Church activity of the Jesuits in Galway
- IE IJA SC/GALW/5
- 1887-2020
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Church activity of the Jesuits in Galway
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Jesuit community and Fr John J McMahon SJ, at St Ignatius, Galway
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Photograph of the community at St Ignatius, Galway, at the time of Fr John J McMahon’s visitation. Taken outdoors in three rows by Yann Studios, 3 Mainguard St, Galway. Includes names.
Top row, from left: Fr Michael Morahan SJ, Fr Kieran Ward 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.
Front row, sitting: Fr Paul Leonard SJ, Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ (Rector), Fr John J McMahon SJ (Visitor), Fr Michael McGrath SJ (Minister), Fr Bob McGoran SJ, Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ.
Yann Studios, photographers
Photograph of Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
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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.
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Photograph of ‘Most Holy Father’, Pope Pius X
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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.
Responsa ad Epistolae R.P. Provincialis, die 20 December 1902 - St Ignatius Galway
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Responsa ad Epistolae R.P. Provincialis, die 20 December 1902 - St Ignatius Galway.
Annual letter from Patrick Corcoran SJ for St Ignatius Galway
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Annual letter from Patrick Corcoran SJ for St Ignatius Galway, 1883-1886.
Corcoran, Patrick, 1822-1905, Jesuit priest
Catalogus for St Ignatius Galway
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Catalogus for St Ignatius Galway.
Photograph of Frs Aidan Ennis and Seán Hughes
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Photograph of Frs Aidan Ennis and Sean Hughes by Dr J Gerstenberg, 25 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, possibly at Mungret College, Limerick.
Gerstenberg, J
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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
Letters from Fr Henry Foley SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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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
Letters from Fr Andrew MacArdle SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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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
Consultor's letters from Fr Andrew J O'Reilly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of consultor's letters from Fr Andrew J O'Reilly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Religious Knowledge examinations in the College, the church, a meeting with the Bishop and the community.
O'Reilly, Andrew, 1903-1979, 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
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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 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
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
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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
Consultor's letter from Patrick Nolan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Patrick Nolan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial. Remarks that he has nothing to report.
Nolan, Patrick, 1874-1948, Jesuit priest
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
Jesuit response to lack of housing provision in Galway
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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
Consultor's letter from Fr John Egan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Fr John Egan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and college.
Egan, John, 1875-1938, Jesuit priest
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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Letter from Fr Edward Boyd Barrett SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial asking permission to go to an Irish College during the summer.
Boyd Barrett, Edward J, 1883-1966, former Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Charles Cuffe SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial recommending John Creaven, an ex-student of St Ignatius College, Galway as a suitable candidate for the Society.
Cuffe, Charles F, 1878-1935, Jesuit priest
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Letters from Fr John Barragry SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and recommending a candidate to join the Society.
Barragry, John, 1879-1959, Jesuit priest
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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
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Letters from Edmond Downing SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters and a potential candidate for the Society.
Downing, Edmond, 1870-1933, Jesuit priest
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Letters from Fr Edmund W Donovan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters. The first letter is written in his capacity as Admonitor.
Donovan, Edmund, 1839-1919, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Br James Donoghue SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and his own work within the community.
Donoghue, James, 1867-1954, Jesuit brother
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Letters from Br William McCartney SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters with particular reference to the staff employed by the community.
McCartney, William, 1857-1926, Jesuit brother
Photographs of Spanish Parade, Galway
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Modern copies of photographs taken by the [ ] in Galway, of the living and housing conditions in the Spanish Parade, Galway. Includes images of run down and dirty housing; an elderly man living in cramped and unclean conditions; a woman with two children with inadequate clothing; filthy stairs and landing.
Letter from Philip Brady SJ to Irish Fr Provincial expressing his willingness to go to Malta
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Letter from Philip Brady SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial expressing his willingness to go to Malta.
Brady, Philip, 1846-1917, Jesuit 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.
