- IE IJA FM/RATH/273/37
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- [1925]-[1941]
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Knights of Loyola and L. M. & S. Railway Co. with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin - College Studios.
College Studios, photographers
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Knights of Loyola and L. M. & S. Railway Co. with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin - College Studios.
College Studios, photographers
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Donnybrook with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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A.O.H. (Ancient Order of Hibernians) Donnybrook, with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats, at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. College Studios.
College Studios, photographers
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Text of a speech delivered by [ ] at the dedication of the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Rathfarnham Castle.
Photographs of those on retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Mounted photographs of those on retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. A Jesuit(s) is in front row.
Knights of Loyola and C. Y. M. S. with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Knights of Loyola and C. Y. M. S. (St Catherine’s Branch) - with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. College Studios.
College Studios, photographers
Elogium Sepulcrale Sancti Ignatii
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Handwriiten poster 'Elogium Sepulcrale Sancti Ignatii'
Balance sheet indicating the liabilities and assets of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Balance sheet indicating the liabilities and assets of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes reference to ‘Community Priests 11. Schols. 45. Bros. 4. Total (60) (52 of these paid “Ex Arca”’; Farm (12 cows. 315. 2 calves 15. 2 horses 25. 20 pigs 90.).
Valuation of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Valuation of Rathfarnham Castle before and after the construction of the Retreat House.
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Copy form from Dublin County Council concerning the rating of new buildings constructed at Rathfarnham Castle (the Retreat House) (The new rate was set at £469.10.0).
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A file relating to a letter from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, The Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Archbishop Edward J. Byrne, Archbishop's House, Dublin asking him to make a personal subscription towards the building of a new oratory or chapel for the Retreat House. Describes the unsuitability of the existing chapel. (17 November 1926, 1p). Includes a copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to the Archbishop apologising for any upset caused by Fr Barrett's letter (22 November 1926, 2pp).
Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Leaflet entitled 'Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle. Answers to Questions'
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Leaflet issued by the Irish Messenger Office entitled 'Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle. Answers to Questions.'
Group of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Group of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Minute book of the debating society, Rathfarnham Castle
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Minute book of the debating society, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, with enclosed handwritten flyers for debates
Minute book of the Xavier Mission Guild, Juniorate, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Minute book of the Xavier Mission Guild, Juniorate, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photographs depicting the exterior of Rathfarnham Castle
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Photographs depicting the exterior of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photographs of the grounds at Rathfarnham Castle
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A file of photographs of the grounds at Rathfarnham Castle.
Account book for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Account book for Rathfarnham Castle. Entries are divided into Ordinary Receipts and Ordinary Payments and Extraordinary Receipts and Extraordinary Payments into pre-printed columns. Extra details are handwritten. Each page is signed by the Superior of Rathfarnham Castle at the time, Fr J Keane SJ, T Nolan SJ, Fr P Kennedy SJ, Fr H Kelly SJ. The annual Balance Sheet indicates liabilities and assets and observations on the financial year are written. Includes some loose page inserts of accounts.
Establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits
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A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.
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Handwritten monthly accounts of costs of food and supplies for retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (includes bread, butter, sugar, milk, tea and jam).
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes:
Includes notes by Patrick Hume SJ (2019) on both plays and participants. Material taken from the Jesuit library, Milltown Park, before the transfer to DCU (2019).
Óglaigh na hÉireann Week End Retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Óglaigh na hÉireann Week End Retreatants, with Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Reverend R. J. Casey, Military Chaplain. By J. J. O'Reilly, 36 St. Thomas Tcr, S.C.R., Dublin. With names.
J. J. O'Reilly, photographer
Insurance policies held by the Jesuit Fathers, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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A file relating to various insurance policies held by the Jesuit Fathers, Rathfarnham Castle including workmen's compensation insurance, main building and outhouses, contents, motor, public liability, fire insurance.
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Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Retreat Group, including some members of the staff of the L. M. & S. Railway Co
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Retreat Group, including some members of the staff of the L. M. & S. Railway Co. with Frs Patrick Barrett, Dr Naughton (Lord Bishop of Killala), Richard Devane, Michael Garahy and Canon O'Boyle, College Studios, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. With names.
College Studios, photographers
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A telegram from Pope Pius XI to Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, blessing all those making a retreat at Rathfarnham. In Latin.
Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939, Head of the Catholic Church
Purchase of Emo Park by the Jesuit Fathers from the Land Commission
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A file relating to the purchase of Emo Park by the Jesuit Fathers from the Land Commission (for £2,000). Includes a plan of Emo.
Bound volume containing a list of benefactors to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Bound volume containing a list of benefactors and the amounts donated to Rathfarnham Castle.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Retreat register containing the names and addresses of those attending retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin and the date attended for the Sacred Heart Register Mona Mors Record.
