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File relating to the admission of Fr Herbert J Dargan SJ to the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence mainly related to his time as Tertian instructor at the Jesuit house at Tullabeg, County Offaly (1977-1986).

Fr William Hogan SJ

IE IJA J/186
File
12 August 1930 - 24 February 1978

Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to Fr William Hogan SJ, including admission details, catalogue entry, and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial.

Hogan, William, 1912-1978, Jesuit priest

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/17
File
1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/18
File
1906

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/19
File
1910

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/21
File
1915

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/22
File
1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/26
File
1933

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/25
File
1930

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/23
File
1923

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/24
File
1927

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.

Letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ concerning the establishment of Mungret College

IE IJA SC/MUNG/24
File
16 February 1882 - 22 November 1882

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file of letters (including a summary) from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ, Fiesole, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning the establishment of Mungret College as a Jesuit College and his approval for the project.

Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General

Typescript copies of correspondence concerning Mungret

IE IJA SC/MUNG/51
Item
2 January 1887 - 31 January 1888

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Typescript copies of correspondence concerning Mungret College following Fr William Ronan's return from his fund-raising tour of America, by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.

Ronan, William, 1828-1907, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Burses offered to Mungret by the diocese of St Augustine, Florida for the training of priests

IE IJA SC/MUNG/119
File
1881 - 1964

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to Burses offered to Mungret by the diocese of St Augustine, Florida for the training of priests.

Letter from D. J. O'Connell to Fr William Ronan SJ

IE IJA SC/MUNG/123
Item
28 November 1887

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Letter from D. J. O'Connell, American College, Rome to Fr William Ronan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick concerning expenses paid by Bishop Moore on behalf of a student in Mungret.

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Fr Assistant on the financial relations of the two schools

IE IJA SC/MUNG/137
Item
22 May 1928

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Assistant concerning the financial relations of the two schools, Lay and Apostolic, at Mungret.

Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest

Controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College

IE IJA SC/MUNG/154
File
1882; 19 April 1884 - 31 January 1904

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to the controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College. The file contains manuscript material written by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ. In a summary he remarks that the Bishop saw the presence of lay students at Mungret 'as a threat to his seminary' (nd, 1p). Includes correspondence, and prospectus for Mungret College, 1882, Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret, 1889 and 1895.

Material relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'

IE IJA SC/MUNG/158
File
29 January - 31 August 1927

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'. Includes letters from Irish Fr Provincial urging Fr Tomkin SJ not to correspond with former Apostolics on the 'Mungret Question'.

Controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools

IE IJA SC/MUNG/156
File
1914 - 1932

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)

Proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College

IE IJA SC/MUNG/299
File
11 April 1919 - 17 February 1965

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to various proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College. Includes plans. Includes an extensive file relating to the building of the swimming pool (10 October 1963 - 17 February 1965, 60 items).

Purchase of additional farm land adjoining Mungret

IE IJA SC/MUNG/295
File
4 January 1909; 11 - 17 February 1913

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

A file relating to the purchase of additional farm land adjoining Mungret. Includes a letter from Fr General Franz Wernz SJ, Rome to Fr James Tomkin SJ (Rector), Mungret College granting permission for a farm adjoining Mungret to be bought. Includes copies of documents relating to the possibility of purchasing Purcell's farm

Wernz, Franz Xavier, 1842-1914, Jesuit priest and Father General

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/27
File
1938

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

Fr J Anthony MacSeumais SJ

IE IJA J/524
File
17 May 1928 - 13 January 1989

Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing MacSeumais’ admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials from post-war Germany, Pakistan, England and the United States. Photograph included.

MacSeumais, J Anthony, 1910-1989, Jesuit priest

Francis O'Farrell's admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials

IE IJA J/540/1
File
29 May 1933 - 23 June 1992

Part of Irish Jesuits

Francis O'Farrell's admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials from the Pontifica Università Gregoriana, Rome.

Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ

IE IJA J/540/2
File
1959-1963

Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ. Includes notes, letters and postcards (mainly in German).

