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Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Field diary of one of the chaplains (not known which one)
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Field diary of one of the chaplains (not known which one).
Obituaries of Fr Patrick Barrett SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Obituaries of Fr Patrick Barrett SJ.
Biographical information on Fr John Delaney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Biographical information on Fr John Delaney SJ, M.C. Includes memorial card and obituary.
License for Military Service ‘Royal Exchange Assurance
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
License for Military Service ‘Royal Exchange Assurance, Policy No. 80925 for £500 on the Life of Revd. W.J. Doyle.’ and copy of details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (20 January 1999 & 27 November 2013).
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
Photocopies of obituary of Fr John Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Photocopies of obituary from the Sunday Freeman of Fr John Gwynn SJ and a photograph of him as published in a supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman. Includes photographs of Fr Gwynn’s Memorial Tablet and a transcript of the inscription and document relating to his death (obituaries and appreciation by Lord Desmond Fitzgerald).
Partial biographical information on Fr William Gwynn SJ from the Catalogus personarum primus
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Partial biographical information on Fr William Gwynn SJ from the Catalogus personarum primus.
Gwynn, William, 1865-1950, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Daniel Roche SJ written while Fr Roche was serving as chaplain with the 96th (C.P.) Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France and 18 K.L.R., B.E.F., France.
Roche, Daniel, 1882-1961, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Signed postcard addressed to Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ, from Mar Ivanos, India
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Signed portrait postcard addressed to Fr Hugh Mulhall SJ, from Mar Ivanos, India, a visitor to Rathfarnham Castle during the Eucharistic Congress of 1932.
Ivanios, Aboon Geevarghese, 1882-1953, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Pamphlets issued by the War Office
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Pamphlets issued by the War Office on ‘The Abolition of flies in camps, billets and hospital. Circular Memorandum No.8.’, 24 June 1916, (7pp) and ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains. Information and Hints. British Armies in France. January 1917’, (21pp), possibly in the possession of Fr Henry Gill SJ. A section of ‘Roman Catholic Chaplains’ is underlined, where the chaplain should live, p.11, ‘with the Transport when the Battalion is in the trenches, unless by arrangement with the Senior Chaplain, it is decided that he shall be in the trenches’. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017.
Memoranda and notes, lists relating to chaplains in the Second World War
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Memoranda and notes relating to chaplains and lists of those serving as chaplains. Includes:
– Memorandum on 'Emergency Arrangement for Irish Army Chaplains', Clongowes Wood College, 1939;
– Draft of letter sent by Irish Fr Provincial to Frs Thomas O'Donnell, James Bates, [James] Stephenson and Leo Donnelly; inquiring if they would be willing to ‘work for God as a military chaplain’ (n.d., 1p.);
– Note listing names of first two ‘batches’ of chaplains and the dates of their departures from Dublin (n.d., 1p.)
– Lists of ‘Volunteers for post of Army Chaplain’ (17 February 1942, 2pp, n.d., 1p.).
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Gerard Guinane SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Gerard Guinane SJ written while serving as chaplain with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Fusiliers in various locations throughout England, in Hawick, Scotland and in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire.
Guinane, Gerard, 1900-1971, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Conal Murphy SJ, written while serving as a chaplain with the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers in Christchurch and Aldershot, Hants., Langholm, Dumfriesshire and The Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire; 587 Field Company, [Royal Engineers], Estate Camp, Inverkip, Scotland and in North Africa; 78th Division, British North Africa Force in Tunisia and 78th Division, Central Mediterranean Force (C.M.F.) in Sicily and Italy; 67 Garrison, B.N.A.F. in Tunisia and No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Italy, C.M.F., and Austria. Includes his first letter to the Irish Fr Provincial written from Salisbury (4 September 1941, 2pp); letter from Ursula Murphy [Fr Murphy’s sister] to Fr Coyne stating she had received word that Fr Murphy had gone overseas (1 December 1941, 1p.); letter to Fr Michael O’Meara (See CHP2/32) (13 October 1943, 1p.) and letter to Fr Provincial from Fr Murphy written on ‘a memorable day, the end of the war in Italy’ (2 May 1945, 2pp). Includes leaflets for the Service of Remembrance and Dedication at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in which Fr Conal Murphy SJ contributed to (1976; 1978), and photograph of Fr Conal Murphy SJ in military chaplains uniform, with military ribbon rack underneath.
