Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death
- IE IJA J/108/1
- File
- 26 June 1934 - 9 July 1972
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death in an air crash.
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death in an air crash.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Howatson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Howatson SJ. Includes passport; mortuary card; announcement of death; requiem; and correspondence between Fr Howatson and Frs. Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and his sister, Helen Clarke, Tralee, County Kerry and Fr Martin.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Grogan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Grogan SJ. Includes photographs; announcement of death; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Grogan and Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to ‘The Archbishop’s Planning Commission for Third Level Colleges under the City of Dublin Vocational Education Authority’, which was established to investigate the ‘religious, educational, emotional and intellectual needs of the students’ and to ‘determine the policy to be pursued and the measures to be taken for the adequate religious education of Catholic students attending Third Level Courses in the Colleges of the City of Dublin Vocational Education Group’. Includes a report of the Commission (4 May 1971, 11 pages).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Gerard P Nolan SJ, including catalogue entry, correspondence regarding his entry into the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and biographical information.
Nolan, Gerard P, 1912-1972, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to biographical material on Fr Brendan Barry SJ, including reference to his death.
Barry, Brendan, 1920-1972, Jesuit priest
Programme for a day retreat for engaged couples at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Programme for a day retreat for engaged couples at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Material relating to Fr Joseph Howatson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Joseph Howatson SJ, his entry into the Society of Jesus and his death.
Howatson, Joseph, 1910-1972, Jesuit priest
Misson material relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of misson material relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ, Includes passport; passport photographs; photographs; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Toner and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ which documents his life from 1912 until his death, 1972.
Galway:
Photographic album includes:
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of correspondence between Brother Gabriel, De La Salle College, Churchtown and Fr Richard Coyne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin concerning the history of Rathfarnham Castle.
Historical note on Rathfarnham castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Historical note on Rathfarnham castle. Includes a postcard with a note by Fr Richard Coyne SJ concerning the historical note and remarks that he left a copy with Mrs Carter, 12 Doddervale. Continues 'The housekeeper asked if I were from the castle and if I wanted to see the picture...The housekeeper said they were expecting another priest...to call to see the picture. I had mentioned at my last visit that Fr Rector might be interested in seeing it.' (2 September 1972, 1 item).
Coyne, Richard C, 1917-1999, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File of letters addressed to Fr Patrick Doyle SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle, mainly containing expressions of interest in sites or houses in the proposed new development at Rathfarnham. Letters include both those from individual applicants and cooperative housing associations.
Mission material relating to Fr Seán Turner SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Seán Turner SJ. Includes obituary, personal record, travel details, photograph, letter from Fr Turner to Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin (27 August 1949) and a letter from Jim Turner, Sligo to Irish Fr Provincial (6 February 1972).
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Francis Joy SJ, Belvedere College asking him for a brief summary of the history of Mungret Apostolic School. Includes a copy of Fr Joy's summary.
McGarry, Cecil, 1929-2009, Jesuit priest
Programme for a day retreat for ladies at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Programme for a day retreat for ladies at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Bibliographical references to Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Bibliographical references to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Historia Domus for Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Historia Domus for Rathfarnham Castle for the year 1971 - 1972.
File of material relating to Fr John Coyne SJ taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr John Coyne SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes photographs; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Coyne and Fr Thomas J Martin, SJ Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Correspondence between Fr Charles Daly SJ and his Irish Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Charles Daly SJ and his Irish Provincials.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof F.X. Martin, O.S.A. (Department of Medieval History, U.C.D.) introducing Dr Michael Richter, (Department of Welsh History, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) and letter from Dr Richter to Fr Gwynn concerning his edition of the ‘Canterbury Professions.’ Includes:
– reprint from 'The Downside Review' of Richter’s article 'Archbishop Lanfranc and the Canterbury Primacy' – Some Suggestions (Vol. 90, No. 299, April 1972, p.110 – 118);
– photocopies of ‘the relevant pages’ of 'Canterbury Professions', (1973);
– partial draft of Dr Richter’s manuscript on Church Reform in Britain and Ireland after the Conquest ([1969], p.29 – 78 and appendices and footnotes).
Martin, F. X., 1922-2000, Augustinian, historian and activist
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Frederick Paye SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, ordination card and application to join the Society.
Paye, Frederick, 1895-1972, Jesuit priest
Newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and photographs.
Mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr William R Prendergast SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and an album of black and white photographs (Jesuit life, villa, school and family photographs (1916-1950).
Prendergast, William R, 1906-1971, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ concerning his health and his wish to pass on the editorship of An Timire to somebody else. Suggests Fr Sean Ó Duibhir SJ. Includes a copy reply from Fr Provincial.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Paul P O'Dea SJ, including his mother's (Mrs Bridget O'Dea) will.
O'Dea, Paul P, 1894-1972, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry, obituary, and correspondence concerning Fr Gerard Guinane SJ. Includes letters relating to his nomination to the board of the IRFU (10 May - 17 June 1968, 4 items).
Guinane, Gerard, 1900-1971, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Material on the water supply to Rathfarnham castle and surrounding businesses
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file containing extensive material on the water supply to Rathfarnham castle and surrounding businesses. Includes copious correspondence concerning the upkeep of the millrace and repairs to the sluice gates to avoid flooding in the area.
List of deeds relating to Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
List of deeds (1847-1913) relating to Rathfarnham Castle. Passed by Mr Lawson, of Messrs. J.B. Lawson, Solicitors, 9 Ely Place, Dublin to the Rector, Fr Eric Guiry SJ.
Memorial cards of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s family
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorial cards of Fr Gwynn’s family:
– brother Owen John Gwynn (died 24 January 1919) (1919, 1 item);
– brother Edward Lucius Gwynn (died 7 September 1919, age 28) (1919, 2 items; 1 includes a photograph);
– mother Mary Louisa Gwynn (died 26 April 1941) (1941, 2 items);
– aunt Jane Emily Dumergue (died 2 May 1949) (1949, 1 item) and
– brother Denis Gwynn (died 10 April 1971, age 78) (1971, 1 item, with photograph).
Letters from Alice Gwynn to Fr Gwynn following the death of her husband
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Alice Gwynn to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ following the death of her husband (Fr Gwynn's brother Denis). Includes descriptions of Alice's mother, Hazel Martyn (Lady Lavery) (10 May 1971, 8pp).
Gwynn, Alice, 1904-1991
Material related to Liam Egan SJ and canary bredding
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material related to Liam Egan SJ. Typed notes (possibly by Fr Egan) on ‘Canary Breeding at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin’ published in ‘Cage Birds’, 4 August 1949. Letter from Donal G. (Godfrey), Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Fr Edward O'Keefe SJ (ADMN/7) on the typed notes and the sale of birds by Val (McLaughlin).
Copy of 'Birds of Ireland' by P.G. Kennedy SJ, Robert F. Ruttledge and C.F. Scroope
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of 'Birds of Ireland' by P.G. Kennedy SJ, Robert F. Ruttledge and C.F. Scroope. Includes insert pasted letter from John S. Barrington, Cregane Manor, Rosscarbery, Cork to Fr Kennedy (22 October 1954), and letter from 'Oliver and Boyd', publisher deciding not to reprint 'Birds of Ireland' (22 April 1970).
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning interest due to the Jesuit Fathers following the sale of St Mary's, Emo.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
Album of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Album and envelope of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church.
List of retreat promoters, from Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Bound list of retreat promoters, from Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters containing provincial and international news sent by Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ for display on the notice board at Rathfarnham Castle.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Benson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Benson SJ. Includes passports; vaccination card; photographs; personal record; announcement of death; key, copy of birth and death certificates; university certificates; correspondence between Fr Benson and Fr Thomas Martin, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick of the apse windows, University Hall, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick, architect, Milltown, Dublin of the apse windows, University Hall, Hatch Street. 5 lancet windows in apse of chapel, Symbols of Christ were undertaken by Evie Hone.
Rateable valuation of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the rateable valuation of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a letter from Donal Ó Buachalla and company, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin to Fr Patrick Doyle SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin 14 remarking that the Rathfarnham property is '...included in the current (1970) Annual Revision Lists...(these lists) allows us an opportunity to take advantage of this listing to appeal the valuation on the general grounds of age, obsolescence, excess accommodation and the ever increasing costs of maintenance and security.'
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Eoin Kenny, J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev. William Dargan SJ, 84 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning the account for the centralisation of the boiler plant at Emo. Includes a detailed account of the cost of the work carried out.
