Photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
- IE IJA FM/RATH/144
- Ffeil
- [1925]-[1927]
A file of photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
A file of photographs of the building of the Junior's wing, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Photographs of Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Photographs of Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes photographs of groups taking part in the Irish Month at Rathfarnham.
Our Lady's Grotto, Rathfarnham erected by the employees of the Dublin United Tramways Company
A file relating to Our Lady's Grotto, Rathfarnham erected by the employees of the Dublin United Tramways Company, including a history and photographs.
Research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle
A file relating to research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle.
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Discovery of a woman's skeleton behind panelling in one of the rooms in Rathfarnham Castle
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).
'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Bound volumes entitled 'Dawning Day', compiled by the Juniors in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin containing articles, poems and songs on the various missions - China, India and Australia. Binding is loose on 'Dawning Day', 10th edition. Includes photographs of Frs Edward Bourke, Gerald Kennedy and George Byrne, Mr Richard Harris, Mr John Moran, Wah Yan College, the graves of Frs Saul and McCullough.
Letters containing provincial and international news sent by Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ for display on the notice board at Rathfarnham Castle.
Correspondence relating the seismic observatory at Rathfarnham Castle
Correspondence relating the seismic observatory at Rathfarnham Castle and to the transfer of the ‘O’Leary Seismograph’ to the museum at Maynooth College. Includes letters by Fr Richard E. Ingram SJ, Dr Thomas Murphy, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, and Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Doyle.
Development of Jesuit property at Rathfarnham Castle
File relating to the development of Jesuit property at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes correspondence relating to the appeal for planning permission, the building development at Rathfarnham, the road improvement scheme, and meetings with officials from Dublin Corporation; maps and plans, valuations of the property, accounts of negotiations with developers and their proposals. Main correspondents include Frs Patrick Doyle, Cecil McGarry, and Andrew Devane, Donal Ó Buachalla and Tom Bacon.
Draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land
Copy of draft recommendations and of final report prepared by the Committee on the Price of Building Land for Robert Molloy T.D., Minister for Local Government.
Sale catalogues, prepared by Donal Ó Buachalla auctioneers, containing particulars of land, and particulars and conditions of sale and tender form for land owned by the Jesuit Fathers at Rathfarnham Castle; Later catalogue containing description of further site for sale on behalf of the Society of Jesus at Rathfarnham Village.
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Property developments at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
File of material relating to developments at Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters by Donal O'Buachalla, Fr Matthew Meade SJ, Rector, Rathfarnham, and Irish Fr Provincial Paddy Doyle SJ; market valuations for sites A and B by Hamilton and Hamilton Estates Limited; expressions of interest in the site by various groups of developers; letters by representatives of the Rathfarnham Traders Association.
Newspaper cuttings relating to the sale of Rathfarnham Castle by the Jesuits to a private developer
File of newspaper cuttings relating to the controversy surrounding the sale of Rathfarnham Castle by the Jesuits to a private developer.
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial from J.F. Green concerning the restoration of Rathfarnham Castle
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Philip Harnett SJ from J.F.Green, architect, Board of Public Works, concerning the restoration of Rathfarnham Castle; essay on ‘Rathfarnham Castle’ by Alastair Lindsay, Senior Architect, Office of Public Works; Notice of talk to the Crumlin Historical and Preservation Society on the history of Rathfarnham Castle by Jim Dillon.
Letters from Fr Joseph Flinn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning boys who wish to join the Society of Jesus and money from his father to erect a memorial in Clongowes boys chapel in honour of Fr Flinn's mother.
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Letters from J. M. Maxwell, Solicitor, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a stipulation by Mr Bailey that the Jesuit Fathers maintain their side of a wall he is erecting on his land.
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Plans of the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle
Plans of the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle (demolished by Dublin Corporation), drawn by Charles Powell, Architect.
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Photographs taken by Fr Kevin Laheen SJ, made by the Office of Public Works of ceiling panel paintings installed by Jesuits to replace Angelica Kaufmann’s panels in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes visitors’ guide (FM/RATH/256) on Rathfarnham Castle history from 16th to 20th century, produced by the Office of Public Works. Words in guide are crossed out, ‘but those on the first ceilings are not now thought to be her work’ and replaced with ‘attributed to the artists Patrick Tuohy’.