Murphy, Conal K, 1902-1979, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Conor Naughton SJ written during his time as a chaplain with the 10th Rifle Brigade in Saffron Walden, Essex; in Hadleigh Militia Camp, Chapel Lane, Hadleigh (an Anti-Aircraft unit); in Stoke Military Hospital, North Bovey, Devon; based in St Michael’s House, Stanhope Lines, Aldershot, Hants.; Richmond Arms Hotel, Goodwood, Sussex; 47th General Hospital, Mhow, Central India; with 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment in India; in No. 3 Indian British General Hospital, Poona, India; Combined Military Hospital, Wāltair R.S. and with 14th Battalion, [Durham Light Infantry] in Drake West Camp, Dorset. Fr Naughton took his final vows in Manresa House (England) on 4 February 1942. Includes letter to Irish Fr Provincial from T. Naughton (Fr Naughton’s [father]) (27 July 1942, 1p.) and numerous references to Fr John Hayes SJ (See CHP2/18).
Naughton, Conor I, 1907-1992, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 11th York and Lancaster Regiment (218th Infantry Brigade); in Otley, West Yorkshire; The Military Hospital, York; with the British North Africa Force in North Africa; 1st Battalion, The Buffs, C.M.F. in Italy; in 93rd British General Hospital, C.M.F. and in the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. Includes Fr Pelly’s first letter to the Provincial written from Bridlington (23 April 1942, 1p.) and letters describing the monastery of Cassino following the battle of Monte Cassino (30 May 1944, 2pp), being in Rome on the day it was taken by the Allies and his ‘semi-private audience with the Pope’ (30 June, 29 July 1944, 2 items).
Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Identification tag for Rev. John Hayes C.F.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Identification tag (dog tag) for Rev. John Hayes C.F. RC, 199879.
Badge, buttons and pips for British Royal Army Chaplains Department
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
British Royal Army Chaplains Department - K.C unit cap badge, bronzed metal, 2 fold over flat prong fitting, mint; shoulder and breast buttons; pips; metal chaplain badges.
British Army, 1660-
‘Atomic bomb on Hiroshima: eyewitness account of P. I. Siemes SJ’
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Typescript article entitled ‘Atomic bomb on Hiroshima: eyewitness account of P. I. Siemes SJ’. With pencil annotation ‘Not to be published - Rights are being sold in aid of our Hiroshima Fathers’.
Siemes, John A., 1907-1983, Jesuit priest
Bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
A file of bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food. Includes quotations for work to be carried out (6 March 1878, 1p).
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Report by Charles Geoghegan, architect regarding the formation of thoroughfares through the Killiney Castle Estate.
Geoghegan, Charles, 1820-1908, architect
History of the College of Technology, Bolton Street from the 1950s until 1968
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
‘An Historical Critique’. History of the College of Technology, Bolton Street from the 1950s up to the writing of the document, in relation to its development, education, student numbers and facilities. The writer, in an attempt to encourage the directors of the College to extend the facilities to cope with the changing needs of the students, warns of imminent revolt.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to ‘The Archbishop’s Planning Commission for Third Level Colleges under the City of Dublin Vocational Education Authority’, which was established to investigate the ‘religious, educational, emotional and intellectual needs of the students’ and to ‘determine the policy to be pursued and the measures to be taken for the adequate religious education of Catholic students attending Third Level Courses in the Colleges of the City of Dublin Vocational Education Group’. Includes a report of the Commission (4 May 1971, 11 pages).
