- IE IJA MSSN/HONG/151
- File
- 24 April - 27 July 1945
Part of Irish 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.
Part of Irish 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.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Peter J. Murphy, Secretary to the Archbishop, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior of the Mission, St Mary's, North Sydney concerning the appointment of a Rector to St John's College, University of Sydney. Includes a copy reply.
Murphy, Peter J, Catholic priest
Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret. Printed by O'Connor, Printer, 20, George Street, Limerick.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and notes to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Jean Leclercq, O.S.B., Most. Rev. Sighard Kleiner, Abbot General of the Cistercian order and Fr Augustin Altisent, concerning Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s work on the publication of the critical edition of St. Bernard’s 'Vita Malachie'.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Pass issued by Willie Chamberlain, Inspector General, Dublin Metropolitan Police for Fr Daniel Joseph Flinn SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to travel around Dublin in May 1916, and catalogue entry for Fr Flinn SJ (1930).
Flinn, Daniel Joseph, 1877-1943, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various priests and academics (mostly Fr Andrew Gray, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Horsham, Sussex) concerning the discovery in the Public Record Office, of a foundation charter of a Carthusian charterhouse in Ireland at Kinaleghin (Kinalahan, Kinalekin or Kilnaleghin) by John de Cogan in 1267; and the publication of Fr Gray’s resultant article on Kinaleghin. Includes: colour photograph of Fr Gray (13 September 1957);
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to the entry of Br Peter Foley SJ into the society, final vows and medical note.
Foley, Peter, 1891-1968, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of press clippings from the 'Irish Press' and 'Irish Times' concerning the safe return of Irish Jesuits from Hong Kong following the Japanese surrender.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry for Fr James Finucane SJ and obituary.
Finucane, James, 1878-1957, Jesuit priest
Copy of photograph of the frozen lake, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of photograph of the frozen lake, Emo with Jesuit novices pulling material.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr B. Colmcille, O.C.S.O., Mellifont Abbey, County Louth, concerning his research work and various publications, such as his book on the history of Mellifont ('The Story of Mellifont') and the Cistercians ('The History of the Irish Cistercians'). Also includes discussions on the literary activities of the medieval Cistercians in Ireland; the history of the abbey, especially its origins and possible connections to a small community at Drogheda (St Mary’s); archaeological excavations at Mellifont; his paper on the lands of St Mary’s Abbey, Co. Dublin and the preparation of maps. (There is a copy of the book 'The Story of Mellifont' (M.H. Gill & Son, 1958) signed by Fr Colmcille for Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, in the house Library in Leeson Street)
Leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Small sized leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Rev. John Moyersoen SJ, 32 Park Street, Calcutta to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ concerning the Irish Jesuits who took up positions in the Indian mission following their temporary departure from Hong Kong during the war.
Moyersoen, John B, 1900-1969, Jesuit priest
Religious processing in Leitrim
Part of Irish Jesuits
Religious procession [Children of Mar]) walking up street in County Leitrim.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry for Fr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ (1930), obituary and passport page with black and white photograph (1952).
Fitzgibbon, Daniel, 1884-1956, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to army chaplains. Includes letters and memoranda relating to the non-payment of their salaries to the Hong Kong mission. Includes extracts from letters by Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ, a naval chaplain concerning news of the Irish Jesuits in Hong Kong.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the controversy between Dr Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick and Mungret College concerning the admission of lay boys to the College. The file contains manuscript material written by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ. In a summary he remarks that the Bishop saw the presence of lay students at Mungret 'as a threat to his seminary' (nd, 1p). Includes correspondence, and prospectus for Mungret College, 1882, Annual reports of the Irish Apostolic School, Mungret, 1889 and 1895.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr. Gearóid MacNiocaill concerning their mutual academic interests. Includes: - references to MacNiocaill’s proposed thesis on the history of the Cistercians in Ireland;
Letter and photographs from C.C Barham, Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from C.C Barham, Editor of Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ, returning the series of photographs of the ‘Angels’ and asking Fr Browne to write a short photographic article on them. Includes photographs of churches in East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse, and some photographs of angels (stone) in Ireland.
