Photograph of Fr Sean Mallin’s orchestra
- IE IJA SC/GALW/5/22
- File
- 1938
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Group photograph of Fr Mallin’s orchestra on stage, which includes Fr Sean Mallin SJ.
Photograph of Fr Sean Mallin’s orchestra
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Group photograph of Fr Mallin’s orchestra on stage, which includes Fr Sean Mallin SJ.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, whole school group
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School group, in seven rows of St Ignatius College, Galway, with five lay and seven Jesuit staff. Includes Fr John MacSheahan SJ (Rector) in the centre. Taken outdoors by photographer, Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.
Photograph of past Mungret men on Jesuit mission in Hong Kong
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Photograph of past Mungret men on Jesuit mission in Hong Kong. Names are back row: left to right, Thomas Cooney, George McCaul, Richard Harris, Edmund Sullivan, mise (Patrick Walsh). Front row: Frs Eddie Bourke, Richard Gallagher and George Byrne.
Dance in aid of Penny Dinners and postponement
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File of letters and copy of letters related to the postponement of the Penny Dinners in Galway at Columban Hall and its eventual re-establishment. Correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kiernan SJ, Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and Thomas O'Doherty, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, relating to Bishop O'Doherty’s pastoral letter in which he indirectly refers to the Penny Dinners and the Jesuits, when he condemns dances organised in aid of Penny Dinners by non – Jesuits, ‘I have the strongest possible objection to the means of raising money employed last January…who can control the evils perpetuated in motor cars' (6 April 1926). Includes correspondence between Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and M. O. Lainn, Clerk, Galway Urban District Council, relating to the re-establishment of Penny Dinners.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
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Copies of letters from A. J. Considine, College House, Galway to Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, Ignatius College, Galway concerning the use of Irish in Religious ceremonies. Includes an article published in a newspaper on the subjects entitled 'United Front for Language Promising Move in Galway to Gaelicise City.'
Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway
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Handwritten account of Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway, which details masses, sermons and feasts.
Primary and secondary school calendars
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‘Féilire 1936 - 1937 Coláiste Iognáid, S.J., Gallimh’. Calendar for Coláiste Iognáid which details the primary school (bun - scoil) and secondary school (meán scoil), school fees (táillí scoile), list of teachers and calendar of events (In Irish). On the penultimate page, details information re. the College, including the departments (preparatory and intermediate) courses followed, reports, terms, school fees, lunch, discount on fees for brothers subjects taught, extra-curricular activities, discipline, fees, school regulations etc. On reverse, ‘Coisreacad Staidear’ as Gaelige.
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, on stage during a play. Students are dressed as woman, a gardai, a prisoner and an archbishop - ‘This troupe, having won the Schools Competition in Connaught, went on to win the National Competition in Dublin’. Names are printed on mounted photograph. Includes Peader Feeney, later to become a Jesuit. Taken by photographer, Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group
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School group of St Ignatius College, Galway, in seven rows with five priests, including Fr John MacSheahan SJ (centre), and five lay teachers. Taken outdoors Robert William Simmons.
Simmons, Robert William, photographer
Photograph of the St Ignatius Rowing Club on a river
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Group photograph of the ‘St. Ignatius R[owing] C[lub] 1936’, on the river rowing. Same individuals as in SC/GALW/3/84.
French examination paper for St Ignatius College, Galway
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French examination paper for St Ignatius College, Galway. Sketch drawing of south Galway on reverse.
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Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr Edward Dillon SJ concerning the purchase of additional farm land adjacent to Mungret.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
Group photograph of the St Ignatius Rowing Club
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Group photograph of the ‘St. Ignatius R[owing] C[lub] 1936’, with a cup in the middle. Names of the five individuals are printed on the mounted photograph, taken outdoors. Includes Colm O’Riordan, who later became a Jesuit.
Short biography of Fr William Ronan SJ by Rev. James F. Cassidy
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Short biography of Fr William Ronan SJ by Rev. James F. Cassidy, BA entitled 'A Saintly Irish Jesuit'.
Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School
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Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni
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Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni held in Mount Barker Convent in Australia.
Account book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius College, Galway
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Account book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius College, Galway which details receipts and expenses, including reference to: Travel expenses, alms, draper, stationary, butcher, food, servant wages, books, organist, oil, dentist, watchmaker.
Copy of a letter from [ ] to Monsignor Lyons enclosing a list of priests
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Copy of a letter from [ ] to Monsignor Lyons enclosing a list of priests sent from Mungret to the 'pagan missions'.
Number of Sunday Masses, St Ignatius, Galway
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Correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius, Galway and Thomas O'Doherty, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh relating to the authority of the Bishop in insisting that the acts and five minutes sermons are connected, and limiting the number of Masses said at St Ignatius. Refers to the university sodality question, and Fr O'Dea mentioned that he didn't bring it to the Bishops attention (Canon Davis).
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Female students from UCG attend Mass and the Children of Mary Sodality at St Ignatius, Galway
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Correspondence between Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway and Fr James O’Dea, Dean, University College Galway over concerns of Fr O’Dea, that pressure was applied to female students to attend Mass and attend the Children of Mary Sodality at St Ignatius Church, instead of the university, ultra vires the authority of St Ignatius Church.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Manuscript by Donncha Bán Ó Flionn of poems and songs
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Manuscript by Donncha Bán Ó Flionn of poems and songs in Irish. With inscription: ‘Seán Ó Síocháin a bhronn ar A of SI a, Meitheamh, 1934 ’(A present from Seán Ó Síocháin to A of the SJ, June 1934) (Seán Ó Síocháin was GAA Secretary from Cill na Marta, Cork). Broken spine. End papers have watermark, 1 Grove Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Ó Síocháin, Seán, 1914-1997, General Secretary of GAA and singer
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A file of letters from Fr John MacSheahan SJ (Superior), St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and matters relating to the college including financial matters and the re-opening of the school. Remarks that the prospect of the college re-opening has prompted enquiries from interested parents (11 January 1928, 2pp).
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group
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School group of St Ignatius College, Galway, in seven rows with six priests, including Frs John Mallin (far left), John MacSheahan (centre position) and two lay teachers. Taken outdoors by Robert William Simmons.
Simmons, Robert William, photographer
List of deceased members of the Limerick community
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List of deceased members of the Limerick community (Crescent and Mungret) with date of death and place of death and burial.
Abandonment of a procession that was due to take place to celebrate St Patrick's day in Galway
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A file relating to the abandonment of a procession that was due to take place to celebrate St Patrick's day in Galway. The decision was made to abandon the procession after it became apparent that the IRA had been invited to take part. Includes a lengthy letter from Fr John Joy SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the situation. Remarks that Fr O'Farrell, SJ, as President of the Gaelic League, was invited to be Chief Marshal and became very upset when he discovered that the IRA were to take part. Remarks that he (Fr Joy) had an interview with the Bishop who was very angry. Explains how it was decided to abandon the procession (13 March 1933, 12pp).
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Letter from S. MacMargamhna SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Fr [Michael Quinlan], [St Ignatius College, Galway] concerning the Bishop [of Galway] and his right to dictate to the Superior of an exempt house regarding the number and times of public masses on Sundays or holidays.
Account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Handwritten account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway. First entry is a balance sheet which includes: liabilities such as sundry creditors; loan; and assets such as sundry debtors, premises, church, furniture, schoolbooks, investments, and cash in bank. Entries are divided by month, ‘Fruit, Veg…Weekly Bills, Organ Blower, Choir Music, Mrs. Tierney, Books & Papers’(January 1921). Includes reference to school grants (1921 - 1925); electric light (1921 - 1927) dividends from investments (1922 - 1925); rates insurance and rent payable (1922 - 1925); visitors and their length of stay and payment (1921 - 1926), weekly bills (1919 - 1921); Personal (1921 - 1922) at rear of volume.
