Fr John MacErlean S J and the development of the Irish Jesuit Archive
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Fr John MacErlean SJ and the development of the Irish Jesuit Archive by Elizabeth Mullins in 'Archives and Archivists', pp166-176.
Mullins, Elizabeth
Fr John MacErlean S J and the development of the Irish Jesuit Archive
Fr John MacErlean SJ and the development of the Irish Jesuit Archive by Elizabeth Mullins in 'Archives and Archivists', pp166-176.
Mullins, Elizabeth
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical material concerning David Woulfe SJ. Includes
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from various academics and clergy to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ mainly informing him of additional sources of information concerning his research on the Irish in the West Indies in the seventeenth century. Includes:
‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ
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Extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory' entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland before the Suppression (1540-1773)’ by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory', of an article by Fr John MacErlean SJ entitled 'The Superiors of the Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus 1598 – 1774'; annotated by Fr MacErlean (24pp) and handwritten draft of same which includes index at front, listing the Superiors, their date of appointment and terms of office (34pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters including:
– Fr MacErlean’s censure on a Society Appeal for Funds;
– the progress of his historical research, news from Rome and news about the Society in Australia;
– the establishment of the Society in Ireland including a ‘list of whatever documents exist to my knowledge regarding the establishment of the Society in Ireland…What exactly the establishment of the Society in Ireland means I do not know. It may be a question for a canonist to solve. The canonical succession of the New Society to the Old is disputed, and Rome has never decided the point’;
– the proposed purchase of a volume consisting of ‘the indexes of the first eleven volumes of the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum down to the 3rd volume of April’ and the binding which is ‘much older than the contents…the binding of a Missal that was presented to Father (Nicholas) Leynach in 1613 - 14 by Francis Bray, at a time when Fr Leynach was trying to establish a chapel or oratory of the Society in Clonmel’;
– the Irish College in Rome;
– lists of books the Province could present to ‘the library to be established for the use of the Coll(egium) Scriptorum and a ‘list of those members of our Province who might now or hereafter be fit to cooperate with the Collegium Scriptorum in the production of works’ and a
– ‘Brief Sketch of the Work of the Irish Jesuits from the foundation to the Suppression of the Society 1540 – 1773’ (11pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical material on Fr Richard Conway SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Biographical material on Fr Richard Conway SJ. Includes 'P. Richard Conway SJ (1573 – 1626)' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, in 13 parts, being extracts from 'The Irish Monthly', February 1923 to February 1924, bound together in one hardcover volume (74pp) and bound extract from the 'Irish Jesuit Directory', 'Fr Richard Conway SJ 1573 – 1626. Abbreviated from the account published by Fr John MacErlean, S.J. in the Irish Monthly, 1923 – 24. (n.d., 17pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
'Father Philip O'Reilly Missioner in French Guiana in the Last Century'
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Printed extract from an unknown journal, entitled 'Father Philip O'Reilly Missioner in French Guiana in the Last Century' (n.d., 19pp) by Fr John MacErlean SJ and a partial draft/typescript of same by MacErlean (n.d., 5pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
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Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
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Material relating to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare’s association with the Jesuits, her lease to the Society, of Kilkea Castle, County Kildare in 1634 and the chalice presented to the Jesuits in the same year by the Countess. Includes: photocopy of a newspaper article, ‘Unexplained Mystery of Kilkea castle’s Chalice’ by Dr George A Little (n.d., 2pp) and extract from the 'Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society', Vol. 5, 1906 - 08, p. 61- 62, on the chalice (3pp).
Extract from The Parliamentary Register - William Fletcher, M.P. for Tralee
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Typescript by Fr John MacErlean SJ of an extract from The Parliamentary Register (Vol. XV, 1795, p. 324) concerning a speech mentioning the Society of Jesus, by William Fletcher, M.P. for Tralee, 4 May 1795.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
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Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes: