Letters from William White's father to his son
- IE IJA J/14/22
- Ffeil
- 29 March-13 May 1933
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from Papie (White) Kickham Street, Carrick on Suir, to his son, William White.
Letters from William White's father to his son
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from Papie (White) Kickham Street, Carrick on Suir, to his son, William White.
Letters and cards sent to Fr William A Sutton SJ from an old school-friend R. Chinnery
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters and cards sent to Fr William A Sutton SJ from an old school-friend R. Chinnery (Waterloo Place, Cork) for his birthday.
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Mrs Constance Pott, founder of the Bacon Society
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Mrs Constance Pott, founder of the Bacon Society.
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Edwin Reed, Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.A..
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’. Recounts Fr Doyle’s time as an army chaplain in the First World War. Also includes a print-out of pages from a web-site dedicated to Fr Doyle. Accompanied by a note to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, Province Archivist, explaining their provenance.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Robert O'Reilly, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan to the Superior of Milltown Park, Dublin. Relates the problems that he is having with his brother Fr Philip O'Reilly SJ in relation to his financial situation resulting from the administration of their father’s will.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Holograph letter from Thomas Nulty, Bishop of Meath, Mullingar to Fr John Colgan SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Tullamore, County Offaly (redirected to 33 Great Charles Street, Dublin) regarding differences of opinion over theology and the ‘judgement by which a Bishop pronounces a Priest duly qualified by his theological acquirements to hear confessions of the people’. Informs him that he cannot give him permission to appoint any priest in his place to hear confession. Envelope with one penny stamp attached.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File containing Fr Patrick Power’s admission papers and correspondence relating to his illness and death.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr John Chula SJ, (Zambian Province). Includes announcement of death; correspondence between Fr Chula and Frs Tom O'Brien and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Obituaries of Fr Michael William Shallo SJ, which includes poetry, holograph letter from Fr Michael A. McKay SJ (30 January 1898) and black and white portrait photograph of Fr Shallo.
Heb deitl
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Walsh SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Walsh SJ. Includes photograph; announcement of death; personal record; obituary and correspondence between Fr Patrick Walsh SJ and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Fr John Coyne's translation of the 'Theology of Ecumenism' contained in 'Was ist Theologie?'
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of the 'Theology of Ecumenism' by Peter Blaeser contained in 'Was ist Theologie?' by Engelbert Neuhuesler and Elizabeth Goessman.
Letter of sympathy from Mary Purcell following the death of Fr john Coyne SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter of sympathy from Mary Purcell, 32 Gardiner Place, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Paddy Doyle SJ following the death of Fr john Coyne SJ.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Lawton, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ declaring his willingness to act as a chaplain to the forces.
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr Thomas Finlay SJ from various individuals
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Finlay from various individuals. Includes:
– letter from Lord Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, asking Fr Thomas Finlay SJ to become a member of the Board of Intermediate Education (14 November 1900, 1p.);
– letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ regarding finance, University Hall, Rathfarnham Castle and Kennedy case (7 July 1913, 2 items);
– letters from Augustine Birrell, Chief-Secretary of Ireland, concerning grants for the National Library (21 February, 5 March 1915, 2 items);
– letter of congratulation from Timothy Healy, Glenaulin, Chapelizod, County Dublin [following Fr Finlay’s retirement from University College?] (19 December 1930, 2pp);
– letter from John Stafford Johnson, Carrickmines House, Carrickmines, County Dublin informing Fr Finlay that Dr Lea Wilson requested that (John Stafford Johnson) call on you with updates regarding the hospital situation, and childrens hospitals (19 January 1935, 2pp);
– letters from Fr Edward Dillon SJ regarding the progress of Rory O'Connor (payment of his fees) at Mungret College, and Mungret College results of public examinations 1934 and 1935 (4 March, 12- 13 September 1935, 5 items).
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Bishop Theodor Kramer, Würzburg, on sending Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ a paper on the Cult of St. Killian (3pp). Includes copy of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ review of 'New Light on St. Killian' by J. Dienemann (Würzburg, 1955) the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record', 1957 (88, pp.1–16) ).
Letter and postcard to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter and postcard to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad, relating to her research on Archbishop FitzRalph. Includes typed notes on Otto III. Also includes Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s wedding invitation to Katherine’s marriage to Dr Alfred Strnad at University Church in July 1976.
