Letter from J. F. Beere, Christian Brother's novitiate, St Helen's Stillorgan Road, Booterstown, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ asking him to continue to allow Fr Bodkin to act as confessor to the Brothers.

Letters from Sr. M. Elizabeth, Sisters of Charity, Donnybrook to Fr [ ] concerning his health and spiritual matters.

Postcards from Fr Joseph P McCullough SJ, London England and Genoa, Italy to Maggie McLoughlin, No 8 Ward, Royal Hosptial, Donnybrook, Dublin on his way to Hong Kong.

A.O.H. (Ancient Order of Hibernians) Donnybrook, with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats, at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. College Studios.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the War. Includes: circular sent to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Irish Volunteers protesting against the proposal to introduce conscription in Ireland;
– letter from the Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependants’ Fund seeking contributions towards their ‘Gift Sale’ in order to raise funds [for the administration of the campaign against the introduction of conscription];
– circular and printed matter from the Irish War Savings Committee seeking support for their ‘Thrift campaign’;
– letter from the Lord Lieutenant’s Private Secretary regarding a proposal to establish a fund ‘to be devoted to the purchase of literature suited to be despatched to Irish Regiments at the front’, also includes copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply;
– copy letter from Andrew Bonar Law (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall) to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking a subscription to ‘the new War Loan’.
Also includes printed matter on ‘Catholicism and War’; ‘Voluntary Women Patrols’ and an ‘Address From the French Catholic Association for Young People. To the young Catholics – Allies and Neutrals’.

Letters and printed circulars concerning the appointment of diocesan censors.

Memoranda, notes and letters to the Irish Fr Provincial describing the types of charitable work performed by various sections of the Irish Jesuit community, in response to letters regarding the organisation of an exhibition associated with the 34th International Eucharistic Congress. Includes reports from St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham Castle; Belvedere College (includes information on the Belvedere Newsboys’ Club); Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; the St Vincent de Paul Night Shelter in Back Lane and pastoral work of Jesuits at the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin. Includes Irish Fr Provincial’s copy covering letter and report on ‘the charitable works for the poor and distressed undertaken by the Fathers of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, for…(the)…International Exhibition of Charity.’

Programmes and advertisements for, and correspondence regarding the concerts. The programmes give details of the playlist of the concerts, which sometimes feature celebrity singers, such as Joseph McNally (tenor) and Michael O'Duffy (lyric tenor). The correspondence includes a letter from Michael O'Duffy in relation to the arrangements for his performance (13 September 1952, 1 page),

File containing Richard Maguire's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials relating to retreat and mission work and his time as chaplain at the Royal Hospital of the Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin.

Photograph of Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ.

Notes on the chaplaincy of the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin. Outlines how it came about that a Jesuit father acted as chaplain to the Royal Hospital.

Details of Mass days at the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook and supply of Jesuits as chaplains. Includes correspondence to the Jesuit theologians of Milltown Park performing plays (Gilbert and Sullivan) outside the house, to the patients of the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook (1939-1968). Also refers to Jesuits scholastics performing entertainments at Monastery of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge, Gloucester Street North, Dublin (5 December 1939, 15 December 1940) and the Sisters of Mercy, Blind Asylum, Merrion, County Dublin and the Sisters of Mercy, St Mary Magdalen's, Donnybrook, Dublin for entertainment and chaplaincy (7 December 1939; January and December 1941) 22 items.

Holograph letters from William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin to Fr Peter Finlay SJ, granting faculties to Frs Devitt and Taaffe and priests in the precincts of the Hospital for Incurables.

Parties:
John Roberts Esquire, Old Connaught, County Dublin to the Honorable Baron Denis George

Property:
Lease of a house and premises for 3 Lives renewable:

Dwelling house, out houses, gardens, orchard and land situate on the road leading from Dublin to Milltown by Cullenswood and Coldblow containing 7 acres, 3 roods and 16 perches of Irish plantation measure.

Terms & Conditions:
Yearly rent of £51 6d

'A map of part of the land of Donnybrook in the county of Dublin the holding of John Robinson containing seven acres, three roods and sixteen perches of Irish plantation measure, surveyed in Marc 1792 for John Roberts Esquire by Michael Curwen. Refers to Mr Higgin's Land, Mr Crow's holding, Mr Agar's holding and Mr Chaylors's Land.

Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered.
John Hornidge

Parties:
Thomas Warre, George Warre and Henry Warre, Merchants of the first part, Edward Atkinson, Merchant of the second part, Richard Connery of the third part, James Hawkins of the 4th part and Acheson Lyle of the fifth part.

Property:
Part of the lands of Milltown, County Dublin

Terms and Conditions:
£3425

Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered.

Parties:
George Fitzharris Russell and Francis Hodgkinson

Property:
Donnybrook farm, Donnybrook, Dublin

Terms and Conditions:
£2,600 and 5 shilling

Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered.

Conveyance and copy of conveyance by Captain John Lewis Riall to Carter Eben Draper and William Fry. By William Fry & Son, 14 Lower Mount Street. Copied by Hastings Dare Draper, Solicitor, 5 St Andrew Street, Dublin. Schedule relates to six parts.