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‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings'

‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings to be used for making Indian designs’ (279A1), and other craft works. This may relate to the area around Kelowna and Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, therefore not taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ. Captions on reverse are not in Fr Browne’s hand. The photograph of 'Indian boys sketching' has stamp of Stocks Photographer, Penticton.

‘Ireland of the Welcomes’

  • IE IJA J/7/182
  • File
  • November 1953- October 1954
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

‘Ireland of the Welcomes’. Handwriting of captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on cover, and photographs by Fr Browne.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

‘Muintir na Tíre official handbook; parish guilds and councils’

‘Muintir na Tíre official handbook; parish guilds and councils’ contains photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ, pp. 69. With note from the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Thomas Morris, who was the editor of the handbook in 1942 (30 March 1993).

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

‘Saints and Shrines of Lough Corrib’

Pamphlets ‘Saints and Shrines of Lough Corrib’, Parts 1 and 2, by Fr. Browne, ‘Irish Messenger’ Series.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

‘The Irish Digest’

  • IE IJA J/7/183
  • File
  • December 1954-January 1955
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

‘The Irish Digest’, with condensed articles which Fr Frank Browne SJ has marked, Howth, p.69 and Glaslough, p.34.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (1897)'

Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (2897) Suggest No.2: Menton, France & No.17: Arch of Titus, Rome. Photographs have been removed from the album. Pencil annotations on the album (not in Mr Frank Browne SJ hand) are in written here in italic.

  1. Sister Josephine, Ursuline, b. 1870
  2. Menton (on reverse) ‘Photo taken by Fr Earley. Stormy on the sands at Humewood P.E. Nov – 1902’. (Humewood is a coastal area, Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
  3. Cobh (on reverse) - ‘To dearest Joe With love From Sissie Oct. 31st 1902.
  4. Menton
  5. Rome
  6. Rome
  7. Rome
  8. Fontana de Trevi (Rome)
  9. (Menton, France)
  10. Venice
  11. San Marcs, Venice
  12. Doge’s Palace, Venice
  13. Via Appia
  14. Via Appia
  15. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  16. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  17. Arch of Titus, Rome
  18. Rome
  19. Rome
  20. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  21. Pompeii?
  22. Pompeii?
  23. Naples
  24. Genoa
  25. Rome
  26. Rome?
  27. (altar)
  28. Venice
  29. Milan
  30. (Switzerland)
  31. (Switzerland?)
  32. (Switzerland?)
  33. (Switzerland?)
  34. (Switzerland?)
  35. (Switzerland?) 35
  36. Menton?
  37. Cork
  38. 1 38 Sheet 2 Cork
  39. 2 39 Timahoe
  40. 3 40 Switzerland
  41. 4 41 Switzerland?
  42. 5 42 Switzerland? Bellanzama?
  43. 7 43
  44. 8 44 Monte Carlo?

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Appointment of Fr Frank Browne SJ as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class

  • IE IJA J/7/8
  • File
  • 14 March & 25 August 1919; 14 September 1921
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).

British Army, 1660-

Bequest of left to the Society of Jesus in Australia by Fr Mathew Ryan

A file relating to a bequest of £400 left to the Society of Jesus in Australia by Fr Matthew Ryan to be used for the foreign missions. Refers to Fr Frank Browne SJ and his health in Australia, and copy of a letter from the Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Superior of the Mission, Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ (30 August 1924).

Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1877-1960, Jesuit priest

Br John K Rogers SJ

File relating to Br John K Rogers SJ, including application to join the Society, catalogue entries, and memorial card.

Rogers, John K, 1905-1976, Jesuit brother

Cabinet cards for Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne

Cabinet cards for Fr Robert Browne (and later as bishop of Cloyne) by Lafayette, William Lawrence, Russell & Sons and Elliott & Fry (1894-1935); framed photographs of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne and with caption, not by Fr Browne on reverse (February 1931); photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of his dead uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, laid out in his room (1935) and newspaper notice of his burial place.

