Receipt issued by Fitzpatrick and Sons, Glasnevin, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating, SJ for the supply and erection of a Celtic cross in the grounds Clongowes Wood College SJ.

Receipts for purchase of grave space at Galway cemetery and the burial of Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ (1902); reply to Fr John MacSheahan SJ from B. Tierney regarding his offer to purchase grave space (19 December 1922) cost of three grave at Bohermore (£6 each) (29 May 1934); quotation from James Stewart, Building Contractor for kerbing to Jesuit graves and surround (21 June 1938-15 March 1956); plan of graves in Jesuit plot, Galway taken from maps and records in Corporation Office which details the graves wand who is buried there (2 October 1968).

Covering letter, receipts and certificates for three sets of bonds and stocks, lodged in the National City Bank Ltd. for safe-keeping by Fr Thomas Finlay SJ: certificates for £1,200 Agricultural Credit Bonds, 1st Series; £1,075 Agricultural Credit Corporation Bonds, 2nd Series and £250 Dublin Corporation 5% Inscribed Stock.

Letter from Sr Mary of St Mary Magdalene of Pazzi Lawson, Prov. Superioress of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ. Encloses a receipt for the gift of £100 from an anonymous donor, and received through Fr Farrell (included).

Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Encloses receipt for the sum of £100 (included), received from an anonymous donor through Fr. Farrell for the use of the Fathers at Mount St. Alphonsus.

A file of bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food. Includes quotations for work to be carried out (6 March 1878, 1p).

Printing costs for the first four issues of 'Studies'.

Subscription receipt from the Crescent College Union for Fr John Ryan SJ.

Bill for sherry and brandy made out to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Athol Street, Dublin.

Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.

On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.

File relating to a traffic accident involving Fr Sean J Casey SJ and his subsequent claim for compensation.

Copy of guarantee re: Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy deceased and Fr John St Leger SJ deceased from Frs Conmee, Fottrell and Farley, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to Michael Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare street; receipt for Legacy Duty paid.

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’

File of material related to insurance policies in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes correspondence from Sun Fire & Life Assurance Office, old rent receipts, cancelled insurance documents and dividend counterfoils.

Receipt of shares payments by the Jesuit fathers St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin towards £25 annuity to Mrs Brosnahan.

Receipts for income and expenditure at the Jesuit community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

File of receipts of dividends from investments by the Jesuit fathers in companies such as: The Dublin United Tramways Company, Limited; Arthur Guinness Son & Co., Limited; The Western Telegraph Company, Limerick; Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway Co., Limited; Loughrea and Attymon Light Railway Co., Ltd.; Great Southern and Western Railway Co.; South Clare Railways Company; Limited.

Receipt ‘to support 3 Messenger Father June + July’ for £31 2s 8 d.

Receipt for the sum of £98 2s by Rev Charles Farley SJ from the National Bank Limited.

Receipt of cheque for work carried out at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin by William Conolly & Son Contractors, 38 & 39 Upper Dominick Street.

Receipts for funeral expenses from B Farrell, Job Carriage Proprietor and Undertaker, 66 Marlborough Street, Dublin for the following Jesuits: Thomas Mahon; John Verdon; James Fottrell; Patrick Curran; Fr Browne.

Letters addressed to Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin in his capacity as Procurator of the Province. Includes summary of
accounts from Fr Maher SJ, Crescent College, Limerick (3 March 1903 - 12 January 1904); letter and receipts for rates from J. Baird, Rate Collector, Dromore, Down ‘on your property in Urban District of Dromore, Co. Down’ (6 January 1906); letter from Maxwell Weldon & Co., Solicitors requesting signatures for a new lease to Andrew Brennan of the premises in Commons Street (27 July 1908).

Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Handwritten entries detail receipts: church collections and expenditure: bacon; newspapers etc…

A file of receipts relating to payments made by the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes receipts for payment of income tax, interest on mortgages and loans, bridge rate, poor rate.

A file of receipts from the Sun Fire Office, later the Sun Insurance Office, London for premiums received from the Jesuit Fathers.

Bill from Joseph Martin, Portmanteau and Trunk Manufacturer for one hat case to Fr William O'Dowling SJ.

Bill from Scott, Bell and Company to Fr William O'Dowling SJ for a purse and two bags.

Receipt issued by Fr Edward Kelly SJ for £50 stg, received from Fr John Curtis SJ ‘on account of the debt due by [ ] to this Province’.

A file relating to the estate of Ballyboggan, County Wexford. Includes numerous vouchers for agents accounts e.g. rental, poor rate, income tax, tithe rent, county cess.

Parties:
Rev. John Curtis SJ., Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ, Rev. John Ffrench SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part and Charles Kernan, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood, County Kildare, Rev. John Curtis SJ, Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ of the third part.

