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;

Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John Elliott SJ, written during his time serving as a military chaplain in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire and at the Officer's Hospital, Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutland, England.

Postcard of Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutlandshire - ‘This is a gorgeous place inside + outside. It is the finest house I have ever seen. Charles and I stayed here when it belonged to the Duke of Buckingham’, (28 October 1918) where Fr Elliott convalesced from a bout of double pneumonia (‘I am only 8st 7lbs with my clothes on’).

Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr William Gwynn SJ written during his time serving as a chaplain attached to the 8th Australian Infantry Brigade, A.I.F.

Letter and postcard to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ, written during his time serving as chaplain attached to the Australian Expeditionary Force, Dardanelles and the 7th Infantry Battalion, II Infantry Brigade, A.I.F., Mediterranean.

Letters and postcards from Fr James Magan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written during his time as chaplain to the 6th York and Lancaster Regiment, B.E.F., France.

Letters and postcards from Fr Patrick Morris SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while serving as chaplain to 2/8 Battalion, L.F., Sobraon Barracks, Colchester and also in France, before being sent back to England in November 1917 with ‘clinical dysentery.’

Letters and postcards from Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written during his time as a chaplain to the 3/1st East Lancashire Division, Codford, Wiltshire and 5th East Lancashire Regiment, Witley Camp, Surrey and in Park Hall Camp, Oswestry.

Carte postale with portrait photograph of Fr James Magan SJ in chaplain military uniform on one side and written note to Fr Farley on the other, ‘I have said the 15 masses for which I sent you the two P. Orders…any news always welcome’.

Postcard of the Science room, St Ignatius, Galway where the pupils are writing under the instruction of a Jesuit.

Postcard of Boyle Abbey sent to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ by Harold G. Leask on a dig at the Lough Gara crannóg.

Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Francis M. Browne SJ, written during his time serving as a chaplain to the forces – 1st and 2nd Battalions, Irish Guards, British Expeditionary Force, France and 2nd Battalions, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16th Division.

Copies of letters and postcards written by Fr John Conmee SJ to his sister ‘Maggie’. Includes copy of letter describing his visit to Rome and audience with the Pope (6 Feb. 1905, 1p.) and copies of notes written during his final illness.

Half a postcard, depicting Henry Johnston in the Wicklow mountains with Fr Hal King SJ and Fr Patrick Joy SJ of the Irish Province of the Society, visiting a cottage.

Postcard sent by ‘E.F.R.’, Edward Frank Ryan, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Henry Johnston SJ at St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore, Kingscounty (County Offaly), planning a day trip depending on the weather.

Letters and postcards from Fr Francis X O'Brien SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while a chaplain attached to the No. 5 Prisoners of War Company, B.E.F., France and the 30th General Hospital, B.E.F., France.

Postcards depicting a medal struck in Rome commemorating the escape of Princess Clemetine, 1719.

Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ written while serving as a chaplain in Nos. 54, 58 and 33 Casualty Clearing Stations, France.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various priests and academics (mostly Fr Andrew Gray, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Horsham, Sussex) concerning the discovery in the Public Record Office, of a foundation charter of a Carthusian charterhouse in Ireland at Kinaleghin (Kinalahan, Kinalekin or Kilnaleghin) by John de Cogan in 1267; and the publication of Fr Gray’s resultant article on Kinaleghin. Includes: colour photograph of Fr Gray (13 September 1957);

• postcard of the Library at St Hugh’s Charterhouse;
• postcard of an aerial view of St. Hugh’s Charterhouse and a letter to Fr Gwynn from Fr Bruno Sullivan of St Hugh’s, following Fr Gray’s death (5 February 1968, 2pp).

Copy of photograph of Clongowes Wood College made by a camera attached to a kite by Fr Dominic Kelly SJ (1873-1952). Aerial photograph of Clongowes Wood College in postcard form (2016).

Postcard from Fr John J. Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Richard Devane SJ concerning a memo prepared by Fr. Devane. Remarks that it is '...just what I wanted and have been wanting for quite a long time...'

Letters to Fr Edward Bourke SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier's, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia from Fr Edward Andrews, Galway, Lawrence Andrews, Pune, India and Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, Dublin.

Postcard to Fr Michael Browne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin from M.M. (Fr Michael McGrath SJ), St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly.

Black and White photograph of High Altar in the Clongowes Wood College SJ chapel

Photograph of Clongowes Wood College SJ chapel.

Signed portrait postcard addressed to Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ, from Mar Ivanos, India, a visitor to Rathfarnham Castle during the Eucharistic Congress of 1932.

Postcard from C.J. Nixon, Roebuck Grove, Clonskeagh, Dublin to Arthur Cox Esq, 26 Merrion Square, Dublin, ‘Warmest congratulations on well- deserved honour’.

Postcard photograph of infant twins, Andrea and Diarmuid in a pram, [relatives of Fr Michael Egan SJ].

Carte postale from Fr Richard Gallagher SJ, Catholic Mission, Shiu-Hing, West River, China to Mrs M. A. Archibald (aunt), 16 Lower Gardiner street, Dublin, describing Chinese students and his teachings.

Scrapbook belonging to Brother William Glanville SJ. Includes postcards to Brother Glanville, newspaper cuttings, Clongowes Wood College sesquicentenary and photographs (Loughrea Parish Church 1886, Jesuit brothers and Clongowes Wood College ).

Photographs of the laying of the foundation stone of the new cathedral in Galway by Cardinal John Francis D'Alton. Photographs taken by Farrell's photographic service, Wood Quay, Galway. Includes postcard of the New Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Galway.

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.

Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.

Historical note on Rathfarnham castle. Includes a postcard with a note by Fr Richard Coyne SJ concerning the historical note and remarks that he left a copy with Mrs Carter, 12 Doddervale. Continues 'The housekeeper asked if I were from the castle and if I wanted to see the picture...The housekeeper said they were expecting another priest...to call to see the picture. I had mentioned at my last visit that Fr Rector might be interested in seeing it.' (2 September 1972, 1 item).

Postcard with an image of Rathfarnham Castle at night, sent from Dick Howell to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ.

Postcard with aerial view of Emo Court, County Laois

Postcard to Revd. J. M. O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare from [ ], ‘With best wishes for a very happy Easter’.

File of postcards and notes from the artist, Evie Hone to Fr Daniel Shields SJ (29 September 1941-11 August 1952) in which pleasantries are given and items of news, ‘I expect you heard that Michael Healy died last Mon. I feel very sad for myself but he could not have recovered to work’ (29 September 1941). Evie Hone writes from Kilkenny, Paris and Rathfarnham, Dublin. This material was found in the room of Fr Daniel Shields SJ after his death. Includes a newspaper cutting with an image of Evie Hone and her last stained-glass window, an obituary and a colour sketch of Mary and Child, by Evie Hone.

In 'Studies: An Irish quarterly review', Vol. XLVI, pp. 377-378, Autumn, 1957, Fr Daniel Shields SJ reviews ‘A tribute to Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett’.

Photocopy of a postcard from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rome, Italy to his niece Sr Marie Hilary, St Vincent's Hospital, St Stephen's Green, Dublin concerning his visit to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces and St Maria Goretti.

Postcard from Fr Tom Counihan SJ, Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle to Fr Martin Cryan SJ asking him to contribute to a retreat at Rathfarnham.

Postcard from Fr Daniel Finn SJ, Venice, Italy to Rev. Gerard Casey SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin, congratulating him on his future ordination (31 July 1936).

File of photographs related to statutes, altars, side chapels, within St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes images, postcards.

Postcard showing the interior of the chapel at Mungret College.

Postcards depicting exterior views of Mungret. Two of the postcards have notes attached.

Postcard showing the exterior view of Mungret College, Limerick.

Postcards and photographs of ‘views in France and Belgium’. Includes photographs of Kemmel Chateau and the Convent at Locre, Belgium and General Hickie and aide-de-camp Captain O’Connell at St Omer, 16 July 1917; carte postale of Sr Antonius, Locre, Belgium, with inscription by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on reverse, indicating the room of Fr Doyle and church of Noeux les Mines, France.

Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Guadaloupe Barracks, Bordon, Hampshire to his father, Hugh Doyle Esq., Dalkey, Dublin in which he gives his new address.

Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ. Includes notes, letters and postcards (mainly in German).

A file of letters from Fr Joseph McCullough SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to Hong Kong and his work in China.

A file of letters from Fr Daniel J Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to China, the early years of the Chinese mission and his work in the mission. Includes a letter describing the difficulties he has encountered in learning Chinese (8 April 1927, 6pp). Includes a description of a visit to a mission in Shiuhing (9 May 1927, 14pp). Includes a letter discussing the staffing needs for the Hostel attached to Hong Kong University (17 May 1927, 8pp). Includes a letter describing the move to the Sacred Heart College Canton, China. Describes how they are settling in (9 September 1928, 8pp).

Postcards of Emo Court - both of the same image - addressed to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ.

Photograph of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ.

Photograph of Fr David Gallery SJ.

Postcard from Mr John J Coyne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Panoramic postcard containing views of the harbour at Hong Kong. Annotations on reverse by Fr John Neary SJ pointing out significant features.

'Massacre de la rue Haxo le 26 Mai 1871'.

Postcard of Baymount School, Dollymount, Dublin.

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).

Postcard to Kenneth Flood SJ, St Stanislaus College, Offaly from Harry, while holidaying in Syria.

Postcard from Lisette Reynolds, Lenzerheide, Switzerland to Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin.

Postcard of the Studio, Belvedere College, Dublin.

Postcards of the Altar-piece, Ignatian Chapel and the Shrine of St Francis Xavier, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (removed from ledger folder). Includes:

• list of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle and notice of opening of retreat house (1922);
• Honorary Secretary's Reports (November 1947-March 1949);
• list of house renovations (August 1949-August 1950);
• costings and receipts for work on the retreat house which includes glass, grotto, kneelers, lamp, radiators, roof, statutes and tabernacle (1949-1962);
• ‘History of Our Lady's Grotto, erected by D.U.T. Co. Employees 1925’ by Thomas Scally, ex-Superintendent. Includes references to the Jesuit school, St Francis Xavier, Lower Dorset Street, better known as Father Gaffney's school (1 April 1950);
• income and expenditure for Laymen's Retreat Association (1948-1953);
• newsletter of the Laymen's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle entitled the Week End Echo (vol. 1-5, 7), (Christmas 1953-September 1955);
• handicap sweepstakes results for Laymen's Retreat Association at Rathfarnham Castle (1954-55)
• order of time for retreats for Chinese students at Rathfarnham Castle (4 April 1955);
• correspondence from Michael Scott, Architect, for drawings of the retreat house, Rathfarnham Castle (1955-57);
• income for retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle (1958-59);
• schedule of estimates for proposed decoration at Rathfarnham Castle (1958-1961);
• drawings, correspondence and accounts from James A. Doyle Architect, for works at the retreat house, Rathfarnham Castle (1959-1960);
• newspaper report of ‘Restoration of grotto erected in 1924 by D.U.T.C. men’ from Nuacht CIE (23 October 1964);
• notes on Laymen’s Retreat Association at Rathfarnham Castle, Christian Life Communities (CLC) seminar (21 April 1974);
• Guidelines for the constitution for the Laymen's Retreat Association & Christian Life Communities (CLC) (1977);
• notice of the restoration work done by the Association of Retreat Promotors for the Laymen’s Retreat Association (nd.);
• postcard with order of time on reverse of weekend retreats at Rathfarnham Castle and notice of non-attendance (nd.);

Copies of educational certificates for Fr Wilfred Chan Yu-hai SJ, postcards and correspondence between Wilfred and Irish Fr Provincials, admission to the Society

This collection of photographs, postcards and small prints originally appeared in an album compiled in the Irish Jesuit Archives in the early 20th century. The material contained portraits of individuals and groups of Jesuits and a number of historical scenes. It was removed from the album for preservation reasons.

