- IE IJA J/10
- Subfonds
- 1867-1998
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Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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
Declaration by Fr Charles S. Galton SJ
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Declaration by Charles S. Galton SJ that he ‘received Aubrey Osborn Gwynn into the Church on the 14th of Dec. 1902’ (21 May 1918, 1p.) and copy of Certificate of Reconciliation, ‘According to the Register of Baptisms kept at S. H. Church Wimbledon Aubrey Osborn Gwynn…was reconciled at the said Church, by Charles S. Galton on the 14th day of December 1902’ (18 May 1902, 1p.)
Galton, Charles S., 1860-1936, Jesuit priest
Aubrey Gwynn asking his father to become a Jesuit
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Letter from Aubrey Gwynn to his father asking for leave to become a Jesuit ([June 1910], 4pp) and his father’s reply, urging him to wait at least until Aubrey reaches twenty-one before he makes such a momentous decision (20 June [1910], 4pp).
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ
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Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ which documents his life from 1912 until his death, 1972.
Galway:
Photographic album includes:
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Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s Bible, with entries in his handwriting in the ‘Family Register’ of the dates on which his mother and siblings were received into the Catholic Church; dates of family marriages and deaths and the dates on which he took his first vows and was ordained.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Transcripts from the State Papers (Dominions, Ireland) made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, relating to the ‘poore Irish’; the ‘dearth of Corne’ and the 162[8] – 1634 ‘bringing of poore people out of the Realme of Ireland.’
Correspondence relating to Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s life-long friend Fr Thomas J. Fullerton
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Correspondence relating to Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s life-long friend Fr Thomas J. Fullerton. Includes:
– letters from Fr Fullerton to Fr Gwynn (17 September 1971 – 1975, 3 items);
– note to Fr Gwynn from Gearoid Cr[ookes], Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, following Fr Fullerton’s death in 1976, enclosing four letters Fr Gwynn wrote to Fr Fullerton from 1916 and 1932. Includes references to Fr Gwynn’s brother Edward Lucius’ departure for Australia, his brother Denis (a soldier who had just been gazetted to the 5th Munsters at the Curragh) (18 November 1916, 4pp), political and social events at home and academic life in U.C.D. (16 April 1932, 2pp).
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Essay on “ ‘Jus Naturale’ in Roman Law” by ‘A. Gwynn SJ’
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Essay on “ ‘Jus Naturale’ in Roman Law” by ‘A. Gwynn SJ’ Incomplete (last 2 pages missing).
Order of service for Mother M. Xavier’s taking of temporary Vows
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Handwritten booklet comprising the order of service for Mother M. Xavier’s taking of Temporary Vows (Fr Gwynn’s sister, Peggy).
Gwynn, Madeline Sophie, 1896-1947, sister of the Society of the Holy Child
Certificate of Baptism of Aubrey Osborn Gwynn
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Certified copy of Certificate of Baptism of Aubrey Osborn Gwynn, son of Stephen Lucius and Mary Louisa Osborne (sic) Gwynn, 10 Arlington Villas, Bristol, on 25 March 1892.
Photograph of Edward Lucius Gwynn
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Photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s brother Edward Lucius, who died on 7 September 1919, aged 28 in Sydney, Australia.
Gwynn, Edward Lucius, 1890-1919, historian
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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.
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to various archival documents relating to the West Indies
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to various archival documents (many from the State Papers (Dominions) ), includes citations and extracts from documents relating to the West Indies (1622-1731). In pencil.
Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Copy transcripts relating to documents on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission
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Copy typescript transcripts, mostly relating to documents (1640-1661), supplied by Fr John MacErlean SJ, in Jesuit archives, on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission.
Transcripts from various documents relating to the West Indies
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Typescript transcripts from various documents (majority secondary sources) relating to the West Indies. Includes extracts with handwritten marginals by Fr Aubrey Gwynn, SJ from: ‘State Papers, Colonial’ on Sir Charles Wheeler, 1670 - 1673 (9pp); on Sir William Stapleton (2pp); ‘Blake Family Records’ (5pp);
– from ‘Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale’ (1652 – 1800) (3pp);
– ‘Voyage et Travaux des Missionaires de la Compagnia de Jesus, publies par des Peres de la meme Compagnie pour servir de complement aux Lettres Edifiantes’ (11pp);
– documents from a series beginning with ‘C.O.1/XIX – XXXVII’ ‘Narrative of Colonel Theodore Cary (Nov. 17, 1665’ (35pp);
– documents from the ‘State Papers, Adventurers’ beginning with ‘Adventurers in Ireland and Barbados’ ‘Nicholas Blake’ (15pp);
– from the ‘State Papers, Colonial’ (20pp); and transcripts on English, Scottish and Irish Prisoners in Barbados (5pp, 13pp, 29pp).