'The Soul of a Priest. My Conversion to the Pauline Succession' by Leo Lehmann
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Book by L. H. Lehmann, S.T.L. entitled 'The Soul of a Priest. My Conversion to the Pauline Succession'. Includes a chapter entitled 'My
Duel with the Jesuits in which he discusses the Mungret Case and his involvement in the case (pp74 - 89), and on his days at Mungret College (pp24 - 33).
Lehmann, Leo Herbert, 1895-1950, former Roman Catholic priest
List of deceased member of the Jesuit community at Galway
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List of deceased member of the Galway community with date of death, place of death and place of burial, 1902 -1933.
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Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector), Mungret College concerning difficulties that have arisen since Fr Dillon took over as Rector. Remarks that Fr General has written to him on the matter.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
Copy of the regulations governing the relations of the two schools, Mungret College, Limerick
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Copy of the regulations governing the relations of the two schools (Apostolic and Lay), Mungret College, Limerick.
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Letters from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector of the Lay School, Mungret College) and Fr Jeremiah Kelly SJ (Superior of the Apostolic School, Mungret College) urging them to establish a harmonious working relationship between the two schools.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
The Golden Jubilee of Mungret College, Limerick
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Photocopies relating to the Golden Jubilee of Mungret College.
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Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector), Mungret College concerning complaints about the administration of Mungret made by the Rector to Fr Provincial. Asks Fr Rector to put his complaints in point form.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
Sodality medals, St Ignatius, Galway
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Medals for:
Prefect of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway;
Congregation of the Holy Angels;
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway for R. Fr[ancis] Mullery, 2nd July 1871.
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Photocopies of entries for the Jesuit community at Galway and at St Ignatius College, contained in the Jesuit publication, the Irish Province News.
Photograph of Sodality room, St Ignatius, Galway
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Black and white photograph taken in the Sodality Room, St Ignatius, Galway with Fr Edward Masterson SJ and six other pupils seated
around a table. 17th century pictorial map of Galway City in background.
Summary written by [ ] of Rev. Fr Director's opening speech concerning the Apostolic Students.
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Summary written by [ ] of Rev. Fr Director's opening speech at the Sodality Conference concerning the Apostolic Students.
Notes by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the history of the Jesuits in Galway
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Volumes of handwritten notes by Fr James Rabbitte SJ charting the history of the Jesuits in Galway: ‘The fragments gathered in this book deal with the Society in Galway. 1: From the time Fr Holywood was appointed Superior of the Irish Mission in 1598 down to the Suppression of the Soc[iety]. 2: From the coming of Fr Haly as Superior of a Residence and School to Galway in 1859.’ Includes inserts of hand drawn maps of Galway; local history notes; photographs and newspaper clippings; Fr Rabbitte traces the history of the Jesuits in Galway through the use of primary material which are quoted and his knowledge of Jesuit history. Details Superiors of the College and Residence in Galway; Directors of the Confra[ternity] of the Sacred Heart; list of priests educated at St Ignatius College, Galway. Early photograph of St Ignatius Church, Galway and St Ignatius College Athletic Sports at Merlin Park.
Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest
Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia
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A file relating to the Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for the Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia (by donor from Rhode, County Offaly, home-place of Bishop John Dunne).
Also includes typed list of gifts and burses to Mungret (1882-1965).
Details concerning the entrance examination for the Apostolic School, Mungret
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Details concerning the entrance examination for the Apostolic School, Mungret.
Copy of the Mungret Missionary Magazine, 'Record of the Apostolic School'
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Copy of the Mungret Missionary Magazine, 'Record of the Apostolic School'.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Copy of the 'American Mercury'
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Copy of the 'American Mercury', vol. xvi, no. 61. Includes an article by Edward Boyd Barrett entitled 'The Catholic Church Faces America' in which he discusses Mungret Apostolic School.
Boyd Barrett, Edward J, 1883-1966, former Jesuit priest
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Draft letter from [Irish Fr Provincial] to Fr Michael Quinlan SJ (Superior), St Ignatius, Galway concerning documents relating to the lease of property belonging to the Society of Jesus in Galway to a Mr O'Dea. Demands an immediate explanation. Remarks 'It seems to me that under no circumstances should this transaction go through…'.