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Emo Court, County Laois was under Jesuit ownership from 1930 until 1969. Now in the hands of the Office of Public Works, the history of Emo dates back to the Earls of Portarlington in the eighteenth century. The first earl, John Dawson, commissioned the building of Emo Court in 1790; it is one of only a few private houses designed by the architect James Gandon. The Portarlington’s sold Emo in 1920 to the Land Commission and the Jesuits purchased the property in 1930, to be used as a novitiate (house of first formation). The Jesuits found Emo in a dilapidated state, with grass growing up through the floorboards. They made significant structural changes in order for it to function as a novitiate rather than as a family home. Many items were removed however they were stored in the basement (fireplace wrapped in blankets). Renowned photographer, Fr Frank Browne SJ, was one of the first Jesuits to take up residence there and he took many photographs of Emo Court.
In 1969, the Jesuits sold Emo to Major Cholmeley Dering Cholmeley-Harrison. He restored the house, sparing no expense, and donated it to the Irish State in 1995. In 2012 the Office of Public Works opened a permanent exhibition on Fr Frank Browne SJ at Emo Court.
The papers of St Mary’s, Emo concern the management of the Emo estate (1900-1995), establishment of the Jesuit community (1928-1930), maintenance, upkeep and expenditure (1931-1970), forestry and the sale of Emo (1969-1970; 1995). There is some material on the Jesuit community (1934-1962) and novitiate (1930-1969) however there is very little in the way of information on individual novices. Material is in the form of handwritten letters, ledgers, architectural plans, maps and photographs.
Rector/Superior of St Mary's, Emo:
Patrick Kenny (Vice-Superior), 31 July 1930;
Patrick Deevy (Vice-Superior), 29 July 1932;
Joseph Dargan, 1968-1969
Master of Novices, St Mary's, Emo:
Martin Maher; July 1930;
John Coyne;
John Neary; October 1934
Donal O'Sullivan
Paddy Cusack
Joseph Dargan, 1968-1969
St Mary's, Emo, Laois, 1930-1969
Sketch map of the Clochar, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Sketch map of the Clochar. Shows the layout of the gardens and the species of trees and plants. The Clochar (or Clucker) comes from the Irish word for convent. 'There is also a story that this part of the garden was where the maids in the house were allowed to come to gossip and relax – hens clucking!'
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Report by J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers, 44 Kildare Street, Dublin on the heating, water and electrical services in St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
J. A. Kenny and Partners, Consulting Engineers
Advertisement for the sale of Emo Park, County Laois by Jackson-Stops and McCabe
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Advertisement for the sale of Emo Park, County Laois by Jackson-Stops and McCabe, Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Includes black and white interior and exterior photographs.
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, Solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Fr William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning a draft contract for the sale of Emo Park.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
Apportionment account between the Jesuit Fathers and Cholmeley Harrison
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Apportionment account between the Jesuit Fathers and Cholmeley Harrison (purchaser of Emo).
Jackson, Stops and McCabe, auctioneers
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Thomas H. Bacon, solicitor, 9 Clare Street, Dublin 2 to Rev William Dargan SJ, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning interest due to the Jesuit Fathers following the sale of St Mary's, Emo.
Bacon, Thomas, solicitor
Letter from Fr John J Coyne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the order of time at St Mary's, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Fr John J. Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the order of time in the novitiate, St Mary's, Emo.
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Sacristan's manual for St Mary's, Emo, County Laois.
Permission to the Society of Jesus to allow members of the public to attend Mass at St Mary's, Emo
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Rome, granting permission to the Society of Jesus to allow members of the public to attend Mass at St Mary's, Emo.
Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick bequeathing a number of items to the Irish Province including five oak bookcases and the books contained in them to Emo (The bookcases are in Clongowes Wood College SJ, 2020).
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Fr Charles O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo describing how the Society became beneficiaries in the will of Rebecca Codd and the items that were left to the Society in her will.
O'Connor, Charles E, 1920-2014, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo thanking him for sending Fr O'Connor's letter regarding the Codd bequest. Remarks that he is going to offer the library, the portraits and the bust to Clongowes Wood College.
