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Visitors Book includes the dates, visitors name, address and comments of people who visited the Presentation Convent Killarney. Visitors came from Ireland and abroad. Many Presentation Sisters from various countries visited.

Receipts from various insurance and assurance companies from the Agent of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance of London annual payment on policy.
Royal exchange Assurance – receipts for Premiums paid for renewal of Policies
Sun Insurance Office re premium for renewal and reference to insurance relating to accidents to students.

Includes
• Typed copy of the Annals from 1844 – 1882, Sr Sheila Mary Ryan and Sr De Pazzi Lane
• Typed copies of the Annals for 1983, 1984, and 1985

A typed account of the commencement of the Convent and the Annals.

Indenture Fee Farm Grant, 18 September 1861, Sir Edward Denny
• to Mr Patrick Stack and Others
• Indenture: Miss Mary Leonard to Right Reverend Dan McCarthy and Very Reverend A. Higgins, 11 June 1880
• Indenture: Richard Cussen to Ellen Cussen, 10 March 1882
• Indenture: Mary Leonard to Mary Stack, Hanora Martin and Ellen O’
• Connor,1868
• Probate of the last Will and Testament of Catherine Corr, 20 May 1899
• Administration with Will annexed of Mary Anne Stack, 20 May 1899
• Will of Ellen O’ Connor, 19 December 1900
• Articles of Agreement between Thomas Leonard and Mary Leonard
• Indenture between Bridget Cagney, Nora Condon, Mary Lyons and Saint
• Brendan’s Trust
• Letter from Matthew J Byrne to Rev. Mother concerning Lord Listowel’s Estate
• Letter to Reverend Mother from F. and C. Downing, Solicitors re Title to Convent Premises
• Report on Title, 9 January 1943
• Sale of Land, 22 April 1920
• Letters from Michael C. Larkin, Solicitor, to Sr Eileen [McCarthy], Superior, re Title to Presentation Convent, Listowel, 1987
• Identification of Property at Listowel, County Kerry
• Letter from Michael C. Larkin, Solicitor, to Sr Elizabeth McMahon re Your Title Deeds, 13 May 1997 Schedule of Title Documents
• The Deeds to Listowel Primary School and all other property of Presentation Sisters at Listowel, 11 March 1982

Sister Mary Austin Hayes was professed in 1809, but felt she needed a more rigorous life and went to England to enter the Order of Trappists at Staplehill. She returned after one year and devoted herself to teaching in Killarney. After some years she felt a need to establish a new order which would be devoted to Perpetual Adoration. Therefore, she walked to Dublin, crossed the Channel and on reaching the Continent, travelled on foot to Vienna to see her Uncle - Count O’ Connell. She was received favourably and was promised help in her pious project. She crossed the Alps and secured an interview with Pope Pius VII. He received her graciously, granted her request and gave her his blessing. Nothing remained to be done except to have some documents signed and she expected to return to Ireland with full powers to establish her new Institute. Having mistaken the midnight bell at St. Isadore’s Franciscan church for that of the morning, she arose and fastened the door of her lodging after her. It rained heavily and she had to remain at the Church door for the rest of the night. She became ill and died after a few days and was buried by the Franciscans at St
Isadore’s. She died in 1841. The money which was promised to her by Daniel O’Connell was later given for Presentation Convent, Cahericveen.

Handwritten declarations by individual Sisters when they entered stating that they joined the convent of their own free will. Each declaration has a seal on it.

Includes the Presentation Secondary School Magazine 1994; letter from the Board of Management of the Secondary to the community requesting to have Typing Room and Technical Graphics Room included in the properties and boundary of the Secondary School and letter from the community granting this request; map; correspondence re request for a pedestrian outlet to the Ballybunion Road.

Series consists of material related to the Education Authorities, building of the schools, adding extensions to the schools, Architects and Engineers drawings.

Includes:

• Correspondence from Healy Bros, Contractors, Tralee, and Reverend Mother regarding works to be done at the schools.
• Bill from Mr Francis Nunan for painting, cleaning, and carpentry work.
• Estimate from Musgrave & Co. Limited, Heating & Ventilating Engineers, for heating the schools.
• Estimates from the following Builders & Contractors for the proposed New Schools and extension at Presentation Convent Killarney; John Hearne & Sons, 4, William Street, Waterford, T. Gallivan, New Street, Killarney, and Patrick Murphy to Messrs Ashlin & Coleman, Architects, Dublin, O’ Neill & O’ Carroll, Main Street, Castleisland, and Jeremiah Galvin, Sneem.
• Correspondence from John A. Wood regarding the construction of the Tennis Courts.
• Tenders, estimates, and bills from King Bros, Builders & Public Works Contractors, New Street, Killarney.
• Secondary School addition cheques cancelled.
• Handwritten notes about the Extension to the Secondary School in 1957.
• Repairs to Schools – Bill and Statement of Account from O’ Leary & Son Building Contractors.
• Bills from the ESB for installing heating systems in the schools.
• Bill from D Ryan & Company, Ltd, Glasheen Road, Cork, for school furniture.
• Correspondence from O’ Neill, O’ Halloran, McLoughlin, Quantity Surveyors, Sheheree, Killarney regarding the Proposed Extension to the Secondary School.
• Specifications of works for Proposed New Play Areas.