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letter from Fr Bartholomew Coghlan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning financial matters, the re-opening of the school and the church.
Coghlan, Bartholomew, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letter from Fr William T Stephenson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community, church and the re-opening of the school. Remarks that he would be in favour of re-opening the school.
Stephenson, William T, 1882-1980, Jesuit priest
Altar notices at St Ignatius, Galway
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Lined notebooks and journals with handwritten entries for notices to be read out at Sunday Mass at St Ignatius, Galway. Each entry is headed with the relevant Sunday’s Title, such as the ‘Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost’, the ‘First Sunday of Lent’ etc, or the name of the relevant Feast, ‘Palm Sunday’. Each volume contains announcements in relation to rosaries, benedictions, devotions, novenas, confessions, Mass times, arrangements for Feast Days. There are also announcements in relation to recent deaths in the parish, and requests for prayers for the repose of the souls of those recently deceased and of those whose anniversaries occur. Insert letter, incomplete, in 1912-1914 journal, from an Ursuline nun [Sullivan], and referencing Fr Robert giving a mission in Queenstown (21 August 1862).
2 July 1905 - 12 May 1907;
31 May 1908 - 13 February 1910;
4 August 1912 - 13 December 1914;
20 December 1914 - 16 July 1916;
23 July 1916 - 6 May 1917;
13 May 1917 - 9 February 1919;
16 February 1919 - 2 March 1922;
26 March 1922 - 15 August 1924;
7 September 1924 - 8 January 1928;
Consultor's letters from Fr Edward Masterson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of Consultor's letters from Fr Edward Masterson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters.
Masterson, Edward, 1856-1935, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letters from Fr Henry Potter SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of the college. Recommends that it should be re-opened. Remarks 'The school brought us into close contact with the people and was a very big factor in establishing our influence. It gave us too a different and more important footing than the other religious orders.
Potter, Henry, 1866-1932, Jesuit priest and chaplain
‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’
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‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’. Receipt and expenses account book for St Ignatius Community, Galway. Gives cost of items such as for clothes, food and books. (In Latin).
Diaries of the Apostolic School, Mungret College
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Diaries of the Apostolic School, Mungret. Includes loose inserts.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Ownership of Mungret College by the Society of Jesus
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A file relating to the ownership of Mungret College by the Society of Jesus. Includes
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
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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
Draft outlining a scheme for the distribution of the Birrell Grant
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Rough draft outlining a scheme for the distribution of the Birrell Grant of £40,000.
Material relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'
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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'.
Red Cross, Irish Civil War and Eoin Mac Neill
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File of material found in envelope, entitled Free State papers:
copy of a page from The Freeman’s Journal (12 April 1922);
newspaper clipping, Bulletin, L’Etat libre d’Irlande (written in French) (9 December 1922);
copy of a note from the Red Cross secretary Champain, London (on behalf of Sir Arthur Stanley), acknowledging receipt of your letter (3 December) and in reply ‘I am directed to say…My Society feels that it cannot at the moment take any action in the matter’ on the subject of the treatment of civilians in Ireland (13 December 1922);
letters from Madame Chaponniére-Chaix, ex-President, International Council of Woman, Geneva, Switzerland (16 December 1922-26 January 1923) to ‘My dear President’ (of International Council of Woman, Lady Aberdeen, Aboyne, Scotland). The first letter (written in French) comments on the potential for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (16 December 1922). The second letter (written in English), refers to a letter received from Miss O'Brennan, through the Peace and Freedom League, regarding a visit from the Police at Dr Lynn’s Hospital and the arrest of Miss Mary Comerford. Madame Chaponniére-Chaix doesn’t believe that the time is right for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (26 January 1923);
copy of note ‘Projet Hayes Humanity Dublin’ which refers to Madame Chaponniére-Chaix and the establishment of the Red Cross in Ireland (In French), (nd.);
leaflet entitled ‘The extreme penalty’ which details the words of Mr Eamon Aylward in relation to his involvement in disturbances in Kilkenny "The extreme penalty”: Mr. Eamon Aylward, in the document with his signature attached which has been found upon an irregular captured by the Kilkenny force, has lighted up, as by a lightning flash, the criminality of the militarist attack upon the people...but that such an order could be issued by a man blaspheming the honourable name of Irish Republican will reveal to the people the tyranny that they have escaped (1922);
letter from Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief, Oglaigh na hEireann, Dublin to Miss Margaret MacNeill, Industrial Schools Office, Government Buildings apologising for keeping ‘those papers so long’ and ‘that the Red Cross people have been suitable replied to’ (25 January 1923);
pamphlets to the electors of the National University recommending the candidates Eoin Mac Neill and Patrick McGilligan [1927];
handwritten notes on the resignation Eoin Mac Neill from the boundary commission and events surrounding his candidacy for the university election of 1927;
Freeman's Journal, newspaper, 1763-1924
Consultor's letters from Fr William F. Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letters from Fr William F. Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and college.