Heb deitl
Letters and notes from Derek H. Turner to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters and notes from Derek H. Turner (Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, The British Museum) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning:
Heb deitl
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from William O'Sullivan containing extract from the Dowth Missal
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from William O'Sullivan (Keeper of Manuscripts, T.C.D. Library) containing extract from the Dowth Missal from Archbishop Ussher’s notebook.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ from Laurence Gillooly, C.M., Bishop of Elphin (a member of the Senate of the Royal University) – ‘I write now to let you know, that at our Committee Meeting when the question of the Fellowships came to be considered, the opinion expressed by his Em(inence) was in perfect accord with the resolution of the Committee. That was on Tuesday at 2 o’c(lock). There was no intimation that he had previously entertained, not to say, communicated to you, a different opinion…Dr. Woodlock…was requested at the close of our Meeting, about 5 o’c(lock) to give you official information of our views respecting the Fellowships…and I had no doubt, neither had any other member of Committee, but he had done so…the selection of the Candidates for the two Fellowships in question was generally supposed to have been deferred by the Senate to his Eminence – and for that as well as other reasons he expected his choice would be approved and so did the other members of the Ep(iscopa)l Committee.’ Includes original envelope addressed to Fr Brown. (See J11/46; pp.197 – 199)
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Gerald Manley Hopkins SJ from Cardinal John Henry Newman, following Fr Hopkins's letter for the Cardinal's birthday in which Fr Hopkins commented on the state of the country. The Cardinal replies, ‘Your letter is an appalling one, but not on that account untrustworthy. There is one consideration however, which you omit. The Irish Patriots hold that they never have yielded themselves to the sway of England and therefore never have been under her laws, and never have been rebels. This does not diminish the force of your picture, but it suggests that there is no help, or remedy. If I were an Irishman, I should be (in heart) a rebel. Moreover, to clinch the difficulty the Irish character and taste is very different from the English.’
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Province Archivist, 1975 to 1986) from Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ (Clongowes Wood College), concerning the holograph manuscript of Hopkins’s 'St. Thecla' which Fr Burke-Savage discovered ‘while cleaning out Fr [Patrick] Connolly’s room (in St Ignatius, House of Writers, 35 Lower Leeson Street) when he was in (St.) Vincent’s having his leg set about 1948…I got leave from Engl(ish) Provincial to keep it on permanent loan.’
Heb deitl
Copy of letter from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ to Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ concerning the books
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Copy of letter from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ to Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ concerning the books, following a recent inquiry about them from Dr James Cotter, New York. ‘I gave you the news that I had found five (probably seven) of the books used or annotated by G.M Hopkins, which you so painstakingly located in 1947. You had mentioned that you had found fifteen to twenty such books. I sent you a list of all the books which I had found in the same cupboard, and asked you to let me know whether you could establish a link between any of them and Hopkins. If my letter went astray, I shall be glad to make another copy of the list.’
Heb deitl
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from the poet Aubrey de Vere
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from the poet Aubrey de Vere, Curraghchase, County Limerick in reply to Fr Conmee’s letter thanking de Vere for sending him some of his father’s sonnets, “…but for a mistake on the Publisher’s part they would have been forwarded to you long since. They form part of a volume now out of print, which my Father published as long ago as 1842 entitled ‘A Song of Faith’ and consisting chiefly of poems illustrative of the Apostles’ Creed”. Discusses some of his father’s poems, the nature of poetry and reflects ‘It is really marvellous to think what might be done for the Catholic cause and for the moral and intellectual well-being of the country by even a few first-rate Catholic literary works. Perhaps the next generation may give us a Catholic Coleridge to write Philosophy, a Catholic Wordsworth to be our Poet, a Catholic Scott to illustrate Ireland as Scott illustrated Scotland in his Novels, and a Catholic Historian to undo all the mischief done by the erroneous Tradition. Four such writers would do a marvellous work in the next thirty years; and there seems no reason why Ireland alone might not provide them all, if only the ability so constantly running to waste among us were at once properly developed and disciplined.’
Heb deitl
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from Fr Lalor SJ in Petworth, England
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from a [ ] Lalor SJ in Petworth (an English Jesuit house) thanking Fr Conmee for writing to him following the death of a mutual friend, Fr Michael Waters SJ in Upper Gardiner Street on 22 November 1895.
