Valuation for Emo Park, County Laois
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- 17 October 1900
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Valuation for Emo Park, County Laois.
Valuation for Emo Park, County Laois
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Valuation for Emo Park, County Laois.
Transcript of Mr Cholmeley Harrison's interview for RTE's programme on Emo
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Transcript of Mr Cholmeley Harrison's interview for RTE's programme on Emo. Cholmeley Harrison purchased Emo Park from the Jesuits.
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'There was an Ancient House' by Benedict Kiely
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Book entitled 'There was an Ancient House' by Benedict Kiely, Methusen and Co Ltd, London. A novel where ‘in a country house thirty novices of a religious order are learning a new, strange life, some failing, others succeeding in conforming to the pattern laid down by rule’. Benedict Kiely was a novice at St Mary's, Emo
Kiely, Benedict, 1919-2007, writer, critic, journalist and former Jesuit novice
Sketch map of the Clochar, Emo
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Sketch map of the Clochar. Shows the layout of the gardens and the species of trees and plants. The Clochar (or Clucker) comes from the Irish word for convent. 'There is also a story that this part of the garden was where the maids in the house were allowed to come to gossip and relax – hens clucking!'
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A file relating to the decision take by the Forestry Department to sell 32 1/4 acres of State owned forestry land at Emo Park to the Jesuit Fathers.
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
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Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
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Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
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Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
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Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
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Report by J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin on the heating, water and electrical services in St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers
Postcards of Emo Court - both of the same image
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Postcards of Emo Court - both of the same image - addressed to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ.
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Photograph of the arm of St Francis Xavier at St Mary’s, Emo on the occasion of the visit of the relics
Photograph of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ and family at St Mary’s College, Emo
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Photograph of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ and family at St Mary’s College, Emo.
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Photocopy of entry in the Irish Province News, October 1950, which describes the death on 27 June 1950 of postulant Mr John Callaghan, who fell on the scullery stairs.
In course of conversation in 2015, between Damien Burke and Jim McCabe, ascertained that John Callaghan carrying delph down the stairs to the basement when he slipped and hit his head.
Permission to the Society of Jesus to allow members of the public to attend Mass at St Mary's, Emo
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Letter from Rome, granting permission to the Society of Jesus to allow members of the public to attend Mass at St Mary's, Emo.
Paper copy of photograph of the front façade of Emo Court
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Paper copy of photograph of the front façade of Emo Court, taken by the National Trust Archive.
Ordnance survey map of Portarlington and district, County Laois
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Ordnance survey map of Portarlington and district, County Laois, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile.
Novitiate order of time for St Mary's, Emo
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Novitiate order of time for St Mary's, Emo.
Notebook of the Chairman of the Grounds Committee, Emo Park, County Laois
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Notebook of the Chairman of the Grounds Committee, Emo Park, County Laois. Divided by month, it details the work carried out on the grounds at Emo.
O'Keefe, Fergus, 1933-2022, Jesuit priest
Note stating that Brothers, after taking their vows, are not to read newspapers
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Note stating that Brothers, after taking their vows, are not to read newspapers.
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Note by Fr Jerome Mahony SJ, St Mary’s College, Emo, to Br James Barry SJ, relating to the amount of food which should be allowed to individuals on fast days.
Mahony, Jerome JJ, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
Newspaper cutting relating the history of Emo Park, County Laois
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Newspaper cutting relating the history of Emo Park, County Laois.
Letter seeking permission to sell items from the house at Emo
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Letter from Fr Jerome Mahony SJ, St Mary's, Emo, Portarlington, County Laois to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ concerning two mantlepieces and two pairs of mahogany double doors in storage at Emo. Seeks permission to sell these items.
Mahony, Jerome JJ, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning interest due to the Jesuit Fathers following the sale of St Mary's, Emo.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
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Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, Solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning a draft contract for the sale of Emo Park.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
Letter from Thomas Bacon, solicitor to Fr William Dargan SJ, concerning the sale of St Mary's, Emo
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Letter from Thomas Bacon, Solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning the sale of St Mary's, Emo.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
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Letter from William Codd, Bishop of Ferns, Summerhill, County Wexford to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the Society of Jesus' desire to establish a community house in the Diocese of Ferns. Remarks 'They have about a score of applications from Religious Congregations and Orders for permission to take up property here within the past few years...they made an exhaustive inquiry as to whether the needs of any part of the diocese or of the whole would admit the introduction of a new congregation...they came to the unanimous conclusion that they could see no need at all for this.'
Codd, William, 1864-1938, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns
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Letter from Patrick Cusack SJ, St Mary's, Emo, Portlaoise, County Laois to Irish Fr Provincial accepting an invitation to dinner. Discusses noviceship matters.
Cusack, Patrick, 1918-2003, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Laurence J. McCabe, Jackson-Stops and McCabe, Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning items to be included in the sale of Emo. Includes the list of items.
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
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Letter from Eoin Kenny, J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev. William Dargan SJ, 84 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning the account for the centralisation of the boiler plant at Emo. Includes a detailed account of the cost of the work carried out.
J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers
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Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 to the parents of a prospective novice informing them of their son's acceptance into the novitiate.
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector [St Mary's, Emo] concerning books needed by the Australian Province for five scholastics from Hong Kong. Refers also to a Scholastic who wishes now to be a Brother. Asks if the individual must do the Noviceship again. Includes a page with pencil notations.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo thanking him for sending Fr O'Connor's letter regarding the Codd bequest. Remarks that he is going to offer the library, the portraits and the bust to Clongowes Wood College.
