Certificate conferring Sub-Deacon on Fr Robert Kane SJ
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- 13 March 1880
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Certificate conferring Sub-Deacon on Fr Robert Kane SJ.
Certificate conferring Sub-Deacon on Fr Robert Kane SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Certificate conferring Sub-Deacon on Fr Robert Kane SJ.
Letters to Cyril Power congratulating him on the completion of his first vows
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters to Cyril Power congratulating him on the completion of his first vows.
Mulcahy, Charles, 1874-1954, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Application by Joseph Hurley SJ for sub-diaconate.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin thanking him for sending two Irish Jesuits to the mission. Asks if more men can be spared for work in the mission. Includes a copy of a reply remarking that more men cannot be spared.
Zabdyr, Ladislaus, 1890-1968, Jesuit priest and missioner
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Statement of an agreement signed by the Vicars Apostolic in China as a model for any group of Jesuits coming to work in China.
Valtorta, Enrico Pascal, 1883-1951, Apostolic Vicar and Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong
Copy of transfer of plot of ground with the chapel in the Parish of Bradden, Isle of Man
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Parties:
Rev. Dr.Thomas Penswick, Liverpool, Rev. John Briggs, Chester and Rev. Matthew Gahan SJ.
Property:
Parcel/plot of ground with the chapel and other buildings in the Parish of Bradden, Isle of Man
Terms & Conditions:
Fixed annual/chief rent
Nuttall’s Garden, Raleigh Row, Galway
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File of correspondence related to the valuation and purchase of plot know as Nuttall’s Garden, Raleigh Row between Fr O’ Connor SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway and Joyce, Mackie & Lougheed, Auctioneers, 34 Eyre Square, Galway, Ambrose J. Roche, Auctioneer, 8 Forster Street, Galway, Richard G. Emerson, Solicitor, 22 Eyre Square, Galway. Includes valuation for purchase purposes of the value of a building site belonging to Messrs. McNamara, Maxwell & Co. Ltd.
Register of Men’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, Mary and St Aloysius, St Ignatius, Galway
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Register of Men’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, Mary and St Aloysius, St Ignatius, Galway which details names, address and remarks of different guild members.
Documents relating to the 1841 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1841 Provincial Congregation.
Revisions to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province
A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a letter informing of the decision taken by Fr General to revise the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province (15 December 1934, 1p). Includes two minutes books of the Custom Book Commission. Details suggested changes. The minute books are in the handwriting of Fr John MacErlean SJ who was the secretary of the Commission (15 December 1934 - 7 June 1935, 51pp; 18 January - 7 June 1935, 43pp). Includes a letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning protests against altering the Custom Book. Remarks 'I put in (a notebook) everything that came into my head that might be made use of in building up our protest.' (10 April 1940, 1p). Includes a notebook containing details of protests against changes to the Custom Book (handwriting of Fr John MacErlean SJ).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
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Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Fr St Leger SJ thanking him for the enclosure of £20 for the poor of the diocese of Tuam in his last letter, and asks him to thank the donor also.
MacHale, John, 1791-1881, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam
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First issue of 'The Nation'. A column entitled 'Irish Bishops and the Oath' written by "Athanasius" is marked.
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Handwritten report written by Rev Dr James Gartlan, Vice-Rector for the session 1858 - 1859 of the Catholic University for the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland.
Gartlan, James, priest
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A file relating to an article written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' supporting a fellow Jesuit's interpretation of a passage in St. Mark. This article sparked a controversy as Fr Gannon's views were disagreed with by Cardinal MacRory (and other eminent scripture scholars). Includes a letter from Fr John R MacMahon SJ (Fr Provincial), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Byrne SJ concerning the controversy. Remarks 'In reply to a letter from Fr Gannon, I wrote to him to say that I could not allow him to pursue the discussion about St. Mark III, 20 - 21 any further…that I would not approve of his seeking an interview with the Cardinal; that he might write to the Cardinal, but that I would have to see a draft of the letter beforehand.' Remarks that he received a reply from Fr Gannon and includes a passage from the letter describing it thus 'He is taking a most extravagant view of the situation.' (15 April 1945, 1p). Includes a copy of a letter from Fr Provincial (Fr MacMahon SJ) concerning a letter Fr Gannon wishes to write to Cardinal MacRory regarding the difference of opinion between the two men. Remarks 'Let me assure you (and I wish I could convince you) that you are taking far too tragic a view of the whole business. If you could put it out of your mind for a month, you would, I am confident, take a more tranquil view of things.' (26 January 1945, 1p). It would appear from the file that Fr Gannon was not able to put the matter out of his mind and that it was only as a result of his death in 1953 that the matter was laid to rest. It would also appear that Fr Gannon's view was gaining some support amongst scripture scholars when he died.
