Accounts of the Language School in Canton
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the accounts of the Language School in Canton. Includes a note concerning the Procurator of the mission who was to reside permanently in Ireland.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Irish Jesuits working and living in China and Hong Kong during the rise in communism after the Second World War. Includes newspaper cuttings and descriptions by the Irish Jesuits of their experiences.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from the Vicar Apostolic of Canton to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ regretting the forthcoming departure of the Jesuits withdrawal from Canton at the end of the academic year. Includes a copy of a reply from Fr Kieran SJ.
Letters from Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
Donnelly, Donal I, 1898-1975, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Daniel J Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to China, the early years of the Chinese mission and his work in the mission. Includes a letter describing the difficulties he has encountered in learning Chinese (8 April 1927, 6pp). Includes a description of a visit to a mission in Shiuhing (9 May 1927, 14pp). Includes a letter discussing the staffing needs for the Hostel attached to Hong Kong University (17 May 1927, 8pp). Includes a letter describing the move to the Sacred Heart College Canton, China. Describes how they are settling in (9 September 1928, 8pp).
Finn, Daniel J, 1886-1936, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Gerald L Kennedy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work in Hong Kong
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Gerald L Kennedy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work in Hong Kong. Includes a letter concerning his voyage home. Remarks 'Just a line to tell you that Frs Fitzgerald, Gallagher and myself are ploughing our way through the Gulf of Aden on our way home after 3½ years of hunger and deprivation…' Discusses the other Jesuits still in Hong Kong (24 October 1945, 2pp).
Kennedy, Gerald Leo, 1889-1949, Jesuit priest and medical doctor
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Joseph McCullough SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to Hong Kong and his work in China.
McCullough, Joseph P, 1892-1932, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from J. P. McCarthy SJ, Heythorp College, Chipping, North Oxon. to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning the finances of Hong Kong, in particular Canton.
McCarthy, Jeremiah, 1894-1968, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from various individuals living and working in Hong Kong to Irish Fr Provincial concerning their work in the Hong Kong mission.
Letters sent by the house consultors of St Ignatius House, Canton to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters sent by the house consultors of St Ignatius House, Canton to Irish Fr Provincial.
Material relating to the deaths of Frs Michael Saul SJ and Joseph McCullough SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the deaths of Frs Michael Saul SJ and Joseph McCullough SJ from cholera.
Note relating to a decision to open an Apostolic School at Loyola
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Note relating to a decision to open an Apostolic School at Loyola - to train possible candidates for the Society.
Opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, 1919-
Visitation memorials for St Ignatius House, Canton
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Visitation memorials by the Superior of the Mission, Fr Thomas F. Ryan SJ for St Ignatius House, Canton.
Ryan, Thomas F, 1889-1971, Jesuit priest