A file relating to the will of Rev. John Joseph Therry. The Irish Jesuits are named as beneficiaries. He bequeathed the management of his entire property in Australia to the Irish Jesuits for religious, charitable and educational purposes.

File of material relating to Fr John Carroll SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes newspaper
obituaries; probate of will; announcement of death; and correspondence between Fr Carroll and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Milltown Park and Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick bequeathing a number of items to the Irish Province including five oak bookcases and the books contained in them to Emo (The bookcases are in Clongowes Wood College SJ, 2020).

File of material relating to Fr Francis Joy SJ including catalogue record, mortuary card, and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

Copy last will and testament of Henry Earl of Ely, Lord Viscount Loftus of Ely and Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall. Includes a form attached granting probate (20 February 1864).

Copy last will and testament of Sir Charles Tottenham Loftus, Baronet, Earl of Ely. Includes probate of the will.

A file relating to the will of Mary E. O. Bolger and her bequest of £500 to the Jesuit Fathers, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.

Material relating to Fr Paul P O'Dea SJ, including his mother's (Mrs Bridget O'Dea) will.

A file relating to the will of Canon Roche and money he left for the education of students for foreign missions.

Mission material relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ. Includes passport photograph, photographs, personal record, announcement of death (December 1970), list of executors of will, newspapers articles on court case involving Fr Sheridan relating to a publication entitled ‘Outlook’ and correspondence between Fr Sheridan and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Bound volume containing a list of documents, compiled by Fr John Grene SJ held in Milltown Park, Dublin in 15 small metal boxes. Insert index to 8 tin or metal boxes, sorted by Fr James Rabbitte (April 1926).

Notes on the will of Fr John Austin by Fr Thomas Betagh contained in 'Directorium ad rite legendas horas canónicas missasque celebrandas' (Bernard McMahon Press, Dublin, with P. Wogan, & P. Bean, No. 23, Old Bridge, 1783). Includes:

• Memoranda of my Executorship under Mr Austin's will;
• accounts to Mary Ann Austin, daughter of Richard Austin deceased, apprentice to Mary Magennis,1784;
• accounts to Mary Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, sent to Miss Mullaly's school 1785, travelled to Spain 1786. Returned from Spain without serving her indented time and arrived in Dublin, 15 May 1788;
• accounts to Francis Austin, son of Richard Austin, apprentice to a Glover, 1787;
• accounts Jane Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, apprentice to Catherine Collins, Ribb and weaver, 1787;
• accounts Teresa Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, apprentice to a Glover, but discharged for disagreeing with her mistress, 1787;
• accounts to Mathew Austin, son of Richard Austin, supported by the Patrican Society, dismissed by them as past the age allowed by their rules, under the care of a nurse in Saggart, 1790 ;
• accounts of sale of Fr Austin's books, 1797;
• cash expended on Mr Lisward's nurse, 1790;
• legacies bequeathed by Rev Mr Lisward's and discharged by me, 1791-1792.

Material related to the will of Catherine Clery, deceased, and a legal action between Raphael Ambrose Biale v. Kenny and others. Includes copy of will; correspondence; writ of summons; instructions for counsel; settlement of defence (16 February 1898); judgement (16 November 1898); costs; estimate of the costs of alterations to the church at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to be made from the will of Miss Cleary.

Copy of will of Miss Catherine Cleary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in which a sum of £10 is bequeathed to a number of Jesuit priests and ‘to the residue of all property of every kind…I give devise and bequeath the same as follows viz To the Very Reverend Timothy Kenny’.

Copy of probate granted for the will and codicil for Stephen R. Cunningham, deceased. Includes letter from Casey, Clay & Collins Solicitors to Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street relating to the estate of Stephen Cunningham deceased in which ‘by direction of the Executors of the above deceased we enclose their cheque for £2312 13d 5s being a moiety of the residue of the Estate’.

Copy of probate of ‘The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Daly deceased’ and copy of will of Thomas Daly, Christchurch Place, Dublin left £300 to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ, Gardiner Street.

Will and testament of Ignatius John English, 27 Bayview Avenue, North Strand in the county of Dublin in which he bequeaths property, goods and chalets, money and policy of insurance to his sister Mary Agnes English. Signed and sealed. Includes probate of will of Ignatius John English (deceased, 20 October 1885).