Mass stipends received by Fr John MacErlean SJ
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Notebook containing details of mass stipends received by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
Notes relating to Captain William Aylmer
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Notes relating to Captain Aylmer (Fr Charles Aylmer's brother)
Postcard from Fr Daniel Finn SJ, Venice, Italy to Rev. Gerard Casey SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin
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Postcard from Fr Daniel Finn SJ, Venice, Italy to Rev. Gerard Casey SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin, congratulating him on his future ordination (31 July 1936).
Finn, Daniel J, 1886-1936, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Michael Browne SJ [writing from the Crescent, Limerick] to the Vice Provincial. Announces that he intends to sent Fr James Jeffcoat SJ to St John’s the following day for treatment, and states that Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ is to take Fr Jeffcoat’s place at Roscrea.
Browne, Michael, 1853-1933, Jesuit priest
Photographs of Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ
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Photographs of Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ by Lafayette [1932] and mortuary card, 1942.
Photographs of Fr Laurence Kearns SJ
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Two photographs of Fr Laurence Kearns SJ, outside builiding (possibly Bolton Street Technical College) in Dublin. He taught religion there, 1962-65.
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ
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Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ which documents his life from 1912 until his death, 1972.
Galway:
Photographic album includes:
Photograph of the spire of Antwerp Cathedral by Fr Michael Garahy SJ
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Photograph of the spire of Antwerp Cathedral.
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Correspondence between Lyons Fr Provincial Ambrose Monnot SJ, the Irish Fr Provincial Aloysius Sturzo SJ and Fr Tuite SJ, in relation to Fr Wolfe. Refers to his trial period in the Irish Province, and to his final vows. (In French).
Monnot, Ambrose, 1831-1898, Jesuit priest
Book written by Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ entitled ‘Daily Duties’
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Book written by Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ entitled ‘Daily Duties’, published by the Office of the Irish Messenger.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Thomas Furlong, Bishop of Ferns to Fr Robert Kelly SJ. Explains that more information is needed about the temperance association before he asks the priests of his diocese to promote it.
Furlong, Thomas, 1803-1875, Roman Catholic bishop of Ferns
Mission material relating to Fr Seamus Doris SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Seamus Doris SJ. Includes passport photograph; personal record; announcement of death; homily; and correspondence between Fr Doris and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Thomas O'Brien, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ. Includes announcement of death; personal record; obituary; sermons, articles and correspondence between Fr Foley and Frs. Thomas O'Brien, Vincent Murphy and Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ. Includes correspondence between Fr Lawlor and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Correspondence between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Irish Fr Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Irish Fr Provincials concerning his schedules of missions and retreats, publications, places of residence, donations and issues arising from his articles in the ‘Irish Press’. Also contains the censor’s report on an early pamphlet, ‘Not Yours’ and death notice and obituaries.
Letters relating to Fr Daniel O'Connell's diamond jubilee
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Letters relating to Fr Daniel O'Connell's diamond jubilee.
Mission material relating to Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, photographs, personal record, announcement of deate, memorial card, obituary, newspapers articles, and correspondence between Fr O'Dwyer and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Instructions for publication of ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’
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Two copies of a letter addressed to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ providing instructions for the post-humus publication of his manuscript entitled ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’.
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A file relating to Fr John Coyne's translation of Valignano's 'Mission Techniques for Japan volume I' by Josef Franze Schutte SJ.
Booklets and leaflets which are pasted into a scrapbook entitled 'Sodality Training Handbook'
Collection of booklets and leaflets which are pasted into a scrapbook entitled 'Sodality Training Handbook'. Includes 'Sodalities of Our Lady', 'An introduction to Sodalities of Our Lady' by Douglas E. Daly SJ, 'The Common Rules', 'How to establish a Sodality', 'The Bread of the Strong' by Paul Leonard SJ, 'God's Gospel and Your Prayer' by Stephen Redmond SJ, and a number of other booklets. Two sample diplomas of membership of the Sodality of Our Lady are pasted into the collection (in Irish and English).
