Admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
- IE IJA J/687/2
- File
- 20 May 1950 - 17 July 1964
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
Admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
Ordination of Patrick J O'Brien SJ to the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Ordination of Patrick J O'Brien SJ to the Society of Jesus.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ Gwynn from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis (Secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association and Editor of the 'Catholic Historical Review'), on academic matters, including:
– the difficulties of gaining access to contemporary religious archives;
– ideas on academic exchanges between Ireland and the Unites States, ‘for scholarship, professors etc.’;
– the commemoration of the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Patrick;
– information on new American church historical publications;
– Fr Gwynn’s review of Mgr. Tracy Ellis’s 1952 'The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore 1834 - 1921' in 'Studies';
– financial difficulties of the Catholic University of America;
– the Monsignor’s lecturing activities;
– a proposed three-volume history of the Church in Ireland;
– comments on ‘the prospect of a Catholic in the White House’ (10 November 1960, 1p.);
– a proposed series of lectures in Dublin as part of the Patrician centennial celebration and the acquisition of copies of several letters of Archbishop Carroll in the Jesuit Archives.
Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992, Roman Catholic priest, monsignor and historian
Catalogues of benefactors to Mungret College
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Catalogues of benefactors. Includes the names of benefactors, the date on which the donation was made and the amount of money donated. Includes details of the benefactors wishes. Includes a memorandum (by Fr Patrick Joy SJ) on Benefactor's Masses in Mungret College (nd, 8pp).
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.
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Letter from Arthur Cox, Milltown Park, Dublin applying to enter the Society of Jesus
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Arthur Cox, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provvincial Charles O'Conor SJ applying to enter the Society of Jesus.
Material on the golden jubilee of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the golden jubilee of Rathfarnham Castle - 50 years as a Jesuit house. Includes lists of first Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle, invited guests, letters from those who attended the celebrations including Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland and John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin. Includes a letter from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop's House, Dublin 9 to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ remarking that he will not be able to attend the lunch after mass 'You will not miss my speech, I assure you, and the Province does not need to be told what I think.' (6 September 1963, 1p).
Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ. Includes notes, letters and postcards (mainly in German).
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Patrick McLoughlin, St John's, Carrigart, County Donegal to Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ concerning the papers of Dr Charles Russell held in Maynooth College and those in Leeson Street. Remarks 'My recollection is that those you had at 35 Lr. Leeson Street were a disappointing lot.'
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Patrick Cusack SJ, St Mary's, Emo, Portlaoise, County Laois to Irish Fr Provincial accepting an invitation to dinner. Discusses noviceship matters.
Cusack, Patrick, 1918-2003, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Rector of Mungret College, Limerick to Irish Fr Provincial
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Letters from Fr Rector of Mungret College, Limerick to the Irish Fr Provincial including Thomas V. Nolan SJ; Edward Cahill SJ; James Corboy SJ; Edward Dillon SJ; John T Kelly SJ; Brian MacMahon SJ and Gerard Perrott SJ.
Material relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death. Includes letters of sympathy.
File of material relating to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of his proposal to write a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church. Includes amended copy plan of chapters of the proposed book, sent to Methuen by Fr Gwynn entitled 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church' (n.d., 7pp). There is some disagreement about the type of book it should be. Fr Gwynn expressed his wish to gather his essays from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' and rewrite them to make a single connected story, however Mr. Wait wants a similar book but ‘on a good deal less detailed scale’ (13 January 1953, 2pp). Includes letters from Françoise Henry, U.C.D., to Fr Gwynn, offering to speak to the publishers on Fr Gwynn’s behalf (5, 23 February 1962, 2 items, 2pp each) and the publisher’s letter to Fr Gwynn following (Prof.) Henry’s conversation with them, “I would like a book, and I don’t insist on a ‘text book.’ I would like something that the educated person without specialised knowledge of the subject can read and which would be useful to students as well.” (19 February 1962, 1p.)