Deeds, cheques and shares bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ. Includes letter from Mary Agnes English; schedule of payments to Fr. Bannon SJ; account of Fr Bannon’s charity money.

Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan, deceased. Includes schedule of costs and receipts of payments by Fr Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to J.H. Walsh & Co. Solicitors related to costs incurred with reference to settlement of claim of the owners of premises in Meath Street against estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; sales of premises No. 73 & 74 Meath street, 60 Thomas Street, 32,33, 34 Vicar Street and 71 Thomas Street being the estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; extract from the last Will and Testament of Josephine Keshan Spinster.

Copy of the last will of Michael Horan of Derrygra, County Roscommon, with enclosed letter indicating that the deceased estates was bequeathed to three charities, one of whom is the Jesuits.

Will of Catherine Logan, 14 Little Denmark Street, Dublin in which she bequeaths sums of money to Jesuits at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street. Includes two codicils to will.

Letter from Sheridan & Kenny Solicitors, 24 Eustace Street, Dublin to the Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin re: James McEvoy and the enclosed cheque for &20.

File of material related to the bequest to Fr John St Leger SJ in the will of Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy. Includes correspondencefrom Michael Cartan O’ Meara, Solicitor to the Jesuits, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street; miscellaneous costs;

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’

Copy of the will of Mary Anne Louisa O'Byrne, Clan Morni, Ulverton Road, Dalkey, County Dublin. Includes codicil to the will.

Copy probate of the last will and testament of Lieutenant Colonel Llewellyn Blake (Count Blake), D.L. He left a Burse of two fifteenths to Mungret Apostolic School, County Limerick.

File relating to Fr John Mulligan SJ which includes correspondence relating to the Pioneer Association and his aunt's will (Miss K. O'Connor) in which Fr Mulligan is named as a beneficiary (9-16 January 1980, 7 items).

File relating to a bequest for £883-11 left to the Irish Fr Provincial by Mary Mooney, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex, England for the cost and maintenance of Manresa and the erection of a plaque to the memory of Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes copy of Mary Mooney’s will, accounts of the executor and correspondence between representatives of Barclay’s Bank and William Dargan, Bursar of the Irish Province.

A file relating to the entitlements of Rev Luke Murphy SJ from his late father's will (John Murphy deceased).

Draft will of [ ] bequeathing a sum of £50 sterling to Rev. [ ], of the church of St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Will of Isabella McManus, Upper Dorset Street, Dublin. Fr John Curtis SJ is named as a beneficiary.

Will and codicil of Mrs Alice Seaver, 43 North Great George's Street (mother of Frs. Matthew Seaver SJ and William Seaver SJ).

Will of Jane Woollcombe.

Copy opinion of Mr. R. P. Carton on a case submitted to him on behalf of Fr William Ronan SJ, concerning the will of Mr Devereux and a bequest to St Mungret's College, Limerick.

Letter from John Cavanagh, Solicitor, 13 College Green, Dublin to Rev. Eugene Browne SJ concerning the will of Mr Patrick Matthews in which he bequeathed the annual dividends or interest of 74 shares of Drogheda Steam Packet company to his nephew Rev. John Stanley Matthews SJ.

A file relating to the will of Mr Nicholas Kennedy, Mayfield, County Tipperary in which he bequeathed £500 to the Society of Jesus, Dublin.

Will of Miss Margaret Maxwell, 22 Dawson Street, Dublin in which she bequeathed her estate to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ and Fr Peter Finlay SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin for masses to be said for her soul and the souls of her parents.

Will of Joseph Hannan, Caherelly Castle, County Limerick. Bequeaths a portion of his estate to the Irish Provincial of the Society of Jesus so that masses can be offered for his soul. Instructs that £52 that he borrowed from the Society of Jesus be returned.

Letter from W. P. Kelly and Walker, Athlone, County Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the will of Mr. Andrew Moore and a legacy of £500 to the Society of Jesus.

Copy will of Nicholas John O'Neill, 4 Belleview Terrace, Limerick in which he bequeathed £2,700 to the Apostolic School at Mungret, County Limerick, the money to be used to educate Irish boys who would not be able to afford the expense of their maintenance and education for the priesthood.

