Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
- IE IJA ADMN/13/67
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- 9 October 1915
Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
O'Fallon Pope, John, 1850-1934, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
O'Fallon Pope, John, 1850-1934, Jesuit priest
Letters concerning Fr Thomas Maher’s poor health and a ‘bad Police report.’
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters concerning Fr Thomas Maher’s poor health and a ‘bad Police report.’ Fr Maher was chaplain at Halton Park, Tring, England.
Wright, John, 1864-1926, Jesuit priest
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley]
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley] (CheyneWalk, London).
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1907-1915
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of holograph letters and typewritten letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ concerning his ordination at Milltown Park (28 July 1907); tertianship at L’ Ancienne Abbaye, Tronchiennes, Belgium to his mother and father, his sister Mai and brother Charles (October 1907 - 21 July 1908); attending a mission in Great Yarmouth (20 April 1908); work as a minister at Belvedere College to his sister Mai (April - July 1909); at the Convent of St John of God, Wexford to his sister Mai (2 August 1910); at Enghien, Belgium to his father (2 - 14 October 1912); while giving missions in Clare, Cork, Limerick and Dublin and working at Rathfarnham Castle, to his father and sister Mai (20 March 1914 - 6 November 1915).
Letters from Fr Theo Van der Schueren SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Theo Van der Schueren SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Van de Schueren, Theo, 1863-1930, Jesuit priest
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from Mary Maura Ostyn, O.S.B., Prioress of Ypres
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from Mary Maura Ostyn, O.S.B., Prioress of Ypres, 11 Harwood Avenue, London, England asking Fr Gill to salvage the contents of the Benedictine abbey at Ypres. Contains details of all the convent’s treasures and where they have been hidden. Includes letter from Baron H. Kervyn de Letterrhov[e] concerning the destroyed treasures.
Ostyn, Mary Maura, 1868-1940, Benedictine sister
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letter from A Ambruzzi to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Al. Ambruzzi SJ, Cambridge, England to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Ambruzzi, Al., 1881-1965, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Leo Clerc SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Leo Clerc SJ, Rector, Ore Place, Hastings, Sussex, England to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Clerc, Leo, 1854-1925, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Bernard Vaughan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Bernard Vaughan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Vaughan, Bernard, 1847-1922, Jesuit priest
A file of receipts from the Sun Fire Office, later the Sun Insurance Office, London for premiums received from the Jesuit Fathers.
Sun Fire Office, 1706-1996
Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to his father
Part of Irish Jesuits
Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Guadaloupe Barracks, Bordon, Hampshire to his father, Hugh Doyle Esq., Dalkey, Dublin in which he gives his new address.
Letter from Fr Charles Cooksey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Charles Cooksey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Cooksey, Charles, 1869-1945, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Henry A Johnston SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Johnston, Henry A, 1888-1986, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Patrick Joy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Patrick Joy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Joy, Patrick, 1892-1970, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr William I. Baker SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning arrangements to sail to Australia and the stopover in America en route.
Baker, William, 1879-1943, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Oswald Kellet SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Oswald Kellet SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Kellet, Oswald, 1872-1919, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Kelly, Thomas P, 1890-1977, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr William MacMahon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr William MacMahon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacMahon, William, 1876-1925, Jesuit priest
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
Letter from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning money he received
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ, St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning money he received.
O'Mara, Richard, 1884-1977, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters, including financial
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).
Letter from Mr Fergal McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Fergal McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacDonald, Daniel, 1891-1957, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1915-1917
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ from his time with the 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, 16th Division and the 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusilier’s: at Whitely Camp, Surrey; Bordon Camp, Hampshire; various locations in France. In the main, the letters are addressed to his father, but also his sister Mai. The letters document his time as a military chaplain, firstly at camp in England while preparing for embarkation and secondly, at the front in France. Some of the letters have been transcribed by Professor Alfred O'Rahilly in his book - Father William Doyle SJ. (1922) http://www.archive.org/details/fatherwilliamdoy00orahuoft
With envelopes and four undated parts of letters.
Includes notebooks written by Fr Willie Doyle SJ at the front (31 March 1916 - August 1917) with the following titles: ‘Bully Beef’ (20 - 29 December 1916); ‘Pork and Beans’ (16 January - 5 February 1917); ‘Bits and scraps for an old man’s breakfast’ (July 1917)’; ‘The Battle of Ypres’ (9 July - August 1917). Includes opening entry - ‘My dear Father, When I posted my letter to you this morning it occurred to me that perhaps if I kept a kind of diary for the next couple of weeks it might interest you and others, even if I had nothing of very great interest to relate (31 March 1916).