Material to Fr John Conmee SJ from various individuals in Rome on the Cause of the Irish Martyrs
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters, notes and telegrams to Fr John Conmee SJ from various individuals in Rome on the Cause of the Irish Martyrs.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr John Conmee SJ from various religious order regarding the Cause of the Irish Martyrs.
Letter from Rita (cousin) to Fr William White SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Rita (cousin), Ballkealy, Tullow, Carlow to Fr William White SJ.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Fr Herman Walmesley SJ congratulating him on behalf of Fr General, on the Golden Jubilee of his entrance into the Society.
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Judge Thomas Webb
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Judge Thomas Webb, author, scholar and fellow Baconian.
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley (Greencroft Gardens, Hampstead, London, England).
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley]
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley] (CheyneWalk, London).
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file containing two letters written by ‘1st Censor’ and ‘2nd Censor’ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning “Our Life of Grace”. Handwritten notations written by [Rev. George O'Neill SJ] query some of the censor’s points and correct others.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Rev. George O'Neill SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning an article written by Fr Phelan about Canon Sheehan. Remarks that the article was sent to him as a reader for the Catholic Truth Society ‘I reported strongly against its publication thinking it lamentable from many points of view. The other reader and the Hon. Sec. were equally unfavourable.’.
Letters from Fr James A. Cullen to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ, concerning his noviceship
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr James A. Cullen to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ, concerning his noviceship. Includes a letter in which Fr Cullen remarks ‘If I might have a month or five weeks for vacation...I would prize it as it might strengthen my body and soul.’. Continues ‘I am very anxious for many reasons that my noviceship should be on the continent.’ (2 June 1881, 4pp). Includes a letter to Rev Tuite SJ thanking him for organising a place in the Novitiate of Arlon, Belgium (14 July 1881, 4pp).
Letters to Cyril Power congratulating him on the completion of his first vows
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file of letters to Cyril Power congratulating him on the completion of his first vows.
Heb deitl
'Actus Generalis ex Universa Theologia'
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Actus Generalis ex Universa Theologia, die 30 Junii 1893, (defendet P. Josephus Jouanen). Defence by Josephus Jouanen of his theological studies. at the Aula Maxima, University College. Includes letters to Fr Peter Finlay SJ concerning his organisation of the ‘Grand Act’ (a theological debate) which took place in the Aula Maxima of University College, Stephen’s Green on 30 June 1893 (4 May-16 July 1893, 9 items) and newspaper extracts concerning ‘The Grand Act’ (29 June-1 July 1893, 3 items).
Heb deitl
Correspondence relating to Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s life-long friend Fr Thomas J. Fullerton
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Correspondence relating to Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s life-long friend Fr Thomas J. Fullerton. Includes:
– letters from Fr Fullerton to Fr Gwynn (17 September 1971 – 1975, 3 items);
– note to Fr Gwynn from Gearoid Cr[ookes], Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, following Fr Fullerton’s death in 1976, enclosing four letters Fr Gwynn wrote to Fr Fullerton from 1916 and 1932. Includes references to Fr Gwynn’s brother Edward Lucius’ departure for Australia, his brother Denis (a soldier who had just been gazetted to the 5th Munsters at the Curragh) (18 November 1916, 4pp), political and social events at home and academic life in U.C.D. (16 April 1932, 2pp).
Heb deitl
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the occasion of the 60th anniversary
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Fr Gwynn’s entrance into the Society of Jesus.
Heb deitl
Letter of congratulation from the Jesuit Curia in Rome
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter of congratulation from the Jesuit Curia in Rome on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s entrance into the Society.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Thomas Bacon of J.G. O'Connor and Co., solicitors, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ following the death of his sister Sheila. Encloses a copy of Mrs. Moorehead’s will dated 8 November 1978, in which she bequeaths £1,000 to Fr Gwynn; an oil painting of ‘Cattle in Berkshire’ by Walter Osborne and the water-colour sketch of Fr Gwynn as a boy, also by Osborne, to the National Gallery; a lithograph of her grandfather William Smith O'Brien; a poem of his written in Kilmainham Jail and a signed poem by Thomas Francis Meagher, to the Municipal Art Gallery (5pp).