Documents relating to the Stowe Missal and Tallaght
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Documents relating to the Stowe Missal and Tallaght. Includes:
Catalogue entry for Fr Matthew Devitt SJ
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Catalogue entry for Fr Matthew Devitt SJ and photogrpah of the golden jubilee of Fr O'Reilly and Fr Devitt at the Scalp, Enniskerry, County Wicklow.
Devitt, Matthew, 1854-1932, Jesuit priest
Pamphlet by Fr Gwynn entitled 'Cardinal Bellarmine: An Historical Sketch'
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Pamphlet by Fr Gwynn entitled 'Cardinal Bellarmine: An Historical Sketch' (Irish Messenger Series, Irish Messenger Office, Dublin).
File containing Fr Seán Ó Catháin's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials
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File containing Fr Seán Ó Catháin's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning his role as head of the Education Department, University College Dublin and later supply work.
Typescript extracts on the Irish in the New World in the eighteenth century
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Typescript extracts from various journals and publications on the Irish in the New World in the eighteenth century.
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Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from J.G. Mudd[iman], Dorset Square, London, who is working on “a sort of ‘Contemporary History of Cromwell.’ ” States that he is ‘very decidedly of (the) opinion that a volume …of Cromwell’s letters would be of very great importance. He has a definite story to tell, tells it at length, knows personally all the persons he mentions and has a knowledge of English so perfect that he hardly ever makes a mistake in the spelling of a name.’
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File relating to Fr Thomas J O'Donnell SJ including memorial card, photographs, catalogue entries, application to join the Society and correspondence relating to his time spent in India and at Vatican Radio.
O'Donnell, Thomas J, 1906-1983, Jesuit priest
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Irish Provincial concerning his ‘future work’
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Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Irish Provincial John Fahy SJ, concerning Fr Gwynn’s ‘future work’. While Fr Gwynn is keen to go to the missions in China, Fr Fahy is anxious that he should stay in Ireland and work at U.C.D. and University Hall – ‘I write…that you may know how I sympathise with missionary work. A decision will not be made for some time about your future. Meanwhile I think that I should say frankly that, in my opinion, our CCs would for many reasons be opposed to your leaving Ireland – wishing to have you for U.C.D., Dr Coffey is, I understand making arrangements to have a chair in Ancient History founded for you.’
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning the newly founded ‘lectureship in Ancient History in U.C.D.’. ‘I feel that you will be very much disappointed when I ask you… to present yourself as a candidate; for I know that you wish to go to China. Do try to forgive me when I ask you to do something that pleases you less.’
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the different islands of the West Indies
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the different islands of the West Indies (7pp) and by A. Olivar OSB ‘Spiritual and Liturgical life on Montserrat’ (7pp).
‘Hunting for Runaway White Servants’ with extracts from the ‘Old Records of the Island’ (Barbados)
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Offprint beginning ‘Hunting for Runaway White Servants’ with extracts from the ‘Old Records of the Island’ (Barbados).
‘Irish Missionary Priests in the West Indies’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Amended typescript manuscript entitled ‘Irish Missionary Priests in the West Indies’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
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Letters from various academics and clergy to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ mainly informing him of additional sources of information concerning his research on the Irish in the West Indies in the seventeenth century. Includes:
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Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Matthew J. Byrne, Kerry (brother of Frs. George and William Byrne SJ), relating some incidents which occurred during the era of the Penal Laws. Includes information on a ‘penal law Altar preserved in a house at Causeway with vestments and altar furniture, all ready for Mass…in a concealed hollow in wall of bedroom of house once occupied by a Fr Neilan.’
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians in Ireland
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians in Ireland. In pencil.
Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and Abbot Stephen Lexington’s Visitations
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Typescript notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and Abbot Stephen Lexington’s Visitations.