Letter from Nobert de Baynes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Nobert de Boynes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
de Boynes, Norbert, 1870-1954, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
O'Mara, Richard, 1884-1977, Jesuit priest
Sample questions on education from the University of London
Sample questions on education from the University of London - in preparation for the Clongowes Cert.
Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ.
Gannon, Patrick J, 1879-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Edward Sydes SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Sydes written just before and during his appointment as chaplain serving with the 2nd Australian Division, A.I.F, in France.
Sydes, Edward J, 1863-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady, Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office in Whitehall, London to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Informs him that Fr Doyle was mentioned in Despatches from General Sir Douglas Haig, which were published in the London Gazette.
O'Grady, M, Colonel in the British Army
Letters from Fr Peter Dwyer SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Peter Dwyer SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes letters written during his voyage to Australia aboard the RMS "Osterley" ([ ] - 31 August 1915, 4 items).
Dwyer, Peter, 1879-1945, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ written during his time as a military chaplain in Bettisfield Camp, Salop (Shropshire). Letter, July 31st '17 from Milltown Park, Dublin, perhaps should read July 31st 1916.
Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from Fr Michael Gavin SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Michael Gavin SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Gavin, Michael, 1843-1919, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Frederick King SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Frederick King SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
King, Frederick, 1863-1939, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr James McCann SJ written during his time as chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr James McCann SJ written during his time as chaplain to the 4th Reserve Battery, R.G.A., Winchester and Sialkot C.F.A. 4th Cavalry Division, Supply Column, B.E.F., France. Also includes items relating to the ill health (The Prince of Wales', Hospital for Officers), renewal of Fr McCann’s contract as chaplain and his demobilisation. (See also CHP1/10/1 which is a letter from Fr McCann to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ 12 June [1917]).
McCann, James, 1875-1951, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards from Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written during his time as a chaplain to the 3/1st East Lancashire Division, Codford, Wiltshire and 5th East Lancashire Regiment, Witley Camp, Surrey and in Park Hall Camp, Oswestry.
Mulhall, Hugh, 1871-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from the Senior Chaplain (R.C.), Australian Imperial Force, [Fr Thomas King] and Frs William Feran and John H Wright, Farm Street, London concerning Fr Sydes’ death in London on 15 November 1918 as a result of bronchitis and thrombosis.
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Certificate of Baptism of Aubrey Osborn Gwynn
Part of Irish Jesuits
Certified copy of Certificate of Baptism of Aubrey Osborn Gwynn, son of Stephen Lucius and Mary Louisa Osborne (sic) Gwynn, 10 Arlington Villas, Bristol, on 25 March 1892.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of copy letters from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Presiding Officer, Passport Department, Ministry of National Service, Victoria Street, London SW seeking passports for Frs Thomas J Moore, John Nerney and Albert Power to travel to Australia.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Documents relating to Fr Joseph Flinn’s during his time serving as a chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to Fr Joseph Flinn’s time as a chaplain attached to VI Corps Rest Station North, 10th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Munster Fusiliers, the 60th and 88th Brigade, R.G.A., B.E.F., France. Includes: certificate appointing Fr Flinn Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Land Forces (Temporary) (22 March 1917, 1p.);
– letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Flinn written from the Front (31 January 1917 – 10 October 1918, 21 items).
Flinn, Daniel Joseph, 1877-1943, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Bernard Page SJ written during his time as a chaplain with the No. 2 Cavalry Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France. Includes letter of complaint to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ (12 April 1917, 6pp) re Fr Page and Fr Page’s replies (22 – 30 April 1917, 3 items).
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Wrafter SJ written while serving as chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Wrafter SJ written while serving as chaplain in France and Belgium with the 47th Irish (16th) Division, the 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 7th Leinster Regiment.
Wrafter, Joseph, 1865-1934, Jesuit priest and chaplain
'Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate (ed.) (London: Oxford University Press). With stamp of St. Ignatius’ 35 Lower Leeson Street.
Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930, poet laureate
Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Declaration by Fr Charles S. Galton SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Declaration by Charles S. Galton SJ that he ‘received Aubrey Osborn Gwynn into the Church on the 14th of Dec. 1902’ (21 May 1918, 1p.) and copy of Certificate of Reconciliation, ‘According to the Register of Baptisms kept at S. H. Church Wimbledon Aubrey Osborn Gwynn…was reconciled at the said Church, by Charles S. Galton on the 14th day of December 1902’ (18 May 1902, 1p.)
Galton, Charles S., 1860-1936, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London, England concerning the nomination of various Irish Jesuits as chaplains to the forces. Includes letters concerning Fr Joseph Wrafter’s nomination as chaplain to prisoners of war in Holland, a move contested by the Provincial who saw it in effect, as ‘putting him (Fr Wrafter) on the shelf’ (26 December 1917 – 15 January 1918, 3 items).
McClement, Fr Kerr
Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John Elliott SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John Elliott SJ, written during his time serving as a military chaplain in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire and at the Officer's Hospital, Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutland, England.
Postcard of Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutlandshire - ‘This is a gorgeous place inside + outside. It is the finest house I have ever seen. Charles and I stayed here when it belonged to the Duke of Buckingham’, (28 October 1918) where Fr Elliott convalesced from a bout of double pneumonia (‘I am only 8st 7lbs with my clothes on’).
Elliott, John J, 1857-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Henry Potter SJ written during his time as military chaplain in Chelmsford, Essex, Lowestoft, Suffolk and Norfolk Military Hospital, Norwich.
Potter, Henry, 1866-1932, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Postcard with Margaret Martin (sister of Fr Frank Browne SJ) and her husband, Dr Jerome Martin
Part of Irish Jesuits
Postcard with Margaret Martin (sister of Fr Frank Browne SJ) and her husband, Dr Jerome Martin. Postcard by Ash Martin, 128 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, England.
Martin, Ash
‘Thar fhairrge i gcéin (le linn na hOl-togha 1918)’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Edited text of poem ‘Thar fhairrge i gcéin (le linn na hOl-togha 1918)’ beg. Thar fhairrge i gcéin gidh taistealach mé, 8 verses.
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Letter from Vaughan Dempsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Vaughan Dempsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Dempsey, Vaughan B, 1895-1961, former Jesuit scholastic, Irish consul
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, the War Office and T. Stratton, Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), concerning the demobilisation of various Irish Jesuits and the need for chaplains for transport ships to Australia.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, written from Germany (28 December 1918-9 February 1919, 4 items), Bishop's House, Queenstown (Cobh), Cork (27 February 1919) and from Warley Barracks, Essex (10 March 1919-6 September 1919, 8 items) including one describing his daily routine as Chaplain to the Irish Guards (6 May 1919, 6pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John M. Bampton SJ, Mount Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Bampton, John M., 1854-1933, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Gerard Corr SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his voyage to Australia in a troop carrier called SS "Somali". Describes the voyage and conditions on board.
Corr, Gerald F, 1875-1941, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Portrait photograph of Fr Patrick Barrett SJ in his chaplains’ uniform
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Portrait photograph of Fr Patrick Barrett SJ in his chaplains’ uniform at Bettisfield Camp, Salop (Shropshire), England.
Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Murphy, Leo, 1888-1957, Jesuit priest
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes rough notes of wages and expenditure of various Jesuit chaplains (n.d., 3pp),and replies from the Senior Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force on transport to Australia for acting chaplain. Includes a note from Fr William Feran SJ, that he has commissioned him (Fr Henry Gill SJ) to discover and exterminate the influenza microbe' (18 December 1918).
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards from Fr Patrick Morris SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while serving as chaplain to 2/8 Battalion, L.F., Sobraon Barracks, Colchester and also in France, before being sent back to England in November 1917 with ‘clinical dysentery.’
Morris, Patrick J, 1882-1966, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Photographs and postcards by the Imperial War Museum, London, England
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs and postcards sent to Prof. Alfred O’Rahilly by the Imperial War Museum, London, England, for use in his book on Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Includes a note ‘Don’t mix these with the others. Return these to me. These are photos which I bought but decided not to use.’ All photographs are dated and described on back. Photos are mostly of the ruins of Ypres, Guillemont, Loos etc. Sizes: 21 1/2cm x 16 1/2cm; 14cm x 9cm and 27 1/2cm x 9cm.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr William A Sutton SJ and various members of the Smithers family at their home, ‘Homefield’ in Knockholt, Kent. Includes postcard showing exterior of the house.
Letters from Fr Daniel J. Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the voyage to Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Daniel J. Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the voyage to Australia and his arrival in Sydney.
