Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ
- IE IJA J/31/1
- File
- 1951
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A file containing biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ.
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ.
Photograph of Jesuits on their way to Northern Rhodesia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of photographs of Jesuits on their way to Northern Rhodesia.
Invitation card to Mrs O'Riordan to the Feast of St Ignatius at the Church of St Ignatius, Galway
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Invitation card to Mrs O'Riordan to the Feast of St Ignatius at the Church of St Ignatius, Galway where high mass will be celebrated. Envelope with stamp attached.
Material relating to Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes
announcement and details of his death, following an air accident over Vietnam; articles on the air accident from newspapers, including an image of Fr Cunningham; official documentation recording his death; personal record; travel details and correspondence between Fr Cunningham and Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Death certificate for Fr.James McCann SJ
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Death certificate for Fr James McCann SJ who died at Milltown Park, Dublin. Includes letter from the National Bank Limited, Dublin which returned the death certificate to Fr John Mulligan SJ, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letters from Gerard (brother in law) to Fr William White SJ
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Letters from Gerard (brother in law), 21 Havelock Street, Glasgow and Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, rOME to Fr William White SJ.
Letter on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House
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Letter from M. D. Dack, 96a, St Ignatius Rd, Drumcondra Rd, Dublin (Secretary of Our Lady’s Grotto Committee) to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin and a rough draft of proposed circular letter (9 March 1952). Includes an address on the occasion of the presentation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on Sunday 9 March 1952 at 11.30am by Mr T. Scally, President, Our Lady’s Grotto Committee (CIE Employee). Photographs of the unveiling of the Grotto of the Assumption of Our Lady at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin by C.I.E. Employees, 17 August 1952. Seven photographs of unveiling.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
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A file of copies of letters from Irish Fr Provincial to the Superior of the Hong Kong Mission concerning the administration of the mission and men destined for work in Hong Kong.
Drawings of the proposed new building for Wah Yah College, Kowloon
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Plans, elevations cross-sections and brochure of the proposed new building for Wah Yah College, Kowloon.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1951
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1951 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Mission Office material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ
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Mission office material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ. Includes personal record; passport; passport photographs; photographs; mortuary card; documents concerning the estate of Fr Lawler; and correspondence between Fr Lawler and Frs Thomas J Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Charles Daly SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Charles Daly SJ. Includes announcement of his death, appreciations; personal record; scriptural texts annotated by Fr Daly; and correspondence between Fr Daly and Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ. Includes passport photograph; announcement of death; obituaries; death certificate; personal record; Zambian stamps from 1980 - 81; newspaper cuttings from the trial of Laurence Sullivan, Lusaka, Zambia in which Fr O'Brien refused to be called as a witness (1952) and correspondence between Fr O'Brien and Frs. Thomas Martin, Vincent Murphy and Thomas O'Brien, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the 'Irish Monthly'
Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.
Litterae Annuae for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Litterae Annuae (Annual letters) for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Letters from Irish Jesuits in Zambia to the Mission Office, Ireland
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File of correspondence from Irish Jesuits mainly in Chikuni and Choma, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) to Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Milltown Park (later Upper Sherrard Street), Dublin concerning the Chikuni Mission (administration, building plans, school life, finance, requests for supplies and general life there). Includes letters from Frs Dan Byrne, Arthur Clarke, Bernard Collins, Tom Cooney, Joseph Mary Gill, William Lee, Joe McCarthy, Tom McGivern, Louis Meagher, Des O'Loghlen, Charles O'Connor and Brian Sharkey.
Correspondence from Archbishop Adam Kozlowiecki (1955-1972)
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File of correspondence between Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Dublin, Ireland and Monsignor Adam Kozlowiecki SJ (at various times Vicar Apostolic of Lusaka, Archbishop of Lusaka and Cardinal) Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia / Zambia. Includes letters from Fr Paddy Walsh SJ; signed postcard and photograph by Archbishop Kozlowiecki; correspondence on fundraising issues and finance.
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
Photographs of Fort Villas, Cobh, Cork
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Photographs of Fort Villas, Cobh, Cork including:
1.Peacock topiary at Fort Villas;
Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions
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Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions. Includes a financial statement of the mission fund.
Chikuni Mission
Letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of letters from the Superior of the mission, Fr Richard Harris SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.