Typescript notes with references to various Calendars
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Typescript notes with references to various Calendars (e.g. Calendar of Patent Letters, Calendar of Documents: Ireland) on:
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various synods
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various synods (mostly extracted from the Annals): Synod of Cashel a.1101 and 1106 (3pp);
Raith Breasail a.1110 (7pp) (In Irish);
Fiadh mic Aonghusa a.1111 (2pp) (In Irish);
Uisneach a.1111 (2pp) (In Irish);
Clonfert a.1170 (1p.);
Armagh a.1170 (1p.) (English and Latin);
Tuam a.1172 (1p.) (Irish and English);
Cashel a.1172 (2pp) (Latin);
Waterford (1p.) (Latin);
Dublin a.1177 (1p.) (Latin);
Tuam a.1210 (1p.);
Dublin a.1217 (1p.) (Latin);
Inish Padraig a.1148 (1p.) (Latin);
Kells a.1152 (5pp) (Latin and Irish);
Mellifont a.1157 (2pp) (Latin and Irish);
Synod of Bri mic Thiadhg a.1158 (1p.) (Irish) and
Synod of Clane a.1162 (1p.) (Irish).
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Draft holograph chapter entitled ‘5 – The liturgical decree of the second Synod of Cashel (1172)’ (pp.30 –50) (21pp) and draft typescripts, ‘Irish annalists and the Reformers of the Twelfth Century: 1. The Synod of Cashel’ (pp.98 – 102) (5pp) and ‘2. The Synod of Rath Breasail’ (pp.103 – 108) (6pp); ‘3. St. Malachy and Armagh’ (pp.109 – 112) (4pp); ‘4. The Synod of Kells’ (pp.113 – 118) (6pp); ‘5. The second Synod of Cashel’ (pp.119 – 147) (29pp).
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Typescript paper by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘The Red Book of Ossory and a new Kilkenny Roll of 1366.’ (The Red Book of Ossory contains the text of the constitutions of three (perhaps four) ecclesiastical councils. These texts belong to the Province of Dublin. The Kilkenny Roll contains the constitutions of a Dublin provincial council held at St Canice’s Cathedral in 1366.)
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various Papal Bulls with regard to Christ Church, Dublin
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various Papal Bulls (and other sources) with regard to Christ Church, Dublin:
Typescript entitled ‘Brian in Armagh (1005)’ and printed version in 'Seancheas Ard Mhacha'
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Typescript entitled ‘Brian in Armagh (1005)’ (23pp and 2pp footnotes) and printed version in 'Seancheas Ard Mhacha', pp35-50 .
Parts of article article entitled ‘Kings and Monks in the Tenth Century Reformation’
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Carbon copy of an article by [Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Kings and Monks in the Tenth Century Reformation.’ Incomplete.
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Typescript on Abbot Stephen de Lexinton entitled ‘The Visitation of the Irish Cistercian Abbeys 1227-8-9.’
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Incomplete typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on what appears to be a history of the White Canons in Ireland up to the fifteenth century (pp. 9 – 18; 24 – 47).
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Medieval Irish Annals’
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Medieval Irish Annals.’ Includes table of contents.
Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Council of Three Anglo-Irish Bishops (a.1324)’
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on:
– the ‘Council of Three Anglo-Irish Bishops (a.1324)’ being extracts from various texts (In Latin) (3pp);
– ‘Decree of Three Anglo-Irish Bishops (a.1324-5)’ being extracts from Rawlinson MS B. 484. fol.17 (a ‘miscellany of texts of Irish interest formerly in the library of Sir. James Ware, now among the Rawlinson MSS. in the Bodleian Libraries’) (2pp).
Notes on ‘Richard Ledred, Bishop of Ossory (1317 –1360)’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Notes on ‘Richard Ledred, Bishop of Ossory (1317 –1360)’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, taken from the various Patent Rolls and Close Rolls of Edward II and Edward III.
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Corrected and amended typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘An English Franciscan in Kilkenny (Richard Ledred, Bishop of Ossory – 1360).’
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Red Book of Ossory
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Red Book of Ossory.
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ with regard to St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (mostly transcriptions from various Papal Bulls) with regard to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin:
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Brian Boruma and the Corpus Missal’
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Brian Boruma and the Corpus Missal.’