Wait, Peter, publisher
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Kyne, Bishop of Meath
Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Kyne, Bishop of Meath, requesting permission to convert Tullabeg from a house of philosophy to a retreat centre. Includes response from Bishop Kyne in which he states, ‘I am glad to note that it is not the intention to abandon Tullabeg for the present at least’.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
Small Crane, William Street West, Galway
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Sketch maps of plot of ground at ‘Small Crane’, William Street West, Galway. Details location in relation to Galway city and St Ignatius Catholic Church in colour and a more detailed perimeter of plot of land is illustrated. Scale is given. Includes a letter from Ed. Ralph Ryan, Chartered Engineer, 1 Montpellier Terrace, Galway to Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway referring to the site map. A note by Fr Tom Scully SJ indicates the total area excluding and including the walls in perches.
O'Higgins, Pearse, 1916-1976, Jesuit priest
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Ahern, Bishop of Cloyne, requesting permission to open a Jesuit house in his diocese upon the successful purchase of a property in East Ferry, Cobh, county Cork. Includes two responses from Bishop Ahern refusing this request.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ in which he describes a meeting between himself, Fr Michael Hurley SJ, Fr [John] O'Donnell SJ, two Church of Ireland Canons and the Church of Ireland Dean of Limerick, H.J. Talbot, which took place in the Dean’s house.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).
Wallace, William, 1863-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters sent by the house consultors and Rector and Vice-Rector of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Wah Yan College, Kowloon, to Irish Fr Provincial.
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, 1919-
Letters relating to the training of priests for Latin and South America
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file of copies of letters relating to the training of priests for Latin and South America, prepared by Fr Michael Hurley SJ, with responses by Frs Dan McDoanld, Francis Joy and John T Kelly.
Hurley, Michael, 1923-2011, Jesuit priest and ecumenist
Preparation of a prospectus to Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick
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A file relating to the preparation of a prospectus for Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters sent by the house consultors, Rector and Vice-Rector of Ricci Hall, Hong Kong to Irish Fr Provincial.
Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, 1929-
Letters sent by the consultors of the Hong Kong mission to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters sent by the consultors of the Hong Kong mission to Irish Fr Provincial. The letters contain information on the mission and the opinions of the consultors regarding the mission and its work.
Letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Herbert Dargan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Herbert Dargan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
Dargan, Herbert J, 1918-1993, Jesuit priest
Material related to Fr Albert Power SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Albert Power SJ. Includes a group photograph taken at Corpus Christi College, Melbourne on the occasion of his golden jubilee (1931, 1 item). Includes photographs of himself, members of his family and the family grave in Glasnevin cemetery. Includes letters written to his cousins Daisy and Vonnie, John Comford and Georgie Power. Includes various personal items.
Power, Albert, 1870-1948, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ, including letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ introducing Andrew O'Farrell to Fr Provincial (1913), catalogue entry (1930), memorial card and obituary.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various priests and academics (mostly Fr Andrew Gray, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Horsham, Sussex) concerning the discovery in the Public Record Office, of a foundation charter of a Carthusian charterhouse in Ireland at Kinaleghin (Kinalahan, Kinalekin or Kilnaleghin) by John de Cogan in 1267; and the publication of Fr Gray’s resultant article on Kinaleghin. Includes: colour photograph of Fr Gray (13 September 1957);
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters sent by the house consultors, Prefect of Studies and Rector of the Regional Seminary to Irish Fr Provincial.
House consultor's letter from John Collins SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
House consultor's letter from Frs John Collins, Donal Taylor, John O'Meara, Francis McGaley, James Hurley and Joseph Mallin, and John Gannon, St Francis Xavier's, (Language School, Novitiate and Retreat House) 27 Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong.
Collins, John J, 1912-1997, Jesuit priest and missioner
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of copies of letters from Irish Fr Provincial to the Superior of the Hong Kong Mission concerning the administration of the mission and men destined for work in Hong Kong.
Material relating to the Irish Jesuit Mission Office (The Ricci Mission Unit) based in Ireland
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the Irish Jesuit Mission Office (The Ricci Mission Unit) based in Ireland. The file contains financial information (accounts, donations and burses) relating to the Hong Kong mission, letters by Fr Thomas Martin SJ, relating to the administration of the Hong Kong mission and personnel/volunteers for the mission.
Ricci Mission Unit, Tullamore, County Offaly, 1928-
Material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office. Includes passport photograph; mortuary card; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Headon SJ and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Missions Office, Dublin. Also includes letters from former students of Fr Headon.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the Church of St Francis Xavier, Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Federation of Malaya. Includes documents relating to the proposed contract between the Society and the Bishop of Kuala Lumpur.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
House consultors letters regarding the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Federation of Malaya to Irish Fr Provincial.
Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Irish Manuscripts Commission work
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics including Dr Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, Prof Jim Lydon (Professor of History, T.C.D.) and Dr Ludwig Bieler, relating to the [Irish Manuscripts Commission]. Includes: carbon copy of a ‘Report on Manuscripts of Irish Interest in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg’ by Dr Ludwig Bieler (August 1957, 11pp).
St Ignatius Parents’ Association
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copy letter from D. Nevin (St. Ignatius Parents’ Association (Reconstruction) to parents asking for contributions ‘towards defraying the very heavy cost of reconstruction of St Ignatius College, Galway’. Indicates how to contribute and explains the chance of getting a gift of £25 or £50 for every pound contributed.
Mission material relating to Fr Brian MacMahon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Brian MacMahon SJ. Includes passport, photographs, obituary, personal record and correspondence between Fr MacMahon and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photographs concerning Stephen Bates ordination, family and outdoor scenes
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing papers relating to Fr Stephen Bates SJ successful completion of the Irish Red Cross Society First Aid Certificate, and photographs concerning his ordination (31 July 1936, Milltown Park, Dublin), family and outdoor scenes, weddings and farming.
Material relating to Fr Richard Gallagher SJ from mission office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Richard Gallagher SJ, including photographs, passport, announcement of death, personal recor,; obituaries, and letters from Fr Gallagher to Fr Thomas J Martin, Mission Office, Dublin and Fr Eddie Bourke SJ 19 Kickham Street, Carrick-on-Suir, county Tipperary.
Letter from Fr Henry King SJ to ‘Fr. Seán’ asking him to help him with spiritual work
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Letter from Fr Henry King SJ to ‘Fr. Seán’ asking him to help him with spiritual work. He feels he has neglected a community in Lower Mount Street and writes, ‘Of course I was sick and then unwell for many weeks and then considerable difficulties with retreats in May and June and then a fortnight in Achill and then my own retreat and now the 30 days etc etc You are young and I am not’.
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);
Letter from Fr Thomas Fitzgerald SJ to Fr Pat [ ] SJ concerning a questionnaire about Chinese Rites
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Thomas Fitzgerald SJ, Catholic Cathedral, 3 Farquhar Street, Penang to Fr Pat [ ] SJ concerning a questionnaire about Chinese Rites. Asks for Pat [ ], SJ's opinion on some points relating to Chinese Rites.
FitzGerald, Thomas R, 1905-1967, Jesuit priest
Letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Thomas Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Thomas Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
Byrne, Thomas, 1904-1978, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Richard J Kennedy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Richard J Kennedy SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Stephen Brown SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Central Catholic Library and an invitation issued by Fr O'Connell to Dr Downey to give another lecture. Remarks 'He was quite well aware of the Archbishop's attitude in reference to the previous lecture.' Remarks that a number of people at the meeting where Dr Downey's lecture was discussed advised that the Archbishop should be informed. Continues that it was agreed to seek the Archbishop's support. Remarks '...when Mr O'Kelly Hon. Sec. went up to Archbishop's House he was told that the Archbishop could not give his patronage to the lecture and was thinking of with drawing his patronage altogether from the library.' Following a letter of apology and an undertaking to cancel the lecture the Archbishop agreed to continue his patronage of the Central Catholic Library.
Correspondence related to an incident at a dance at St Francis Xavier's Hall
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence related to an incident at a dance at St Francis Xavier's Hall, 29 November 1959, involving Michael P. Flynn, Station Sergeant, Garda Siochana and Mr Kevin O'Brien. Flynn is alleged to have used inappropriate language and both Flynn and Fr Troddyn (acting on behalf of O'Brien and himself) are seeking apologies.
Novitiate order of time for St Mary's, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Novitiate order of time for St Mary's, Emo.
Mission material relating to Fr William Merritt SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr William Merritt SJ (Limerick and Hong Kong) and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
Letter from "P" to Charlie concerning an African boy who wishes to attend Mungret Apostolic School
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Letter from "P", Mungret College, Limerick to Charlie [ ] concerning an African boy (Ladislaus Kamata) who wishes to attend Mungret Apostolic School.
