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Fr Richard Archdekin SJ

Print out of history for Richard Archdekin.

Archdekin, Richard, 1619-1693, Jesuit priest and scholar

Fr Sylvain Allenou SJ

Print out of history for Sylvain Allenou.

Allenou, Sylvain, 1854-1916, Jesuit priest

Mr William Allen SJ

Print out of history for William Allen.

Allen, William, 1597/8-1621, Jesuit scholastic

Fr Emmanuel Aizier SJ

Print out of history for Emmanuel Aizier.

Aizier, Emmanuel, 1888-1974, Jesuit priest

Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'

Edward Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'. Prayerbook used by Edward Lucius (Fr Gwynn’s brother, who died in Sydney aged 28 in 1919) in Australia and kept for fifty years by Cornelia Jennings. With a Greek inscription on the flyleaf and the following inscription on the opposite page ‘Love is stronger than Death, but Time is stronger than both. Therefore when we die then Time will be no more.’

Gwynn, Edward Lucius, 1890-1919, historian

Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 20 March 1837

From Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Discusses the withdrawal of Irish Jesuits from their mission in the Isle of Man, with reference to the financial and logistical operations involved. Refers to the death of Fr Gahan, and the bishop’s reaction to it and to the departure of the Irish Jesuits. Also refers to Fr Aylmer’s reaction. Reports on the situation in Clongowes, and to the small amount of money received in the collections. Hopes that Fr Bracken will make his visitation within the month.

Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator

Will of Philip Francis Little

A file relating to the will of Philip Francis Little. Bequeaths £50 to the Society of Jesus. Includes a copy of the will. Remarks in a postscript 'I do not include my dear brother the Rev. Robert J. Little SJ under any benefit in my will. Professing as he does the holy virtue of poverty, it is useless conferring benefit upon Robert of which he can not avail. (23 September 1916, 3pp). Includes a letter from Patrick J. Little, executor of his brother's will. Enquires '...I would like to know whether a claim would be advanced on behalf of Father Robert to a share on technical grounds.' (27 January 1927, 2pp).

Pamphlets issued by the War Office

Pamphlets issued by the War Office on ‘The Abolition of flies in camps, billets and hospital. Circular Memorandum No.8.’, 24 June 1916, (7pp) and ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains. Information and Hints. British Armies in France. January 1917’, (21pp), possibly in the possession of Fr Henry Gill SJ. A section of ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains’ is underlined, where the chaplain should live, p.11, ‘with the Transport when the Battalion is in the trenches, unless by arrangement with the Senior Chaplain, it is decided that he shall be in the trenches’. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017.

Rateable valuation of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin

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.'

Letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell

A file of letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for the Preface of the Calendar of the Irish State papers of James I by Dr. Russell and remarks how glad he is to have the book to put in his library at Althorp. Invites Dr. Russell to visit him (17 April 1874, 4pp). Includes a letter thanking Dr. Russell for sending him verses written on '...the occasion of laying the first stone of your new church...I am glad...you will soon have a church worthy of the college over which you preside.' Admires the design and remarks 'I presume Pugin originally designed a church to go with the college...'.

Spencer, John Poyntz, 1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer and lord lieutenant of Ireland

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Cloyne, requesting permission to open a Jesuit house in his diocese

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

Fr Thomas J Agius SJ

Print out of history for Thomas J Agius.

Agius, Thomas J, 1885-1961, Jesuit priest

Fr Hendrick Aerts SJ

Print out of history for Hendrick Aerts.

Aerts, Hendrick, 1919-1953, Jesuit priest

Fr James Adams SJ

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Adams, James, 1737-1802, Jesuit priest

Fr Alvaro Ribeiro SJ

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Ribeiro, Alvaro, 1947-2013, Jesuit priest

Br John Maguire SJ

Catalogue available 2050.

Maguire, John, 1933-2020, Jesuit brother

Fr James Hurley SJ

Catalogue available 2050.

Hurley, James, 1926-2020, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 7 January 1836

Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Discusses the situation regarding the Isle of Man mission. Reports that Fr Aylmer believes that it should be retained, and a trustee appointed. Outlines Aylmer’s suggestions on the matter.

Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator

Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club Rule book

Details the history and rules of the club and has photograph of clubhouse on the front and back covers. St Ignatius Rowing Club was located to the right of the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club and they used to borrow boats in the past.

Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from James White, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, concerning the acquisition from a Mr Stewart Thomson

Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from James White, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, concerning the acquisition from a Mr Stewart Thomson, of a ‘sketchbook of the work of Hugh Thomson, the Belfast artist who illustrated Stephen Gwynn’s well-known book on Donegal.’

White, James, 1913-2003, director of the National Gallery of Ireland

Letters from Sir Robert Peel to to Dr Charles Russell

A file relating to Sir Robert Peel (eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister), Chief Secretary for Ireland 1861 - 1865. Includes a letter from Robert Peel to Dr. Charles Russell offering him a position on the Board of National Education (16 January 1864, 4pp). Includes a draft reply from Dr. Charles Russell accepting the position (n.d., 2pp). Includes a letter from Robert Peel to Dr. Charles Russell remarking that he has resigned the position of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Remarks that he is greatly disappointed not to have been able to obtain '...the government sanction...of the House of Commons for the erection of the Chapel so much needed for the use of your students...' (17 November 1865, 5pp).