J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers
Letter from Thomas Bacon, solicitor to Fr William Dargan SJ, concerning the sale of St Mary's, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Thomas Bacon, Solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning the sale of St Mary's, Emo.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
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.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Typed memorandum outlining the present position of development plans for the Rathfarnham area by Dublin City Planning Authorities.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Copy letter from Fr Matthew Meade SJ, Director, Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Retreat Promoters, Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle concerning the new road and long term development plans and how these might affect Rathfarnham Castle. Reassures the Association that the work of the retreats will not be disrupted.
Meade, Matthew, 1912-1992, Jesuit priest
Proposed development of Jesuit land at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File of material relating to the proposed development of Jesuit land at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes planning application, appeal, and letters from local residents and from Andrew Devane, architect, and Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer.
Irish mission office material on Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ
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File of Irish mission office material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; personal record; correspondence between Miss Eva Fitzgerald, Patient, Waterford County and City Infirmary, Waterford (sister of Fr Thomas) and Fr Provincial regarding her application for assistance from the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association; and correspondence between Fr Fitzgerald and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
Letter to Dr Michael Cox from Fr Gerald Manley Hopkins SJ
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Typescript copy of original holograph letter of Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ to Dr Michael F. Cox (31 March 1887) commenting on the thesis of the pamphlet on the Irish woollen industry by Sarah Atkinson. ‘I now return your pamphlet with thanks…I more than ever note the selfishness of the legislation of 1699 etc., but I also more clearly see that it goes but a very little way to explaining the poverty in Ireland…’ Comments on a paper by Rev. William Cunningham (a distinguished economic historian), from which he lists a number of ‘relevant facts’ and concludes ‘The above shews a picture of selfishness and shortsighted folly, but it also fails to shew the cause of Ireland’s want of commercial prosperity. So far as there is blame Irishmen must be in great part to blame for that.’
With note on top left corner by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ (Editor of 'Studies'), ‘Copy typed from original (which is mislaid at Feb 1970)’ i.e. this copy was made by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ about 1965 when he received the two letters from Fr Arthur Cox, son of Dr. Michael F. Cox. The letter published in 'Studies' was taken from this typescript copy as the original holograph letter had, by that time, been lost. (See article in 'Studies', Spring 1970, pp.19-25 for explanatory notes and introduction to the letter.)
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889, Jesuit priest and poet
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Brochure produced by the Catholic Housing Aid Society on a proposed development of a flat complex for the old and newly-weds (St Anne’s Court), at Lower Gardiner Street.
Catholic Housing Aid Society
Photographs of lay groups associated with St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Two photographs of lay groups associated with St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Both taken outdoors, names are on the rear of photograph with Fr Quigley SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ enclosing a list of suitable names to take over the editorship of An Timire.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Photographs of Denis Gwynn, and Sheila Moorhead
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s brother, Denis and sister, Sheila Moorhead, at Malahide, Dublin (1970), at the grave of Mary Louisa Gwynn, Stanmullan, County Meath (1970) and Jacquline's wedding (30 April 1968).
Gwynn, Denis Rolleston, 1893-1971, journalist and historian
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ concerning a crisis in the administration of Cullacht Mhuire with a knock on effect in the administration of FÁS and An Timire. Seeks an appointment with Fr Provincial to discuss the situation. Refers also to his health and expresses his concern for the survival of An Timire under the circumstances.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, Solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning a draft contract for the sale of Emo Park.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
Irish Jesuits 1560 - 1814 Vol.2.
Stephenson, James B, 1906-1979, Jesuit priest
Material relating to the development of property at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File containing material relating to the development of property at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence concerning the widening of the road running through the property, as envisaged by Dublin Corporation as part of its general town plan, and initial correspondence relating to the development and planning permission for the land itself. Contains letters by Donal Ó Buachalla, auctioneer, Thomas Bacon of J.G. O'Connor and Company Solicitors, E.J. Bourke, Dublin City Engineer, Frs Fergal McGrath and Patrick Doyle, Rectors, Rathfarnham Castle, and Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Correspondence concerning Fr Francis Finegan’s organisation of the erection of a plaque on Fr John Austin’s grave in St Kevin’s Cemetery. Includes a copy plan showing the proposed treatment for Fr Austin’s grave (scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot).
File of correspondence relating to the possibility of assistance being provided to save a Jesuit mission in Baghdad by members of the Irish Province. Includes letters between Irish Provincials Brendan Barry and Cecil McGarry and Fr John J. Donohue SJ, Superior of the Iraq Mission, St Joseph’s Residence, Baghdad, and Fr William G. Guindon SJ, Provincial of the New England Province of the Society.