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A file of letters from Wilfred Ward to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the letters of Dr Charles William Russell required by Fr Matthew Russell SJ for a biography of his uncle. Remarks that the early letters which he (Ward) has date to ca. 1802 - 1839 and refer to the Dublin Review. Asks Fr Russell if he has any papers relating to Cardinal Newman.
Transcript of an account of the voyage from Coruna to Ireland
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Transcript (perhaps by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ) of an account of the voyage of General Pettre de Cubuani from Coruna to Ireland with supplied of arms and men for the Spanish Army who has set sail for Ireland on an earlier occasion (from the Archives of the Irish College, Salamanca).
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Volume containing information on retreats given by Irish Jesuit priests
Volume containing information on retreats, triduums given by Irish Jesuit priests. Includes information on the date of the retreat, the type of group to whom the retreat was given and the name of the person who gave the retreat.
Letter from Margaret Russell, Newry to Rev. Charles O'Hare concerning news of her family.
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Letter from Margaret Russell, Newry to [Rev. Charles O'Hare] concerning news of her family. Refers also to vestments. Refers to her son Charles (later Lord Russell of Killowen) who won a prize for his essay and that he is to read the essay aloud in the Assembly Rooms, Newry. Remarks '...I think it was scarcely kind or judicious to ask so young a lad to come before the public as a lecturer, it is too trying an ordeal and may expose him to the charge of presumption which thank God he does not deserve...' Includes a note on the letter by Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).
Russell, Margaret
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Fr Arthur F Murphy, St Paul's Church, Emo, County Laois to Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to use the pleasure grounds and part of the residence for the annual parochial fete. Refers to the delay in the Jesuits arriving at Emo by the Roman authorities.
Memorandum concerning the custom and practice of poverty in St Francis Xavier's
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Memorandum concerning the custom and practice of poverty in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Article in 'The Irish Monthly', entitled 'The Church and Spiritualism'
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Article by Fr Henry Gill SJ in 'The Irish Monthly', entitled 'The Church and Spiritualism' (p.33 - 40).
'Steering neutral in troubled waters: Hong Kong 1941-1945'
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Manuscript by Fr Eddie Bourke SJ, 'Steering neutral in troubled waters: Hong Kong 1941-1945', as a sequel to 'Jesuits Under Fire'. With explanatory letter to Fr Fergus Cronin SJ.
Bourke, Edward, 1895-1985, Jesuit priest
Granting of faculties by John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin to Fr Patrick Simpson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Granting of faculties by John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin to Fr Patrick Simpson SJ. Includes note on aiding a Catholic to be educated in a non-Catholic School or College or University in This Diocese’.
Application from Francis Shaw for sub-diacanate
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Application from Francis Shaw for sub-diacanate.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Barry [ ], a pupil at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother (presumably Fr Egan's relatives, perhaps a nephew and sister) concerning news from school.
Notes by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the religious houses in the Archdiocese of Tuam
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Notes by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the religious houses in the Archdiocese of Tuam.
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Letter from Maggie Mc[ ], 174 Gowcaddens, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ, Stonyhurst College, England concerning his departure for America. Refers to her desire to become a religious and asks Fr. Seaver to pray for her.
Correspondence between Fr Seán Turner SJ and Irish Fr Provincials
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File of correspondence between Fr Seán Turner SJ and Irish Fr Provincials.
Material relating to Patrick Pearse collected by Mr John Delaney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Patrick Pearse. Includes a copy of [his last letter] to his mother (n.d., 1p). Includes a piece of cloth from the coat he wore when he was executed, and a lapel from 1916 Rising.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file concerning doubts over the suitability of Mr Lambert McKenna SJ and Mr John Casey SJ for ordination. The letters express doubts over the health of both priests and their ability to say the office each day and mass.
Diploma awarding Sub-Deaconship to Robert St Leger
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Diploma awarding Sub-Deaconship to Robert St Leger.
Biographical details of Fr John Hyde SJ
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Biographical details of Fr John Hyde SJ. Includes Fr Hyde's medical report on entering the Society, information compiled by the examiners assessing his suitability for the Society and personal histiory.
