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Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Walsh, Eugene, 1828-1855, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Walsh, Eugene, 1828-1855, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Colgan, Ernest J, 1888-1911, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Seaver, Elias, 1865-1886, Jesuit scholastic
Mr Edward Patrick O'Donovan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
O'Donovan, Edward Patrick, 1843-1875, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
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Hastings, Edward, 1811-1840, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
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Preston, Edmund, 1808-1826, Jesuit novice
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Mathews, Edmund, 1653-1667
Part of Irish Jesuits
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Daniel, Edmund, 1541/2-1572, Jesuit scholastic
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Print out of personal history.
Cogan, Edmund, d 1810, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
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Bohan, Edmund, 1862-1883, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Ryan, Denis, 1828-1846, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
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Duigin, Denis, d 1590, Jesuit scholastic
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Doyle, Denis, 1856-1876, Jesuit scholastic
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Sheahan, Daniel, 1846-1884, Jesuit scholastic
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Murray, Daniel, 1844-1863, Jesuit scholastic
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Hayden, Daniel, 1835-1866, Jesuit scholastic
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Print out of personal history.
Nugent, Christopher, 1603-1627, Jesuit scholastic
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de Loyola, Charles, 1618-1646, Jesuit scholastic
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O'Daly, Bernard, 1619-1645, Jesuit scholastic
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McElroy, Anthony, 1785-1841, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Kennedy, Anthony, 1711-1734, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
Duffy, Anthony, 1848-1872, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Print out of personal history.
D'Arcy, Ambrose L, 1850-1875, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Details of death of Mr Alexander Kickham SJ.
Kickham, Alexander, 1873-1892, Jesuit scholastic novice
Mortuary card for Fr John Hannon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mortuary card for Fr John Hannon SJ.
Mission office material on Fr Richard J Kennedy SJ
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File of material relating to Fr Richard J Kennedy SJ. Includes personal record; passport photographs; photographs; article entitled ‘What I saw of the Red Terror in China’ (1954); newspaper clippings on the arrest, ‘trial’ and release of Fr Kennedy in Canton (1953); certificate of post-war credit and financial statements from the Midland Bank Limited and correspondence between Fr Kennedy and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ. Includes correspondence between Fr Lawlor and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission bulletin entitled ‘Irish Jesuits in China’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission bulletin No.2 entitled ‘Irish Jesuits in China’, which mentions the work and demand for the services of Fr Gallagher. Gives brief background information on Fr Gallagher.
Irish Jesuit Missions, Dublin, [1945]-
Part of Irish Jesuits
Miscellaneous notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Jesuits in Europe, some reference to Maryland and Barbados, including citations to various archival documents.
Miscellaneous costs between solicitor and client, Fr Thomas A Finlay SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Miscellaneous costs between solicitor and client, Fr Thomas A Finlay SJ, for period 29 November 1896 to 14 November 1898.
Purcell, Daniel, solicitor
Minutes of the first meeting of the University Council
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of the minutes of the first meeting of the University Council.
University College Dublin, 1854-
Minutes of meetings of Dublin Food Supply Society
Part of Irish Jesuits
Volume of minutes of committee meetings of the Dublin Food Supply Society (DFSS), a society with which Fr Thomas Finlay SJ was associated and whose object was the supply of cheap food to the poor of Dublin in difficulties due to either the Great War or the ‘local Irish situation’. Fr Thomas Finlay SJ, who had previously worked with Sir Horace Plunkett in the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, established the Dublin Food Supply Company (1916-1926) at a meeting in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Lincoln Place.
