Christmas card from Alice Gwynn
- IE IJA J/10/51
- Item
- 1981
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Christmas card from Fr Aubrey Gwynn sister-in-law, Alice Gwynn.
Gwynn, Alice, 1904-1991
Christmas card from Alice Gwynn
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Christmas card from Fr Aubrey Gwynn sister-in-law, Alice Gwynn.
Gwynn, Alice, 1904-1991
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Correspondence between Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and the Royal Irish Academy concerning his paper ‘Brian Borúma and the Mass in Irish’ and the deposition by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Prof. Ludwig Bieler of the editorial correspondence for the series 'Scriptores Latini Hiberniae' in the Library of the R.I.A..
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
The Jesuit mission in Ireland: 1598-1651
PhD thesis by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ entitled: The Jesuit mission in Ireland: 1598-1651.
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin to Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, wishing him well in his new position as Superior in Leeson Street.
Dargan, Joseph, 1933-2014, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport photographs; menology; personal record; announcement of death; obituary; and correspondence between Fr Cryan and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Notes on Fr Aubrey Gwynn's family by Fr Michael Hurley SJ.
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Rough typescript notes on Fr Aubrey Gwynn's family by Fr Michael Hurley SJ.
Hurley, Michael, 1923-2011, Jesuit priest and ecumenist
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Brendan O'Brien concerning William Smith O’Brien
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Brendan O'Brien concerning volumes of William Smith O'Brien’s diaries and family news.
O'Brien, Brendan
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof Ludwig Bieler on academic and social matters
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof Ludwig Bieler on academic and social matters, including problems of Latin translations with regard to 'Dicta Patricii'; palaeographical studies of various manuscripts and references to Prof Bieler’s articles in various publications.
Bieler, Ludwig, 1906-1981, Hiberno-Latin scholar
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Catalogue available 2023.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
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A file relating to Fr James G Tormey SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and catalogue entries.
Tormey, James G, 1903-1981, Jesuit priest
Letters from Prof. Geoffrey Hand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Letters from Prof. Geoffrey Hand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ. Includes news of his appointment to the Fiesole Institute, Florence; his work, colleagues in U.C.D. (where he Lectured in Legal and Constitutional History); family and health.
Hand, Geoffrey Joseph Philip, 1931-2016, Professor and former Chairman of Irish Manuscripts Commission
Easter card from Prof. Jack Watt to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Easter card from Prof. Jack Watt to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ containing domestic news. Encloses publisher’s notice for Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad’s book on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph, A Fourteenth-Century Scholar and Primate: Richard FitzRalph in Oxford, Avignon, and Armagh (1981).
Watt, Jack, historian
Material relating the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
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A file relating to the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Includes documents relating to the establishment of the Regional Seminary, finances, annual report detailing the opening of the Seminary in 1931 (24 January 1933, 6pp). Includes letters relating to the Terna for the Rector of the Seminary (12 - 15 April 1937, 5 items and 30 June 1937 - 2 July 1937, 7 items).
South China Regional Seminary, 1931-
Correspondence concerning Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ
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Correspondence concerning Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ, including catalogue entries.
Mission material relating to Fr Joseph B Conway SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph Conway SJ. Includes passport, photograph, announcement of death, obituary, personal record and correspondence between Fr Conway and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Daniel Rees, Downside Abbey, Bath
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Daniel Rees, novicemaster [and librarian] Downside Abbey, Bath, relating to various research queries from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and the exchange of books between Milltown Park Library and Downside, including a ‘complete bound set of the Downside Review’ (24 June 1975, 2pp).
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Conway, Joseph B, 1925-1981, Jesuit priest
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Material relating to Br Edward Maher SJ.
Maher, Edward, 1901-1982, Jesuit brother
Material relating to Retreat promoters and programmes at Rathfarnham Castle
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File relating to Retreat promoters and programmes at Rathfarnham Castle, the golden jubilee year of the retreat house (1972) and the Layman’s Retreat Association.
