Typed memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial listing the number of Irish missions given by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from 1933 to 1947; his work in Britain which began in 1948, ‘Since then Fr Sheil has given five missions most years and never less than three – during the autumn period in Britain’; and listing his work from 1933 to 1947 in Ireland in the autumn as ‘mostly with the convent school-girls, and occasional retreats in convents and in Jesuit churches.’

Memorandum regarding the ownership of Clongowes prior to 29 September 1817.

Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions. Includes a financial statement of the mission fund.

Memorandum prepared by Fr Patrick J Walsh SJ on the Northern Rhodesia Mission.

Memorandum concerning the custom and practice of poverty in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Memorandum on food served to the community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.

Copy memorandum on St Francis Xavier's Hall, Upper Sherrard Street.

Handwritten memorandum by Fr William Delany SJ, regarding the purchase of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus. Describes in detail the events leading up to, and surrounding, the purchase of the property. Describes how Fr Walsh (Irish Fr Provincial) insisted on telling the Cardinal about the purchase before the transfer had been completed ‘He went accordingly and returned in a very short time quite disappointed. The Cardinal had received the proposal unfavourably...’. Continues ‘I then said it would be my duty at once to inform Mr Warren (owner of Killiney castle) of this difficulty...He replied that it did not surprise him as he half suspected the Cardinal wished to have the place himself...’. Refers to his (Fr Delany’s) meeting with the Cardinal who finally agreed to allow the deal with Mr Warren to be completed. Remarks that a second meeting with Mr Warren revealed that a better offer had been received and accepted by him ‘I was much disappointed of course and asked him the purchaser’s name and the terms. He told me Mr Richard Martin had bought the property for 11,000 cash...’. Describes a meeting with Mr Martin and their agreement ‘...I finally asked him what he would have for his bargain as he had said he brought it as a speculation. He replied...£1,000 on his bargain.’. Concludes that the purchase of property was completed a few weeks later.

Material relating to Fr Patrick G Kennedy SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and memorandum of agreement for the publication of 'Birds of Ireland' by P.G. Kennedy SJ, Robert F. Ruttledge and C.F. Scroope.

Memorandum on Manresa House Training Course, Roehampton, England for the training of Jesuits as teachers. Includes details about the course including the Philosophy course.

Memorandum on Aims and Methods in the College re: Jesuit schools

A file relating to the 'Consilium Permanens', a standing committee of Prefects of Studies to offer advice to Superiors in the matter of the education of pupils attending Jesuit schools. Includes agendas and minutes of the 'Consilium Permanens', includes a statement issued by Fr Provincial on how the 'Consilium Permanens' should be conducted, its duties and terms of reference (31 December 1939, 3pp).

Memorandum entitled ‘Students’ Centre for Bolton Street Apprentices’, giving an account of a meeting of the chaplains held in October 1965 to discuss the possible establishment of a students’ centre in the College.

Typed memorandum outlining the present position of development plans for the Rathfarnham area by Dublin City Planning Authorities.

A file relating to the proposed development of Rathfarnham Castle for mixed residential use, parkland, office space, shopping and a hotel. Includes plans of the proposal.

File relating to Retreat promoters and programmes at Rathfarnham Castle, the golden jubilee year of the retreat house (1972) and the Layman’s Retreat Association.

Memorandum of agreements between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Brown & Nolan Limited, 41 42 Nassau street, Dublin, The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A, M.H Gill & Son, 50 Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin and Benziger Brothers, 6 - 8 Barclay street, New York 8, N.Y, U.S.A

• 2 March 1946, ‘Send forth thy light’;
• 23 July 1946, ‘Marriage, before and after’;
• 17 February 1947, ‘Send forth thy light – Part II’ (Thy light and thy truth);
• 15 October 1948, ‘The Riddle of Life’ afterwards called ‘Is life worthwhile’;
• 29 January 1949, ‘The Priest at his Prie - Dieu’;
• 14 November 1949 ‘The Nun at her Prie - Dieu’
• 9 August 1955, ‘Standing on holy ground’;
• 5 March 1959, ‘Ideals to live by’.

Includes issues such as delivery date, royalty payments and conditions of sale and resale.

Memorandum on social work by Jesuits in Hong Kong.

Memoranda on Chinese post-secondary colleges in Hong Kong and on the problem of staffing a Catholic post-secondary college.

Memorandum written by Fr Thomas Fitzgerald SJ at Fr Patrick Joy's request concerning the activities of Irish Jesuits in Macao.

Copy of Memorandum written by Fr Thomas Fitzgerald SJ at Fr Patrick Joy's request concerning the activities of Irish Jesuits in Macao.

Memorandum on points affecting the Hong Kong mission discussed at a mission consult.