Property:
Tullabeg, Parish of Rahan, Barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly containing 62 acres and 10 perches and 8 acres of the Bog of Newtown and 8 acres of the bog of Newbridge adjoining the lands of Tullabeg.

Terms &Conditions:
Yearly rent of £15.10.4 to be paid in two equal payments on 1 May and 1 November.

A file relating to a deed approving the application of funds between Francis Edward Joseph MacDonnell, Esquire, Dunfearth and the Lodge, Rathangan, County Kildare and Rev. Philip Dominick Kehoe, Church of St. Francis, Merchant Quay, Dublin and Rev. John Curtis, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin following bequests made in the will of Eliza MacDonnell.

Bill from M. Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin to Rev. James Murphy SJ, Rev. John Verdon SJ, Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, concerning George F. Waters SJ deceased and costs for preparing an assignment of debt.

A file relating to the will of Matilda O'Donnell in which she bequeathed the residue of her property to her trustees and executors, Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr Michael Browne SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. The file contains extensive background material that appears to have little to do with the Society of Jesus and their bequest. However, as Frs. Nolan and Browne were appointed as trustees and executors of the will it may have been necessary to acquaint themselves fully with Miss Matilda O'Donnell's affairs.

Receipts of dividends from railway stocks invested by the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus - for example - ‘The West Carbery Tramways and Lights Railways Co. Ltd’, ‘Dublin & South Eastern Railway Company’, Great Northern Railway Company’.

Handwritten record of monthly expenditure and income of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Expenses include wages, food, wine, travel, hogs, postage, books, clothing, food, etc. In-coming monies include mass collections, rent of hall and shrine and funeral monies. Front cover detached.

Bound volumes with account of receipts from Promoters for Rosary Circles for the Apostleship of Prayer - 'The Holy League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. Handwritten entries which includes names and amount.

Demands and receipts for payment of various charges, eg. water rates and poor rates. Issued by Limerick Borough Council.

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.

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 Škarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.

Receipts for various items, including food provisions and photographic prints at Sacred Heart Church, Limerick.

Receipts for loan and repayment of the sum of £400 stg, with interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum.

Receipt for the sum of £150 stg lent by Bonham to Fr Thomas Maher SJ at the rate of 3 per cent per annum interest. Includes an acknowledgment of the repayment of loan and interest, signed by Bonham.

Receipt for £300 stg received from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr William Delany SJ. States that the latter is responsible to Maryborough Convent for the sum.

Copy of receipt acknowledging the loan of £600 stg given by Collins to Fr Maher SJ. Includes notes on two repayments of £25, and also a typewritten latter from Henry St. J. Blake, solicitor, to Fr James Gubbins SJ, acknowledging receipt of a cheque for £400.

Letter to Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, from John H. Callan, solicitor, Suffolk Street, Dublin, relating to a certificate for £5238 original stock of Great South Western Railway standing in the names of the Trustees of the Jesuit Fathers and Ellen Howley; Receipts from Howley acknowledging the payment to her by the Society of Jesus of interest on a charge of £10,000.

Letter from Sr M. Catherine of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, St Mary's, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Conveys her thanks, through the latter, to the anonymous benefactor, who gave a donation of £100 for the use of her Convent. Includes a handwritten receipt for the above donation, signed by Sister Mary Catherine Bren.

Correspondence and receipts for the building of the chapel at Milltown Park, Dublin, between Rector and architects, builders, and contractors, with list of costs and list of benefactors (Fr Nicolas Walsh SJ, 9 September 1902). Refers to heating, estimates for altar, specifications and design, articles of agreement.

File of receipts for money paid by Frs. Walsh and Colgan SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to William Hague, Architect, 50 Dawson Street, Dublin for work on Milltown Park church.

File of material related to works at Sacred Heart Chapel, Milltown Park. Includes correspondence between Earley & Co., Camden Art Works, 4 Upper Camden Street and Milltown Park, regarding materials, design suggestions, decorations and costs. Includes receipts for work completed and coloured proposed altar in new chapel Milltown Park, Dublin.

Receipt signed by Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ for an anonymous donation of £100 for the Jesuit fathers at Milltown Park, Dublin.

Receipt for income from the estate of Walter Sweetman addressed to Rev Eugene Browne, Milltown Park, Milltown, Dublin.

Old receipts for purchases by Fr James Fottrell SJ, at Milltown Park, Dublin with note on envelope, ‘found under roof of Retreat House during repairs summer 1956’.

A file of relating to Employers Liability Insurance for Milltown Park, Dublin.