Letters from Rose Gayner to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Letters from Rose (Gayner, nee Gwynn) (Fr Gwynn’s cousin) following the illness and death of Fr Gwynn’s sister, Sheila Moorehead, in December 1981. Includes references to a portrait of their ‘Aunt May’ and a family story about Walter Osborne (Fr Gwynn’s godfather): ‘He was apparently rather dominated by a powerful mother but there was an understanding that he would marry Aunt Lucy. However before the understanding could become an engagement he caught a bad cold, and died of pneumonia’ (8 February 1982, 4pp).
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Sarah Wimbush, Archive Research Assistant, National Portrait Gallery, London, seeking information on any known portraits of Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Fr Gwynn’s father), as part of her work in cataloguing Edwardian portraits, one of which is a portrait by Sir William Rotherstein of Stephen (1915). Includes list of known portraits of Stephen (1p.) and photocopy of the portrait (1p.).
Wimbush, Sarah
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Invitation from Taoiseach Charles Haughey to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to a reception in the Irish Parliament House at the Bank of Ireland, College Green, to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Declaration of Independence by Grattan’s Parliament and the Convention of the Ulster Volunteers in Dungannon.
Haughey, Charles, 1925-2006, politician and taoiseach
Drafts of a paper entitled ‘Chapter II. Brian (Boruma) and the Corpus Missal’
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Typescript drafts of a paper entitled ‘Chapter II. Brian (Boruma) and the Corpus Missal’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Mission material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ. Includes announcement of death, personal record and correspondence between Fr McSweeney and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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De Hindeberg, Piaras, 1912-1982, Jesuit priest and Irish language writer
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A file relating to Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ.
Dennehy, Vincent, 1899-1982, Jesuit priest
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Part of a letter from Thomas Bacon, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr Matthew Meade SJ (Superior), Rathfarnham Castle concerning the Jesuit Fathers' responsibility to the upkeep of the former entrance to Rathfarnham Castle and repairs to the gate lodge.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
'Country Life' article on Rathfarnham Castle by Edward McParland
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Copy of Country Life (vol. CLXXII no. 4438) containing an article on Rathfarnham Castle by Edward McParland.
Biographical information relating to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Thomas Aloysius Finlay SJ (1848-1940). Includes obituary of Fr Finlay by George O'Brien, Professor of Economics, University College, published in The Economic Journal, The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society, No. 197, Vol. 1, p.157-159 (March 1940, 3pp) and obituary, also by Prof. O'Brien published in the Irish Monthly (March 1940, p.142- 144) originally broadcast on Radio Eireann.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
'Chapter VII’ typescript entitled ‘Brian Boruma is buried in Armagh’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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'Chapter VII’ typescript entitled ‘Brian Boruma is buried in Armagh’ pp42 – 54 (13pp) by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from 'the Annals of Innisfallen' (4pp); 'Chronicum Scotorum' (2pp); 'the Annals of the Four Masters' (1p.); 'the Annals of Tigernach' (7pp) and notes on 'Donncha Mac Brian' (2pp).
Letter of congratulation from the Jesuit Curia in Rome
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Letter of congratulation from the Jesuit Curia in Rome on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s entrance into the Society.
Dezza, Paolo,1901-1999, Jesuit priest and Cardinal
Birthday cards for Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s 90th birthday
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Birthday cards for Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s 90th birthday. Includes card signed by 46 Jesuits in Milltown Park and card from Bishop Hanson and his wife (former Bishop of Clogher).
Obituary of Fr Daniel Joseph O'Connell SJ
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Obituary of Fr Daniel Joseph O'Connell SJ by the Vatican Observatory (4pp)and copy of a letter from Fr John P Leonard SJ, Rome, Italy to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin describing Fr O'Connell'a death (15 October 1982, 1p).
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McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
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O'Connell, Daniel Joseph, 1896-1982, Jesuit priest, astronomer and seismologist
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File relating to Br Vincent Robinson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and memorial card.