A file relating to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta. Includes documents relating to religious instruction of Catholics, descriptions of clerical controversy, disputes with Protestants, conversions of Protestants to Catholicism, preaching, Catholic education, addresses presented to the Governor of Malta, Fr Esmonde's Journal describing his time in Malta, correspondence. Letters are addressed to Fr Esmonde at San Calcedonia, outside Valletta. This house belonged to the Sicilian Province and Malta had a close connection with the Sicilian Province. Note: at least 50% of the documents are written in Italian.

Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ asking him to return overdue books.

Letters and memorandum relating to the purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle for use as a Novitiate and House of Studies for Scholastics and Retreat House for Working-Men. Includes general survey of the premises and list of alterations and costs involved in refitting the Castle; copy of letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Archbishop William Walsh concerning the purchase and purpose of the Castle; letters from contractors and insurers relating to the fixtures and fittings of the Castle.

Documents relating to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary, mainly concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the two organisations.

Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.

Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and various Jesuits concerning proposals by two English Jesuits, Fr Frederick Wilcock and Fr Ryder, to visit Ireland in order to lecture and collect money for the Jesuit Mission in Estonia and a school for Russian boys in Shanghai. Irish Fr Provincial opposes both proposals.

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.’

Memoranda and letters to the Provincial on proposals to establish an amateur Irish Jesuit news agency to supply information to Radio Vaticana.

Letters and memoranda for the Irish Provincial relating to the diligent custody of the Blessed Sacrament.

Documents relating to the wording of forms of charitable bequests to the Society. Includes examples of different bequest forms, memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial on charitable bequests and letters to Irish Fr Provincial on the matter.

Documents relating to the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart founded by Fr James Cullen SJ. Includes: correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial, the office of the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Charles McQuaid and Fr Seán McCarron SJ of the P.T.A.A.; memoranda concerning minutes of meetings, annual reports and statistics. Also includes edited text on Fr James Cullen SJ and documents relating to indulgences for Pioneers.

File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);

• report for Irish Fr Provincial (8 January 1958, 8pp);
• list of places and dates of Irish Missions in Britain 1949 - 1959 (19[59], 6pp);
• copies of commendatory letters (7 November 1953 - 24 November 1958, 3 items);
• Report for Irish Fr Provincial on Missions 1958 - January 1959 and cuttings from the [Irish Independent] on the Mission Campaign in Britain by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 January 1959, 3 items);
• three ‘typical’ reports on three 1959 Missions for the Bishop of Ferns (1959, 4pp);
• ‘Account of an Ideal Mission for the Bishop of Ferns’ by Fr Sheil (n.d., 7pp);
• press articles by Fr Sheil describing the Missions (September - October 1958, 6 items);
• photographs of Birmingham and Westminster Cathedrals, Brompton Oratory, photographs of ‘children of the Irish’ (13 items) and
• map of England indicating the routes of Fr Sheil’s motorcycle travel (1 item).
  Also includes booklets and advertising leaflets for the Missions (7 items) and memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial by Fr Sheil containing suggestions for better organisation of the Missions (1959, 2pp).

Letters, memoranda and reports concerning the various Sodalities in Irish Jesuit works.

Letters and memoranda to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed re-publication of the 'Irish Monthly'.

Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.

Parties:
Mary O'Callaghan, 37 Lower Dorset Street and Frs Timothy Kenny, John Norton, Mathew Russell, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin

Property:
37 Lower Dorset Street

Terms and Conditions:
In consideration of two hundred pounds this day handed by Mary O'Callaghan to Frs Kenny, Norton and Russell and annual payment of £10 paid in two equal half yearly portions.

Catalogues of benefactors. Includes the names of benefactors, the date on which the donation was made and the amount of money donated. Includes details of the benefactors wishes. Includes a memorandum (by Fr Patrick Joy SJ) on Benefactor's Masses in Mungret College (nd, 8pp).

Memorandum concerning the Apostolic School, Mungret, County Limerick and the possibility of establishing a University College to enable the Apostolic Students to obtain a University Degree (Following the Irish Universities Act, the Royal University was dissolved and it became necessary for students to attend one of the constituent or affiliated colleges, Dublin, Cork and Galway of the new National University to obtain a degree). The memorandum suggests appealing for funds from America.

A file relating to the Educational Endowment (Ireland) Commission. Includes an abstract of the minutes of the Commission, minutes of evidence and appendices, memorandum of the Commissioners protest by the Assistant Commissioner. Includes a copy of a deed dated 13 March 1895 between the Trustees of the Limerick Endowment for Technical Education and Frs William Ronan SJ, Thomas Finlay SJ, Vincent Byrne SJ, Patrick Keating SJ and Henry Lynch SJ relating to the lands of Drumdarraig in the Barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick (71 acres) sold by the Trustees to Frs Ronan SJ et .al.

A file relating to the closure of the Philosophate at Mungret Apostolic School.