Letters to Michael Sullivan Esq., Temple Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin from George Coffey, Science and Art Museum, Dublin regarding stone moulds for casting bronze spearheads found in County Tyrone, that Sullivan has in his possession (16 January 1900 - 15 July 1903). Includes receipt of loan of the eleven pieces to the Science and Art Museum, Dublin (21 April 1899). 4 items

Letters to Michael Sullivan Esq., Belclare, Temple Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin from Canon William Greenwell, 27, North Bailey, Durham, England and George Coffey, Irish National Museum (National Museum of Science and Art), Dublin regarding the Omagh moulds, the development of bronze spearheads and allowing casts to be made. Coffey, in writing to Sullivan indicates that 'I do not think the originals should be sent out of the country as the Canon is very old. If you like to put a price on the moulds I shall be happy to recommend their purchase (25 January 1909). Cast were made of the moulds, and returned to Sullivan. 18 January - 9 June 1909, 14 items

A file of renewal receipts for the Hibernian Fire and General Insurance Company for Milltown Park, Dublin.

Material relating to the sale of 3 and 4 Newenham Street, Limerick.

May 1907
Copy of negative registry search for acts affecting the lands of the Earl of Limerick undertaken by Barrington and Sons, Solicitors with accompanying explanations.
2 items

[1907]
Two copies of the Abstract of Title of the Right Honourable William Henry Edmond de Vere Sheaffe, Earl of Limerick from 9 October 1761 - 13 May 1907, covering lands in Limerick city and county some of which were leased by the Jesuits.
2 items

June 1907
Particulars of the sale of ‘Lots 2’ and ‘3’ of the Earlof Limerick’s Estate to the Jesuit Fathers negotiated by Stephen Hastings. Includes notice of the public auction, conditions of sale, description of plots and memoranda of payment.
12pp

5 June 1907
Statutory declaration by John Beatty Barrington before Justin McCarthy, Commissioner to Administer Oaths in the Supreme Court in Ireland, regarding his legal role in the sale of land of the estate of the Earl of Limerick.
2pp

19 November 1906-15 July 1907
Apportionment Account of Rent and Interest on ‘Lots 2’ and ‘3’ of the Earl of Limerick’s estate; two receipts for rent from the Reverend Michael Browne of The Crescent, Limerick and the representatives of Richard Russell.
4pp

August 1907- January 1908
File of preparatory material by Stephen Hastings Solicitors, in relation to the conveyance of ‘Lots 2’ and ‘3’ of the Earl of Limerick’s estate to the Jesuit community. Includes drafts of conveyances; schedules of deeds; final costs for solicitor’s work.
13 items

6-19 July 1907
Requisitions of title on behalf of the Jesuit Community for ‘Lots 2’ and ‘3’ of the Earl of Limerick’s Estate drawn up by Stephen Hastings, Solicitors with replies by Barrington and Sons, Solicitors, 10 Ely Place, Dublin 2.
3 items

4 July-4 October 1907
Cases drawn up by Stephen Hastings, 89 Georges Street, Limerick, given to counsel, D.F. Browne, to advise the Jesuit Fathers as to the title of the premises purchased by them from the Earl of Limerick described as ‘Lot 2’ and ‘Lot 3’ respectively.
7 items

29 May 1907-15 November 1907
Correspondence relating to the financial transactions associated with the purchase of the ground rents of ‘Lots 2’ and ‘3’ of the Earl of Limerick’s estate. Includes correspondence between Fr Michael Browne SJ, Rector of The Crescent and the Reverend Fr Assistant Walmesly SJ, and a letter in Italian from Fr General Francis Wernz SJ.
6pp

19 August 1907
Receipts for Water Rates payment by the Jesuit (-31 March 1913) Community of The Crescent, Limerick.
3 items

Conveyance:
Parties: (1) William Henry Edmond de Vere Sheaffe, Earl of Limerick. (2) The Equity Law Life Assurance Society, London. (3) Maximilian George Rooper, 17 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. (4) John Henry Kennedy, Reepham, County Norfolk and Croker Barrington, Fitzwilliam Square, city of Dublin. (5) Reverend Michael Browne, Reverend Patrick Power and Reverend Patrick Tighe, The Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick.
Property: Part of the South Priors Land which now forms part of the Church of the Society of Jesus situate at Richmond Place otherwise the Crescent in the parish of Saint Michael and City of Limerick measuring in front to Richmond Place, 55 feet and from front to rear 200 feet, marked ‘Number 3’ on the map accompanying the 1809 lease.
Conveyance: In consideration of the sum of £850 sterling the fee farm grant to this property £39-9-2 free from all incumbrances is conveyed to Reverend Michael Browne, Reverend Patrick Power and Reverend Patrick Tighe.
Date: 7 November 1907
Size: 3pp vegetable parchment

