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Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation

IE IJA ADMN/9/27
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1938

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr Visitor in 1922

IE IJA ADMN/10/4
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1922

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr William Power SJ, from 9 July 1921 to the end of September 1922. Includes:

memorandum ‘Puncta quaedam ad Instructionem particularem Visitatoris Hiberniae’ (n.d., 4pp);
‘Relatio Visitationis Factae Provinciae Hiberniae a Reverendo Patre Gulielmo Power a die 9 Julii 1921, usque ad finem Septembris 1922’ (19[22], 17pp);
‘Memorial of the Visitation of the Irish Province made by Revd. Wm. Power from July 9th 1921 to the end of September 1922’ (19[22], 11pp) and
– pamphlet entitled ‘Letter addressed to the Fathers and Brothers of the Irish Province by the Very Rev. William Power, S.J., Visitor’ (17 Sep. 1922, 8pp).

'Reply to Dr Gregg’s Sermon'

IE IJA ADMN/12/1
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14 May 1932

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'Reply to Dr Gregg’s Sermon'.

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Press, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/22
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8 - 12 October 1937

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Press, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Gannon, Patrick J, 1879-1953, Jesuit priest

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Times, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/23
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3 March 1938

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'Letter to the Editor of the Irish Times, Re: Spain' by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ.

Gannon, Patrick J, 1879-1953, Jesuit priest

'The Date of the B-text of Piers Plowman' by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/25
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9 May - 21 August 1942

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'The Date of the B-text of Piers Plowman' by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.

Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic

'A Man who took Christ at his Word' and 'Life and letters of Fr Michael Browne SJ' by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/27
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21 June - 13 August 1948

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'A Man who took Christ at his Word' and 'Life and letters of Fr Michael Browne SJ' by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ.

Hurley, Thomas, 1890-1976, Jesuit priest

'The Blessed Sacrament' by Mr Robert Nash SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/31
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28 March - 2 April 1929

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'The Blessed Sacrament' by Mr Robert Nash SJ.

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

'Shadow of the Cross', 'Crossroads', 'Temptation', 'My Importance', 'Don’t Read This', 'The First Christmas Present' and 'St. Joseph on Trial' by Fr Robert Nash SJ

IE IJA ADMN/12/32
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7 - 9 February 1933

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

'Shadow of the Cross', 'Crossroads', 'Temptation', 'My Importance', 'Don’t Read This', 'The First Christmas Present' and 'St. Joseph on Trial' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.

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

Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials

IE IJA ADMN/13/6
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11 May 1911 - 5 December 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials William Delany and Thomas V Nolan.

Browne, Joseph, 1856-1917, Jesuit priest

Note from Fr James Cleary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/9
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6 February 1907

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Note from Fr James Cleary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ.

Cleary, James, 1841-1921, Jesuit priest

Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/11
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29 March 1913; 22 October 1915

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

McCluskey, John B, 1870-1921, Jesuit priest

Letter from Thomas Egan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/20
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11 December 1914; 18 December 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Thomas Egan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Egan, Thomas, 1889-1915, Jesuit scholastic

Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/21
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24 September 1918

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/24
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21 November 1915 - 25 March 1917

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ.

Gannon, Patrick J, 1879-1953, Jesuit priest

Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/29
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17 November 1912 - 13 August [1915]

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/36
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7 July 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Juric, Engelbert, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/42
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10 December 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Lattey, Cuthbert, 1877-1954, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Jerome Mahony SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/45
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25 August 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Mr Jerome Mahony SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Mahony, Jerome, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/50
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25 November 1919

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Murphy, Leo, 1888-1957, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/51
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14 October 1919; 17 October 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

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

Letter from Mr John J MacSheahan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/53
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28 May 1913

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Mr John J. MacSheahan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letter from Mr Robert McCarthy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/56
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22 October 1918

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Mr Robert McCarthy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

McCarthy, Robert, 1889-1953, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/59
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29 December 1918 - 19 April 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar

Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/64
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5 July 1914 - [1915]

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letters from Fr Edward F. Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/65
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29 July - 12 August 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Edward F. Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Pigot, Edward Francis, 1858-1929, Jesuit priest, teacher, astronomer and seismologist

Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/68
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4 August 1916 - 28 November 1920

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest

Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

IE IJA ADMN/13/69
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16 November 1912 - 2 June 1913

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Power, Edmund, 1878-1953, Jesuit priest

Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials

IE IJA ADMN/13/72
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2 October 1905 - 1914

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.