Memorandum on the Holy Angels Sodality for Lay students at Mungret College, Limerick.

Copy of a memorandum by Redmond Roche SJ concerning the possibility of merging the Apostolic and Lay students under the jurisdiction of the Rector of the College.

Memorandum prepared by Fr Edward Coyne SJ relating to a conference held in Switzerland to discuss social issues in the different Provinces of the Society of Jesus.

Memorandum on the social work of the clergy.

Memorandum by Fr Richard Devane SJ on the Development of Social Activities in the Province. Drafted at the request of Irish Fr Provincal Thomas Byrne SJ.

Memorandum of Agreement between Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Burns, Oates and Washbourne concerning Fr Thomas Ryan SJ's book 'Jesuits Under Fire'.

Comment on a memorandum concerning 'Sheaf'.

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)

Parties:
Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. John Callan, S.J. and Rev. John Lynch, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Marianne Murphy, Spinster.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £50 in two equal half yearly payments on 11 April and 11 October to Marianne Murphy for the term of her life.

Memorandum of Agreement between Dr Nicholas Wiseman, St. Mary's College, near Birmingham and Thomas Richardson and Son, Printers and Publishers, Derby concerning the Dublin Review. The Agreement sets out the terms and conditions for Thomas Richardson and son to become the sole and exclusive proprietors and publishers of the Dublin Review from the 34th issue. Eight conditions are listed in the Agreement.

File relating to Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and photographs.

Memorandum for the Prefects of Studies.

Memorandum concerning the history course for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Inter Cert. syllabus.

Details of summer courses held in Clongowes Wood College to discuss teaching practice and methods in Jesuit secondary schools.

‘Memo. For Rev. Fr. Prov. in re Proc. Prov. Hib.’ Relates to dealings with a solicitor, Mr. Maxwell, who owes money; a field in Milltown bought from Lord Mount Temple; a debt due to John Errington SJ in California etc. Signed ‘P.H. S. J.’ [Patrick Hughes]

Memorandum drawn up by Dundon & Treacy, solicitors for the Jesuit Fathers of the Crescent. List of suggestions in relation to what steps could be taken to ensure that the Fathers would have security of tenure with regard to Jones’s Field. Accompanied by a covering letter from the solicitors to William Binchy asking him to give his opinions on the proposals (included).

Copies of correspondence from Irish Fr Provincial to Rector, Clongowes Wood College SJ on finance and studies. Includes:

• Copy letter from Irish Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ to the Fr George Roche SJ, Rector Clongowes Wood College SJ, regarding Fr General Wlodimir Ledóchowski SJ's response to financial questions regarding Clongowes, 5 November 1932 (2pp);
• Copy letter from Irish Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ to the Rector, Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, regarding customs at recreation at Clongowes Wood College SJ, 28 August 1934 (2pp);
• Memorandum from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College SJ, "Memorandum on the Studies. Clongowes Wood College 1935", with particular reference to the Conspectus, grading of classes and a particular note on Religious Knowledge, 13 June 1935 (1p);
• Copy of personal letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ to the Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College SJ, concerning current academic and living practices of the community and students at Clongowes, and the impact this may be having on the Province as a whole, 23 June 1940, (4pp) - accompanying this letter is a document on finances for communication to the House Consultors, "Memorandum On the Financial Condition of Clongowes", June 1940 (3pp).

Memorandum detailing money loaned by the Irish Jesuit Province to Milltown Park, Dublin. A note remarks that the loan was settled by Miss O'Farrell's money.

Memorandum regarding a sum of money (£500) loaned by Milltown Park to Clongowes Wood College.

Memorandum written by Fr Peter Finlay SJ on the O'Brien Library, bequeathed to Milltown Park by Judge William O'Brien of the Irish High Court.

Memorandum for the Prefect of studies and memorandum for masters’ meetings of the Irish Province.

Extract from memorandum from the Provincial Consultation of 1913 concerning the provision of clothing for Jesuits changed from one house to another, sent by Fr James Tomkin SJ of Clongowes Wood College.

Memorandum of agreement relating to the loan of the sum of £500 by the Reverend Richard O'Kennedy, parish priest of Fedamore, County Limerick to the Reverend Charles Doyle SJ, the Crescent, Limerick.

Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of novices of Milltown Park, Dublin 'since Oct 10th 1874' until c.1900. Includes letters and other documents relating to the novitiate pasted into the beginning of the book, with index. The majority of these letters and documents are written in Latin, 12 March 1861 - 10 April 1922.

Noviceship was at Milltown Park (1860 -1884).

Copy of memorandums respect Miss Wall's property at lands at Fryarstown, County Kildare (1741, 1755, 1788) regarding Frances Wall, Thomas Wall and John Wall.

Handwritten memorandum concerning various proposals to reduce the financial difficulties of the community house at The Crescent, Limerick.