Material relating to the Knights of Loyola
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A file relating to the Knights of Loyola at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Plaque at base of altar at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Plaque at base of altar at Rathfarnham Castle with the inscription: ‘Pray for the donors of Our Lady’s Altar, the members of the Racking and Traffic Department of the A. G. & S.
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A file relating to formation, order of time, customs, discipline amongst the Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Rector.
A.G. & S. Racking and Traffic Department at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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A.G. & S. Racking and Traffic Department at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. J.C. O’ Toole, Fr Patrick Barrett SJ (Director of Retreats) and J.J Whelan.
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A file relating to permission granted by Fr General Wlodimir Ledóchowski SJ and the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Matthew Cullen, for the establishment of a Jesuit house at Emo, County Laois.
Codd, William, 1864-1938, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns
Teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province
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A file relating to ways in which the teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province.
Photograph of a group of Jesuits at the conferring of the National University degrees
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Photograph of a group of Jesuits at the conferring of the National University degrees. Includes: l-r: Edward Riordan, Michael Pelly, Charles O'Conor, Francis Shaw, Eugene Ward, James B Stephenson, Joseph O'Mara.
Lafayette, photographer
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A file of letters relating to a small plot of land between Rathfarnham Castle and the golf course and the decision of the golf club to sell the plot of land to a builder. Includes a letter from J. Keane SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Fr Socius remarking that the building of houses on this plot of land would interfere with Rathfarnham Castle's privacy. Suggests the construction of a boundary wall along this plot (19 March 1929, 2pp).
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Text of a speech by [ ] on the occasion of a visit by a special envoy of the Pope to Rathfarnham Castle. Expresses thanks for the Pope's blessing for the Retreat House and describes the work carried out by the Retreat House.
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.
Minute book of the Philosophy Society, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Minute book of the Philosophy Society, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Articles by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ entitled ‘The Jesuit Connection’ and ‘Sacred Heart Statute’
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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
Knights of Loyola, Sports Cohort at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Knights of Loyola, Sports Cohort at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
College Studios, photographers
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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
University exam results from for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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A file of University exam results from University Colle Dublin for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
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Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India with [retreatants] at Rathfarnham Castle during the Eucharistic Congress. With Fr Patrick Barrett SJ. See photograph FM/RATH/177. One copy is signed - Keogh Brothers Ltd.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
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Photograph of the Rathfarnham community with Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress, Dublin. With names, handwritten.
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Lafayette, photographer
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Christmas 1932 ‘Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure’
Christmas 1935 ‘The man from Buenos Aires’ (An fear as Buenos Aires)
26 November 1936 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1936 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1937 ‘Lord Babs’
Christmas 1938 ‘Professor Tim’
Christmas 1938 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1938 An Cumann Gaedhealach
Christmas 1949 ‘The Grandmother clock’
Christmas 1950 Christmas plays
Christmas 1950 ‘Jack Strauss and the Seven Dwarfs’
26 November 1950 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1951 ‘The Terror’
Christmas 1951 ‘An Ruincleireach’
26 November 1951 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1952 ‘Tons of Money’
Christmas 1952 ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Christmas 1953 ‘X = 0’ & ‘Brother Wolf’
Christmas 1953 Pantomime & Concert
Christmas 1953 ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
March 1954 ‘The Singer’ & ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
Christmas 1954 ‘Riders to the Sea’ & ‘The Bespoke Overcoat’
Christmas 1955 ‘They got what they wanted’ & ‘An Dochtuir Breige’
Christmas 1955 ‘Aladdin and his lame’
1955 ‘Rock and Rome’
Christmas 1956 ‘Professor Tim’ & ‘Cruit agus Dhá Cruit’
Christmas 1957 ‘Labhartar Bearla Annseo’ & ‘The Devil a Saint would be’
Christmas 1958 ‘An chuis dli’ & ‘Is the priest at home’
Christmas 1959 ‘The Winslow Boy’
Christmas 1959 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1960 ‘The Ringer’ & ‘An rod seo romham’
Photograph of Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum
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Photograph of Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India with [retreatants], and Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, at Rathfarnham Castle during the Eucharistic Congress.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Minutes of the Irish Society for Juniors meetings at Rathfarnham Castle
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Minutes of the Irish Society for Juniors meetings (Cumann Gaelach na Soisear) Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, with inserts of plays performed.
Photograph of Juniors' Villa at Gormanstown
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Photograph of Juniors' Villa at Gormanstown, County Meath.
Material related to related to the studies of Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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A file relating to the studies of Juniors. Includes a report compiled by a committee set up to investigate the studies undertaken by Juniors (Ordinatio Studiorum Juniorum Provinciae Hiberniae Societatis Jesu).
