Retreat notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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- [1930]-[1980]
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Copybook of [retreat] notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Redemption and Atonement.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Retreat notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Copybook of [retreat] notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Redemption and Atonement.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Burke’s Complete Peerage
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Handwritten notes by Fr Gwynn from Burke’s Complete Peerage, VII, pp.55 – 56.
Notes on Fr Aubrey Gwynn's family by Fr Michael Hurley SJ.
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Rough typescript notes on Fr Aubrey Gwynn's family by Fr Michael Hurley SJ.
Hurley, Michael, 1923-2011, Jesuit priest and ecumenist
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Brian Leveck’s The Civil Lawyers in England
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Handwritten notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Brian Leveck’s The Civil Lawyers in England (1603-1616), (Oxford, 1972), on the Gwynne family as lawyers in London and clergy in Holyhead c.1600 – 1640.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Information on Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s great-grandfather’s cousin, John Gwynne
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Information on Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s great-grandfather’s cousin, John Gwynne (1754 – 1828/9), founder of a ‘charitable endowment Institution, Derry.’ Includes letters from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland to Fr Gwynn (30 June, 8 July 1975, 2 items. 1p. each) and note given to Fr Gwynn by Archbishop George Simms (July 1974, 1p.) (John Gwynne bequeathed a large sum of money to found a charitable endowment in Derry known as the Gwynne Institution, for the education of boys whose parents could not afford to give them a suitable education. The money was to be distributed equally among Protestants and Catholics. (from Burke’s Irish Family Records, 19[74], p. 53) )
Simms, George Otto, 1910-1991, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
Note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’
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Typescript note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ – ‘Books used by Hopkins during his years at University College, Dublin…These books were identified by Fr. Anthony Bischoff, S.J., who examined every book in the library, May 13- June 9, 1947.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Notes by Fr Gerard Hopkins SJ on the Roman historian Tacitus
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Holograph notes by Fr Gerard Hopkins SJ on the Roman historian Tacitus, entitled ‘Tacitus’ style’, whose ‘qualities’ can be ‘summed up in three things’ – ‘terseness…variety or studied irregularity…poetical colouring,’ giving an example of each. Notes made for classes in University College.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889, Jesuit priest and poet
Letter and note concerning the biography of Rev. James Gwynne
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Letter (from Peter, Haslemere, Surrey) and note concerning the biography of Rev. James Gwynne (Fr Gwynn’s maternal grandfather) (1829 -1869).
Note on ‘St. Thecla’ made by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ
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Note on ‘St. Thecla’ made by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ (Editor of 'Studies') – ‘English version first published in 'Studies '(XLV, 1956, p.187). Both Latin & English pub(lishe)d in 4th edn of Poems O(xford) U(niversity) P(ress).’
Hopkins, Gerard Manley Rev. St. Thecla, an Unpublished Poem, Beg. That His Fast-flowing Hours With Sandy Silt. 1956.
Troddyn, Peter M, 1916-1982, Jesuit priest
Notes by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on ‘Manuscript of Poems on St. Thecla by Gerard Manley Hopkins’
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Notes by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Province Archivist from 1975 to 1986) on ‘Manuscript of Poems on St. Thecla by Gerard Manley Hopkins.’ ‘This manuscript is written on the inner pages of a double foolscap sheet, the Latin poem on the left hand, the English on the right hand page…Both poems are in G.M. Hopkins’s handwriting, but not [signed] or dated.’ (Notes form the body of a letter sent to Dr Peter Beal (Index of English [Literary Manuscripts Series], University of Leeds) in September 1975). Includes notes on the appearance of the manuscript and lists the corrections made on the manuscript. Both poems appear in 'The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins', 4th edition, 1967.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ for Hopkins material
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Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ: “In the File ‘Darlington’ there is what appears to be an unpublished MS entitled 'The Life of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Ireland and Policy of Father Delany, S.J. – President of University College, Stephen’s Green, 1884 – 1908'. It contains very little about Hopkins, though this is of some interest.”