Harris, Richard, 1903-1998, Jesuit priest
Mission material relating to Fr William Lee SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr William Lee SJ. Includes photograph; personal record; article entitled ‘Wings over Africa’; and correspondence between Fr.William Lee SJ and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Dublin.
Catalogue entries and obituary for Fr Patrick Finneran SJ
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Catalogue entries for Fr Patrick Finneran SJ and obituary taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives: https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/P-Finneran.htm
Mission office material relating to Fr Matthew Corbally SJ
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Mission office material relating to Fr Matthew Corbally SJ. Includes passport, photographs, announcement of death, personal record; and letter from Fr Corbally to Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Mission Office staff, and Online obituary taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives: https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/M-Corbally.htm
Mission material relating to Fr Brian MacMahon SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Brian MacMahon SJ. Includes passport, photographs, obituary, personal record and correspondence between Fr MacMahon and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ. Includes announcement of death, personal record and correspondence between Fr McSweeney and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Application by Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ for the Lectureship (1950) and Professorship (1966) in Education in University College Dublin.
Biographical details of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ
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Biographical details of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ.
Letters and documents relating to Mr McCafferkey and the Gate Lodge
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Letters and documents from James G. O'Connor, Solicitor to Frs Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa, Dollymount, Dublin relating to Mr McCafferkey and the Gate Lodge, Baymount, Dollymount, Dublin. Includes draft agreement of exchange of plots of ground at lands at Baymount, Clontarf between Fr Joseph Erraught SJ & others and McCafferkey and letters from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa, Dollymount on the subject.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Booklet entitled 'Mungret College School Songs'
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Booklet entitled 'Mungret College School Songs'.
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.
Research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle
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A file relating to research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on the history of Rathfarnham Castle.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
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Obituaries for Fr Michael Murray SJ.
Murray, Michael, 1886-1949, Jesuit priest
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Mounted photographic prints of the exterior and entrance steps to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Annual letters for Gonzaga College SJ, Dublin
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Annual letters for Gonzaga College. Various topics are discussed under the headings 'The Beginnings of Gonzaga College', 'Studies Etc.', 'Games Etc.','Religious Matters', 'Ministeria', 'Temporal Matters'.
Ellen Mary Browne at Fort Villas, Cobh, Cork, and with two religious sisters (one her sister)
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Ellen Mary Browne at Fort Villas, Cobh, Cork and FB's sister, Nell and Mary (Mother Josephine) with Ursuline friend (Cobh) '50'.
Browne, Ellen Mary, 1874-1959
Photographs of Gonzaga College by Fr Frank Browne SJ
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The library at Gonzaga College, new college buildings, grounds and and exterior of Gonzaga taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ.
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‘Preliminary notes’ (in an unidentified hand) on the Corpus Missal (n.d., 4pp); draft of an article by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ entitled ‘A Fifteenth Century Irish Missal: B.M., Egerton 2677’ (n.d., 3pp) and notes on the Lesnes Missal (n.d., 5pp).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath, on:
– various documents, including: copy of extracts ‘from a fourteenth century list of the Glastonbury muniments (Marquis of Bath’s MS
f. 54)…they may be of interest to scholars of Irish medieval history’ (2 March 1950, 3pp);
– Irish connections with Glastonbury;
– a paper Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ suggested on the sermons of St Caesarius of Arles and the Monastic Tradition, for publication in the Downside Review (May 1950, 2 items).
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1950
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1950 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia. Includes numerous letters relating to the announcement that eight Irish Jesuits are to be sent to the Chikuni Mission and the need for these men to learn the language (Chitonga). Many letters express concern over the lack of preparations being made for their arrival and a reluctance to comply with Fr General's instructions that all eight men are to be housed together for one year to obtain a firm grasp of the language.
Photographs of the exterior of Jesuit related residences in Galway
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Photographs of the exterior of Jesuit related residences in Galway. Taken by Yann Studios, Mainguard Street, Galway. Photographs have description attached. Includes:
Yann Studios, photographers
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (mostly holograph letters from the Archbishop and copies of Fr. Provincial’s replies) on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on various matters including the vacancy in the See of Cashel and the appointment of a new Jesuit confessor to the Nunciature following the appointment of former confessor, Fr Joy, as Rector of Mungret College, Limerick. Includes letter to Fr Provincial from Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ concerning a candidate for the vacancy and copy of one of Fr Provincial’s replies to the Nuncio.