Sykes, Richard, 1854-1920, Jesuit priest

Cutting from the 'Irish Independent' of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus

IE IJA ADMN/14/5
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2 October 1946

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Photocopy of cutting from the 'Irish Independent' of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus and the audience with the Pope in the Consistory Hall, Castel Gondolfo, Italy.

Irish Independent, newspaper, 1905-

Photograph taken at Castel Gondolfo of the 30th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus

IE IJA ADMN/14/9
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September 1957

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Black and white photograph taken at Castel Gondolfo of the 30th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus with Pope Pius XII in a group of Jesuits.

Account book of Irish Jesuit property

IE IJA ADMN/16/1
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1760 -12 May 1793

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of Irish Jesuit property. Includes a description of the finances of the Irish Mission account, written by Fr John Fullam SJ. Remarks 'In 1760 this mission had in Paris a capital of £1000 ster. including the deposits of individuals and what belonged to different residences. By the persecution which ensued the whole was nearly despaired of when by Fr Crookshank's activity and cleverness about half that sum was recovered and transmitted to Ireland where Mr Ward placed it as occasions presented.'

Fullam, John, 1719-1793, Jesuit priest

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/5
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July 1856 - 14 December 1863

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account books of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a statement of bequests to the Irish Vice Province (1859, pp. 1-4)

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/7
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30 August 1865 - 1 October 1879

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/8
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9 April 1879 - 10 May 1885

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/10
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1 July 1894 - 29 December 1904

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/12
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1 September 1913 - 31 August 1916

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated

IE IJA ADMN/16/24
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c.[1890]

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated.

Cash book belonging to the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/26
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27 September 1888 - 1895

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Cash book belonging to the Irish Jesuit Province.

Loose account sheet of the Toulouse Province in account with the Irish Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/30
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22 July 1857

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Loose account sheet of the Toulouse Province in account with the Irish Province. Three Irish Jesuits, Christopher Bellew, John O'Carroll and O'Brien are mentioned in the accounts. All three were studying Theology in the Toulouse Province at this time.

Account sheets of the Belgian Province in account with the Irish Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/31
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18 May 1861 - 31 April 1890

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

A file of account sheets of the Belgian Province in account with the Irish Province. Includes accompanying letters.

Bill from Scott, Bell and Company to Fr William O'Dowling SJ for a purse and two bags

IE IJA ADMN/16/41
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17 June 1879

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Bill from Scott, Bell and Company to Fr William O'Dowling SJ for a purse and two bags.

Stock held in the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company and the Wexford Railway Company by the Irish Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/43
File
5 September 1884

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

A file relating to stock held in the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company and the Wexford Railway Company by the Irish Province.

Statement by Irish Fr Provincial indicating acceptance of sum of money from Sister E.M. Sutton, Ursuline Convent of Ardanche, France

IE IJA ADMN/16/68
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27 September 1887

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Statement by Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ indicating that he has received and accepted ‘the sum of £900 on 3 per cent stock’ from Sister E.M. Sutton of the Ursuline Convent of Ardanche, France, on certain conditions.

Brown, Thomas P, 1845-1915, Jesuit priest

'Caithréime Mhuire'

IE IJA S/9/3
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[1800]-[1900]

Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections

19ú haois. 7.5" X 4.6". 60 + 213 lch, le lgh bhána cheangail i dtosach agus ag deireadh agus le lgh bhána idir dhá chuid an leabhair, agus arís dhá lch bhána idir lgh 57 agus 58. Níl ainm scríbhneora ná log luaite, ach is léir on bpeannaireacht (agus ón ábhar) gurb é Tomás Ó hIcí a d’aistrigh ón mBéarla agus a scríobh, i bPort Láirge, agus tá an dáta: ‘Márta 31, 1846’ ag 84i. (Cf. CE 7(a), atá beagán difiriúil). An Is seo ceangailte go slachtmhar teann faoi leathar donn. Stampa: ‘Arch. Prov. Hib. S.J.’ ar lch ceangail chun tosaigh.

Description made by Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, of the manuscript ‘Foras Feasa: An Leabhar Muimhneach Annála Inis Faithleann’

IE IJA S/9/11
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1929

Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections

Detailed description made by Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, of the eighteenth century leather bound manuscript, denoted as IL 1 by an tAthair Ó Fiannachta, titled ‘Foras Feasa: An Leabhar Muimhneach Annála Inis Faithleann’.

Ó Cathain, Seán, 1905-1989, Jesuit priest

'Clár Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge Leabharlanna na Cléire agus Mionchnuasaigh Fascúl II'

IE IJA S/9/12
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1980

Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections

Copy of 'Clár Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge Leabharlanna na Cléire agus Mionchnuasaigh, Fascúl II' (Baile Átha Cliath: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath) by an tAthair Ó Fiannachta, containing a section describing manuscripts IL 1 – IL 9, entitled ‘Lámhscríbhinní na nÍosánach, Sráid Líosan, Baile Átha Cliath’ (pp.70 – 94).

Tá 9 lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge i gcartlann na nÍosánach in 35 Sr. Líosan, íochtarach, Baile Átha Cliath. Ní fios go cruinn conas a tharla ansin iad. Bhí IL 6 agus 7 i seilbh an Athar Eoin Mac Fhir Léinn, S.J., de réir dealraimh. Bhí IL 5 i seilbh an Athar Éamann Ó hÓgáin, S J. Tá stampa ar IL 2 agus 9 a chuireann in iúl go rabhadar araon tamall i Meiriceá. Deir an tAthair Aubrey Gwynn, S.J., go bhfuair sé féin IL 1 sa Leabharlann sa teach agus gur thaispeáin sé don Athair Mac Fhir Léinn í agus gur fhéach seisean chuige gur cheangail Colm Ó Lochlainn í i gComhartha na dTrí gCoinneal. Ceanglaíodh IL 8 ansiúd leis. Bhí sí seo tráth i seilbh Sheáin Uí Chatháin i nDubhghlas i gCo. Chorcaí, agus, níos déanaí, i seilbh an Athar Patrick Kenyon. Seachas an méid sin níl le rá ach gur bhailigh an chuallacht léannta seo na lsí seo de réir a chéile agus gur thugadar togha na haire dóibh.

Ó Fiannachta, Pádraig, 1927-2016, priest and scholar

Prints and posters in the General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny collection

IE IJA TKK/2
Subfonds
1809-1900

Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny

Supplement to the 'The Spear' by R. Coton Woodville, ‘All that was left of them: The Highland brigade at Magersfontein’

IE IJA TKK/2/4
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1899

Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny

Black and white supplement to the 'The Spear' by R. Coton Woodville, which is signed by R. Coton Woodville.

Caton Woodville, Richard, 1856-1927, artist and illustrator

‘A story of the Veldt’

IE IJA TKK/2/5
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1900

Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny

Colour supplement to the Graphic Christmas Number entitled ‘A story of the Veldt’ by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, A.R.A.

Lithograph of George Buchanan

IE IJA TKK/2/8
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[1826]-[1841]

Part of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny

Lithograph of George Buchanan from a picture by Francis Pourbus Senior in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by Edward Scriven. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East, London.

Notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ on a chronology of the Society in Ireland from 1814 to 1819

IE IJA REST/1
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[1920]-[1950]

Part of Restored Society of Jesus in Ireland

Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ in effort to establish a chronology of the Society in Ireland from 1814 to 1819.

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

Copy of ‘Memoirs of the Suppression & Restoration of the Society of Jesus in Ireland’ by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ

IE IJA REST/2
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1865

Part of Restored Society of Jesus in Ireland

Copy of an ‘important & precious document’ entitled ‘Memoirs of the Suppression & Restoration of the Society of Jesus in Ireland’ by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Copy made by Fr John Grene SJ (Librarian and custodian of the Irish Province archives [mid nineteenth century to c1880s]) (92pp). Includes ‘Notes to Memoirs’ (18pp). Loosely bound.

Grene, John, 1807-1887, Jesuit priest

Miscellaneous notes and lists made by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the early history of the Restored Society and Clongowes

IE IJA REST/7
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[1920]-[1950]

Part of Restored Society of Jesus in Ireland

Miscellaneous notes and lists made by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the early history of the Restored Society from 1814 onwards, with special reference to Clongowes Wood College SJ.

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

Note on Fr Jean Claude Jautard SJ as Chaplain to George’s Hill Convent, 1814

IE IJA REST/8
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4 May 1976

Part of Restored Society of Jesus in Ireland

Note on Fr Jean Claude Jautard SJ (Spiritual Father of the newly Restored Society; buried at Clongowes in 1821), as Chaplain to George’s Hill Convent, 1814, made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Irish Province Archivist until 1986).

McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest

Jesuit Refugee Service, Ireland

IE IJA JRS
Fonds
1985-2009

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international non-governmental organisation, founded in 1980 with the mission to accompany, to serve and to advocate the cause of refugees and forcibly displaced persons worldwide.

Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-

Deed of appointment of new trustees of the Father Delany Fund

IE IJA DEL/3
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23 September 1946

Part of Father William Delany SJ Fund

Deed of appointment of new trustees of the Father Delany Fund. The new trustees are as follows: Fr Edward Coyne SJ, Fr Brian McMahon SJ, the Reverend the O’Conor Don SJ, Eric A. Plunkett, solicitor, Eugene Davy, stockbroker and James F. Meenan, barrister. Includes copy.

Stock certificate to the trustees of the Father Delany Exhibition fund

IE IJA DEL/4
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27 November 1946

Part of Father William Delany SJ Fund

Stock certificate of the value of £250 of consolidated 4% preference stock issued by the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) to the trustees of the Father Delany Exhibition fund.

Brochure produced by the Catholic Housing Aid Society on a proposed development of a flat complex at Lower Gardiner Street

IE IJA SOC/2
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[1965]-[1970]

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Brochure produced by the Catholic Housing Aid Society on a proposed development of a flat complex for the old and newly-weds (St Anne’s Court), at Lower Gardiner Street.

Catholic Housing Aid Society

Newsletter of the Catholic Housing Aid Society

IE IJA SOC/4
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January 1968

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Newsletter of the Catholic Housing Aid Society for January 1968. Reports on fund-raising activities for the ‘Flats for the Aged’ project on Lower Gardiner Street.

Catholic Housing Aid Society

Document entitled ‘Our Problem’, published by the Catholic Housing Aid Society

IE IJA SOC/5
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[1965]-[1970]

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Document entitled ‘Our Problem’, published by the Catholic Housing Aid Society. Outlines proposal to build a block of flats for old people and newly-weds. Lists societies and businesses who have donated funds.

Catholic Housing Aid Society

Letter from James MacSweeney, Chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society to Irish Fr Provincial

IE IJA SOC/6
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23 January 1968

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Letter from James MacSweeney, Chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ. Expresses condolences on behalf of the Society on the death of Fr Thomas Scully SJ. Asks Fr Barry to appoint another Jesuit in Fr Scully’s place, and asks permission to name the flats to be built in Lower Gardiner Street after Fr Scully. Encloses the Society’s January 1968 newsletter (SOC/4) and a document entitled ‘Our Problem’ (SOC/5).

MacSweeney, James, chairman of the Catholic Housing Aid Society

Letter from Fr Brendan Lawler SJ to James MacSweeney

IE IJA SOC/8
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30 January 1968

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Copy letter from Fr Brendan Lawler SJ to James MacSweeney. Writes on behalf of the Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ, and suggests that MacSweeney come to see the Provincial the following day.

Lawler, Brendan, 1909-1993, Jesuit priest

Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’

IE IJA SOC/10
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[1968]

Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate

Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’. Reports on a ceremony for the blessing and laying of the foundation stone of Father Scully House by the Archbishop of Dublin Dr John Charles McQuaid. Includes a photograph of James MacSweeney, Sr. M. Colombiere Scully (sister of Fr Scully) and Dr McQuaid.

Letter to Robert Haly SJ from F.S. O'Mahony SJ, St Louis College, Aix, in which he describes his journey, and the Jesuit college

IE IJA N/2/3
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27 November [1826]

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Letter to Robert Haly SJ (1st year theology) Fribourg, Switzerland from F.S. O'Mahony SJ, St Louis College, Aix, in which he describes his journey from Lyons to Avignon and Aix, the Jesuit College at Aix which ‘contains 300 boys & 20 ecclesiastiques…we have here 9 priests & 12 scholastics’ and his current work editing ‘a Selection from the minor greek Poets’. Includes a rough sketch of the plan of the College.

Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist

Pamphlet by F.S. O'Mahony entitled ‘Ars Logica, Carmen’

IE IJA N/2/5
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1825

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Printed pamphlet by F.S. O'Mahony entitled ‘Ars Logica, Carmen’, missing title page, and last two pages.

Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist

Letter from S.F. O'Mahony, Seminaire du Grand, Paris to his father on the question his entry to the Society of Jesus

IE IJA N/2/6
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1821

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Letter from S.F. O'Mahony, Seminaire du Grand, Montrouge, Paris to his father (Martin Mahony) on the question of where he shall minister ‘…it is of no Consequence that I serve my God in one climate preferably to another provided I accomplish faithfully his ever adorable will, all I ask is to be allowed to follow his voice which evidently calls me to the Society, and of that you can entertain no reasonable doubt. The rest is not essential, so I abandon it to whatever dispositions may be made by you and my Superiors. As I am of an age at which tis customary in France to receive the Ecclesiastical tonsure, I hope you will have no objection to my contracting this preliminary obligation to persevere, begging you to obtain the necessary documents from Our Bishop to whose prayers I wish to be recommended.…I received two letters from the Clongonians but decline answering as I feel every day more & more the necessity of absolute retirement and complete sequestration to enable myself to meet with some confidence the serious duties which will be one day incumbent on me & which I learn in my solitude to appreciate.’ On reverse is a letter in French, by Fr Jean Baptiste Gury SJ, Master of Novices, Montrouge, Paris, France to the father of S.F. O'Mahony regarding his son's entry into the Society.

Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist

Latin verses by F.S. O'Mahony

IE IJA N/2/8
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[1825] - [1840]

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Latin verses by F.S. O'Mahony. Includes Hymn to St Francis Xavier (2pp) and ‘Ode sur la convalescence de Msr. Archeveque de Bordeaux’ (2pp)

Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist

Poems composed by various individuals in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising

IE IJA N/5/2
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1916

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Copies of poems composed by various individuals, Alice Furlong and others, in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, collected by Edward Boyd Barrett.

Letters written by Edward Boyd Barrett SJ while a Master in Clongowes Wood College to Jeremiah Hayes SJ

IE IJA N/5/3
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3 January 1914 - 1 September 1915

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Letters written by Edward Boyd Barrett SJ while a Master in Clongowes Wood College, to Jeremiah Hayes SJ, a novice in Tullabeg, describing Christmas at Clongowes, the College Social Study Club (mentions the work of Edward Coyne, Matthias Bodkin and Maurice Dowling, all of whom subsequently joined the Society in August 1914) and congratulating Mr Hayes on the taking of his First Vows.

Letters from Edward Boyd Barrett to his friends Frs Charles Byrne SJ, Edward Coyne SJ and Joseph Canavan SJ

IE IJA N/5/5
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1 February 1921 - 27 October 1929

Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material

Letters from Edward Boyd Barrett (Soquel, California) to his friends Frs Charles Byrne SJ, Edward Coyne SJ and Joseph Canavan SJ. Includes:
– letters to Fr Charles (Charlie) Byrne SJ concerning Fr Joseph Canavan’s declining health, his work for ‘Strays’ and his new book 'Shepherds in the Mist' ([21 November 1949] – [January 1963], 7 items);
– letter to Fr Edward (Ned) Coyne, S.J. stating ‘Now that you’re ‘laid up’ and have to listen to me I want to say this to you. “You’re in my heart – not because of being handsome or smart – but because of being kind and good to me!’ ” (16 March 19??, 1p.) and
– letter to Fr Joseph (Joe) Canavan SJ who is recovering from a serious operation. Also mentions his new book 'Shepherds in the Mist' (3 September 1949, 3pp).

Letter from David Moriarty, Bishop of Ardfert to Eugene O'Curry, referring to the Book of Lismore

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10 November [1856]-[1862]

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Letter from David Moriarty, Bishop of Ardfert, Killarney, County Kerry to Eugene O'Curry, Dublin referring to the Book of Lismore. Remarks that the late Dr Murphy, Bishop of Cork had the Book of Lismore in his possession where he had it transcribed ‘...probably by one of the scribes you mention.’. Enquires whether Dr Murphy left some Irish transcripts to Maynooth.

Moriarty, David, 1814-1877, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardfert

Letter from William Forbes Skene to Eugene O'Curry thanking him for information received on the Book of Lecan

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2 April 1840

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Letter from William Forbes Skene to Eugene O'Curry, 32 Bayview Avenue, Dublin thanking him for information received on the Book of Lecan. Refers to transcripts he (Skene) wishes to send to O'Curry and asks him to ‘...ascertain if it is the same as the extract taken from the Book of Ballymote...’. Discusses how the transcripts should be dispatched. Concludes by asking O'Curry to point out any further references to the history of Scotland, the highlanders and the genealogy of their clan that O'Curry may have discovered in the Irish Manuscripts.

Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892, historian and Celtic scholar

Letter from William Forbes Skene to Eugene O'Curry, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin regarding extracts from the Annals of Ulster

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9 September 1842

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Letter from William Forbes Skene to Eugene O'Curry, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin regarding extracts from the Annals of Ulster. Skene queries an observation made by O'Curry and remarks ‘...(there) must be some mistake as there never was a Murray of [Lennox]. Requests O'Curry to send him the original word.

Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892, historian and Celtic scholar

Report by on the publication of Professor O'Curry's book

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20 January 1861

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Report by James [Garttan] on the publication of Professor O'Curry's book. Expresses his regret that Mr Duffy will not purchase all 2,000 copies of the publication ‘...nor the half, nor the quarter, as a commercial speculation. He (Mr Duffy) thinks he could scarcely sell 200 or 300 copies...’. Suggests that Mr Fowler, the University printer, should also be the publisher and that the index should be widely circulated particularly amongst ‘...the most distinguished Archaeologists, Philologists and Ethnologists...(who) make special mention... of the learned researches of Professor O'Curry.’.

Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick

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1889 - 1893; 1966

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Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. A file relating to memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. Includes a typed and handwritten manuscript entitled Memories of Mungret (1889 - 1893). The article was published in the Mungret Annual, 1966.

Manuscript by John Bithrey of his memoirs

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[1970]

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Typed manuscript by John Bithrey of his memoirs.

Early sermon by Dr Charles Russell entitled 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge'

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[1825] - [1855]

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A file relating to an early sermon by Dr Charles Russell entitled 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge'.

Letters from Charles Russell to his sister Margaret Russell

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25 February 1831 - 1874

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A file of letters from Charles Russell to his sister Margaret Russell, Killough, County Down.

Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti

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19 April 1852 - 23 August 1866

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A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858

The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:

25 March 1859; George [ ]

7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]

17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely

23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot

19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]

4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke

25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman

11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ

16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen

6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari

13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)

3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via

22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis

n.d.; Auguste Donnet

19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle

11 February 1859; [Fernando]

21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]

5 May 1858; Thomas Grant

5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation

19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones

4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix

23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company

6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis

[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)

17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)

25 May 1858; John Morris

[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat

5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves

19 April 1852; James Roche

2 March 1858; James Hope Scott

12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman

15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth

[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote

5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley

15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti

9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]

19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th

29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts

[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine

Letter from Dr Charles Russell to Dr John Henry Newman concerning the Pope's proposal to make Dr Newman a Cardinal

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22 February 1879

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Letter from Dr Charles Russell to Dr John Henry Newman, Dundalk, County Louth concerning the Pope's proposal to make Dr Newman a Cardinal. Expresses his delight and hope that the proposal will be successful.

Letter from [ ], Vienna, Austria to [Dr Charles Russell] concerning a letter written by [Dr Charles Russell] to M. de Schmerling

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15 June 1864

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Letter from [ ], Vienna, Austria to [Dr Charles Russell] concerning a letter written by [Dr Charles Russell] to M. de Schmerling. Remarks '...it will give me much pleasure if I am able in any way to contribute to the success of your application to the Austrian Government'.

Letter from John Kells Ingram to Dr Charles Russell concerning a meeting of the friends of Dr George Petrie

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8 November 1866

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Letter from John Kells Ingram, 34 Trinity College, Dublin to Dr Charles Russell concerning a meeting of the friends of Dr George Petrie who decided that a deputation should visit the Lord Lieutenant to appeal for a pension for Dr Petrie's family. Asks if Dr Russell would be part of the deputation. Includes a list of those already part of the deputation.

Ingram, John Kells, 1823-1907, economist, poet, and academic

Letters from Richard Lyons, Arundel Castle, Arundel to Dr Charles Russell concerning information Dr Russell requires from the library in Paris

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6 - 9 October 1872

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A file of letters from Richard Lyons [second Baron and first Earl Lyons], Arundel Castle, Arundel to Dr Charles Russell concerning information Dr Russell requires from the library in Paris. Includes biographical details on Richard Lyons written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).

Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, 1817-1887, 1st Earl Lyons and diplomat

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