- IE IJA ADMN/26/3
- File
- 1941
A file of draft/copy articles submitted to newspapers to celebrate the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
A file of draft/copy articles submitted to newspapers to celebrate the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Fr Mattie Bodkin SJ's article published in 'The Standard' on the Society of Jesus and the arts
Copy of Fr Mattie Bodkin SJ's article published in 'The Standard' on the Society of Jesus and the arts. Includes two black and white photographs depicting 'St Ignatius Healing the Possessed' by Rubens and 'The Glory of St Ignatius' by Baciccio.
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters including:
– Fr MacErlean’s censure on a Society Appeal for Funds;
– the progress of his historical research, news from Rome and news about the Society in Australia;
– the establishment of the Society in Ireland including a ‘list of whatever documents exist to my knowledge regarding the establishment of the Society in Ireland…What exactly the establishment of the Society in Ireland means I do not know. It may be a question for a canonist to solve. The canonical succession of the New Society to the Old is disputed, and Rome has never decided the point’;
– the proposed purchase of a volume consisting of ‘the indexes of the first eleven volumes of the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum down to the 3rd volume of April’ and the binding which is ‘much older than the contents…the binding of a Missal that was presented to Father (Nicholas) Leynach in 1613 - 14 by Francis Bray, at a time when Fr Leynach was trying to establish a chapel or oratory of the Society in Clonmel’;
– the Irish College in Rome;
– lists of books the Province could present to ‘the library to be established for the use of the Coll(egium) Scriptorum and a ‘list of those members of our Province who might now or hereafter be fit to cooperate with the Collegium Scriptorum in the production of works’ and a
– ‘Brief Sketch of the Work of the Irish Jesuits from the foundation to the Suppression of the Society 1540 – 1773’ (11pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
'The priest among the soldiers' edited by Martin Dempsey
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
'The priest among the soldiers' edited by Martin Dempsey, (London, 1947) which includes ‘At Belsen’ by Fr Michael Morrison SJ (pp188-194).
Morrison, Michael, 1908-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Two articles on ‘The Functions of a Chaplain in a College of Third Level Education’
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Two articles on ‘The Functions of a Chaplain in a College of Third Level Education’ by Fr [Peter] Dunne SJ. Deals with the role of the chaplain in third level institutions and the facilities required by him to fulfil this role.
Dunne, Peter G, 1917-1980, Jesuit priest
Information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file containing information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a photocopy of an article on Rathfarnham Castle by Alistair Lindsay, Senior Architect, OPW from Interfuse (Autumn 1994, 4pp).
'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Bound volumes entitled 'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing articles, poems and songs on the various missions - China, India and Australia. Binding is loose on 'Dawning Day', 10th edition. Includes photographs of Frs Edward Bourke, Gerald Kennedy and George Byrne, Mr Richard Harris, Mr John Moran, Wah Yan College, the graves of Frs Saul and McCullough.
Articles by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ entitled ‘The Jesuit Connection’ and ‘Sacred Heart Statute’
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Articles by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ entitled ‘The Jesuit Connection’ and ‘Sacred Heart Statute’ which describes the statute by Albert Power of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the parish church in Knock, County Mayo which had previously been situated in Rathfarnham Castle. Guinness workers who attended weekend retreats at the Castle paid for the statute. See Irish Province News, September 1931 as statute erected in June 1931.
Laheen, Kevin A, 1919-2019, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
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:
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics (including Valéria Flint) mostly relating to aspects of the life of Honorius Augustodunensis. Includes offprint ‘The Career of Honorius Augustodunensis’ by V.I.J. Flint, University of Auckland, New Zealand from Revue Bénédictine (Vol. 82, Nos. 1 – 2, 1972, p.63 – 86).
Parts of article article entitled ‘Kings and Monks in the Tenth Century Reformation’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Carbon copy of an article by [Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Kings and Monks in the Tenth Century Reformation.’ Incomplete.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and notes to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Jean Leclercq, O.S.B., Most. Rev. Sighard Kleiner, Abbot General of the Cistercian order and Fr Augustin Altisent, concerning Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s work on the publication of the critical edition of St. Bernard’s 'Vita Malachie'.
Holograph article ‘The Introduction of Roman Canon Law into Ireland’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph article ‘The Introduction of Roman Canon Law into Ireland.’
Photocopy of a draft typescript [by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Notes on the History of Ardmore’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of a draft typescript [by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Notes on the History of Ardmore.’
Drafts of a paper entitled ‘Chapter II. Brian (Boruma) and the Corpus Missal’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript drafts of a paper entitled ‘Chapter II. Brian (Boruma) and the Corpus Missal’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
‘Chapter VI’ holograph draft by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
‘Chapter VI’ holograph draft (pp136 - 156) (21pp) and typescript pp27 - 41 (15pp) with footnotes (3pp) by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Photocopies of articles from the Irish Times, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on William Smith O'Brien
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopies of articles from the Irish Times, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on William Smith O'Brien (17, 18 July 1974, 2pp). Includes letter published in the paper by W. Smith O'Brien (father of Blanche Touhill) on Fr Gwynn’s articles (27 August 1974, 1p.) and letter from W. Smith O'Brien to Fr Gwynn (8 September 1974, 1p.).
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Biographical information on Fr Leonard Sheil SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Leonard Sheil SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986-2019), (1984, 1p.);
– biography of Fr Sheil entitled 'Who Travels Alone' by Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ (Dublin: C. Goodliffe Neale (Irel.) Ltd.) (1975, 56pp);
– photocopies from the 'Jesuit Year Book' of an illustrated article by Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ entitled ‘Emigrants’ Priest: Fr. Leonard Sheil, S.J.’ (1969, 9pp) and an illustrated appreciation of Fr Sheil by Very Rev. Joseph Flynn, M.S.S (1969, 5pp).
Also includes appreciation of Fr Sheil by Very Rev. Joseph Flynn, M.S.S., printed in 'Irish Province News' (April 1968, 2pp).
Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ. Includes:
– extract on Fr Gill from the Catalogus personarum primus (1930, 2pp);
– potted biography of Fr Gill by Fr John A Leonard SJ (n.d., 1p.);
– photocopies of newspaper obituaries of Fr Gill (27 Nov. 1945, 1p.);
– photocopies of obituaries from 'The Belvederian' and 'The Clongownian' (1946, 1p. each) and
– photocopy of an obituary printed in the 'Irish Province News', (Jan 1946, 3pp).
Obituary of Fr William Hackett SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary, mortuary card and article on Fr William Hackett SJ by Fr Francis J. Dennett SJ ' 'Tis Sixty Years Since' in 'Jesuit Life (1984).
Dennett, Francis, 1912-1992, Jesuit priest
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’. Recounts Fr Doyle’s time as an army chaplain in the First World War. Also includes a print-out of pages from a web-site dedicated to Fr Doyle. Accompanied by a note to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, Province Archivist, explaining their provenance.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of article of Fr Michael Maher SJ by William Ellis published in 'Carloviana' (1988/89), entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography by David Murphy (2011), and photocopy of obituary of Fr Michael Maher SJ from 'Letters and Notices' (January 1919).
Maher, Michael, 1860-1918, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry, obituaries and Service (1917-1921) Medal for Fr William McElligott SJ. Includes article by Damien Burke entitled 'Irish Jesuits and the London IRA, 1921' which outlines William McElligott involvement in the War of Independence.
McElligott, William, 1901-1952, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing typed manuscripts entitled 'Tract on Metrical Faults in Bardic Poetry (National Library of Ireland Philipps Mss., No. 3) with Explanatory Notes' by Fr Lambert McKenna SJ.
McKenna, Lambert, 1870-1956, Jesuit priest, Irish language scholar and Catholic social thinker
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.
Cutting from the 'Irish Times' of an article entitled 'Red Threat To The Faith'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of cutting from the 'Irish Times' of an article entitled 'Red Threat To The Faith' reporting on a Lenten lecture delivered by Fr Arthur Little SJ in Gardiner Street. Attached is a typed page entitled 'Europe and Faith' by Hilaire Belloc.
Articles from the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society on the Aylmer family
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing articles photocopied from the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, vol. I, no. 5 and vol. III, no. 3 on "The Aylmer Family", "The Principal Gentry of the County Kildare in the Year 1600" and "Donadea and the Aylmer Family".