Robinson, Vincent, 1943-1982, Jesuit brother
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Material relating to Br James Kavanagh SJ including admission details, catalogue entry, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and mortuary card.
Kavanagh, James, 1910-1982, Jesuit brother
Portraits: Belvedere College, Dublin, 1832-1982
Edited by John Bowman and Ronan O'Donoghue.
Information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle
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A file containing information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a photocopy of an article on Rathfarnham Castle by Alistair Lindsay, Senior Architect, OPW from Interfuse (Autumn 1994, 4pp).
Photographs of the main gateway and first floor chapel of Rathfarnham Castle
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Photographs of the main gateway and first floor chapel of Rathfarnham Castle, taken by the Irish Architectural Archive.
Irish Architectural Archive, 1976-
‘Chapter VI’ holograph draft by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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‘Chapter VI’ holograph draft (pp136 - 156) (21pp) and typescript pp27 - 41 (15pp) with footnotes (3pp) by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Letter of congratulation from James Corboy SJ, Bishop of Monze
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Letter of congratulation from James Corboy SJ, Bishop of Monze, Zambia, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Fr Gwynn’s entrance into the Society of Jesus.
Corboy, James, 1916-2004, Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Monze
Correspondence between Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ and his Irish Provincials
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File of correspondence between Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Australia, York,
Limerick, London, Amsterdam, Nova Scotia, Montreal, New York, Iowa and Singapore.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Edmund Colledge O.S.A.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Edmund Colledge, O.S.A. (Pontifical College of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada and Austin Friars School, Carlisle) on various academic matters and their mutual colleagues, including Dr. Katherine Strnad; Walsh. Includes references to Archbishop Richard FitzRalph (12 February 1975, 1p.) and a proposal that Dr Bernard Muir (of the English Department, University of Melbourne) undertake research on the Drummond Missal.
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
File relating to Fr Peter M Troddyn SJ
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A file relating to Fr Peter M Troddyn SJ. Includes correspondence concerning his appointment as acting editor of 'Studies' following advice to Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ from his doctor to be relieved of this position (20 - 22 December 1967, 2 items). Includes correspondence concerning the publication of a manuscript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ 'The Jesuits in Ireland 1598-1773 (17 December 1973-13 December 1974, 6 items, and 6-15 March 1976, 3 items), correspondence concerning a memorial fund in honour of Dan Chambers, and ex pupil of Mungret who died in a car accident (December 1977 - 16 January 1978, 4 items). Including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, memorial card and catalogue entries.
Correspondence between Fr Denis Carroll SJ and his Irish Provincials
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File of correspondence between Fr Denis Carroll SJ and his Irish Provincials.
Oratory renovations at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
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Correspondence between Fr Dan Dargan SJ and architects and building and civil engineering contractors relating to changes in the oratory at St Francis Xavier's.
Reference to a lecture by Father Henry Gill SJ entitled 'Wireless Telegraphy' in 1912
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Note from 'The Belvederian' which references a lecture by Father Henry Gill SJ entitled 'Wireless Telegraphy' in 1912.
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
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Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes:
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Troddyn, Peter M, 1916-1982, Jesuit priest
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Counihan, Tom, 1891-1982, Jesuit priest
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Material realting to Fr John C Kelly SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and the curia (on his work in communciations and the media), personal record and application to join the Society.
Kelly, John C, 1917-1982, Jesuit priest
James Joyce's schooldays
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1982
Bradley, Bruce, Jesuit priest
Offaly Tombstone Inscriptions 1. Rahan Graveyards
Offaly Tombstone Inscriptions. 1. Rahan Graveyards. Published by the Offaly Historical Society.
Letter from Alice Gwynn on domestic affairs
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Letter from Alice Gwynn (Fr Gwynn’s sister-in-law) on domestic affairs.