Draft agreement for a loan of £3,100 from Louis Meldon and Thomas K. Roche to Rev. John Errington SJ
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Draft agreement for a loan of £3,100 from Louis Meldon and Thomas K. Roche to Rev. John Errington SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Richard Devane SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Fr Socius concerning a piece of music entitled 'Humanesque Egotistique', a solo for a trombone with brass accompaniment. Remarks that [he] has been thinking of writing an article.
Account by Fr John Nerney SJ of the fire at Milltown Park, Dublin
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Typed account by Fr John Nerney SJ of the fire at Milltown Park, Dublin, including location of rooms.
Envelope with the following sentence written on it - 'For a beloved and precious friend, M. Antonia'
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Envelope with the following sentence written on it - 'For a beloved and precious friend, M. Antonia, to keep, and to show whenever she may be asked any questions concerning me.'
Bound xerox copies of 'Reminiscences of West Africa and its Missions' by Sir James Marshall
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Bound xerox copies of 'Reminiscences of West Africa and its Missions' by Sir James Marshall, articles from 'The Month' and correspondence from 'The Tablet' given by the Archives of the Society of Africa Missions to the Irish Jesuit Archives.
Society of African Missions, Roman Catholic Missoners, 1856-
Material relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death
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A file relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death. Includes letters of sympathy.
Photocopy of Edward Bourke’s entry to ‘Information of the Novices’
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Photocopy of Edward Bourke’s entry to ‘Information of the Novices’ (7 September 1912).
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Letter from Fr Patrick Meagher SJ, writing from Gardiner Street, Dublin, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial, St Stanislaus College Tullabeg, King's County (County Offaly). Refers to the case of a young [novice] – ‘H.T.’, who is suffering from some sort of illness. Reports that he (Meagher) consulted a surgeon on the state of the man’s health. Reports that he received a letter that morning from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ in Rome, who wrote about the church re-decoration in which he was involved, and also, more extensively, about a lecture given in Rome, which cast aspersions on the Catholic clergy of Ireland. Also refers to a letter he received from Fr Aylmer. Describes preparations for the ‘Festival’, including the recruiting of clergy to say Mass. Reports on the progress of building work also.
Meagher, Patrick, 1799-1855, Jesuit priest
File of material relating to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport size photograph; passport; and correspondence between Fr Byrne to Fr Thomas J Martin, SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Letter from Hester Marie, 15 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Mother Mary Gabriel, Prioress, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Dublin concerning the illness of her sister, Nannie (Anne). Remarks that she has been in to visit her in the hospice.
Letter of Association presented to Fr John Conmee SJ and his family by the Abbot of Lerins
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Letter of Association presented to Fr John Conmee SJ and his family by the Abbot of Lerins, Order of Citeaux.
Sermon notes and notes on sins and confession by Fr George O'Neill SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A notebook containing sermon notes and notes on sins and confession by Fr George O'Neill SJ.
'The Church and Anti-Clericalism'
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Pamphlet entitled 'The Church and Anti-Clericalism' by Fr Peter Finlay SJ. Irish Messenger Social Action Series No. 16, Dublin. Two editions: 1st edition (n.d., 16pp) and 2nd edition (1919, 16pp).
Finlay, Peter, 1851-1929, Jesuit priest and theologian
Articles from Studies on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Photocopies of articles from Studies, Winter 1992, Vol. See also 81, No. 324, on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ , published on the centenary of his birth: ‘Aubrey Gwynn; The Person’ by Prof. Geoffrey Hand; ‘Aubrey Gwynn: The Scholar’ by Prof. Katherine Walsh and Aubrey Gwynn: The Jesuit’ by Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ (pp. 375 – 398).
Studies, 1912-
Photographs of Fr Colm Ó Riordan SJ with family and friends
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Photographs of Fr Colm Ó Riordan SJ with family and friends.
Letter from Dr Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Dr Matthew Gaffney to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. States that he has already sent faculties for Fr Kane SJ and that he grants them for Fr M[ ]. Suggests that Murphy comes [to Mullingar] early that month.