House history of St Ignatius, Galway
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House history of St Ignatius, Galway.
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A file of correspondence between the Bishop of Galway, Michael Browne, D.D., Mount St Mary's, Galway and Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the attendance of Jesuit Scholastics at University College, Galway. Includes a letter from the Bishop insisting that his permission is sought and remarking that the Jesuit Order is not exempt.
Browne, Michael, 1895-1980, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway
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 John MacEvilly, Bishop of Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ declining an invitation to preach on St. Patrick's Day.
MacEvilly, John, 1816-1902, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway and Archbishop of Tuam
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.
List of Rectors, Vice-Rectors and Superiors of St Ignatius, Galway
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List of Rectors, Vice-Rectors and Superiors of St Ignatius, Galway, 1859 - 1959.
House histories of the College and Residence of St Ignatius, Galway
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Handwritten documents relating to the history of the Jesuits in Galway. Includes: copy of history of the Jesuit Church in Galway (20 August 1861) signed by Fr Rush[e], Prior; history of the College and Residence St Ignatius, Galway 1859 - 1863 by [Fr Rochford SJ] (In Latin); history of the College and Residence St. Ignatius, 1863 – 1865 (In Latin); annual letters 1865 - 1868 (In Latin).
Jesuit plot in graveyard, Galway
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Receipts for purchase of grave space at Galway cemetery and the burial of Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ (1902); reply to Fr John MacSheahan SJ from B. Tierney regarding his offer to purchase grave space (19 December 1922) cost of three grave at Bohermore (£6 each) (29 May 1934); quotation from James Stewart, Building Contractor for kerbing to Jesuit graves and surround (21 June 1938-15 March 1956); plan of graves in Jesuit plot, Galway taken from maps and records in Corporation Office which details the graves wand who is buried there (2 October 1968).
Province Visitation reports on Irish Province
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Visitation reports of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus by Fr William Power SJ, Visitor (17 September 1922) (2 copies) and Fr John J McMahon SJ (August 1962).
Domestic arrangements for the Jesuit community in Galway
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File of material related to domestic arrangements for the Jesuit community in Galway. Items include: customs regarding the use of intoxicating liquors (May 1959); General Chapter notices which comment on issues in the house such as the lack of punctuality for dinner; ‘Order of Time’ (1969); notice for all visitors; appointment of House Consultors (26 August 1969); how to facilitate the smooth operation of accounts (16 April 1970), domestic arrangements for community and visitors (November 1971); record of Christmas gifts and cards received by the community, church services over Christmas and Christmas Day menu (1968-1971).
‘Visitations 1859 - 1961’’ to St Ignatius, Galway
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Notebook with handwritten entries written by the Irish Fr Provincials on completing his annual visitation of the Galway residences. The first entry is by the Vice Provincial, Joseph Lentaigne. At the beginning of the notebook, a financial status is outlined for the
residences in Galway as they returned to Galway in 1859. The Provincials’ notes on their visitations refer to the physical and spiritual state of the college, house and church finances, and the observance of regulations; such as the pealing of bells and the non playing by the boys in certain areas. The community are commended for their successes with regard to religious observance, house regulations etc., and recommendations for improvements are made also. (In Latin and English).
Letters from Father General to the Rector of St Ignatius, Galway
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Letters from Father General to the Rector of the Jesuit community at St Ignatius College, Galway.
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..