A file relating to property matters and Milltown Park, Gonzaga College and the College of Industrial Relations. Including information relating to the Bewley estate: Sandford Grove, Sandford Hill and Sandford Lodge.

Memorandum concerning the acquisition of Gonzaga College, the National College of Industrial Relations and Charitable status.

Copy of draft conveyance between Fr Michael O'Grady SJ and the trustees of the Catholic Workers' College, Dublin.

Notes and documents relating to schedules (1986), the gate lodge (1975), Gonzaga College SJ and notes on the position of Milltown Park in relation to the Catholic Workers' College (1958).

File relating to the work of committees of the Irish School of Ecumenics. Includes an explanation of the various committees and minutes of the meetings of the Studies Committee and the Academic Council for Research. Also includes copies of applications for the position of Research lecturer in Ecumenical Theology at the School.

Finance at Irish School of Ecumenics, including correspondence (1989-2005) and Irish School of Ecumenics purchase of 683 Antrim Road, Belfast (2004).

Correspondence regarding the meeting of Patrons for Irish School of Ecumenics by Irish Fr Provincials Laurence Murphy, Phil Harnett:

• on issues of finance, future structures of the Irish School of Ecumenics from the Patrons, Task Force and plan for review, memorandum on meetings, and Declaration of Trust (1989-1993);
• Interim Consultants Report prepared for Irish School of Ecumenics (June 1990);
• correspondence between David Poole, Eric Gallagher, Alan Falconer, Fr John Macken SJ, Fr John Humphreys SJ, John D'Arcy May, Robert Eames, Archbishop of Armagh, Robert A Nelson, William T McDowell, Desmond Connell Archbishop of Dublin, Fr Senan Timoney SJ and Fr Michael Hurley SJ (1989-1991).

File of material in possession of Irish Fr Provincials relating to the Irish School of Ecumenics - lectures and fundraising, correspondence from Fr Michael Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial (1993-1998), Irish School of Ecumenics endowment fund (1990-2000).

Correspondence between Fr John Macken SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Philip Harnett relating to Fr Macken's role as a patron to the Irish School of Ecumenics and as a delegate for Theology and Philosophy. Includes:

• ISE Consultants’' Report (February 1991);
• ISE Academic Council for Research AGM Annual Report (21 November 1991);
• copies of letters from Dr John May, Director, Irish School of Ecumenics to the patrons.
• 'The future of the Irish School of Ecumenics' (January 1992);
• proposals and responses for the Irish School of Ecumenics;
• copies of correspondence relating to the new structures of the ISE;
• draft mission statements for the ISE;
• joint statements by Fr Paddy Crowe SJ and Fr John Macken SJ (30 September 1992) and correspondence between the two.

A file relating to the Foundation Fund established for 'Studies'. Includes memoranda explaining the origins of the Foundation Fund. Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 to Fr Séan Ó Catháin SJ (Fr. Superior), 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin concerning shares in the Educational Company of Ireland that were settled on Fr Connolly in 1914 (then the Editor of 'Studies') as a foundation for 'Studies'. Asks that this foundation be kept separate from the assets of 35 Lower Leeson Street (3 July 1968, 1p).

A memorandum regarding University College and the work done there since it was entrusted to the Jesuit Fathers, its present position and its relations to the Catholic University submitted by Rev. William Delany SJ to the Episcopal Committee on Education.

A memorandum written by Fr Peter M Troddyn SJ outlining the history of University College, Dublin, University Hall and 35 Lower Leeson Street, detailing origins and connection with the Jesuit Fathers. Refers also to the proposal to open University Hall to other third-level students. Remarks ‘...the hall should continue to operate as it has done for so long...I query if the sixtieth year of our present building...and what I consider the centenary year of the Irish Jesuits’ occupation with one continuing body of students is an appropriate year to make so radical a change as is proposed.’.

Memorandum from Fr Denis P Kennedy SJ, Rector, Belvedere College SJ on the restructuring of the Preparatory School building at Belvedere College SJ. The redesign will allow for a dining space for students and teachers, increased classrooms and increased accommodation for the community.

• Copy of declaration of trust between Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ and trustees;
• Irish School of Ecumenics press release, 25 year jubilee;
• memorandum on the origins of the Irish School of Ecumenics;
• account by Fr Michael Hurley SJ ‘The Irish School of Ecumenics: How it began’, 15 August 1996;
• agenda for Executive Board of Irish School of Ecumenics, Milltown Park, 14 July 1980;
• notes on constitution and historical structures on the Irish School of Ecumenics;
• minutes of meeting of Finance Sub-Committee, 7 March 1989;
• management advice for the the Irish School of Ecumenics by the Special Secretariat (2-9 April 1975);
• memorandum of Association for the Irish School of Ecumenics and
• correspondence for the Patrons of the Irish School of Ecumenics, 1992-2002;

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General's Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.