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Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Christmas 1932 ‘Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure’
Christmas 1935 ‘The man from Buenos Aires’ (An fear as Buenos Aires)
26 November 1936 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1936 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1937 ‘Lord Babs’
Christmas 1938 ‘Professor Tim’
Christmas 1938 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1938 An Cumann Gaedhealach
Christmas 1949 ‘The Grandmother clock’
Christmas 1950 Christmas plays
Christmas 1950 ‘Jack Strauss and the Seven Dwarfs’
26 November 1950 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1951 ‘The Terror’
Christmas 1951 ‘An Ruincleireach’
26 November 1951 Feast of St. John Berchmans
Christmas 1952 ‘Tons of Money’
Christmas 1952 ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Christmas 1953 ‘X = 0’ & ‘Brother Wolf’
Christmas 1953 Pantomime & Concert
Christmas 1953 ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
March 1954 ‘The Singer’ & ‘Cuirm Ceoil’
Christmas 1954 ‘Riders to the Sea’ & ‘The Bespoke Overcoat’
Christmas 1955 ‘They got what they wanted’ & ‘An Dochtuir Breige’
Christmas 1955 ‘Aladdin and his lame’
1955 ‘Rock and Rome’
Christmas 1956 ‘Professor Tim’ & ‘Cruit agus Dhá Cruit’
Christmas 1957 ‘Labhartar Bearla Annseo’ & ‘The Devil a Saint would be’
Christmas 1958 ‘An chuis dli’ & ‘Is the priest at home’
Christmas 1959 ‘The Winslow Boy’
Christmas 1959 Rathfarnham Castle Debating Society
Christmas 1960 ‘The Ringer’ & ‘An rod seo romham’
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Programmes of dramas and concerts performed by Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes:
Photocopies of photographs of Rathfarnham Castle
Photocopies of photographs of Rathfarnham Castle. Contains Peter O'Leary and Pascal Duffy, who as children helped with the Irish Jesuits and the metrological station at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith (P.P.).
Rhan oIrish 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.
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Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file containing letters relating to Ternae for the Rectorships of Wah Yan College and the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen.
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Material relating to the scholasticate in Shanghai
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the scholasticate in Shanghai. Includes a memorandum by Fr Thomas Cooney SJ outlining his views on the scholasticate.
Visitation memorials for St Ignatius House, Canton
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Visitation memorials by the Superior of the Mission, Fr Thomas F. Ryan SJ for St Ignatius House, Canton.
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Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to correspondence between the Irish Province and the Provincial of the Portuguese Province. The file relates to the Portuguese Mission in Macao and the Portuguese Provincial's wish that the Irish Province take over the Jesuit institutions in the Macao Diocese and to accept the mission territory at present cared for by the Portuguese Province.
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Letter book containing copies of letters and cables sent to the Hong Kong Mission by the Irish Province.
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a report on the Chinese mission written in French relating to a suitable mission district for the Irish Jesuit mission in China. Includes a document on the same subject prepared by Fr Tom Cooney SJ.
Rhan oIrish 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.
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Revisors reports of the Chinese mission
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Revisors reports of the Chinese mission.
Material relating to the death of Fr Paul Jenkins SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the death of Fr Paul Jenkins SJ (British Province). Includes an obituary and details of a mass held for him at Milltown Park.
Text of a MS by Fr Harold Naylor SJ on the Jesuits in Hong Kong 1926-2000
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Text of a MS by Fr Harold Naylor SJ on the Jesuits in Hong Kong 1926-2000. Includes a floppy disc containing the text.
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Letters to Irish Fr Provincial relating to the choice of Superior of the Hong Kong mission
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial relating to the choice of Superior of the Hong Kong mission by the mission consultors.
Letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
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Telegrams from Fr Albert Cooney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Hong Kong mission
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of telegrams from Fr Albert Cooney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Hong Kong mission.
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Letters from Fr Joseph J. McAsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Hong Kong mission
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Joseph J. McAsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Hong Kong mission.
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Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial from Irish Jesuits on their way to the Hong Kong mission describing their journey by air.
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to assistance obtained by the Irish Province from the Irish Red Cross in sending telegrams and money to the Irish Jesuits in Shanghai.
File relating to the publication 'The Rock'
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the publication 'The Rock'. Includes financial details of the publication and letters relating to the political nature of some of the articles.
Custom books of the Irish Jesuit Province
Custom books of the Irish Jesuit Province, some annonated.
Parties:
Baron Emly, Tervoe, County Limerick, Sir David Vandeleur Roche, County Limerick, Sir Stephen de Vere, Monare Foynes, County Limerick, Edward William O'Brien, Cahermoyle, County Limerick, James Grene Barry, Sandville, County Limerick (Trustees of the Mungret Agricultural School and Model Farm) called the Lessors and Rev. William Ronan SJ, Crescent House, city of Limerick, Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, Tullabeg College, Tullamore, County Offaly and John White, Nanternan, County Limerick called the Lessees.
Property:
Part of the town and lands of Dromdarrig in the Barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick containing 71 acres statute measure.
Terms & Conditions :
From 1 January 1883 for 500 years at a yearly rent of £70 to be paid on 1 January and 1 July.
Other:
The original Lease has a map of the property, area coloured pink 'Lands of Dromdarrig or Mungret Model Farm''.
Prospectus for Mungret Apostolic School and Mungret College, Limerick
Prospectus for the Apostolic School of the Sacred Heart, University College, Mungret, Limerick and a prospectus of Mungret College (15 August 1882), including a covering letter written by Fr William Ronan SJ.
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Letter from Fr Charles McKenna SJ, Mungret College to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning a chapter Fr William Ronan SJ wishes to include in the Custom Book of Mungret College. Raises an objection to the contents of the chapter. Includes the relevant chapter.
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A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning his fund-raising trip to and around America. Includes typescript copies of the letters by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.
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File containing statistics relating to the Apostolic College, Mungret College
A file containing statistics relating to the Apostolic College, Mungret College 1880 - 1977. The statistics relate to those who 'persevered' with their vocation, i.e. those who were ordained or who died during their studies. Note on Brendan Bracken and his leaving Mungret College.
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Catalogue of Missionaries of the Apostolic School, Mungret College
A file of lists and catalogues of past pupils of Missionaries of the Apostolic School, Mungret. Includes corrected lists and correspondence concerning the lists.
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Letters relating to the training of priests for Latin and South America
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.
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Newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School.
Burses offered to Mungret by the diocese of St Augustine, Florida for the training of priests
A file relating to Burses offered to Mungret by the diocese of St Augustine, Florida for the training of priests.
Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College
A file relating to the Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College. Includes documents relating to the Harriett McDonnell Burse (11 August 1918 - 11 April 1933, 21 items). Includes a deed for establishing Free Burses (18 December 1883, 3pp), prospectus and typed notes by Fr John Guiney SJ (Province Treasurer).
Letters relating to [money bequeathed to Mungret] by Miss Sutton
A file of letters relating to [money bequeathed to Mungret] by Miss Sutton (a nun in the Ursuline Convent, Avranches, France).
Preparation of a prospectus to Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick
A file relating to the preparation of a prospectus for Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick.
Closure of the Philosophate at Mungret Apostolic School
A file relating to the closure of the Philosophate at Mungret Apostolic School.
Lists of Mungret priests of the Lay School, Mungret College, Limerick
Lists of Mungret priests of the Lay School, Mungret College, Limerick (1882 - 1964), and supplement to the Mungret Record (1882 - 1967).
Programmes for plays and concerts performed at Mungret College, Limerick
A file of programmes for plays and concerts performed at Mungret College, Limerick.
Photographs of students at Mungret College, Limerick
Photographs of students at Mungret College,Limerick (at least one photograph is of Apostolic students). Found in the papers of Fr Vincent Byrne SJ. Includes Jesuits Michael O'Reilly, Sean Hughes, Aidan Ennis, J T Kelly, Brian MacMahon, Liam McKenna
Lists of lay pupils of Mungret College, Limerick
Lists of lay pupils of Mungret College, Limerick and their addresses.
