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Fr Eddie J Diffely SJ

  • IE IJA J/501
  • File
  • 23 May 1934 - 22 September 1993
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing material relating to Eddie Diffely's admission to the Society of Jesus, and correpsonend including his time as a missionary in Zambia and various appointments at St Ignatius College, Galway.

Diffely, Edward J, 1916-1993, Jesuit priest

Br Patrick Guidera SJ

  • IE IJA J/503
  • File
  • 30 April 1933 - 26 December 1992
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File relating to the admission of Patrick Guidera to the the Society and his Jesuit life in particular his work at the Jesuit house at Tullabeg. Includes copy of his ‘The Story of My Life’ (199, Cherryfield Press, 80pp) with illustrations from the Fr Frank Browne Collection.

Guidera, Patrick, 1900-1992, Jesuit brother

Fr Francis G Hennelly SJ

  • IE IJA J/507
  • File
  • 5 July 1930 - 13 February 1989
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing papers relating to Francis Hennelly's admission to the Society of Jesus; his initial studies; family visits; time as a teacher at Clongowes Wood College; periods of residence at Mungret, County Limerick; St Ignatius College, Galway; Tullabeg, County Offaly; Gardiner Street, Dublin; ongoing illness and death.

Hennelly, Francis G, 1913-1989, Jesuit priest

Whole school group of St Ignatius College, Galway

School group of St Ignatius College, Galway, 1911-1912, in five rows with Fr Henry Foley SJ, Fr John Egan SJ and Fr Andrew Macardle SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway. Taken outdoors by C.J. Leaper, Galway, with list of names

Leaper, C.J., photographer

Letter from Edmond Downing SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning an item published in the 'Irish Citizen'

Letter from Edmond Downing SJ, Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning an item published in the 'Irish Citizen' concerning remarks he made during the course of a lecture. Remarks that he wishes to address the situation and asks permission to do so.

Downing, Edmond, 1870-1933, Jesuit priest

Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings

Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings which are (1) de jure; and (2) ex gratia. Is whiskey allowed on every coffee evening, and what is the quantity of wine permitted to each…is there any special treatment in the refectory for visitors.’ Includes replies to the circular from the Rectors of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham; Belvedere College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare; St. Mary’s, Emo Court, Portarlington, County Laois; Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick; No. 35 Lower Leeson Street; St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street and Mungret College, Limerick.

Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters

Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:

  • Polish scholastics coming to Ireland to study;
  • the censuring individual scholastics;
  • financial matters of the late Fr Henry Browne SJ;
  • the taking of villas during wartime;
  • a report on Irish theologians in Hong Kong;
  • the question of censorship of various publications (See also ADMN/3/1 and 23);
  • the question of Jesuit support for the Catholic Association for International Relations;
  • a proposal by Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ to open a Jesuit school in Dartry;
  • the Secret Instruction of the Holy See: Normae Quaedam De Agendi Ratione Confessariorum Circa VI Decalogi Praeceptum;
  • the prohibition of female characters in plays produced by scholastics;
  • comments on Director’s Service from Sodality reports of summer 1944 (See also ADMN/3/65 and 74);
  • the publication of a book entitled Selected Writings of Father Ledochowski (See also ADMN/3/44);
  • an invitation to the Irish Fr Provincial to the inauguration of President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/43 and 76) in June 1945, signed by Taoiseach Éamon de Valera;
  • relations with the Confederación Nacional de Congregaciones Marians;
  • the proposal to purchase Crawfordsburn Estate, County Down (see also ADMN/3/6);
  • the Chair of Education in University College, Dublin and
  • some suggestions about choirs in the Province.

Pupil fees for St Ignatius College, Galway

Bound register of payment of fees by pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway, (1888 - 1904; 1903 - 1940). Contains handwritten information under the following typewritten headings; name; class; birth date; address; remarks and rate of payment of fees. Arranged chronologically and alphabetically.

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway to Irish Fr Provincial asking permission for Fr Edward J Coyne SJ to be present at a meeting of the vocation organisation commission

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Mount St Mary's, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ asking permission for Fr Edward J Coyne SJ to be present at a meeting of the vocation organisation commission.