Gwynn, Alice, 1904-1991
Photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ at Milltown Park, Dublin
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Photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ at Milltown Park, Dublin with Frs. Michael Hurley and Dermot Fleury.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the life and works of his elder brother Edward Lucius Gwynn
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Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the life and works of his elder brother Edward Lucius Gwynn who died in St Vincent’s Hospital. Sydney on 7 September 1919 aged 28. Buried in the Catholic Cemetery Waverley.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Unfinished manuscript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of a history of the Gwynn family from 1660 to 1903
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Unfinished manuscript, handwritten and typed, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of a history of the Gwynn family from 1660 to 1903. Divided into five chapters. Intended by Fr Gwynn for publication.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ
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Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)
Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ
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Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ which includes 'A few particulars relative to the Hon. and Rev. John Ffrench SJ', Dolllard, Printinghouse, Dublin (1887), 'Memoirs of Father Ffrench of the Society of Jesus', Manresa Press, Roehampton (1898) and copy of a letter from Fr Ffrench, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to Mother Ursula Querk, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo concerning his nephew's accident and his cure due to the intercession of (6 February 1854, 4pp), with note from Sr. M. St. Dominic, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo (20 September 1983).
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Note written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist) concerning Killiney Castle and the Jesuit community who resided there.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School
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Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School.
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Letter from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 40 North Great Georges Street to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street which refers to the following death certificates for Jesuits which are attached:
Fr Michael Weafer 26 March 1922
Fr James Fottrell 3 January 1918
Fr Henry Lynch 18 August 1913
Fr Joseph Tunney 21 January 1923
Fr John Hughes 16 June 1912
Fr James Walshe 22 April 1913
Fr John Conmee 6 May 1910
Fr John Bannon 14 July 1913
Fr John McAvoy 26 July 1983
Maxwell, Weldon & Co., solicitors
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Ffrench, John, 1812-1873, Jesuit priest
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McSwiggan, Francis, 1896-1981, Jesuit priest
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File relating to Fr Redmond F Roche SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and (57) photographs of Jesuits, on holiday, plays, and outdoor scenes (some of the same photographs are in the papers of Fr William R Prendergast SJ, IE IJA J/365).
Roche, Redmond F, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest
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Fegan, Henry B, 1855-1933, Jesuit priest
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Dargan SJ congratulating Fr Joseph Hurley SJ
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joe Dargan SJ to Fr Joseph Hurley SJ congratulating him on his sixty years in the Society.
Dargan, Joseph, 1933-2014, Jesuit priest
Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Enquiry by Walter T. Murphy, Michigan, USA to Fr John Humphreys SJ relating to the supposed Jesuit involvement in a piscatorial school in Galway. Includes letters between Fr Humphreys and Padraig Folen, and Fr Humphreys response to Mr Murphy, with a copy of an article by Luke J. Tanney, O.P in which the Piscatorial School in Galway was a Dominican foundation and not a foundation of the Jesuits.
Murphy, Walter T.
Province file for Fr John A McAvoy SJ
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Province file for Fr John A McAvoy SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record, testimonial letters, and application to join the Society.
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McAvoy, John A, 1908-1983, Jesuit priest
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Neary, John J, 1889-1983, Jesuit priest
File relating to Br Patrick Sherry SJ
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File relating to Br Patrick Sherry SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and photographs.
Extract from 'Interfuse' of an article on Fr Henry Fegan SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ
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Extract from 'Interfuse' of an article on Fr Henry Fegan SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Articles from Studies on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Photocopies of articles from Studies, Winter 1992, Vol. See also 81, No. 324, on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ , published on the centenary of his birth: ‘Aubrey Gwynn; The Person’ by Prof. Geoffrey Hand; ‘Aubrey Gwynn: The Scholar’ by Prof. Katherine Walsh and Aubrey Gwynn: The Jesuit’ by Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ (pp. 375 – 398).
Studies, 1912-
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Stephen L. Gwynn
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on his father (13 February 1864 – 21 June 1950), listing his publications.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Summaries of archives of the College of St Patrick, Salamanca
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Summary of the contents of archives of the College of St Patrick, Salamanca c.[1880]-[1930], and notes on a visit to the Diocesan Archives, Salamanca, by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, 26 October 1983.
