Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe
- IE IJA SC/GALW/6/27
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- 3 April 1904
Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe.
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Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe
Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe.
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Candidates proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
Volume of candidates (male) proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and various guilds. Handwritten entries divided by name, occupation, date when admitted, residence, guild and remarks.
Sodality medals, St Ignatius, Galway
Medals for:
Prefect of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway;
Congregation of the Holy Angels;
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway for R. Fr[ancis] Mullery, 2nd July 1871.
Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway
Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway. Receipts include church collections, intentions, pensions (record of the payment of school fees entered as paid, in instalments). Expenses include travel, food (butter, bread, vegetables, meat, fish, and fowl) stamps, milk, oil, candles, wages, printing and clothing repairs. Also includes handwritten inserts of expenses such as Gas (January 1892).
Collecting cards for a Marble Altar, St Ignatius Church, Galway
Handwritten financial booklet which contains the names and address of individuals whom sent money in response to collecting cards for a Marble Altar, St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes the date the circular was sent and the amount received.
Beginnings of the Jesuits in Galway
Information related to the beginnings of the College and Church in Galway and history of persons and events related to the Jesuits in Galway. Written at the time of the centenary celebrations (1963) more than likely by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. Includes list of past pupils who became priests and their present location; details of renovations to the interior of St. Ignatius Church; list of rectors and vice-rectors of St Ignatius, Galway; background to the history of St Ignatius, Galway; details of decorative engraving on walls at the back of Powell’s at Miss Jordan's bookshop (11 December 1963).
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The Elements of Euclid Explain’d
‘The Elements of Euclid Explain’d, in a new, but most easie method.’3rd Edition by Fr Claude Millet de Chales SJ, published in Oxford, 1700. Printed by L.L. for M. Gillyflower at the Spread-Eagle in Westminister–Hall and W. Freeman at the Bible over against the Middle-Temple-Gate, in Fleet-Street, 1700.
With inscriptions, ‘1703 Dec 23 Mr Phil[bishop] E[x] lib Jno (John) Ellis’, stamp of ‘N Riordan’ and ‘Edwin Barton from his father’
Presented to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ by Frances Riordan, 23 St Clements Rd, Harrogate, England (March 1953).
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Manuscript by Donncha Bán Ó Flionn of poems and songs
Manuscript by Donncha Bán Ó Flionn of poems and songs in Irish. With inscription: ‘Seán Ó Síocháin a bhronn ar A of SI a, Meitheamh, 1934 ’(A present from Seán Ó Síocháin to A of the SJ, June 1934) (Seán Ó Síocháin was GAA Secretary from Cill na Marta, Cork). Broken spine. End papers have watermark, 1 Grove Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
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Page with Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
Page from publication with a black and white group photograph of the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway, at the turn of the century. Taken outside in two rows.
Back: Br William Canty SJ, Fr Stanislaus MacLoughlin SJ, Fr William Byrne SJ, Br James O'Grady SJ.
Front: Fr Richard Rochford SJ, Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ, Fr Henry Foley SJ, Fr Edmund Donovan SJ.
‘Record of 25 years of Weekly Offices etc…and some accounts’ at St Ignatius, Galway
Handwritten register of the dates, times and names of priest who offered Mass at St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes accounts for St Ignatius Church, ‘received and payments’, which includes, for example, entries under the following headings; alms; stipends; collections; grants; cash for cheques; food; lights; travel; stationary.
Photograph of the front façade of Columban Hall, Galway
Photograph of the front façade of Columban Hall, Galway. An individual (J. Cranny, see SC/GALW/5/17) is standing outside. Advertisements for ‘Laugh with Spotlight’ and ‘Dominican Convent Whist Drive’ are visible. Title of photograph is ‘Penny Dinners (Soc. Jesu). Taken by Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.
Photograph of ‘Most Holy Father’, (Pope Pius X) with the inscription ‘The community + Pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway, Ireland humbly prostate at the feet of Your Holiness beg you to grant them the Apostolic Benediction and plenary Indulgence in ‘Articulo Mortis’’. Papal embossment seal.
‘Visitations 1859 - 1961’’ to St Ignatius, Galway
Notebook with handwritten entries written by the Irish Fr Provincials on completing his annual visitation of the Galway residences. The first entry is by the Vice Provincial, Joseph Lentaigne. At the beginning of the notebook, a financial status is outlined for the
residences in Galway as they returned to Galway in 1859. The Provincials’ notes on their visitations refer to the physical and spiritual state of the college, house and church finances, and the observance of regulations; such as the pealing of bells and the non playing by the boys in certain areas. The community are commended for their successes with regard to religious observance, house regulations etc., and recommendations for improvements are made also. (In Latin and English).
Photographs of the streetscape of Sea Road, Galway
Photograph of the streetscape of Sea Road, Galway with the exterior of Columban Hall in the foreground and the steeple of St Ignatius Church in the background.
Letter on the centenary of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Copy letter from the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius and St Aloysius to sodality members, concerning the centenary of the Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady, St Ignatius Church, Galway and seeking contributions in order to present a special altar to the church.
Account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway
Handwritten account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway. First entry is a balance sheet which includes: liabilities such as sundry creditors; loan; and assets such as sundry debtors, premises, church, furniture, schoolbooks, investments, and cash in bank. Entries are divided by month, ‘Fruit, Veg…Weekly Bills, Organ Blower, Choir Music, Mrs. Tierney, Books & Papers’(January 1921). Includes reference to school grants (1921 - 1925); electric light (1921 - 1927) dividends from investments (1922 - 1925); rates insurance and rent payable (1922 - 1925); visitors and their length of stay and payment (1921 - 1926), weekly bills (1919 - 1921); Personal (1921 - 1922) at rear of volume.
Scribbled notes on finances at St Ignatius College and Residence, Sea Road, Galway
Refers to the cost of the new site in 1862, £800, and to benefactors who gave monies for windows, altars and renovations 1862 - 1957.
‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’
‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’. Receipt and expenses account book for St Ignatius Community, Galway. Gives cost of items such as for clothes, food and books. (In Latin).
Anonymous paper on ‘The Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady and the Jesuits in Galway’
Anonymous paper on ‘The Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady and the Jesuits in Galway’.
Account book of expenditure by the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
Details of expenditure by the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway. Includes reference to:
Michael Cloherty, 36 Shop Street;
E Fahy, Dominick St;
F McDonagh, Williams Gate;
J Gallagher, Butcher;
B Hynes, Timber and Coal.
Incidental accounts for Jesuits at St Ignatius, Galway
Incidental accounts for Frs Philip O'Connell, William MacCormack, William Hayden and James Rabbitte at St Ignatius, Galway.
Cloth banner entitled 'Moladh Le Dia 1863 - 1963’
Banner with the headline ‘Moladh Le Dia 1863 - 1963’, with a yellow circle with the inscription IHS, in the centre.
Photograph of the top table at the Coláiste Iognáid dinner
Photograph of the top table at the Coláiste Iognáid dinner, in Jury’s. Includes Irish Father Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, Fr Sean Hughes SJ, Rector of Coláiste Iognáid and Mr Frank Roche, Chairman.
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Photograph of Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ, Éamon de Valera (president of Ireland), Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ and Fr Michael McGrath SJ, taken outside St Ignatius Church, Galway on the occasion of the centenary of St Ignatius College.
Visiting priests at St Ignatius, Galway
Handwritten lined register of visiting priests to St Ignatius Church, Galway. Each entry has the following headings: date; name; address; position in diocese or religious institute. Includes an insert which forbids attendance by the clergy of plays in the 'Taibhdhearc', and by order of the Bishop Galway, ‘visiting priests refrain from smoking in public and from going bare headed in the streets of Galway, or on the promenade at Salthill’ (15 July 1957).
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:
Plan depicting St Ignatius College and Church, Sea Road, Galway
Plan depicting St Ignatius College and Church, Sea Road, Galway.
Bound handwritten register of the female and male members of the Apostleship of Prayer and Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Includes lists of promoters; inserts of a Certificate of Enrolment to the Apostleship of Prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1877); list of books in library used for different subjects: Latin, Greek, Theology, Physics, German, Jesuitica, Mathematics. English Literature, Periodicals and Religion (1633-1918).
With signatures and practice handwriting by Daniel Leap[e], Bolart, Clara, King's County, 9 October 1912 and James Dolan, Roscommon.
Register for Apostleship of Prayer, St Ignatius, Galway
Register for Apostleship of Prayer, St Ignatius Church, Galway giving names, address and date.
Register for the Holy League of the Sacred Heart, Daily Mass, St Ignatius, Galway
Register for the Holy League of the Sacred Heart, Daily Mass, at St Ignatius Church, Galway giving name and address.
Leaflet on the Men's Sodality of Our Lady, St Ignatius, Galway
Leaflet on 'The Men’s Sodality of Our Lady' and the Jesuits in Galway (1630-1768) and (1869-1969) which gives background history. Published by the Connacht Tribune.
Album to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College
Photographic album mainly related to the events organised in 1963 to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College in Galway. Includes photographs of: Jesuit residences; the President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera with members of the Jesuit community; photocopies of photograph of the Hurling team and Irish Speakers in 1904 taken from ‘The Ignatian’; Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ; pasted inserts of receipts from 1879 to 1895 for cleaning, stained glass windows of 2 lights and tracery and missal stand; group photograph of the St Ignatius Gaelic Football team of 1935-1936.
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Brief handwritten precis to archival items on St Ignatius College, Galway
Brief handwritten precis to archival items on St Ignatius College, Galway (1869-1904, 12 items) by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. Reference to Sacred Heart College, Crescent , Limerick on reverse.
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Historia Domus for St Ignatius, Galway
Lined notebook 'COLL S. IGNATII, HIST. DOM.' (House history for St. Ignatius College, Galway) Historia Domus, with handwritten entries which record important dates in the history of the church, college and community in Galway. At the start, it lists the instructions for the ‘Scriptores Historiae Domus’. Reports on number of confessions for each year, the Men’s Sodality and the Apostleship of Prayer. Lists the members of the community for each academic year and records the arrival of new members and the departure of the old, as well as last vows, illnesses, deaths and funerals. Details building work carried out to the buildings and new sport pitches and includes a photograph of such work in 1939. The renovations to the roof and the boiler are described as are the cost of work done, the craftsmen and architects involved etc. Relevant references are made to weather conditions and current affairs, including the reopening of the school ‘which had been suspended for 3 years (1929), ‘War declared. Invasion of Poland’ (1939), fourth centenary of the Society of Jesus (1941), ‘Around this time, the presence of a strange cat was felt (“perceived is better word”) in various parts of the house... she was caught, but escaped, + continued her evil way’ (1942), Taoiseach broadcast to the Nation on the conclusion of the War in Europe’ (16 May 1945), ‘Spiddal priest released by Communists’ (7 June 1952). Other entries refer to feast days, special Masses, novenas and processions, as well as to special periods within the Church calendar, such as Lent and Christmas. Provincials’ visitations are also recorded, as are the visits of other important guests. School events, such as the beginning and end of terms, examinations and prize-giving, operettas, theatricals, Féis Cheoil, debates, sports fixtures, excursions etc. also feature in the house history.
Also contains several insertions, some loose and some pasted onto notebook pages including; newspaper cuttings of special ceremonies, debates, school tours, reviews of theatricals, prize days, obituaries for Jesuits such as Fr Edmund Downing SJ, Jesuit educated pupils and past pupils, articles by Jesuits for example, ‘Why is not more Irish spoken?’ by Fr John J. Mac Sheahan SJ., articles of Jesuit interest in Galway, ‘Attacked by Beetle: Work to Save Church Roof’ (1939), ‘Past Pupils’ union for St Ignatius College’ (December 1946); numbers and finances of the Jesuits in Galway from 1862- 1877 (In Latin); leaflets; Lenten lectures & devotions; musical and theatricals programmes such as Concert & Dramatic Entertainment (4 January 1899); ‘The Rale True Doctor’ and ‘The Cuckoo’ (1936), ‘Sinbad the Sailor’ (1945); copy of report in the Galway Pilot of private theatricals at the College of St Ignatius (5 March 1892); copy of excavation plan done by Mr Edwards, Clerk of Works; holograph letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ concerning the early history of the Jesuits in Galway (29 March 1947). Includes copy book which contains correspondence and articles in Galway newspapers about Scoil Fursa, a school which educates through Irish (December 1945 - January 1946).
List of Rectors, Vice-Rectors and Superiors of St Ignatius, Galway
List of Rectors, Vice-Rectors and Superiors of St Ignatius, Galway, 1859 - 1959.
List of deceased member of the Jesuit community at Galway
List of deceased member of the Galway community with date of death, place of death and place of burial, 1902 -1933.
‘List of the dead’ for St Ignatius, Galway
Bound volume of the Church of St. Ignatius, Galway which lists the dead and Masses offered for them in the church.
Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway
Handwritten account of Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway, which details masses, sermons and feasts.
Sacristan notes at St Ignatius, Galway
Notebook with handwritten entries of sacristan notes form St Ignatius Church, Galway. Each entry is headed with the date and feast day, ‘Easter Sunday, 17 April 1938’, and contains announcements in relation to preparations, celebrants and times of masses. Includes index for 1936 - 1939 and procedures for certain feast days.
Altar boys, 'Cullacht Eoin Berchmans', St Ignatius, Galway
Black and white group photograph entitled 'Cullac[h]t Eoin Berchmans', of the altar boys of the Church of St Ignatius, Galway. Includes names in Irish. Photograph by the 'Connacht Tribune'.
Altar boys of St Ignatius, Galway
Black and white group photograph on postcard, of the altar boys of St Ignatius, Galway. Boys are holding candle holders and candles. Includes names in Irish on reverse.
Article published in the 'Connacht Tribune' by entitled 'Feast of St. Ignatius.'
Photocopy of article published in the 'Connacht Tribune' by entitled 'Feast of St. Ignatius.'
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Photograph of the sacristy at St Ignatius Church, Galway
Photograph of the sacristy at St Ignatius Church, Galway. Items in the room include clock, chairs, prie-dieu and images of St. Joseph and Jesus. On reverse, pasted note from 'The Clongownian' [1919].
List of works and costs proposed for the Church and College of St Ignatius, Galway
List of works and costs proposed for the Church and College of St Ignatius, Galway by Michael Tighe.
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Circular letter from Fr John Hughes SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway seeking donations towards the renovation and redecoration of the Church.
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Confraternity of the Bona Mors Register, St Ignatius, Galway
Register for the Confraternity of the Bona Mors at St Ignatius Church, Galway giving names, address and date.
Register of the Boy’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
Handwritten register of the Boy’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway. Details that ‘there is no record…of the date or circumstance of its establishment’ however ‘there is in existence a recording of the Sodality during 1887-1888 and subsequent years’. Includes member’s names and signatures and notes from meetings.
Prayer Leaflet - ‘Aspiration and Prayers for a happy death’
Pray leaflet entitled ‘Aspiration and Prayers for a happy death’ for the Arch - Confraternity of the Bona Mors, St Ignatius Church, Galway.