Report on the condition of sanitation services to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
- IE IJA FM/RATH/63
- Item
- 11 July 1923
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report on the condition of sanitation services to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Report on the condition of sanitation services to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report on the condition of sanitation services to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Letters on the declining circulation of 'An Timire'
Letters, mostly to Irish Fr Provincial discussing the declining circulation 'An Timire', the Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart and proposals to issue the magazine on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis.
Material on the promotion of 'Catholic Action’
Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.
File relating to the publication 'The Rock'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the publication 'The Rock'. Includes financial details of the publication and letters relating to the political nature of some of the articles.
Report of the first 25 years of the Retreat House at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report of the first 25 years of the Retreat House at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, 11 March 1922 - 10 March 1947.
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report describing the establishment of the Tertianship in Rathfarnham because of the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);
Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain, comparisons with missions in Britain and Ireland and the possibility of Fr Sheil’s working in South America. Includes:
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to go to Spain to study Spanish missions in order to adapt certain practices for use in Britain (7 September. 1961, 4pp);
– copy of a ‘Report on Missions in Spain’ following a visit by Frs Shiggins and Sheil who attended five missions around the country (n.d., 4pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial in which he discusses certain Spanish customs which could be used on Missions in Britain. Remarks that he will send the Provincial a report ‘on the meetings I now hold with Protestant clergymen after missions in Ireland’ and that he has sent in ‘full reports on our missions in Britain’ ‘almost every year for ten years’. Also mentions a new member of the mission staff, Fr Kevin Laheen SJ – ‘You will be glad to know that Fr Laheen on this his first mission did very well. He preaches well and his musical voice was a help to O'Beirne and I. I need not tell you that O'Beirne preaches very well, and is a wonderful companion on a mission. He sleeps badly’ (Fr Gerry O'Beirne) (23 March 1963, 3pp) and
– letters seeking permission to go to Spain (and Italy) as a supply priest (25 May 19?? – 30 November 1965, 4 items).
Report written by Fr Tom Counihan SJ on retreats held at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report written by Fr Tom Counihan SJ on various retreats held at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Counihan, Tom, 1891-1982, Jesuit priest
Proposed development of Jesuit land at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File of material relating to the proposed development of Jesuit land at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes planning application, appeal, and letters from local residents and from Andrew Devane, architect, and Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer.
Draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Copy of draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land for Robert Molloy T.D., Minister for Local Government.
Preliminary planning report regarding the lands of the Jesuit Fathers at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Preliminary planning report by Delaney MacVeigh and Pike, Planning Consultants, regarding the lands of the Jesuit Fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Delaney MacVeigh and Pike, planning consultants
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File containing correspondence between Donal Ó Buachalla, Fr Patrick Doyle SJ and others relating to the sale of a portion of land at Rathfarnham Castle, the gift of 5½ acres of land as a public park to Dublin Corporation and communication with the office of public works relating to purchase of land at Rathfarnham for the construction of a government department building. Also includes statement issued by the Jesuit Fathers on the sale of the land and indications of the charitable uses of the purchase money.
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, including catalogue entries and memorial cards, letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ, and off print of articles by Fr Ó Catháin SJ.