McGarry, Cecil, 1929-2009, Jesuit priest
Article by Anthony Symondson SJ entitled 'A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court'
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photocopy of an article by Anthony Symondson SJ entitled 'A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court', published in the Irish Arts Review.
Symondson, Anthony, Jesuit priest
'There was an Ancient House' by Benedict Kiely
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Book entitled 'There was an Ancient House' by Benedict Kiely, Methusen and Co Ltd, London. A novel where ‘in a country house thirty novices of a religious order are learning a new, strange life, some failing, others succeeding in conforming to the pattern laid down by rule’. Benedict Kiely was a novice at St Mary's, Emo
Kiely, Benedict, 1919-2007, writer, critic, journalist and former Jesuit novice
Account of the funeral of the Countess of Portarlington
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Account of the funeral of the Countess of Portarlington, taken from the 'Leinster Express'. Lady Portarlington was buried at Emo Park, Queen’s County (Laois). Includes references to Frs Robert Carbery and William Delaney.
The Countess was buried in the graveyard beside the church, and a memorial to her was also erected in Coolbanagher church by her sister the Duchess of Marlborough.
Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin
The Catholic University of Ireland was formally inaugurated in 1854 with John H. Newman as rector. The Royal University of Ireland was an examining body only and did not provide tuition. In October 1883 the trustees of the Catholic University of Ireland leased to the Society of Jesus the University buildings of 84 and 85 with gardens, and the two uppermost stories of 86 St. Stephen’s Green (includingt the Aula Maxima and rooms over it) which were given the new name of University College, Dublin. In 1908 the National University of Ireland came into existence. In 1909 the Jesuit community left St Stephen’s Green for a new residence at 35 Lower Leeson Street.
Papers of the Catholic University (1854), the Royal University of Ireland (1883 - 1908) called University College Dublin and the National University of Ireland (1908), St. Stephen’s Green.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
House Histories of St Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Part of Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin
House Histories of St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
Part of Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin
Visitation book for University College, St Stephen’s Green Community St Ignatius' community, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin.
Sodality of Our Lady and Christian Life Communities
The Sodality of Our Lady, an association formed by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and approved by the Holy See, was a religious body which aimed at fostering in its members an ardent devotion, reverence and filial love towards the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary & St Patrick was canonically erected in the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street on 1st May, 1853. Members of a sodality would attend devotions in the evening time or at weekends.
The material documents the creation of sodalities in Ireland from 1863 to 1960. This is known as ‘aggregation to the Primae Primariae’ and sodalities were formed in many colleges, convents, hospitals, parishes, and schools. Sodality booklets and newsletters provide background and history to the work of sodalities in Ireland.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Booklets for the Sodality of Our Lady
Booklets relating to the Sodality of Our Lady concerning rules, meditations, prayers, explanations and history of the Sodality. Includes 'Meditations for Sodalists', 'Rules of the Sodality of Our Lady', 'Prayers for the Dying', 'How to Establish a Sodality', 'His Mother's Beads', 'No surer way to heaven', 'What is the sodality of Our Lady?', 'The Message', 'Guide to the Sodality of Our Lady', 'The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ireland: A short history' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids', 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids, Daily duties', 'Magnificat Bulletin of the Sodality for the Sick' and 'Favours lost by a person who deliberately neglects to receive one holy communion'.
Newsletter of the Directors of Youth Service the Sodality of Our Lady
Newsletter of the Directors of Youth Service, the Sodality of Our Lady, published at 5, Great Denmark Street, Dublin. The newsletter was published for every month, with the exception of July and August. Includes an activity chart for the Sodality of Our Lady for 1945 – 46, 1947 - 48.
Print of Rev. Dr. Marlay, L.L.D
Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny
Portrait print of Rev. Dr. Marlay, L.L.D., Bishop of Waterford, bust directed to left, head turned and looking straight, in religious dress. Published by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London.
Engraved by James Heath from an original painting by Hamilton in possession of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan.
