Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
- IE IJA J/474/1
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- 1808 - 1977
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file.
Letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file, and list of Irish Jesuits (1831).
Letters from Fr Charles Plowden SJ to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Charles Plowden SJ (novice master at Stonyhurst) concerning Society matters to to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. Many of the letters relate to the Irish novices studying in Stonyhurst and English novices studying in Ireland and general Society matters.
Plowden, Charles, 1743-1821, Jesuit priest, teacher and writer
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Mission by Fr Fidelis Grivel SJ
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Mission by Fr Fidelis Grivel SJ in 18[17]. Includes:
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Specially bound volume entitled ‘O'Connell's Letter 1833’ presented to ‘the Jesuit Fathers of St. Francis Xavier’s Upper Gardiner Street For their Library. In grateful memory of much kindness received from them for nearly forty years’ from ‘W.L.' '. Includes colour poster of Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) and O'Connell's name and address (written in his own hand) attached to the frontispiece. Contains two letters:
4 April 1833
Letter from Daniel O'Connell, London to Richard Barrett, editor of the 'Pilot' newspaper, Suffolk Street, Dublin, to be published as an open letter to the people of Ireland. ‘This is the first of a series of Letters which I intend to publish on the present state and future prospects of our Country including the best suggestions I can give for regulating your conduct in the manner most calculated to mitigate the evils of the one and to insure the amelioration of the other.’ (Letter is divided into five envelopes, each containing nine pages. Franked 6 April 1833.) 45pp
Richard Barrett, editor of the Pilot was prosecuted by the government for having published on 8 April 1833, the last letter. He was tried and found guilty, imprisoned for six months and fined £100. During his imprisonment, O'Connell paid Barrett a total of £656, consisting of his £100 fine, £150 in American subscriptions and weekly sums amounting to £406.
18 February 1840
Private letter from Daniel O'Connell, 16 Pall Mall, London, to David R. Pigot, Solicitor General, concerning the Municipal Reform Bill. Letter published in full in Maurice R. O'Connell’s (ed.) 'The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, Vol. VI, 1837-1840' (Blackwater Dublin for the Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1977) p.308/9 (2687a), where the source is given as ‘Jesuit Fathers, Gardiner Street, Dublin.’
2pp
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, 61 Bond Street, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning his Historical Memoir. Remarks that he brought a stock of printing paper so that there would be no delay in publishing the work.
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Letters from Fr Nicholas Wiseman to Dr Charles Russell on the 'Dublin Review'
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Fr Nicholas Wiseman (later Cardinal) to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter remarking that due to ill health he cannot edit the next issue of the Dublin Review. Remarks that he has been in contact with Thomas Richardson regarding the impending ownership of the Dublin Review 'Let us get over this one crisis more and please God the Review will be safe. Richardson is determined to push it, it will succeed.' ([ ]1844, 7pp). Includes a letter remarking 'Richardson takes the 'Review' upon our terms...I feel confident...that in his hands the 'Review' will be pushed forward very differently from the past.' Remarks that he hopes Dr. Russell '...may be able to get your friends to write for us.' Concludes 'If the [secret] history of the D.R. were known to the public how strange it would appear - so often in the pains of sinking yet always rescued.' ([ ] 1844, 6pp). Discusses potential articles for the Dublin Review (27 April 1846, 4pp). Refers to the quality of articles appearing in the Review and remarks 'The Review is not deep. It wants some more reasoning and original articles...As for my own article...I ran off the rails and could not bring out what I wanted. Let us get something good for next time.' (2 October 1952, 2pp). Refers again to the type of articles published by the Review. Remarks 'Do you think we are getting into too few hands? Ward, De Morgan, Christie, Newman, Allies etc. have written for us...surely the convert element ought to be more cultivated and I must own I believe the fault lies in our having a mere business editor and no recognised literary one who enjoys the confidence of our learned men. I see the growing narrowness of our work and deplore it. Never a paper on Physics, Astronomical discoveries, Chemistry, Electricity, Steam, Railroads, Physiology, Medicine, Geology, Botany, Law Reform nor even on Politics in the wider sense. Never any article on foreign countries except the bleak north - I mean an original paper. W. B. cannot possibly attend to getting people to write and he has no influence. We shall never do as we ought till something is done to widen our range of topics and writers (18 February 1853, 8pp). Refers to a letter he has written to Dr Newman concerning the Dublin Review and '...begging of him not to enter into any plans for a new Review as we might get all we wanted out of our present one.' (3 January 1857, 3pp). Discusses the unsatisfactory situation regarding the publisher of the Dublin Review. Remarks 'I am satisfied that our only chance of success is a new publisher. If this is not feasible the 'Review' must drop for we cannot possibly go on in the present unsatisfactory manner.' Refers to a 'coalition' with the Rambler and remarks this is impossible. (11 April 1862, 4pp).
Wiseman, Nicholas, 1802-1865, Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster
Letters from Denis Florence MacCarthy to John O'Hagan concerning literary matters
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Denis Florence MacCarthy, 38 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin to John O'Hagan concerning literary matters.
MacCarthy, Denis Florence, 1817-1882, Young Irelander, poet, and translator
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Copy letter from Frederick Lucas, 25 Pembroke square, Kensington, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning a letter written by O'Connell to Lucas and the split between O'Connell and the Young Irelanders. Remarks that the letter gave him '...very great pain...' Remarks '...I feel most deeply mortified that any words I can have used in the 'Tablet' or elsewhere should have received from you...the hateful interpretation which is implied.' Apologises for any hurt or upset caused. Continues by commenting on O'Connell's letter and defends his position and opinion with regard to the Young Irelanders and other political matters. Remarks 'It is and it will be more than ever, my task in the 'Tablet' to urge upon them the unsoundness of their views in many points'. Refers to a letter he (Lucas) received from Rev. Dr. R. J. Whitty commenting on the Young Irelanders. Includes a copy of the letter in question (29 August [ ], 2pp). Expresses his dismay at O'Connell's accusations that he (Lucas) has '...joined against...'O'Connell. Remarks the this is 'unfounded'.
Lucas, Frederick, 1812-1855, journalist and politician
Letters from Fr John Etheridge SJ, London & Liverpool to Fr [ ] SJ concerning a legal opinion he obtained on property belonging to the Society of Jesus in England. Remarks that counsel stated that the Society would become liable to the investigation of the Commissioners for Charitable Trusts. Continues '…I shall keep as quiet as I can and instruct our people that our properties belong to those individuals who are named in the deeds and can be disposed of by them as they see best, without any obligation of trust.'
Etheridge, John, 1811-1882, Jesuit priest
Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
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
Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ which includes 'A few particulars relative to the Hon. and Rev. John Ffrench SJ', Dolllard, Printinghouse, Dublin (1887), 'Memoirs of Father Ffrench of the Society of Jesus', Manresa Press, Roehampton (1898) and copy of a letter from Fr Ffrench, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to Mother Ursula Querk, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo concerning his nephew's accident and his cure due to the intercession of (6 February 1854, 4pp), with note from Sr. M. St. Dominic, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo (20 September 1983).
Correspondence relating to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ
Correspondence relating to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, who was Irish Vice Provincial, 11 February 1858-7 December 1860 and the first Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 8 December 1860 - [ ] 1863. No index.
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Letters from William George Ward to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from William George Ward to Dr Charles Russell concerning his writing and Dr Russell's criticism of same. Refers to Dr Newman's Apologia and to the Dublin Review (7 January 1865, 8pp, 10 January 1865, 3pp and 21 January 1865, 8pp).
Ward, William George, 1812-1882, theologian and mathematician
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Henry Reeve to Dr Charles Russell concerning publications and articles written by Russell and mutual areas of interest and research. Praises Russell's work and discusses the publication of his work in the Review (the Dublin Review) (15 December 1858, 4pp).
Reeve, Henry, 1813-1895, journalist
Notes compiled by Fr John Grene SJ, on individual Jesuits of the Irish Province
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes compiled by Fr John Grene SJ, on individual Jesuits of the Irish Province. A note states 'Possibly all are in Memorials Ir. Prov.' Some notes in other hand, post-date Grene.
Browne, Thomas
Burke, William
Butler, James
Cunningham, John
Curtis, John
Ferguson, Charles
Gannon, Nicholas
Halpin, Thomas
Haly, Robert
Hayes, James Mark
Hearne, John
Kavanagh, Michael
Kelly, Michael
Kernan, Edward
Lentaigne, Joseph
Lynch, Henry
Lynch, John
McDonnell, James
O'Callaghan, Sylvester
O'Connor, John
O'Farrell, Michael
O'Reilly, Edmund
Rorke, Henry
Ryder, Alexander
Seaver, Matthew
Sheehan, Patrick
Stackowski, Francis Xavier
Letter from Henry Bagshawe to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Henry Bagshawe to Dr Charles Russell concerning an [article] he has written. Remarks that even though the extracts are too long he does not wish to cut them out. Includes a biographical note written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).
Bagshawe, Henry Ridgard, 1799-1870, barrister and judge
Account sheets of the English Province in account with the Irish Province
A file of account sheets of English Province in account with the Irish Province.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Dr Charles Russell, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare to Denis Florence MacCarthy. Includes letters arranging a meeting with Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (14 June 1865 & 20 June 1865, 2 items).
Letters from Sir William Cope to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Cope, Sir William Henry, 1811-1892, Clergyman
Letters from William E. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell concerning research on British history
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from William E. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell concerning research on British history that both men are involved in. Includes a letter referring to correspondence held in the Vatican Archives that would be of interest (20 August 1864, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to Maynooth College and repairs that need to be carried out (16 November 1864, 4pp).
Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898, prime minister and author
A file relating to the will of Matilda O'Donnell in which she bequeathed the residue of her property to her trustees and executors, Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr Michael Browne SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. The file contains extensive background material that appears to have little to do with the Society of Jesus and their bequest. However, as Frs. Nolan and Browne were appointed as trustees and executors of the will it may have been necessary to acquaint themselves fully with Miss Matilda O'Donnell's affairs.
Material to relating to Philosophical Theses
A file relating to Philosophical Theses.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters (one is original, 5 May 1869, 4pp, the other nine are copies) from the Duke of Norfolk to Dr Charles Russell concerning his family and the various events in their lives. Includes a letter concerning his son's new residence (Dervent Hall, Sheffield). Remarks '...the Catholic element is sadly wanting and gives a desolate feeling. We have a priest and portable altar with us and I hope the first masses which can have been offered here since the reformation will bring a blessing on my son's taking possession.' (20 August 1868, 1p).
Fitzalan-Howard, Henry, 1847-1917, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Letters from William H Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell thanking Dr Russell for a pamphlet
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from William H. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for a pamphlet. Refers to the death of Lord and Lady Kildare's daughter (2 January 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter assuring Dr Russell that he will make an appeal to his father (W.E. Gladstone) on behalf of '...Mr. Du Noyer's family...' (the artist George Victor Du Noyer). (13 May 1871, 2pp).
Gladstone, William Henry, 1840-1891, British Liberal Party Member of Parliament
Letters from William Henry Bliss to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file relating to William Henry Bliss. Includes letters from William Bliss to Dr Charles Russell and copies of Dr. Russell's letters to William Bliss. Includes 4 letters from William Bliss to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the publication of the correspondence in the Irish Monthly (22 March 1880 - 24 September 1893, 4 items).
Bliss, William Henry, 1835-1909, scholar
Letters from Goldwin Smith to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Goldwin Smith to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter remembering a pleasant day spent at Maynooth and telling Dr Russell about a book of '...photographic views of the old Oxford which you know so well...' which he will send him. Includes biographical details on Goldwin Smith by Fr Fergal McGrath, S.J. (former Irish Province Archivist).
Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910, historian and journalist
Letters from Francis Knollys, to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Francis Knollys, [Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales] to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr. Russell for a publication sent to the Prince of Wales (1 May 1868, 2pp).
Knollys, Francis, 1837-1924, 1st Viscount Knollys and courtier
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letters from Mary Jane Bliss (wife of William H. Bliss), Oxford to Dr Charles Russell concerning the faith that her children should be brought up in. Remarks that her husband wishes all of the children to be brought up Roman Catholic '...he is about to remove Mary our eldest child altogether from my care.' Continues 'As to the boys it is another matter - I wish to be quite fair and just - and it is right that my husband should have some and it seems natural that he should have the boys - while the girls who need a mother's care so much should be left to me. Why should I have to go lonely to Church for the rest of my life?'.
Bliss, Mary Jane
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
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
File containing extensive documentation concerning the will of Charles Kennedy and his bequest to the Society of Jesus. The Society used the proceeds from this bequest to construct University Hall, Hatch Street. The extent of the file can be explained by the numerous properties owned by Charles Kennedy and the necessary documentation that inevitably accompanies ownership of property, receipts and vouchers from professional companies involved in the construction of University Hall and the fact that the will of Charles Kennedy was contested by his brother Frank Kennedy. His legal action was unsuccessful (29 January 1909 & 30 January 1909 & 30 May 1912, 3 items).
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Charles Russell, 74 Harley Street, London to Rev. John Pius Leahy O.P., Bishop of Dromore concerning a remark by the Bishop on an opinion expressed by Charles Russell about [education]. With inscription, printed in Irish Monthly, November 1908.
Russell, Charles, 1832-1900, Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief justice of England and Wales
Letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell
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A file of letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for the Preface of the Calendar of the Irish State papers of James I by Dr. Russell and remarks how glad he is to have the book to put in his library at Althorp. Invites Dr. Russell to visit him (17 April 1874, 4pp). Includes a letter thanking Dr. Russell for sending him verses written on '...the occasion of laying the first stone of your new church...I am glad...you will soon have a church worthy of the college over which you preside.' Admires the design and remarks 'I presume Pugin originally designed a church to go with the college...'.
Spencer, John Poyntz, 1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer and lord lieutenant of Ireland
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to scholastic William Sutton SJ from fellow Jesuits, Frs Heinrich Thiemann (Stonyhurst) and Edmund O'Reilly (Milltown Park) on philosophical matters.
The text of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius: translated from the original Spanish
The text of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius: translated from the original Spanish
Burns, Oates, London, 1880 and 1923.
Letters from Fr James A. Cullen to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ, concerning his noviceship
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr James A. Cullen to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ, concerning his noviceship. Includes a letter in which Fr Cullen remarks ‘If I might have a month or five weeks for vacation...I would prize it as it might strengthen my body and soul.’. Continues ‘I am very anxious for many reasons that my noviceship should be on the continent.’ (2 June 1881, 4pp). Includes a letter to Rev Tuite SJ thanking him for organising a place in the Novitiate of Arlon, Belgium (14 July 1881, 4pp).
Letters from Amelia Brownlee, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Amelia Brownlee, 4 Argyle Place, Rothesay and 24 Burnbank Terrace, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ, Glasgow, Scotland and Stonyhurst College, England. The letters are all of a personal nature, inviting Fr Seaver to visit, personal news and wishing him a happy Christmas.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Maggie Mc[ ], 174 Gowcaddens, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ, Stonyhurst College, England concerning his departure for America. Refers to her desire to become a religious and asks Fr. Seaver to pray for her.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from M Finlayson, 104 Hill Street, Glasgow to Fr William Seaver SJ, Stonyhurst College, England concerning family news. Includes lines of a poem entitled 'He is Fooling Thee', after Longfellow.
Letters from Lord Spencer to John O'Hagan
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Lord Spencer to John O'Hagan.
Spencer, John Poyntz, 1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer and lord lieutenant of Ireland
Letters from Lord Carlingford to John O'Hagan
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Lord Carlingford to John O'Hagan concerning a '...short memorandum on the Evidence...' Includes a letter remarking that he will raise the issue with the Cabinet (21 June 1883 , 4pp).
Parkinson-Fortescue, Chichester, 1823-1898, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ (term 7 May 1883 - 2 February 1888). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Correspondence relating to the University Bill and the affiliation of Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file of correspondence relating to the University Bill and the affiliation of Mungret College following University changes in Ireland. Includes a summary of University Examinations (Royal University) taken by students in Mungret.
Catalogue and drawings of plants by Willie Doyle
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue and drawings of plants by Willie Doyle, while a student at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
A file of receipts from the Sun Fire Office, later the Sun Insurance Office, London for premiums received from the Jesuit Fathers.
Sun Fire Office, 1706-1996
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Gerald Manley Hopkins SJ from Cardinal John Henry Newman thanking him for his ‘kind remembrance’ of the Cardinal's birthday and stating ‘I grieve to find you corroborate from your own experience what other friends tell me about the State of Ireland. What are we coming to!’ Also original envelope for the letter, addressed to ‘The Revd. G. Hopkins, S.J., 85.86 Stephen’s Green, Dublin’ dated 27 Feb. 1885, Birmingham. With Holyhead Kingstown Packet franking on back, dated Feb. 28.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Saint, Roman Catholic Cardinal, theologian, and educationist
Letters from Blount, Lynch and Petre concerning the estate of Rev. John Errington SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Blount, Lynch and Petre, Solicitors, London concerning the estate of Rev. John Errington SJ.
Blount, Lynch and Petre, solicitors
Letters from Willie Doyle, 1886-1896
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letters and one typewritten letter by Willie Doyle: as a schoolboy in Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England to his brother Bob and mother (30 May 1886 - 9 April 1887); as a Jesuit novice at St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly to his mother and father, and sisters Mai and Lena (8 August 1891 - 9 July 1892); as a scholastic at Milltown Park, Dublin to his father and brother Bob (31 May - Christmas 1893) and to Brother Cahill on finishing his noviceship (8 June 1893) and at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother and father, and brothers Bob and Charles (3 September 1894 - 23 August 1896).
Letters from Thomas W. Allies to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Thomas W. Allies, 82 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, England, Inishbofin, County Galway, Ireland and 3 Lodge Place, St Hohn's Wood, London, England to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.
Allies, Thomas William, 1813-1903, English historical writer
Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John]
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John].
Letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a reference to the French elections. ‘Are you not delighted at the result of the French elections? I am. I do not like Kings...’. (30 October [ ], 3pp). Refers to articles he wishes to contribute to the Irish Monthly. (nd, 4pp). Discusses his future career ‘I have for the last week been visiting various people of importance with a view to choosing a profession, I want to be earning soon; I believe that my mathematics...will help me in Engineering - but I never live except when I am on the water.’ Refers also to his writing and describes it as ‘...the work of a boy, it is like those nasty little plums that come on the young wild plumtrees in the forest of Marly.’ Continues ‘But if you ask me why I write as I do, I will tell you this much: that in the circle of newspapers of criticism of perfectly turned verses, of madly-hunted ideas, I am all at sea. I would have it that no man should write who was not a zealot for something and when I desire, I desire the hills and the sea. I desire the faces of men and women not some unjust imitations. And I desire above all that free and happy forbearance and that perfection of charity which this country is absolutely unable to give.’ (5 February 1889, 4pp). Refers to writing and editing and remarks ‘If I ever become an editor I shall accept everything that touches me - irrespective of merit and shall refuse all well known names. There is a club in Paris called “La Decadence” into which no one cannot (sic) be admitted whose work has not been refused three times!’ (20 April 1889, 4pp). Refers to the Great War and remarks that he is looking forward to it ‘It will sweep Europe like a broom, it will make Kings jump like coffee beans on the roaster...’. Asks Fr. Russell to choose a composition from a ‘batch’. (30 June 1889, 4pp). Enquires why some of his verses have not appeared in the Irish Monthly. Remarks ‘I didn’t love it (The Irish Monthly) half as much as I should have done if my “poor thing but mine own” had been in it.’ (nd, 2pp). Refers to a visit he made to Ireland. Observes that ‘The Country is getting richer and it is high time. The Irish have too much political sense to boast of any success: they insist rather on what they need than on what they have, which is the right way to go about politics; but very soon people over here will wake up to find Ireland transformed.’ (1 January 1910, 2pp). Remarks that suggestions have been made to him to write a Catholic essay on the history of England ‘...but the only thing I can afford to write is a Catholic School history...’ (13 January 1911, 1p).
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953, British-French writer and historian
Letters relating to Fr Denis Murphy's work on behalf of the cause of the Irish Martyrs
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters relating to Fr Denis Murphy's work on behalf of the cause of the Irish Martyrs. Includes Fr Ryan, Reginlad Walsh O.P., Fr John Morris SJ, Percy Barron (Cistercian Priest), Sr Benedict Maria, Gilbert Dolan (Benedictine monk), J Clement Fowler (Benedictine monk),
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).
Wallace, William, 1863-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr David Bearne SJ to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning contributions for 'The Irish Monthly'.
Bearne, David, 1856-1920, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Edward Corish SJ, Canisius College, Pittwater Road, Pymble, NSW, Australia to Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin asking for biographical information on Fr William Kelly SJ, and a certificate of approval given by the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists at Inner Temple Hall, London 10 September 1891.
Corish, Edward, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Letters from Bessie Rayner Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Bessie Rayner Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829-1925, feminist
Letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning selling St Aloysius College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a consultation on the issue of selling St Aloysius College and the establishment of a residence in Adelaide.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from Fr Lalor SJ in Petworth, England
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr John Conmee SJ from a [ ] Lalor SJ in Petworth (an English Jesuit house) thanking Fr Conmee for writing to him following the death of a mutual friend, Fr Michael Waters SJ in Upper Gardiner Street on 22 November 1895.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Wilfred Ward to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the letters of Dr Charles William Russell required by Fr Matthew Russell SJ for a biography of his uncle. Remarks that the early letters which he (Ward) has date to ca. 1802 - 1839 and refer to the Dublin Review. Asks Fr Russell if he has any papers relating to Cardinal Newman.
Letters from Mr Willie Doyle SJ, 1897-1906
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letters and typewritten letters by Mr Willie Doyle SJ while: at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Lena (6 April 1897 - 1898); undertaking philosophy at Enghien, Belgium to his mother and father (2 October 1898 - 3 June 1899); at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst College, England to his mother and father (14 October 1900 - 31 March 1901); at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Mai (18 December 1901 - 5 August 1903); undertaking theology at Milltown Park (23 December 1904 - Easter 1906).
The estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation
A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters and notes to Fr William A Sutton SJ from various individuals including the Editor of 'The Lamp', Alfred de Burgh (Shankill, County Dublin), Hanbury Geoghegan, Charles Coppinger (Upper Merrion Street, Dublin) and A.H. Matthew (Chelsfield, Kent).
Revisions to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province
A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a manuscript entitled 'Some hints for Reading' (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Rector concerning the consumption of spirits. Remarks 'Owing to grave representations made to me from many quarters and regrettable facts that have come to my knowledge...I have decided that for the future of the Province the following points should be observed as obligatory customs of the Province.' (12 March 1901, 4pp). Includes a typed supplement to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province entitled 'Customs of Serving Mass and Benediction(13pp, [1935-]); regulations for the Villa menu (1919, 1p); revision of Custom Book by Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois (12 April 1933);
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr William A Sutton SJ and various members of the Smithers family at their home, ‘Homefield’ in Knockholt, Kent. Includes postcard showing exterior of the house.
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ
File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.
Letters from English Fr Provincial Reginald Colley SJ, 31 Farm Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning the special commission on Higher Studies. The commission was established to investigate how to adapt the courses offered to Scholastics to modern needs and difficulties.
Colley, Reginald, 1848-1904, Jesuit priest
Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies
A file relating to the joint Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies.
Declaration by Fr Charles S. Galton SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Declaration by Charles S. Galton SJ that he ‘received Aubrey Osborn Gwynn into the Church on the 14th of Dec. 1902’ (21 May 1918, 1p.) and copy of Certificate of Reconciliation, ‘According to the Register of Baptisms kept at S. H. Church Wimbledon Aubrey Osborn Gwynn…was reconciled at the said Church, by Charles S. Galton on the 14th day of December 1902’ (18 May 1902, 1p.)
Galton, Charles S., 1860-1936, Jesuit priest
Notes and correspondence concerning Fr John MacErlean's family tree
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of notes and correspondence concerning Fr John MacErlean's family tree. Includes letters from a relative, Teady McErlean, Portglenore concerning their family history (8 August 1928 - 14 January 1932, 31 items).
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley (Greencroft Gardens, Hampstead, London, England).
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Dr Robert M. Theobald
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Dr Robert M. Theobald. Includes: copy of letter sent to him as Editor of ‘Baconia’ from an irate native of Stratford-on-Avon (10 Jan. 1903, 2pp); letter to Fr Sutton from Dr Theobald’s cousin, W. Theobald (29 Apr. 1903, 2pp); letter to Dr Theobald from Walter Begley (see also J18/43) (30 May 1904, 4pp & envelope); letter from Dr Theobald enclosing newspaper articles consisting of a review of 'Passages from the Autobiography of a Shakespeare Student' by R.M. Theobald and a letter to the Editor of 'The Morning Post' from an Edwin Durning–Lawrence (27 Dec. 1911, 3 items) and letters to Dr Theobald from a ‘P.S.’ (n.d., 2 items).
Letters from Mary H. Allies to Fr Matthew Russell SJ informing Fr Russell of her father’s death
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing letters from Mary H. Allies, 3 Lodge Place, St John’s Wood, London to Fr Matthew Russell SJ informing Fr Russell of her father’s death and agreeing to supply information about him for an article.
Allies, Mary Helen Agnes, 1852-1927, Catholic historian, writer and translator
Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.
Sykes, Richard, 1854-1920, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Michael Maher SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from Fr Michael Maher SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.
Maher, Michael, 1860-1918, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters, including financial
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters written to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ from W.J. Gannon, House of John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin, and Anathoth, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, relating to his future spiritual life. In the first letter he writes, ‘I am now satisfied that it is God’s holy will that I am not to serve Him as a Jesuit…’.
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Mainly relates to financial matters as Fr Wheeler was Province Procurator at the time. Includes letters from:
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1907-1915
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of holograph letters and typewritten letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ concerning his ordination at Milltown Park (28 July 1907); tertianship at L’ Ancienne Abbaye, Tronchiennes, Belgium to his mother and father, his sister Mai and brother Charles (October 1907 - 21 July 1908); attending a mission in Great Yarmouth (20 April 1908); work as a minister at Belvedere College to his sister Mai (April - July 1909); at the Convent of St John of God, Wexford to his sister Mai (2 August 1910); at Enghien, Belgium to his father (2 - 14 October 1912); while giving missions in Clare, Cork, Limerick and Dublin and working at Rathfarnham Castle, to his father and sister Mai (20 March 1914 - 6 November 1915).
A file of copy letters concerning the estate of Barbara Daly, deceased and a bequest of £1,000 to educate a child for the Jesuit Order.
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File relating to Fr Charles C Scantlebury SJ, including application to join the Society, certificates, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, passport, photographs, obituary, pass to travel around Dublin during 1916 and memorial card.
Scantlebury, Charles C, 1894-1972, Jesuit priest
Draft articles for a Charter of University College, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of draft articles for a Charter of University College, Dublin (Irish Universities Bill, 1908).
University College Dublin, 1854-
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from various scientists and scientific institutions on his research
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from various scientists and scientific institutions on his research. Includes:
Royal Dublin Society, 1731-
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Michael J O'Reilly SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record and application to join the Society.
O'Reilly, Michael J, 1909-1975, Jesuit priest
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.
Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Accompanied by cheques for amounts of money, which constitute his share of property left to him by his mother on her death.
Croasdaile, Henry, 1888-1966, Jesuit priest
Comments on, and reviews of Edward Boyd Barrett's doctoral thesis
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Comments on, and reviews of Edward Boyd Barrett's doctoral thesis published by Longmans, Green and Co. 1911 under the title 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts: a Research in Will Psychology'. Includes:
– letter from Fr James J Carlin SJ (Socius, [Maryland and New York Province?] to the Irish Provincial Fr William Delany SJ drawing attention to the view of certain American Jesuits that the book ‘contained propositions, which, to say the least, seemed at variance with Catholic philosophy’ and enclosing a copy of the review originally prepared by the professor at Woodstock for inclusion in the publication 'America' and a ‘list of passages deserving of special notice’ (25 January 1912, 3 items, 2pp, 10pp, 2pp);
– letters from Boyd Barrett to Irish Fr Provincial defending his book and a ‘Reply of Father Fröbes to a request for his Opinion on some Points concerning Mr Barrett's Book’ (25 February - 4 March 1912, 3 items);
– letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Coemans SJ comprising the formal judgement of the Louvain professors on the book and the reply from Louvain “to the criticism of Mr Barrett’s book by a writer for ‘America’ ” (both in Latin) (1 March 1912, 2pp & 12pp);
– copy of letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr. Mc[…] (Stonyhurst) judging the book and the American Father's criticism of it (12 March 1912, 6pp);
– rough notes by Boyd Barrett defending his work [by systematically dealing with the points raised by his critics] (n.d., 5pp);
– copy typescript comprising ‘Pauca notanda velim’ on the book (n.d., 7pp) and
– copybook compiled by Boyd Barrett of reviews of 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts' published in various journals and periodicals. Also includes some newspaper clippings, telegrams and certificates relating to Boyd Barrett’s academic awards (1911 - 1913, c68pp).
Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials William Delany and Thomas V Nolan.
Browne, Joseph, 1856-1917, Jesuit priest
Photographs of Fr Patrick Joy SJ, his friends and members of his family
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of black and white photographs of Fr Patrick Joy SJ, his friends and [members of his family]. Many of the photographs depict Fr Joy in Hong Kong. Includes:
Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London, (Mrs Lily Odell is his sister) enquiring after fellow passengers, requesting copies and promising to share photographs, and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
May, R. W.
Copy of a letter from [ ], St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the new Ordinatio Studiorum in Assistentia Angliae and Studies of Jesuits.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Major G.T. Noel, Hotel Julia, Pontaven, Finisterre, France and Temple Guiting House, Winchcombe, R.S.O., Gloucester, England. Describes his holiday in France after news of the Titanic disaster, request for copy of photograph of Bob and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
Holograph letters to Frank Browne SJ from those who disembarked with Mr Browne SJ at Queenstown (Cobh), Cork and relatives of those who perished on the Titanic to Mr Frank Browne SJ. With Kodak envelope with note by Fr Browne, ‘Letters recd ap. 1912 concerning Titanic’.
Noel, G.T., Major
Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on-board the Titanic
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.
Odell, Lily
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Edmund, 1878-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley]
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley] (CheyneWalk, London).
Letters from Fr Joseph Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Joseph Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Keating, Joseph Patrick, 1865-1939, Jesuit priest