Peel, Sir Robert, 1822-1895, 3rd Baronet and Chief Secretary for Ireland

Will of Joseph Hannan

Will of Joseph Hannan, Caherelly Castle, County Limerick. Bequeaths a portion of his estate to the Irish Provincial of the Society of Jesus so that masses can be offered for his soul. Instructs that £52 that he borrowed from the Society of Jesus be returned.

Copy of title page of a book in Stonyhurst College community library, entitled ‘The Instruction of a Christian’ by Cardinal Richlieu

Copy of title page of a book in Stonyhurst College community library, England entitled ‘The Instruction of a Christian’ by Cardinal Richlieu. The book was printed by the Jesuit printing press, Kilkenny, 1647. Includes mails (2012) on the subject with Stonyhurst College.

Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, 1593-

Fr James Kelly SJ

Catalogue available 2049.

Kelly, James, 1935-2019, Jesuit priest

Fr John Guiney SJ

Catalogue available 2049.

Guiney, John, 1928-2019, Jesuit priest

Fr Colm Lavelle SJ

Catalogue available 2049.

Lavelle, Colm, 1932-2019, Jesuit priest

Fr Ciaran Kane SJ

Catalogue available 2043.

Kane, Ciarán, 1932-2013, Jesuit priest

Letters from J. McArthur, for General Secretary, Central Council for the Care of Churches (Church of England)

Letters from J. McArthur, for General Secretary, Central Council for the Care of Churches (Church of England) to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him on behalf of Dr Eeles on the photographs of Westhall, of the stained glass windows of Martham, the angels in the roof at Blythburgh and the view of Pakefield font. Includes typed list from the Central Council for the Care of Churches of churches in Suffolk and Norfolk, England, 3pp.

McArthur, J.

Spiritual diaries belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ

  • IE IJA J/2/85
  • File
  • 31 March 1895 - 25 July 1917

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Diaries in notebook and copybook form, belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ which documents his spiritual thoughts, confessions, resolutions and retreats notes, list of mortifications. Some are contemporaneous with his time as a chaplain in WWI, which he alludes to. Inserts comprise loose documents in the form of notes, prayers and letters (July 1908; 5 November 1911 - 16 April 1916) addressed to ‘My dear Child; My dearest Child’.

J2/85 (16) - notebook for conscreation of the Sacred Heart, signed in Fr Doyle's blood.

Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 10 December 1835

From Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Announces that he will not be able to go to Tullabeg that year. Reports on the situation in Clongowes, and on the various Jesuits residents there. Reports also on the Jesuit mission in the Isle of Man, where Fr Aylmer stopped for a time to assess the situation. Refers to the debate on the question of whether the mission there should be retained by the Irish Jesuits, and also to the opening of a new chapel in Douglas.

Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator

Will of Joseph Smyth

A file relating to the will of Joseph Smyth, Greenaun Gowra, County Kildare in which he bequeathed his house and lands to be held in trust and sold by the trustees of Clongowes Wood College, county Kildare.

Letter from Chichester Parkinson Fortescue to Dr Charles Russell concerning grants paid to Maynooth College

Letter from Chichester Parkinson Fortescue, Irish Office, London to Dr. Charles Russell concerning grants paid to Maynooth College and the '[over issuing]' of money. Remarks that he discussed the matter with Mr Gladstone 'Mr Gladstone's answer is that it is a question of law and that the Audit [Committee]...discovered an illegal issue of public money...'.

Parkinson-Fortescue, Chichester, 1823-1898, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford

Br Martin Murphy SJ

Catalogue available 2045.

Murphy, Martin, 1934-2015, Jesuit brother

Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick

  • IE IJA J/7/84
  • File
  • 27 July-3 October 1936

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.

Kendrick, Sir, Thomas Downing, 1895-1979, archaeologist and art historian

Letter from John Cashel Hoey to Dr Charles Russell concerning Professors at Maynooth College

Letter from John Cashel Hoey, 17 Campden Hill Road, Kensington, London, England to Dr. Russell concerning Professors [at Maynooth College]. Remarks '...I cannot understand Mr. Gladstone's action in the matter...the letters which I sent Mr. Crolley are evidence that he knew the Professors were not satisfied and was at least willing to consider how they could be satisfied. Continues 'I do not at all despair of getting the proviso inserted in the Lords.'

Hoey, John Cashel, 1828-1892, author, editor of the Nation, and administrator

Letter from Bishop Briggs to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 28 April 1837

From Bishop Briggs in York to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Refers to the latter’s two previous letters, of 14 April and 12 March. Reports that Fr Aylmer and Dr Youens have corresponded on the subject of the property and debts of the Mission. Also reports that he has been attempting to secure someone to relieve Fr Aylmer on the island.

Briggs, John, 1788-1861, Roman Catholic Bishop of Beverley

Letter from Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ concerning the voyage to Australia and news from Riverview

Letter from Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ concerning the voyage to Australia and news from Riverview. Refers to retreats given by Fr Edward Sydes and Fr Tom Walsh. Remarks '...(they) are Sydney's great rival preachers...(Fr Walsh) is to give a retreat to the St. Vincent de Paul Society this week and is styled on their posters and handbills as "one of the most attractive and eloquent of the younger Jesuits" '.

Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1877-1960, Jesuit priest

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