McGarry, Cecil, 1929-2009, Jesuit priest
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Extract of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr John Neary SJ (Rector), St Mary's, Emo concerning a site for a cemetery in Emo. Remarks, 'I...have come to the conclusion that on the rare occasions of deaths in Emo, the interment should take place in Tullabeg.'
Letter from Fr Rupert Coyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial explaining the requirements for matriculation
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Letter from Fr Rupert Coyle SJ, Belvedere College, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial explaining the requirements for matriculation.
Coyle, Rupert F H, 1896-1978, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Patrick Joy SJ, St Mary's, Emo, Portarlington to Fr Coyne SJ concerning the sale of Loyola in Hong Kong and Fr Harold Craig SJ and his work in Calcutta.
Joy, Patrick, 1892-1970, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr John J. Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the teaching of Irish in the novitiate, St Mary's, Emo.
Letter from Fr John J Coyne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the order of time at St Mary's, Emo
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Letter from Fr John J. Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the order of time in the novitiate, St Mary's, Emo.
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Letter from Fr Jerome Mahony SJ, St Mary's, Emo to Irish Fr Provincial agreeing to carry out instructions from Irish Fr Provincial concerning the statue of the Sacred Heart and Fr Calter's books.
Mahony, Jerome JJ, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ, La Retraite, Western Road, Cork to Irish Fr Provincial welcoming the Emo community to visit Tullabeg.
O'Sullivan, Donal, 1904-1977, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Charles O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo describing how the Society became beneficiaries in the will of Rebecca Codd and the items that were left to the Society in her will.
O'Connor, Charles E, 1920-2014, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Arthur F Murphy, St Paul's Church, Emo, County Laois to Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to use the pleasure grounds and part of the residence for the annual parochial fete. Refers to the delay in the Jesuits arriving at Emo by the Roman authorities.
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Letter from J. Darby, Department of Lands, 88 Merrion Square, Dublin to Fr Rector, St Mary's, Emo thanking members of the Jesuit College for putting out a fire that threatened a portion of the forestry adjoining Emo Park.
Letter from [ ] to Fr Superior concerning a change in duties for Frs. P. Kennedy and Robert Tyndall
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Letter from [ ], St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Superior concerning a change in duties for Frs. P. Kennedy and Robert Tyndall.
Final account for maintenance and structural work carried out at St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
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Final account for maintenance and structural work carried out at St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick
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Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick bequeathing a number of items to the Irish Province including five oak bookcases and the books contained in them to Emo (The bookcases are in Clongowes Wood College SJ, 2020).
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Expenditure on St Mary's, Emo totalling £16,494.15.10.
DVD of images of the grounds of Emo Court
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DVD of images of the grounds of Emo Court by the Office of Public Works.
Office of Public Works, 1831-
Diary of William White as in schoolboy in Mungret College, Limerick
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Diary of William White as in schoolboy in Mungret College, Limerick. Includes his last entry before leaving to join the Society of Jesus on 3 September 1930 – ‘Fr. Hanrahan Went home on 9 oc Bus I was at 10 oc Mass. Say (sic.) Mrs. Par[le] etc. Mother Paul. Left for Emo at 1.45. Good bye’
Details of Solicitor's fees in respect of the sale of St Mary's Emo
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Details of Solicitor's fees to the Jesuit fathers in respect of the sale of St Mary's Emo.
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
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Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ to Kevin [ ] accepting him into the Jesuit novitiate of St Mary's, Emo.
Barry, Brendan, 1920-1972, Jesuit priest
Colour print depicting Mary of Emo and Jesus, her Son
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Colour print depicting Mary of Emo and Jesus, her Son.
Circular letter sent to an individual accepting him into the novitiate in St Mary's Emo
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Circular letter sent to an individual accepting him into the novitiate in St Mary's Emo.
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Circular letter sent to a prospective novice's parents seeking an assurance that their son has their 'consent...and blessing.' Enquires about the ability of the parents to contribute to the upkeep of their son in the novitiate.
Chronology of the history of Emo Court, County Laois, taken from an article by Anthony Symondson SJ
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Chronology of the history of Emo Court, County Laois, taken from an article by Anthony Symondson SJ entitled 'A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court', published in the Irish Arts Review.
Blank invitation card from St Mary's, Emo
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Blank invitation card from St Mary's, Emo.
Beadle's journal for St Mary's, Emo
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Beadle's journal for St Mary's, Emo. The Beadle was the head novice and kept a record of the daily activities of the novices. The Beadle was normally appointed for a three month period. A list of beadles is given on inside page. In the English Province the Beadle was known as the Novice's Porter.
Article by Anthony Symondson SJ entitled 'A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court'
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Photocopy of an article by Anthony Symondson SJ entitled 'A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court', published in the Irish Arts Review.
Symondson, Anthony, 1940-2024, Jesuit priest
Apportionment account between the Jesuit Fathers and Cholmeley Harrison
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Apportionment account between the Jesuit Fathers and Cholmeley Harrison (purchaser of Emo).
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
Advertisement for the sale of Emo Park, County Laois by Jackson-Stops and McCabe
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Advertisement for the sale of Emo Park, County Laois by Jackson-Stops and McCabe, Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Includes black and white interior and exterior photographs.
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
Account of the funeral of the Countess of Portarlington
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Account of the funeral of the Countess of Portarlington, taken from the 'Leinster Express'. Lady Portarlington was buried at Emo Park, Queen’s County (Laois). Includes references to Frs Robert Carbery and William Delaney.
The Countess was buried in the graveyard beside the church, and a memorial to her was also erected in Coolbanagher church by her sister the Duchess of Marlborough.