Robert Thompson's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials

IE IJA J/545/1
File
10 June 1936 - 9 September 1995

Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing Robert Thompson's admissionpapers and correspondence with irish Fr provincials covering his time in Zambia, at Rathfarnham Castle and Tullabeg and his parish work at Clane, County Kildare and Moycullen, County Galway.

Fr Franz Schrenk SJ

IE IJA J/548
File
9 February 1939-15 August 1992

Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing material relating to Fr Frank Schrenk's transcription from the Austrian to the Irish Province and his time as a teacher at Belvedere College, Dublin.

Schrenk, Franz, 1909-1992, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Peter Joseph Chandlery SJ, writing from Rome, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ

IE IJA J/565/3
Item
7 March 1895

Part of Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr Peter Joseph Chandlery SJ, writing from Rome, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Refers to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was erected and aggregated by the Father General on 1 March 1895. Also refers to Fr Kenny's visit to Rome.

Chandlery, Peter Joseph, 1846-1925, Jesuit priest

From Fr. El[ ] S.J., writing from Milan, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ

IE IJA J/565/5
Item
24 September 1902

Part of Irish Jesuits

From Fr. El[ ] S.J., writing from Milan, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Gives an account of his journey, from London, to Lucerne, and on to Milan, and of his future plans to go to Florence and Rome.

Letter from Fr W. H. Murphy, Irish College, Rome to Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ

IE IJA J/572/1
File
21 December 1904

Part of Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr W. H. Murphy, Irish College, Rome to Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ. Gives an account of his audience with the Pope, at which he presented to the Pontiff the address of Irish Children of Mary.

Letter from the Vicar Apostolate of Hong Kong, Enrico Valtorta to [ ], Rome concerning the Chinese mission

IE IJA MSSN/HONG/3
Item
[1926]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy of a letter from the Vicar Apostolate of Hong Kong, Enrico Valtorta to [ ] (not a Jesuit but somebody in Rome) concerning the Chinese mission. Remarks that the Irish Jesuits would be advised to take on a hostel or a college or both and revive the publication 'Rock'. Remarks that men are available to go to China. Suggests that some Irish Jesuits should be sent to study Chinese in the Benedictine University in Peking prior to teaching in the Jesuit college in Hong Kong.

Valtorta, Enrico Pascal, 1883-1951, Apostolic Vicar and Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong

Document from Rome concerning studies in the Chinese language for Jesuit Missioners

IE IJA MSSN/HONG/5
Item
3 September 1926

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy of a document from Rome concerning studies in the Chinese language for Jesuit Missioners.

Society of Jesus, 1540-

Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/20
File
1913

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation. Includes notes by Fr Peter Finlay SJ as Province Procurator to consult with the Fr General [1905-1917].

Fr Patrick Meagher SJ

IE IJA J/575
Item
21 January 1841

Part of Irish Jesuits

Letter from Thomas Meagher, writing from Rome, to Fr Patrick Meagher SJ. Refers to what he believes to be the decision on the Education Question, which he has transcribed on two sheets of the letter (in Latin). Gives news of Christianna, and her activities in Rome, as well as of others, such as the Misses Edmondstones and Fr Esmonde. States that Fr Kenny has not arrived. Refers to the ‘distinguished folk’ in Rome – Queen Christina of Spain and the Duchess of Cambridge. Adds that Dr Cullen has not returned yet, and hopes that Fr Meagher has met him. Refers to the changes at Clongowes and at Gardiner Street.

Letters from Fr Michael Saul SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to the Hong Kong mission

IE IJA MSSN/HONG/130
File
29 August - 17 December 1930

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

A file of letters from Fr Michael Saul SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to the Hong Kong mission.

Saul, Michael, 1884-1932, Jesuit priest

Letter from Br Philip G Sullivan SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Mgr. Gee Piu's visit to Rome and Ireland

IE IJA MSSN/HONG/171
Item
8 November 1937

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Br Philip G Sullivan SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning Mgr. Gee Piu's visit to Rome and Ireland.