Custom book for the Jesuit Juniorate at Rathfarnham Castle
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Custom book for the Jesuit Juniorate at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, at university and on holiday (villa).
Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Beadles (Jesuit Junior) journal (diary) of the daily happenings at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Inside cover gives the names of Beadle.
Booklet entitled 'Irish Messenger’ Series: ‘How to serve mass’
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Booklet entitled 'Irish Messenger’ Series: ‘How to serve mass’ which includes a reference on inside page to ‘Three-days retreats for boys at Rathfarnham Castle: Dublin.
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.
Journal of Fr Minister at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Handwritten journal of Fr Minister at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin detailing the comings and goings of the house.
Memoriale for Fr Rector after visitation at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Journal of the Memoriale for Fr Rector and Fr Minister, after visitation by the Irish Fr Provincial at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
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Kelly, Hugh, 1886-1974, Jesuit priest
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes:
Guestbook for those on retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Guestbook for those on retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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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.
Week-End Retreat, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Week-End Retreat, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. With Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats - Keogh Brothers Ltd.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Scrapbook of the Sodality Academy, Rathfarnham Castle
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Scrapbook of the Sodality Academy, Rathfarnham Castle. Contains newspaper cuttings mainly from the Irish Catholic relating to the work and history of various sodalities in Ireland. Insertions include further newspaper cuttings and the anonymous draft of an article entitled ‘Devotion to our Lady in the Sodality’.
Journal produced by the Irish Society/Juniors entitled 'Ar Aghaidh' at Rathfarnham Castle
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Journal produced by the Irish Society/Juniors entitled 'Ar Aghaidh'. The journal is handwritten and contains essays, poems, songs and illustrations.
Photograph of Br Stephen Fitzgerald SJ pouring milk
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Photograph of Br Stephen Fitzgerald SJ pouring milk from a container into a pail.
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
'Our Lady's Register' at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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'Our Lady's Register' at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing the names and addresses of those attending retreats and the date attended.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from James G. O'Connor, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick Kennedy SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, County Dublin concerning a portion of land held by William George Bailey under his own conveyance, rent free. Remarks that the rent on the land held by the Jesuits is incorrect and advises the correct amount.
J.G. O'Connor & Co., solicitors
Verses by a retreatant on the grotto of Our Lady of Loudres¸ Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Verses by a retreatant, S. O'B. on the grotto of Our Lady of Loudres¸ Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Booklet entitled ‘Retreat Notes (Clergy, Teachers, Sodalists)’
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Booklet entitled ‘Retreat Notes (Clergy, Teachers, Sodalists)’. The booklet is a reference guide for retreat givers (Jesuit).
Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Beadles (Jesuit junior) journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
List of promoters of weekend retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Alphabetical list of promoters of weekend retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Messrs. Guiney’s Annual Retreat to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Messrs. Guiney’s Annual Retreat to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes Br Albert Kelly SJ, Frs Patrick Barrett and Henry Croasdaile. Includes some names. - Independent Newspapers.
Irish Independent, newspaper, 1905-
St John Ambulance Brigade in Eire, Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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St John Ambulance Brigade in Eire Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with Br Albert Kelly SJ, Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Assistant Commissioner P. J. MacNamara and District Commissioner G. W. Belton.
Minute book of the debating society, Rathfarnham Castle
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Minute book of the debating society, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
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Notice with instructions for the Station Master, (Great Southern Railways) to bear one 3rd class return ticket to Dublin to the bearer, to the House of Retreats, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photograph of Cromwell's fort, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Photograph of Cromwell's fort, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.
St Josephs Young Priests Society, D.U.T. Co Branch. Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle
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St Josephs Young Priests Society, D.U.T. Co Branch. Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle. With names. Includes Frs O'Donnell, Henry Croasdaile, Joy, Aubrey Gwynn and Br Byrne - J. Merriman & Son.
J. Merriman & Son, photographers
Department of Defence Retreat Group at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Department of Defence Retreat Group at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Custom book for the Jesuit Juniorate at Rathfarnham Castle
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Custom book for the Jesuit Juniorate at Rathfarnham Castle, with insert notes on the Jesuit tertianship.
'Register of the Sacred Heart' at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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'Register of the Sacred Heart' at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing the names and addresses of those attending retreats and the date attended.
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Mounted remembrance of the retreats of the men of the Traffic Department, A.G.S. & Co., Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Retreat conducted by the Rev Henry Croasdaile SJ.
Crumlin - D.U.T. Clubs - Mount Brown. St. John Bosco Boys retreat
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Crumlin - D.U.T. Clubs - Mount Brown. St. John Bosco Boys retreat with Fr Henry Croasdaile SJ and Br Byrne.
Beadles (Jesuit junior) journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Beadles (Jesuit junior) journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes reference to feastdays, the annual villa and changes of duties.