Copy will of Ellen Colgan, 33 Great Charles Street, Dublin. Bequeaths the residue of her estate to her brother Rev. John Colgan SJ and Rev. Thomas Vincent Nolan SJ, Rev. Michael Browne SJ and Rev. James Bury SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

A file relating to the will of Joseph Ryan, 81 Hollybank Road, Drumcondra, Dublin in which he bequeathed £25 to the Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Copy will and grant of Teresa Doran, 51C Dawson Street, Dublin and Howth View, Blackrock, County Dublin, Spinster. Bequeaths money to the Jesuit fathers, Milltown Park, Dublin for educational purposes.

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).

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).

Will of Richard Gore Daly, Grenville Street, Dublin naming Fr Charles Ferguson SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Dublin as a beneficiary.

Will of William Nugent Skelly. Rev. Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare is named as a beneficiary and was bequeathed the residue of Skelly's estate.

A file relating to the will of Dr Shea and caveat to the will entered by Mrs Hickie.

A file relating to the will of John Murphy, Rathangan. His son Fr Luke Murphy SJ is named as a beneficiary.

A file relating to the will of Professor John Casey, 86 Iona Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin.

A file relating to the will of John Timothy Donnelly, Denmark Street, Dublin in which he bequeathed the residue of his estate, amongst others to Rev. Robert Haly SJ and Rev. Henry Joseph Rorke SJ, Clongowes, County Kildare and appoints Rev. Robert Haly SJ, as one of his executors.

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.

A file relating to the will of John C. Mackey, Nenagh, County Tipperary, father of Fr Ernest Mackey SJ in which he names his son as one of his beneficiaries (one fifth of his property).

A file of copy letters concerning the estate of Barbara Daly, deceased and a bequest of £1,000 to educate a child for the Jesuit Order.

A file relating to the will of Joseph Smyth, Greenaun Gowra, County Kildare in which he bequeathed his house and lands to be held in trust and sold by the trustees of Clongowes Wood College, county Kildare.

A file relating to the will of Philip Francis Little. Bequeaths £50 to the Society of Jesus. Includes a copy of the will. Remarks in a postscript 'I do not include my dear brother the Rev. Robert J. Little SJ under any benefit in my will. Professing as he does the holy virtue of poverty, it is useless conferring benefit upon Robert of which he can not avail. (23 September 1916, 3pp). Includes a letter from Patrick J. Little, executor of his brother's will. Enquires '...I would like to know whether a claim would be advanced on behalf of Father Robert to a share on technical grounds.' (27 January 1927, 2pp).

A file relating to the will of Ruby M. B. Lynch, Walton Lodge, Ballysheen, Sixmilebridge, County Clare and her bequest to the Society of Jesus of her property to be used to educate members of the order or as a place of retreat.

A file relating to Mrs Louisa McCann (sister of Fr Laurence Kieran SJ) and the will of her late husband Mr Arthur McCann. The file relates to the financial difficulties experienced by Louisa McCann following the death of her husband, due in part, to the failure of the trustees of her marriage settlement to ensure that £20,000 was put in trust for her widowhood. Her brother Robert Kieran acted as her solicitor. However, it would appear from correspondence between Louisa and her brother Robert and Fr Kieran SJ that Louisa and Robert fell out with each other and she eventually asked Fr Kieran SJ to act as mediator and to look after the legalities of the estate. Includes a letter from Louisa McCann, Teltown, Donaghpatrick, Navan, County Meath to Fr Kieran, S.J. Remarks '...Bob's behaviour has certainly been awful and his letters all trumped up nonsense...he knows my unfortunate position and is taking advantage of it...I could not have believed he would have turned on me as he has done...I have you at any rate - otherwise I am really a very desolate creature now - struggling hard to pull along and trying not to be a burden on anyone.' (15 June 1938, 2pp). Includes a copy letter from Fr Kieran SJ, Clongowes Wood College, county Kildare to his brother Robert Kieran concerning the disagreement that has arisen between Louisa and Robert. Remarks 'I have often asked you to control your temper and your nerves - you have not done so; on the contrary, I regret to say you are getting steadily worse; so much so that I have often asked myself in sorrow where it is all going to end. Are you any the better now do you think for having inflicted this pain upon one who is poor, defenceless and alone in the world, and do you really believe that in doing this act you have given good example to your children?' (19 June 1938, 2pp). Includes a copy letter from Louisa McCann to her brother, Robert Kieran. Remarks 'I appreciate that you have had no end of trouble or worry over the McCann estate...but your recent attitude and behaviour towards me has made it impossible for me to approach you any further - I am sending the documents to Lal (Fr L Kieran SJ)...I have every confidence in him and shall be directed by what he advises...' (n.d., 2pp).