Posters presented with the Pears Annual
Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny
Entitled: ‘Making Friends’ from the original painting by Yeend King in the possession of Andrew Pears Esq. (Size: 24 ½ x 19 ½ inches; 62 x 50 cms), ‘Beware’ from the original painting by the late J. B. Burgress R.A. in the possession of Thomas J. Barratt Esq. with the inscription "She has two eyes, so soft and brown, Take care! She gives a side-glance and looks down Beware! Beware! Trust her not, She is fooling thee", Longfellow, (Size: 24 ½ x 19 ½ inches; 62 x 50 cms) and ‘The British Lion’ from the original painting by Vastagh
Gezah in the possession of Thomas J. Barratt Esq. (Size: 21 x 29 inches; 53 x 74 cms).
Restored Society of Jesus in Ireland
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Property on Gilford Road, Sandymount, Dublin
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Copy of mortgage, William A. Greer to the National Bank Ltd
Parties:
(1) William A. Greer formerly of Sandymount Castle, Sandymount in the County of Dublin and now of No. 49 Chaplin Road, Wembley, Middlesex (Mortgagor)
(2) The National Bank Limited having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London
Property:
All that parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and Offices thereon situate on the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount, in the Barony of Dublin and County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west and west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holdings of James Beckett and Susan and Louisa Hepenstall and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke held under Lease of 4 January 1870 from the Earl of Clanwilliam and Others to John Edmond Byrne for the term of 150 years from 29 September 1869 at the yearly rent of £190.
Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the advances made or to be made by the said Bank to the said Mortgagor, the latter as beneficial owner demises unto the Bank all and singular the above property, to hold the same for the residue of the term of years for which the said Mortgagor now holds the same (less the last day of such term), subject to redemption on payment by the said Mortgagor to the said Bank of the sum or sums for the time being owing by him to the said Bank
Deed of trust in relation to the ‘Father Delany Exhibition’
Part of Father William Delany SJ Fund
Deed of trust in relation to the ‘Father Delany Exhibition’. Sets out the responsibilities of the trustees of the fund set up to finance the exhibition, which was established to commemorate the services to education of the Very Reverend William Delany SJ LLD, President of University College, Dublin, who had, in 1906, celebrated the attainment of his Golden Jubilee in the Society of Jesus. The trustees are given power over the collection of donations for the fund, for the investment of the fund, and for the awarding of the exhibition to a student from a Jesuit school who obtains the highest aggregate of ‘Honor Marks’ at the first university examination held after his matriculation, provided that his attendance and behaviour are satisfactory. Includes amendment dated 15 February 1909 providing for the appointment of Laurence Ambrose Waldron M.P. as trustee in place of the Right Honorable Christopher Palles, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Death certificate of Fr Matthew Devitt SJ
Part of Father William Delany SJ Fund
Death certificate of Fr Matthew Devitt SJ, who died on 4 July 1932. Issued by the General Register Office, Dublin.
General Register Office
Bishop Edmund Tanner, Cork to Fr General Everard Mercurian SJ
Part of Manuscript A
Holograph letter from Bishop Edmund Tanner, Cork to Fr General Everard Mercurian SJ.
Tanner, Edmund, 1526-1579, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and former Jesuit priest
Pamphlet by Michael P Fogarty entitled 'Automation Your Questions Answered'
Part of Catholic Workers College, College of Industrial Relations and National College of Ireland
Pamphlet by Michael P Fogarty entitled 'Automation Your Questions Answered'.
Interpretation of and comments on Fr General's letter 'De Apostolatu Sociali'
Part of Catholic Workers College, College of Industrial Relations and National College of Ireland
Interpretation of and comments on Fr General's letter 'De Apostolatu Sociali' (Social Apostolate).
