dublin City Library and Archive.

'The Rise and Growth of the Anglican Schism' and 'The Realism of Holy Week in 1916' by Fr Joseph Darlington SJ.

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

'The New Testament and Divorce, Review' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

'The Blessed Sacrament' by Mr Robert Nash SJ.

Stock and shares bought by Miss Cantwell, 12 Belvedere Place, Dublin bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ.

Souvenir of a Men's Mission conducted by Jesuits Timothy Halpin, Daniel Roche, Michael Garahy and Michael Saul at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Solicitor costs from Maxwell, Weldon & Co., 40 North Great George’s Street, Dublin to the Jesuits, Upper Gardiner Street related to the account of sale of 1 Upper Gardiner Street.

Material related to shares given to Fr John Bannon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in order for masses to be said for Mr Edward McDonough, Balmarino, Drogheda.

Text of a sermon preached by Rev. John Hughes SJ entitled 'Waste Products of Modern Civilisation' on behalf of The Magdalen Asylum, Gloucester Street, Dublin'.

Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: Mrs. Donnelly deceased, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors, and Michael Horan will.

Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: St Francis Xavier’s Schools (66 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin) to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors.

Reports on Jesuit Studies in the Irish Province.

Notice which has been taken out of its frame previously hung in the Jesuit community, Gardiner Street, which indicates the 'Religious duties obligatory on all members of the staff who live in the house'. Details times of mass and communion. Indicates that 'repeated violations of any of the above regulations particularly with regard to attendance at daily mass, will incur dismissal from the Service'. Signed by Fr Frank Browne SJ, Superior of the Gardiner Street Community.

Parties:
Rev. John Conmee SJ, Provincial, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part, Rev. Thomas Forde (Fr Stanislaus), St. Teresa's, Clarendon Street, Dublin of the second part and Ellen B. D. Griffen, Monasterevin, County Kildare of the third part.

Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of a sum of £800 left to the Society of Jesus for the training of a priest for the Foreign missions provided that the sum of money is accepted by the Society of Jesus in full satisfaction and discharge of the legacies mentioned in the will of the late Annie Catherine Fox.

Other:
Signed and sealed by John Conmee and Ellen B. D. Griffen.

Regulations in relation to mealtimes, times of confessions, prayer, and Masses, dining out, accounts, cases of conscience etc.

Regulations for the community issued by Fr Robert St Leger SJ, Vice Provincial, in compliance with an ordination of the Father General regarding Holy Poverty.

File of receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, (Province
Procurator). Includes receipts, postcards and letters from Frs Edward Boyd Barrett, James O'Connor, Joseph Flinn, A. Magne, Daniel J. Finn (from R.M.S Orsova on the way to Australia), James Creagh, James Farrell, John Ryan (Valkenberg), William Byrne, Bernard Page, John Nerney, C. Wishoff, Leopold Skarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.

'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.

A file relating to the purchase of Emo Park by the Jesuit Fathers from the Land Commission (for £2,000). Includes a plan of Emo.

A file relating to a petition signed by members of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary urging the Jesuit Fathers not to close St Ignatius College, Galway.

Notice advertising a retreat for men engaged on night work in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Notice advertising a 3 day retreat for legal, medical and university students in the Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Menus for dinners held in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Memoriale of Irish Provincial Fr Laurence Kieran SJ, visitation to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.

Specifications for the Mechanical Services for St Francis Xavier's Hall, Sherrard Street by Architect, Messrs. Jones and Kelly and Consulting Engineer, L.C.G. Leonard, 12 Clare Street. Includes a letter from L.C.G. Leonard, Dublin to Fr Troddyn, Upper Gardiner Street concerning tenders for mechanical services and an analysis of the estimates submitted.

A file relating to the imprisonment of Frs Patrick Joy and Gerard Casey by the Japanese.

A file relating to the 'Bruton Controversy/Debt'. In February 1884, Dr Bruton, a Dublin merchant transferred, to the Apostolic School, Mungret, a debt of £869.2.6 owed to him by Clongowes. According to Bruton's document of transfer, Clongowes was to pay the debt within a reasonable time, and, pending the payment of the principal sum was to pay, in addition, 3% yearly interest to the Apostolic School. Clongowes refused to pay the principal sum or the interest Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr James Corboy SJ, Mungret College remarking that he has instructed Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector of Clongowes to pay £332.15.4 to Mungret. Remarks that Fr General decided that Clongowes should pay half the interest due on the debt and '…put an end finally to all disputes about the debt.' (25 June 1917, 2pp).

File of material relating to the bequest of Mrs Mary O'Callaghan, 15 Leinster Road, Rathmines, County Dublin such as: miscellaneous costs of probate, receipt from Mr Gill, costs in connection with the conveyance of the Upper Sherrard Street property of the Jesuit community; cheques to be drawn; correspondence from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors; receipts from Glasnevin Marble Works and B. Farrell, Job Carriage Proprietor & Undertaker; will and codicil of Mrs Mary O’ Callaghan; list of Mrs Mary O' Callaghan’s papers; letters to be opened after Mrs Mary O'Callaghan’s death’

A file relating to formation, order of time, customs, discipline amongst the Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Rector.

Material related to the bequest of Ellen Taaffe, deceased. Includes correspondence and legacy receipts for Ellen & Sophie Taaffe; James Taaffe; Mary Anne Taaffe; Robert James Taaffe; Mary Ryan.

Material related to premises in Hollybank Road, Lower Drumcondra Road and the licensed premises Nos.56 & 57 Ballybough Road, Dublin mortgaged to Frs John Conmee, Charles Farley and Walshe by Mr Francis O'Reilly. Includes copy of tax rebate due to Mr O'Reilly.