Barham, C.C., editor
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals:
Establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)
St Francis Xavier cross, George's Hill Convent, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
Note on the origins of the St Francis Xavier cross at George's Hill Convent, Dublin, with photograph.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to ways in which the teaching and knowledge of Latin might be improved amongst the Juniors in the Irish Province.
Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of obituaries for Fr Peter Foley SJ.
Foley, Peter, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
University exam results from for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of University exam results from University Colle Dublin for Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Material relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'. Includes letters from Irish Fr Provincial urging Fr Tomkin SJ not to correspond with former Apostolics on the 'Mungret Question'.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Irish Jesuits working and living in China and Hong Kong during the rise in communism after the Second World War. Includes newspaper cuttings and descriptions by the Irish Jesuits of their experiences.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of Donegal (Carrick, Glencolmcille and Slieve League) and butter making at Ballypatrick creamery (Kilsheelan), Tipperary [1947].
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Material related to related to the studies of Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the studies of Juniors. Includes a report compiled by a committee set up to investigate the studies undertaken by Juniors (Ordinatio Studiorum Juniorum Provinciae Hiberniae Societatis Jesu).
Renewal of permission from the Archbishop of Dublin allowing Fr Bodkin to say Mass daily
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to the renewal of permission from the Archbishop of Dublin allowing Fr Bodkin to say a Votive Mass daily.
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to Dublin Corporation
Part of Irish Jesuits
Dividend certificates and lodgement receipts relating to Dublin Corporation 5% Inscribed Stock.
Daily cash and receipt book for St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Account of daily cash and receipt book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway.
Instructions for the saying of Mass by Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ
Instructions for the saying of Mass by Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ.
Murphy, James F, 1852-1908, Jesuit priest
Copy of letter from Dr. Grant, Director of the Scottish College in Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Copy of letter from Dr Grant, Director of the Scottish College in Rome, to Sir Augustus Paget, British Minister to Italy. Writes in relation to the fate of the Roman College, and its status as a university for foreigners.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death in action on 17 August 1917, from Fr Kerr McClement, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, Fr William Feran SJ, English Province, Farm Street, London and Fr M. O'Connell, Senior Chaplain (R.C.), H.Q., 16th Division, B.E.F..
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
'Dance Hall Legislation' by Fr Richard Devane SJ
'Dance Hall Legislation' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.
Devane, Richard, 1876-1951, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters including:
– Fr MacErlean’s censure on a Society Appeal for Funds;
– the progress of his historical research, news from Rome and news about the Society in Australia;
– the establishment of the Society in Ireland including a ‘list of whatever documents exist to my knowledge regarding the establishment of the Society in Ireland…What exactly the establishment of the Society in Ireland means I do not know. It may be a question for a canonist to solve. The canonical succession of the New Society to the Old is disputed, and Rome has never decided the point’;
– the proposed purchase of a volume consisting of ‘the indexes of the first eleven volumes of the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum down to the 3rd volume of April’ and the binding which is ‘much older than the contents…the binding of a Missal that was presented to Father (Nicholas) Leynach in 1613 - 14 by Francis Bray, at a time when Fr Leynach was trying to establish a chapel or oratory of the Society in Clonmel’;
– the Irish College in Rome;
– lists of books the Province could present to ‘the library to be established for the use of the Coll(egium) Scriptorum and a ‘list of those members of our Province who might now or hereafter be fit to cooperate with the Collegium Scriptorum in the production of works’ and a
– ‘Brief Sketch of the Work of the Irish Jesuits from the foundation to the Suppression of the Society 1540 – 1773’ (11pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
A file relating to the Association of Secondary Schools in Ireland (ASTI) and correspondence with the Society of Jesus in relation to the secondary schools under their direction. Includes letters relating to the dismissal of lay teachers, the employment of lay teachers in Jesuit schools and the salaries of lay teachers, list of lay teachers at Clongowes Wood College SJ and salary (1941)
Frs Ernest Mackey SJ and Michael Garahy SJ travelling to South Africa
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to two Irish Jesuit missionaries Frs Ernest Mackey SJ and Michael Garahy SJ who travelled to South Africa to conduct a mission in honour of the centenary celebrations in the Vicariate of the Western Districts of the Cape of Good Hope.