Lafayette, photographer

Carte postale from Fr Frank Browne SJ, Lourdes, France to his brother, Fr William Browne, Bishop’s House, Queenstown, Cork

Carte postale from Fr Frank Browne SJ, Loudres, France to his brother, Fr William Browne, Bishop’s House, Queenstown, Cork with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ and soldiers on the obverse. Individuals are named. Blank carte postale of Fr Browne and and Irish Guards outside entrance to a church in Loudres.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Christmas card from Uachtarán na hÉireann and AIB

Christmas card from Uachtarán na hÉireann, Mary Robinson and her husband Nick Robinson featuring a photograph of Áras an Uachtaráin, taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ in 1946 and Christmas card from AIB, featuring photograph by Fr Frank Browne SJ of mid-winter at Emo, Laois (1935).

Robinson, Mary, b 1944-, President of Ireland

Exhibition of Father Browne's work at Limerick

Copies of newspaper articles on Fr Frank Browne SJ - ‘Turning the camera on Father Browne’ by David Davison,The Irish Times (10 June 2015) and ‘Great photographs from The Great War’ by Rose Rushe, Limerick Post (17 June 2015).

Davison, David, photographer

Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives

Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives. One case has note by Fr Frank Browne SJ on the contents, ‘Copy of Alex letters ‘(perhaps Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis), and recommendations on making positives.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Fr Bernard Page SJ

File of photographs belonging/taken by Fr Bernard Page SJ:

  • Boys at Clongowes
  • Jesuit villa house, Rossdhu, Moyard, Connemara, Galway (1906)
  • Celtic Cross and Round Tower, Monasterboice, Louth
  • Cong Abbey, Mayo
  • Murrisk Abbey, Mayo
  • Achill Head, Mayo
  • Burrishoole Abbey, Mayo
  • Lord Ardilaun’s seat, Ashford, Cong, Mayo
  • Ashford Castle, Cong, Mayo
  • Milltown Villa group (1909)
  • Distant view of Muilrea, Mayo
  • Distant view of Croagh Patrick, Mayo
  • Jesuits Matthew Davitt, Thomas Wheeler and Joseph Wrafter
  • Jesuit on horseback, ready to climb to Crucachan, [Roscommon or Kerry]
  • Jesuit on top of Crucachan, [Roscommon or Kerry] - Back row: Mr William Hackett, Mr Frank Browne, Mr Patrick Connolly. Front row: Mr John O'Connor, Fr Vincent Byrne, Mr John Byrne and Fr McCormack.
  • Cromwell’s Fort, Inisboffin
  • Connemara cattle, Galway
  • Connemara school, Galway
  • Connemara landscapes, Galway
  • Diamond Mountain, Connemara, Galway
  • Killary bay, Mayo & Galway
  • Glendalough, Mayo
  • Ballinakill bay and Kylemore Pass
  • Salruck and Little Killary, Galway
  • View from Rossleague, Letterfrack, Galway
  • Villa House, Rossleague, Letterfrack, Galway (1907)
  • Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway (1907). Back row: Bernard Page, Frank Browne, John O'Connor and James Dillon-Kelly. Front row: Frs James Whittaker, Lambert McKenna and Frederick Gill.
  • Ordinations at Milltown Park (31 July 1907)
  • Letterfrack, Galway
  • Lough Fee, Galway
  • Lough Fee and Lough Muck, Galway
  • Kylemore Castle, Galway
  • St Kevin’s Bed, Glendalough, Wicklow
  • Fr Vincent Byrne and Mr Flynn and Barraghy next to the Old oratory on Croagh Patrick, Mayo
  • Mr James McCann SJ driving a car
  • Front of Belvedere House, Belvedere College SJ, Dublin
  • Interior of Belvedere House, Belvedere College SJ, Dublin
  • Belvedere College cycling club trip with Mr Frank Browne to Mellifont Abbey, Louth
  • Bellerive, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Botanical gardens, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Schoolboys with Archbishop of Melbourne, Thomas Carr Taken in 1/45 of second while archbishop was speaking to boys by same BFP

Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Fr Francis Browne's claim for a military pension

Letter from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial regarding Fr Browne’s claim for a military pension. Encloses a letter sent to him from the General Secretary of the Ex-Services Welfare Society.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Fr Frank Browne SJ with Fr Joseph Scannell, Arras, France