Alibrandi, Gaetano, 1914-2003, papal diplomat
Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ
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Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, personal record, announcement of death, obituary and correspondence between Fr Sharkey and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Account of Our Lady of Benada and Benada Abbey
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Typed account of Our Lady of Benada and Benada Abbey (booklet).
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr John Foley SJ. Includes announcement of death; personal record; obituary; sermons, articles and correspondence between Fr Foley and Frs. Thomas O'Brien, Vincent Murphy and Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
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
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus
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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);
'Radio Retreat for the Sick' by Fr Frank Shaw SJ
'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.
Shaw, Francis J, 1907-1970, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport photographs; menology; personal record; announcement of death; obituary; and correspondence between Fr Cryan and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
File of mission material on Fr Peter Dunne SJ
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File of material relating to Fr Peter Dunne SJ including passport photographs, personal record, and correspondence in the main from Fr Dunne to Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. (Nickname - Pinky Dunne, due to pink cheeks).
Mission material relating to Fr Rory Maguire SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Roger Maguire SJ. Includes photograph; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Maguire and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Curriculum Vitae, catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Liam A Egan SJ
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Curriculum Vitae, catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Liam A Egan SJ taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives:https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/L-Egan.htm
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Finneran SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Finneran SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; death notice; mortuary card; personal record; correspondence between Fr Finneran and Frs Vincent Murphy, Thomas O'Brien and Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Dublin.
Admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
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File relating to the admission of Thomas O'Brien to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to education, finance and formation
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General’s Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.
Donations made to the Irish College in Poitiers
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Typescript of copies relating to donations made to the Irish College in Poitiers, 21 February 1735 - 3 June 1740, perhaps collated by Fr Francis Finegan SJ from the Jesuit archives, Rome, Italy.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
File relating to a bequest for £883-11
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
File relating to a bequest for £883-11 left to the Irish Fr Provincial by Mary Mooney, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex, England for the cost and maintenance of Manresa and the erection of a plaque to the memory of Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes copy of Mary Mooney’s will, accounts of the executor and correspondence between representatives of Barclay’s Bank and William Dargan, Bursar of the Irish Province.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Mission office material relating to Fr Daniel Louis Meagher SJ
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File of mission office material relating to Fr Daniel Louis Meagher SJ. Includes passport, photographs, personal record; announcement of death and correspondence between Fr Meagher and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, students at play
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Black and white photographic album of boys at St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes brief index to the photographs at the front and rear, by way of number on reverse of photograph. Photographs include boys playing Gaelic football, hurling, swimming, physical education, playing in the snow, conker playing, group photographs, individual portraits and school sports day. Two loose photographs are in colour.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, senior students
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School group of senior students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In six rows. Includes Rector, Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Fr John Mallin SJ. Taken outdoors.
St Ignatius' College, Galway, junior students
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School group of junior students and staff of St Ignatius College, Galway. In six rows. Includes Rector, Fr Fergal McGrath SJ. Taken outdoors.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photographs of Frs Robert Tyndall, Donal O'Sullivan, Brendan Brennan and Robert Nash at St Mary’s, Emo on the occasion of the visit of relics of Saint Francis Xavier.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry, passport photograph and obituary for Fr Stephen Curran SJ.
Curran, Stephen, 1911-1960, Jesuit priest
Postcards of St Francis Xavier's
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Postcards of the Altar-piece, Ignatian Chapel and the Shrine of St Francis Xavier, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letter from Fr Albert Chan SJ, Boston to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his studies
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Albert Chan SJ, Boston College High School, 761 Harrison Avenue, Boston to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning his studies.
Chan, Albert, 1915-2005, Jesuit priest
Mission material relating to Fr Dermot J Murphy SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Dermot Murphy SJ. Includes photographs, personal record and correspondence between Fr Murphy and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Joseph McCarthy SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph McCarthy SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, personal details, obituary, next of kin details, account of Fr McCarthy’s death (13 January 1986), Curriculum Vitae, and correspondence between Fr McCarthy and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Obituaries for Fr John MacErlean SJ
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Copy of newspaper obituary and obituary in Latin for Fr John MacErlean SJ.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Mission material relating to Fr Fergus Cronin SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Fergus Cronin SJ. Includes passport photograph and photograph on 75th birthday; announcement of death; homily; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Cronin and Frs Thomas J. Martin, Vincent Murphy and Thomas O'Brien, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Catalogue entry, photograph and online obituary for Fr Timothy Doody SJ
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Catalogue entry, photograph and online obituary for Fr Timothy Doody SJ taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives: https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/TF-Doody.htm
Mission material relating to Fr Liam Egan SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Liam Egan SJ. Includes announcement of death; funeral mass pamphlet; and correspondence between Fr Egan and Frs Thomas J. Martin, Vincent Murphy, Thomas O'Brien and Francis Keenan, Mission Office, Dublin.
Details of summer courses held in Clongowes Wood College to discuss teaching practice and methods in Jesuit secondary schools.
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei, and an address given by Fr Denis P Kennedy SJ.
The opening of Canisius Preparatory School, Beechwood, Ranelagh
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A file concerning the opening of Canisius Preparatory School, Beechwood, Ranelagh. Includes a letter from Fr Charles O'Conor SJ discussing the different names for the school and the location. Remarks that he is arranging to see the house at Sandford owned by the Bewley family.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
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Catalogue entry for Fr Cyril Peyton SJ (1950), letter from Fr Peyton to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, seeking a return to Ireland from Australia (1952), and memorial card.
Peyton, Cyril, 1911-1955, Jesuit priest
Annual Lenten Calendars for St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street
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Annual Lenten Calendars for St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street.
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House
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Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (June -5 October 1949; 11 December 1950) and the opening of the new retreat house (20 October 1967).
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York
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Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Denis Gwynn on personal matters, mainly his work, health and family and discussions on various American Presidents, the Pope and the Church. Includes:
– letter describing his work on arriving at the Manuscript Room in Sheffield Central Library to unpack and sort ‘three boxes (each about 2' by 2' by 8”) of unsorted (Edmund) Burke papers…they are largely the originals of the published letters, but there is also a rich collection of unpublished letters of Earl Fitzwilliam to Burke in the 1790’s and a few other fairly important letters that never have been printed…I am, it seems the first person to examine them since their delivery here…you can imagine how exciting is the experience of turning up, for example, original letters from George III to Rockingham…It is but one of scores, probably hundreds, of museum pieces that are usually kept under lock, key, and glass…collectors would pay fabulous things for these things…There is no one else in the room and I am in a constant state of exaltation, surely this is an experience that comes once in a life-time to one historian in a thousand.’ Also refers to the bomb damage in Sheffield, following the War (1 May 1949, 2pp);
– letter describing his work transcribing the Burke letters – ‘The whole body of documents runs to about 230 letters between 1759 and 1776…they throw a great deal of new light on Anglo-Irish relations, or rather upon Mr. Burke’s idea of those relations’ and his ‘projected book on Burke and the New York Agency, which really is becoming a large work on Burke and the Origins of the American Revolution’ (30 June 1950, 1p.);
– letter to Denis Gwynn concerning a book on Burke and Barry correspondence and his book on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara (28 March 1952, 2pp);
– letters on the publication of his books on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara and Burke, New York Agent (1956);
– lengthy commentaries on: the American (both internal and external policy, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars and race relations) and British political situations; the awarding of an honorary degree from the National University on him; his book on Lord Charles Rockingham, The Marquis (1973) and
– references to a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry in the National Gallery (24 March – September 1973, 4 items).
Also includes letters written by James White, Director of the National Gallery to Fr Gwynn, concerning the portrait which was presented to Trinity College Dublin and ‘is in the Andrew’s Room in the Provost’s House’ (23 August, 4 September 1973, 2 items);
Includes letter to Fr Gwynn from Prof. Hoffman’s daughter, Mary Ellen Flinn, following her father’s death on 16 December 1979. Encloses a memorial card (3 January 1980, 2pp).
Hoffman, Ross John Swartz, 1902-79, American historian, author and educator
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Letters from publishers Browne Nolan Ltd. to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, agreeing to publish his book 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church', ‘which, if it will not be a best seller, should certainly enjoy a reasonable sale on publication and a continuing, if limited, demand for many years.’ They are also interested in ‘your short History of the Irish Medieval Church but since Methuens have invited you to write it you may possibly feel some obligation towards them, even though, as you say, you have not yet made a contract.’ Includes summary of book ‘Offered to Browne and Nolan: c.300 pages: to be ready for press in autumn of 1950; to be published in autumn of 1951’ (14 February 1949, 1p.).
“Father Willie” (Father Willie Doyle, SJ) as part of the “Irish Messenger Series”
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“Father Willie” (Father Willie Doyle, SJ) as part of the “Irish Messenger Series” published by the Irish Messenger Office. Includes a note from Diarmuid [ ], Fitzpatrick’s Book Shop, 12 Cathedral Street, Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin to Fr Fergal [McGrath] SJ in which he refers to a reprint of an insert letter by T. Cain, 22 Limetree Crescent, Cockermouth, Cumberland which corrects Fr Doyle’s date of death.
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Material related to Liam Egan SJ and canary bredding
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Material related to Liam Egan SJ. Typed notes (possibly by Fr Egan) on ‘Canary Breeding at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin’ published in ‘Cage Birds’, 4 August 1949. Letter from Donal G. (Godfrey), Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Fr Edward O'Keefe SJ (ADMN/7) on the typed notes and the sale of birds by Val (McLaughlin).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence mainly between Irish Fr Provincial, Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and the English Provincial, relating to Fr Sheil’s Mission work in England. Includes:
– incomplete letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial referring to a Mission he and Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ are to give in Peterborough, ‘We will run one mission in a hostel, and another in the church at the same time. There are 180 Irish in the hostel; and there are believed to be about 400 in lodgings around the town. We may, or may not, be able to get at them.’ Also describes his recent travels on the Continent (third page of letter is missing) (12 Sep. 19--, 2pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial describing a ‘country mission in Northampton’ where he “was told to take a different village every day, say Mass in some Catholic house, visit every house – Catholic or no, and ‘hold a service’ on the village green in the evening” (2 September 19–, 7pp);
– covering letter and note (January 1953, 2pp) from Fr Sheil to the Provincial enclosing a memorandum entitled ‘Relations between Irish and English Jesuit Missioners’ (n.d., 3pp);
– covering letter from Fr Sheil (13 April 1953, 1p.) to the Provincial, enclosing a letter he received from the Archbishop of Cius and English Apostolic Delegate following Fr Sheil’s report to him of 1952 Mission work. The Archbishop writes ‘I have read with deepest interest the reports sent to me by the Reverend Father L. Sheil, S.J. and I have informed the Holy See of all the splendid work that has been accomplished. For this most necessary apostolate, certainly the Delegate of the Holy Father must send a cordial blessing in the name of His Holiness and he is confident that, with God’s help, more and more will be achieved for those who stand so much in need of the ministry of their own priests’ (9 April 1953, 1p.);
– copy letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne to the English Fr Provincial Desmond Boyle SJ, regarding Fr Boyle’s ‘wishes concerning the activities of the Irish Mission staff in England’. States ‘I have…instructed Father Leonard Sheil to confine his activities in future to Camp Missions during the autumn months, and, once he has fulfilled his programme in London this autumn, to approach no parish priest about a parish Mission nor to accept any parish Mission without a specific request from Father Farrell.…I think he (Fr Sheil) has done good work for the Irish in England, some of which, such as the Confraternity in Birmingham, may be of permanent worth. But whatever good he has achieved is due in no small measure to the co-operation of the English Province and the support he received from the English parish clergy’ (22 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– Fr Boyle’s reply thanking Fr Byrne for his co-operation and stating ‘I only hope that we of this Province have not seemed too difficult or dog-in-the-manger-ish. The position was getting rather confused and it seemed desirable to regularize it. Your mission Fathers have done wonderful work in England, and I am quite sure that Fr Sheil will be approached either directly or through Fr Farrell for further missions’ (29 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– letter to Fr Sheil from Dr James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns in which he remarks ‘I was glad to know that you are going to St. Wilfrid’s York, and I hope your Fathers and yourself will be invited to give many missions in the secondary modern schools, and pioneer in this sphere’ (20 Aug. 1958, 2pp);
– letter to the Provincial from Fr Sheil describing the work of two Irish chaplains in London – Fr Cullen in Warwick Street and the chaplain in Bayswater (Sep. 1967, 2pp).
Also includes list drawn up by Fr Sheil of Jesuits who ‘should give a very good priests’ retreat’ (n.d., 2pp).
'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ
'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.
Nash, Robert, 1902-1989, Jesuit priest and writer
Part of Irish Jesuits
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters written from Nothern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1949
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters written from Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ, Superior of the mission, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning documents associated with the Seminary Commission. Includes the report of the Commission.
Ryan, Thomas F, 1889-1971, Jesuit priest
Biographical material on Fr Arthur Little SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing biographical material on Fr Arthur Little SJ.
Notes on the early history of Manresa House, Dollymount
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Notes on the early history of Manresa House by a sister of the Loreto Convent, Bray, forwarded to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ by James O'Connor, solicitor.
Loreto Convent, Bray
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
File of photographs related to the visit of the relic of St Francis Xavier’s at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes dignitaries such as Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, Sean T. O’ Kelly, President of Ireland.
Irish Independent, newspaper, 1905-
Christmas cards to Fr Daniel J Shields SJ from Mrs Clare Sheridan
Part of Irish Jesuits
Two Christmas cards to Fr Daniel J Shields SJ from Mrs Clare Sheridan. Cards include photographs of Mr Sheridan with her religious sculptures, 'Conscious memories of Mrs Clare Sheridan from previous reincarnations'.
Sheridan, Clare, 1885-1970, sculptor and writer
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of his proposal to write a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church. Includes amended copy plan of chapters of the proposed book, sent to Methuen by Fr Gwynn entitled 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church' (n.d., 7pp). There is some disagreement about the type of book it should be. Fr Gwynn expressed his wish to gather his essays from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' and rewrite them to make a single connected story, however Mr. Wait wants a similar book but ‘on a good deal less detailed scale’ (13 January 1953, 2pp). Includes letters from Françoise Henry, U.C.D., to Fr Gwynn, offering to speak to the publishers on Fr Gwynn’s behalf (5, 23 February 1962, 2 items, 2pp each) and the publisher’s letter to Fr Gwynn following (Prof.) Henry’s conversation with them, “I would like a book, and I don’t insist on a ‘text book.’ I would like something that the educated person without specialised knowledge of the subject can read and which would be useful to students as well.” (19 February 1962, 1p.)
Wait, Peter, publisher
Copies of Superiors letters of Manresa House to Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Copies of Superiors letters (Fr Sean McCarron SJ) of Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin to Rome (in English) and acknowledgment of letters from Rome (in Latin). The letters outline the works going on at Manresa (1949, 1952; 1954-56). Annual letter Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (In Latin). 1951-52; 1952-53.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Letters concerning the application for a license to build
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letters concerning the application for a license to build by Mr Pritcher of a number of dwelling houses on the right hand side of the passage way and ground rent to Mr Gwynn. Details that Clontarf Estates (representing Vernon Estate) are prepared to pay Mr Gwynn £1,500 for the plot. See CM/MAN/54.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Memorandum on Manresa House Training Course for the training of Jesuits as teachers
Memorandum on Manresa House Training Course, Roehampton, England for the training of Jesuits as teachers. Includes details about the course including the Philosophy course.
Manresa House, Roehampton, England
Material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office. Includes passport photograph; mortuary card; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Headon SJ and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Missions Office, Dublin. Also includes letters from former students of Fr Headon.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to William Fitzgerald's admission to the Society, correspondence relating to his move from Emo to Clongowes Wood in 1967, catalogue entries and his death notice.
Fitzgerald, William J, 1921-1995, Jesuit brother
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing mainly papers relating to the admission of Patrick McNamara to the Society and his death notices.
McNamara, Patrick, 1931-1997, Jesuit brother
Relic of St Francis Xavier's at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Folder of material related to the relic of St Francis Xavier's at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes newspaper articles, correspondence, article on the origins of the plan to secure the relic for Gardiner street Church and airline and gardai details.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from J. P. McCarthy SJ, Heythorp College, Chipping, North Oxon. to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning the finances of Hong Kong, in particular Canton.
McCarthy, Jeremiah, 1894-1968, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript copy of sermons by Fr Hugh Kelly SJ preached at Gardiner street church on the occasion of the reception there and veneration of the right arm of Saint Francis Xavier.