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
O'Hagan, John, 1822-1890, Young Irelander, writer, and judge
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
English translation of a letter written on 30 January 1673 by Archbishop Oliver Plunkett to Fr Giovanni Oliva SJ, General of the Society of Jesus, informing him of his appointment of Father Stephen Rice (1625-1699), a Jesuit, ‘a person of profound religion…(and)…great prudence – unwearied in suffering, most assiduous in working in the vineyard of the Lord’ to work in ‘the pulpit & Schools of Armagh.’ (Fr Rice was made Superior of the Mission in 1672). Also discusses the state of the Society in Ireland, ‘I see that it is in a most desperate condition here, I see to my great sorrow that it will not last long in Ireland if there is not a better way to train and receive novices and to punish the wild & disobedient…If you, Rev. Father, who are so full of zeal to preserve & propagate the Faith in heretic countries & for the great love you always had for this unfortunate nation, will not lend a hand to Save the S.J. in Ireland I fear it will not have the Success that I wish it.’ (The original version forms part of MSS B 33)
Plunkett, St Oliver, 1625-1681, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh
‘Memoire Contenant un abregé de la vie de Monseigneur Olivier Plunkett...'
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
‘Memoire Contenant un abregé de la vie de Monseigneur Olivier Plunkett, Archevêque D’Armagh, et Primat D’Irlande, tiré des historiens de ton tenis, de son procés ou la sentence, de mort, et des lettres du R. Pere Corker Benedictin son ami intime.’
“ ‘vineam’ D. Oliverii Plunkette!’ ” from ‘Arch. Coll. Hib. Rom. VI f.131’
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Note made by an unknown person - “ ‘vineam’ D. Oliverii Plunkette!’ ” from ‘Arch. Coll. Hib. Rom. VI f.131’.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, priest and humorist
Potted biography of Francis S. (O') Mahony written by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Potted biography of Francis S. (O') Mahony written by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ for a 'Dictionary of Jesuit History' to be published in Spanish (Domínguez, Joaquín María, and Charles E. O'Neill, editors. Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús: Biográfico-temático (2001)).
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Child’s notes and drawings found among the effects of Fr Arthur Cox
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Child’s notes and drawings found among the effects of Fr Arthur Cox, [possibly those of Fr. Cox himself]. See N3/30.
Typescript of Arthur Cox’s address to the Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Edited typescript of Arthur Cox’s [Inaugural] address to the Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin entitled ‘The University and the Nation’.
Chronology of the Literary and Historical Society from 1856/7 to 1913
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Chronology of the Literary and Historical Society from 1856/7 to 1913 compiled by Arthur Cox.
Document entitled ‘Testimonials of Doctor Michael F. Cox’
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Typescript document entitled ‘Testimonials of Doctor Michael F. Cox’ which details his qualifications and includes 15 testimonials from doctors and surgeons he has worked with or studied under. 10 original handwritten testimonials which appear in the typescripts testimonial are included.
Cox, Michael Francis, 1852-1926, physician
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter informing Michael F. Cox that he has been ‘this day elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy’. Includes extracts from the by-laws relating to the admission of members, and payments to be made by them.
Royal Irish Academy, 1785-
Documents related to the medical registration of Michael F. Cox
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
File of documents related to the medical registration of Michael F. Cox, Hillsgrove Lodge, Kilmore, Drumsna, County Leitrim to the Branch Medical Council for Ireland. Includes receipt of £5 fee for registration and forms for change of residence on medical register and entitlement to a copy of the medical register.
General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, 1858
Material relating to Fr Arthur Cox taken from the Mission Office
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
File of material relating to Fr Arthur Cox taken from the Mission Office. Includes application for residency (Zambia), newspaper obituaries, account of his death, birth certificate, marriage certificate and death certificate of his wife.
Irish Jesuit Missions, Dublin, 1945-
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
The Irish Jesuit College at Lisbon was established in 1590.
Two bound volumes relating to the Irish College, Lisbon concern the foundation of the college, accounts, custom book and statutes. Analysis of the documents relating to the Irish College, Lisbon by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (1909-2011).
Photographs of the location of the Irish College in Lisbon
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Photographs of the location of the Irish College in Lisbon, by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ.
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Photocopy of a pamphlet on the Irish College, Santiago de Compostela
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Photocopy of a pamphlet on 'El Colegio de Irlandeses de Santiago de Compostela' (the Irish College, Santiago de Compostela) by José Couselo Bouzas.