Copy case for counsel to advise on a bequest made by Margaret Doyle to the Bishop of Limerick and Superior of Mungret College, Limerick for the establishment of a bursary for the education of students from St Joseph's Young Priests Society as Roman Catholic Priests for the foreign missions.

A file relating to the will of Elizabeth Cahill, Hill View, Meath Road, Bray, County Wicklow and the estates of both Elizabeth Cahill and James Healy. Elizabeth Cahill bequeathed the residue of her estate to Fr Kirwan SJ, Superior of Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin for the charitable purposes of the Jesuit Fathers.

Search relating to the will of Mary Clare Sutton, Eccles Street, Dublin. Rev. William Ronan SJ was appointed sole executor and residuary legatee and devisee.

Will of Vincent Bede Shiel, Catholic priest, late of No. 14 Oxford Street, Rozelle, Sydney, Australia, but now residing in Dublin (1942), found in the papers of Fr Leonard Sheil SJ. Connection unknown 'Left by L Sheil nothing to do with house property P Kenny SJ, however, the will is witnessed by Fr Kevin O'Sullivan SJ and Fr Pádraic Ó Brolcháin SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin'.

Administration (intestate) in the High Court of Justice, Ireland, Kings Bench behalf of Henry Alexander Donovan, The Square, Listowel, County Kerryh Division (Probate) deceased bachelor assigning his estate to his brother and only next of kin, Edmund William Donovan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway. Two pendant wafer seals attached.

File containing Donal Mulcahy’s admission papers and correspondence with provincials concerning his renunciation of property and his years of work at Tullabeg, Gonzaga College and the Milltown Institute.

Probate of the will of Laurence Brady, Lynch Park, County Dublin. Bequeaths his property to Rev. John S. Conmee SJ and Rev. George Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare as joint tenants. Appoints Conmee and Kelly, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare as joint tenants and as executors of his will.

Typewritten copy of will. Amongst other bequests to nephews, niece and brothers, Hanly leaves £1000 to 'the Rector of the Jesuits Order in Limerick...for masses to be said in public' for the repose of the souls of his parents, wife and himself.

Power of attorney from Rev. John Ffrench to Rev. Edmund Joseph O'Reilly SJ, Rev. John Lynch SJ and Rev. John Callen SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to act on his behalf in any legal matters.

A file relating to a sum of money £1,773.10.3 from the estate of Daniel J. Daly that was received by Rev. Daniel A. Daly from the administrators of his father's estate to be held in trust for his brother Rev. Charles Daly SJ. Includes a draft letter from Cartan, O'Meara, Dublin to Rev. Daniel Daly, St Michael's, Moore Street, Birmingham concerning Rev. Charles Daly's SJ wish to have the sum of money transferred to the Superior of the Irish Mission in Hong Kong (14 September 1940, 2pp).

Copy of Will of Fr John Fullam SJ, extracted by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ.

Bound volume listing members of the Society of Jesus in Ireland and their wills. Includes an alphabetical index of names. Doesn't contain actual wills.

Probate of the will of Fr James MacDonnell SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes a pendant wafer seal.

A file relating to Fr Philip Brady SJ and his affairs after his death. Includes a deed in respect of property (130 & 131 North Strand) (26 September 1870, 3pp). Includes a letter from Mary Bligh, 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool to Collis and Ward, Solicitors, 13 Clare Street, Dublin concerning her brother's (Fr Philip Brady SJ) death. Remarks that considering the money paid by her father to the Society for her brother's training and upkeep and the fact that her brother earned his own livelihood she '...decline(s) consequently to pay anything towards the medical expenses incurred by my brother on his last illness and funeral expenses.'

Probate of the will of Rev. George Francis Waters SJ. Includes a copy of his will. Includes a pendant wafer seal.

Copy will and probate of Rev. John J Carroll SJ. Bequeaths his property to Fr Daniel Scully SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, Fr Isaac Moore SJ, Crescent House, Limerick and Fr Thomas Keating, SJ, Upper Gardiner Street and appoints them executors.