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals:
Lists of ‘Irish Dioceses from Rath Breasail to Kells’
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Lists of ‘Irish Dioceses from Rath Breasail to Kells’ (6pp); ‘Bishops with Sees not Identified’ and ‘Diocesan Sees of 1152, not in Rath Breasail’ (1p.).
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Dioceses after the Synod of Kells
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ with the following headings:
Retreat notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Copybook of [retreat] notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Redemption and Atonement.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations
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Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations.
Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on ‘Premonstratensian entries'
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on ‘Premonstratensian Entries in Annals of Boyle’ (1p) and ‘Premonstratensian Entries in Annals of Loch Cé, and Annals of Connacht’ (1p).
Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of a chapter entitled ‘III. Archbishop Cumin’s Provincial Council’
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Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of a chapter entitled ‘III. Archbishop Cumin’s Provincial Council’ (pp.31 – 46).
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Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Irish Ecclesiastical Councils of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries.’
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ in a folder entitled ‘Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries’
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ in a folder entitled ‘Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries.’ Includes transcripts concerning the Papal Bull of Alexander VI (2pp); the Synod of Limerick (4pp) and the Synod of Waterford (1p.).
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn S from various academics who have been tracing documents for him in relation to his work on the Irish in the West Indies. Includes some transcripts of relevant documents.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library, with extracts
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library (2 items), enclosing extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Barbados with reference to the Irish in the West Indies (8pp).
Letters from Fr Nicholas J. Tomkin SJ to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to Fr Gwynn’s articles
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Letters from Fr Nicholas J. Tomkin SJ (Library Censor) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to Fr Gwynn’s articles ‘An Irish Settlement on the Amazon, 1612 – 1629’ in 'Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy', (xli, p.1 – 54) and ‘Documents relating to the Irish in the West Indies’ [1612 – 1752] in 'Analecta Hibernica', (iv, p.139 – 286), with censor’s suggestions.
Tomkin, Nicholas J, 1859-1942, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport
photographs of Frs Daniel and Leo Donnelly; personal record; document entitled ‘The Irish Jesuit Mission in Hong Kong: A retrospect’ by Fr Donnelly from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (1937); and correspondence between Fr Donnelly and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Donnelly, Donal, 1898-1975, Jesuit priest
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Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Tomás Ó Cléirigh (National Museum of Ireland) enclosing a copy of a reference to Irishman in the West Indies found in a 1663 publication by Rev. John Dowley.
Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc...'
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Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc.’ (p.23 – 30) (typescript on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph and his sermons). 8pp (Part of an article ‘The Sermon-diary of Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, published in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, (xliv, section C, p.1 – 57); Annotated bound copy of Studies articles by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh.
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Letter from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Fr Frank Shaw SJ concerning Fr Shaw's status and the necessary move to Rathfarnham that is involved. Remarks that Fr Shaw will be able to complete his studies in Rathfarnham with little interruption. (see 33 (ii) Próinséas Ní Chatháin.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ
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Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ which includes correspondence concerning his work for the Society throughout his life. Includes notes by Msgr Alfred O'Rahilly on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ sent to Fr Ffrench SJ (18 August 1964, 2pp). Includes a letter from Fr Ffrench SJ, Jesuit Retreat Centre, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of Emo. Remarks 'But this dinner for Ours on the 11th? Apart from considerations of poverty, I cannot see that the closing of Emo is any occasion for festivity. After all, Emo is being closed because God does not see fit to bless the Province as at present being run with sufficient vocations to justify keeping it open.' (27 August 1969, 3pp). Includes correspondence concerning his work for the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament (1974-1982).
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Letter from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Fr Frank Shaw SJ concerning the completion of Fr Shaw's D. Litt. and irish Fr Provincial's wish that Fr Shaw wait until after theology to put the finishing touches to his thesis.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Frank N. Stagg, Commander R.N. retired, concerning Fr Gwynn’s ‘research on the history of the Irish in the West Indies and the island of Monserrat.’
Letters from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the St Joseph’s Young Priests Society
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Notes and letters from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the St Joseph’s Young Priests Society, with regard to its income, expenditure and general policy. Fr Gwynn played an important part in the Society’s foundation and development (1927-49) and was Honorary Editor of its quarterly magazine Saint Joseph’s Sheaf.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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
Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of notes on Archbishop Lanfranc
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Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of notes on Archbishop Lanfranc (mostly extracts from various sources):
– ‘Lanfranc and the Primacy of Canterbury’ (Latin and English) (1p.);
– ‘Lanfranc and the See of Dublin’ (Latin) (1p.);
– ‘Professiones Episcoporum Hibernie’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Gothric King of Dublin’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Turlough O Brien King of Ireland’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Pope Gregory VII to the Irish People’ (Latin) (1p.) and
– ‘Lanfranc and Columbanus at Canterbury’ (pp.18 – 22).