Secondary teacher's pension scheme drawn up by Fr Francis Joy SJ Mungret College, Limerick
A file relating to the Secondary teacher's pension scheme drawn up by Fr Francis Joy SJ Mungret College, Limerick.
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Day pupils in Mungret College and the O'Malley Scheme
A file relating to day pupils in Mungret College and the O'Malley Scheme.
Fr Brendan Barry's observations on the Lay School and Apostolic School, Mungret College
A file containing Fr Brendan Barry's observations on the Lay School and Apostolic School, Mungret College. The notes include Fr Barry's concerns over the finances of the school. Fr Barry was superior of the Apostolic School from 1957 - 1959. The notes were compiled by Fr Redmnd F. Roche SJ who succeeded Fr Barry in 1959 and remained as Superior until 1967.
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Letters from Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Edward Dillon SJ (Rector of the Lay School, Mungret College) and Fr Jeremiah Kelly SJ (Superior of the Apostolic School, Mungret College) urging them to establish a harmonious working relationship between the two schools.
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House history and annual letter for Mungret, 1883
House history and annual letter for Mungret.
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Stained glass windows and wooden benches for the chapel at Mungret College
A file relating to the stained glass windows and wooden benches for the chapel at Mungret College - stain glass from Duhamel-Marette, Évreux, Eure, France and benches from The Limerick Warehouse Compnay.
Booklet entitled 'Mungret College School Songs'
Booklet entitled 'Mungret College School Songs'.
Postcards depicting exterior views of Mungret
Postcards depicting exterior views of Mungret. Two of the postcards have notes attached.
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Photographs depicting views of Mungret
Photographs depicting views of Mungret.
Proposal to Mungret property to the Department of Education for a proposed University
A file relating to a proposal to sell 70/80 acres of the Mungret property to the Department of Education for a proposed University.
Proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College
A file relating to various proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College. Includes plans. Includes an extensive file relating to the building of the swimming pool (10 October 1963 - 17 February 1965, 60 items).
Poems prompted by the closing of Mungret College
Poems written by Frs John Redmond and Fr Frank McSwiggan SJ prompted by the closing of Mungret College.
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Register of the Sodality of the Holy Angels, Mungret College, Limerick
Register of the Sodality of the Holy Angels, Mungret College, Limerick. The register details names and addresses of all boys who were in the Sodality on September 1914 until February 1962 and the date received into the Sodality. Includes a list of directors of the Sodality from the foundation in 1891 to 1956.
Programmes invitations, tickets and reviews relating to theatricals, including comedies, tragedies, operettas, librettos and pantomimes, staged by pupils of the Mungret College and Apostolic School. Includes reference to New Years Holiday, Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, St Patrick’s Day, Feast of St Francis Xavier and Christmas Holidays.
File of documents related to Mungret Apostolic School, on the right of the Society of Jesus to the lands and buildings of Mungret College and the question at issue between the Lay College and the Apostolic School of Mungret.
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Copy last will and testament of Sir Charles Tottenham, Baronet, Earl of Ely
Copy last will and testament of Sir Charles Tottenham Loftus, Baronet, Earl of Ely. Includes probate of the will.
Deed between John Marquis of Ely, John Henry Loftus and John Hare
Parties:
John Marquis of Ely of the first part, The Honorable John Henry Loftus (Lord Viscount Loftus) of the second part and John Hare, esquire, Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin of the third part.
Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.
Terms and Conditions:
For the life of John Marquis of Ely.
Other:
Signed and sealed by Ely and Loftus.
Purchase of Rathfarnham Castle by the Society of Jesus
A file relating to the purchase of Rathfarnham Castle by the Society of Jesus. Includes part of the auction catalogue for the contents of the Castle, Battersby & Co, Auctioneers, 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, and list of Jesuit purchases (April 1913).
Letter from James G. O'Connor, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick Kennedy SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, County Dublin concerning a portion of land held by William George Bailey under his own conveyance, rent free. Remarks that the rent on the land held by the Jesuits is incorrect and advises the correct amount.
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Agreement between William McMunn and Fr Eric Guiry SJ (Rector), Rathfarnham Castle for the letting of a plot of ground from 1 March 1973 - 31 October 1974 for the sum of £90.00 paid half yearly.