Donohue, John, 1926-2022, Jesuit priest
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).
Series of photographs of Manresa and the horse show
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Series of colour and black and white photographs of Manresa and the horse show which took place there. Includes photographs from the roof of Manresa, the selling of tea, Punch and Judy, presentation of rosettes (by Charlie Haughey), work on new building (17 September 1966; 7 January 1967), one day retreat for engaged couples (5 April 1969).
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Laurence J. McCabe, Jackson-Stops and McCabe, Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning items to be included in the sale of Emo. Includes the list of items.
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 to the parents of a prospective novice informing them of their son's acceptance into the novitiate.
History of the College of Technology, Bolton Street from the 1950s until 1968
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
‘An Historical Critique’. History of the College of Technology, Bolton Street from the 1950s up to the writing of the document, in relation to its development, education, student numbers and facilities. The writer, in an attempt to encourage the directors of the College to extend the facilities to cope with the changing needs of the students, warns of imminent revolt.
Minute book of the Layman's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Minute book of the Layman's Retreat Association, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (This Association subsequently operated from Milltown Park).
Discovery of a woman's skeleton behind panelling in one of the rooms in Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the alleged discovery of a woman's skeleton behind panelling in one of the rooms in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence between Fr Fergal McGrath SJ and Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ concerning the matter (14 May 1968 - 17 May 1968, 3 items).
'Archdevil' and Jesuit, The background, life, and times of James Archer from 1950 to 1604
Thesis from M.A. Degree.
History
University College Dublin
Thomas J. Morrissey.
1 September 1968.
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial seeking accommodation in Leeson Street
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Belvedere College, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ seeking accommodation in Leeson Street as a result of the demolition of the Ossary and Messenger Office.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Photocopy of a postcard from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rome, Italy to his niece Sr Marie Hilary
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of a postcard from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rome, Italy to his niece Sr Marie Hilary, St Vincent's Hospital, St Stephen's Green, Dublin concerning his visit to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces and St Maria Goretti.
Newspaper extract entitled ‘As tribute to late Fr Scully’
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Newspaper extract entitled ‘As tribute to late Fr Scully’, written by James MacSweeney. Reports that the Committee of the Catholic Housing Aid Society have decided to name the block of flats at St Anne’s Court ‘Fr. Scully House’. Appeals for funds.
MacSweeney, James, chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society
'Steering neutral in troubled waters: Hong Kong 1941-1945'
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of notices and order of time for retreats conducted by Fr John Counihan SJ at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries and letters to Fr John O'Leary SJ on running expenses and supply to parishes in England (7 items).
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ to James MacSweeney
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ to James MacSweeney, in reply to the latter’s letter of 23 January.
Barry, Brendan, 1920-1972, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry from Sr Mary Regis, Mercy Convent, Doon, County Limerick, following Fr Leonard Sheil's death. Encloses letters sent to her from Fr Sheil over a number of years and press-cuttings relating to him, in the hope they might be useful to the Society when writing Fr Sheil's biography. States ‘I thought I would like to do a little for him after all he did for me.…When he started his missions in England I used to make pictures & pieties to help him & send them to the different addresses. He sent me accounts of these missions…He never thought of himself, his aim was to use everything he could to bring souls to God… I have kept letters of his since 1939 & all the years of the war & until he wrote before Christmas to announce his illness’ (Aug. 1968, 4pp). Encloses seven letters from Fr Sheil, thanking her for sending badges and medals and discussing her health and his missions. Includes letter in which he remarks ‘…thanks so much for all your lovely pictures and things. They are immensely valued over here. Sometimes indeed religion is not valued, but I hope that these pictures etc. will make it impossible for them to forget the lovely things of Our Faith. One little boy brought five Protestant pals, mostly bigger than himself, to the mission at West Hartlepool. I have had many conversions of people years away from Mass and the Sacraments. Many others have rejected me. The [leak]age of the children when they leave school, & have no Catholic school, and no good parents, is frightful. I start missions again on January 8th at Coventry and near Northampton. They will be very tough, so help me with your prayers. I bless each house I enter, put them on their knees, if they don’t refuse, and instal (sic.) a holy picture’ (28 Dec. 19--, 2pp). Also includes photocopies of clippings on Fr Sheil from various English newspapers (n.d., 4 items).