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Ministers' Journals for St Ignatius, Galway
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Lined notebooks with handwritten entries. Each journal covers a period of between 7 and 15 years.
(1) 1902 - 05; 1920 - 1924; 1932 - 1933
(2) 13 November 1904 - 28 December 1906 (Includes in same volume handwritten accounts from 2 January 1907-30 September 1911)
(3) September 1933 - March 1959
(4) July 1959 - April 1965
(5) 1 May 1965 - 31 December 1969
(6) January 1970 - 1983
The entries relate to Church, community and school matters and events. The comings and goings of various members of the community are recorded, as is their state of health. Visits by bishops, the Father Provincial and other guests are also reported. Arrangements regarding meals and the consumption of alcohol (wine and punch) are dealt with extensively, and references to the ‘Long Table’ appear often. There are also references to the cost of provisions, including food and cigarettes and the weather. Building work, maintenance and repairs are recorded. Monies received for masses and donations are recorded. Many entries relate to feast days and special periods in the Church calendar, e.g. Holy Week and Christmas, and include information such as arrangements made for Masses, other ceremonies and confessions for the public and the community. In relation to the school, entries cover term dates, timetables, holidays, half days, examinations and results, retreats, school tours, sports fixtures and results, sports days theatricals, concerts, debates, sodalities etc. Of the many insertions in these journals, some are glued in and some are loose, and they relate to, amongst other subjects, distribution of holy communion, timetables for the celebration of Mass, novenas, Holy Week arrangements, concert programmes etc. Contemporary national and worldwide events are sometimes reported, e.g., ‘assassination of President Kennedy at about 6.30 p.m Irish time. World stunned’ and ‘British soldiers shot thirteen people at Civil Rights march in Derry. Sharp reaction’. Includes list of students 1919 - 1920; 1920 - 1921
Visiting priests at St Ignatius, Galway
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Handwritten lined register of visiting priests to St Ignatius Church, Galway. Each entry has the following headings: date; name; address; position in diocese or religious institute. Includes an insert which forbids attendance by the clergy of plays in the 'Taibhdhearc', and by order of the Bishop Galway, ‘visiting priests refrain from smoking in public and from going bare headed in the streets of Galway, or on the promenade at Salthill’ (15 July 1957).
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In 1873 the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) purchased Killiney Castle to be used as a villa house (holiday). The events leading up to the purchase of this property were quite long and protracted. In a memorandum written by Fr William Delany SJ (1835-1924), CM/KILL/3, he describes how the Society came across Killiney Castle and the negotiations that took place to secure its purchase. After viewing the property the Jesuit Fathers were very inclined towards it and decided to make an offer of £11,000 for the Castle and its estate. However, before the deal was finally settled Fr Nicolas Walsh SJ (1826-1914) Provincial, insisted, despite grave objections by some of the other priests, on telling the Cardinal (Paul Cullen).
This action proved to be a mistake with the Cardinal reacting negatively to the property deal (permission from the Cardinal was necessary for the establishment of a new religious house but not for the purchase of a property). Fr Delany describes how it was now too late to back out of the deal and insisted on informing the owner of Killiney Castle (Mr. Warren) of the difficulty that had arisen. Fr Delany was also delegated to pay a visit to the Cardinal to plead the case on behalf of the Society and to outline their plans for the property. Again the Cardinal was not supportive, particularly when it was mentioned that the Society of Jesus were thinking of opening a school for boys. Eventually an agreement was reached that the property could be bought but that a decision as to how it would be utilised would have to be deferred. Because of the delay Fr Delany discovered, after his meeting with the Cardinal, that another offer had been made and accepted. This second obstacle made it necessary for Fr Delany to enter another set of negotiations to purchase the property from Mr. Richard Martin for the sum of £12,250.