Gaffney; Matthew, 1839-1909, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath
Mission material relating to Fr Timothy Doody SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Timothy Doody SJ. Includes passport photograph; identity papers; personal record; announcement of death; obituary; Ten Yuan Held Bank Note - The Bank of Ming Tung - Currency for the Other World (1941); ‘residence and identity card issued by puppet government in Shanghai’; invitations to weddings; and correspondence between Fr Doody and Frs Thomas J. Martin, Vincent Murphy and Thomas O'Brien, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Finneran SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Finneran SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; death notice; mortuary card; personal record; correspondence between Fr Finneran and Frs Vincent Murphy, Thomas O'Brien and Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Thomas O'Brien SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Thomas O'Brien SJ. Includes passport; photographs; announcement of death; personal record; and correspondence between Fr O'Brien and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle
Letters and memorandum relating to the purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle for use as a Novitiate and House of Studies for Scholastics and Retreat House for Working-Men. Includes general survey of the premises and list of alterations and costs involved in refitting the Castle; copy of letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Archbishop William Walsh concerning the purchase and purpose of the Castle; letters from contractors and insurers relating to the fixtures and fittings of the Castle.
Analysis by Fr Francis Finegan SJ of documents relating to the Irish College in Lisbon
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Analysis by [perhaps Fr Frank Finegan SJ, however named on p3] of documents transcribed or listed re the Irish College of St Patrick in Lisbon, [1590-1754]. Refers to Gonçalves da Costa, Manuel (ed.), ‘Fontes inéditas portuguesas para a história de Irlanda’ Braga, (1981). and Collectanea Hibernica (1989). Includes documents (transcripts) examined by Fr Frank Finegan SJ.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Catalogues for Jesuits at the Irish College in Seville
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Handwritten cards by Fr John MacErlan SJ of the catalogues (Catalogus Brevis) for Jesuits at the Irish College Irish College in Seville, 1620-1767.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Rectors of the Irish College in Rome
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A file relating to the Rectors of the Irish College in Rome by Fr John MacErlan SJ, 1 January 1628 - 6 December 1769. Includes biographical details.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Foundation Fund established for Studies
A file relating to the Foundation Fund established for Studies. Includes memoranda explaining the origins of the Foundation Fund. Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 to Fr Séan Ó Catháin SJ (Fr. Superior), 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin concerning shares in the Educational Company of Ireland that were settled on Fr Connolly in 1914 (then the Editor of Studies) as a foundation for Studies. Asks that this foundation be kept separate from the assets of 35 Lower Leeson Street (3 July 1968, 1p).
Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ, Mount Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Bampton, John M., 1854-1933, Jesuit priest
Photographs of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
Photographs of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus. Including photograph of representatives of the English and Irish Province, and Australian Vice-Province.
Back: Helsham, Joseph Canavan (Irish Province)
Front: John Fahy (Australian Vice-Province), John R MacMahon (Irish Province), John Hannon (Irish Province), Martin D'Arcy (English Province),
Account book of the Jesuit Vice Province of Ireland detailing income and expenditure
Account book of the Jesuit Vice Province of Ireland detailing income and expenditure. Includes an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.
Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park
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Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Encloses receipt for the sum of £100 (included), received from an anonymous donor through Fr. Farrell for the use of the Fathers at Mount St. Alphonsus.
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List of art books, theory of art, catalogues and guide books which were taken from the room of Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ. Includes note from Fr Paddy O'Connell SJ to Brian [ ] indicating that ‘about twenty (on this list) have been since set aside for Leeson St. Total valuation of this lot (Mr Penibrey Jr.) is £575’.
O'Connell, Patrick L, 1920-1997, Jesuit priest
Calendar of letters relating to the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Typescript calendar of letters relating to the Australian Mission detailing date, writer and recipient.