List of the Rectors of the Irish College in Seville and Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
List of the Rectors of the Irish College in Seville, 20 August 1619-3 April 1767, and Rome, 1635-1772,by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the history of the Irish College in Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
A file of notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the history of the Irish College in Rome.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Extracts from the booklet 'The Irish College Rome'
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Photocopies of extracts from the booklet 'The Irish College Rome' (The Irish Heritage Series: 64, 1989) showing a map of the college's various locations and a list of Rectors (1628 to the present day). Note: The college was under the control of the Society of Jesus from 1635 - 1773.
Hanly, John J., -2016, priest and historian
Copy of letter from Dr. Grant, Director of the Scottish College in Rome
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Copy of letter from Dr Grant, Director of the Scottish College in Rome, to Sir Augustus Paget, British Minister to Italy. Writes in relation to the fate of the Roman College, and its status as a university for foreigners.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
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The Irish Jesuit College at Poitiers was established in 1674.
List of the Rectors of the Irish College in Poitiers
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Handwritten list of the Rectors of the Irish College in Poitiers, 1674-1762, by Fr John MacErlan SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Ticket for a film on the life of Fr John Sullivan SJ
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Ticket for a film on the life of Fr John Sullivan SJ, 'Of whom the worlds knows least’, held at Columban Hall, Sea Road, Galway. Sponsored by the St Ignatius Past Pupils’ Union.
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Copies of Irish ‘Informationes’ transcribed from the ‘Codex Novitiorum’ and ‘Informationes Novitiorum’ kept at Galloro, Roman Province. Sent with covering letter (12 February 1933, 1p) by Fr Denis Nerney SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ. Includes ‘Informationes Novitiorum Hib. S.J. in Tirocino Romano, 1826 - 1841’ (in Italian, 6pp) and extracts from the Codex Novitiorum, 1565 – 1586 (in Latin, 7pp).
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Extracts relating to [Irish] novices, from ‘Liber Ingressum et Votorum’ of the Provinces of Castille and Toledo. Arranged chronologically from 1592 to 1765. Reference to Irish Jesuits in Spain at the time of the Suppression, 1773. Transcribed by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
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Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Notes on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century
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Notes made by Fr John MacErlean SJ and Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, (Irish Province Archivist 1986 - 2019)) on the Jesuits in Drogheda, County Louth in the seventeenth century.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
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Notes made by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan on the Jesuits in Cashel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes drafts of a typescript ‘The Jesuit School at Cashel - 1620’ (n.d., 1p. and 2pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Photographs of the monument to Fr John Austin SJ and of the grave of Fr Andrew Cassin
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Photographs of the monument to Fr John Austin SJ (n.d., 1 item) and of the grave of Fr Andrew Cassin in Ferns, with covering letter from Fr Kevin Laheen SJ to Fr Stephen Redmond SJ (Assistant Archivist, Irish Province) (2 October 1989, 1p). Donated by Fr Laheen.
Newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. I
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Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. Includes articles on Jesuits James Archer, Henry Fitzsimons, the Hollywood Mass Rock and the ‘Popish Plot’.
‘Copy of an original MS’ from 1610 in a Jesuit archive in London, and sent to the Fr General
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‘Copy of an original MS’ from 1610 in a Jesuit archive in London, and sent to the Fr General. The subject is an Irish Jesuit mission. (In Latin).
Booklet of rules of Jesuit rectors
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Booklet of rules of Jesuit rectors. First published in 1823 (In Latin).
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Extracts from the letters of the English Provincial. Sent from White Russia, to the Fathers General, on the subject of funds saved by former Irish Jesuits. (In Latin, with an explanatory note in English).
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Letter from Fr Thomas Betagh to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ. Relates that four years previously Fr Callaghan had discussed with Archbishop Troy the fund of the ex-Jesuits in Ireland. Refers to a letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Troy on the matter, of which a copy is transcribed on the same document.
Betagh, Thomas, 1738-1811, Jesuit priest
Copies of a letter from Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ to Cardinal di Pietro
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Two copies of a letter from Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ to Cardinal di Pietro.