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
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
Historia Domus for St Ignatius, Galway
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Lined notebook 'COLL S. IGNATII, HIST. DOM.' (House history for St. Ignatius College, Galway) Historia Domus, with handwritten entries which record important dates in the history of the church, college and community in Galway. At the start, it lists the instructions for the ‘Scriptores Historiae Domus’. Reports on number of confessions for each year, the Men’s Sodality and the Apostleship of Prayer. Lists the members of the community for each academic year and records the arrival of new members and the departure of the old, as well as last vows, illnesses, deaths and funerals. Details building work carried out to the buildings and new sport pitches and includes a photograph of such work in 1939. The renovations to the roof and the boiler are described as are the cost of work done, the craftsmen and architects involved etc. Relevant references are made to weather conditions and current affairs, including the reopening of the school ‘which had been suspended for 3 years (1929), ‘War declared. Invasion of Poland’ (1939), fourth centenary of the Society of Jesus (1941), ‘Around this time, the presence of a strange cat was felt (“perceived is better word”) in various parts of the house... she was caught, but escaped, + continued her evil way’ (1942), Taoiseach broadcast to the Nation on the conclusion of the War in Europe’ (16 May 1945), ‘Spiddal priest released by Communists’ (7 June 1952). Other entries refer to feast days, special Masses, novenas and processions, as well as to special periods within the Church calendar, such as Lent and Christmas. Provincials’ visitations are also recorded, as are the visits of other important guests. School events, such as the beginning and end of terms, examinations and prize-giving, operettas, theatricals, Féis Cheoil, debates, sports fixtures, excursions etc. also feature in the house history.
Also contains several insertions, some loose and some pasted onto notebook pages including; newspaper cuttings of special ceremonies, debates, school tours, reviews of theatricals, prize days, obituaries for Jesuits such as Fr Edmund Downing SJ, Jesuit educated pupils and past pupils, articles by Jesuits for example, ‘Why is not more Irish spoken?’ by Fr John J. Mac Sheahan SJ., articles of Jesuit interest in Galway, ‘Attacked by Beetle: Work to Save Church Roof’ (1939), ‘Past Pupils’ union for St Ignatius College’ (December 1946); numbers and finances of the Jesuits in Galway from 1862- 1877 (In Latin); leaflets; Lenten lectures & devotions; musical and theatricals programmes such as Concert & Dramatic Entertainment (4 January 1899); ‘The Rale True Doctor’ and ‘The Cuckoo’ (1936), ‘Sinbad the Sailor’ (1945); copy of report in the Galway Pilot of private theatricals at the College of St Ignatius (5 March 1892); copy of excavation plan done by Mr Edwards, Clerk of Works; holograph letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ concerning the early history of the Jesuits in Galway (29 March 1947). Includes copy book which contains correspondence and articles in Galway newspapers about Scoil Fursa, a school which educates through Irish (December 1945 - January 1946).
Ministers' Journals for St Ignatius, Galway
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Lined notebooks with handwritten entries. Each journal covers a period of between 7 and 15 years.
(1) 1902 - 05; 1920 - 1924; 1932 - 1933
(2) 13 November 1904 - 28 December 1906 (Includes in same volume handwritten accounts from 2 January 1907-30 September 1911)
(3) September 1933 - March 1959
(4) July 1959 - April 1965
(5) 1 May 1965 - 31 December 1969
(6) January 1970 - 1983
The entries relate to Church, community and school matters and events. The comings and goings of various members of the community are recorded, as is their state of health. Visits by bishops, the Father Provincial and other guests are also reported. Arrangements regarding meals and the consumption of alcohol (wine and punch) are dealt with extensively, and references to the ‘Long Table’ appear often. There are also references to the cost of provisions, including food and cigarettes and the weather. Building work, maintenance and repairs are recorded. Monies received for masses and donations are recorded. Many entries relate to feast days and special periods in the Church calendar, e.g. Holy Week and Christmas, and include information such as arrangements made for Masses, other ceremonies and confessions for the public and the community. In relation to the school, entries cover term dates, timetables, holidays, half days, examinations and results, retreats, school tours, sports fixtures and results, sports days theatricals, concerts, debates, sodalities etc. Of the many insertions in these journals, some are glued in and some are loose, and they relate to, amongst other subjects, distribution of holy communion, timetables for the celebration of Mass, novenas, Holy Week arrangements, concert programmes etc. Contemporary national and worldwide events are sometimes reported, e.g., ‘assassination of President Kennedy at about 6.30 p.m Irish time. World stunned’ and ‘British soldiers shot thirteen people at Civil Rights march in Derry. Sharp reaction’. Includes list of students 1919 - 1920; 1920 - 1921
Page with Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
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Page from publication with a black and white group photograph of the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway, at the turn of the century. Taken outside in two rows.