MacSherry, Hugh, 1852-1940, Roman Catholic Bishop
Letters from John Duff, Castletown, Isle of Man to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from John Duff, Castletown, Isle of Man to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ.[Douglas, Isle of Man]. The first letter thanks Fr Gahan for officiating at his marriage. The second letter refers to a debt of money due to Fr Gahan. Remarks that he is not pleased with the tone of Fr Gahan's letter in which he requests repayment. Remarks that he is not liable for the debt and advises Fr Gahan to contact Robert Duff of the late firm owned by Robert and John Duff for repayment of the debt.
Duff, John
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Maurice Dowling SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Maurice Dowling SJ written during his time serving as a chaplain in the 11th General Hospital in Peebles; Military Hospital, Drymen, Scotland; with the Shetland Defence Forces in Lerwick; in North Africa with the 58th [Heavy Anti-Aircraft] Regiment, Royal Artillery, B.N.A.F.; 3 L.C.U.; with the 167th Field Ambulance, C.M.F. and 2nd A.G.R.A., C.M.F.; with the 4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks. in Norfolk and 2nd Army and 21st Army Group in Germany. Includes his first letter written to the Provincial from the 11th General Hospital (1 January 1942, 2pp), Fr Dowling’s memorial card (with photograph), and airgraphs from North Africa.
Dowling, Maurice, 1896-1965, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner
Photographs of the exterior of Coláiste Iognáid SJ and St Ignatius Church, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photographs of the exterior of the church and school. Images of the church and school buildings from different angles. Most are images of the façade of the church and school, and the rear of the school. Taken by Fr Fergus O'Keeffe SJ.
O'Keefe, Fergus, 1933-2022, Jesuit priest
Proposed articles for the commemorative issue of 'Studies' for the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus. Includes a letter from Aubrey Gwynn SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the commemorative issue.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Documents relating to the 1899 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1899 Provincial Congregation.
Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858
The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:
25 March 1859; George [ ]
7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]
17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely
23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot
19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]
4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke
25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman
11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ
16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen
6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari
13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)
3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via
22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis
n.d.; Auguste Donnet
19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle
11 February 1859; [Fernando]
21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]
5 May 1858; Thomas Grant
5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation
19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones
4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix
23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company
6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis
[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)
17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)
25 May 1858; John Morris
[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat
5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves
19 April 1852; James Roche
2 March 1858; James Hope Scott
12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman
15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth
[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote
5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley
15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti
9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]
19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th
29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts
[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine
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:
Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives
Part of Irish Jesuits
Four small silver canisters containing Kodak negatives. One case has note by Fr Frank Browne SJ on the contents, ‘Copy of Alex letters ‘(perhaps Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis), and recommendations on making positives.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School, Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the difficulties between the Apostolic and Lay School. Includes suggestions towards a solution of the difficulties (nd, 1p).
Letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ describing New Zealand
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ. Includes letters concerning matters in the college at Kew (9 November 1881 - 29 April 1882, 3 items). Includes a letter describing his visit to New Zealand and the journey from Hokitika to Greymouth. Remarks: 'Those who have seen the European Alps say that the Southern Alps of N. Zealand are quite equal to them for grandeur. The scenery too is most varied...The roads over the mountains are cut out of the rock and the precipices hundreds of feet deep along which they run make many a stout heart quail.' (1May [ ], 4pp). Includes a letter concerning his visit to Greymouth, New Zealand. Remarks '...(it) is the most stirring town on the west coast and I believe the most so in N.Z. for its size. A new rush broke out about two months ago...There are 'tis said a thousand Irish there.' (6 May [ ], 4pp).
Nolan, Edward, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
Handwritten history of the residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Handwritten history of the residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes holograph letters from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Rome to Frs Aylmer and Meagher, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street relating to the proposed altar, with illustrations of altar; history of St Francis Xavier's by Fr Kenney SJ; annual letters by Fr Curtis SJ (1841 - 47); Historia Domus of St Francis Xavier College (Belvedere) and residence by Fr Kavanagh SJ, notice of valuation of house at Upper Gardiner Street (1 March 1832); history of Upper Gardiner Street residence (1865 - 68); an oration made in aid of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street (1833); annual letters by Fr O'Farrell SJ (1840);
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a brother novice (John Flynn SJ) he is sending out to Australia. Remarks that Br Flynn has been in delicate health and is hoping that Australia may suit him better.