Byrne, William, 1868-1943, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letters from Fr Richaed W Gallagher SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and church.
Gallagher, Richard, 1887-1960, Jesuit priest
School Attendance Committee, Galway
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Minutes of School Attendance Committee meetings in Galway City, which references parents served with notices for failure to send children to school. Includes list of members of the board - no Jesuit involved. Note on front 'Has nothing to do with house but came to us probably through Fr A. O'Reilly. His uncle Canon Nestor was chairman at the end'. Index at rear of volume, and two inserts from parents outlining reasons for failure to send to school (1926).
St Ignatius' College, Galway, classrooms
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Photographs of students in class at St Ignatius College, Galway. The doors interconnecting the classrooms are open therefore you can view different classes. A Jesuit is standing in both photographs.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, students with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ
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Black and white photograph class taken outdoors, with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ in the centre.
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A file of correspondence between T. N. Redington, Galway Urban District Council and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.
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‘Prayer to Guardian Angel & Certificate of Membership’ card from the Sodality of the “Holy Angels”, St Ignatius College, SJ, Galway.
Prospectus of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Typed prospectus for St Ignatius College, Galway day school under the charge of the Jesuit fathers.
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A file of correspondence between William S. Fitzgerald, Secretary, Galway Chamber of Commerce and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group
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School group of students of St Ignatius College, Galway, in six rows with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ, Fr John. MacSheahan SJ (Rector), and Fr John A. Byrne SJ. Taken outdoors, with church in the background.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, students in the Science room
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Postcard of the Science room, St Ignatius, Galway where the pupils are writing under the instruction of a Jesuit.
Petition to the Jesuit Fathers not to close St Ignatius College, Galway
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Petition signed by parents and guardians of students attending St Ignatius College, Galway appealing to the Jesuit Fathers not to close the college.
Letters published in the Connacht Tribune concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Photocopies of letters published in the Connacht Tribune concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.
Connacht Tribune, newspaper
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A file relating to a petition signed by members of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary urging the Jesuit Fathers not to close St Ignatius College, Galway.
List of deeds relating to the original Mungret farm
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List of deeds relating to the original Mungret farm up to 1895, in Mungret College safe, 5 March 1926, signed Fr George Redington Roche SJ.
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Booklet published by the Irish Messenger Office by Rev. Patrick J McCurtin SJ entitled 'A Link With the Past, Mungret, Ancient and Modern, Its Apostolic School.
McCurtin, Patrick J, 1865-1938, Jesuit priest
Material on the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway
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A file relating to the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes the pros and cons of closing the college.
Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School
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Diary of the Senior Apostolic Prefect of Mungret Apostolic School, with list of Prefects on inside page.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Consultor's letter from Fr John Casey SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Fr John Casey SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and the college.