Back: Br William Canty SJ, Fr Stanislaus MacLoughlin SJ, Fr William Byrne SJ, Br James O'Grady SJ.
Front: Fr Richard Rochford SJ, Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ, Fr Henry Foley SJ, Fr Edmund Donovan SJ.
Photograph of Jesuit community in library, St Ignatius, Galway
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Black and white group photograph of the community at St Ignatius, Galway, taken in the library by Yann Studios. Names supplied by Fr Brian Grogan SJ. Also, three transparencies with the community having dinner and coffee.
Back row, from left: - , Mac Mathuna, - , Fr Jim Christian SJ, Br Michael Crowe, Fr Sean O'Duibhir SJ, Mr Brian Grogan SJ, - , Fr Peader Feeney SJ, Br Andrew Colgan SJ, Br Francis Bonfield SJ, - .
Sitting: Fr Richard Butler SJ, Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ, Fr Edward Andrews SJ, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ (Rector), Fr Michael McGrath SJ (Minister), Fr Bob McGoran SJ, - , Fr Sean Mallin SJ and Fr Kieran Ward SJ.
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Mounted print of St Stanislaus Kostka
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Mounted photographic print of the death scene of St Stanislaus Kostka at Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, Italy. Pasted on the rear of the print, Fr F. O’ Connor OSF refers to ‘according to the faculties given to me, I Fr[iar] O’ Connor, vicar of the cross, with annexedindulgences, created in orders of St. Ignatius according to the rules and regulations 10 [May] 1742. Signed by Fr F. O’ Connor OSF, The Abbey, Galway.
Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
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Group photographs of senior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the ‘Féis Ceoil, 1951, Fuireann Díospóireacta’. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in two rows, with cup in the centre. Gives names in Irish. Includes Mr Michael O'Kelly SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid students who participated in the Féis Ceoil
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the Féis Ceoil. Taken outdoors, in four rows, with cup in the centre. Names handwritten in Irish. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid students who participated in the Féis Ceoil and An Cór
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the Féis Ceoil and An Cór. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in four rows, with cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ.
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the ‘Fuireann Díospóireacta, 1949, Féis Ceoil’. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in two rows, with cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Sean Ó Duibhir SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid senior students who participated in the Díospóireacta
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Group photograph of senior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the ‘Fuireann Díospóireacta, 1948, Féis Ceoil’. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in two rows, with cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Sean Ó Duibhir SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid senior students who participated in the Féis and An Cór
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Group photograph of senior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the Féis Ceoil and An Cór. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in three rows, with cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ.
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Group photograph of senior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the ‘Fuireann Díospóireacta, Féis Ceoil, 1947’. Taken outdoors by the Connacht Tribune, in two rows, with cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Kieran Ward SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid students who participated in An Cór
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the An Cór. Taken by Connacht Tribune. Outdoors, in three rows, with plainchant cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid students who participated in An Cór
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the An Cór. Taken by Kneeshaw, Galway. Outdoors, in three rows, with plainchant cup in the centre. Names in Irish. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid junior students who participated in the Féis
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Group photograph of junior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the Féis. Taken outdoors, in three rows, with chant cup in the centre. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ. Taken by E.B. Kneeshaw, Salthill, Galway.
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.
Group photograph of Coláiste Iognáid junior students who participated in the Féis
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Group photograph of junior students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, who participated in the Féis. Taken outdoors, in four rows, with chant cup in the centre. Includes Fr Edward Andrews SJ. Taken by the Connacht Tribune.