Browne, Michael, 1895-1980, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway

Galway in 1645

Note on what happened in Galway in 1645 - marriage stone of Thomas Lynch who married J. Browne by G. Quinn P. P.

Jesuit response to lack of housing provision in Galway

File of material related to the Jesuit response to the lack of housing provision in Galway for vulnerable groups in society such as the aged. Includes newspapers articles from 'The Connacht Tribune' and 'Connacht Sentinel' written by or quoting Jesuits, in relation to housing in Galway, ’No house should be held by one: Five priests plead for the aged poor’ (Connacht Sentinel, 13 May 1969) and ‘Flats for the Aged of Galway’ by Fr Charles O'Connor SJ, (The Connacht Tribune, 8 August 1969); correspondence between Fr Charles O'Connor and various individuals on the subject of housing for the aged including Brendan Holland, Hollands'; P. J. Watters, Town Clerk, Galway; The Mayor of Galway; Bobby Molly, T.D.; the editor of the 'Connacht Sentinel'.

O'Connor, Charles E, 1920-2014, Jesuit priest

‘Map of St. Patrick’s Chapel’, Galway

The area of the map which illustrates the chapel is bordered by a red line: ‘Contents Stat[u]t[e] Measure, 0 a[cres[ 1 r[ood] 6 p[erches]. Written on the rear ‘Plans for original College’. The names of individuals living adjacent to the chapel are given as are main routes: to the north, Ropewalk, Mrs Henry, Mrs Clare; to the south’ Costello’s lane, Mr Patrick Nugent, Johh O’ Shaughnessy, J[oh]n O’ Flaherty; to the west: College road; the east: Mr Forbes. Man made features include dwellings shaded in light blue, ruins, roads and a stable. Orientation is given by a compass. 1 inch to 20 feet. Colour washes on paper.

Receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ

  • IE IJA J/145/6
  • File
  • 3 January 1920 - 16 March 1922
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, (Province
Procurator). Includes receipts, postcards and letters from Frs Edward Boyd Barrett, James O'Connor, Joseph Flinn, A. Magne, Daniel J. Finn (from R.M.S Orsova on the way to Australia), James Creagh, James Farrell, John Ryan (Valkenberg), William Byrne, Bernard Page, John Nerney, C. Wishoff, Leopold Skarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.

Triennial Documents, 1920 - 1923

Documents for Ireland:

  • House Histories (Historia Domus);
  • Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
  • Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
  • Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum);

St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group, with three Jesuit priests

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.

Consultor's letters from Fr Henry Potter SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of the college

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

St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group

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

St Ignatius' College, Galway, school group

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

Letters from Fr Andrew MacArdle SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial

A file of letters from Fr Andrew MacArdle SJ (Fr Superior), St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and matters relating to the college. Includes a letter asking for permission to sell a portion of a field opposite the college to '…an important local man - Chairman of the Board of Guardians.' (4 October 1913, 8pp).

Macardle, Andrew, 1863-1942, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Henry Foley SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial

A file of letters from Fr Henry Foley SJ (Fr Superior), St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and matters relating to the college. Includes a letter referring to the Black and Tans. Remarks 'You would not believe what conscienceless vindictive brutes they are. They fired into one of the Curate's houses…They have also considerably damaged the town by throwing grenades into the shops.' (20 September [ ], 2pp). Includes a letter referring to the outbreak of 'flu in Galway. Remarks that there have been a number of deaths. Refers to St Ignatius Hall and remarks that it has not been used because there is no lighting or heating installed. (25 February 1919, 4pp).

Foley, Henry, 1862-1930, Jesuit priest

Status Temporalis for the irish Province

Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.

Triennial Documents, 1923 - 1926

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

  • House Histories (Historia Domus);
  • Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
  • Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
  • Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
  • Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum).

Letters from Fr John MacSheahan SJ St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and matters relating to the college

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

Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:

  • letter from Fr James Rabbitte SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ, concerning Galway records and Jesuit chalices (1 December 1935, 2pp);
  • notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the chalice of the Galway Jesuits (n.d., 1p.) and drafts of a typescript article by [Fr Francis Finegan SJ] on the Centenary of St Ignatius’ Galway, recalling the history of the Jesuits in the city in the seventeenth century (1963, 8pp and 9pp);
  • copybook by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the Jesuits in Galway using James Hardiman's version of 1651 map, and his history of Galway [1905], (71pp). Includes letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin to Fr William Byrne SJ, St Ignatius, Galway on townlands (19 September 1905).