Perrott, Gerard P, 1909-1985, Jesuit priest
Material on finances, visitation memorials and Historia Domus for Ricci Hall, Hong Kong
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Ricci Hall, Hong Kong. Includes documents relating to the finances of the hall, visitation memorials, Historia Domus.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from the Internuncio Apostolic in China concerning the possibility of establishing a Catholic University in Canton under the direction of the Jesuit Fathers. Expresses his pleasure at the enlargement of the Jesuit Language School in Hong Kong.
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (mostly holograph letters from the Archbishop and copies of Fr. Provincial’s replies) on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on various matters including the vacancy in the See of Cashel and the appointment of a new Jesuit confessor to the Nunciature following the appointment of former confessor, Fr Joy, as Rector of Mungret College, Limerick. Includes letter to Fr Provincial from Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ concerning a candidate for the vacancy and copy of one of Fr Provincial’s replies to the Nuncio.
Alibrandi, Gaetano, 1914-2003, papal diplomat
Mission material relating to Robert Thompson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Robert Thompson SJ. Includes photograph, list of photographic transparencies introducing Chikuni; personal record; correspondence related to donation of a bell (Patrick Reilly, Multyfarnham, County Westmeath) between Fr Thompson and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Rory Maguire SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Roger Maguire SJ. Includes photograph; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Maguire and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Death certificate for Fr.James McCann SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Death certificate for Fr James McCann SJ who died at Milltown Park, Dublin. Includes letter from the National Bank Limited, Dublin which returned the death certificate to Fr John Mulligan SJ, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to education, finance and formation
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General’s Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.
Electrical installation in Science room at St Ignatius College, Galway
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Copy of contract document, ‘Proposed Science Room, St Ignatius College, Galway: Document E Specification for the electrical installation including Scheduled, Summary and Form of tender’ by J. A Kenny & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Eglington House, Eglington Street, Galway for Fr John Hughes SJ, (Rector), St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes insert of copy of memorandum of agreement between Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ, (Rector) St Ignatius College, Galway and Patrick Dolan, Electrical Contractor, Shangort, Barna, County Galway (1959) and specifications and general conditions of contract for the ‘Proposed Erection of Science Room at St. Ignatius College, Galway for Very Rev. Fr. John Hughes SJ Rector’ by Patrick Tobin, Consulting Engineer, 22, Eyre square, Galway.
Memorandum of agreements between Fr Robert Nash SJ and publishers
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorandum of agreements between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Brown & Nolan Limited, 41 42 Nassau street, Dublin, The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A, M.H Gill & Son, 50 Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin and Benziger Brothers, 6 - 8 Barclay street, New York 8, N.Y, U.S.A
Includes issues such as delivery date, royalty payments and conditions of sale and resale.
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from A. Vernet, Paris
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from A. Vernet, Paris, with reference to the sacramentaries listed by Léopold Victor Delisle in his Catalogue of manuscripts in French libraries.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1958
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1958 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Michael A. O'Grady SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin to Fr General J B Janssens SJ, 5 Borgo Santo Spirito, Rome outlining the reasons why he feels the novitiate for candidates of the Society of Jesus in the far East should be transferred from Formosa to Hong Kong.
O'Grady, Michael A, 1911-1969, Jesuit priest
Admission of Derek Reid to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Derek Reid to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
Letters, memoranda and reports concerning the various Sodalities
Letters, memoranda and reports concerning the various Sodalities in Irish Jesuit works.
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from William O'Sullivan containing extract from the Dowth Missal
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from William O'Sullivan (Keeper of Manuscripts, T.C.D. Library) containing extract from the Dowth Missal from Archbishop Ussher’s notebook.
O'Sullivan, William, d 2000, Keeper of Manuscripts, Trinity College Dublin
Difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School, Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School. Includes suggestions towards a solution of the difficulties (nd, 1p).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from John Eric Colledge of the English Language Department, University of Liverpool, on his academic publications and research, including his proposal to lecture in U.C.D. on St. Nicholas of Flüe, an ‘illiterate contemplative.’
