- IE IJA OLD
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- 1540-2020
History of the Old Society
Catalogues, lists, necrologies
Information on individual Jesuits
Compilations of biographical notes
Transcripts of biographical notes
Jesuit Foundations in different counties
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History of the Old Society
Catalogues, lists, necrologies
Information on individual Jesuits
Compilations of biographical notes
Transcripts of biographical notes
Jesuit Foundations in different counties
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Irish Jesuit Mission books of the Pre-Suppression period
Many of the books have Milltown Library and College Library Carlow stamps.
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‘Copy of an original MS’ from 1610 in a Jesuit archive in London, and sent to the Fr General
‘Copy of an original MS’ from 1610 in a Jesuit archive in London, and sent to the Fr General. The subject is an Irish Jesuit mission. (In Latin).
Notes on Irish Jesuits copied by Fr John MacErlean SJ from Watty Cox’s Irish Magazine
Notes on Irish Jesuits copied by Fr John MacErlean SJ from Watty Cox’s Irish Magazine, August 1810.
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Text of a talk given by Manuel Revuelta SJ in the house in the Valladolid Province
Text of a talk given by Manuel Revuelta SJ in the house in the Valladolid Province, where many Irish Jesuits made their novitiate.
Copy of title page of a book in Stonyhurst College community library, England entitled ‘The Instruction of a Christian’ by Cardinal Richlieu. The book was printed by the Jesuit printing press, Kilkenny, 1647. Includes mails (2012) on the subject with Stonyhurst College.
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Newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. I
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. Includes articles on Jesuits James Archer, Henry Fitzsimons, the Hollywood Mass Rock and the ‘Popish Plot’.
List of Jesuits ordained in the archdiocese of Malines and Jesuit preachers and confessor in the archdiocese of Malines, 1607-1794. Taken from Archivum Hibernicum XXIII (1960)
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Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637
Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637. Author unknown, perhaps Fr John Grene SJ.
List of Jesuits and their date of arrival in Ireland, 1554-1637
List of Jesuits and their date of arrival in Ireland, 1554-1637.
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List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809
List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809. Complied by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
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Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
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Material relating to Jesuits in Athlone, County Westmeath in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
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Material concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century
Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
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Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes:
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Notes on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
Notes made by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes drafts of a typescript ‘The Jesuit School at Cashel - 1620’ (n.d., 1p. and 2pp).
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Notes on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century
Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ and Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, (Irish Province Archivist 1986 - 2019)) on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century.
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Material relating to the Jesuits in Limerick in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries
Material relating to the Jesuits in Limerick in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Includes:
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Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
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).
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes:
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Cork in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Cork in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
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Documents relating to the Belgian Novitiates of Mechelen and Tournai. Includes extracts from Albums of Novitiates at Tournai (from 1584 to 1667 and 1710 to 1750, 26pp) and Mechelen (from 1614 to 1744, 33pp) containing brief biographical details of the Irish novices. Transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ. In Latin.
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Extracts relating to [Irish] novices, from ‘Liber Ingressum et Votorum’ of the Provinces of Castille and Toledo. Arranged chronologically from 1592 to 1765. Reference to Irish Jesuits in Spain at the time of the Suppression, 1773. Transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources.
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‘Obituary Letters’ of individual Jesuits [who died in Spain], transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources. Arranged chronologically from 1705 to 1790. In Spanish.
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Obituaries of Jesuits, transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ, arranged chronologically 1660-1702
Obituaries of Jesuits contained in correspondence, transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources. Arranged chronologically, from 1660 to 1702. In Latin and Spanish.
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Obituaries of Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ, from various sources. Arranged chronologically, from 1590 to 1656. Most in Spanish, some in Latin.
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Copies of Irish ‘Informationes’ transcribed from the ‘Codex Novitiorum’ and ‘Informationes Novitiorum’ kept at Galloro, Roman Province. Sent with covering letter (12 February 1933, 1p) by Fr Denis Nerney SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ. Includes ‘Informationes Novitiorum Hib. S.J. in Tirocino Romano, 1826 - 1841’ (in Italian, 6pp) and extracts from the Codex Novitiorum, 1565 – 1586 (in Latin, 7pp).
‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ
‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ.
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Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Jesuits at New Ross in the seventeenth century
Biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Jesuits at New Ross in the seventeenth century.
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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).
