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Newspaper cuttings relating to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Jesuit house at Tullabeg; Booklet for the anniversary mass concelebrated by Most Reverend John McCormack, Bishop of Meath.

Includes:
– list of Jesuits buried in the old Rahan cemetery (n.d., 2pp);
– letter to [the Rector] from John Molloy (building contractor) concerning the laying out of the grounds (29 January 1818, 1p.);
– ‘Rules for a Confraternity of the Sacred Heart. formed for the Scholars at Tullabeg, by the late Fr Patrick Meagher SJ, uncle to Thomas Francis Meagher - March 19 1833 written out by Hugh Gartlan of Dundalk’ (1833, 11pp);
_ Note on the Christmas plays of Tullabeg College, 1853 (2pp);
– printed copy of ‘Centennial Ode. St. Stanislaus College, 1918’ by Fr William Fortescue Power SJ (1918, 6pp) and
letter from Fr William Delany SJ to Mr Breen concerning a fire in a shoe store in Tullabeg (11 January [ ] ), 3pp);

Ministers’ Diaries with ‘Book of the Customs & Usages of the College of Tullabeg with notices of particular events’ (1831-1835, 22pp); Scholars’ Customs (n.d., 6pp) and Diary (9 June 1835-18 July 1838, 39pp).

File relating to the minimum wage that should be paid to agricultural workers at Tullabeg. Includes newspaper cuttings, various notes and calculations and a letter on the topic to Fr Michael Connolly SJ from Fr Edward J.Coyne SJ.

Material compiled by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ relating to the origins of Tullabeg as a school for boys and a novitiate. Includes:
– typescript copies of summaries of replies to queries sent by Fr Burke Savage SJ to Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, House Historian, Tullabeg, comments on those replies and comparisons of the early history of the community, as depicted in Fr John Grene’s ‘A Contribution towards a History of The Irish Province of the Society of Jesus’; the Memorials of the Irish Province and Fr William Molony’s ‘Brief Notices’ of 1831
– notes on Frs Robert and John St Leger and on the original builder at Tullabeg (1955, 23pp)
– letter from Fr Burke Savage SJ to Fr Jerome Mahony SJ (19 November 1955, 3pp) on the ‘strong local tradition that we built Tullabeg’, enclosing copies of early letters relevant to the subject (21 April 1815 – 29 April 1817, 7 items, 9pp).

Lists of Retreats. Includes:
– complete lists of Retreats for years 1962 – 63 to 1967 – 68 inclusive (6 items);
– ‘Men Weekend Retreats and Days of Recollection’ for years 1962 - 63 to 1968– 96 inclusive (7 items);
– Boys’ School Retreats (1962 – 1968, 2 items) and
– Ladies Days of Recollection (1968 – 1970, 9 items).

Letters to the Fr Michael Connolly SJ, Rector at Tullabeg concerning various issues relevant to the community. Includes letter from Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, Irish Provincial, relating to the reading of banned books by novices, from Fr James Naughton SJ, Secretary of the Society of Jesus relating to the sending of philosophical codices to Fr General and from T. Duffy, Honorary Secretary, Mullingar Golf Club, waiving green fees for members of the Society of Jesus.

Letters to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ, Rector, Tullabeg, from Fr Brendan Lawler SJ and Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ relating to financial issues, such as the daily charge for visitors staying in province houses and the funding of building work in the college.

Letters to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ from Provincial, Fr Brendan Barry SJ concerning the annual status; notes by Fr Hanley for his annual General’s Letter.

Letters to the Fr James Murphy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg from Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, concerning issues such as the granting of ordinary faculties and visits to Tullabeg. In one letter Bishop Gaffney writes, ‘I hope you are not extinguished after all the light you shed on us. You strongly established your own fame, but you literally elevated your order, high as had been its station’ (4 August 1899).