A printed transcript of a talk given by Father Walsh at Presentation Drogheda Holy Week 1972.

Includes; typewritten copies of letters from George’s Hill, Dublin, from Sisters in different convents; letter from Mother M. Angela Collins to Miss Teresa Mullaly dated 31 March 1786, in which she mentions the needs of the poor children and the need for vocations and the qualities which are necessary for the new Sisters; letter from Laurence Callanan to Teresa Mullaly, dated 1 October 1791, in which he mentions the foundation in Killarney and the need for Miss Curtayne to return and the shortage of Sisters, he also mentions that the Rule is not yet ready and is glad to get good news of Mr. Mulcaile; letter from Bishop Moylan to Teresa Mullaly dated 26 June 1794, gives details of the shortage of Sisters, their health and circumstances; letter from M. H. Doyle to Teresa Mullaly, dated 7 July 1794, mentions Mr. Mulcaile and children receiving the Sacraments; letter written on 28 February 1795 by Mrs. M. F. Tobin, Cork Presentation Community to Teresa Mullaly, George’s Hill, re Sisters Doyle and Doran -Foundresses of the Presentation order in Dublin, describing the lives of the Sisters, their health and daily timetable, and the wish to spread the congregation further in Ireland; letter from Mother M Clare O’ Callaghan, “ Cork Convent of the Presentation”, to Sister Magdalen Clinch dated 10 May 1796, letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Doyle dated 7 August 1796, letter from M.F. Tobin to Teresa Mullaly dated 1 January 1797, mentioning the political situation in the country; letters from M. F. Tobin to Mrs. Mary M. Clinch, Dublin dated 3 February 1797 and two copies of letter of 1 July 1797; letter from M.F. Tobin to Miss Mary Doyle dated 4 September 1979; letter from M.F. Tobin to M. Doyle, dated 6 April 1799, discussing her family circumstances and her vocation; letter from M.F. Tobin to Magdalen Clinch dated 21 July 1800, letter from Sr. M Angela Fitzsimons to Teresa Mullaly, dated c 25 April 1801; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Mary Doyle, dated 1803, the death of Mrs. Mullaly is mentioned; letter from M. F. Tobin to Miss Doyle, dated 24 January 1805, mentions that Sr. Collins health is not good; letter from M. F. Tobin to Miss Doyle, dated 24 January 1805; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Doyle, dated 11 March 1806; letter from M.F.Tobin to Mary Doyle, dated 23 May 1806, congratulating her on getting the holy habit and mentions that there are now eight Sisters in Killarney; letter from M. F. Tobin to Sr. Bernard (Mary) Doyle, dated 28 October 1806, she describes the new building; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Mary Doyle, dated 12 January 1807; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Sr. Bernard Doyle, dated 3 April 1812, she states that her health is failing; letter from Mother M Clare Callaghan to Mother Ignatius Doran, dated 24 November 1812, Carlow and Kilkenny are mentioned.; letter from M Ignatius Doran from Drogheda to Clare Healy in George’s Hill.
Letters quoted from Hutch, dated 21 may 1784; letters quoted by Burke Savage S. J. , Collins to Mullaly, dated 31 March 1786, letter dated 1 October 1791, Callanan to Mullaly, and letter dated 29 April 1794 Tobin to Mullaly, letter dated 2 July 1810 from McCarthy to Miss Tobin.

Dr. P. Curtis to Has te set out at ence on the Visitation of his diocese and thus will be unable to be in Thurles on 6 July.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

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17 January 1941 to 1 October 1945 60 items
Schools to be provided by Dominicans at new Cabra housing development; questions regarding teaching sisters- their attendance of Carysfort training college and their recognition by the State is trained in NI; (also see "Chapters" file regarding a university hostel for sisters); a new South Africa branch is mooted by native sisters; a reference to amalgamation expected in South Africa in 1938 involving various Dominican congregations and the consequent necessity for changes to constitutions; also see file "Loreto 1" letter 11/2/1944 regarding Irish Times offence.

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8 January 1946 - 12 June 1950 46 items
Deaf institute celebrates centenary, includes copy of booklet and program; Archbishop offers suggestions on modification to Constitutions; list of Dominican congregations in South Africa, Archbishop is not enthusiastic about Irish girls joining German congregations; M. Prioress visits deaf schools in Britain, includes her report; question of secondary school for Clondalkin, and of a university hostel; an undated typescript history of the foundation of Cabra deaf institute.

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25 January 1951 - 31 December 1956 91 items
Oral training of deaf-mutes; Archbishop wished well for his visit to antipodes, list of convents there founded from Dominicans in Dublin; Dominicans petition the Holy See for habit uniformity of choir and lay sisters, do this without reference to the Archbishop, his resulting displeasure, their apology; question of home for the aged female deaf is discussed; a sister seeks to transfer to Drogheda (contemplative) convent; Archbishop notes "formally" that strict enclosure of Dominican sisters is unsuitable for a congregation engaged in active apostolate, recommends youth clubs on their premises; correspondence regarding routine details of community life; Lisbon to join Irish congregation, also includes letter from South Africa.