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Patrick Stanton, Friar’s Walk, Cork
Copy of assignment from the National Bank Ltd by James Johnston Mullan
Parties:
(1) The National Bank Limited, having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London
(2) James Johnston Mullan of 38 Park Avenue, Sandymount in the County of Dublin, Gentleman
Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and offices now standing thereon situate on the east side of Gilford road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin, in the county of Dublin, bounded on the north-west, west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hepenstal and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, together with all the rights, members and appurtenances to the said lot or parcel of ground belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Terms and conditions:
In pursuance of an agreement in a mortgage between James Johnston Mullan and the Bank, and in consideration of the sum of £225 paid by the latter to the former, the Bank as mortgagees and as beneficial owners assign and convey unto Mullan all and singular the above property to hold for the residue of the term of years in the lease of 4 January 1870, subject to the yearly rent of £125.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter to Robert Haly SJ, Fribourg, Switzerland from F.S. O'Mahony, SJ, St Louis College, Aix. Describes meeting a priest from Clonakilty in the Grey Friars monastery in Aix, provides news of their mutual ‘old friends in Picardy’, describes his fortnight’s villa (holiday) at Amiens, his surroundings in Provence and states that there are 1050 boys and 63 Jesuits ‘without counting laybrothers and employe(e)s’ at St Acheul.
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Rev. Henry Young, Mount Carmel Convent, Blackrock, County Dublin to Rev. D. Nolan, Carlow concerning the consecration of Right Rev. Dr. Griffith. Refers to copies of Latin prayers for the mass. Remarks that he gathered the prayers together himself with help from Mr. Meagher.
Young, Henry, 1786-1869, Roman Catholic priest
A file relating to a sum of money from Edwin Richard Windham Quin, 3rd earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl to be lodged with the Sisters of Mercy, Stanhope Street, Dublin in honour of an agreement between Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Helen McCarthy and Margaret Sweetman, Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Stanhope Street, Dublin.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from James Daly, Tuam, County Galway.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from James Daly, St Jarlath’s Place, Bishop Street, Tuam, County Galway.
Encounter News - Marriage Encounter Ireland
Encounter News, Marriage Encounter Ireland Vol 2 No.4 – Vol 3, No.6.
The estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation
A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.
Booklet belonging to Arthur Cox, 'Laws of the Law Students’ Debating Society. King’s Inns'
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Booklet belonging to Arthur Cox, 'Laws of the Law Students’ Debating Society. King’s Inns' (Dublin: ‘Ireland’s Own’ Printing Works). With signature of Arthur C.J. Cox on front cover.
Letter from John Edward Pigot to John [Mitchel] concerning legal matters
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from John Edward Pigot, Cork to John [Mitchel] concerning legal matters. Discusses news from home.
Pigot, John Edward, 1822-1871, Young Irelander, writer, musician, and lawyer
Summary by [ ] of the facts concerning the transfer of Mungret
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Summary by [ ] of the facts concerning the transfer of Mungret from the Trustees firstly to Fr Joseph Bourke and subsequently to the Society of Jesus in the name of Frs William Ronan SJ and Thomas Finlay SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence between Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ on the content of Fr Sheil’s mission sermons. Includes:
– censors’ judgements on the manuscript of a sermon on ‘Sin’ by Fr Sheil (Jun 1936, 2 items); copy of summary of censors’ judgements (n.d., 2pp) and letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial after receiving the censors’ reviews (24 June 1936, 2pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil in which he explains his delay in sending the Irish Fr Provincial the texts of his sermons, ‘My delay, and indeed serious negligence, has not been due, I think, to wilful disobedience, or to the opinion that they did not need censoring, but to this. I have eight fully written sermons in my drawer at present, but my dissatisfaction with them has caused me to cross out and amend lines and pages, so that none of them are yet in fit condition to send.…also…between missions my head is so tired that I am loathe to work.’ Also refers to the Sodality and the Legion of Mary (see J16/3) (12 Oct. 1936, 2pp);
– copy letter to Fr Sheil from the Irish Fr Provincial calling attention to Fr Sheil’s ‘want of prudence and discretion’ and warning him that if he continues ‘on present lines’ he may be ‘removed from the mission staff and given work in a College. With a view to rendering such a change unnecessary I forbid you in future to speak in the pulpit on questions of sex or, on general, matters relating to the VI commandment, without having first submitted your MS to the Socius for censorship. I wish also that you give up mentioning in public estimates or conjectures regarding the number of Irish emigrants who lose the faith or give up its practice’ (24 Jan. 1938, 2pp);
– note from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial in which he lists the topics of his sermons that have been passed by the censor (12 Mar. 1940, 3pp);
– letter from Fr Tom Counihan SJ to ‘Fr. John’ in which he refers to Fr Sheil’s sermons, ‘You should have heard his sermons on sin, temptation, holyhour, family life & Holy Communion to feel utterly ashamed of the twaddle neither here nor there (sic.) No Scripture, no sound reasoning & abundance of crudity & naked realism…It is very unfortunate & I am not at all comfortable when I have to hand over an out-church to his tender mercies!’ (15 May 1940, 2pp) and
– copy letter from the Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Sheil in which he states, ‘I have been regretfully obliged to change you from the mission staff, and it is only fair that you should know the reason of this change. From information I have received from many different quarters it seems clear that you are greatly lacking in prudence in the things you say; and I cannot help thinking that if you were allowed to continue working as a missioner you would land both yourself and the Society into serious trouble…you allow your zeal to get the better of you with the result that you act contrary not only to the advice of your colleagues but also to that of your Superiors. I am afraid also that your knowledge of theology is very much wanting in accuracy…As to your work in Galway in the coming year, I must forbid you to preach anything in the Church without first having shown the MS to Fr Rector…’ (30 Jul. 1940, 2pp).