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Press, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Letter to 'Irish Times' Answer to Archdeacon Kerr by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Five versions of a printed leaflet outlining the aims and organisation of the Association of Prayer against intemperance.

Income tax - charity (dividends) claim by Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

House consultors letters regarding the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Federation of Malaya to Irish Fr Provincial.

History of St Joseph's Penny Dinners at Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin from 1892-1963.

Handwritten information sheet in relation to the Association of Prayer. States that letters, applications etc must be addressed to Fr Kelly SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Adds that no money is demanded, but offerings are accepted.

Fragment of formula of declaration by scholastic. Also includes a note (in a different hand) regarding the transfer of £600 from the St Francis Xavier community to Tullabeg. (In Latin).

A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of Valignano's 'Mission Techniques for Japan volume I' by Josef Franze Schutte SJ.

File of documents requesting for and granting of faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes requests from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ - 'Canonical erection of Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. F. Xavier, Dublin' (5 November 1861), plenary indulgences (22 December 1832). On the reverse of a request, 12 February 1840, a holograph letter is written to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ.

A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.

A file relating to the establishment of a foreign mission to China and the foundation of a school for higher studies in Hong Kong.

Documents related to the entry of John Bury into the Catholic faith, first Communion and Confirmation.

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr William Power SJ, from 9 July 1921 to the end of September 1922. Includes:

• memorandum ‘Puncta quaedam ad Instructionem particularem Visitatoris Hiberniae’ (n.d., 4pp);
• ‘Relatio Visitationis Factae Provinciae Hiberniae a Reverendo Patre Gulielmo Power a die 9 Julii 1921, usque ad finem Septembris 1922’ (19[22], 17pp);
• ‘Memorial of the Visitation of the Irish Province made by Revd. Wm. Power from July 9th 1921 to the end of September 1922’ (19[22], 11pp) and
  – pamphlet entitled ‘Letter addressed to the Fathers and Brothers of the Irish Province by the Very Rev. William Power, S.J., Visitor’ (17 Sep. 1922, 8pp).

Documents relating to the preparation of the new Catechism for use in schools. Includes correspondence between the Irish Provincial and the Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid and copies of observations and suggested alterations to the Catechism made by various Jesuits including Frs. Denis Nerney, Edward Coyne and Paul O'Dea.

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.

Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation. Includes notes by Fr Peter Finlay SJ as Province Procurator to consult with the Fr General [1905-1917].

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1892 Provincial Congregation. Includes Letter from Fr. Alfred Murphy SJ to [ ] regarding a Provincial Congregation prior to a General Congregation (3 April 1892).

A file concerning doubts over the suitability of Mr Lambert McKenna SJ and Mr John Casey SJ for ordination. The letters express doubts over the health of both priests and their ability to say the office each day and mass.

Document laying down rules for the community in SFX, Upper Gardiner Street in relation to diet and the daily timetable for prayer etc.

A file relating to the difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School. Includes suggestions towards a solution of the difficulties (nd, 1p).

Material on William Hughes who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 6 June 1896
Entered: 9 October 1914
Left: 9 August 1929

Material on Edward Flanagan who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 18 December 1894
Entered: 8 June 1919
Left: 26 March 1923

Material on Vaughan Dempsey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 27 March 1895
Entered: 17 September. 1913
Left: 14 August 1919

Material on Stanislaus Zawada who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.

Material on Ralph Howard, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 1 January 1887
Entered: 24 March 1908
Left: 21 July 1920

Material on Peter Higgins who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 21 September 1900
Entered: 9 January 1918
Left: 31 July 1928

Material on Peter Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 28 November 1899
Entered: 1 March 1920
Left: 22 December 1943

Material on Patrick Lynch, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 1 December 1882
Entered: 7 September 1903
Left: 1 April 1919

Material on Patrick Fallon who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 12 March 1914
Entered: 14 August 1934
Left: 12 August 1949

Material on Michael Waldron, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.

Material on Michael McShera, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 17 June 1908
Entered: 5 April 1931
Left: 4 February 1943

Material on Joseph Patrick Walsh, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.

Material on Joseph Nolan, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.

Born: 20 May 1900
Entered: 31 August 1917
Left Society of Jesus: 4 October 1925

Material on Joseph Feehan who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 21 May 1906
Entered: 22 July 1924
Left: 4 August 1932

Material on John Jennings who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 23 June 1890
Entered: 7 September 1909
Left: 30 July 1919

Material on John Holland who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 4 October 1916
Entered: 7 September 1935
Left: 17 September 1942

Material on James O'Neill, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.

Born: 17 July 1906
Entered: 31 August 1922
Left Society of Jesus: 21 July 1936

Material on James Carey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 11 December 1903
Entered: 26 September 1923
Left: 19 June 1928

Material on Henry Maguire, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 31 March 1913
Entered: 23 September 1932
Left: 8 December 1942

Material on George Macauley, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 18 November 1909
Entered: 1 September 1928
Left: 28 November 1930

Material on Frederick Johnston who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 7 August 1909
Entered: 1 September 1928
Left: 7 August 1931

Material on Francis X. McMahon, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 28 November 1908
Entered: 2 March 1928
Left: 29 January 1931

Material on Edward FitzMaurice who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 24 January 1901
Entered: 31 August 1917
Left: 15 December 1922

Material on Edward Dwyer who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 28 February 1898
Entered: 12 October 1917
Left: 23 May 1921

Material on Dermot O'Flanagan, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a priest.

Born: 9 March 1901
Entered: 4 October 1917
Left Society of Jesus: 1932