Black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes:

• the altar by W. Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway;
• interior by the Connacht Tribune;
• copies of a photograph of exterior by Robert French;
• postcards of exterior by 'Yann', Galway c.[1965];
• interior by R. Simmons, Galway - on reverse indicates that the old stations of the Cross went to Hatch Street, Dublin, the pulpit is inside altar rails, the old lights and statues of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph.;
• Colour photographs of St Ignatius Church, Galway - side altar, confessional boxes, flooring, tiles and Fr [1960].

Irish Press article on Milltown Park by Benedict Kiely (20 June 1953); postcard of Milltown Park annotated with names of buildings;

Images of various aspects of the interior of the Church, including shrines, altars, and general views. Includes some booklets of postcards of some of the images.

Postcards of Irish historical interest:

• 'Pulling together' - image of individuals in a boat named 'Irish nationality', with oars such as 'Sinn Fein', 'Nationalist Party', 'Labour' (n.d.);
• Irish Peace Conference, July 1921. Delegates leaving Dun Laoghaire (Photo Hogan Dublin, E. & S Ltd., Dublin);

Postcard to Timothy Ward Esq., 100 Iona Road, Drumcondra, Dublin requesting attendance t council meeting, 3 February, of Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge (The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language).

Postcards depicting the Jesuit house of studies and retreats, Milltown Park, Dublin.

Photographs of Milltown Park, Dublin villa (holiday) group:

1. Milltown Park villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford, 1902.
   Back row: - , Cuthbert Meyer, -, Edmond Downing, Richard Golding, James McCann, William Byrne, Charles Bert, Dominic Connell, Charles Cooksey, Jerome O'Mahony, George Roche, Lambert McKenna, -; Front row: James Crook, Peter Flynn, Patrick Bartley, Tony Wunsch, Patrick Power, Thomas Wheeler, John Keane, -, Eustace Boylan, Martin Doring.
2. Milltown Park community picnic at Glencree, 1925 (found in papers of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, sitting fourth from left);
3. Milltown Park Philosophers villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford, July 1921:
   Back row: Donal McCarthy, Eddie Bourke, Jeremiah Hayes, Edward Coyne. Middle row: Paul Healy, Thomas Perrott, Mattie Bodkin, Fergal McGrath, Kenneth McKillop, Edward Andrews, Charles Scantlebury and Thomas Hehir. Seated John Calter, John Ryan, Fr John Keane SJ (villa master) and Patrick O'Kelly. With a signed copy As Gaelige;
4. Postcards of holiday/Major villa Group - Villa 'at home' Milltown Park, 1941, 2 copies;
5. Milltown Park villa group at Courtown, County Wexford, 1948;
6. Milltown Park villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford, 1902. 'See other copy. Frs George Byrne, Wilfred Ryan, JOHN Bourke and Thomas Anthony Walsh are in same position. Fr Charles Cuffe is now against the tree. Closest to Fr Cuffe is Fr Peter Dwyer who was in Australia during 1st war'.

Postcards showing the interior and exterior at Milltown Park, Dublin - chapel, stations of the cross, high altar, Sacred Heart Chapel, house of retreats, Theologians' and Philosophers' house, corridor, the refectory, domestic chapel and grounds.

Postcard of the exterior of the Sacred Heart Church, The Crescent, Limerick.

