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The series consists of material which records the history of the Presentation Sisters in Dingle such as the annals of the community, the profession register, the customs regulations in Kerry and loose- leaf letters.

The collection consists of records relating to the Presentation Community in Dingle from the foundation of the convent in 1829 to 2019. The fonds includes material relating to the history of the Dingle community, the Presentation Primary and Secondary Schools, Mother Ita Macken, the Harry Clarke stained glass windows and An Díseart project. It also includes some financial material.

Manuscript drafts by Fr. Richard Henebry titled ‘Dinnseanchas gearr nDéise’ referring to the origins of placenames, traditions, and historical events associated with the Déise Gaeltacht (County Waterford).

Series consists of material related to the Diocesan amalgamation of Cashel and Emly which saw Presentation Convents in Cashel and Thurles forming a Union in 1974. Includes correspondence regarding the Union, the Decree of Union issued from Rome and the first Chapter of the Union.

Correspondence and documentation regarding the issue of diocesan amalgamation. Includes:
 Regulations of Maynooth Synod that relate to nuns.
 A copy of a reply letter to a community of the Presentation from N.N. which discusses that there is no mention of “Amalgamation, Federation, Branch Houses or General Noviceship” in the Apostolic Brief or the Rules and Constitutions, 1908.
 A handwritten document titled “Confidential” which discusses diocesan amalgamation stating “To us Diocesan Amalgamation is unthinkable”, no date.
 Two handwritten documents discussing suggestions for the Presentation Convents such as the freedom to select their own subjects. The documents also mention diocesan amalgamation and that it “would mean failure”.
 A reply from the Sacred Congregation of Religious, Rome granting permission for novices of two independent communities of Presentation Sisters in the Diocese to make their novitiate in one or other of the Houses of the Presentation Sisters in said Diocese, 21 Feb 1968.

Circular regarding conferences of the clergy in the Diocese of Ossory in 1916. The circular includes the dates of the annual collection, the diocesan retreat for the clergy, the meeting of the committee of St. Kieran’s College and the order of diocesan visitations. Signed by the Most Rev. Abraham Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory.

This series comprises records relating to communications mainly from the Catholic Bishops of Ossory and other ecclesiastical authorities in the diocese. It includes letters regarding appointments as confessors and chaplains, the granting of faculties, notices of religious ceremonies and communications from other religious in the locality.

Letters from the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963), granting diocesan faculties to the Capuchin friars of Ard Mhuire. The letter of 4 May 1931 reads:
'I hereby grant to the Fathers at Ard Mhuire the faculties of the diocese as our priests usually enjoy them. Apart from general or provincial reservations, there is no peculiar limitations with us, except in regard to makers of poteen or sellers of spirits (even licit) outside licensed premises'.

Correspondence to Mother Loreto, Reverend Mother of Cashel Convent from Thomas Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly regarding the Presentation Union (Amalgamation) of Cashel and Thurles Convents. Also includes the Decree of Union issued by the Sacred Congregation in Rome, documents related to voting on the Union by community members, the election of delegates and lists of Presentation Sisters within the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.