Heb deitl
Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Denis Gwynn on personal matters, mainly his work, health and family and discussions on various American Presidents, the Pope and the Church. Includes:
– letter describing his work on arriving at the Manuscript Room in Sheffield Central Library to unpack and sort ‘three boxes (each about 2' by 2' by 8”) of unsorted (Edmund) Burke papers…they are largely the originals of the published letters, but there is also a rich collection of unpublished letters of Earl Fitzwilliam to Burke in the 1790’s and a few other fairly important letters that never have been printed…I am, it seems the first person to examine them since their delivery here…you can imagine how exciting is the experience of turning up, for example, original letters from George III to Rockingham…It is but one of scores, probably hundreds, of museum pieces that are usually kept under lock, key, and glass…collectors would pay fabulous things for these things…There is no one else in the room and I am in a constant state of exaltation, surely this is an experience that comes once in a life-time to one historian in a thousand.’ Also refers to the bomb damage in Sheffield, following the War (1 May 1949, 2pp);
– letter describing his work transcribing the Burke letters – ‘The whole body of documents runs to about 230 letters between 1759 and 1776…they throw a great deal of new light on Anglo-Irish relations, or rather upon Mr. Burke’s idea of those relations’ and his ‘projected book on Burke and the New York Agency, which really is becoming a large work on Burke and the Origins of the American Revolution’ (30 June 1950, 1p.);
– letter to Denis Gwynn concerning a book on Burke and Barry correspondence and his book on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara (28 March 1952, 2pp);
– letters on the publication of his books on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara and Burke, New York Agent (1956);
– lengthy commentaries on: the American (both internal and external policy, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars and race relations) and British political situations; the awarding of an honorary degree from the National University on him; his book on Lord Charles Rockingham, The Marquis (1973) and
– references to a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry in the National Gallery (24 March – September 1973, 4 items).
Also includes letters written by James White, Director of the National Gallery to Fr Gwynn, concerning the portrait which was presented to Trinity College Dublin and ‘is in the Andrew’s Room in the Provost’s House’ (23 August, 4 September 1973, 2 items);
Includes letter to Fr Gwynn from Prof. Hoffman’s daughter, Mary Ellen Flinn, following her father’s death on 16 December 1979. Encloses a memorial card (3 January 1980, 2pp).
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Geoffrey Scott, O.S.B., Douai Abbey, Reading
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Geoffrey Scott, O.S.B., Douai Abbey, Reading, following Neville Hadcock’s sudden death on 2 January 1980. (Neville had donated some material to the Library before his death, while his books were sold at auction)
Letter of invitation to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Donal McCartney, U.C.D.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter of invitation to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Donal McCartney, Prof. of Medieval Irish History, U.C.D. (and Dean of the Faculty of Arts) to the reception celebrating 70 years of the Faculty of Arts in U.C.D. – ‘it would be a great honour for us if one of our best-remembered Deans were to attend.’
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite (an Old Clongownian, 1907-1911) to whom Fr Gwynn frequently sent his publications.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from James White, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his sister, Mrs. Sheila Moorehead’s offer or a portrait of her brother, Denis to the Gallery.
Heb deitl
Letter from Robin Gwynn, New Zealand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Robin Gwynn, New Zealand (Fr Gwynn’s first cousin once removed, on his father’s side) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, concerning the future custodian of the Gwynn family papers (i.e. who should it be and where should the papers be kept). At the time Mercy Simms was the custodian.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Note from Rev. Eric Fair, Larne, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ containing the inscription on the font in the Church in Larne, commemorating the Rev. Stephen Gwynn (Fr Gwynn’s great-grandfather) and his wife Mary (Stevenson), erected by his children and family in 1878.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from H. George Fletcher, Director of Fordham University Press
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from H. George Fletcher, Director of Fordham University Press, concerning Fr Gwynn’s efforts in providing the publishers with ‘a photograph of the Burke portrait…for Professor Hoffman’s The Marquis’ and their gift of certain books to the library in Milltown Park.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters and royalty statements from publishers Russell & Russell Inc., New York, who reissued 'Roman Education' in 1964. ‘As you know, the book has never been protected by copyright in the United States and is, therefore, in the public domain in this country. Nevertheless, it is our practice as a courtesy to the author to pay a royalty on all copies sold.’ (29 January 1964, 1p.)