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Page in Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s handwriting of dates and names
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L‘M.L.G. Birthday Book (1899)’ Page in Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s handwriting of dates and names, presumably from his mother’s (Mary Louisa Gwynn) ‘Birthday Book.’
Notes on a retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare
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Copybook containing notes on a Retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. Notes made by Fr John A. Byrne SJ.
Byrne, John A, 1878-1961, Jesuit priest
Typescript extracts on the Irish in the New World in the eighteenth century
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Typescript extracts from various journals and publications on the Irish in the New World in the eighteenth century.
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Stephen L. Gwynn
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on his father (13 February 1864 – 21 June 1950), listing his publications.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the life and works of his elder brother Edward Lucius Gwynn
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Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the life and works of his elder brother Edward Lucius Gwynn who died in St Vincent’s Hospital. Sydney on 7 September 1919 aged 28. Buried in the Catholic Cemetery Waverley.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Transcripts from the State Papers (Dominions, Ireland) made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, relating to the ‘poore Irish’; the ‘dearth of Corne’ and the 162[8] – 1634 ‘bringing of poore people out of the Realme of Ireland.’
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library, with extracts
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library (2 items), enclosing extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Barbados with reference to the Irish in the West Indies (8pp).
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the different islands of the West Indies
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the different islands of the West Indies (7pp) and by A. Olivar OSB ‘Spiritual and Liturgical life on Montserrat’ (7pp).
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to various archival documents relating to the West Indies
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to various archival documents (many from the State Papers (Dominions) ), includes citations and extracts from documents relating to the West Indies (1622-1731). In pencil.
Transcripts from various documents relating to the West Indies
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Typescript transcripts from various documents (majority secondary sources) relating to the West Indies. Includes extracts with handwritten marginals by Fr Aubrey Gwynn, SJ from: ‘State Papers, Colonial’ on Sir Charles Wheeler, 1670 - 1673 (9pp); on Sir William Stapleton (2pp); ‘Blake Family Records’ (5pp);
– from ‘Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale’ (1652 – 1800) (3pp);
– ‘Voyage et Travaux des Missionaires de la Compagnia de Jesus, publies par des Peres de la meme Compagnie pour servir de complement aux Lettres Edifiantes’ (11pp);
– documents from a series beginning with ‘C.O.1/XIX – XXXVII’ ‘Narrative of Colonel Theodore Cary (Nov. 17, 1665’ (35pp);
– documents from the ‘State Papers, Adventurers’ beginning with ‘Adventurers in Ireland and Barbados’ ‘Nicholas Blake’ (15pp);
– from the ‘State Papers, Colonial’ (20pp); and transcripts on English, Scottish and Irish Prisoners in Barbados (5pp, 13pp, 29pp).
Notes on, and from the Fenian Papers in the State Paper Office
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Notes on, and from the Fenian Papers in the State Paper Office by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Breandan Mac Giolla.
Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Irish Manuscripts Commission work
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Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics including Dr Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, Prof Jim Lydon (Professor of History, T.C.D.) and Dr Ludwig Bieler, relating to the [Irish Manuscripts Commission]. Includes: carbon copy of a ‘Report on Manuscripts of Irish Interest in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg’ by Dr Ludwig Bieler (August 1957, 11pp).
'A Diary or Jottings' by Fr James F. Murphy SJ
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'A Diary or Jottings, from day to day of events, especially 1 Nov. 1892 regarding the Society and, in particular, this (Irish) Province, which may prove interesting &, perhaps, even useful when The Writer shall be many years dead and gone.’ Found enclosed is a typed note (n.d., 2pp) by an unknown Jesuit (possibly Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Irish Province Archivist 1975-1986) giving brief biographical details of Fr Murphy. Also comments on the contents of the diary, ‘Some interesting things recorded are: the initial history of all the houses of the province: the story of the setting up of Milltown as a Coll. Max.: the dispute with the Bishop of Meath (Dr Nulty) over faculties for fathers at Tullabeg: the biographies of various S.J.s (and, e.g., reference to W. Coyne, later father of Fr Eddie Coyne and to Charles Kennedy a benefactor of the province): the account of the great storm of 1890/1 and of the influenza epidemic which swept over Europe from Russia. Minutiae of the day-to-day life, customs, studies and so on, and the final account of the Provincial Congregation (June 1892) after Fr General’s (Anderledy) death are also of interest and some historical value.’ Enclosures includes extracts from diary kept in Tullabeg, 1856 (9pp).