Sullivan, Philip G, 1893-1955, Jesuit brother

Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/4
File
21 October 1915 - 9 January 1919

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ, Mount Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Bampton, John M., 1854-1933, Jesuit priest

Correspondence of bequests made to Father Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions

IE IJA ADMN/44/1
File
1934 - 1957

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.

Perpetual burse in memory of Fr WM. Doyle SJ in the new seminary in Hong Kong (1936);
Perpetual burse in memory of Fr Walsh SJ in Hong Kong (1936);
Memorial burse in memory of Fr Fegan SJ in China (1936);
List of burse money for the education of Chinese Jesuits (13 September 1940);
Statement of accounts for quarter the Ricci Mission Unit (1 July - 30 September 1943).

Considerationes de frequentanda Communione, aliaque documents etpracepta

Part of Irish Jesuit Mission books of the Pre-Suppression period

Considerationes de frequentanda Communione, aliaque documents etpracepta…Omnia recens ex Italico idiomate in Latinum conversa Moguntiae.

Milan: Apud Ioannem Albinum

Androzzi, Fulvio, 1523-1575, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Gioacchino D Alberti SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/81
Item
29 August 1915

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr Gioacchino D Alberti SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Alberti, Gioacchino D, 1869-1940, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Paschal Borrello SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/83
File
7 June 1917; 15 May 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Paschal Borrello SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Borrello, Paschal, 1866-1933, Jesuit priest

Postcard from Mr John J Coyne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/94
Item
4 September 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Postcard from Mr John J Coyne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Coyne, John J, 1889-1978, Jesuit priest

Letters from Mr William Cullen SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/95
File
13 June 1914 - 16 October 1915

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Mr William Cullen SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Cullen, William, 1881-1919, Jesuit priest

Manuscript by Fr Joseph E. Canavan SJ describing how the Jesuits elect their General

IE IJA ADMN/14/12
Item
5 September 1946

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Typed and handwritten manuscript with corrections by Fr Joseph E. Canavan SJ describing how the Jesuits elect their General.

Canavan, Joseph E, 1886-1950, Jesuit priest

List containing the numbers of people who left the Society of Jesus

IE IJA ADMN/14/11
Item
1915 - 1937

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Typed list containing the numbers of people who left the Society of Jesus. A breakdown of numbers for each Province is also provided.

Letter from Fr John Hannon SJ, Rome containing the signatures of all the Fathers in the Curia Generalizia

IE IJA ADMN/14/13
Item
26 December 1946

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr John Hannon SJ, Rome written in Italian containing the signatures of all the Fathers in the Curia Generalizia. A note attached (written by Fr John R. MacMahon SJ) remarks that the letter is probably unique.

Hannon, John J, 1884-1947, Jesuit priest

Photograph taken at Castel Gondolfo of the 30th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus

IE IJA ADMN/14/9
Item
September 1957

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Black and white photograph taken at Castel Gondolfo of the 30th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus with Pope Pius XII in a group of Jesuits.

General Congregations

IE IJA ADMN/14
Subfonds
1853-1983

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Society of Jesus, 1540-

Account sheets of the Irish Province in account with the Generalate in Rome

IE IJA ADMN/16/18
File
January 1863 - January 1883

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

A file of account sheets of the Irish Province in account with the Generalate in Rome. Includes accompanying letters.

Account book of the Irish Jesuits in Sicily

IE IJA ADMN/16/29
Item
19 October 1810 - 10 October 1814

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuits in Sicily. Includes a list of books bought in Sicily (1811 & 1812, pp. 69 - 72), and mentions purchase of jaspar, agate and polished stones.

Documents relating to Fr Michael Pelly's time as a chaplain.

IE IJA CHP/2/34
File
1943; 1944

Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains

Documents relating to Fr Michael Pelly's time as a chaplain. Includes Fr Pelly's ‘British Military Identity Document’ with photograph (December 1943, 1 item) and photocopy from a newspaper [Irish Independent?] of an article on the ‘Mass of Reparation said in Monte Cassino Ruins’ by Fr Pelly (1944, 1p).

Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Richard Creagh, archbishop, who died in England, and companions who died in Ireland in defence of the catholic faith 1572-1655 VOL II