Includes; "Associates", "Children of Mary", "Ballygriffin", "Gardens", "Sr Winona & [and] Team and staff from Monasterevin", "Indian Sisters, delegates + [and] the Congregational Gathering".

Includes; file includes an extract from the “Cork Examiner” 21 April 1951 entitled ‘Famous Cork Nun, Dr. O’ Rahilly to lecture on Nano Nagle; programme for Lecture by Dr. Alfred O’ Rahilly Nano Nagle pioneer of Catholic Education in Cork and Concert, Capitol; Cinema 22 April; two typed pages of extract from Nano Nagle’s life relating to her questing for alms in Cork; photocopy of a letter from Nano Nagle to Teresa Mullally 29 September 1776; letter from Sr. M. Ignatius, Presentation Convent, Carrick-on Suir (29 March 1930) concerning the copy of the Direction and the Revision of the Rules; letter from Maude McHardy, Bray ( 11 September 1932), she is claiming to be a descendant of Nano Nagle and she has a cousin who is very anxious to get the life of the foundress Nano Nagle; letter from M Holland, 8 North Mall (10 January 1933) where he mentions books and paintings referring to Nano Nagle and her family; letter from Arthur Leupold, Portrait Studios, 6a Patrick Street, Cork ( 26 January 1933) in connection with locating three paintings; letter from Sr. M. Joseph, South Presentation Convent, Cork ( 14 December 1944) in relation to an old account book; note with heading Bond for £2000 dated 18 September 1771; notes from “The Cork Journal”, December 1760 mentioning the house at Ballygriffin; handwritten notes on Apostolic Brief, concerning the Sisters taking Solemn vows dated 15 May 1804, Dublin; type written pages of the Annals from June 1801 to September 1803; article on ‘The Girls’ Apostolate of “The Grail”, from America, 21 July 1934 by John G. Rowe; letter from M.F. Tobin, Presentation Convent, 18 September 1803 to John detailing the financial circumstances of the Community after Nano Nagle’s death; notes on the establishment of the Ursulines in Cork; copy of Act of Profession of Mary Anne Collins, in Religion Mary Angela, 15 August 1793; notes in French in relation to the Infant Jesus Sisters – Rouen 1983; notes in relation to women joining enclosed orders; notes on Annonciades-First congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart; notes on wills in the Nagle family dated 13 May 1812; letter from J.W.Skells, Map Room, British Museum, 21 January 1933 concerning Charles Turner’s painting of Nano Nagle; handwritten notes relating to Mr. Callanan [Fr. Laurence Callanan] and how he helped Nano Nagle to set up the rules which were necessary to establish the congregation; handwritten notes on the Charity Schools; empty brown envelopes addressed to Professor A. O’ Rahilly, University College, Cork, Ireland; notes on the missions Australia, India and England with foundation dates and names of the Sisters who were sent on these missions; Conspectus of the Presentation Order, from its foundation in 1777[1775] to the year 1875, including the date, convent, filiation, First Superior, Diocese, number in Community, 1874, average number of pupils for 1874 and remarks; and notes written in pencil on questions answered by Superiors of Institute professing Simple Vows in their Report to The Holy See (c 1923).

Includes; photo of named group of Sisters taken at Ballygriffin on the occasion of the Presentation purchase of the birthplace of Nano Nagle; printed image of Sisters at Ballygriffin; newspaper cutting on the purchase; newspaper cutting on the appointment of Presentation Sister Thaddeas Kelly to a high position in the Vatican.

Includes; letter in French to Rev. Mother, dated 1859; letter from Luke Keating to Rev. Mother and Sir, dated 8 September 1874; letter from P. Paola Molinari, S. J. Rome, dated 4 December 1973, giving details of his arrival; five letters from Sr. Gabriel, Presentation Convent, Clayfield, Enderley Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia dated January 1964 to December 1965, to Mother de Sales; expressing concern about the lack of vocations, changes in government regulations concerning schools, changing the religious habit in different countries; the chapters and amalgamations; letter from Sr. Gabriel Hogan, from New Guinea, telling of life on the missions there and adapting the religious habit; letter from Fr. Michael Green in Rome to Rev. Mother, dated 24 October 1964, concerning the direction of the tabernacle and the seating in the chapel; letter from Michael Magner to Rev. Mother, dated 3 October 1963, concerning the sale of the land in Ballygriffin; letter from M. Bernard Ryan, Matlock to Rev. Mother M. de Sales Gleeson, 1966, authorizing her to act as Delegate to accept the vows of Sr. Mary Killian Cusson; letter to Sr. Rosario, dated 20 August 1979, mentions the visit to Ireland and seeing the relics of Nano; letter from Margaret George and Eileen Bendeich, New South Wales, to Mother de Sales and Community, recounting all their connections with the Presentation Sisters for generations; letter to His Excellency, The Most Rev. John Panico, J. U. D. Apostolic Delegate to Australia, concerning the seven groups of Presentation Sisters in Australia seeking a common rule; letter from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert, from California to Rev. Mother Benignus, dated 24 October 1952, mentions making corrections in previous documents; letter from Sr. M. Dorothea, New York, to Sister, dated 31 May 1966; letter from Mother M. Antonine, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A., to Mother de Sales, dated 18 November 1964, giving details of their ministries in schools, a children’s home and small hospitals, and co-operation among different groups of Presentation Sisters; letter from Sr. M. Camillus, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, to Mother M. Agnes, dated 12 November 1972, mentions the publications on Nano Nagle; letter from Sister Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Mother de Sales, dated 3 January 1979, tells her about her study of Nano Nagle for her research paper and requests help in obtaining access to primary sources as soon as possible; letter from Sr. Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Sr. Rosario, dated 27 September 1979, thanking her for her help with the research; copy of a letter from Sr. M. Josephine, Powell Lombard Street, California, to – dated, 5 October 1901, expressing concern that some Sisters are not following the intentions of Nano Nagle and telling of the large number of poor children they are helping; letter from M. Dominic Cunningham, St. Michael’s Presentation Convent, Croydon, undated claiming that Nano Nagle taught her great -grandmother and photo of group also included; letter from Sr. Regina Vickers, St. John’s Newfoundland, to Sister Superior, undated, ordering books; letter from M.M. Joseph, The McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, to Mother and Sisters, dated 8 January 1912; three letters from Helen Clayton, Wimbledon Park, London, to Sr. Rosario, dated between July 1979 and September 1979, thanking her for her help and hospitality; letter from Sr. M. Berchmans, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Rev. Mother, dated 8 September 1951; and letter from Sr. Ann Mary, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Mother de Sales, dated 30 June 1975, concerning the updating of the Constitutions.