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, concerning Russell & Russell’s reissuing of 'Roman Education'. ‘As he says in his letter of 29 January 1964 a loophole in the Unites States copyright law enables books published here (UK) before 1957 to be reprinted there (US) without authorisation – though not to be exported into countries where this loophole doesn’t exist. Naturally he didn’t say that practically all American publishers regard it as unethical to take advantage of this loophole, for various reasons, and especially because it is liable to create the situation in which we now find ourselves.’
Letters from Longmans Group Ltd. concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Longmans Group Ltd. (formerly Longmans Green & Co. Ltd.) concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland' by Fr Gwynn and Neville Hadcock. Includes copy of the agreement between the publishers and Fr Gwynn for the book signed on the company’s behalf (6 November 1953, 4pp).
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his latest book which their Delegates say needs complete revision – ‘the book is not strictly a unified history but a series of disconnected and overlapping studies, which have been published separately already except for chapters XIII and XIV. They have much interest for specialists in the subjects concerned, though not for the general reader or for undergraduates.’
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Correspondence concerning Madame Regina Łukasiewicz’s accusations of the theft of her late husband’s papers by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Prof. E. O'Doherty of U.C.D. (her late husband was Jan Łukasiewicz, Professor of Mathematical Logic at the Royal Irish Academy (a special professorship) ). Madame Łukasiewicz was suffering from ‘paranoid psychosis with delusions of persecution’ and was admitted to St Vincent’s Private Mental Home for a number of weeks until Fr Gwynn helped to arrange her removal to the house of her nephew in England. The papers had in actual fact, been deposited by herself in the R.I.A. Library in 1956. Documents include:
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library, with extracts
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library (2 items), enclosing extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Barbados with reference to the Irish in the West Indies (8pp).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Richard Southern on various academic and personal matters
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Richard Southern (Balliol College, All Souls College and St. John’s College Oxford), on various academic and personal matters, including the arrangements for Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to lecture at Oxford in March 1962.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Edward Schofield (Department of Manuscripts, British Museum) on his publications about England and Basel, with references to ‘the difficult matter of the succession to Irish sees’ and a proposed trip by Fr Gwynn to London.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Jack Watt with references to Watt’s family
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Jack Watt (History Department, University of Hull and University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) with references to Prof. Watt’s family; news of other academics; a proposed paper of his on ‘John Colton, colonial official and archbishop’; the current political situation in Northern Ireland; Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s publication of the Sermon Diary of Archbishop Richard FitzRalph; Prof. Watt’s research work on the fifteenth century and various volumes of the series 'New History of Ireland'.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Correspondence between Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and the Royal Irish Academy concerning his paper ‘Brian Borúma and the Mass in Irish’ and the deposition by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Prof. Ludwig Bieler of the editorial correspondence for the series 'Scriptores Latini Hiberniae' in the Library of the R.I.A..
Heb deitl
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath, on:
– various documents, including: copy of extracts ‘from a fourteenth century list of the Glastonbury muniments (Marquis of Bath’s MS
f. 54)…they may be of interest to scholars of Irish medieval history’ (2 March 1950, 3pp);
– Irish connections with Glastonbury;
– a paper Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ suggested on the sermons of St Caesarius of Arles and the Monastic Tradition, for publication in the Downside Review (May 1950, 2 items).
Letter from Kenneth Power to Mr Cyril Power SJ concerning family news
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Kenneth Power (brother of Cyril Power), 9 Eden Park, Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire), County Dublin to Mr Cyril Power SJ concerning family news.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Part of a letter from [ ], 9 Leeson Park, Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ regarding a biography by Mrs O'Connell of Attie O'Brien. remarks ‘I think she has not the talent of writing biography.’ Continues ‘I am longing to write another short poem or sonnet.’ Enquires ‘...what is a rondeau?’ Remarks ‘Miss Tynan wouldn’t tell me...what a rondeau ought to be like because she doesn’t want me to write one.’
Financial affairs of Fr Henry J Rorke SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters by Fr Henry J Rorke SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, his brothers, John Rorke, 20 Temple Street, Dublin and Edmund Rorke, Tyrrelstown, Dublin, Andrew Rorke SJ, regarding the accounts and financial affairs of Fr Henry J Rorke SJ.
Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, personal record, announcement of death, obituary and correspondence between Fr Sharkey and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to Rev. Peter Kenney SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Fr St Leger SJ thanking him for the enclosure of £20 for the poor of the diocese of Tuam in his last letter, and asks him to thank the donor also.
Heb deitl
Misson material relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of misson material relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ, Includes passport; passport photographs; photographs; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Toner and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Sheridan & Kenny, solicitors, to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Encloses a cheque for £136.1.3, being part of the costs incurred by Fr Wheeler in the case of the estate of Dowling, and the debt due by the latter to Fr O’Connor.
Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Accompanied by cheques for amounts of money, which constitute his share of property left to him by his mother on her death.
Heb deitl
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Mainly relates to financial matters as Fr Wheeler was Province Procurator at the time. Includes letters from:
Letter from Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College, asking to make his tertianship in Rome
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
[Copy of] letter from Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College, to [Fr Assistant], asking to make his tertianship in Rome to do his third year of studies. (In Italian). Includes confirmation in Latin on reverse of letter of decision to allow him to go to Rome.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from B. Fitzpatrick, 50 Rathgar Road, Dubln to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to a manuscript entitled ‘Prayer made Easy’, which he promised to return to Fr Walsh. Writes in positive terms about it.
Frank Shaw's entry to the noviceship of the Society of Jesus
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file relating to Frank Shaw's entry to the noviceship of the Society of Jesus.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Joseph P Walshe, Department of External Affairs, Irish Free State to Fr John Ryan SJ asking him to translate a dedication.
Heb deitl
Letter from Sr Mary Ignatius, The Sisters of Charity, Benada Abbey, County Sligo to Sr M Attracta
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Sr Mary Ignatius, The Sisters of Charity, Benada Abbey, County Sligo to Sr M Attracta (Sister of Mother Mary Joseph Jones and Fr Daniel Jones SJ), concerning a request by Sr Attracta for a description of Benada. Refers to the 'great house' and the lace making school at Benada.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Willie [ ], Belgium to Uncle Louie [relatives of Fr Egan] concerning his journey to Belgium and his daily routine.
Letter from Lil, Patrick's Hill, Cork to Fr Michael Egan SJ concerning family news
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Lil [Fr Egan's sister], Patrick's Hill, Cork to Fr Michael Egan SJ concerning family news.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from David [ ], a pupil at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his parents (relatives of Fr Egan perhaps a nephew and brother and sister-in-law/sister and brother-in-law) concerning news from school.
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ in Clongowes to ‘l’Abbé McDonald’ at the Collége des Jésuites, Louvain
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
From Fr John F. Grene SJ in Clongowes to ‘l’Abbé McDonald’ [Fr John MacDonald SJ] at the Collége des Jésuites in Louvain. Reports at length on the death of Fr John O'Connor SJ, who died following an accident on the road from Naas. Also reports that Fr Bracken was succeeded a few days previously by Fr St Leger as Vice Provincial, and refers to others of the community also.
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, Louvain
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. Reports on the opening of Belvedere House, and on Fr Kenney’s progress on his way to Rome. Praises the students at Clongowes, and refers to new arrangements made for the Prefectship. Reports on other events involving the Community and the school, including the opening of the Debating Society, and a visit by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daniel O’Connell.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file relating to an article written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' supporting a fellow Jesuit's interpretation of a passage in St. Mark. This article sparked a controversy as Fr Gannon's views were disagreed with by Cardinal MacRory (and other eminent scripture scholars). Includes a letter from Fr John R MacMahon SJ (Fr Provincial), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Byrne SJ concerning the controversy. Remarks 'In reply to a letter from Fr Gannon, I wrote to him to say that I could not allow him to pursue the discussion about St. Mark III, 20 - 21 any further…that I would not approve of his seeking an interview with the Cardinal; that he might write to the Cardinal, but that I would have to see a draft of the letter beforehand.' Remarks that he received a reply from Fr Gannon and includes a passage from the letter describing it thus 'He is taking a most extravagant view of the situation.' (15 April 1945, 1p). Includes a copy of a letter from Fr Provincial (Fr MacMahon SJ) concerning a letter Fr Gannon wishes to write to Cardinal MacRory regarding the difference of opinion between the two men. Remarks 'Let me assure you (and I wish I could convince you) that you are taking far too tragic a view of the whole business. If you could put it out of your mind for a month, you would, I am confident, take a more tranquil view of things.' (26 January 1945, 1p). It would appear from the file that Fr Gannon was not able to put the matter out of his mind and that it was only as a result of his death in 1953 that the matter was laid to rest. It would also appear that Fr Gannon's view was gaining some support amongst scripture scholars when he died.