Finn, Daniel J, 1886-1936, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Boyd Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Edward Boyd Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Boyd Barrett, Edward J, 1883-1966, former Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Stephen Brown SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Stephen Brown SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Brown, Stephen J, 1881-1962, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Patrick J Hayden SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Patrick J Hayden SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hayden, Patrick J, 1859-1938, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Hipp Delehaye SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Hipp. Delehaye SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Delehaye, Hippolytus, 1859-1941, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Daniel Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Daniel Finn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Finn, Daniel J, 1886-1936, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edmund Lester SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Edmund Lester SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Lester, Edmund, 1866-1934, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John McAleer SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John McAleer SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McAleer, John, 1862-1943, Jesuit priest
Letter from Mr Henry McArdle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Henry McArdle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McArdle, Henry, 1888-1940, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John H. Wright SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John H. Wright SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Wright, John, 1864-1926, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr David Thompson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr David Thompson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Thompson, David, 1867-1926, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning personal issues and chaplaincy
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter wondering whether he should go to the front. Remarks that he is too old for the trenches. (28 December 1915, 5pp). Includes a letter concerning his problems with drink and his desire to put his problems behind him and continue with his religious life and work assigned to him (30 May 1918, 19pp). Includes a letter concerning his appointment as chaplain for continuous service with Australian troops going to the front. Remarks that he is very pleased with his appointment (15 July 1918, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to his arrival back in Australia and his new position doing parish work at St. Mary's, North Sydney. Remarks 'I have charge of the Men's sodality...meantime I am awaiting demobilisation...' (25 October 1919, 4pp). Includes a letter announcing his arrival in London and remarks how glad he is to be home. Remarks that he wishes to arrange receipt of his war bonus with the authorities before he leaves London for Dublin. (10 January 1920, 2pp).
Gwynn, William, 1865-1950, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest
Receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, (Province
Procurator). Includes receipts, postcards and letters from Frs Edward Boyd Barrett, James O'Connor, Joseph Flinn, A. Magne, Daniel J. Finn (from R.M.S Orsova on the way to Australia), James Creagh, James Farrell, John Ryan (Valkenberg), William Byrne, Bernard Page, John Nerney, C. Wishoff, Leopold Skarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.
File containing extensive documentation concerning the will of Charles Kennedy and his bequest to the Society of Jesus. The Society used the proceeds from this bequest to construct University Hall, Hatch Street. The extent of the file can be explained by the numerous properties owned by Charles Kennedy and the necessary documentation that inevitably accompanies ownership of property, receipts and vouchers from professional companies involved in the construction of University Hall and the fact that the will of Charles Kennedy was contested by his brother Frank Kennedy. His legal action was unsuccessful (29 January 1909 & 30 January 1909 & 30 May 1912, 3 items).
The text of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius: translated from the original Spanish
The text of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius: translated from the original Spanish
Burns, Oates, London, 1880 and 1923.
Letter from Thomas McCreevy to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Thomas McCreevy, Garland’s Hotel, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ concerning Fr Finlay’s “attitude to Mr Lennox Robinson in regard to his story ‘The Madonna of Slieve Dun’…I presume that you accept Mr Robinson’s repudiation of the suggestion that his story was a parody of the Scripture History of the Incarnation.” Protests about the attitude of a ‘small section of the press in Ireland’ with regard to ‘Christian standards’, defends Mr. Robinson and states ‘I…regard it as binding, in us Catholics particularly, to see that injustice is not done in our name in this matter…I am prepared to urge Mr. Robinson to get the matter considered by the Holy Office itself if necessary rather than submit to the injustice of being treated as a blaspheming parodist.’
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Albert Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to Australia via America. Includes letters referring to William Tucker SJ and his health (6 October 1918 & 7 October 1918, 2 items). Includes a letter concerning his journey to San Francisco. Remarks 'At San Francisco there is a Priest (Fr O'Neill) who is Rector of Newman Hall in the University at Berkeley...a Catholic Hall like the one I am going to be acquainted with. I have a letter of introduction to him and hope to get some lights from him. They say he has done a great deal for his Hall...' (21 November 1918, 2pp). Includes a letter concerning his new position as Rector of Newman College. Refers to Fr O'Dwyer SJ. Remarks 'The poor man has had a v. heavy trial over this Newman College affair - and I think he has been dealt with rather unceremoniously.' Refers to an offer by the Archbishop of Perth inviting the Jesuits to establish a see also residence in Perth. Remarks 'I would remind your Reverence that we are very much undermanned out here - and unless you can send us out a good few subjects, it might be better not to extend the frontier that we have to garrison.' (21 January 1919, 2pp). Includes a letter reporting on Newman College after 18 months as Rector of the College (19 August 1920, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to a consult of the mission at which the proposal of Australia becoming a Vice-Province was discussed. Summarises the points raised (13 October 1924, 3pp).
Power, Albert, 1870-1948, Jesuit priest
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Two letters written by Fr John Neary SJ to Irish Provincial John Fahy SJ relating to arrangements for his journey to Hong Kong.
Neary, John J, 1889-1983, Jesuit priest
A file relating to the will of Matilda O'Donnell in which she bequeathed the residue of her property to her trustees and executors, Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr Michael Browne SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. The file contains extensive background material that appears to have little to do with the Society of Jesus and their bequest. However, as Frs. Nolan and Browne were appointed as trustees and executors of the will it may have been necessary to acquaint themselves fully with Miss Matilda O'Donnell's affairs.
Postcards from Fr Joseph P McCullough SJ to Maggie McLoughlin
Part of Irish Jesuits
Postcards from Fr Joseph P McCullough SJ, London England and Genoa, Italy to Maggie McLoughlin, No 8 Ward, Royal Hosptial, Donnybrook, Dublin on his way to Hong Kong.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Part of a letter from [Jeremiah Sullivan], St Aloysius College, Milson's Point to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning Br Maurice Delmar SJ, and his departure from the Noviceship.
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1877-1960, Jesuit priest
John Baptist Byrne entry into the Society of Jesus
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Br John Baptist Byrne SJ entry into the Society of Jesus and difficulties he encountered as a novice, ultimately leading to his decision to become a brother in the English Province. Includes detailed correspondence concerning his difficulties and the various attempts to find a suitable position for him in the Society.
Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own)
Part of Irish Jesuits
Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own). Fr Browne has captioned some of the albums:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Revisions to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province
A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a manuscript entitled 'Some hints for Reading' (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Rector concerning the consumption of spirits. Remarks 'Owing to grave representations made to me from many quarters and regrettable facts that have come to my knowledge...I have decided that for the future of the Province the following points should be observed as obligatory customs of the Province.' (12 March 1901, 4pp). Includes a typed supplement to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province entitled 'Customs of Serving Mass and Benediction(13pp, [1935-]); regulations for the Villa menu (1919, 1p); revision of Custom Book by Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois (12 April 1933);
Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick
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Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.
Kendrick, Sir, Thomas Downing, 1895-1979, archaeologist and art historian
Letter 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
Cure of Sr Francis Loyola, Convent of Notre Dame, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Part of Irish Jesuits
Cure of Sr Francis Loyola, Convent of Notre Dame, Tunbridge Wells, Kent attributed to Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and various Jesuits concerning proposals by two English Jesuits, Fr Frederick Wilcock and Fr Ryder, to visit Ireland in order to lecture and collect money for the Jesuit Mission in Estonia and a school for Russian boys in Shanghai. Irish Fr Provincial opposes both proposals.
Correspondence on retreats (and missions) to priests, nuns and the laity
Correspondence on retreats (and missions) to priests, nuns and the laity. Includes correspondence concerning the drafting, by Irish Fr Provincial, of a confidential circular concerning the ‘principles which were to direct Ours when treating, whether in missions or retreats, the 6th & 9th Commandments. I judged…direction necessary because complaints had been made to me that some of Ours had said rather gross things in the pulpit, and because there seemed to be a want of uniformity amongst our preachers and confessors in their manner of treating this difficult subject.’ (See also ADMN/3/11)
‘Fifty Meditations on the Passion’ by Archbishop Goodier SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Br Albert Kelly’s copy of ‘Fifty Meditations on the Passion’ by Archbishop Goodier SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from J.G. Mudd[iman], Dorset Square, London, who is working on “a sort of ‘Contemporary History of Cromwell.’ ” States that he is ‘very decidedly of (the) opinion that a volume …of Cromwell’s letters would be of very great importance. He has a definite story to tell, tells it at length, knows personally all the persons he mentions and has a knowledge of English so perfect that he hardly ever makes a mistake in the spelling of a name.’
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary
Documents relating to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary, mainly concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the two organisations.