St Ignatius' College, Galway, students at play

Black and white photographic album of boys at St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes brief index to the photographs at the front and rear, by way of number on reverse of photograph. Photographs include boys playing Gaelic football, hurling, swimming, physical education, playing in the snow, conker playing, group photographs, individual portraits and school sports day. Two loose photographs are in colour.

St Ignatius' College, Galway, classrooms

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.

Fr Thomas Shuley SJ

Obituary for Fr Thomas Shuley SJ from the 'Irish Province News' (July 1965) and small photographic album belonging to Fr Shuley with thirteen images of the west of Ireland while on villa [1916-1930].

Shuley, Thomas, 1884-1965, Jesuit priest

St Ignatius' College, Galway, junior group

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.

Photograph of ‘Most Holy Father’, Pope Pius X

Photograph of ‘Most Holy Father’, (Pope Pius X ) with the inscription ‘The community + Pupils of St. Ignatius College, Galway, Ireland humbly prostate at the feet of Your Holiness beg you to grant them the Apostolic Benediction and plenary Indulgence in ‘Articulo Mortis’’. Papal embossment seal.

Probate of Henry Alexander Donovan, The Square, Listowel, County Kerry

Administration (intestate) in the High Court of Justice, Ireland, Kings Bencon behalf of Henry Alexander Donovan, The Square, Listowel, County Kerryh Division (Probate) deceased bachelor assigning his estate to his brother and only next of kin, Edmund William Donovan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway. Two pendant wafer seals attached.

Fr Bernard Page SJ

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

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

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

Photograph of Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway

Photograph of the community at St Ignatius, Galway, at the time of Fr John J McMahon’s visitation (Visitor is missing from photograph). Taken outdoors in three rows by Yann Studios, 3 Mainguard St, Galway. Includes the following Jesuits:
Top row, from left: Fr Michael Morahan SJ, Fr Senan Timoney SJ, Fr Richard Butler SJ, Fr Sean O'Duibhir SJ, Fr Paddy Tyrrell SJ, Br Michael Crowe SJ.
Middle row: Fr Peader Feeney SJ, Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, Br Andrew Colgan SJ, Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ, Br Francis Bonfield SJ, Fr Jim Christian SJ, Fr Bob McGoran SJ.
Front row, sitting: Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Paul Leonard SJ, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ (Rector), Fr Michael McGrath SJ, Fr Kieran Ward SJ, Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ.

Yann Studios, photographers

Jesuits in Galway and Connacht

Poster recounting the history of Jesuits in Galway and document which give a chronology of the history of Jesuits in Connacht, 1605-, and Galway and St Ignatius Parish Church.

Triennial Documents, 1927 - 1930

Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.

  • House Histories (Historia Domus);
  • Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae);
  • Lives of those who have died (Summarium vitae defunctorum);
  • Province Accounts (Status temporalis trienalis domorum et arcarum Provinciae);
  • Index of authors and books published by Ours (Index auctorem et librorum a Nostris editorum)
  • Lists of admissions to the Novitiate, (Elenchi Triennales Admissorum in First and Final Vows, etc.noviciatum, Admissorum ad Vota Prima et Ultima)

Architectural plans for ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’

Includes: ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’ which details plan for Ground floor,1st Floor Plan, 2nd Floor Plan, Side Elevation and Front Elevation; ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’ which details Ground Plan, Plan of First Floor, Plan of Second Floor and Front Elevation; J. J. McCarthy R.H.A Arch[itec]t. Scale: 1 inch to 15 feet. Size: Colour washes on paper.

Sacristan notes at St Ignatius, Galway

Notebook with handwritten entries of sacristan notes form St Ignatius Church, Galway. Each entry is headed with the date and feast day, ‘Easter Sunday, 17 April 1938’, and contains announcements in relation to preparations, celebrants and times of masses. Includes index for 1936 - 1939 and procedures for certain feast days.

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