Casey, John, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
St Ignatius' College, Galway, senior rugby team
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Group photograph of the St Ignatius College rugby team, Galway. In three rows, taken outdoors, with Fr Richard Gallagher SJ. In the middle is a cup. [Kit is maroon shirt with white horizontal band, white shorts and maroon and white hooped socks].
'The Abbot of Mungret: a drama in four acts'
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Text of a play by Fr Edward Cahill SJ entitled 'The Abbot of Mungret: a drama in four acts', published by the Office of the Irish Messenger.
Cahill, Edward, 1868-1941, Jesuit priest
Estate map for the ‘Galway Estate of John Whaley Esq[ui]re’
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Estate map for the ‘Galway Estate of John Whaley Esq[ui]re’ which details the land held in Kilcorkey and Lenaboy, Galway. Outlines of 36 sites are marked by black borders and identified with numbers. The main concentration of sites is around Newcastle Road and Shantalla Road to the north, Sea Road and Shell Lane in the centre and Salt Hill to the south. The southern area is bordered by Galway Bay, indicated by the word ‘SAND’ and dots. Man made features include dwellings, roads and filed boundaries. Orientation is given by a compass. Surveyor: Allan MacDonald.
1 Ordnance Survey of Ireland map of Galway, Sheet 105 (1925). Includes key, scale of one inch to a statute mile, coordinates and distance to other towns.
MacDonald, Allan, surveyor and architect
‘List of the dead’ for St Ignatius, Galway
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Bound volume of the Church of St. Ignatius, Galway which lists the dead and Masses offered for them in the church.
Photographs of Mungret College, Limerick students out walking
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Photographs of Mungret College, Limerick students out walking.
Admission register for Mungret College, Limerick
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Admission register for Mungret College which details, date of admission, name of pupil, date of birth, admission age, name of parent or guardian, address, occupation of parent or guardian, school previously attended by pupil, school career, date of withdrawal, remarks. With index to names.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group, with seven Jesuit priests
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School group at St Ignatius College, Galway, in five rows with Frs William Stephenson, William Byrne, Richard Gallagher, John MacSheahan, (Vice -Rector), Michael Fitzgibbon, Jerome O'Mahony, Bartholomew Coghlan. Taken outdoors by Clement J. Leaper, Nuns' Island, Galway. Names handwritten on paper.
Notes relating to the Taaffe Bequest and the difficulties surrounding the legality of the bequest
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Notes relating to the Taaffe Bequest (Olivia Taafe nee Bodkin) and the difficulties surrounding the legality of the bequest.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, junior group
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School group in four rows and five Jesuit priests of St Ignatius College, Galway, taken outdoors (photographer, Clement J. Leaper, Nuns' Island, Galway). With Jesuits Bartholomew Coghlan ,Michael Fitzgibbon, John MacSheahan (Vice-Rector), Richard Gallagher and John A Byrne.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group, with three Jesuit priests
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School group and three Jesuit priests of St Ignatius College, Galway, taken outdoors (photographer, Clement J. Leaper, 6 Nuns' Island, Galway). One individual is looking out the window. With Vice-Rector, Fr John MacSheahan SJ (centre), Fr Richard Gallagher SJ (left) and Fr Michael Fitzgibbon SJ (right). Names of pupils are handwritten on the mounted board.
Fr Matthew Devitt's official investigation into Mungret College, Limerick
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A file relating to Fr Matthew Devitt's official investigation into Mungret College, Limerick. Fr Devitt was charged with the investigation by Fr William Power SJ, Visitor to the Irish Province.
Devitt, Matthew, 1854-1932, Jesuit priest
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Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr John MacSheahan SJ (Superior) concerning a proposal for the Jesuits in Galway to take over the running of a hostel and the possibility of opening a preparatory school.
