- IE IJA J/16
- Subfonds
- 1897-1984
Part of Irish Jesuits
Sheil, Leonard, 1897-1968, Jesuit priest and missionary
Part of Irish Jesuits
Sheil, Leonard, 1897-1968, Jesuit priest and missionary
Jesuit Chaplains to Irish emigrants in Britain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
In the late 1940s, Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (1897-1968) travelled to Britain in an effort to serve Irish emigrants. Fr Sheil was a familiar sight on his motorbike visiting building sites, construction camps, mines, steel works, oil refineries and industrial hostels. Frs Matthew Meade (1912-1992) and Kevin Laheen (1919-2019) also provided missions.
General papers on Irish Jesuit missions;
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-