Mission office material relating to Fr Frank McDonagh SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Frank McDonagh SJ. Includes personal record and passport details.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript and handwritten copies of entries relating to Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ in University College account books made by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ:
– ‘Day Book I 1884 – 5, Aug. 28th ’84 to April 25 ’85’ (Summer 1968, 2 items, 1p. each);
– ‘Account Book 1885 – 91’ (1p.) and
– ‘Large Account Book 1883 – 91’ (1p.).
(See University College collection for original account books)
Photocopy of ‘Status Temporalis Coll. Univ. a die 1st Sep. 1884 ad d. 1 Aug. 1885.’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of ‘Status Temporalis Coll. Univ. a die 1st Sep. 1884 ad d. 1 Aug. 1885.’ Contains reference to Fr Hopkins under ‘Receipts: Ordinary’ – ‘Fr. Hopkins, Mr Curtis, Fr Klein – 866.19.7.’
Newsletter of the Catholic Housing Aid Society
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Newsletter of the Catholic Housing Aid Society for January 1968. Reports on fund-raising activities for the ‘Flats for the Aged’ project on Lower Gardiner Street.
Catholic Housing Aid Society
Letter from James MacSweeney, Chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Letter from James MacSweeney, Chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ. Expresses condolences on behalf of the Society on the death of Fr Thomas Scully SJ. Asks Fr Barry to appoint another Jesuit in Fr Scully’s place, and asks permission to name the flats to be built in Lower Gardiner Street after Fr Scully. Encloses the Society’s January 1968 newsletter (SOC/4) and a document entitled ‘Our Problem’ (SOC/5).
MacSweeney, James, chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society
Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’. Reports on a ceremony for the blessing and laying of the foundation stone of Father Scully House by the Archbishop of Dublin Dr John Charles McQuaid. Includes a photograph of James MacSweeney, Sr. M. Colombiere Scully (sister of Fr Scully) and Dr McQuaid.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File of correspondence between Fr Patrick Doyle SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham Castle, and Thomas Bacon of J.G. O'Connor, solicitors, relating to the purchase of the fee farm rent for Rathfarnham Castle from the Blackburn Estate.
Mission material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ. Includes passport; passport photographs; personal record; obituary; accounts of the trial of Canadian Sisters in Canton (2 December 1951); the Communists in Canton (1949); Fr Sullivan’s experiences 1942 - 1945 ; and correspondence between Fr Edmund Sullivan and Fr. Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence mainly between Irish Fr Provincial, Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and the English Provincial, relating to Fr Sheil’s Mission work in England. Includes:
– incomplete letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial referring to a Mission he and Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ are to give in Peterborough, ‘We will run one mission in a hostel, and another in the church at the same time. There are 180 Irish in the hostel; and there are believed to be about 400 in lodgings around the town. We may, or may not, be able to get at them.’ Also describes his recent travels on the Continent (third page of letter is missing) (12 Sep. 19--, 2pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial describing a ‘country mission in Northampton’ where he “was told to take a different village every day, say Mass in some Catholic house, visit every house – Catholic or no, and ‘hold a service’ on the village green in the evening” (2 September 19–, 7pp);
– covering letter and note (January 1953, 2pp) from Fr Sheil to the Provincial enclosing a memorandum entitled ‘Relations between Irish and English Jesuit Missioners’ (n.d., 3pp);
– covering letter from Fr Sheil (13 April 1953, 1p.) to the Provincial, enclosing a letter he received from the Archbishop of Cius and English Apostolic Delegate following Fr Sheil’s report to him of 1952 Mission work. The Archbishop writes ‘I have read with deepest interest the reports sent to me by the Reverend Father L. Sheil, S.J. and I have informed the Holy See of all the splendid work that has been accomplished. For this most necessary apostolate, certainly the Delegate of the Holy Father must send a cordial blessing in the name of His Holiness and he is confident that, with God’s help, more and more will be achieved for those who stand so much in need of the ministry of their own priests’ (9 April 1953, 1p.);
– copy letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne to the English Fr Provincial Desmond Boyle SJ, regarding Fr Boyle’s ‘wishes concerning the activities of the Irish Mission staff in England’. States ‘I have…instructed Father Leonard Sheil to confine his activities in future to Camp Missions during the autumn months, and, once he has fulfilled his programme in London this autumn, to approach no parish priest about a parish Mission nor to accept any parish Mission without a specific request from Father Farrell.…I think he (Fr Sheil) has done good work for the Irish in England, some of which, such as the Confraternity in Birmingham, may be of permanent worth. But whatever good he has achieved is due in no small measure to the co-operation of the English Province and the support he received from the English parish clergy’ (22 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– Fr Boyle’s reply thanking Fr Byrne for his co-operation and stating ‘I only hope that we of this Province have not seemed too difficult or dog-in-the-manger-ish. The position was getting rather confused and it seemed desirable to regularize it. Your mission Fathers have done wonderful work in England, and I am quite sure that Fr Sheil will be approached either directly or through Fr Farrell for further missions’ (29 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– letter to Fr Sheil from Dr James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns in which he remarks ‘I was glad to know that you are going to St. Wilfrid’s York, and I hope your Fathers and yourself will be invited to give many missions in the secondary modern schools, and pioneer in this sphere’ (20 Aug. 1958, 2pp);
– letter to the Provincial from Fr Sheil describing the work of two Irish chaplains in London – Fr Cullen in Warwick Street and the chaplain in Bayswater (Sep. 1967, 2pp).