Includes; prayer card for the ‘Beatification of Nano Nagle’; negative of the map of the Ballygriffin area; ‘A Bookkeeper's Prayer’; Review of Nano Nagle’s life by Fr. O’ Carroll, CSSP; article from ‘The Fold’ magazine, ‘The Sisters of Mercy in Cork’; booklet ‘In the tradition of St. Finbarr’ by Rev. T. J. Walsh, [Canon T. .J. Walsh]; letter from A.M.O’ Sullivan, Subiaco, Roma, 1 March 1912 to Sister Mary Joseph; letter to Mr. Lynam, British Museum, London, W.C.1.on 18 January 1933 concerning C. Turner’s painting of Nano Nagle; Nano Nagle Ode for Presentation day written in 1911; A Funeral Sermon Preached at a Solemn High Mass Celebration in Cork 12 November for Marie Antoinette, Her Late Most Christian Majesty by the Rev. F. McCarthy, 1793; a Sermon preached on 8 August 1810 of the late Rt. Rev. Florence Mac Carthy by the Rev. John Ryan; and notes on the South Monastery and the use of the buildings over the years.

Includes; letters from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 3 October 1954 to Miss O’ Rahilly concerning a nineteenth century poet – Diarmuid O Longaigh; letter to Mother Catherine on 20 February; letter of 17 February 1960 to the Holy Father in French and in English giving the history of the congregation; letter to Mother Benignus relating to the printing of the book; letter to Mother de Sales from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Durrus , County Cork, 29 October 1968, concerning the use of the buildings on Douglas Street; letter to Sr. Catherine, 16 September 1971, including a map of Ballygriffin; letters to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Finbarr Ryan, Arch. P.S. Port of Spain, 31 December 1959, paying tribute to him for his work on the life of ‘Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sister’s; letter from James Canon Bastible, University College, Cork, 12 December 1959, to Rev. Mother congratulating her on Fr. T.J. Walsh’s [Canon T.J. Walsh], book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’, letter from S. Perosazz, Department of Education, Dublin, 28 June 1956 to Fr. T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning access to reports made by inspectors on the Presentation schools during the nineteenth century; letter from M. Gregory, O.S.B., Benedictine Abbey, Kylemore, Clifden, County Galway, 15 July 1955, stating that due to fire in their archives two years previously any information which they had on Nano Nagle was burnt; letter from D. Joseph Dowdall O.S. B., Glenstal Priory School, Murroe, County Limerick, 22 May 1955 to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], relating to the microfilming of documents; letter from Fr. F.X. Marin, St. Patrick’s , Via Piemonte, 60 Rome (125) to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning the examination of the Prop. Documents; letter to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Patricia O’ Connell, Evening Press, 6 April 1955 in relation to the death notice of Joseph Nagle; letters from Browne and Nolan Limited, Publishers, 41 -42 Nassau Street, Dublin, to Rev. Mother on 10 September 1958 concerning the publishing of Fr. T.J. Walsh’s, [Canon T.J. Walsh], book; letters from M.H. Gill and Son, 50 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Mother Benignus, Mother Ignatius concerning the publication of the book and its cost; two copies of 1775 – 1975 Sermon on the occasion of the Bi- centenary Celebrations of the Presentation Sisters, St. Finbarr’s Church Cork 24 December 1975, T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], December 1975; Nano Nagle, Undaunted Daughter of Desires A Study in Sanctity, T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], October 1975; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J.Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork, 18 September 1980 to Sister Lucy, Presentation Generalate, Monasterevan, County Kildare; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork to Sister Rosario [Allen] concerning the plans for the Nano Nagle tomb; letter from Carol Nagle Fish, 54 Prairie Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14207, 25 January 1985, requesting information on her ancestors and claiming that she is related to the Nagles; newspaper article, ‘ Canon Walsh: The Final Respects’; leaflet, ‘ Office for the Dead and Funeral Mass’, Very Rev. Canon T. J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 27 June 1984; and notes on layout of chapters for the book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’.

guide book informing of events and attractions at the Nano Nagle Centre in Ballygriffin, County Cork.

history of Ballygriffin, story of the Presentation purchase and development of Ballygriffin, names of Sisters and people involved, details of works carried out at site.