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3 January 1957 - 31 December 1962 78 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate; attendance at a congress of religious orders in Rome, a problem is resolved regarding a sodality and its relationship to the parish of Cabra, Quinquennial reports acknowledged by Rome, a family dispute regarding children in Cabra; definitive permission from Rome regarding lay sisters habits, renewed question of a university hostel, a new Prioress-General is elected.

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13 January 1963 - 26 October 1971 146 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate; a foundation in Mississippi is considered and declined; a university hostel at Merrion Avenue (Rosaryville) is begun; suggestion to undertake secondary school at Stormanstown received with caution; a residential home for the aged deaf opened and was blessed at Stillorgan; unable to undertake foundation at Santry; M. Jordana- her importance for Catholic Education requires her exemption from election to other post- later, Archbishop's annoyance at proposal to transfer her to Belfast in view of her crucial appointment regarding education in Dublin; novitiate transfers from Kerdiffstown to St. Dominic's , Merrion Ave.; a sister transfers to contemplative convent in Drogheda; Taylor's Hill convent in Galway seeks to join Cabra congregation.

Includes; letters to Mrs M.C Callaghan, Presentation Convent, Cove Street, Cork, from St. Mary’s College, dated 10 June 1813; letter to Mrs Clare Callaghan, Presentation Convent, Cork from her niece Mary Callaghan, dated 8 April 1824, giving news of her family; photocopy of a letter addressed to Mrs McLoughlin, Presentation Convent, Kilkenny, dated 12 August 1835; typed copy of letter of Mother Aloysius Moylan to Mother Joseph McLoughlin, P.C. Kilkenny, 12 August 1835; photocopy of a letter addressed to Mrs Austen, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, dated 23 March 1835, mentions rent for property, the Presentation Sisters, Joseph Nagle, and Right Rev Francis Moylan, (Bishop Moylan), 31 August 1801; letter to Mrs. R. Doyle, S. Presentation Convent, Cork, from Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, dated 17 January 1839, mentions the veiling material, the dreadful storm, the effects of the storm on the Sisters in Drogheda, Galway, Mullingar, Richmond and Rahan, where the buildings were damaged, Sr. Clare Callaghan’s health, details of the foundations in James Street, Richmond, Drogheda, Richmond, Maynooth, Mullingar, and the success of the foundation in Limerick; letter to Mrs M de Pazzi Leahy, South Presentation Convent, Cork, from M. Magdalen from Presentation Convent, Manchester, dated 1 April 1839, mentions Sr. Clare, the health of the Sisters, the six hundred students in the school, the Sunday school and hundreds of adults for instruction, many Protestant children are anxious to become Catholic; letter to Mrs. Shea, dated 10 January 1807, concerning the donation for the building of the vestry rooms of the chapel; letter to Mrs. Francis Doyle, South Presentation Convent, Cork dated 27 April 1847, from Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, this letter has been overwritten and difficult to read; letter addressed to Mrs. Francis Doyle, South Presentation Convent, Cork, from George’s Hill, Dublin, dated 21 October 1845, mentions Mother Clare; letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew to Mrs Cronin, dated 24 July 1846, concerning a new altar stone; typed copy of the same letter; letter from Theobald Mathew to Mrs. Bernard Hogan, dated 18 March 1857, enquiring about her family; letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew, New Orleans, Louisiana to Mrs de Pazzi Leahy, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland, dated 13 May 1850, mentions Sr. Mary Clare, that the schools are crowded; letter from Presentation Convent, Marlborough, 54; an account of the life of Mother Ignatius Verling, dated October 1869, she was one of the foundresses the convent in Fermoy; letter from Ursuline Convent, to Mother Mary Joseph, South Convent, Cork dated 14 March 1876, concerning religious books for novices; letter to Mrs. Leahy, SP Convent, Douglas Street, relating to Mrs. Donovan and the change in valuation of the farm; letter from P.C. Cullen, 59 Eccles Street, Dublin, to Vey Rev Dean Neville, dated 29 September 1877, concerning indulgences in Ireland and abroad; letter from the Ursuline Convent, Cork, dated 20 November 78, concerning books for the novices; letter from Fr. Benson to Rev. Mother; letter to Sister Elizabeth, from Calverleigh Court, Tiverton, North Devon, about 1915, mentions the photo and how the property was inherited; and two copies of a letter to Mother Joseph, Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, from Louis C. Nolan, O.P. Rome, dated 28 May 1925, expressing an interest in the cause of Nano Nagle; booklet entitled "Pioneer Total Abstinence Association ... International Seminar Cork" (1988).

Includes; letters from Dean MC Swiney, Carrigaline, dated 23 November, to Rev. Mother 1876, mentioning Thurles; letter Mr. Neville, from Catholic University of Ireland, 86 Stephens Green, Dublin, to Rev. Mother, dated 25 June 1882, mentioning the altar and the bonds and shares; letter from M. Agnes, North Presentation Convent, Clarence Street, to Rev. mother, dated 22 April 1883, letters from Sr. M. de Sales, Castleisland, County Kerry, written in 1908; letter from Fr. Peyton, to Rev. Mother, dated 17 May 1954; letters from Sr. M. Patrick, George’s Hill, Dublin to Rev. Mother, concerning the establishment of a Branch of the Standing Committee for the Conference of Convent Primary Schools, in Cork, dated April and May 1962; note from Sr. M. Aloysius, Fair Street [Drogheda, County Louth], to Rev. Mother dated 24 February 1972; telegram from Nellie and Jim to Sr. Ita for her feast day; letter from Sr. de Lourdes, St. Louis Convent, Carrickmacross, to Sr. Kieran, dated 20 December 1977, letter from Sr. Therese [Browne], Presentation Convent, Youghal, to Rev. Mother, dated 20 October 1953; postcard which has a picture of the Presentation Convent, Tuam, County Galway , from Mary of the Sacred Heart to Rev. Mother M. de Sales; letter from M.C.McHugh, C.S.S.R. , Marianella, Orwell, Road, Dublin, to Mother, dated 14 December 1959, in which he appreciates Father T. J. Walsh’s book on Nano Nagle; and letter from James Bastible, St. Patrick’s Church, Lower Road, Cork, to Mother Agnes, dated 27 September 1969, he appreciates the work of the Sisters in Cork Polio; letters from Presentation convents- Crosshaven, Thurles, Tralee, Midleton, concerning the draft of the new constitutions, letter from Sr. M. Agnes, Turner’s Cross, to Fr. Meenan, dated 5 November expressing delight to know that he is a direct descendant of Nano Nagle; letter from Fr. Anthony Boran, OFM .Cap, Provincial, Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7 to Rev. Mother dated 11 March 1975, concerning papers pertaining to South and North Presentation Convents; letter from Antionette Cogan (Brownie Leader), 20 Alexandra Villas, St. Luke’s Cork, to Rev. Mother , dated 5 December 1979, thanking her and Sr. Rosario for their time and co-operation during their recent visit; and faded photocopy of a letter dated 2 July 1801 giving an account of the Sisters.

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1941-1971 50 items
Apostles, O.L of; Augustinian; Brigidine; Carmelitems; Charity; Cluny; Columban; Cross and Passion Correspondence frequently covers Requests for interviews with archbishop Requests for foundations in Dublin Kylemore (OSB) devastated by fire; reconstruction aided by archbishop, see separate folder.

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7 February 1941 - 24 January 1966 59 items
Benedictines Kylemore Blessing of first abbess in Ireland since 12th century Project of Benedictine foundation in Dublin leads to correspondence between archbishops of Dublin, Tuam, Prior of Chevtogne (Belgium), Fr. Cathal McCarthy, Abbess of Pradines (Loire, France), Archbishop Isidores is cause of friction in Kylemore when five community seek Dublin and a more authentic Benedictine life Abbot of Pradines initially willing to help but desists. Project flounders Fire, archbishop generous in help.

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1 January 1941 - 10 November 1969 31 items
All the correspondence concerns a disturbed nun of Drogheda Dominican convent who is a patient in St Vincent's Fairview. Letters re Federation International Sportive de l'Enseignement Catholique from a sister in Belfast.

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27 September 1942 - 21 September 1970 62 items
Evron ND de (Lisdoonvarna); Franciscan (Cork, Castleblayney); Holy Ghost (Glaslough); SJOG (Waterford); St Joseph of Annecy (Piltown); St Joseph of Bordeaux (Virginia); St Louis (Middletown); Loreto (Cavan). Greater part of correspondence relates to requests to seek postulants by press advertisement or school visits.

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1941 - 1971 76 items
Several Mercy convents in all four provinces; O. L. of Missions (Limavady); Nazareth (Belfast, Sligo). Greater part of correspondence relates to requests for financial assistance and questing for postulants.

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1941-1971 99 items
Perpetual Adoration (Wexford); Poor Clare x3); Presentation X 8); Holy Rosary (Killeshandra); Christian Retreat (Tuam); Rosminian Wexford). Correspondence re various matter of routine nature.

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1941-1971 60 items
B. Sacrament (Tullamore); O.L Sacred Heart (Ballybay); S.H. (Castlepollard, Youghal); Salesian (Birr); Christian Schools (Roscrea); Bon Secours (Kerry, Tuam); Good Shepherd (Cork, New Ross); Ursuline (Thurles); Visitation ( Stamullen) Correspondence re various matter of routine nature.

Letter from +Moynagh, Drogheda to +McQuaid stating he is in Europe trying to explore possible avenues for peace in Nigeria. He is currently with Mother Mary Martin. He asks the Archbishop to appeal for prayers for the success of his mission. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item Ibadan