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
Summary of the Annual Letters from the Hong Kong mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Summary of the Annual Letters from the Hong Kong mission, including a summary of the Apostolates in each house in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaya.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the road widening scheme at Rathfarnham and work carried out by Dublin Corporation on part of the boundary wall of Rathfarnham Castle and the subsequent problems that arose due to the Corporation's failure to complete the work. Includes a letter from Tom Bacon, Solicitor (acting on behalf of the Jesuit Fathers), 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr McDonald SJ Remarks 'This matter has taken a new and interesting turn... Mr Beausang (Dublin Corporation).. .explained his predicament. Apparently in his final anxiety to get the work through he agreed our terms without obtaining any additional estimates as to the cost... Mr Beausang states that there is a deficiency of at least £7,000...There is no fund out of which this deficiency can be met...Mr Beausang's first suggestion was that the Jesuit Fathers would make a grant to the corporation of half the increased cost namely £3,500. When he was told that this was out of the question it was then suggested that you might disclaim the acquisition money £2,000.' (11 October 1956, 3pp).
Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
Harris, Richard, 1903-1998, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Muriel J. L Frazer, 48, Wellington Road, Belfast to Fr john J Coyne SJ regarding the contribution made by Fr John J Neary SJ, to the Caribbean voyage last winter.
Letters and memoranda to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed re-publication of the 'Irish Monthly'.
Circulars and letters to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ and Vice-Provincial Fr John Coyne SJ from Fr General John Baptist Janssens SJ, Fr Joseph Bolland SJ, English Assistant, Fr Friedrich Schwendimann SJ and others. Includes letters concerning the appointment of Iacobus Martegani as Italian Assistant (14 January 1955); the use of contraceptive devices by married couples (19 May 1955); the fourth centenary of the death of Ignatius Loyola (31 July 1955); the situation of the Society of Jesus in Poland (28 January 1957).
Janssens, Jean-Baptiste,1889-1964, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letter from Fr Edward J. Coyne SJ, Director of Extra-Mural Studies at UCD, to Patrick Kavanagh
Part of Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin
Letter from Fr Edward J. Coyne SJ, Director of Extra-Mural Studies at UCD, to Patrick Kavanagh re. the latter's series of Extra-Mural lectures. Asks Kavanagh for “some idea of the type of poems [he intends to read] and the general line of remarks...I am delighted to hear you are in better health and also that the Muse has returned to you, even ina violent way”.
Coyne, Edward J, 1896-1958, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Bishop Theodor Kramer, Würzburg, on sending Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ a paper on the Cult of St. Killian (3pp). Includes copy of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ review of 'New Light on St. Killian' by J. Dienemann (Würzburg, 1955) the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record', 1957 (88, pp.1–16) ).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence concerning Madame Regina Łukasiewicz’s accusations of the theft of her late husband’s papers by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Prof. E. O'Doherty of U.C.D. (her late husband was Jan Łukasiewicz, Professor of Mathematical Logic at the Royal Irish Academy (a special professorship) ). Madame Łukasiewicz was suffering from ‘paranoid psychosis with delusions of persecution’ and was admitted to St Vincent’s Private Mental Home for a number of weeks until Fr Gwynn helped to arrange her removal to the house of her nephew in England. The papers had in actual fact, been deposited by herself in the R.I.A. Library in 1956. Documents include:
File of material relating to Fr John Carroll SJ taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr John Carroll SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes newspaper
obituaries; probate of will; announcement of death; and correspondence between Fr Carroll and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Milltown Park and Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Circular letter sent to an individual accepting him into the novitiate in St Mary's Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Circular letter sent to an individual accepting him into the novitiate in St Mary's Emo.
Correspondence of bequests made to Father Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions
A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.
File of mission material on Fr Peter Dunne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Peter Dunne SJ including passport photographs, personal record, and correspondence in the main from Fr Dunne to Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. (Nickname - Pinky Dunne, due to pink cheeks).
Letters from Gerard (brother in law) to Fr William White SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Gerard (brother in law), 21 Havelock Street, Glasgow and Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, rOME to Fr William White SJ.
Letters relating to visitors to the Chinese/Hong Kong mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to visitors to the Chinese/Hong Kong mission. The letters relate to the administration of the mission and the Jesuits working in the mission. Includes a copy of a letter from the Superior of the mission Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ to Fr Visitor, Fr Burkhardt SJ concerning the mission in light of the communist occupation of the neighbouring provinces of China. Describes the effects of this occupation on the work of the mission (15 January 1950, 11pp).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a draft of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Michael A O'Grady SJ to Fr General J. B. Janssens SJ concerning the question whether the Irish Jesuit Mission of Hong Kong (including Singapore and Malaya) should be constituted a dependent Vice-Province or retain its status as a mission under the jurisdiction of the Irish Provincial. Outlines the opinions of the consultors of the Irish Province the Superior and consultors of the Hong Kong mission and the Provincial of the Irish Province.