(In 1941 Fr Gwynn wrote ‘Lanfranc and the Irish Church’ for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lvii, pp.481 – 500; lviii, pp. 1 – 15) and ‘Pope Gregory VII and the Irish Church’ also for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lviii, pp.97 – 100) ).
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from 'the Annals of Innisfallen' (4pp); 'Chronicum Scotorum' (2pp); 'the Annals of the Four Masters' (1p.); 'the Annals of Tigernach' (7pp) and notes on 'Donncha Mac Brian' (2pp).
Poem by Stephen L. Gwynn entitled ‘We That Are Old’ beg
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Cutting from the 'Times' of a poem by Stephen L. Gwynn entitled ‘We That Are Old’ beg. 'We that are old have little will To linger on'. Ten verses and copy of same written out by Fr Aubrey Gwynn (2pp).
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius, 1864-1950, author, politician, and soldier
Text of a poem by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Mr Michael Sweetman SJ
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Text of a poem by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Mr Michael Sweetman SJ, Beadle of Milltown Park, written on returning a cricket bat sent to him by Mr Sweetman, for Fr Gwynn’s fiftieth birthday. Recorded and donated by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ (January 1998).
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of two chapters – ‘Saint Anselm and the Irish Church’
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Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of two chapters – ‘Saint Anselm and the Irish Church’ (8pp) (part of his proposed book The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church, a plan of which he sent to publishers Browne and Nolan in 1949) and ‘Anselm and the Irish Church’ (22pp) (In 1942 an article by the same name by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ was published in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, (lix, pp.1 – 14).
Material relating to Fr Patrick G Kennedy SJ
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Material relating to Fr Patrick G Kennedy SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and memorandum of agreement for the publication of 'Birds of Ireland' by P.G. Kennedy SJ, Robert F. Ruttledge and C.F. Scroope.
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Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning manuscripts in the British Museum relating to Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm. Includes note (6 April 1943) with ‘Notes taken at Aberystwyth – where B.M. MSS were stored in 1943.’
Note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’
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Typescript note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ – ‘Books used by Hopkins during his years at University College, Dublin…These books were identified by Fr. Anthony Bischoff, S.J., who examined every book in the library, May 13- June 9, 1947.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from John Eric Colledge of the English Language Department, University of Liverpool, on his academic publications and research, including his proposal to lecture in U.C.D. on St. Nicholas of Flüe, an ‘illiterate contemplative.’
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
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Letters from publishers Browne Nolan Ltd. to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, agreeing to publish his book 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church', ‘which, if it will not be a best seller, should certainly enjoy a reasonable sale on publication and a continuing, if limited, demand for many years.’ They are also interested in ‘your short History of the Irish Medieval Church but since Methuens have invited you to write it you may possibly feel some obligation towards them, even though, as you say, you have not yet made a contract.’ Includes summary of book ‘Offered to Browne and Nolan: c.300 pages: to be ready for press in autumn of 1950; to be published in autumn of 1951’ (14 February 1949, 1p.).
Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, ‘These professions, made at Canterbury when Lanfranc was archbishop, were copied by me from B.M. MS 24199 (c.1949).’
Bieler, Ludwig, 1906-1981, Hiberno-Latin scholar
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of his proposal to write a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church. Includes amended copy plan of chapters of the proposed book, sent to Methuen by Fr Gwynn entitled 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church' (n.d., 7pp). There is some disagreement about the type of book it should be. Fr Gwynn expressed his wish to gather his essays from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' and rewrite them to make a single connected story, however Mr. Wait wants a similar book but ‘on a good deal less detailed scale’ (13 January 1953, 2pp). Includes letters from Françoise Henry, U.C.D., to Fr Gwynn, offering to speak to the publishers on Fr Gwynn’s behalf (5, 23 February 1962, 2 items, 2pp each) and the publisher’s letter to Fr Gwynn following (Prof.) Henry’s conversation with them, “I would like a book, and I don’t insist on a ‘text book.’ I would like something that the educated person without specialised knowledge of the subject can read and which would be useful to students as well.” (19 February 1962, 1p.)