The following individuals became part of the Dublin Food Supply Company committee: Lady Frances Moloney (Chairperson) (in 1918, she became one of the founders of the Missionary Sisters of St Columban), Miss Conroy, Miss Janet Cunningham, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Cogan, Mrs O'Brien, Mr McKee, Mr Fallon, Mr Desmond O'Brien, Mr Cruise O'Brien, Mr Michael J. Dillon and Mr W.A. Ryan. It was agreed that 4 Killarney Street (later transferred to 10 Lower Gloucester Street) should be taken temporarily as a shop, from Monday 18 December 1916. The society had £137 in their account and Fr Tom Finlay SJ was able to source ten gallons of milk, Lady Moloney secured a half a ton of potatoes and Mr O'Brien, bags for the potatoes from IAWS. The milk crisis of 1917 resulted in the Corporation of Dublin requesting that the Dublin Food Supply Company take over the distribution of the milk supply previously provided by them. By 1918, depots where food and milk could be bought were located at: Grattan Street; Francis Street (later transferred to 88 Thomas Street); North King Street and Old Camden Street. By 1924, further properties were bought at Gloucester Place Upper; Middle Gardiner Street and No. 1 Pimlico, parish of St. Catherine, city of Dublin to ‘carry on business solely for the purpose of supplying to the poor, all or any manner of household supplies at such a price and no greater over and above the wholesale price as will cover rents and other costs of distribution’. In February 1925, the Dublin Food Supply Company was running a deficit and the falling off in trade due to the business depression resulted in the ceasing of operations in 1926.
Dublin Food Supply Society, 1916-1926
Minutes book of meetings of Dublin Food Supply Society
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Volume of minutes of committee meetings of the Dublin Food Supply Society (DFSS), a society with which Fr Thomas Finlay SJ was associated and whose object was the supply of cheap food to the poor of Dublin in difficulties due to either the Great War or the ‘local Irish situation’. Includes: six enclosures – profit and loss account (31 December 1919, 2 items); profit and loss account (1920, 1p.); Report of the Annual General Meeting (16 May 1921, 1p.); profit and loss account and Report of the Annual General Meeting (February 1925, 2 items).
Dublin Food Supply Society, 1916-1926
Menu of a complimentary dinner given for Fr Thomas Finlay SJ
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Menu of a complimentary dinner given for Fr Thomas Finlay SJ ‘First Hon(ourary) Member of the Columbians’ at the Imperial Hotel, Dublin. Signed by Fr Finlay.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
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Memorial hymn book of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, B.V.M. St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in devout memory of the Rev. Thomas Murphy SJ.
Memorial card of Fr Hilary Lawton SJ
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Memorial card of Fr Hilary Lawton SJ.
Memorial card in honour of Margaret McGrath and Pierce McGrath
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Memorial card (hand drawn and hand written) in honour of Margaret McGrath (1939) and Pierce McGrath (1940).
Memorial card for Mary Egan, mother of Fr Michael Egan SJ
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Memorial card for Mary Egan, mother of Fr Michael Egan SJ.
Memorial card for Fr Patrick Simpson SJ
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Memorial card for Fr Patrick Simpson SJ.
Memorial card for Fr Matthew Corbally SJ
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Memorial card for Fr Matthew Corbally SJ.
Memorial card for Fr Kieran Ward SJ
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Memorial card for Fr Kieran Ward SJ.
Memorial card for Captain John D Walsh
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Memorial card for Captain John D Walsh, brother of Fr Patrick Wash SJ.
'Memorandum on Spiritual Needs of Native Irish Speakers in Britain 1958-59'
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'Memorandum on Spiritual Needs of Native Irish Speakers in Britain 1958-59' by Fr Joseph Hurley SJ.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Memorandum on Milltown Park library
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Memorandum on Milltown Park library, Dublin.
Memorandum listing the number of Irish missions given by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from 1933 to 1947
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Typed memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial listing the number of Irish missions given by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from 1933 to 1947; his work in Britain which began in 1948, ‘Since then Fr Sheil has given five missions most years and never less than three – during the autumn period in Britain’; and listing his work from 1933 to 1947 in Ireland in the autumn as ‘mostly with the convent school-girls, and occasional retreats in convents and in Jesuit churches.’
Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ
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Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ asking him to return overdue books.
Royal Irish Academy, 1785-
Memorandum concerning the council room and its use for various meetings
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Memorandum concerning the council room and its use for various meetings.