Letters from Fr Tom Counihan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters from Fr Tom Counihan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials concerning various topics including:
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file of letters concerning retreats given by Fr John Counihan SJ to the novices in the Society of African Missions.
Miscellaneous notes on the cause of the Irish Martyrs
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Miscellaneous notes on the cause of the Irish Martyrs (none are in English and none of the martyrs mentioned were Jesuits). Includes letter from Rome (In French), 24 October 1888.
Letters from Amelia Brownlee, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file of letters from Amelia Brownlee, 4 Argyle Place, Rothesay and 24 Burnbank Terrace, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ, Glasgow, Scotland and Stonyhurst College, England. The letters are all of a personal nature, inviting Fr Seaver to visit, personal news and wishing him a happy Christmas.
Letter from Fr McAlroy, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr William Seaver SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr McAlroy, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr William Seaver SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly. Invites the latter and others to dine with him and the Archbishop on the following Thursday.
Letter by Fr Thomas Betagh to Fortescue congratulating him on his success
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Unsigned letter in [Fr. Betagh's handwriting] to [ ] Fortescue congratulating him on his success. Remarks 'nothing but the R. Catholick Bill can carry me to Dublin, and that, I fear, will not be agitated.' Discusses the expensive chapels in poor monasteries on the continent.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, (Superior of the Mission), Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin concerning the opening of Tullabeg.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Al Gesù, Rome to Mr & Miss Dennis, 5 Hardwicke Place, Dublin concerning the death of [ ].
Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta. Includes documents relating to religious instruction of Catholics, descriptions of clerical controversy, disputes with Protestants, conversions of Protestants to Catholicism, preaching, Catholic education, addresses presented to the Governor of Malta, Fr Esmonde's Journal describing his time in Malta, correspondence. Letters are addressed to Fr Esmonde at San Calcedonia, outside Valletta. This house belonged to the Sicilian Province and Malta had a close connection with the Sicilian Province. Note: at least 50% of the documents are written in Italian.
Photographs concerning Stephen Bates ordination, family and outdoor scenes
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File containing papers relating to Fr Stephen Bates SJ successful completion of the Irish Red Cross Society First Aid Certificate, and photographs concerning his ordination (31 July 1936, Milltown Park, Dublin), family and outdoor scenes, weddings and farming.
Material containing Matthew Corbally's admission papers to the Society of Jesus and correspondence
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File containing Matthew Corbally's admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials.
Material containing Joseph Conran's admission to the Society of Jesus and correspondence
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Joseph Conran to the Society of Jesus and his subsequent Jesuit life, including his move to the Jesuit community at Carmel, California.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Note from Fr Dick Coyne SJ, Jesuit House, Rahan, Tullamore, County Offaly to Fr Joseph Conran SJ informing him of the papers (exam
certificates) and photographs found in Tullabeg which he has forwarded on.
Heb deitl
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Benson SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Benson SJ. Includes passports; vaccination card; photographs; personal record; announcement of death; key, copy of birth and death certificates; university certificates; correspondence between Fr Benson and Fr Thomas Martin, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Portion of a letter from [ ], Convent des Dames, English Convent, Rue des Carmes, Bruges to Fr John Curtis SJ thanking him for his book.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare to Fr Edward Cahill SJ expressing his approval for Fr Cahill to read a paper on social studies at the next Maynooth Union.
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Cyril Power SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a visit made by Fr Cahill to Cork where he delivered a series of lectures. Remarks 'Regarding the matter of Fr Cahill's lectures I am in complete agreement with your Reverence's views - no later than today complaints were made to me regarding what he said...I think he should only be allowed to speak from Mss which has first been censored.'
Heb deitl
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard Street, Dublin (12 July 2011). Includes passport, and photographs; announcement of his death; obituaries and correspondence between Fr Bourke and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Rhan oIrish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Edward Bourke SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier's, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia from Fr Edward Andrews, Galway, Lawrence Andrews, Pune, India and Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, Dublin.