Conveyance:
Parties: (1) William Henry Edmond de Vere Sheaffe, Earl of Limerick. (2) The Equity Law Life Assurance Society, London. (3) Maximilian George Rooper, 17 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London.(5) John Henry Kennedy, Reepham, county Norfolk and Croker Barrington, Fitzwilliam Square, city of Dublin. (5) Reverend Michael Browne, Reverend Patrick Power and Reverend Patrick Tighe, The Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick.
Property: Part of the South Priors Land which now forms part of the Church of the Society of Jesus situate at Richmond Place otherwise the Crescent in the parish of Saint Michael and City of Limerick measuring in front to Richmond Place, 25 feet and from front to rear 200 feet, marked ‘Number 4’ on the map accompanying the 1809 lease.
Conveyance: In consideration of the sum of £400 sterling the fee farm grant to this property free from all incumbrances is conveyed to Reverend Michael Browne, Reverend Patrick Power and Reverend Patrick Tighe.
Date: 7 November 1907
Size: 4pp

20 November 1910
Two schedules of documents relating to the tenancy of Robert Newenham O'Callaghan of plots of land at The Crescent belonging to the Earl of Limerick which subsequently became vested in the Jesuit Fathers.
2 items

1910
Account of moneys advanced by Stephen Hastings, Solicitor, for Bridget Stackpool, the total amounting to £25.
1p

Receipts from Taylor Brothers, Stone & Marble Work, 25 Talbot Street and 6 Fairview Strand Works and Todd Burns & Co. Limited for payment of work on St Patrick's Chapel, candlesticks and marble altars at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes specification for marble altar.

• receipts of rent received from Rev. Richard Russell, £19.14.7. due to the Earl of Limerick for South Priors Land (29 September 1894) and Rev.d. Thomas Head SJ, £13.10.0. due to Miss A. Maunsell for Richmond Place, Limerick (29 September 1895);
• notes on the accommodation for domestic staff at the church and school (nd.);
• note from P.S. Connolly & Co. to Fr John Barragry SJ acknowledging the cheque for £700.15.4. to enable the payment of Estate Duty in respect for the gift from Joseph Barrett, DECD. late of Lionmount, O'Connell Ave., Limerick (19 September 1956);
• copy of notes by Fr John MacMahon SJ on Limerick's arms and motto (17 July 1993).

File containing extensive documentation concerning the will of Charles Kennedy and his bequest to the Society of Jesus. The Society used the proceeds from this bequest to construct University Hall, Hatch Street. The extent of the file can be explained by the numerous properties owned by Charles Kennedy and the necessary documentation that inevitably accompanies ownership of property, receipts and vouchers from professional companies involved in the construction of University Hall and the fact that the will of Charles Kennedy was contested by his brother Frank Kennedy. His legal action was unsuccessful (29 January 1909 & 30 January 1909 & 30 May 1912, 3 items).

Material relates to the life and work of Charles Kennedy and to a lesser extent, James Kennedy. Includes large amount of correspondence and receipts, 1871-1901;

Material related to Jervis Street Hospital. Includes correspondence, report wills, plans, fundraising committee meetings, 1876-1902;

Wills, land details on property on Capel Street, Mountjoy Square; correspondence between Charles Kennedy and business associates, friends and relations including Chief Baron Christopher Palles. Wills and receipts related to Laurence, Richard and James Devereux, Distillers, Wexford Distillery, Kilkenny and land in Wexford. Receipts including from the Royal Yacht Club, the Smithwicks in Kilkenny. 1875-1884;

Material relates to a nephew of Charles Kennedy, Charles Doyle (wife, Lizzie Doyle, and daughter Rosetta). Charles Doyle appears to be a serial conman (at one stage changes his name to Edward Gerard) and Charles Kennedy corresponds with fellow family members in Ireland and abroad, priests in the UK and Citeaux, France and reformatories about Charles Doyle's criminal behaviour and imprisonment in Austria, the U. S. and France. Chief Baron Christopher Palles was a brother-in-law of Charles Doyle.1872-1899;

Correspondence between Rosetta Doyle, Youghal, Fermoy, Killarney and Taunton, Somerset and her grand uncle, Charles Kennedy, 151 Capel Street and 17 Mountjoy Square, Dublin.

Correspondence between Lizzie Doyle, Youghal, Cork and her uncle, Charles Kennedy, 151 Capel Street and 17 Mountjoy Square. Relates to her time as a student at the Loreto convent, Youghal and issues such as family matters, school fees; 1875-1889.

A file of bills and receipts made out to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ for the new buildings at Milltown Park, Dublin. Includes itemised bill by John Rooney for works carried out for the new building at Milltown Park, Dublin according to plans by Charles Geoghegan Esq (12 December 1860).

Documents regarding the rental of a field to Edward Harmon, Stylebawn Dairy (Elm Hall), Milltown, Dublin by the Jesuits at Milltown Park, Dublin