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Copy Agreement for sale for portion of land at Rathfarnham Castle
Parties:
Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Joseph Ffrench SJ and Fr Charles Molony SJ, Rathfarnham Castle and the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, City Hall, Dublin 2.
Property:
Portion of land at Rathfarnham Castle, 2 acres 1 rood, 37 perches and 8 square yards.
Terms and Conditions:
For the sum of £27,000
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Further letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial
Rhan oIrish 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 imploring him to respond to his request for Irish Jesuits to be sent to the mission (1p). With airgraph copy.
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Material relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ concerning his entry to the Society of Jesus (1938) and his death following a car accident in Northern Rhodesia in 1964.
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Material relating to Fr Patrick J Benson SJ
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Patrick J. Benson, member of the Chikuni Mission who died in 1970. Includes documents relating to his entry to the Society in 1942.
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Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions. Includes a financial statement of the mission fund.
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Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1954
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1954 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1958
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1958 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
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Drawings for Chapel at Charles Lwanga Training College, Chikuni
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Plan and elevation of the Chapel at Charles Lwanga Training College. Drawn by Oliver McCarron.
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Plans for St Canisius College, Chikuni
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
A file of plans for the community house and college buildings, St Canisius College, Chikuni, Zambia.
Letters from the Consultors of the Chikuni Mission
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Missions
Letters from the Consultors of the Chikuni Mission including Frs John Counihan, Arthur Clarke and Bernard Collins.
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Biographical notes compiled on Fr Thomas Tasburgh SJ
Biographical notes compiled by [ ] on Fr Thomas Tasburgh SJ, and reference to George's Hill, Dublin.
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Notes on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century
Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ and Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, (Irish Province Archivist 1986 - 2019)) on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century.
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Notes on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
Notes made by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes drafts of a typescript ‘The Jesuit School at Cashel - 1620’ (n.d., 1p. and 2pp).
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Photographs of the monument to Fr John Austin SJ and of the grave of Fr Andrew Cassin
Photographs of the monument to Fr John Austin SJ (n.d., 1 item) and of the grave of Fr Andrew Cassin in Ferns, with covering letter from Fr Kevin Laheen SJ to Fr Stephen Redmond SJ (Assistant Archivist, Irish Province) (2 October 1989, 1p). Donated by Fr Laheen.
Newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. I
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. Includes articles on Jesuits James Archer, Henry Fitzsimons, the Hollywood Mass Rock and the ‘Popish Plot’.
Typescript letter from Paddy J Hogan, Auctioneer, Hogan & Son, 17 Church Street, Athlone to Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ, Jesuit House, Galway, describing the location and provenance of the Jesuit House in Athlone, ‘…situated immediately outside the old Dublin Gate, now known as O’Leary’s (Grocers & Provisions)’. Envelope with stamp is attached.
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Handwritten letter by Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ, Jesuit House, Galway, to Father [ ] St Ignatius, Galway outlining how documentation surfaced to confirm the existence of Jesuits in Athlone, the discovery of documents and the persistence of former student in researching the Jesuits in Athlone, ‘…went to the records of the Protestant Diocese of Meath’. Refers to a book 'Opus Catecheticum' and 'Regulae Societatis Iesu in 8', published in Antwerp by Ioach Trongnaesium, 1605, with 'Residentiae Athlonienis Sotis Jesu' written on it. Includes typewritten copy of the above letter.
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Book with the title ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies, as also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint’ printed for Ignatius Kelly, at the Stationers-Arms in Mary’s Lane, Dublin, 1749 (88pp). Includes an article entitled ‘The Novena of Grace in Dublin 1749’ which was sent by Fr Kevin O'Rourke SJ to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ with an explanatory note (10 May 2008). The article most probably written by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. The article explains the provenance of a book in the community library of St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled, ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies’. It concludes that the work was translated by Thomas Brennan and gives a brief biographical note. (5pp)
Commemorative Mass for Society of Jesus held at St Patrick's church, Waterford
Booklet for the commemorative Mass on the occasion of Ignatian centenaries, for 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and 450th anniversary of the Society of Jesus held at St. Patrick’s church, Waterford. Includes a booklet on the history of the Jesuits in Waterford (1560 -1773).