Wait, Peter, publisher
Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York
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Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Denis Gwynn on personal matters, mainly his work, health and family and discussions on various American Presidents, the Pope and the Church. Includes:
– letter describing his work on arriving at the Manuscript Room in Sheffield Central Library to unpack and sort ‘three boxes (each about 2' by 2' by 8”) of unsorted (Edmund) Burke papers…they are largely the originals of the published letters, but there is also a rich collection of unpublished letters of Earl Fitzwilliam to Burke in the 1790’s and a few other fairly important letters that never have been printed…I am, it seems the first person to examine them since their delivery here…you can imagine how exciting is the experience of turning up, for example, original letters from George III to Rockingham…It is but one of scores, probably hundreds, of museum pieces that are usually kept under lock, key, and glass…collectors would pay fabulous things for these things…There is no one else in the room and I am in a constant state of exaltation, surely this is an experience that comes once in a life-time to one historian in a thousand.’ Also refers to the bomb damage in Sheffield, following the War (1 May 1949, 2pp);
– letter describing his work transcribing the Burke letters – ‘The whole body of documents runs to about 230 letters between 1759 and 1776…they throw a great deal of new light on Anglo-Irish relations, or rather upon Mr. Burke’s idea of those relations’ and his ‘projected book on Burke and the New York Agency, which really is becoming a large work on Burke and the Origins of the American Revolution’ (30 June 1950, 1p.);
– letter to Denis Gwynn concerning a book on Burke and Barry correspondence and his book on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara (28 March 1952, 2pp);
– letters on the publication of his books on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara and Burke, New York Agent (1956);
– lengthy commentaries on: the American (both internal and external policy, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars and race relations) and British political situations; the awarding of an honorary degree from the National University on him; his book on Lord Charles Rockingham, The Marquis (1973) and
– references to a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry in the National Gallery (24 March – September 1973, 4 items).
Also includes letters written by James White, Director of the National Gallery to Fr Gwynn, concerning the portrait which was presented to Trinity College Dublin and ‘is in the Andrew’s Room in the Provost’s House’ (23 August, 4 September 1973, 2 items);
Includes letter to Fr Gwynn from Prof. Hoffman’s daughter, Mary Ellen Flinn, following her father’s death on 16 December 1979. Encloses a memorial card (3 January 1980, 2pp).
Hoffman, Ross John Swartz, 1902-79, American historian, author and educator
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‘Preliminary notes’ (in an unidentified hand) on the Corpus Missal (n.d., 4pp); draft of an article by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘A Fifteenth Century Irish Missal: B.M., Egerton 2677’ (n.d., 3pp) and notes on the Lesnes Missal (n.d., 5pp).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath, on:
– various documents, including: copy of extracts ‘from a fourteenth century list of the Glastonbury muniments (Marquis of Bath’s MS
f. 54)…they may be of interest to scholars of Irish medieval history’ (2 March 1950, 3pp);
– Irish connections with Glastonbury;
– a paper Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ suggested on the sermons of St Caesarius of Arles and the Monastic Tradition, for publication in the Downside Review (May 1950, 2 items).
‘Extract from the Register of Matthew MacCathasaigh, Bishop of Clogher, 1287 - 1316’
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‘Extract from the Register of Matthew MacCathasaigh, Bishop of Clogher, 1287 – 1316.’ Holograph.
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Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, concerning the possibility of a reprint of his 1940 book 'The English Austin Friars in the Time of Wyclif'. Includes Fr Gwynn’s copy of book.
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Letters to Prof Ludwig Bieler from various critics and editors associated with the 'Scriptores Latini Hiberniae' series and other academics, concerning the series and Prof. Bieler’s writings, especially the question of the publisher’s financial difficulties and the proposed collaboration between the Institute for Advanced Studies and the British Academy in the publishing of the series.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from John Durkan, Glasgow, and others associated with the 'Innes Review', relating to Fr Gwynn’s 1940 article ‘Ireland and the English Nation at the Council of Constantine’ in 'Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'; connections between the Scottish and Irish historical research communities; the 'Innes Review' (asking if Fr Gwynn would like to contribute any articles); Fr Gwynn’s research on Scottish Benedictines in Germany and his 1952 articles on the Irish at Wúrzburg in the Middle Ages.