Photographs of the interior of the Crescent College, Limerick. Also includes various shots of the hall and stage, as well as one photo of an unidentified room (possibly the parlour).

Includes postcards:

• the high altar;
• views of altar rails and sanctuary;
• science laboratory;
• shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes (and earlier postcard Altar of Our Lady of Lourdes;
• entrance corridor;
• the museum;
• main corridor;
• main staircase.

File of copies photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ including:

• newspaper photograph announcing death (1917);
• mounted photograph of Willie and his brother, when both young;
• copies of portrait photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ used in publications, Fr Doyle in military uniform and in group photograph with other Jesuits;
• Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Rosario Nesbitt, 12 May 1912;
• Photograph of Milltown Park villa group, 1905, outside Carysfort, Kilcoole, County Wicklow.

Postcards depicting interior and exterior views of Rathfarnham Castle, House of Studies and Retreats.

• entrance hall, main corridor, domestic chapel, Old Refectory, Juniors' library, Father's library, lake and Junior house, house of retreats chapel, community refectory, Junior House and House of Retreats [1930];
• main driveway leading to Rathfarnham Castle [1960];

Postcards of Belvedere College SJ including college theatre, school corridor, the studio, reception room, chapel cross view with community Oratory, chemistry room, senior classroom, physics room, theatre stage, Belvedere College, Main entrance to College and entrain to college.

File of handwritten correspondence concerning the writings of William Hawks Longridge M.A. S.S.J.E., The Mission House, Marston Street, Oxford, England. Includes press cuttings (1915-1931, 31 items) provided in the main from Durrant's Press Cuttings, London, on the publication of writings by Fr Longridge, for example, a review of ‘The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola’ from 'Studies', 1920.

To W.H Longridge M.A. S.S.J.E.:

• Arthur Crawshay Alliston Hall, Episcopal bishop of Vermont (1925); 1p
• Fr Henri Watrigant SJ, Enghien, Belgium (7 April-11 November 1919) 3 items;
• Fr Arturo Codina SJ, Monumenta Historica, Societatis Jesu, Apartado 106, Madrid (30 November 1919) 1 item;
• Fr John M. Woods SJ, Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland (5 November 1919-22 September 1920) 3 items;
• Fr John H. Pollen SJ, Oakwood Hall, Romiley, Cheshire (5 December 1921-13 February 1923) 2 items;
• Letters and postcards from Fr Fulvius Cordignano SJ, various locations in Italy and Albania (20 July - 23 November 1922) 7 items;
• Fr Anthony Huonder SJ, Bonn, Rhineland (13 February 1923) 1 item;
• Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington, Bishop’s House, Burlington, Vermount (February 1925) 1 item;
• Pierre M. Bordoy-Torrents, Intitut D'Estudis Catalans, Seccio de Ciencies, Palau de la Diputacio, Barcelona (3 May-16 November 1925) 2 items;

From W.H Longridge M.A. S.S.J.E. to Fr Joseph Darlington (2 January-30 August 1927) 2 items, and from Fr John M. Woods SJ to Fr Joseph Darlington (1920).

Holograph letters and postcards from Fr Sean (John) Mallin SJ written in Waldenburg, Germany and Sevilla, Spain to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ, Coláiste Iognáid, Galway (In Irish)

Photographs and postcards sent to Prof. Alfred O’Rahilly by the Imperial War Museum, London, England, for use in his book on Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Includes a note ‘Don’t mix these with the others. Return these to me. These are photos which I bought but decided not to use.’ All photographs are dated and described on back. Photos are mostly of the ruins of Ypres, Guillemont, Loos etc. Sizes: 21 1/2cm x 16 1/2cm; 14cm x 9cm and 27 1/2cm x 9cm.

Covering note and postcard sent from the Front by Fr Willie Doyle SJ, to Sister M. Anthony, St Mary’s of the Isle, Cork. Possibly Sr Anthony (Margaret) O’Rahilly (1872-1921).