Notes made by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ recounting when he was told his cancer had become terminal
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Notes made by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ recounting the interview with his surgeon Prof. Patrick FitzGerald, when he was told his cancer had become terminal.
Reference to a lecture by Father Henry Gill SJ entitled 'Wireless Telegraphy' in 1912
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Note from 'The Belvederian' which references a lecture by Father Henry Gill SJ entitled 'Wireless Telegraphy' in 1912.
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Letters and notes to Fr William A Sutton SJ from various individuals including the Editor of 'The Lamp', Alfred de Burgh (Shankill, County Dublin), Hanbury Geoghegan, Charles Coppinger (Upper Merrion Street, Dublin) and A.H. Matthew (Chelsfield, Kent).
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Miscellaneous notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Jesuits in Europe, some reference to Maryland and Barbados, including citations to various archival documents.
Notes compiled by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on ‘Premonstratensian entries'
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on ‘Premonstratensian Entries in Annals of Boyle’ (1p) and ‘Premonstratensian Entries in Annals of Loch Cé, and Annals of Connacht’ (1p).
Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations
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Notes relating to Cistercians and Cistercian foundations.
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians in Ireland
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians in Ireland. In pencil.
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Cistercians and the Annals:
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Medieval Irish Annals’
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Medieval Irish Annals.’ Includes table of contents.
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various Annals
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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).
Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Annals of Ulster
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Notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Annals of Ulster.
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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’;
Typescript notes with references to various Calendars
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Typescript notes with references to various Calendars (e.g. Calendar of Patent Letters, Calendar of Documents: Ireland) on:
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Dioceses after the Synod of Kells
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ with the following headings:
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ in a folder entitled ‘Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries’
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ in a folder entitled ‘Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries.’ Includes transcripts concerning the Papal Bull of Alexander VI (2pp); the Synod of Limerick (4pp) and the Synod of Waterford (1p.).
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ
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Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Red Book of Ossory
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Red Book of Ossory.
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various Papal Bulls with regard to Christ Church, Dublin
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various Papal Bulls (and other sources) with regard to Christ Church, Dublin:
Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ with regard to St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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Typescript notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (mostly transcriptions from various Papal Bulls) with regard to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin:
Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc...'
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Part of a draft typescript ‘Dowdall Deeds: Indentures of Apprentices etc.’ (p.23 – 30) (typescript on Archbishop Richard FitzRalph and his sermons). 8pp (Part of an article ‘The Sermon-diary of Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh’ by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, published in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, (xliv, section C, p.1 – 57); Annotated bound copy of Studies articles by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh.
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Text of the inaugural address made by Rev. George O'Neill SJ to the Literary and Debating Society, University College.
Notes written by Fr Geoffrey Cockroft SJ on Br John Conway SJ during his time in Rhodesia
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Notes written by Fr Geoffrey Cockroft SJ on Br John Conway SJ during his time in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Remarks ‘John was extraordinarily patient, as indeed he needed to be at Musami where things were always going wrong, and he was not a man to watch the clock and keep to hours...’.
Cockroft, Geoffrey, 1921-1993, Jesuit priest
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Notes compiled by Frank M. O'Holohan, M.A., 5 Bantry Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 for Fr James B Stephenson SJ on Brother John Conway’s life entitled 'The Quiet Man from Tralee - Bro. John Conway, S.J.' Remarks ‘When the news came that Bro. John Conway, S.J. had been murdered in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) there was interest and sorrow in the town of Tralee.’.
Notes written by Fr James B Stephenson SJ concerning the file on Brother John Conway
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Notes written by [JBS] Fr James B Stephenson SJ concerning the file on Brother John Conway.
Stephenson, James B, 1906-1979, Jesuit priest
Fr James A. Cullen’s “Exeat” - leave from the diocese
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A file relating to Fr James A. Cullen’s “Exeat”. Includes a letter from Fr Cullen, Tramore, County Waterford to Rev James Tuite SJ, Irish Provincial, Milltown Park, Dublin. Remarks ‘I enclose my “Exeat” which Doctor Warren...sent me this week with seal and signature...It severs the last link which officially bound me to a diocese...’ (24 July 1881, 4pp). Includes Fr Cullen’s “Exeat”.
Notes by Fr Robert Kane entitled ‘Reminiscences Begun on the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom 1919’
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Notes by Fr Kane entitled ‘Reminiscences Begun on the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom 1919’. The reminiscences are addressed to Monsignor Paul.
Notes on St. Patrick by Fr John Delaney SJ
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Notes on St Patrick by Fr John Delaney SJ.
Notes by Fr Patrick Connolly SJ entitled 'The Formation of Character by Ernest R. Hull SJ'
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Notes by Fr Patrick Connolly SJ entitled 'The Formation of Character by Ernest R. Hull SJ'.
Notebooks containing theological notes belonging to Fr Arthur Little SJ
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A file of notebooks containing theological notes belonging to Fr Arthur Little SJ. Includes 'Theses In Examine Annui Theologorum, s.j. Defendendae, Milltown Park, Dublini' (1927-1930).
Portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing
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A file containing portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing. Instructions on the envelopes ask that they be left unopened until a week/eight weeks after Br Fennell’s death. File also includes biographical details.
Biographical information on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ by Fr Thomas J Morrissey SJ [1980], and catalogue entry by Fr Joseph Darlington SJ (1930).
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Account of a Protestant girl, age 17, of her negative experience of going to the cinema
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Account of a Protestant girl, age 17, of her negative experience of going to the cinema.
Handwritten notes by Fr Richard Devane SJ on the cinema and film censorship
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Handwritten notes by Fr Richard Devane SJ on the cinema and film censorship. Outlines his opinions on and arguments in support of the control of the cinema in Ireland. Emphasises the need for censorship.
Summary by [ ] of the various moral and social issues addressed by Fr Richard Devane SJ
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Summary by [ ] of the various moral and social issues addressed by Fr Richard Devane SJ. Refers to legislation concerning the censorship of films, publications, Illegitimate Children's Act, The Public Dance Halls Act amongst others.
Notes entitled 'Cases of Conscience' by Fr John Curtis SJ
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Notes entitled 'Cases of Conscience' by Fr John Curtis SJ.
Biographical notes on Fr John Curtis SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ
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Biographical notes on Fr John Curtis SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Genealogical notes by Fr John Curtis SJ on his family
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Genealogical notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Fr John Curtis SJ and his family.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on 'Christianity'
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Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on 'Christianity'.
Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on the Church
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Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on the Church.
Notebooks belonging to Fr Henry King SJ containing retreat notes
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A file of notebooks belonging to Fr Henry King SJ containing retreat notes.
Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ preached on Easter Sunday at the Crescent, Limerick
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Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ preached on Easter Sunday at the Crescent, Limerick.
Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Our Lady'
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Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Our Lady'.
Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Holy Name'
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Sermon notes by Fr Henry King SJ on 'Holy Name' preached at Galway and St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Notes for a sermon preached on Easter Sunday by Fr Henry King SJ
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Notes for a sermon preached on Easter Sunday by Fr Henry King SJ in St Ignatius, Galway.
Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of notes on Archbishop Lanfranc
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Typescript by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ of notes on Archbishop Lanfranc (mostly extracts from various sources):
– ‘Lanfranc and the Primacy of Canterbury’ (Latin and English) (1p.);
– ‘Lanfranc and the See of Dublin’ (Latin) (1p.);
– ‘Professiones Episcoporum Hibernie’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Gothric King of Dublin’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Lanfranc to Turlough O Brien King of Ireland’ (Latin) (2pp);
– ‘Pope Gregory VII to the Irish People’ (Latin) (1p.) and
– ‘Lanfranc and Columbanus at Canterbury’ (pp.18 – 22).
(In 1941 Fr Gwynn wrote ‘Lanfranc and the Irish Church’ for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lvii, pp.481 – 500; lviii, pp. 1 – 15) and ‘Pope Gregory VII and the Irish Church’ also for the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (lviii, pp.97 – 100) ).
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Explanatory statement made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ in 1980 concerning his proposed book 'The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries' and his other more recent publications.
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Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning manuscripts in the British Museum relating to Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm. Includes note (6 April 1943) with ‘Notes taken at Aberystwyth – where B.M. MSS were stored in 1943.’
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Explanatory notes (entitled ‘Preface’) by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the history of his interest in tracing early Irish liturgical texts.
Letters and notes from Derek H. Turner to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Letters and notes from Derek H. Turner (Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, The British Museum) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning:
Turner, Derek Howard, 1931-1985, museum curator and art historian
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Christopher Hohler
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Letters (some incomplete) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Christopher Hohler (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, and Oslo) on a wide range of topics including:
Includes offprint of chapter by Dr Hohler entitled ‘Some Service Books of the Later Saxon Church’ from David Parsons (ed.) Tenth Century Studies (1975), pp.60 – 83 (24pp) with notes, pp.217 – 227 (11pp). Also includes notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Hohler correspondence (3pp & 3 envelopes).
Article entitled ‘A breviary from St Mary’s Abbey, Trim’, Rioght na Midhe, 290-298, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn.
Hohler, Christopher, 1917-1997, medievalist and art historian
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the 'Corbie Missal' ([1958], 1p.); the 'Corpus Missal' (n.d., 6pp) and the ‘Missal of the New Minster Winchester’ (n.d., 2pp).
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‘Preliminary notes’ (in an unidentified hand) on the Corpus Missal (n.d., 4pp); draft of an article by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘A Fifteenth Century Irish Missal: B.M., Egerton 2677’ (n.d., 3pp) and notes on the Lesnes Missal (n.d., 5pp).
Note on the Counter Reformation from the Catholic Encyclopedia by Fr Michael Egan SJ
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Note on the Counter Reformation from the Catholic Encyclopedia by Fr Michael Egan SJ.
Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ
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Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ.
Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Brian Boruma and the Corpus Missal’
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘Brian Boruma and the Corpus Missal.’
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Notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from 'the Annals of Innisfallen' (4pp); 'Chronicum Scotorum' (2pp); 'the Annals of the Four Masters' (1p.); 'the Annals of Tigernach' (7pp) and notes on 'Donncha Mac Brian' (2pp).
Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, ‘These professions, made at Canterbury when Lanfranc was archbishop, were copied by me from B.M. MS 24199 (c.1949).’
Bieler, Ludwig, 1906-1981, Hiberno-Latin scholar
Notes from retreats given by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ
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Notebook of notes from retreats given by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ.
Curriculum Vitae of Rev. George O'Neill SJ
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Curriculum Vitae of Rev. George O'Neill SJ and handwritten notebook on Stations of the Cross (started 1868 and finished October 1894), with sermon on the Stations (11 March 1895).
Sermon notes and notes on sins and confession by Fr George O'Neill SJ
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A notebook containing sermon notes and notes on sins and confession by Fr George O'Neill SJ.
'The History of Tacitus According to the Text of Drelli. Books III, IV, V.'
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'The History of Tacitus According to the Text of Drelli. Books III, IV, V.' by W.H. Simcox M.A. (ed.) (London: Rivingtons). With typed note by Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ (7 June 1947): ‘Marginal notes in Hopkins’s hand on pp. [1], 6 – 7, 19, 41, 49, 59, 88, 94, 96, 118, 125, 133, 135, 140, 161, [220]. These are significant mainly as examples of his textual conjectures.’ With a University College, St. Stephen’s Green stamp on first page.
'Corpus Poetarum Latinorum' by William S. Walker
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'Corpus Poetarum Latinorum' by William S. Walker (ed.) (London: George Bell & Sons). With note by Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ (7 June 1947): ‘Clearly annotated in Hopkins’s hand on following pages: [89], 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 155, 157. Annotations of Juvental, pp.686ff., are not Hopkins. This book is valuable as an example of Hopkin’s minute attention to textual details.’ With University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius College’, S.J. Dublin stamps.
Catalogue entries and photograph depicting Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ
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Catalogue entries (1930; 1970), black and white photograph depicting Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ at Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy (1948) and notes on appointment as Director of the Vatican Observatory (1952).
Copy transcripts relating to documents on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission
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Copy typescript transcripts, mostly relating to documents (1640-1661), supplied by Fr John MacErlean SJ, in Jesuit archives, on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission.
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Material relating to Br Jimmy Owens SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, and application to join the Society.
Photograph of Fr Cyril Power SJ, Br Jimmy Owens SJ and Marcella (Smith) Hargrove outside the castle at Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare (June 1967). With note from Fr Charlie Davy SJ (12 February 2019).
Owens, James, 1913-1978, Jesuit brother
Spiritual notes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Spiritual notes and letters belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Includes typewritten notes on ‘Samuel’, ‘Acts of Immolation’, ‘The Prayer of Christ’; spiritual letters.
Typewritten document entitled ‘The Mission Manual’ by Fr William Ronan SJ’
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Typewritten document entitled ‘The Mission Manual’ by Fr William Ronan SJ’ with handwritten annotations by Fr Ronan SJ. The last page is in Fr Ronan’s hand. Includes wrapper for text and handwritten sermon notes.
Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ
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Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ. Includes photographs, announcement of death, obituaries, personal record; review of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ (1943-4), proofs and illustrations of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ by Fr Ryan; correspondence between Fr Coyne, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland and the publishers of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’; censorship judgements, book requests and receipts for the book; article entitled ‘The Church in China’ (1950); and correspondence between Fr Ryan and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
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File of material including biographical information, obituary, passport photograph, and paper clippings, notes and sermons by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on issues, for example, ‘Drink’, ‘Scandal’, the use of 'Lantern Lectures', ‘Girls’, ‘The Rules’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Purgatory’ and ‘Mass’.
Doyle, Charles, 1870-1949, Jesuit priest
Note from Fr Kevin Laheen SJ explaining a note he received from Sr Bernadette
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Note from Fr. Kevin Laheen SJ explaining a note he received from Sr Bernadette, (Provincial of the Irish Sisters of Charity) ‘telling me that Fr John St. Leger was ordained in their community chapel in Stanhope Street in 1825 (16 June) by Archbishop Murray’. Explains that a plaque which was displayed recording this event in the chapel (dining room) has since been lost. He saw the plaque in 1952.
Laheen, Kevin A, 1919-2019, Jesuit priest
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Statement by from Fr. Kevin Laheen SJ dating the ordination of Fr John St. Leger SJ in community chapel of the Irish Sisters of Charity, Stanhope Street in 1826; 14 June: Sub-Deacon, 15 June: Deacon, 16 June: Priest.
Laheen, Kevin A, 1919-2019, Jesuit priest
Brief biographical details on Fr John St Leger SJ
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Note on the death of Fr John St Leger SJ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, with list of jobs (1869), and photocopy of notice of death (1868).
Obituaries of Fr James Tuite SJ and notes on Theological Dogma
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Obituaries of Fr James Tuite SJ and notes on theses for Theology and Philosophy.
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A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).
Wallace, William, 1863-1922, Jesuit priest
Brief biographical details on Fr Robert Whitty SJ
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Brief biographical details on Fr Robert Whitty SJ compiled by Fr Fergal McGath SJ.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Note on Daniel Jones entry into the Society of Jesus
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Note on Daniel Jones entry into the Society of Jesus in 1844 at Hodder, England, written by [ ].
Angliae Province of the Society of Jesus, 1622-