Memoirs of Fr Joseph Darlington SJ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Memoirs of Fr Joseph Darlington SJ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Memento of Priesthood from Charles Mulcahy SJ to Cyril Power
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Memento of Priesthood from Charles Mulcahy SJ to Cyril Power.
Mulcahy, Charles, 1874-1954, Jesuit priest
Matriculation certificate from the National University of Ireland for Michael Morrison
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Matriculation certificate from the National University of Ireland for Michael Morrison.
National University of Ireland, 1908-
Matriculation certificate from the National University of Ireland for John W Hutchinson
Part of Irish Jesuits
Matriculation certificate from the National University of Ireland for John W Hutchinson.
Material relating to Fr Richard Ingram SJ's entry to the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Richard Ingram's entry to the Society of Jesus.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to an article written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' supporting a fellow Jesuit's interpretation of a passage in St. Mark. This article sparked a controversy as Fr Gannon's views were disagreed with by Cardinal MacRory (and other eminent scripture scholars). Includes a letter from Fr John R MacMahon SJ (Fr Provincial), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Byrne SJ concerning the controversy. Remarks 'In reply to a letter from Fr Gannon, I wrote to him to say that I could not allow him to pursue the discussion about St. Mark III, 20 - 21 any further…that I would not approve of his seeking an interview with the Cardinal; that he might write to the Cardinal, but that I would have to see a draft of the letter beforehand.' Remarks that he received a reply from Fr Gannon and includes a passage from the letter describing it thus 'He is taking a most extravagant view of the situation.' (15 April 1945, 1p). Includes a copy of a letter from Fr Provincial (Fr MacMahon SJ) concerning a letter Fr Gannon wishes to write to Cardinal MacRory regarding the difference of opinion between the two men. Remarks 'Let me assure you (and I wish I could convince you) that you are taking far too tragic a view of the whole business. If you could put it out of your mind for a month, you would, I am confident, take a more tranquil view of things.' (26 January 1945, 1p). It would appear from the file that Fr Gannon was not able to put the matter out of his mind and that it was only as a result of his death in 1953 that the matter was laid to rest. It would also appear that Fr Gannon's view was gaining some support amongst scripture scholars when he died.
Mass stipends received by Fr John MacErlean SJ
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Notebook containing details of mass stipends received by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
Map depicting Kilnoe and Lorago, parish of Kilnoe, County Clare for Thomas O'Reilly
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Map depicting Kilnoe and Lorago, parish of Kilnoe, County Clare for Thomas O'Reilly, by Andrew Conneen RLS.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Map depicting a new road for Daniel O'Connell, Kilgory, Mount Holland across land belonging to Thomas O'Reilly. By John Murphy, Professor of Mathematics and certified land surveyor.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript outlining the origins of Tullabeg. Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Joseph Hurley SJ concerning material on Fr Robert St Leger for Fr Francis Finegan SJ so that he can write an article or articles on Fr St Leger for his centenary. Remarks '...in preparing the chronology of Fr. St. L. principally from the 'Memorials of the Irish Province', I have come across some very serious anomalies as regards dates.' (3 October 1955, 1p) (NB: Fr St Leger was the first Rector of Tullabeg). Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Burke Savage SJ referring to Fr St Leger's Rectorship of Tullabeg and '...a somewhat mysterious problem connected with the Rectorship...1818-1831.' (5 October 1955, 1p).
Manuscript on Fr John Bannon SJ by Frs Kevin A Laheen and William Barnaby Faherty
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Typed manuscript on Fr John Bannon SJ. The first portion of the manuscript is an introduction by Fr Kevin A Laheen SJ and traces the earlier years of Fr Bannon before he became a Jesuit. The second part of the manuscript by Fr William Barnaby Faherty SJ is entitled 'Father John Bannon, S.J. (1829 - 1913)'.
Faherty, William Barnaby, 1914-2011, Jesuit priest, historian and writer
Manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’
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Annotated manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’ sent to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, with accompanying letter.
Manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat by Fr John Coyne SJ
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Typed manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat. Includes a drawing of Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript of an article by [ ] entitled 'The Confederacy's "Fighting Chaplain": The Civil War Years of Father John B. Bannon'.
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Typed manuscript of a paper read at a meeting of Camp St. Louis no. 731, United Confederate Veterans by Captain Joseph Boyce Co. D. St. Louis Greys, First Missouri Confederate Infantry. The paper is entitled 'Rev. John Bannon - Chaplain Price's Missouri Confederate Division'.
Manuscript entitled 'The Catholic Church and Reunion'
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Typed manuscript entitled 'The Catholic Church and Reunion'.
Manuscript entitled 'General Topographical Note'
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Typed manuscript entitled 'General Topographical Note' by Fr Denis Nerney SJ on the history of the townlands surrounding Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript entitled Explanatory Notes on Introduction to Irish Grammatical Tracts (Eria VIII - X) by Fr Lambert McKenna SJ.
McKenna, Lambert, 1870-1956, Jesuit priest, Irish language scholar and Catholic social thinker
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Annotated manuscript addressed to Irish Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ entitled, ‘Brother Fennell’s Story of 1916-1928: A Jesuit Octogenarian’s Account of Certain Partly or Entirely Unknown Propagandist Efforts of His in Years Gone By’ with accompanying envelopes.
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Typed manuscript by Fr William Barnaby Faherty SJ, on Fr John Bannon SJ and his years as military chaplain during the American Civil War.
Faherty, William Barnaby, 1914-2011, Jesuit priest, historian and writer
Manuscript by Fr Joseph Darlington SJ describing his conversion to Catholicism
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Manuscript by Fr Joseph Darlington SJ describing his conversion to Catholicism and his studies of Holy Scripture.
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Typed manuscript by Fr John Coyne SJ of his memoirs entitled 'Grafted on the Olive Tree. Memories of a Jesuit Past (1906 - 1978)'.
Manuscript by Fr Eustace Boylan SJ on the life of Fr Henry Fegan SJ
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Typed manuscript by Fr Eustace Boylan SJ on the life of Fr Henry Fegan SJ.
Boylan, Eustace, 1869-1953, Jesuit priest
Manuscript by Fr Denis Murphy SJ entitled 'Our Martyrs'
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Copy of manuscript by Fr Denis Murphy SJ entitled 'Our Martyrs'. Includes a biographical sketch of each name submitted as part of the cause of the Irish Martyrs.
Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy
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Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy in the memory of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Duffy, E, Sergeant
Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'
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Edward Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'. Prayerbook used by Edward Lucius (Fr Gwynn’s brother, who died in Sydney aged 28 in 1919) in Australia and kept for fifty years by Cornelia Jennings. With a Greek inscription on the flyleaf and the following inscription on the opposite page ‘Love is stronger than Death, but Time is stronger than both. Therefore when we die then Time will be no more.’
Gwynn, Edward Lucius, 1890-1919, historian
Lock of Stephen Lucius Gwynn’s hair
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Envelope containing a lock of Stephen Lucius Gwynn’s hair (Fr Gwynn’s father), ‘Stee’s hair 1867 Three year’s old.’
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius, 1864-1950, author, politician, and soldier
List of translations carried out by Fr John Coyne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of list of other translations carried out by Fr John Coyne SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of print portraits of Fr Thomas Betagh copied from the National Library of Ireland's catalogue of prints. Includes a photocopy of a print of Fr Betagh.
National Library of Ireland, 1877-
List of Priest's retreats by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ
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List of Priest's retreats by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ.
List of names of the elementary class at Hodder
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of names of the elementary class (30) at Hodder, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ. Haly was a novice at Hodder from 1814 - 1816).
Haly, Robert, 1796-1882, Jesuit priest
List of names of scholars at Clongowes, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ
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List of names of scholars (72) at Clongowes, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ. (Fr. Haly spent his regency at Clongowes from 1816 - 1825).