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Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits and Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ
Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ. Arranged chronologically by individual, tracing the history of the Society in Ireland from 1541 - 1774.
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Notes compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the history of the Society of Jesus in Ireland
Notes compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ (Custodian of the Province Archives, 1924 - 1930), on the history of the Society of Jesus in Ireland. Some inserts in the hand of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ. Includes lists of:
– Superiors of the Irish Mission (7pp);
– residences of the Old Society in Ireland (1p);
– ‘Summary of Work Abroad’ (1p);
– Summary of literary works by Jesuits of the Old Society (5pp);
– schedule of Jesuit writers and professors (5pp and 6pp);
– distinguished preachers (1p);
– those who suffered for the faith (2pp);
– aliases/variants on surnames (2pp);
– ‘Vestiges of the Old Soc(iety)’ (5pp);
– names of writers (arranged alphabetically) and of their works (c60pp) and
– some Jesuit schools of the Old Society (6pp).
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‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ
Extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory' entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
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The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760
The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760
Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2022
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Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’
Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’ compiled by an unknown Jesuit. Includes a table of contents on a loose page and a calendar of events in the Irish Society 1542-1822. Separate typewritten page lists 'Jesuit writers of Penal Days'.
‘Catalogue of Early Irish Jesuits with dates of deaths’
‘Catalogue of Early Irish Jesuits with dates of deaths’ compiled in a diary by Fr John MacErlean SJ (1922), and list of Irish Jesuits in Ireland in 1640 by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (4pp).
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List of admissions to the Society from 1556 onwards
List of admissions by Fr John MacErlean SJ, to the Society from 1556 onwards, with some biographical information (mainly dates of entry, profession of fourth vows, death etc.) (45pp). Includes:
– list of the Rectors of the Irish College, Salamanca, from its foundation in 1592 to 1871 (1p);
– lists of Jesuits of the Old Society and their date and place of death/departure (c15pp) and
– extracts from catalogues of various Provinces (c20pp).
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‘Catalogus Chronoligicus Ibernorum Societatis Jesu. Patrum ac Fratrum’ from 1550 to 1811
Typescript copy of ‘Catalogus Chronoligicus Ibernorum Societatis Jesu. Patrum ac Fratrum’ from 1550 to 1811. With information under the following headings: name; date and place of birth; date of entry into the Society; grade; date (and place) of death.
Lists of Irish Jesuits and their year of entry into the Society, from 1550 to 1799
Chronological lists of Irish Jesuits and their year of entry into the Society, from 1550 to 1799. No indication of compiler or sources, possibly the work of Fr John Rabbitte SJ.
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List of those professed of the four vows in the Society, between 1541-1705
List of those professed of the four vows in the Society, between 1541 and 1705.
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Photocopy of the title page of an autobiography of St Teresa of Jesus
Photocopy of the title page of the first translation into English of an autobiography of St Teresa of Jesus. Translated by Fr William Malone SJ (1611), and reprint details of Scolar Press reprint (1974).
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Notebook containing list of ‘Books of Old Irish Mission’ at Milltown Park, Dublin and list of 'Relics of the Old Society in Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, from notes by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ (4pp).
The description of Ireland: and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598
The description of Ireland: and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598. With amendments by Fr Hogan.
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Ibernia ignatiana, seu, Ibernorum Societatis Iesu patrum monumenta
Ibernia ignatiana, seu, Ibernorum Societatis Iesu patrum monumenta. With amendments and inserts by Frs Hogan and John MacErlean SJ.
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Biographical dictionary of Irish Jesuits 1598-1773
Biographical dictionary of Irish Jesuits 1598-1773.
Irish Jesuits 1598-1773, dictionary
Irish Jesuits 1598-1773, dictionary - Vol. IV biographies.
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The Jesuit Mission to Ireland 1596-1626
M.A. thesis by James J Corboy SJ, entitled 'The Jesuit Mission to Ireland 1596-1626' at the faculty of Modern History, UCD (2 copies, 248pp each) (1941) with separate bibliography and index (34pp). Also includes letter from Dr R Dudley Edwards, UCD and Fr Jerome Mahony SJ concerning ‘Lord Justice Loftus’ and ‘Carew’ (5pp) (21 June 1954), and letter from Fr Jerome Mahony SJ to Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ that he has completed Menelogy up to 1800 (13 February 1956).
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