Tuite, James, 1831-1891, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Lists of contents written on scrap paper and envelopes which detail papers previously held in the basement of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes document entitled ‘Archives of the Irish Province’ with box numbers.
Controversy between Dr O'Dwyer (Bishop of Limerick) and Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the controversy between Dr O'Dwyer (Bishop of Limerick) and Mungret College (1886 - 1900), and research by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.
House history of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
‘Historia Domus. Resid[ence] St. Fran[cis] Xav[ier]’, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Lined notebook with handwritten entries which record important dates in the history of the church and community at Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Gives some background history from 1829 - 1884 and a photograph of Fr Thomas Kelly SJ. Includes information such as: members of the community and records the arrival of new members and the departure of the old, illnesses, deaths and funerals, novenas, feasts, building work carried out to the buildings and church notices. Also contains several insertions, some loose and some pasted onto notebook pages including; newspaper cuttings of special ceremonies, advent, calendars and retreats. Includes contents page by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Relic of St Francis Xavier arm at St Mary's, Emo, Laois. With Jesuits
Part of Irish Jesuits
Relic of St Francis Xavier arm at St Mary's, Emo, Laois. With Jesuits.
St Mary's, Emo, Laois, 1930-1969
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Fr Thomas Gartlan SJ.
Gartlan, Thomas, 1853-1942, Jesuit priest
Small ‘Kodak Plus X’ tin containing three small rolls of negatives
Part of Irish Jesuits
Small ‘Kodak Plus X’ tin containing three small rolls of negatives.
Article by Fr Gerald Kennedy SJ on China
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to an article by Fr Gerald Kennedy SJ on China. Includes the MS of the article (92pp) and censor's reports on the article - relates to Fr Kennesy's voyage to Hong Kong,and travelogue about Rotterdam, Germany, Colombo and Manila.
Kennedy, Gerald L, 1889-1949, Jesuit priest and medical doctor
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various Annals
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various Annals:
– ‘Annals of Loch Cé (Annals of Kilronan)’ (1p.);
– ‘Annals of Connacht’ (1p.);
– ‘Annals of Boyle (Annals of Loch Cé after c.1228’;
– ‘The Annals of Connacht and the abbey of Cong’, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vo. XXVII, 1-9 (1956).
Letter from Gerald Molloy to Dr Edward O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, concerning the Mungret endowment
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Letter from Gerald Molloy, St Moritz, Switzerland to Dr Edward O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, Corbally, Limerick concerning the Mungret endowment and its administration.
Molloy, Gerald, 1834-1906, priest and scientist
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Series of articles by Dr Helena Concannon on ‘The Jesuits in Ireland: Some chapters in their history’.
Concannon, Helena, 1878-1952, historian and politician
File relating to the publication 'The Rock'
Part of Irish 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.
Negatives copies of Fr Frank Browne photographs of the Titanic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Kodak copy negatives of Fr Frank Browne photographs of the Titanic, made by the Ulster Museum and presented to Fr John Guiney SJ.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes by Fr Frank Browne SJ on stories for a lecture on the River Liffey.
See also booklet by Francis M. Browne, 'Footsteps of St. Patrick Near the River Liffey'. Dublin: Office of the "Irish Messenger", 1922.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Liam Ó Buachalla, Cork, relating to the history of the diocese of Cork and Cloyne; - the Uí Toirdhealbhaigh ‘the subsept to which Brian Ború, the Ua hEnna’s and Ua hAailgenis belonged’;
Photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.
Holograph article ‘The Introduction of Roman Canon Law into Ireland’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph article ‘The Introduction of Roman Canon Law into Ireland.’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry and material on the health of Fr Mortimer Glynn SJ.
Glynn, Mortimer, 1891-1966, Jesuit priest
Material relating to the Educational Endowment (Ireland) Commission and Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the Educational Endowment (Ireland) Commission. Includes an abstract of the minutes of the Commission, minutes of evidence and appendices, memorandum of the Commissioners protest by the Assistant Commissioner. Includes a copy of a deed dated 13 March 1895 between the Trustees of the Limerick Endowment for Technical Education and Frs William Ronan SJ, Thomas Finlay SJ, Vincent Byrne SJ, Patrick Keating SJ and Henry Lynch SJ relating to the lands of Drumdarraig in the Barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick (71 acres) sold by the Trustees to Frs Ronan SJ et .al.