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A file relating to the road widening scheme at Rathfarnham and work carried out by Dublin Corporation on part of the boundary wall of Rathfarnham Castle and the subsequent problems that arose due to the Corporation's failure to complete the work. Includes a letter from Tom Bacon, Solicitor (acting on behalf of the Jesuit Fathers), 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr McDonald SJ Remarks 'This matter has taken a new and interesting turn... Mr Beausang (Dublin Corporation).. .explained his predicament. Apparently in his final anxiety to get the work through he agreed our terms without obtaining any additional estimates as to the cost... Mr Beausang states that there is a deficiency of at least £7,000...There is no fund out of which this deficiency can be met...Mr Beausang's first suggestion was that the Jesuit Fathers would make a grant to the corporation of half the increased cost namely £3,500. When he was told that this was out of the question it was then suggested that you might disclaim the acquisition money £2,000.' (11 October 1956, 3pp).
Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Boland's Bakery Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Boland's Bakery Retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes P. Roe, Br John Loftus SJ, Fr Foley, J. Denny (Promoter) and Fr Ward (Director of Retreats).
Shelbourne Hotel Staff, Dublin - first retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Shelbourne Hotel Staff, Dublin - first retreat at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes Frs T Ward and J McLoughlin and Br John Loftus SJ. With names - F.M. Cox.
F. M. Cox, photographer
Wages paid to staff at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin and the amount paid
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Volume detailing wages paid to staff at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin and the amount paid. Refers to Milltown Park farm wages [1940]-[1947].
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Map of Dublin south, around the area of Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Rathmines, Rathgar and Simmonscourt. Prepared at the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Includes main routes, buildings, electoral boundaries and wards, and scale.
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Retreat Library at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with portrait of Fr Willie Doyle SJ in the background
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Retreat Library at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with portrait of Fr Willie Doyle SJ in the background – photograph by Gay O’ Brien
Gay O'Brien, photogrpaher
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Letter from Fr Eugene Ward SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John R McMahon SJ asking him to say Mass for the promoters of the Retreat House and to have dinner afterwards.
Ward, Eugene A, 1906-1976, Jesuit priest
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Notebooks concerning the workings and the measurements of ‘The O'Leary Seismograph’ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. The first notebook (1946-1957) includes diagrams and details of the pendulum, suspension: trifilar workings of the seismograph. Includes inserts: ‘Fr M Murphy was present and helped erect the pendulum. He was in Rathfarnham, for (at worst) October 1916 to September 1917. Fr Hayes was also present. Fr O'Connell says 1915 work was started’; note from Fr Richard Ingram SJ to Mr Patrick Heelan SJ inviting him to measure the static mag. of O’Leary’. The second notebook records the measurements of the seismograph at Rathfarnham Castle (4 January 1948-May 1953). It has the names of Jesuit Juniors John Moore, Michael Kelly, Hubert Delaney, Albert Diviney and Paul McShane. Notebooks found in the basement (villa room) of Milltown Park, 2014.
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Letter from Hugh Kelly SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John R McMahon SJ concerning the expenditure in Rathfarnham Castle and suggestions on how to reduce the fuel bill.
Kelly, Hugh, 1886-1974, Jesuit priest
Photographs of the excavation and building of the swimming pool at Rathfarnham
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Photographs of the excavation and building of the swimming pool at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Report of the first 25 years of the Retreat House at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Report of the first 25 years of the Retreat House at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, 11 March 1922 - 10 March 1947.
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Letter from E. R. Blackburne Farrer, 36 Ross Court, Putney Heath, London to Fr Patrick Kenny SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle remarking that he will be in Dublin and would like to pay a visit to Rathfarnham Castle with his daughter. E. R. Blackburne Farrer was born at Rathfarnham Castle in 1891.
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Blackburne Farrer, E. R., b.1891-, soldier
Laymen's retreat association annual re- union. Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Laymen's retreat association annual re- union. Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. With Jesuits including Michael Sweetman.
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Letter from Fr Patrick Kenny SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning issues that arose during the consultation, namely to provide a garden for one of the gate lodges, pocket money ('hog') for members of the community and granting permission for female visitors to enter the community chapel.
Kenny, Patrick, 1889-1973, Jesuit priest
Transport workers 25th annual retreat, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Transport workers 25th annual retreat (1925), Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Praying at grotto - Independent News.
Irish Independent, newspaper, 1905-
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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel E.R. Blackburne Farrer, RMS Newfoundland to Fr Patrick Kenny SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle, asking permission for a friend (Mrs Ramsey) to visit Rathfarnham Castle.
Blackburne Farrer, E. R., b.1891-, soldier
Manuscript concerning the history of Rathfarnham Castle
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Typed manuscript concerning the history of Rathfarnham Castle.