Fr Frank Browne SJ with Fr Joseph Scannell, Arras, France (1917-8) which includes soldiers in France, destruction in Arras, France and Bishop Keating giving Benediction at Corpus Christ, Warley Barracks, England (1919) , postcards and envelopes. Eight large negatives of Frs Joe Scannell, McShane and Fr Frank Browne SJ, Arras (1918) and bomb damage. Photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ and Monsignor Joseph Scannell taken post-First World War.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with members of family

Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with various members of his family, including:

  • studio portrait with his brother Fr William and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, 1916;
  • postcards with his brother Fr William, sisters Ellen Mary Browne and Margaret Martin (Cork) and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
    • with his brother Fr William, uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, sister and other, with motor-car, outside The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
  • having afternoon tea with four others;
    • on a bench with four other people [his brother, Dr Browne];
    • soldier with girl, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
  • postcard with photograph on obverse of Fr William Browne aiming a rifle. Note and poem written by Fr William Browne to his brother Fr Frank Browne SJ (28 March 1916 );
  • postcard of Fr William Browne, Fr Frank Browne SJ and their sister, with St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Cork. In the background;

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ

Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ which includes:
Mungret College Third Club, 1925;
Mungret College Third Club snaps - Official’s excursion 1925 - 12 negatives;
Mungret College hurling team, 1925;
Luke Wadding, June 1925;
Lismore Castle, July 1925;
Interior of St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, July 1925;
Philosophers at Mungret College, July 1925;
Tomb in St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, taken under the impression that it was of the Countess of Desmond.
Retreat group taken about 9 August 1925 (Mungret?);
Lady Emly (deathbed), September 1925;
Celtic cross (numbered 90);

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ

Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ regarding the notes of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne with sermon note with headed paper, Bishop’s House, Cobh. Includes pamphlet entitled ‘Panegyric on Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, delivered at the Month’s Mind, in the Cathedral, Cobh, on the 2nd May 1935, by Most Rev. Dr, Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe’. 12pp.

Fogarty, Michael, 1859-1955, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe

Holograph letters by Fr Frank Browne SJ

  • IE IJA J/7/79
  • File
  • 26 January-5 February 1919
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Holograph letters by Fr Frank Browne SJ to his brother, Fr William Browne on slides and photographs that he has sent him with his new camera, his time in Germany and leave.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ

Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of Donegal (Carrick, Glencolmcille and Slieve League) and butter making at Ballypatrick creamery (Kilsheelan), Tipperary [1947].

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letter and photographs from C.C Barham, Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ

Letter from C.C Barham, Editor of Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ, returning the series of photographs of the ‘Angels’ and asking Fr Browne to write a short photographic article on them. Includes photographs of churches in East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse, and some photographs of angels (stone) in Ireland.

Barham, C.C., editor

Letter from Joseph Murphy, Marianella, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial following Fr Browne’s death

Letter from Fr Joseph Murphy C.S.Sp, Marianella, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry following Fr Browne’s death. States ‘Fr. Frank was a great chaplain and helped to build up the prestige of Catholic chaplains in the British army, which I and so many others were so fortunate to inherit.’ Also refers to Lord Nugent’s intended obituary of Fr Browne in the Irish Guards Association Journal.

Murphy, Joseph, Redemptorist priest

Letter from Leslie Reade, 100 Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London to Fr Frank Browne SJ

Letter from Leslie Reade, 100 Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for letting him see your menu and the Cabin Plan. Included is a carbon copy of letter from Leslie Reade to R Deegan, 62 Priory Avenue, Stillorgan, County Dublin, regarding one of Fr Browne’s Titanic photographs and copyright fee.

Reade, Leslie

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on-board the Titanic

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.

Odell, Lily

Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan from T. Stratton, A.P.C., staff officer to Principal Chaplain

Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ from T. Stratton, A.P.C., Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), requesting that Fr Browne remain with the Irish Guards as Commissioned Chaplain. Encloses copies of extracts from letters sent to Fr Browne’s uncle, Dr Browne, Bishop of Cloyne from Dr Keating, Catholic Army Bishop and from Colonel Vesey, Commanding Officer of the Irish Guards referring to Fr Browne’s value and admirable qualities as a Chaplain.

