Files relating to Borrisnafarney Church which was built in 1829 with funding from Thomas Ryder Pepper. This subseries deals with church funding, repairs and an attempt to join Borrisnafarney with Aghnameadle.

Report of the Dr. J.P. Moore, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin, to Fr Daniel O’Sullivan SJ, Rector, St. Mary’s, Emo, concerning Brother James Christian SJ.

Minutes of two meetings of the community at Tullabeg; Minutes of a joint meeting of the communities of Tullabeg and Dooradoyle, Limerick.

Correspondence between Fr Richard Coyne SJ, Librarian, Tullabeg, and Theo Snoddy, editor, Dictionary of 20th century Irish artists and S.B. Kennedy, Assistant Keeper, Department of Art, Ulster Museum, in relation to the three sculptures by Laurence Campbell in the Domestic Chapel at Tullabeg.

Inventory of the works of art, period furniture and church plate at Tullabeg Retreat House by Richard J. Lattimore, Auctioneer and Valuer, Dublin.

Christmas card from the Jesuit Retreat House at Tullabeg.

Correspondence relating to the retreats held in August each year for Christian Brothers at the Retreat House in Tullabeg. Includes letters from the superiors of Christian Brothers’ houses at Tuam, county Galway, Kells and Trim, county Meath, Westport and Ballinrobe, county Mayo.

File relating to the work of the Jesuit Retreat Association. Includes initial promotional material and rules, lists of promoters, minutes of annual general meetings and permits for fundraising activities such as whist drives and flag days.

File relating to apostolic work at Tullabeg including reports on retreat work and on the church. Includes account of annual retreat numbers, correspondence relating to the continued viability of the retreat house and preliminary plans for the development of a Jesuit pastoral centre.

File relating to the laying down of a new water pipe and pump at Tullabeg and to (4 November 1960) fire prevention plans. Includes correspondence between the Fr Michael Connolly SJ, Rector, Fr Tom Scully SJ and Fr Patrick Cunningham SJ and various suppliers and a series of letters to the Rector from O’Gorman Quinn and Company, Fire Protection Engineers, Dublin relating to fire engines and extinguishers.