Letter from Fr Eugene Browne, SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning Fr Nolan's will. Remarks that he looked through Fr Nolan's papers and found a will dated 3 October 1859 in which he left his property to Fr Curtis SJ. Continues that a second will was prepared by Mr Maxwell in 1887 but was never executed. Remarks 'I cannot find amongst the papers his renunciation in which probably there would be something more defined as to the ultimate destination or application of the money.

Probate of the will of Fr John Stephen Conmee SJ. Appoints Rev. William Delaney SJ, University College, Stephen's Green, Dublin and Rev. Peter Finlay SJ, Milltown Park, county Dublin as sole beneficiaries and executors.

A file relating to the Canavan estate (Fr Joseph Canavan SJ) and properties at New Street and Malpas Street.

Power of attorney from Rev, Henry Martin Lynch SJ to Fr James Dalton SJ.

Notes by Fr John Grene SJ relating to the bequest to Fr John Mathews SJ of £500 from his father and steam packet shares from his uncle yielding £37 half yearly. In recognition of this, Fr General imposed an obligation of 10 Masses for the greater bequest and a Mass for each pound of the lesser one.

Correspondence relating to the bequest of John Patrick Higgins late of Ballymoney, Dunmore, County Galway, of the sum of £7-15-6 to be used for Masses dedicated to repose of his soul and that of his family. Includes copy of probate of Higgins' will.

• will of James L Rorke, brother of Andrew (28 February 1905);
• wills of Fr Andrew Rorke SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin (14 August 1869; 4 April 1905);
• letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ to Fr Andrew Rorke SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin regarding finance (23 January 1906);
• letters from Fr Andrew Rorke SJ to Fr Peter Finlay SJ, Rector, Milltown Park, Dublin regarding £300 stocks upon his death (2 items, 24 May 1906; 16 May 1910);
• letter from Alexander Rorke (nephew), Two Rector Street, New York and Christmas calling card to Fr Andrew Rorke SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin (2 items with envelopes, 15 September 1910; 20 December 1911);
• letter from Francis Rorke (brother), Seattle, Washington, USA to Fr Andrew Rorke SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin (2pp, 19 December 1911).

Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ from Fr Cyril Power SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, proffering his opinion on the question of goods coming to the Society from a person who has left no will.

Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ from Dr. Edeltraut Albert Reinert, 6 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin in relation to his will; copy of Dr Reinert's will in which he leaves much of his estate to the Society.

Copy of will John Creagh Richard, Abbey, barony of Clanwilliam, County Tipperary, deceased.

20 Lower Dominick Street

Copy of will of Thomas Wall Esquire, Milltown, Dublin. John Grene, 4 Lower Ormond Quay

Will of Thomas Wall Esquire, Milltown, County Dublin. Signed, sealed and delivered.

Probate of the last will and testament of the Hon. Denis George (Joseph Hamilton, Pro. 5 Upper Sackville Street).

Copy of probate of will of Carter Eben Draper, deceased. Extracted by William Fry, 13 Lower Mount Street. Copied by Hastings Dare Draper, Solicitor, 5 St Andrew Street, Dublin.

Certified copy of statutory declaration of John Lewis Riall Esq. by H & W Stanley, 59 Dawson Street, Dublin

Certified copy of statutory declaration of W Burroughs Stanley, by H & W Stanley, 59 Dawson Street, Dublin in relation to John Lewis Riall.

Certified copy of statutory declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Jane Meredith, by H & W Stanley, 59 Dawson Street, Dublin

Copy of probate of the will of Miss Eleanor Hanlon (deceased), with one codicil, attested copy of statement of facts re: estate of Eleanor Hanlon.

Hasting Dare Draper, Solicitor, 5 Andrew Street, Dublin

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.

Copy case concerning the will of Henry Lynch and copy opinion of R. B. Warren on the case.

A file relating to the Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College but given to All Hallows. Includes note explaining the provenance of the correspondence (25 September 1977) and documents such as:

• Lord Emly Burse (January 1883, 2 items);
• Boyce Burse (23 June 1905 - 10 October 1910, 5 items);
• Michael Leahy bequest (20 October 1909 - 31 May 1912, 4 items);
• Madeline Josephine M. Sampson Burse (St. Marie Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, 3 May - 6 June 1913, 2 items);
• Canon Doyle Burse (24 October - 28 November 1922, 5 items);
• letter from Fr O'Donnell SJ to Fr Edward Cahill SJ relating to ‘De Jure Burses’ (12 September [ ], 4pp).