Stone, Marmaduke, 1748-1834, Jesuit priest
Eulogy for Fr [Walter] Clifford SJ, who died in Palermo 23 July 1806
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Eulogy for Fr [Walter] Clifford SJ, who died in Palermo 23 July 1806. (In Latin). Includes a paragraph in English about the deceased.
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Copy of letter from Fr Christopher Briona SJ in Palermo to Fr Charles Plowden SJ. Praises the young novices sent by the latter, and expresses regret at the parting of Fr Peter Kenney SJ. Invites Plowden to come to Sicily. (In Italian).
Copy of letter from Fr Gaetano Angiolini SJ to [ ] in which he refers to Lord George Cholmondely
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Copy of letter from Fr Gaetano Angiolini SJ to [ ]. Refers to Lord George Cholmondely, Viscount Malpas, son of Count Cholmondely, who was sent to Palermo by his father the previous summer for medical reasons. Refers to Fr St Leger SJ and Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. (In Italian).
Angiolini, Gaetano, 1748-1816, Jesuit priest
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Copied excerpt from the Public Record Office Papers, vol. 115 (10) of 1582. Includes list of accusations made against Sir Richard Shee, all involving association with Irish Catholics and the Church. Also includes a reply made by Sir Richard to Walsingham in 1580 in relation to accusations against him. Shee refers to a Mr White (Thomas White SJ [b.1558, entered 1593; d.1622]?) who stayed in his house for a season. States that White is ‘a priest’ and his wife’s cousin, but as far as he knew ‘no Jesuite’. Pasted onto 'The Spectator', 12 December 1885.
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Typescript letter from Paddy J Hogan, Auctioneer, Hogan & Son, 17 Church Street, Athlone to Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ, Jesuit House, Galway, describing the location and provenance of the Jesuit House in Athlone, ‘…situated immediately outside the old Dublin Gate, now known as O’Leary’s (Grocers & Provisions)’. Envelope with stamp is attached.
Hogan, Paddy J, auctioneer
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Book with the title ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies, as also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint’ printed for Ignatius Kelly, at the Stationers-Arms in Mary’s Lane, Dublin, 1749 (88pp). Includes an article entitled ‘The Novena of Grace in Dublin 1749’ which was sent by Fr Kevin O'Rourke SJ to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ with an explanatory note (10 May 2008). The article most probably written by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. The article explains the provenance of a book in the community library of St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled, ‘The manner of performing the Novena, or the nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius of the Society of Jesus and Apostle of the Indies’. It concludes that the work was translated by Thomas Brennan and gives a brief biographical note. (5pp)
Commemorative Mass for Society of Jesus held at St Patrick’s church, Waterford
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Booklet for the commemorative Mass on the occasion of Ignatian centenaries, for 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and 450th anniversary of the Society of Jesus held at St. Patrick’s church, Waterford. Includes a booklet on the history of the Jesuits in Waterford (1560 -1773).
Photocopy of newspaper clippings on the Irish Colleges
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Photocopy of newspaper clippings from ‘The Irish Catholic’ with an article entitled ‘Ireland and Spain’ by Fr Dr O'Doherty, 5 March 1921 and from the ‘The Irish Independent’ with an article entitled ‘Irish Colleges on the Continent’, by Fr John J. Hanly, 6 December 1961.
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Photographs of the gravestone of Reverend Andrew Cassin D.D, parish priest of Ferns and Vicar General of Diocese, who, although the Jesuits were suppressed at the time of his death in 1780, put Society of Jesus after his name.
Letter from William and James Duff, Douglas, Isle of Man to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ
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Letter and copy of a letter from William and James Duff, Douglas, Isle of Man to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin expressing their satisfaction that Fr Gahan is to live and administer in the Isle of Man. Remarks 'we feel that in regard to pecuniary matters you will be a sufferer to a considerable extent by the change. But if the satisfaction of having done an important service to religion as well as to its followers, can be any compensation for this sacrifice you must certainly have an ample recompense.'
Duff, James