Typescript notes with references to various Calendars
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript notes with references to various Calendars (e.g. Calendar of Patent Letters, Calendar of Documents: Ireland) on:
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Daniel Clancy SJ, St Aloysius College, Auburn, Bourke Street, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning a mortgage and Capitation Tax on the building occupied by St Aloysius College.
Clancy, Daniel, 1836-1895, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings to be used for making Indian designs’ (279A1), and other craft works. This may relate to the area around Kelowna and Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, therefore not taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ. Captions on reverse are not in Fr Browne’s hand. The photograph of 'Indian boys sketching' has stamp of Stocks Photographer, Penticton.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr James Gubbins SJ.
Gubbins, James, 1889-1946, Jesuit priest
Photocopy of a draft typescript [by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Notes on the History of Ardmore’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of a draft typescript [by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ] entitled ‘Notes on the History of Ardmore.’
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning his appointment as Rector of the College. Remarks 'I think that my appointment to the Rectorship in the present state of the College would be very detrimental to its interests. There is no one here to take my place as master...' (2 May 1885, 6pp).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, 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
Stock and shares bought by Miss Cantwell bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Stock and shares bought by Miss Cantwell, 12 Belvedere Place, Dublin bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ.
Material relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ
Part of Irish 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.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Gerard Guinane SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Gerard Guinane SJ written while serving as chaplain with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Fusiliers in various locations throughout England, in Hawick, Scotland and in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire.
Guinane, Gerard, 1900-1971, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Report on Poverty in the Province
Documents relating to a report on poverty in the Province sent to Rome in October 1926 in response to a letter sent in March 1926 by Fr General to the Irish Fr Provincial. Includes copy of Fr General’s letter, questionnaire and the responses which comprise the report.
Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.
Letters concerning Mungret, and Fr Joseph Bourke's decision to quit Mungret
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file of letters concerning Mungret, Fr Joseph Bourke's decision to quit Mungret and the possibility of the Holy Ghost Fathers taking over the premises. Includes letters from Fr Timothy O'Keeffe SJ, College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick to Fr William Ronan SJ on the matter and a letter from Fr Ronan SJ to [ ] .
Ronan, William, 1828-1907, Jesuit priest and chaplain
A file relating to the exception taken by the ecclesiastical authorities of the Archdiocese of Dublin to two sentences in a review of an American book entitled Religious Instruction and Education in the September issue of Studies (1942). Includes letters from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ concerning the issue.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Photograph of Penny Dinners Committee, St Ignatius Church, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Group photograph of Penny Dinners Committee, St Ignatius Church, Galway. In three rows, including Fr John MacSheahan SJ, taken outdoors by Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway. Names are given on one photograph.
Photographic album of St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois by Fr Frank Browne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs are pasted into the album and relate to the following subjects: the interior and exterior of the St Mary's, Emo, gardens, farm, lake, the winter landscape, trees, Jesuit alterations to the house, individuals playing golf and men seated on a wall. Includes group photograph of six Jesuits in the garden, Cormac Gallagher, -,-, Alan Mowbray, Dermot Murray,-. Seven photographs were loose therefore these are stored in mylar sleeves. The photographs have captions by Fr Frank Browne on the reverse. These include:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Certified copies of deed appointing trustees, Rev. Thomas A. Finlay
Part of Irish Jesuits
Parties:
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street, city of Dublin (the Settlor); 1st part.
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, George O'Brien, 40 Northumberland Road, county Dublin, Doctor of Letters and Joseph Hugh Murray, 40 St. Kevin’s Park, Dartry Road, County Dublin, Esquire (the Trustees); 2nd part.
Preamble:
Fr Finlay is entitled to several sums of £1,075 and £1,228.10s 5% state-guaranteed mortgage bonds of the Agricultural Credit Corporation with which he wishes to establish a Rural Industrial Trust Fund.