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ. Includes announcement of death; personal record; obituary; sermons, articles and correspondence between Fr Foley and Frs. Thomas O'Brien, Vincent Murphy and Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Henry M Browne SJ, including catalogue entry, obituaries and 'UCD Classics The Making of the Classical Museum', University College Dublin (2003).
Browne, Henry Martyn, 1853-1941, Jesuit priest
Articles on the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia, includes articles on Ireland
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Series of articles bound into book format concerning the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia:
'The Woodstock Letters'. Vol. XXXVII. No. 3 'The Society of Jesus in Australia' pp303-318; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 1 pp1-9; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 2 pp161-176; Vol. XXXVIII. ? pp341-349; Vol. XXXIX. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XXXIX. No. 3 pp304-318; Vol. XL. No. 1 pp1-16; Vol. XL. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XL. No. 3 pp274-288; Vol. XLI. No. 1 pp1-6;
catalogue of the Adelaide residence of the Australian Mission (1862; 1869-1870; 1874; 1877; 1880; 1886; 1889) and the Australian Mission (1887; 1893; 1902; 1912);
contemporary newspaper clippings of Jesuit houses in Australia;
copy of 'Edmund Campion’s History of Ireland' by the Rev. John Hungerford Pollen SJ with an inscription to Fr John Conmee SJ by J. H. Pollen SJ reprinted from ‘The Month’, December, 1905, and February, 1906.
articles by Fr Matthew Devitt SJ on 'Summerhill, County Meath and its neighbourhood', published in Kildare Archaeological Society;
'Irish University Education: A plea for Fair Play' by Fr William Delany SJ (1904);
'Brief memoir of Fr Patrick Duffy SJ' (1904);
'The Annual Report of the Apostolic School of Ireland' (Society of Jesus) 1884-1885, 1886, 1895;
extracts from the diary of Mungret College (1884-1885);
copy letters from Rev. F. Ronan to the Fathers and Students of Mungret College during the journey through the United States (September 1884- Christmas 1885).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copies of articles (taken from catalogue/souvenir) concerning the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia (1871-1964). Includes note from Fr Stephen Redmond SJ to Tom (20 July 1991).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the fate of the Irish Jesuit priests working in Hong Kong during the Second World War and the Japanese occupation of the city. Includes returned letters to Irish Fr Provincial marked 'No Service Return to Sender'. Includes letters from family members asking for news or reporting to Irish Fr Provincial on letters received by them. Includes letters from other individuals seeking news about non Jesuit family members. Includes a copy of a request by Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ to Joseph P. Walshe, Department of External Affairs seeking help in assisting four Jesuit students to return home to Ireland (23 March 1943, 1p). Includes a reply stating that a proposed scheme to exchange civilian internees applies only to British or Allied subjects (12 May 1943, 1p). Includes a memorandum written by Fr Joy on Irish nationals in Hong Kong. The memorandum was sent by Irish Fr Provincial to the Irish Red Cross (24 October 1942, 2pp). Includes letters concerning Irish Jesuits who left Hong Kong to live and work in India during the war and subsequent return to Hong Kong when the war was over. Includes 'A Priest in a Japanese Jail' by Fr Gerard Casey SJ (1948)
Article by Fr Gerald Kennedy SJ on China
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to an article by Fr Gerald Kennedy SJ on China. Includes the MS of the article (92pp) and censor's reports on the article - relates to Fr Kennesy's voyage to Hong Kong,and travelogue about Rotterdam, Germany, Colombo and Manila.
Kennedy, Gerald L, 1889-1949, Jesuit priest and medical doctor
Pamphlets and articles by Edward Boyd Barrett
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Published pamphlets and articles by Edward Boyd Barrett. Includes:
Boyd Barrett, Edward J, 1883-1966, former Jesuit priest
Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. A file relating to memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. Includes a typed and handwritten manuscript entitled Memories of Mungret (1889 - 1893). The article was published in the Mungret Annual, 1966.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Book with the title ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies, as also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint’ printed for Ignatius Kelly, at the Stationers-Arms in Mary’s Lane, Dublin, 1749 (88pp). Includes an article entitled ‘The Novena of Grace in Dublin 1749’ which was sent by Fr Kevin O'Rourke SJ to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ with an explanatory note (10 May 2008). The article most probably written by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. The article explains the provenance of a book in the community library of St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled, ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies’. It concludes that the work was translated by Thomas Brennan and gives a brief biographical note. (5pp)
‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory' entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical sketch of Fr John Austin SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical sketch of Fr John Austin, with note on first page ‘This brief Memoir of the Rev. John Austin SJ was sent to Canon Conlan, P.P. St Michan’s, Dublin, by Mr. Edward Evans, July 14, 1900’ ([1900], 5pp), typescript entitled ‘Father John Austin SJ 1717 - 1784’ probably by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (n.d., 2 copies, 4pp each), pamphlet entitled 'Rev. John Austin, S.J.' by Dr George A. Little, Irish Messenger Office (1960) and article on John Austin and Thomas Betagh.