Haly, Robert, 1796-1882, Jesuit priest
List of names of priests imprisoned on Boffin Island by Fr James Rabbitte SJ
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List of names of priests imprisoned on Boffin Island by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. Includes some notes.
List of documents reproduced in the summarium for the process of Irish Martyrs.
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List of documents reproduced in the summarium for the process of Irish Martyrs.
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of corrections [for a book by Fr Joseph Hurley SJ].
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of art books, theory of art, catalogues and guide books which were taken from the room of Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ. Includes note from Fr Paddy O'Connell SJ to Brian [ ] indicating that ‘about twenty (on this list) have been since set aside for Leeson St. Total valuation of this lot (Mr Penibrey Jr.) is £575’.
O'Connell, Patrick L, 1920-1997, Jesuit priest
List of archives in Milltown Park concerning Fr John Coyne SJ
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Photocopy of list of archives in Milltown Park concerning Fr John Coyne SJ.
Lines written by Stephen L. Gwynn on the eve of wife's funeral
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript copy of ‘Lines written by my father on the eve of Mother’s funeral. April 28th 1941’ beg. Here where the meadows gave ease to tired feet. 10 lines.
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius, 1864-1950, author, politician, and soldier
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters written by various people to Fr Robert Haly SJ:
Letters sent by Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ to Rev. Eric Wasmann SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopies of letter sent by Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ to Rev. Eric Wasmann SJ, Bellevue, Luxembourg, thanking him for, and requesting specific documents and articles. Photocopied in Jesuit archives, Munich, by Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, 16 July 1986.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
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Letters from Mother Gabriel of the Divine Will, Convent of Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin to her brother, Fr Patrick Duffy SJ concerning Fr Duffy's health and her own health. Includes a letter referring to the death of Hester Marie (31 August 1897, 8pp).
Duffy, Mary Gabriel, Carmelite sister
Letters from Mercy Simms to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Letters from Mercy Simms (nee Gwynn, Fr Gwynn’s first cousin) wife of Archbishop George Otto Simms, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, concerning domestic and social affairs. Includes references to the Gwynn genealogy/pedigree and Fr Gwynn’s research on the subject.
Simms, Mercy, 1915-1998
Letters and postcards written by Fr John Conmee SJ to his sister ‘Maggie’
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Copies of letters and postcards written by Fr John Conmee SJ to his sister ‘Maggie’. Includes copy of letter describing his visit to Rome and audience with the Pope (6 Feb. 1905, 1p.) and copies of notes written during his final illness.
Letters and notes, mostly from Professor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning Fr Leonard Sheil’s’ cancer
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Letters and notes, mostly from Professor Patrick Fitzgerald to Fr Leonard Sheil’s Superiors, concerning Fr Sheil’s’ cancer. Includes:
Fitzgerald, Patrick Alexis Martin, 1911-1978, surgeon
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Letter written on behalf of Fr Robert Haly SJ, from Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare to Mr George [Sallery] concerning a vacancy to carry out indoor manual work at Clongowes. Offers the position to him.
Roothaan, Jan Philipp,1785-1853, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letter written by Fr Patrick Kenny SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin
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Letter written by Fr Patrick Kenny SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin concerning Fr Joseph Hurley's conduct towards his work and spiritual duties.
Kenny, Patrick, 1889-1973, Jesuit priest
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Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ in which he describes a meeting between himself, Fr Michael Hurley SJ, Fr [John] O'Donnell SJ, two Church of Ireland Canons and the Church of Ireland Dean of Limerick, H.J. Talbot, which took place in the Dean’s house.