Also includes list drawn up by Fr Sheil of Jesuits who ‘should give a very good priests’ retreat’ (n.d., 2pp).
Faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
File of documents requesting for and granting of faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes requests from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ - 'Canonical erection of Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. F. Xavier, Dublin' (5 November 1861), plenary indulgences (22 December 1832). On the reverse of a request, 12 February 1840, a holograph letter is written to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ.
Legal notice from a newspaper concerning the death of Fr Arthur Cox
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Photocopy of legal notice from a newspaper concerning the death of Fr Arthur Cox, and the chartiable bequest he left to the Society of Jesus.
Report written by Fr Tom Counihan SJ on retreats held at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report written by Fr Tom Counihan SJ on various retreats held at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Counihan, Tom, 1891-1982, Jesuit priest
File relating to Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and photographs.
Correspondence between Fr Seán Turner SJ and Irish Fr Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Seán Turner SJ and Irish Fr Provincials.
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (June -5 October 1949; 11 December 1950) and the opening of the new retreat house (20 October 1967).
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Letters and notes, mostly from Professor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning Fr Leonard Sheil’s’ cancer
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and notes, mostly from Professor Patrick Fitzgerald to Fr Leonard Sheil’s Superiors, concerning Fr Sheil’s’ cancer. Includes:
Fitzgerald, Patrick Alexis Martin, 1911-1978, surgeon
Bound volume containing a list of benefactors to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Bound volume containing a list of benefactors and the amounts donated to Rathfarnham Castle.
Notes and letters on the history of Baymount
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Notes and letters on the history of Baymount. Handwritten and typed notes by J T Gwynn on the history of Baymount (3 June 1948) and letter from James G. O'Connor, Solicitor to Fr Coyne SJ on the history (23 June 1948). Letter from Fr Thomas Shuley SJ to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin referring to a book on the life of Mrs Ball which says that she bought Baymount Castle in 1847 and it was taken over by some Sisters from Rathfarnham Abbey (18 August 1848). Letter from F. John L. Evans, 39 James Street South, Hamilton, Canada to Fr Donal Mulcahy SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin thanking him for his hospitality in showing him the home of his ancestors and the copy of the history of the house (5 June 1967).
Gwynn, J T
Photographs of Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ visiting Milltown Park, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ visiting Milltown Park, Dublin, with Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and with the Jesuit community at Milltown Park, Dublin by Lensmen photographer (with Frs Tony Geoghegan, Michael Mac Greil, William White).
Not Fr Browne photographs.
Lensmen, photographer, 1952-
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence between Vice-Provincial Brendan Lawler and the English Provincialate in Mount Street, London, relating to Fr Leonard Sheil’s recall to the Irish Province due to his final illness. Includes:
Litterae Annuae for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Litterae Annuae (Annual letters) for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Draft letter from the editor of 'Studies' seeking advertising revenue for the publication
Draft letter from the editor of 'Studies' seeking advertising revenue for the publication.
Studies, 1912-
Jesuit Tertian fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Jesuit Tertian fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. With names.
Mission material relating to Fr Henry O'Brien SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Henry O'Brien SJ, Includes passport, personal record and correspondence between Fr Henry O'Brien SJ and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.