O'Grady, Michael A, 1911-1969, Jesuit priest
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1957
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1957 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia. This mission was set up as a separate mission from Lusaka (Polish) in 1 January 1957.
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr. Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests. Includes: - references to MacNiocaill’s proposed thesis on the history of the Cistercians in Ireland;
Postcards and notes from the artist, Evie Hone to Fr Daniel Shields SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of postcards and notes from the artist, Evie Hone to Fr Daniel Shields SJ (29 September 1941-11 August 1952) in which pleasantries are given and items of news, ‘I expect you heard that Michael Healy died last Mon. I feel very sad for myself but he could not have recovered to work’ (29 September 1941). Evie Hone writes from Kilkenny, Paris and Rathfarnham, Dublin. This material was found in the room of Fr Daniel Shields SJ after his death. Includes a newspaper cutting with an image of Evie Hone and her last stained-glass window, an obituary and a colour sketch of Mary and Child, by Evie Hone.
In 'Studies: An Irish quarterly review', Vol. XLVI, pp. 377-378, Autumn, 1957, Fr Daniel Shields SJ reviews ‘A tribute to Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett’.
Hone, Evie, 1894-1955, Irish painter and stained glass artist
Appointment of Spiritual Directors for 'An Ríoghacht' study circles
Correspondence concerning the appointment of Spiritual Directors for 'An Ríoghacht' study circles. Includes circulars explaining the foundation and objectives of 'An Ríoghacht'. Also includes circulars seeking donations to raise a Fr Edward Cahill SJ memorial fund which will be used to establish a burse in Mungret Apostolic College for the education of future missionary priests (n.d., 2 items).
Triduum at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Notices related to the times and frequency of masses during the Triduum of Renovation and Manual Masses.
Mission material relating to Fr William Lee SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr William Lee SJ. Includes photograph; personal record; article entitled ‘Wings over Africa’; and correspondence between Fr.William Lee SJ and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Dublin.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed translation of the French Catholic Encyclopaedia.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning proposed publications of biographies of, and brochures on, St Ignatius Loyola during the fourth centenary of the saint’s death.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letter from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the number of Holy Communions for the year [1956] taken in St Francis Xavier's Church.
O'Mara, Patrick, 1875-1969, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner
Mechanical Services for St Francis Xavier's Hall
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Specifications for the Mechanical Services for St Francis Xavier's Hall, Sherrard Street by Architect, Messrs. Jones and Kelly and Consulting Engineer, L.C.G. Leonard, 12 Clare Street. Includes a letter from L.C.G. Leonard, Dublin to Fr Troddyn, Upper Gardiner Street concerning tenders for mechanical services and an analysis of the estimates submitted.
Jones and Kelly, architects
The Jesuit Mission to Ireland 1596-1626
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
M.A. thesis by James J Corboy SJ, entitled 'The Jesuit Mission to Ireland 1596-1626' at the faculty of Modern History, UCD (2 copies, 248pp each) (1941) with separate bibliography and index (34pp). Also includes letter from Dr R Dudley Edwards, UCD and Fr Jerome Mahony SJ concerning ‘Lord Justice Loftus’ and ‘Carew’ (5pp) (21 June 1954), and letter from Fr Jerome Mahony SJ to Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ that he has completed Menelogy up to 1800 (13 February 1956).
Corboy, James, 1916-2004, Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Monze
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Michael Scott, Architect, 19 Merrion Square, Dublin to Fr Joseph Erraught SJ, Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle concerning the erection of a statue of St Ignatius by the sculptor Oisín Kelly at Rathfarnham and payment for same.
Scott, Michael, 1905-1989, architect
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1956
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1956 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A report by John Gannon SJ sent to Irish Fr Provincial on Chinese education and a proposal to establish a centre for Chinese students. Includes a covering letter.
Gannon, John B, 1922-, former Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from various individuals living and working in Hong Kong to Irish Fr Provincial concerning their work in the Hong Kong mission.