Stratton, T A,

Letters and postcards from Fr Frank Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ

Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Francis M. Browne SJ, written during his time serving as a chaplain to the forces – 1st and 2nd Battalions, Irish Guards, British Expeditionary Force, France and 2nd Battalions, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16th Division.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letters concerning Fr Francis Browne's health

  • IE IJA J/7/12
  • File
  • 12 February 1945-13 February 1952
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Various letters and telegrams, mostly concerning Fr Francis Browne's health and hearing.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letters from Fr Browne to the Irish Fr Provincial written from Germany and from Warley Barracks, Essex

  • IE IJA J/7/6
  • File
  • 28 December 1918-6 September 1919
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, written from Germany (28 December 1918-9 February 1919, 4 items), Bishop's House, Queenstown (Cobh), Cork (27 February 1919) and from Warley Barracks, Essex (10 March 1919-6 September 1919, 8 items) including one describing his daily routine as Chaplain to the Irish Guards (6 May 1919, 6pp).

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Provincial on various matters

  • IE IJA J/7/10
  • File
  • 24 July 1942-14 July 1947
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ, many written from St Mary’s, Emo, Portarlington, County Laois, to the Irish Provincial on various matters (mostly seeking permission to travel to different locations for the purposes of giving retreats, lectures, visiting friends and family), including his health and his photographic work. Includes letters:
– referring to his securing photos of ‘the ruins on Inniscaltra in Lough Derg…(and)…Castletown at Celbridge’ (29 June 1944, 2pp);
– referring to his eldest sister, Mother Josephine in the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, County Dublin (17 and 20 September 1944, 2 items);
– concerning his travelling expenses (28 October and 2 November 1944, 2 items);
– his making ‘a set of photographs in Curraghmore House … because I am collecting a set of Georgian Houses & Curraghmore was on the list given me by the Georgian Society’ (9 April 1945, 3pp);
– regarding his ‘camera work’. ‘As you know, I am supplying a series of pictures of “Historic Mansions” each month to ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch’. The first of the series were photos of Shelton Abbey for which the present Lord Wicklow gave his very willing approval…he proposes utilising c as a kind of Hotel or “Country Club” He asked me whether it would be possible for me to go there again to take further photos before the necessary alterations are made’ (8 April 1947, 3pp);
– stating ‘…the editor of ‘Tatler & Sketch’ is pressing me for a further series of “Historic Mansions” to be published in the Autumn. Apparently he found that the first series – Jan. to May – was very popular. Would you permit me to do some journeys for this purpose & to debit them to a “Villa” account: not, as usual, to my Camera account?’ (23 June 1947, 3pp) and
– stating ‘I enclose a list of places I wish to photograph for my next series of “Historic Mansions” – which is due to begin in October. The last set – January – May, brought me £25, & the next will be even more profitable, because the Editor told me that he is so satisfied with the results, that he will print more pictures of each house in the next series’ (14 July 1947, 2pp).

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letters from J. McArthur, for General Secretary, Central Council for the Care of Churches (Church of England)

Letters from J. McArthur, for General Secretary, Central Council for the Care of Churches (Church of England) to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him on behalf of Dr Eeles on the photographs of Westhall, of the stained glass windows of Martham, the angels in the roof at Blythburgh and the view of Pakefield font. Includes typed list from the Central Council for the Care of Churches of churches in Suffolk and Norfolk, England, 3pp.

McArthur, J.

Letters from Major G.T. Noel

  • IE IJA J/7/94
  • File
  • 18 April-4 December 1912
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Major G.T. Noel, Hotel Julia, Pontaven, Finisterre, France and Temple Guiting House, Winchcombe, R.S.O., Gloucester, England. Describes his holiday in France after news of the Titanic disaster, request for copy of photograph of Bob and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.

Holograph letters to Frank Browne SJ from those who disembarked with Mr Browne SJ at Queenstown (Cobh), Cork and relatives of those who perished on the Titanic to Mr Frank Browne SJ. With Kodak envelope with note by Fr Browne, ‘Letters recd ap. 1912 concerning Titanic’.