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Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ from Laurence Gillooly, C.M., Bishop of Elphin (a member of the Senate of the Royal University), concerning Fr Brown’s support for the candidature of Fr Hopkins to the Fellowship of Classics. States ‘His Eminence, Card(inal) McCabe, informed me on Wednesday last of the selection of Fellows made on that day by the Senate of the R(oyal) University; and on Friday I learned from him that he had on the previous day resigned his place in the Senate in consequence of the rejection of his proposal relative to the Fellowships. I had hoped…that the communication made to you by Dr Woodlock of the resolution unanimously adopted…by the Episcopal University Committee in reference to the Fellowships would prevent the unfortunate conflict in the Senate; and it was with deep regret I learned that you had, in opposition to the Coetus Episcoporum, represented by the Episcopal Committee, kept on your two Candidate (sic); and thereby rendered the conflict inevitable –…I take the liberty of writing to you now, to tell you how much I deplore the step you have taken and the conflict in which it engages you and to express a hope that you will for the sake of your great undertaking in Stephen’s Green…remedy the mistake you have made by withdrawing the Revd. Fr Hopkins, as you are of course still perfectly free to do. For many years past I have publicly & privately used my best efforts to secure to your Society an eminent position in your University System. If the result is to be, from the very outset, a conflict…I must say I will heartily repent of what I have done and persuaded others to do in this matter.’ (For background to the appointment see T. J. Morrissey’s article ‘Hopkins’s Friends and Colleagues’, J11/46 and article by Norman White in 'The Hopkins Quarterly' entitled 'An Irish Row').
Gillooly, Laurence, 1819-1895, Vincentian priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin
Letter to Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from Cardinal John Heenan
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Letter to Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from Cardinal John Heenan telling Fr Sheil that he is re-writing 'Our Faith', ‘So much has changed since the council that the attitude & culture of the Catholic have to be tilted differently.’
Heenan, John Carmel, 1905-1975, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster and cardinal
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from the poet Aubrey de Vere
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Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from the poet Aubrey de Vere, Curraghchase, County Limerick in reply to Fr Conmee’s letter thanking de Vere for sending him some of his father’s sonnets, “…but for a mistake on the Publisher’s part they would have been forwarded to you long since. They form part of a volume now out of print, which my Father published as long ago as 1842 entitled ‘A Song of Faith’ and consisting chiefly of poems illustrative of the Apostles’ Creed”. Discusses some of his father’s poems, the nature of poetry and reflects ‘It is really marvellous to think what might be done for the Catholic cause and for the moral and intellectual well-being of the country by even a few first-rate Catholic literary works. Perhaps the next generation may give us a Catholic Coleridge to write Philosophy, a Catholic Wordsworth to be our Poet, a Catholic Scott to illustrate Ireland as Scott illustrated Scotland in his Novels, and a Catholic Historian to undo all the mischief done by the erroneous Tradition. Four such writers would do a marvellous work in the next thirty years; and there seems no reason why Ireland alone might not provide them all, if only the ability so constantly running to waste among us were at once properly developed and disciplined.’
De Vere, Aubrey Thomas, 1814-1902, poet and author
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Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from Dr. Henry C. Drury enquiring what year the Conmee family came to live at Kingsland, County Roscommon. The Drury family lived at Kingsland before the Conmee’s and Dr. Drury is helping ‘a friend in London who is working at Drury pedigrees.’
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Letter to Fr Gerald Manley Hopkins SJ from Cardinal John Henry Newman, following Fr Hopkins's letter for the Cardinal's birthday in which Fr Hopkins commented on the state of the country. The Cardinal replies, ‘Your letter is an appalling one, but not on that account untrustworthy. There is one consideration however, which you omit. The Irish Patriots hold that they never have yielded themselves to the sway of England and therefore never have been under her laws, and never have been rebels. This does not diminish the force of your picture, but it suggests that there is no help, or remedy. If I were an Irishman, I should be (in heart) a rebel. Moreover, to clinch the difficulty the Irish character and taste is very different from the English.’
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Saint, Roman Catholic Cardinal, theologian, and educationist
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Letter to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Province Archivist, 1975 to 1986) from Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ (Clongowes Wood College), concerning the holograph manuscript of Hopkins’s 'St. Thecla' which Fr Burke-Savage discovered ‘while cleaning out Fr [Patrick] Connolly’s room (in St Ignatius, House of Writers, 35 Lower Leeson Street) when he was in (St.) Vincent’s having his leg set about 1948…I got leave from Engl(ish) Provincial to keep it on permanent loan.’
Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor