Final Vows Formulae for the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
- IE IJA ADMN/19
- Subfonds
- 1819 - 1988
Final Vows Formulae for the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Irish Jesuit Retreats and Missions
Fourth Centenary Celebrations of the Foundation of the Society of Jesus & Jesuit Centenary Year
Box 15, 2
Documents relating to An Timire and FAS (1990-2005), including letter from Fr Alan McGuckian SJ, Belfast to Irish Fr Provincial John Dardis SJ outlining the current situation with the Irish language apostolate, An Timire and FAS (3pp, 04 October 2010), finance and budgets re: and An Timire and FAS letters from Eilis Ni Tharnaigh, Editor, FAS (2005).
‘Account of the preservation & actual state of the Society of Jesus in the Russian dominion’
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
‘Account of the preservation & actual state of the Society of Jesus in the Russian dominion’ from 1772 to 1780. ‘In Fr. Cha(rle)s Frazer’s Writing.’ With note on front [in Fr John Grene’s handwriting (Province Archivist, late nineteenth century)], ‘Fr Plowden Aug 3 1815 in a letter to Fr Peter Kenney SJ ask(ed) for the German title of a work on the Russian Society, translated into English by Mr. Fraser (sic).’ In four sections.
Fraser, Charles, 1789-1835, former Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Notebook containing list of ‘Books of Old Irish Mission’ at Milltown Park, Dublin and list of 'Relics of the Old Society in Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, from notes by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ (4pp).
Photocopy of the title page of an autobiography of St Teresa of Jesus
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Photocopy of the title page of the first translation into English of an autobiography of St Teresa of Jesus. Translated by Fr William Malone SJ (1611), and reprint details of Scolar Press reprint (1974).
Malone, William, 1586-1656, Jesuit priest
‘Catalogus Chronoligicus Ibernorum Societatis Jesu. Patrum ac Fratrum’ from 1550 to 1811
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Typescript copy of ‘Catalogus Chronoligicus Ibernorum Societatis Jesu. Patrum ac Fratrum’ from 1550 to 1811. With information under the following headings: name; date and place of birth; date of entry into the Society; grade; date (and place) of death.
Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’
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Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’ compiled by an unknown Jesuit. Includes a table of contents on a loose page and a calendar of events in the Irish Society 1542-1822. Separate typewritten page lists 'Jesuit writers of Penal Days'.
Notes compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ on the history of the Society of Jesus in Ireland
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Notes compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ (Custodian of the Province Archives, 1924 - 1930), on the history of the Society of Jesus in Ireland. Some inserts in the hand of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ. Includes lists of:
– Superiors of the Irish Mission (7pp);
– residences of the Old Society in Ireland (1p);
– ‘Summary of Work Abroad’ (1p);
– Summary of literary works by Jesuits of the Old Society (5pp);
– schedule of Jesuit writers and professors (5pp and 6pp);
– distinguished preachers (1p);
– those who suffered for the faith (2pp);
– aliases/variants on surnames (2pp);
– ‘Vestiges of the Old Soc(iety)’ (5pp);
– names of writers (arranged alphabetically) and of their works (c60pp) and
– some Jesuit schools of the Old Society (6pp).
Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Booklet entitled 'James Archer of Kilkenny An Elizabethan Jesuit, First Rector of the Irish College at Salamanca and Ally of the Great Hugh O'Neill' by Thomas J. Morrissey SJ (Studies ‘Special Publications,’ 1979).
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Correspondence concerning Fr Francis Finegan’s organisation of the erection of a plaque on Fr John Austin’s grave in St Kevin’s Cemetery. Includes a copy plan showing the proposed treatment for Fr Austin’s grave (scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot).
Pamphlet entitled 'Bellarmine and Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ
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Pamphlet entitled 'Bellarmine and Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ (Dollard, Printinghouse Ltd., Dublin, n.d.).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical notes on Fr Thomas Brennan SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical notes on Fr Thomas Brennan SJ, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Pamphlet 'Father Thomas Field SJ A Pioneer of the Church in Paraguay' by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Pamphlet 'Father Thomas Field SJ A Pioneer of the Church in Paraguay' by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ. Published for the St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society by the Irish Messenger Office, Dublin, 1924.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Typescript ‘Stephen Gellous SJ '1613 – 1678’ by Fr Francis Finegan SJ.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Notes on Fr Francis White SJ, ‘Novice Master of the Blessed John de Britto, martyr, S.J.’
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Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Fr Francis White SJ, ‘Novice Master of the Blessed John de Britto, martyr, S.J.’. Also lists S.J. Generals and Provincials in the ‘time of De Britto’ (1647 – 1693).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus. Includes typescript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled ‘Why did David Wolf Leave the Society?’ an appendix to his privately published pamphlet on the earliest period of the Society in Ireland (n.d., 7pp);
'The Limerick Diocesan School' by Michael Quane
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'The Limerick Diocesan School' by Michael Quane. Reprint from the 'Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society', vol. LXVII, 1962. Contains references to Fr David Woulfe SJ (1520-1578/9) and Edmund Daniel SJ (1542 – 1575), p104 - 107.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Obituaries of Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ, from various sources. Arranged chronologically, from 1590 to 1656. Most in Spanish, some in Latin.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
‘Obituary Letters’ of individual Jesuits [who died in Spain], transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources. Arranged chronologically from 1705 to 1790. In Spanish.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare’s association with the Jesuits, her lease to the Society, of Kilkea Castle, County Kildare in 1634 and the chalice presented to the Jesuits in the same year by the Countess. Includes: photocopy of a newspaper article, ‘Unexplained Mystery of Kilkea castle’s Chalice’ by Dr George A Little (n.d., 2pp) and extract from the 'Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society', Vol. 5, 1906 - 08, p. 61- 62, on the chalice (3pp).
List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809
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List detailing the location of Jesuits in Ireland, 1540-1809. Complied by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637
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Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637. Author unknown, perhaps Fr John Grene SJ.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
List of Jesuits ordained in the archdiocese of Malines and Jesuit preachers and confessor in the archdiocese of Malines, 1607-1794. Taken from Archivum Hibernicum XXIII (1960)
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Text of a talk given by Manuel Revuelta SJ in the house in the Valladolid Province
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Text of a talk given by Manuel Revuelta SJ in the house in the Valladolid Province, where many Irish Jesuits made their novitiate.
Extracts from, and commentary on, baptism registers in [Wexford and] Waterford, from 1745 to 1783
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Extracts from, and commentary on, baptism registers in [Wexford and] Waterford, from 1745 to 1783. Reference to Jesuit involvement.
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Drafts of letters to Rome in relation to Irish Jesuit funds
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Drafts of letters to Rome in relation to Irish Jesuit funds. (In Latin).
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Letter from Archbishop Troy to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ. Communicates to Stone the queries sent to the Holy See by the prelates of ‘this Kingdom’ in relation to the suppressed Society and to the administration of the property of the deceased members of the Society, specifically that of the late Fr Callaghan SJ. Includes transcription of replies received.
Troy, John Thomas, 1739-1823, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Copy of excerpt from Fr Marmaduke Stone’s reply to Archbishop Troy’s letter of 31 March 1808
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Copy of excerpt from Fr Marmaduke Stone’s reply to Archbishop Troy’s letter of 31 March 1808. Expresses surprise and dismay at the latter’s actions and emphasises that his (Stone’s) letter to Troy was written in confidence. Claims that he knows of no ex-Jesuits who maintain that their Society is canonically re-established in the British Dominions. Refers to a ‘severe letter’ received by him from Cardinal Borgia in relation to the matter. This document also contains copies of correspondence between Cardinal di Pietro and Fr Stone, which are described separately.
Stone, Marmaduke, 1748-1834, Jesuit priest
[Copy of] letter [to] Fr Charles Plowden SJ, The writer refers to ‘our friends in Palermo’
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
[Copy of] letter [to] Fr Charles Plowden SJ, The writer refers to ‘our friends in Palermo’, and states that ‘relying on F. Genl’s Gruber’s assurance’ he has educated ‘many Eng & Irish to form a future British [province]’. Refers to Archbishop Troy’s interference some years before, which resulted in an order from Cardinal Michele di Pietro that Fr Callaghan was bound to leave to Troy all the property of the extinct Society.
English translation of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
English translation of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ.
Di Pietro, Michele, 1747-1821, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Copy of letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Charles Plowden SJ. Deals with the issue of the misunderstanding surrounding the Pope’s supposed assent to the aggregation of Jesuits to Russia. Refers to the involvement of Fr Thomas Glover SJ, Fr Gaetano Angiolini SJ, Cardinal Gonsalvi, Fr Gabriel Grüber, the Emperor of Russia, and others. States that Fr Angiolini advises that some Irish novices should be sent over to Palermo to make their vows, and then sent back to Ireland, in order to ensure that the property of the Irish ex-Jesuits remained with the Society.
Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Copy of letter from Fr Gaetano Angiolini SJ to Fr Charles Plowden SJ. Expresses his delight at the arrival in Palermo of the six novices sent by Plowden. Reports that Frs Glover and Kenney did very well in their theology exams, and claims that they are the two strongest students in that field. (In Italian).
Angiolini, Gaetano, 1748-1816, Jesuit priest
Document signed by Emmanuel de Zuñiga SJ granting permission for saying Mass
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Document signed by Emmanuel de Zuñiga SJ of the Society of Jesus in the Kingdom of Sicily granting permission to Frs Horatio Mont[ ], Robert St Leger, Bartholomew Esmonde, Paul Ferley and James Butler to celebrate Mass, hear confessions etc [in Sicily]. (In Latin; with seal attached).
de Zuñiga, Emmanuel, 1743-1820, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Article by Terence P. McCaughey: ‘Andrew Sall (1624-82) Textual Editor and Facilitator of the Irish Translation of the Old Testament’. Delivered as an O’Donnell Lecture in Trinity College Dublin in 1995, and published in its present form in an unknown publication. (McCaughey (Terence): Andrew Sall (1624–82): textual editor and facilitator of the Irish translation of the Old Testament. In Unity in diversity (2004), pp. 153–171.
McCaughey, Terence Patrick, 1933-2016, Presbyterian minister, academic and social justice advocate
Bishop Laurence Nihil Manuscript
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Manuscript book entitled ‘Instructions on Catechizing , & preaching also on The Sacraments of Marriage & Penance’ by ‘the Right Revd. in God Christopher Lord Arch-Bishop of Cashel & Primate of all Munster’ ‘To the Secular, & Regular Clergy of both his Dioceses, having care of Souls’. With notes in unknown hand on front cover: ‘Found or got by E. Hogan, S.J. circ. 1858’ and ‘15th Aug. 1737 E. Hogan, S.J.’. Also includes note stuck on to back cover ‘Christopher Butler A(rch)B(ishop) of Cashel for 45 y(ea)rs died in 1757 aged 84 y(ea)rs’.
Nihill, Lawrence Arthur, 1726-1795, former Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Kilfenora and Kilmacduagh
Material on Mr Robert Curtis SJ and Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Transcription of a book entitled 'Alithinologia sive Verdica Responsio...'
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Transcription of a book entitled 'Alithinologia sive Verdica Responsio ad Invectivam mendaciis, fal[l]aciis, calumniis et imposturis foetam in plurimos Antistites, Proceres, & omnis ordinis Hibernos…' (1664) by the Rev. John Lynch, Archdeacon of Tuam. The original book is in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, which is a defence of the Old English since the time of Elizabeth, particularly in the 1640s. Lynch was born in Galway c1600 and died between 1667 and 1673 in San Malo, Brittany. His most famous work is a three volume publication, 'Cambrensis Adversus'.
The first four pages of the transcription are in the handwriting of Fr John MacErlean SJ.; the transcription itself is in a different hand, possibly that of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, 61 Bond Street, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning an article on Orators for the 'Dublin Review'. Remarks that before No. XI can be published a decision about the future of the publication should be reached. Remarks that himself and Mr. Richards '...cannot individually run any further risk (having both already lost too much to justify us in so doing) unless the proposed plan or one similar be adopted...' Expresses the hope that O'Connell will transfer his share and interest in the stock and property of the 'Review' to him (Charles Dolman).
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Letter from Charles Dolman, London to Daniel O'Connell thanking him for his subscription
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, London to Daniel O'Connell thanking him for his subscription. Expresses thanks for the support O'Connell is giving to the 'Dublin Review'. In particular he thanks O'Connell for recommending it to the clergy. Remarks 'For years past the principal reason of the circulation not being more extended is owing to the little support received from the Irish Clergy. Remarks that he will continue to promote and support the 'Dublin Review'.
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorial card for Fr Daniel O'Connell Scully SJ, and obituary for Scully and Richard Keogh (Latin).
Scully, Daniel O'Connell, 1826-1892, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr James B Stephenson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and memorial card.
Stephenson, James B, 1906-1979, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Mr Patrick Reilly SJ.
Reilly, Patrick, 1876-1896, Jesuit scholastic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Sillery, George, 1816-1901, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Mr Joseph Stephens SJ.
Stephens, Joseph W, 1877-1897, Jesuit brother novice
Part of Irish Jesuits
Tuite, James, 1831-1891, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Fr Francis X Waldmann SJ.
Waldmann, Franz X, 1839-1922, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Walsh, Patrick J, 1911-1975, Jesuit priest and missioner
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr James Whitaker SJ. Includes biographical details and information on his family (family history written in 1895 by James Whitaker, Senior) including his brother (Br Francis de Sales Whitaker O.S.J.D, M.B. (Co-founder of the House of St John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin).
Letter from James Whitaker (father), writing from Mooresfort, County Tipperary to Fr Patrick Hughes SJ. Encloses a cheque for £15 to cover his son James Whitaker’s half-yearly pension (not included). Adds that his son Frank is in Clongowes, and that he intends to send another son there (2pp, 25 May 1887).
Whitaker, James, 1865-1952, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Carton, Christopher, 1838-1896, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituaries of Fr Michael Waters SJ.
Waters, Michael 1829-1895, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Grene, John, 1807-1887, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Turner, Seán, 1909-1971, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Betagh, Thomas, 1738-1811, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2032.
Murray, Brendan P, 1934-2002, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online late 2024.
Leonard, John A, 1912-1992, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2029.
Kent, Edmond, 1915-1999, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2023.
Cullen, Paul, 1936-1997, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Joseph Carlin SJ and his Irish Provincials covering his admission and ordination to the Society of Jesus, his time as a teacher at Belvedere College and his work from 1959-1988 in the Jesuit provinces of California, New Orleans and Missouri, United States of America.
Carlin, Joseph M, 1915-1988, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Booth, Edward, 1917-1988, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Crowe, Michael A, 1919-1990, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Casey, Gerard H, 1905-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Conran, Joseph, 1913-1990, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Fook-Wai Chan, Francis, 1923-1993, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Andrew Bannon to the the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Bannon, Andrew TJ, 1929-1997, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating mainly to the admission of Stephen Fitzgerald to the Society of Jesus, and catalogue entries.
Fitzgerald, Stephen, 1912-1990, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Kyran Fitzgerald's admission to the Society; his final illness and some subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Fitzgerald, Kyran J, 1922-1997, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Healy, James, 1929-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
MacAmhlaoibh, Séamus, 1912-1995, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary and memorials of Fr Patrick Stephenson SJ sent to Irish Fr Provincial Philip Harnett SJ from Fr Christopher Glesson SJ, Headmaster of St Xavier's School, Melbourne, Australia. Includes negative of Fr Stephenson (1958).
Stephenson, Patrick J, 1896-1990, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Barry, James, 1925-2002, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue available 2031.
Delaney, Hubert, 1929-2001, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue available 2030.
Kelly, William, 1931-2000, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2033.
Barrett, Cyril D, 1925-2003, Jesuit priest, art historian, and philosopher
Part of Irish Jesuits
Lynch, Henry M, 1855-1913, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Corcoran, Patrick, 1822-1905, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Kelly, Robert, 1828-1876, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue available 2027.
O'Connor, Seán B, 1932-1997, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Hayden, William, 1839-1919, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Diviney, Andrew, 1930-2006, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Ennis, Aidan D, 1909-2006, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Hanley, Kieran C, 1915-1998, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2032.
McGoldrick, William F, 1923-2002, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2035.
McPolin, James C, 1931-2005, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2028.
O'Holohan, Colum J, 1919-1998, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2031.
Tarpey, James, 1924-2001, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2031.
Tyrrell, Michael, 1928-2001, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2035.
Keelaghan, Edward, 1925-2005, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2031.
Lawler, Raymond J,1921-2001, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
McGrath, Michael, 1910-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Brosnan, Matthew, 1923-1997, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2031.
Counihan, John, 1916-2001, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Egan, Liam A, 1925-1994, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue online 2026.
Fitzgerald, Maurice, 1907-1996, Jesuit priest