Terms:
Fr Finlay transfers the money with a view to the formation of the Trust Fund, to the Trustees subject to a number of clauses, including that the Trustees apply the annual income arising from the bonds ‘in aiding or assisting in such manner as they shall consider most beneficial the poorer workers in Rural Industries…in any part of Ireland including Northern Ireland.’
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
'Dance Halls & More Dance Halls' and 'Parish Councils in England' by Fr Richard Devane SJ
'Dance Halls & More Dance Halls' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.
Devane, Richard, 1876-1951, Jesuit priest
Female students from UCG attend Mass and the Children of Mary Sodality at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Correspondence between Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway and Fr James O’Dea, Dean, University College Galway over concerns of Fr O’Dea, that pressure was applied to female students to attend Mass and attend the Children of Mary Sodality at St Ignatius Church, instead of the university, ultra vires the authority of St Ignatius Church.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Circular from 27 scholastics studying philosophy at Roman colleges
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Circular from 27 scholastics studying philosophy at Roman colleges, which include Patricius (Patrick) M. Hughes and Guillelmus (William) O'Farrell.
Fragment of letter from Fr General Beckx refers to ‘Dionysius Murphy’ and ‘William Seaver’
Fragment of letter from Fr General Beckx. Refers to ‘Dionysius Murphy’ and ‘William Seaver’.
Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letters and cards of congratulation to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the 50th anniversary of his ordination
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and cards of congratulation to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the 50th anniversary of his ordination on 13 July 1974. Includes:
– letters from various Columban sisters invited to attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations (15 July -3 August 1964, 7 items);
– letter of congratulation from Fr General Pedro Arrupe SJ (2 July 1974, 1p.);
– letters from Alice Moore (Fr Gwynn’s sister-in-law) (22, 31 July 1974, 2 items) (see also J10/20; 21; 51);
– letter from Fr Thomas J. Fullerton (see J10/15) (27 July 1974, 2pp);
– letters from various Jesuits (including Frs Des O'Grady, E.J. Andrews, John Neary and Fergus Cronin) and letter from Prof. Geoffrey Hand (30 July 1974, 2pp).
See also J10/31; 49; 68; 256; 257.
Arrupe, Pedro, 1907-1991, Jesuit priest and Father General
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letter from the War Office to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, enclosing the official certificate of death of Fr Doyle.
Paintings in Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the paintings in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters relating to the ceiling paintings by Angelica Kauffman and new decorative works. Includes letters from Joshua Clarke, J Clarke & Sons, Stain glass manufacturers & Church decorators, 33 North Frederick Street, Dublin regarding the ceiling painting by 'my lady artist' (Miss Crilly, later known as Margaret Clarke) (10 September 1913). Only one painting by Margaret Crilly was accepted, which disappointed Joshua Clarke. Initially Miss Crilly rejected the offer of £7 10 shlllings per painting. Joshua Clarke persuaded her to accept £7, but by this stage, it was too late. She received £10 for her painting and Cambridge & Co. Ltd, Dublin were engaged (October 1913), and agreed a price of £35 for the series of nine painting. The artist Patrick Tuohy completed the ceiling paintings.
House histories for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
A file of house histories for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of correspondence between Fr Eddie Bourke SJ, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Bishop Valtorta concerning the issuing of an order that the Irish Jesuit Fathers are to wear a soutane in public. Fr Bourke's letters urge the Bishop to reconsider. Outlines his reasons for this request (1946). Question already arose in 1935.
Bourke, Edward, 1895-1985, Jesuit priest
Lists of ‘Irish Dioceses from Rath Breasail to Kells’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Lists of ‘Irish Dioceses from Rath Breasail to Kells’ (6pp); ‘Bishops with Sees not Identified’ and ‘Diocesan Sees of 1152, not in Rath Breasail’ (1p.).
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Material related to the will of Catherine Clery, deceased, and a legal action between Raphael Ambrose Biale v. Kenny and others. Includes copy of will; correspondence; writ of summons; instructions for counsel; settlement of defence (16 February 1898); judgement (16 November 1898); costs; estimate of the costs of alterations to the church at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to be made from the will of Miss Cleary.
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Dioceses after the Synod of Kells
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ with the following headings: