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Material relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ

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-

Photograph of Jesuit community in library, St Ignatius, Galway

Black and white group photograph of the community at St Ignatius, Galway, taken in the library by Yann Studios. Names supplied by Fr Brian Grogan SJ. Also, three transparencies with the community having dinner and coffee.

Back row, from left: - , Mac Mathuna, - , Fr Jim Christian SJ, Br Michael Crowe, Fr Sean O'Duibhir SJ, Mr Brian Grogan SJ, - , Fr Peader Feeney SJ, Br Andrew Colgan SJ, Br Francis Bonfield SJ, - .

Sitting: Fr Richard Butler SJ, Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ, Fr Edward Andrews SJ, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ (Rector), Fr Michael McGrath SJ (Minister), Fr Bob McGoran SJ, - , Fr Sean Mallin SJ and Fr Kieran Ward SJ.

Yann Studios, photographers

Draft typescript of an unpublished book by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning his travels in Spain

Draft typescript of an unpublished book by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning his travels in Spain, with an emphasis on Catholics murdered in the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). States in the preface ‘This is an account of motorcycling 12000 miles through Spain, with special reference to spots where priests and nuns suffered for their faith in 1936 and 1937.’ Includes holograph preface and footnotes (4pp); ‘Index of Tales with Sources for Persons mentioned in order of their mentioning’ (3pp); map of Spain and Portugal with Fr Sheil’s routes marked in pen (10cm x 9cm) and draft typescript (first three pages are missing) (originally 192pp).

Scrapbook belonging to Brother William Glanville SJ

Scrapbook belonging to Brother William Glanville SJ. Includes postcards to Brother Glanville, newspaper cuttings, Clongowes Wood College sesquicentenary and photographs (Loughrea Parish Church 1886, Jesuit brothers and Clongowes Wood College ).

Mission material relating to Fr Sean McCarron SJ

  • IE IJA J/275/2
  • File
  • 8 September 1957 - 1964
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of material relating to Fr Sean McCarron SJ. Includes copy of birth certificate; details of Zambian Independence celebrations and correspondence between Fr McCarron and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, Dublin.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ Gwynn from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis

  • IE IJA J/10/129
  • File
  • 1 February 1954 - August 1964
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis (Secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association and Editor of the 'Catholic Historical Review'), on academic matters, including:
– the difficulties of gaining access to contemporary religious archives;
– ideas on academic exchanges between Ireland and the Unites States, ‘for scholarship, professors etc.’;
– the commemoration of the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Patrick;
– information on new American church historical publications;
– Fr Gwynn’s review of Mgr. Tracy Ellis’s 1952 'The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore 1834 - 1921' in 'Studies';
– financial difficulties of the Catholic University of America;
– the Monsignor’s lecturing activities;
– a proposed three-volume history of the Church in Ireland;
– comments on ‘the prospect of a Catholic in the White House’ (10 November 1960, 1p.);
– a proposed series of lectures in Dublin as part of the Patrician centennial celebration and the acquisition of copies of several letters of Archbishop Carroll in the Jesuit Archives.

Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992, Roman Catholic priest, monsignor and historian

Notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway

Typed notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway by [Fr Paddy O'Kelly SJ]. Includes reference to books in Waterford and Carlow College which belonged to the Jesuit residences of Galway, New Ross and Dublin and book on the Jesuit residence at Athlone in Galway. Note by Rupert Coyle SJ (17 January 1964); list of priests educated at St Ignatius College, Galway; list of furnishings of St Ignatius Church.

Coyle, Rupert F H, 1896-1978, Jesuit priest

Receipts from businesses in Galway to St Ignatius College and Church

File of receipts from businesses in Galway to St Ignatius College and Church. Receipts from 1875 include: Midland Great Western Railway; Mercantile and General Printing Office; Galway Town Commissioners; E. O'Malley, China, Delph & Glass warehouse, Galway; Burns, Oates & Co., Office of the Irish Ecclesiastical Record; Martin, Hill & Co. File of receipts from 1964 include: BBC Publication;, Browne and Nolan Limited; Patrick J. Sheahan; Consulting Architect & Civil Engineer; John Carr & Sons Ltd; The Chappell Piano Co. Ltd; The Educational Company of Ireland, Limited; Gunning & Son Ltd, Ecclesiastical Art Metal Manufacturers; Tony O'Sullivan, Pork Butcher and Sausage Manufacturer; O'Gorman Limited.

'Mungret Record 1882-1963'

Catalogue of Lay and Apostolic Students, Mungret College. Pasted note on inside cover, explains annotation of list to indicate who 'Apostolics, in both schools and Lay School Priests'. (Catalogue same as SC/MUNG/68).

Deevy, John A, 1887-1969, Jesuit priest

Catalogues of benefactors to Mungret College

Catalogues of benefactors. Includes the names of benefactors, the date on which the donation was made and the amount of money donated. Includes details of the benefactors wishes. Includes a memorandum (by Fr Patrick Joy SJ) on Benefactor's Masses in Mungret College (nd, 8pp).

Extract taken from 'Studies ledger'

Extract taken from 'Studies ledger' (presumably an accounts ledger) concerning the first issue and the financial arrangements in the early years copied by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ [1965].

Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor

Br James Priest SJ

Memorial card and obituaries for Br James Priest SJ.

Priest, James, 1884-1965, Jesuit brother

Letter from Fr Eddie Bourke SJ, Xavier Retreat House, 27 Cheung Chau, Hong Kong to Fr Joe [ ] SJ concerning news from Hong Kong

Letter from Fr Eddie Bourke SJ, Xavier Retreat House, 27 Cheung Chau, Hong Kong to Fr Joe [ ] SJ concerning news from Hong Kong. Remarks that Fr Joy has been unwell. Refers to MacGreedy who wishes to join the Irish Province but will need to obtain a release from the RAF.

Bourke, Edward, 1895-1985, Jesuit priest

Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain

  • IE IJA J/16/10
  • File
  • 7 September [1961] - 30 November 1965
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain, comparisons with missions in Britain and Ireland and the possibility of Fr Sheil’s working in South America. Includes:
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to go to Spain to study Spanish missions in order to adapt certain practices for use in Britain (7 September. 1961, 4pp);
– copy of a ‘Report on Missions in Spain’ following a visit by Frs Shiggins and Sheil who attended five missions around the country (n.d., 4pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial in which he discusses certain Spanish customs which could be used on Missions in Britain. Remarks that he will send the Provincial a report ‘on the meetings I now hold with Protestant clergymen after missions in Ireland’ and that he has sent in ‘full reports on our missions in Britain’ ‘almost every year for ten years’. Also mentions a new member of the mission staff, Fr Kevin Laheen SJ – ‘You will be glad to know that Fr Laheen on this his first mission did very well. He preaches well and his musical voice was a help to O'Beirne and I. I need not tell you that O'Beirne preaches very well, and is a wonderful companion on a mission. He sleeps badly’ (Fr Gerry O'Beirne) (23 March 1963, 3pp) and
– letters seeking permission to go to Spain (and Italy) as a supply priest (25 May 19?? – 30 November 1965, 4 items).

Photographs of Fr Laurence Kearns SJ

Two photographs of Fr Laurence Kearns SJ, outside builiding (possibly Bolton Street Technical College) in Dublin. He taught religion there, 1962-65.

Article on Kenneth Flood

Article on Kenneth Flood taken from ‘Ten More Priests’ by Fr Robert Nash SJ, pp222 - 243.

Nash, Robert, 1902-1989, Jesuit priest and writer

Fr Thomas Shuley SJ

Obituary for Fr Thomas Shuley SJ from the 'Irish Province News' (July 1965) and small photographic album belonging to Fr Shuley with thirteen images of the west of Ireland while on villa [1916-1930].

Shuley, Thomas, 1884-1965, Jesuit priest

Photographs of the exterior and interior of St Ignatius Church, Galway

Black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes:

  • the altar by W. Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway;
  • interior by the Connacht Tribune;
  • copies of a photograph of exterior by Robert French;
  • postcards of exterior by 'Yann', Galway c.[1965];
  • interior by R. Simmons, Galway - on reverse indicates that the old stations of the Cross went to Hatch Street, Dublin, the pulpit is inside altar rails, the old lights and statues of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr B. Colmcille, O.C.S.O., Mellifont Abbey, County Louth, concerning his research work on the history of the Cistercians

  • IE IJA J/10/153
  • File
  • 28 May 1953 - 20 January 1965
  • 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)

Mission material relating to Fr Maurice Dowling SJ

  • IE IJA J/729/1
  • File
  • 1948; 13 May 1957 - 29 August 1965
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Mission material relating to Fr Maurice Dowling SJ. Includes announcement of death; personal record; mortuary card, and correspondence between Fr Dowling and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Cork in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Cork in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:

  • notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 73pp);
  • letters from T.J. Walsh, C.C., South Presbytery, George’s Quay, Cork to Fr MacErlean on the Jesuits in Cork in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (the second with annotations by Fr MacErlean) (3, 11 February 1948, 2pp);
  • transcripts of extracts from various sources concerning the seventeenth century Cork Jesuits, made by Fr MacErlean (n.d., 4pp);
  • typescript by unknown Jesuit entitled The Jesuits in Cork, (n.d., 2pp);
  • historical notes and lists of Jesuits in Cork made by [Fr P. O’Kelly SJ?] (n.d., 7pp) and
  • ‘Sermon on the Sacred Heart, attributed to Fr Nicholas Barron (1719-1784) preached to the Presentation Sisters, Cork. Original with the Sisters in Cork’. Typescript transcript (11pp) and photocopy of the handwritten text, with signature of Fr Barron (14pp).

MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist

'Sources for the History of the Irish College, Rome'

Article by Rev. John Hanly published in the Proceedings of the Irish Catholic Historical Committee entitled 'Sources for the History of the Irish College, Rome', read at the Conferecne on Diocesan and Local History, Ester 1963, and reprinted from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.

Hanly, John J., -2016, priest and historian

Material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ

Material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.

Fr Edmund Hogan SJ research on his family

A file relating to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ research on his family. Includes an offprint of an article by William Hogan entitled 'Rev. Edmund Hogan, S.J. An Eminent Great Island Scholar' published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (vol. LXX, 1965).

Notes for holy hour ceremonies by Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ

File of notes for holy hour ceremonies by Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ on various religious topics such as the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Reunification of Christendom, each of which is divided into four quarters, a series of prayers and aspirations and a final blessing and consecration.

Photographs depicting various scenes and people sent to Fr John Ryan SJ

A file of photographs depicting various scenes and people.

  • Jesuit at Grianán of Aileach, Donegal, 1932;
  • Fr General Pedro Arrupe SJ with Jesuits (Daniel O'Connell, front left), 30 July 1965;
  • 50 year annivesary of ordiantion, Jas Grieker SJ, 1963;
  • Pope Paul VI with Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ inspeciting computers at Vatican Observatory, August 1965;

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning Fr Arthur Cox

  • IE IJA J/10/13
  • File
  • 21 December 1964-17 June 1966
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning Fr Arthur Cox, who died in Zambia on 11 June 1965 following a car crash. Includes: letter from Fr Cox to Fr Gwynn describing how Fr Cox is settling in to his new life in Monze and learning new languages (21 December 1964, 2pp);
– letter from Bishop James Corboy SJ with reference to Fr Cox (23 February 1965, 1p) (see also J10/18);
– letter from Fr Frank O'Neill SJ describing the circumstances of Fr Cox’s death (16 June 1965, 3pp);
– letter from Bishop Corboy following the first anniversary of Fr Cox’s death (17 June 1966, 1p.). Includes ordination and memorial card of Fr Cox.

Aubrey Gwynn and Arthur Cox at UCD together.

Cox, Arthur, 1891-1965, solicitor and priest

Letter to Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from Cardinal John Heenan

Letter to Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from Cardinal John Heenan telling Fr Sheil that he is re-writing 'Our Faith', ‘So much has changed since the council that the attitude & culture of the Catholic have to be tilted differently.’

Heenan, John Carmel, 1905-1975, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster and cardinal

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