Fr Mattie Bodkin SJ's article published in 'The Standard' on the Society of Jesus and the arts
Copy of Fr Mattie Bodkin SJ's article published in 'The Standard' on the Society of Jesus and the arts. Includes two black and white photographs depicting 'St Ignatius Healing the Possessed' by Rubens and 'The Glory of St Ignatius' by Baciccio.
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Specially bound volume entitled ‘O'Connell's Letter 1833’ presented to ‘the Jesuit Fathers of St. Francis Xavier’s Upper Gardiner Street For their Library. In grateful memory of much kindness received from them for nearly forty years’ from ‘W.L.' '. Includes colour poster of Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) and O'Connell's name and address (written in his own hand) attached to the frontispiece. Contains two letters:
4 April 1833
Letter from Daniel O'Connell, London to Richard Barrett, editor of the 'Pilot' newspaper, Suffolk Street, Dublin, to be published as an open letter to the people of Ireland. ‘This is the first of a series of Letters which I intend to publish on the present state and future prospects of our Country including the best suggestions I can give for regulating your conduct in the manner most calculated to mitigate the evils of the one and to insure the amelioration of the other.’ (Letter is divided into five envelopes, each containing nine pages. Franked 6 April 1833.) 45pp
Richard Barrett, editor of the Pilot was prosecuted by the government for having published on 8 April 1833, the last letter. He was tried and found guilty, imprisoned for six months and fined £100. During his imprisonment, O'Connell paid Barrett a total of £656, consisting of his £100 fine, £150 in American subscriptions and weekly sums amounting to £406.
18 February 1840
Private letter from Daniel O'Connell, 16 Pall Mall, London, to David R. Pigot, Solicitor General, concerning the Municipal Reform Bill. Letter published in full in Maurice R. O'Connell’s (ed.) 'The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, Vol. VI, 1837-1840' (Blackwater Dublin for the Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1977) p.308/9 (2687a), where the source is given as ‘Jesuit Fathers, Gardiner Street, Dublin.’
2pp
Most folders include a list of documents ( Triennial - recurring every three years) sent to Rome and also include documents relating to the Australian and Hong Kong Missions (and from the mid-1950s onwards documents relating to the Mission in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) ). Later years also include statistics on various Jesuit works and associations.
List of Priest's retreats by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of Priest's retreats by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ.
The Jesuits in Mungret, Monastery to College 1882-1974
Kevin A. Laheen S.J. 2014
ISBN 978 0 9929141 0 3
Published in July 2014
O'Brien Photo Books,
26 High Street
Limerick.
Laheen, Kevin A, 1919-2019, Jesuit priest
Obituary notices of brothers of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing the obituaries of brothers of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ.
Name Year of Death
Boyle, Robert 1878
Bowe, John 1883
Brady, Lawrence 1895
Curry, Thomas 1893
Dempsey, James 1904
Frayne, William 1895
Gallagher, Thomas 1865
Killian, Patrick 1894
Leny, Francis 1906
McHugh, James 1872
Monaghan, Bryan 1865
Nolan, Michael 1870
Pexton, John 1904
Rorke, James 1883
Rogan, John 1886
Short, John 1887
Scott, John 1894
Spiteri, Salvator 1871
Temple, Patrick 1890
Zanti, Francis 1851