Article from 'Archivium Historicum Societatis Jesu' entitled 'Le P. François Bray (1584 -1624)...'
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
'Le P. François Bray (1584 -1624). Un Irlandaise de la Mission Navale des Jèsuites Belges' by Édouard R. Hambye SJ. Reprint from 'Archivium Historicum Societatis Jesu', Vol. XV, 1946.
Hambye, Édouard René, 1916-1990, Jesuit priest
Biographical material on Blessed Dominic Collins SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical material on Dominic Collins SJ, martyred in Youghal, County Cork on 31 October 1602. Includes:
– copy of a typescript by Fr Bryan C. Fennelly SJ on Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 5pp);
– copy of an Appeal by the Youghal Martyrs’ Memorial Committee to raise a memorial for Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 2pp) ;
– photocopy of a cutting from the 'Southern Star' concerning Br Dominic Collins SJ (26 December 1959, 1p.) and
– article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled 'The Beatifies Martyrs of Ireland (6) Dominic Collins' in Irish Theological Quarterly 65 (2000, 9pp).
Biographical material on Fr Richard Conway SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical material on Fr Richard Conway SJ. Includes 'P. Richard Conway SJ (1573 – 1626)' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, in 13 parts, being extracts from 'The Irish Monthly', February 1923 to February 1924, bound together in one hardcover volume (74pp) and bound extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory', 'Fr Richard Conway SJ 1573 – 1626. Abbreviated from the account published by Fr John MacErlean, S.J. in the Irish Monthly, 1923 – 24. (n.d., 17pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ. Includes
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus. Includes typescript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled ‘Why did David Wolf Leave the Society?’ an appendix to his privately published pamphlet on the earliest period of the Society in Ireland (n.d., 7pp);
Biographical notes on Fr John Young SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical notes on Fr John Young SJ, mostly all in Latin, some compiled by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ (80pp).
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory', of an article by Fr John MacErlean SJ entitled 'The Superiors of the Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus 1598 – 1774'; annotated by Fr MacErlean (24pp) and handwritten draft of same which includes index at front, listing the Superiors, their date of appointment and terms of office (34pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes:
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare’s association with the Jesuits, her lease to the Society, of Kilkea Castle, County Kildare in 1634 and the chalice presented to the Jesuits in the same year by the Countess. Includes: photocopy of a newspaper article, ‘Unexplained Mystery of Kilkea castle’s Chalice’ by Dr George A Little (n.d., 2pp) and extract from the 'Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society', Vol. 5, 1906 - 08, p. 61- 62, on the chalice (3pp).
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Material concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to Jesuits in Athlone, County Westmeath in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Typewritten newsletters entitled Scoil Iris and Scoil Iris II
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Typewritten newsletters produced by pupils of Coláiste Iognáid, with the title ‘Scoil Iris’ and ‘Scoil Iris II’. Includes short pieces by members of the class, including Ivor Ó Fachtna, Liam Ó Dochartaigh on memories of the past year, class activities, sports and trip to Germany. Also contains poems, jokes and music reviews. In Irish.
Ó Fachtna, Ivor
Articles concerning the early days of UCD's Gaelic Society
Part of Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin
Copy of articles entitled ‘The early days of UCD's Gaelic Society’ by Cathal O'Shannon, Dublin Evening Press and ‘Leathchead Bliain Ag Fas - Cuntas ar thus agus fas an Chumainn Gaelach i gColaiste na hOilscoile, Baile Atha Cliath’ from Comhar.