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Original correspondence concerning Jesuit establishment in Galway
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Original correspondence with title page 'Litterae et Documenta', which gives an index to the following:
17 December 1858, reply of Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Vice-Provincial Joseph Lentaigne;
15 April 1859, grants permission to preach, establish a college etc..(copy by Fr Robert Haly SJ 15 April 1859);
5 June 1858, Altare Maius Ecclesia Sti. Patricii in oppodo Galviae Privilegiatum designatur;
2 August 1860, Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway, grants permission for the erection of Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Convent, Taylor’s Hill;
2 February 1863, copy of faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway;
18 February 1863, faculties to hear Confessions granted by Dr MacEvillly, Bishop of Galway to Fr Stephan Farrell;
17 January 1871, Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Fr Murphy re: Dr Nulty and examination for faculties to hear Confessions;
23 March 1874, Fr Alfred Murphy SJ re: faculties of Regulars to hear Confessions outside their own Churches;
6 August 1880, Fr Philip O'Connell SJ to Bishop re: Diocesan regulations;
1888, Memoriale Visitationis Provinciae Hiberniae (1 ms. copy, 2 printed copies) and letter from Father Provincial Timothy Kenny to Fr Hughes regarding memorial (27 July 1888);
25 December 1890, Father Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ gives extract from a letter from Father General dated 20 October 1890;
15 April 1907, Unum Altare in privatis sacellis domorum Soc. Iesu Privilegiatum designari potest;
28 August 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of the death of Father General;
8 September 1914, Vote of sympathy from the Council of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality on occasion of the death of Father General;
15 May 1919, Vote of sympathy from the Board of Guardians, Galway Union, on occasion of Fr Donovan’s death;
16 May 1919, Fr Henry Foley SJ to Mr Mullery, Secretary, the Board of Guardians, Galway Union;
10 February 1923, Fides Matrimonii Contracti a Lettia Monica Leatham, quae in Ecclesia Catholica (Jesuit) an. 1898 baptizata est. and
1810-1896, Necrologia Provinciae Hiberniae Soc..
Bankbooks for St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community, Galway
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Record of all transactions involving St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community Galway. Describes transactions such as ‘Electric’, giving date and amount, (11 April 1910). Handwritten entries detail lodgements and expenses such as: choir, whiskey, stationary, clothing, electric light, rates, books, shoemaker, furniture, painting, plumber, printing, chemist etc…
Lists of boys who entered the Apostolic School, Mungret College, Limerick
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Handwritten lists of boys who entered the Apostolic School, Mungret College, Limerick. Includes date of entry, names, address of parent or guardian, home diocese, date of birth, date of leaving Mungret, destination, after history and present address.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Prefect's Journal at Mungret College, Limerick
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A file containing the Prefect's of Disipline Journal and loose pages from the Prefect's Journal at Mungret College, Limerick.
Images of Lord Emly’s house at Tervoe, County Limerick
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Copies of images of Lord Emly's house at Tervoe, County Limerick. The pillars at the front of the house were used at the front of Mungret College.
Decree appointing Fr Patrick McWilliams SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Decree issued by Fr General appointing Fr Patrick McWilliams SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Galway.
Roll book of pupils for St Ignatius College, Galway
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Handwritten roll book of pupils at St Ignatius College, Galway. Entries are arranged under headings by pupil names, dates of attendance and remarks which details pupil, addresses, term dates, school notices and dates of birth. Includes pasted insert of results of Collegiate Easter examinations (1900). Front and back cover of volume are detached.
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Letter from Fr Laurence Kieran, SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning staff in the college.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
List of papers relating to Mungret College in the Archives of the Irish Province
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List of papers relating to Mungret College in the Archives of the Irish Province (4 packets). The list was drawn up by Fr Michael Browne SJ
Browne, Michael, 1853-1933, Jesuit priest
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Speculations of Fr John Fahy SJ concerning the possible (or impossible) ways of dealing with the complaints that had been made about the way the Apostolic School and its funds and pupils had been treated. This seems to have been written prior to the Decree of Propaganda in June 1921.
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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)
Photograph of Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway
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Group of twenty-three boys dressed formally, with medals on lapel. In four rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are printed. Some boy appears to be wearing shamrocks [St Patrick's Day]. Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Results of students attending Mungret College, Limerick
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Results of students attending Mungret College, Limerick.