Following the purchase of the property in 1873 by the Society of Jesus a good deal of structural and maintenance work was carried out e.g. CM/KILL/4 and CM/KILL/8 - CM/KILL/13. Despite the work carried out and the outlay of money on improving the Castle and grounds the Society made a decision to sell the property only six years later in 1879 to Mr. Chippindale Higgin CM/KILL/33. It would appear that the Castle and estate were sold at a loss to the Society. The collection does not reveal why the Society decided to sell Killiney Castle. However, the collection does reveal that a number of different parties were interested in purchasing the property e.g. the Brothers of St. John of God in France (CM/KILL/1, CM/KILL/35 and CM/KILL/37), an American gentleman (CM/KILL/36) and Mr. Chippendale Higgin (CM/KILL/33), the eventual purchaser.
It should be noted that the Society of Jesus had two residences in Killiney. In 1853 the Catalogue names the following as residing in Killiney; Robert St. Leger (1788-1856), John St. Leger (1798-1868), William Moloney (1796-1886) and James Reardon (1799-l.1856). This residence was known as Druid Lodge. The preceding Catalogue (1850) makes no mention of a Killiney residence and similarly the succeeding Catalogue (1855) does not refer to a residence in Killiney. It would appear that Druid Lodge was given up by the Society because the Archbishop opposed the construction of a church (CM/KILL/1). The second residence in Killiney was Killiney Castle (1873-1879), the papers of which are represented in this collection.
The papers of Killiney Castle, Dublin deal with the purchase of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus, accounts, changes to the exterior and interior, the letting of the Killiney Castle and the eventually sale of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Statistics for Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
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Material relating to Fr Thomas F O'Sullivan SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, memorial card and application to join the Society.
O'Sullivan, Thomas F, 1908-1983, Jesuit priest
Thesis entitled 'The notion of religious conversion in the parochial and plain sermons of John Henry Newman' in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Licentiate in Theology at Regis College, Toronto, Canada.
Mansfield, Dermot, Jesuit priest
Biography of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, and memorial card of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ
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Letters from Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ (Prionnsais Mac Suigín), St Ignatius College, Galway to Fr Fergus O'Keefe SJ on the prayer ‘Do’n Chroi Ro-Naofa’. (In Irish and English)
Material relating to Fr John J Neary SJ
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Material relating to Fr John J Neary SJ, including catalogue entry, correspondence regarding his time in Hong Kong and biographical information.
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Photograph of Fr John Hyde SJ.
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File relating to Fr Thomas J O'Donnell SJ including memorial card, photographs, catalogue entries, application to join the Society and correspondence relating to his time spent in India and at Vatican Radio.
O'Donnell, Thomas J, 1906-1983, Jesuit priest
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A file relating to Fr Patrick Coffey SJ. Includes biographical information, correspondence, concerning his health during his early years in the Society and correspondence during his time in England working in parishes in Birmingham and London.
Coffey, Patrick, 1909-1983, Jesuit priest
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A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.
Dargan, William, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest
Towards a national university: William Delany, SJ (1835-1924): an era of initiative in Irish education. Wolfhound Press ; Humanities Press, Dublin, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., 1983
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Negative of photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Negative of photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, taken from a group with Eamon De Valera and Prof. Michael Tierney. Original copyright the Irish Times.
Irish Times Limited, 1859-
Biographical information on Br William Glanville SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Br William Glanville SJ and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials. Includes a photograph of Br William Glanville SJ and Fr Sean Noonan SJ, September 1957, and mortuary card.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Sheil, Leonard, 1897-1968, Jesuit priest and missionary
Card of Walter Osborne portrait of ‘Master Aubrey Gwynn’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Card published by the National Gallery of Ireland, of the Walter Osborne (1859-1903) portrait of ‘Master Aubrey Gwynn’ (age 6). (Osborne was Fr Gwynn’s god-father). Portrait was presented to the Gallery in 1979 by Fr Gwynn’s sister.
National Gallery of Ireland, 1854-