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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 Rowing Club
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Photograph of the team of St Ignatius College Rowing Club, Galway, with cups and pennants showing. Includes eight rowers - and a student at front is Bobby Molloy.
Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club Rule book
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Details the history and rules of the club and has photograph of clubhouse on the front and back covers. St Ignatius Rowing Club was located to the right of the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club and they used to borrow boats in the past.
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.
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.
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].
St Ignatius' College, Galway, senior rugby team
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Group photograph of the St Ignatius College senior rugby team, Galway. In three rows, taken outdoors under the goalpost. Names are attached to one mounted photogrph. Two mounted photographs of the same scene include a Jesuit priest and another individual, one with the imprint of Clement J. Leaper, Nuns' Island, Galway.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, junior rugby team
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Group photograph of the St Ignatius College Junior Rugby Team, Galway. In three rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are attached to mounted photograph. are given. Kit is white shirt, white shorts, with socks.
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.
School diary for St Ignatius College, Galway
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School diary for St Ignatius College, Galway. Gives introductory notes for school procedures such as: attendance times; prayer times; class times and duration; study hall; sodality; cleaning of classrooms; books; confessions. Includes details such as list of holidays and religious observance; examinations; results; mass times; school events; retreats; order of time; school inspections; attendances; staff; hours of teaching; sports day; rugby. Includes insert note by Fr Brian Mac Cuarta SJ (3 July 1985), who writes that Fr Conor Naughton SJ, a schoolboy at St Ignatius, Galway (1917-1925) recalls William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) ‘a year ahead of him, was leader of British scouts in school ...Joyce brought a mills bomb into school one day; Ned O'Hanlon brought a revolver ...Joyce played chess with Conor in Naughtons’ (3 July 1985); insert of absence and awards card from Ignatius College, Galway and history of Irish at St Ignatius College, Galway.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, whole school group
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School group, in seven rows of St Ignatius College, Galway, with three lay and seven Jesuit staff.Taken outdoors.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, whole school group
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School group, in seven rows of St Ignatius College, Galway, with four lay and six Jesuit staff. Includes Fr John MacSheahan SJ (Rector) in the centre. Taken outdoors by photographer, Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.
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, 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.
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.
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, junior students
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School group of junior students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In six rows. Includes Rector, Fr Fergal McGrath SJ. Taken outdoors.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, senior students
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School group of senior students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In six rows. Includes Rector, Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Fr John Mallin SJ. Taken outdoors.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, students at play
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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 school group
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School group of students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In six rows. Taken outdoors by E.B. Kneeshaw, Dalysfort Road, Salthill, Galway. Includes Jesuits John MacSheahan and Rector, Andrew O'Reilly.
Address list of pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Handwritten address book of pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway. Arranged alphabetically under the following headings: name; address; birth; parent/guardian; parents address. Earliest pupil born 1893-latest born 1912.
St Ignatius' College, Galway school group
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School group of students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In seven rows. Includes Jesuits, John MacSheahan, John Mallin Robert McGoran. Taken outdoors.
Photographs of St Ignatius' College, Galway, bicycle outings
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Album of black and white photographs of boys involved in school outings, ‘Turas Na Sóisear’. Photographs depict boys in different locations around Galway.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, junior and senior students
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School photographs of junior and senior students at St Ignatius College Galway with Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ and scholastic Fr Matthew Meade SJ. Taken outdoors. Names of students handwritten on reverse.
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
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
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, 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.
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.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, school photograph
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Group of several classes from the school, arranged haphazardly in six rows and taken outdoors.
St Ignatius' College, Galway students
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Group of students in three rows, with 2 Jesuits and another man standing with a statute in the background. Taken outdoors by Mitavsky & Brooke, Dublin.
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Pupil fees for St Ignatius College, Galway
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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.
St Ignatius' College, Galway group of junior students
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Group of junior students in four rows with teacher, Mr. O’ Shea. Taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names printed on mounted print.