Durkan, John, 1914-2006, historian
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Neville Hadcock asking Fr Gwynn to participate in the proposed volume, 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'… ‘that is, if I do the sort of donkey work and prepare lists, by counties in the first place, with ref(erence)s of all recorded monasteries marking those in doubt, as I complete a county I could pass it on to you to weed.’ (24 September 1953, 4pp).
Hadcock, Neville, -1980, historian
Letters from Longmans Group Ltd. concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Longmans Group Ltd. (formerly Longmans Green & Co. Ltd.) concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland' by Fr Gwynn and Neville Hadcock. Includes copy of the agreement between the publishers and Fr Gwynn for the book signed on the company’s behalf (6 November 1953, 4pp).
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr B. Colmcille, O.C.S.O., Mellifont Abbey, County Louth, concerning his research work and various publications, such as his book on the history of Mellifont ('The Story of Mellifont') and the Cistercians ('The History of the Irish Cistercians'). Also includes discussions on the literary activities of the medieval Cistercians in Ireland; the history of the abbey, especially its origins and possible connections to a small community at Drogheda (St Mary’s); archaeological excavations at Mellifont; his paper on the lands of St Mary’s Abbey, Co. Dublin and the preparation of maps. (There is a copy of the book 'The Story of Mellifont' (M.H. Gill & Son, 1958) signed by Fr Colmcille for Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, in the house Library in Leeson Street)
Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Irish Manuscripts Commission work
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Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics including Dr Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, Prof Jim Lydon (Professor of History, T.C.D.) and Dr Ludwig Bieler, relating to the [Irish Manuscripts Commission]. Includes: carbon copy of a ‘Report on Manuscripts of Irish Interest in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg’ by Dr Ludwig Bieler (August 1957, 11pp).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr. Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests. Includes: - references to MacNiocaill’s proposed thesis on the history of the Cistercians in Ireland;
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ Gwynn from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis (Secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association and Editor of the 'Catholic Historical Review'), on academic matters, including:
– the difficulties of gaining access to contemporary religious archives;
– ideas on academic exchanges between Ireland and the Unites States, ‘for scholarship, professors etc.’;
– the commemoration of the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Patrick;
– information on new American church historical publications;
– Fr Gwynn’s review of Mgr. Tracy Ellis’s 1952 'The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore 1834 - 1921' in 'Studies';
– financial difficulties of the Catholic University of America;
– the Monsignor’s lecturing activities;
– a proposed three-volume history of the Church in Ireland;
– comments on ‘the prospect of a Catholic in the White House’ (10 November 1960, 1p.);
– a proposed series of lectures in Dublin as part of the Patrician centennial celebration and the acquisition of copies of several letters of Archbishop Carroll in the Jesuit Archives.
Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992, Roman Catholic priest, monsignor and historian
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Leslie MacFarlane (History Department, University of Aberdeen)
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Leslie MacFarlane (History Department, University of Aberdeen) on various academic and social/domestic affairs, including Dr MacFarlane’s research work and publications.
Postcard sent to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ by Harold G. Leask
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Postcard of Boyle Abbey sent to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ by Harold G. Leask on a dig at the Lough Gara crannóg.
Leask, Harold Graham, 1882-1964, architectural historian and archaeologist
Article entitled ‘Father and Son’
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Photocopied extract from Trinity: A College Record, of an article entitled ‘Father and Son’ which reproduces extracts from the Rev. Stephen Gwynne’s Dublin Journal, on the occasion of visiting Dublin for the purpose of entering his son John at Trinity College.
Trinity College Dublin, 1592-
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Letters from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on a proposal by publishers W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd. to reprint Fr Gwynn’s 1920 book 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'. Includes letters to Fr Gwynn from Heffers (30 June 1956 – 15 July 1960, 3 items), royalty statements from Clarendon Press (1969, 1971, 2 items) and copy of 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'.
Letters and postcards to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Robert E. McNally SJ
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Letters and postcards to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Robert E. McNally SJ (Munich University, Woodstock College, Maryland and Fordham University, New York), mostly concerning Fr McNally’s research and publishing work, including ‘a new edition of the Pseudo-Isidore, Liber de numeris, which we suspect to be certainly a product of early Irish scholarship.’