Irish Jesuit Archives

Welcome to the catalogue of archival descriptions relating to the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in Ireland from 1575 onwards. Use the search box with names or keywords to find particular records, the browse option or Collections, Names, Subjects and Places.

This catalogue (finding aid), is not a digital repository, and there are no digitised documents, or log in facility. Please contact archivessj@gmail.com with any archival queries or appointment (March 2024). AtoM (Access to Memory) is a fully web-based archival description application that is based on ICA (International Council on Archives) standards. In line with Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu regulations, there is no access to material later than 9 October 1958 (the death of Pope Pius XII).

Links:

The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760 edited by Mary Ann Lyons & Brian Mac Cuarta SJ.

Woodlock Hall, All Hallows Campus, DCU contains approx. 18,000 items from the Jesuit Library.

Catalogue of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly available on Offaly History.

Irish Script on Screen, ISOS has digitised 'lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge i gcartlann na nÍosánach'.

Photographs of Irish Jesuits in Hong Kong on the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI).

Publications: The Jesuit Irish Mission: A Calendar of Correspondence, 1566–1752 and Irish Jesuit Annual Letters, 1604–1674.

ARSI (Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu), the archives of the central government for the worldwide Society of Jesus, Rome.