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Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip

Photographs by Mr Frank Browne SJ on his Italian trip undertaken with his brother Fr William Browne and Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne at Florence, Pisa, Pompeii and Venice (Doge’s Palace & San Macro). Captions by [Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ].

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 11th York and Lancaster Regiment (218th Infantry Brigade); in Otley, West Yorkshire; The Military Hospital, York; with the British North Africa Force in North Africa; 1st Battalion, The Buffs, C.M.F. in Italy; in 93rd British General Hospital, C.M.F. and in the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. Includes Fr Pelly’s first letter to the Provincial written from Bridlington (23 April 1942, 1p.) and letters describing the monastery of Cassino following the battle of Monte Cassino (30 May 1944, 2pp), being in Rome on the day it was taken by the Allies and his ‘semi-private audience with the Pope’ (30 June, 29 July 1944, 2 items).

Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letters from Prof. Geoffrey Hand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ

  • IE IJA J/10/31
  • File
  • 1 April 1975-11 March 1981
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

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

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ to Irish Fr Provincial on news from Rome

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Florence, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Asks the latter to post the enclosed letters (not included) to Frs Ronan and Kelly. States that the diplomas are to be posted that day, and that he sent Fr Walsh ‘a lithographed account of the suppression of the Gesù’ two days previously, and adds that he also sent one to Fr Gallwey. Refers to the University, and expresses the hope that it will be successful. Reports that the property of the Irish College outside the walls of Rome is advertised for sale by the Giunta.

Weld, Alfred, 1823-1890, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ reporting on events in Florence

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Florence, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Encloses a lithograph of Blessed Faber (not included), and offers to send a copy or two of the life of Fr B[also]. Reports on events in Florence, including the attempt by a mob to drive the Jesuits out. Announced that the decree ‘de Virtutibus’ is to be promulgated. Also refers to the promotion of Fr Tarquini SJ to the Cardinalate, which the Pope did ‘as a mark of esteem to the Society’ during their persecution .

Weld, Alfred, 1823-1890, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ on a Fr Murphy, and in Florence and Rome

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Florence, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to the case of a Fr Murphy ‘who committed himself in the Dublin Diocese and was afterward received into the Society in America’. Asks for more information from his correspondent. Asks the latter to ask the Fr Provincial's opinion on the matter. Refers to the situation in Rome and Florence, and the involvement of the Jesuits.

Weld, Alfred, 1823-1890, Jesuit priest