Noel, G.T., Major

Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London

  • IE IJA J/7/96
  • File
  • 20 April 1912-1 January 1913
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London, (Mrs Lily Odell is his sister) enquiring after fellow passengers, requesting copies and promising to share photographs, and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.

May, R. W.

Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick

  • IE IJA J/7/84
  • File
  • 27 July-3 October 1936
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.

Kendrick, Sir, Thomas Downing, 1895-1979, archaeologist and art historian

Map of Cork

Map of Cork with Frank Browne’s birthplace marked in red.

Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own)

Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own). Fr Browne has captioned some of the albums:

  1. Crosses of Ireland: 94 photographs.
  2. English churches: 197 photographs.
  3. “People I have seen in many lands”: Scotland, Australia, Africa, Egypt, Tipperary, Ireland, Australia, Ceylon, South Africa. 95 photographs, captioned.
  4. Rock of Cashel, Moyne Abbey, Murrisk Abbey, Buttevant Abbey, Kells, Urlaur, Ardmore. 95 photographs, captioned.
  5. Ardfert Cathedral, Athassel Priory, Ballysadare, Boyle Abbey, Cashel, Claregalway Friary, Crevalea Friary, Kilconell Friary. 1925-29, 96 photographs, captioned.
  6. Religious sites in Clare: Clare Abbey, Ennis, Killaloe, Killone, Quin St Flannan and St Molua. 15-16 August 1930, 96 photographs, captioned.
  7. Prehistoric antiquities around Ireland (ringforts, standing stones, ogham stones, dolmens, Grianán Ailigh). 96 photographs.
  8. Cistercian Abbeys of Ireland: Volume 1. Mellifont, Boyle, Jerpoint, Holy Cross, Dunbrody, Graiguenamanagh, Tracton, Hore. 1929-1930, 179 photographs, captioned.
  9. Cistercian Abbeys of Ireland: Volume 2. Bective, Assaroe, Inniscourey, Tintern, Knockmoy, Kilcooley, Mount St Joseph Roscrea. 1930-1931, 132 photographs, captioned.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey

Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey.
See also booklet by Francis M. Browne, 'Footsteps of St. Patrick Near the River Liffey'. Dublin: Office of the "Irish Messenger", 1922.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Photograph of Pope Pius X

Photograph of Pope Pius X, taken after Mr Frank Browne SJ and his uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, had a private Mass with the Pope.

Photographic album of St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois by Fr Frank Browne SJ

Photographs are pasted into the album and relate to the following subjects: the interior and exterior of the St Mary's, Emo, gardens, farm, lake, the winter landscape, trees, Jesuit alterations to the house, individuals playing golf and men seated on a wall. Includes group photograph of six Jesuits in the garden, Cormac Gallagher, -,-, Alan Mowbray, Dermot Murray,-. Seven photographs were loose therefore these are stored in mylar sleeves. The photographs have captions by Fr Frank Browne on the reverse. These include:

  • A philosopher of the by road - Study by "F"
  • It did not ring! - For the first time in 70 years this bell did not call the people to Mass last Sunday. When lighting struck the Church of the Sacred Heart, Courtwood, near Ballybrittas, Leix, on Saturday morning it demolished the bell tower. Falling debris seriously damaged the roof of the n. aisle.
  • 3rd Centenary of the "Annals of the Four Masters" ‘Moygara Caste, Co Roscommon [Gurteen, County Sligo]

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip

Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip undertaken with his brother Fr William Browne and Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne at Florence, Pisa, Pompeii and Venice (Doge’s Palace & San Macro). Captions by [Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ].

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Photographs of country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England], which include some of Fr Frank Browne SJ and family

  1. lake at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  2. country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  3. individual in woods of country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  4. Fr Frank Browne SJ in field at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  5. individual in woods at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  6. individual walking at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  7. lake at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  8. lake at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  9. individual with horse and cart outside country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  10. lake at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England];
  11. Fr Frank Browne SJ and [ ] at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England] and
  12. Fr Frank Browne SJ and [ ] punting on lake at country house at [Lewes, Sussex, England].

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Photographs taken by Fr Richard Brenan SJ of Fr Frank Browne SJ

Negatives taken by Fr Richard Brenan SJ of:

  1. Fr Frank Browne SJ at desk;
  2. Mr Maurice Leahy SJ, Fr William White SJ and Fr Frank Browne SJ at breakfast at Gonzaga College;
  3. students playing rugby at Gonzaga College.

Positive photograph of Mr Maurice Leahy SJ, Fr William White SJ and Fr Frank Browne SJ at breakfast.

Brenan, Richard Henry, 1918-1995, Jesuit priest

Positives and negatives of photographs taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ entitled ‘Burke Tour’, 1926, with captions

  • IE IJA J/7/149
  • File
  • 1926; 3 December 1991
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Positives and negatives of photographs taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ entitled ‘Burke Tour’, 1926, with captions. Note by Fr Frank Browne SJ ‘Burke Tour’, 1926:

  1. There 73 positives
  2. There are 23 negatives (including two that are not in positive form)
  3. Nos 1-13 are from Start, through ‘Gap’ Knockmealdowns to
  4. Nos. 14-29 Cashel
  5. Nos. 30-35 Glendalough
  6. Nos. 36-39 Kilkenny
  7. Nos. 40-59 Kerry (Lakes of Killarney)
  8. Nos. 60-73 Killarney to Gougana Barra (co. Cork)

Note by Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ that ‘All copied and catalogued’ (3 December 1991)’.

Missing from positives (1-73), are no. 9, and no. 21, therefore 71 in total.
16 positive duplicates; 2 positives in duplicates don’t appear in (1-73).
23 negatives (number in ink of 73 prints); 2 negatives, 35A and 69A not in positive form.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Positives of ships

Positives of ships including:
“The Arabic”;
Henderson collapsibles on “Arabic”;
Steerage section of “Arabic”;
Danish sailing ship “Atacama” with tender “Forth”;
Aft view of “Baltic” from the tender (1912);
Extra boats on the “Baltic” after the great “Titanic” disaster (1912);
Bumboats (water-carriers) and tenders at “Majestic”;
White Star Liner of the olden time The “Majestic”;
“Before we shipped to sea” – tender leaving “Megantic” (1912); 2 items
“After we shipped to sea” – tender leaving “Megantic” (1912);
The “Megantic”;
Mounting the gangway “Megantic” (1912);
Hoisting the gangway “Megantic” (1912);
“All on board the tenders” Queenstown for “Oceanic”; A fall in the mail - “Oceanic”;
Contraband trade “Oceanic”, 2 items;
“Oceanic”, 4 items;
“Sounding” - “Oceanic”;
“Olympic” a tender as seen from the shore (1912);
“Olympic” (1912);
“Berthon” Collapsible on boat deck of “Olympic”;
Tenders tending “Olympic” (1912);
“Olympic” (White Star Line & “Haverford” (American Line) - 1912;
On board tender, leaving “Titanic” (1912);
On the tender, Queenstown, 3 items;
Pilot at Spithead “Titanic” (1912);
Gymnasium “Titanic” (1912) Mr T.W. McCawley, Physical Educator;
Sunrise – (moonlight) at sea (“Titanic”) - 1912;
Tender leaving the ship “Titanic” (1912);
Under the Bridge “Titanic” (1912);
The crew of the “Neptun”;
‘A fair breeze on a Summer sea’ – Yachting in Cork Harbour: Names from left: Master Jeff Sheehan (nephew of Canon Sheehan); Mr A.H. Allen (owner of “Sybil”); yachtsman; Mr Davis (Secretary to Admiral Coke); Mr Florence McCarthy; Mr Harold Allen, 3 items;
R.C.Y.C “Sybil” (owner A.H. Allen Esq.) Winner of Kingstown-Holyhead race on Whit Saturday, 2 items;
Cork Harbour – Mr Harold Allen rowing Mr A.H. Allen and Mr Florence McCarthy;
Moon’s silver path – Cork Head (1913);
“Blackthorns” Queenstown (Mrs Galvin) [Annie Galvin, 1911 census];
From U.S.A. at Queenstown;
White Star workers, Queenstown;
Tenders returning Queenstown;
Landing from U.S.A. at Queenstown;
German training ship “Hertzogen Cecilie”, stowing the anchor;
Daunt’s Rock Lightship, Cork Harbour 1912;
Cunard S.S. Franconia full speed ahead. American Line S.S. “Haverford “ in background;
Steerage “Haverford “;
Gangway to “Haverford “ on outward journey;
Two photographs by H. Peberdy of ‘Margaret’ off Cape Horn;

Fr Frank Browne SJ captions on reverse. Many are in Fr Browne’s Titanic album.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Postcards with photographs on the obverse of: “Canadian Irish Guards”

Postcards (Carte Postale) with photographs on the obverse of: “Canadian Irish Guards”; Private J Cassidy (signed); [Smithwick] on horseback (signed); Capt Rawe on horseback, Medical Officer, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusilier (signed) (29 July 1917) and [Gaffeny], Royal Dublin Fusilier on horseback (signed) (30 July 1917).

Scrap album for events in aid of the Columban Hall, Galway

Green scrapbook which documents events in aid of and at the Columban Hall, Sea Road, Galway. Includes inserts relating to advertisements for plays, concerts, lectures, fancy carnivals, newspaper clippings of reviews of such events and applications for entertainment tax exemptions. The scrapbook is arranged chronologically from 1934 to 1960 and contains programmes for the Columban Dramatic Society, Columban Players, Columban Hall Entertainments Committee and Coláiste Iognáid Drama Group. Includes performances such as lecture on: ‘A century of shipbuilding’ Fr. Frank Browne S.J.; ‘The Singer, by P. H Pearse’ (1934); Penny Dinner’s Benefit, Andrew McMaster in ’Under the Red Robe’ (1934); lantern lectures on Irish Jesuits in China, by Mr Patrick Grogan SJ and ‘Fr. Willie Doyle S.J.’ by Fr Frank Browne SJ; ‘The Rising of the Moon’ by Lady Gregory (1941); ‘Sinbad and the Sailor’ (1945); ‘The Baron’s Daughter’ (1948), ‘The Sleeping Beauty’(1952); ‘A Louer Meuble’ (1960).

Short obituary of Fr Browne by Lieut.–Colonel The Lord Nugent

Copy of the Irish Guards Association Journal containing a short obituary of Fr Francis Browne SJ by Lieut.–Colonel The Lord Nugent, G.C.V.O., M.C. (p.38). With insert note from Fr Joseph Murphy C.S.Sp, Marianella, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6 (4 September 1961).

Nugent, Terence Edmund Gascoigne, 1895-1973, 1st Baron Nugent

'The Day Before Yesterday - Father Browne's Dublin

Invitation and booklet on an exhibition entitled, 'The Day Before Yesterday - Father Browne's Dublin, 1922-1949', curated by Peter Walsh, at the Guinness Hop Store, Dublin. Includes catalogue to 174 photographs exhibited. 'The Day Before Yesterday' became a six-part series which traced the origins of the Irish state through the photographs of Fr Browne. It was made by Promedia for RTÉ Television. The first episode was broadcast on 6 April 1994.

Guinness, 1759-

Various photographs and telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death

Photograph of aid post with Fr John Gwynn SJ (c.1914) faded photograph of Fr Willie Doyle SJ; Jesuits at Portnoo (1910); telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death; letter between Rev. Mother, Sister Benedict of the Convent of Locre, Belgium and Fr William F. Browne C.C. (21-31 August 1917), Fr Frank Browne’s brother.

Various photographs of Frank Browne

Various photographs of Frank Browne:

  • as a teenager, posing with a bike [1894-1898] with caption on the reverse ‘The long expected photo from Col. J. !!!!’;
  • portrait photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ by C. and L. Walsh, 55 Lower Mount Street, Dublin [1925-1945];
  • Fr Frank Browne SJ taken by Bertie, 1936;
  • Fr Frank Browne SJ atop a rock in County Wicklow, with caption, not by Fr Browne on reverse ([1930-1950]);
  • Frank Browne SJ by Richard Brenan SJ;
  • negatives of self- portrait of Fr Browne.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain