Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
- IE IJA FM/RATH/137
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- November 1922 - July 1928
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Beadles journal (diary) of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Glass plate negative of the [Jesuit community] outside Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Glass plate negative of the [Jesuit community] outside the main entrance, Rathfarnham Castle, possibly for the visit of the Fr John J McMahon SJ, 1962.
Minute book of house consultations for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Minute book of house consultations for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
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Red Cross, Irish Civil War and Eoin Mac Neill
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
File of material found in envelope, entitled Free State papers:
copy of a page from The Freeman’s Journal (12 April 1922);
newspaper clipping, Bulletin, L’Etat libre d’Irlande (written in French) (9 December 1922);
copy of a note from the Red Cross secretary Champain, London (on behalf of Sir Arthur Stanley), acknowledging receipt of your letter (3 December) and in reply ‘I am directed to say…My Society feels that it cannot at the moment take any action in the matter’ on the subject of the treatment of civilians in Ireland (13 December 1922);
letters from Madame Chaponniére-Chaix, ex-President, International Council of Woman, Geneva, Switzerland (16 December 1922-26 January 1923) to ‘My dear President’ (of International Council of Woman, Lady Aberdeen, Aboyne, Scotland). The first letter (written in French) comments on the potential for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (16 December 1922). The second letter (written in English), refers to a letter received from Miss O'Brennan, through the Peace and Freedom League, regarding a visit from the Police at Dr Lynn’s Hospital and the arrest of Miss Mary Comerford. Madame Chaponniére-Chaix doesn’t believe that the time is right for a Red Cross mission to Ireland (26 January 1923);
copy of note ‘Projet Hayes Humanity Dublin’ which refers to Madame Chaponniére-Chaix and the establishment of the Red Cross in Ireland (In French), (nd.);
leaflet entitled ‘The extreme penalty’ which details the words of Mr Eamon Aylward in relation to his involvement in disturbances in Kilkenny "The extreme penalty”: Mr. Eamon Aylward, in the document with his signature attached which has been found upon an irregular captured by the Kilkenny force, has lighted up, as by a lightning flash, the criminality of the militarist attack upon the people...but that such an order could be issued by a man blaspheming the honourable name of Irish Republican will reveal to the people the tyranny that they have escaped (1922);
letter from Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief, Oglaigh na hEireann, Dublin to Miss Margaret MacNeill, Industrial Schools Office, Government Buildings apologising for keeping ‘those papers so long’ and ‘that the Red Cross people have been suitable replied to’ (25 January 1923);
pamphlets to the electors of the National University recommending the candidates Eoin Mac Neill and Patrick McGilligan [1927];
handwritten notes on the resignation Eoin Mac Neill from the boundary commission and events surrounding his candidacy for the university election of 1927;
Freeman's Journal, newspaper, 1763-1924
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
First group of boy retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Senior Grade, North Richmond Street, Dublin - Keogh Brothers. With names.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Retreat groups at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with various Jesuits
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Retreat groups at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with various Jesuits - Br Byrne and Fr Patrick Barrett SJ.
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr Visitor in 1922
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr William Power SJ, from 9 July 1921 to the end of September 1922. Includes:
'The Church and secular education'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Pamphlet 'The Church and secular education' by Fr Peter Finlay SJ. Irish Messenger Series, Dublin.
Finlay, Peter, 1851-1929, Jesuit priest and theologian
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.
Dargan, William, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest
Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (removed from ledger folder). Includes:
Supply of electricity to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the supply of electricity to Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Minutes book of meetings of Dublin Food Supply Society
Part of Irish Jesuits
Volume of minutes of committee meetings of the Dublin Food Supply Society (DFSS), a society with which Fr Thomas Finlay SJ was associated and whose object was the supply of cheap food to the poor of Dublin in difficulties due to either the Great War or the ‘local Irish situation’. Includes: six enclosures – profit and loss account (31 December 1919, 2 items); profit and loss account (1920, 1p.); Report of the Annual General Meeting (16 May 1921, 1p.); profit and loss account and Report of the Annual General Meeting (February 1925, 2 items).
Dublin Food Supply Society, 1916-1926
Admission tickets to Dáil Eireann, ‘Seiseon Puiblidhe’
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Admission tickets to Dáil Eireann, ‘Seiseon Puiblidhe’, in the keeping of Fr Kyran Ward SJ. (In Irish)
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Contains handwritten entries including information on: the comings and goings of various members of the community and of visitors; Retreats, Masses and special ceremonies are recorded; deaths of members of the Society and of relatives of members of the community, their health and well-being, maintenance work and renovations carried out on the buildings; customs regarding the daily lives of community members, e.g. the quality of food and dining arrangements.
Notes relating to the history of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
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Handwritten notes relating to the history of St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street (note: not in chronological order and incomplete), starting in 1849.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Notice advertising a retreat for men engaged on night work in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.
Retreat journals kept by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ
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Retreat journals kept by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ.
Pamphlet written by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ entitled ‘Remember the Holy Souls’
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Pamphlet written by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ entitled ‘Remember the Holy Souls’ published by the Irish Messenger Office.
Correspondence, mainly between Irish Fr Provincial, Fr Stephen J Brown SJ and Michael Christie (Honorary Secretary of the Library), concerning the foundation of the Central Catholic Library and the degree of Jesuit co-operation with the venture.
'Handbook for Catholic Social Workers in Dublin' compiled by Fr Lambert McKenna SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Publication entitled 'Handbook for Catholic Social Workers in Dublin' compiled by Fr Lambert McKenna SJ and published by the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Arrangement of St Francis Xavier's Community Library, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Mounted board with details of the 'Arrangement of the Library: Main Library' of St Francis Xavier's, for example: 0. Works of reference, 29. Books on Ireland.
Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Envelope addressed to Arthur Cox Esq M.A., 26 Merrion Square, Dublin
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Envelope addressed to Arthur Cox Esq M.A., 26 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle including negatives of the stained glass windows in the Chapel.
Pamphlet entitled 'Bellarmine and Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Pamphlet entitled 'Bellarmine and Ireland' by Fr John MacErlean SJ (Dollard, Printinghouse Ltd., Dublin, n.d.).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Handbills advertising Missions in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Handbills advertising Missions in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Draft constitution for University College Dublin student's union
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Handwritten draft constitution for University College Dublin student's union.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.
Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher
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Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher. Includes Frank's anti-treaty material, material relating to the Irish civil war, letters from Frank to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (17 January - 4 August 1923, 9 items) and letter from Joseph Cripps to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (30 August 1923, 1p). Includes some biographical information on Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ.
Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ
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Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ, with captions in English and Irish. Includes photographs of
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Michael Fitzmaurice, Ballincloher, County Kerry to Fr John Sullivan SJ concerning his son Edmond and his health.
Photographs depicting exterior and interior views of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photographs depicting exterior and interior views of Rathfarnham Castle (originally part of an album).
Photographs of statues in Rathfarnham Castle
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Photographs of statues in Rathfarnham Castle.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letter from Sheridan & Kenny Solicitors, 24 Eustace Street, Dublin to the Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin re: James McEvoy and the enclosed cheque for &20.
Images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Booklet of images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which belonged to Fr Paddy O'Mara SJ.
The Irish Jesuits
Receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, (Province
Procurator). Includes receipts, postcards and letters from Frs Edward Boyd Barrett, James O'Connor, Joseph Flinn, A. Magne, Daniel J. Finn (from R.M.S Orsova on the way to Australia), James Creagh, James Farrell, John Ryan (Valkenberg), William Byrne, Bernard Page, John Nerney, C. Wishoff, Leopold Skarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Black and white group photograph at the ordination of Fr Richard Gallagher SJ
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Black and white group photograph at the ordination of Fr Richard Gallagher SJ with the Gallagher family at Milltown Park, Dublin. Includes: Back row; Maud, Leonard, Jenny. Centre; Frank, Cecilia, Ursula, Rose, Roland. Front row; Mary Archibald (Aunt), James,-, Richard, Mrs James (All Gallaghers). Photocopy with names on reverse.
‘The Aughrim Groups’, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Photograph of Presented by ‘The Aughrim Groups’, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin by C. and L. Walsh, 55 Lr. Mount Street, Dublin.
C. and L. Walsh, photographer
Article entitled 'An Investigation into the Causes of the Self-Ignition of Ether-Air Mixtures’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Offprint from 'The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society' entitled ‘An Investigation into the Causes of the Self-Ignition of Ether-Air Mixtures’ by The Late Prof. J.A. McClelland, D.Sc., F.R.S., and Rev. H.V. Gill, S.J., D.S.O., M.C., M.A.. (Vol. XVI (N.S.), No. 10, p.109 – 119)
Appointment of Fr Frank Browne SJ as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class
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Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).
British Army, 1660-
Notes used for the composition of obituary notices by Fr Charles Farley SJ
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File of rough notes used for the composition of obituary notices in the hand of Fr Charles Farley SJ. Includes lists of the dates of death of various members of the Society with information concerning their place of residence. Also includes letter addressed to Fr Farley from Fr William .F Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway (29 January 1919).
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College
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A file relating to various proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College. Includes plans. Includes an extensive file relating to the building of the swimming pool (10 October 1963 - 17 February 1965, 60 items).
Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus
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Documents relating to Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus. Includes:
– introductory letter from Leonard to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ seeking information on the Society (6 March 1919, 2pp);
– note from Dr. J. Redmond to Fr George Byrne SJ, [Novice Master] following his medical examination of Leonard Sheil (22 July 1920, 1p.);
– letter from Mrs Helen Sheil, Leonard's mother to ‘Father Rector’ describing Leonard’s education and state of health. Remarks ‘I hope…that you will not discourage him – his whole heart is set on things spiritual & I know that he has it in him to do great things for God. He is so shy that he will perhaps have difficulty in speaking to you…’ (6 August 1920, 2pp) and
– letters from Mrs Sheil to Irish Fr Provincial on financial matters, following his acceptance of her son into the Society, (28 August - 4 October 1920, 3 items).
Paper by Fr Henry Gill SJ entitled ‘On the Temperature of Gas rushing into a Vacuum’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Edited text of a paper by Fr. Henry Gill SJ entitled ‘On the Temperature of Gas rushing into a Vacuum’ to be published in Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. Includes tables and figures.
Letter from Mary Sydes, sister of Fr Edward Sydes SJ, requesting claim to his military pension
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Mary Sydes (sister of Fr Edward J. Sydes SJ) c/o Fr Robert J. Little SJ, Manresa, Kensington Terrace, Brisbane to Irish Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the death of her brother while serving as a military chaplain. Asks Fr Nolan if the Society of Jesus would waive their right to a military pension on behalf of Fr Sydes so that she could claim it.
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Sydes, Mary
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Letter from J. J. O'Neill, Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, 2 Kenilworth Square, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning St Ignatius College, Galway. Remarks that he feels the school can be a success.
Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, 1878-1924
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A file of letters from Fr John Sullivan SJ (Rector), Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning community matters and matters relating to the Jesuit Juniors.
Sullivan, Blessed John, 1861-1933, Jesuit priest
Letter from Vincent Dennehy SJ, 6 Mount Pleasant, College Road to Fr Rector concerning his trip home
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Vincent Dennehy SJ, 6 Mount Pleasant, College Road, Cork to Fr Rector concerning his trip home and the improvement in his health. Remarks that he feels he will be fit again when the University re-opens.
Dennehy, Vincent, 1899-1982, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Edmond Fitzmaurice SJ, Ballincloher, County Kerry to Fr Joseph Darlington SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin regarding his health and the concern of Fr Rector when he returns to Rathfarnham. Remarks 'I thought on last Christmas night at the midnight mass that the reception of the vows of devotion was a kind of safeguard against having to be in doubt as to the Religious Life being my path home.'
Copy will of Ellen Colgan, 33 Great Charles Street, Dublin. Bequeaths the residue of her estate to her brother Rev. John Colgan SJ and Rev. Thomas Vincent Nolan SJ, Rev. Michael Browne SJ and Rev. James Bury SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick Connolly SJ concerning a poem written by Fr Canavan. Praises the poem but remarks that it cannot be published.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
'The Church and Anti-Clericalism'
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Pamphlet entitled 'The Church and Anti-Clericalism' by Fr Peter Finlay SJ. Irish Messenger Social Action Series No. 16, Dublin. Two editions: 1st edition (n.d., 16pp) and 2nd edition (1919, 16pp).
Finlay, Peter, 1851-1929, Jesuit priest and theologian
Lodgement receipts from The National Bank Limited in Fr Finlay’s account
Part of Irish Jesuits
Lodgement receipts from The National Bank Limited in Fr Finlay’s account.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Mr Edward J Coyne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning a rockery constructed by the Jesuit Juniors. Remarks that they would like to place a statue of the Virgin on the rockery and asks for Fr Nolan's help.
Coyne, Edward J, 1896-1958, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters from Fr Richard Campbell SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, concerning accounts, and Fr John FX O'Brien's belongings and asks that they remain in Rathfarnham. Remarks that the men working at Rathfarnham delivered an ultimatum to him and went out on strike (15 March [ ], 2pp).
Campbell, Richard, 1854-1945, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Authentication of the erection of the Stations of the Cross in domestic chapel of residence, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Rev. George O'Neill SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Fr Provincial’s objection to Scholastics continuing as committee members of the English Society at University College. Remarks ‘This Society fulfils an exceedingly useful function in the college. It exercises its members in three most useful things...writing...reading them out...(and) criticizing each others work.’. Continues ‘I fear that their (the Scholastics) withdrawal from active participation...would simply mean its extinction.’.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file concerning a proposal for a new edition for Rodriquez’s ‘ “Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection” for use in English-speaking Countries.’.
Material relating to admission of Michael Crowe to the novitiate and Jesuit life
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to admission of Michael Crowe as a novice to the Society of Jesus and subsequent Jesuit life.
Memorial cards of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s family
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorial cards of Fr Gwynn’s family:
– brother Owen John Gwynn (died 24 January 1919) (1919, 1 item);
– brother Edward Lucius Gwynn (died 7 September 1919, age 28) (1919, 2 items; 1 includes a photograph);
– mother Mary Louisa Gwynn (died 26 April 1941) (1941, 2 items);
– aunt Jane Emily Dumergue (died 2 May 1949) (1949, 1 item) and
– brother Denis Gwynn (died 10 April 1971, age 78) (1971, 1 item, with photograph).
The Late Earl Ypres in Ireland for the Dublin Horse Show at Viceregal House Party
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The Late Earl Ypres in Ireland for the Dublin Horse Show at Viceregal House Party. By Lafayette Outdoor department. Caption on reverse gives names.
Lafayette, photographer
Material relating to the Sisters of Charity and the Providence Woollen Mills, Foxford, County Mayo
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to the Sisters of Charity and the Providence Woollen Mills, Foxford, county Mayo. Includes: envelope sent to ‘Sr. Alcantra (of Foxford), The Sisters of Charity, Merrion, Dublin’ from Foxford enclosing a St. Christopher bracelet, an embroidered patch commemorating the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin made by the mills and some prayer cards ([n.d.], 6 items);
– copy of supplemental instruction for Counsel, John H. Pigot (16 December 1919, 2pp) on behalf of the trustees of Mrs. E.M. Lynch’s will (2pp), enclosing copy of an extract of a letter from Fr Finlay to a ‘Mr. Ryan’ concerning a bequest to Mother Morrogh Bernard, Superioress of Foxford, to establish an industrial foundation at Warrenstown (2pp) and Counsel’s opinion.
Photograph of Edward Lucius Gwynn
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Photograph of Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s brother Edward Lucius, who died on 7 September 1919, aged 28 in Sydney, Australia.
Gwynn, Edward Lucius, 1890-1919, historian
Part of Irish Jesuits
Edited text of a paper by Fr Henry Gill SJ entitled ‘On the Rise of Temperature of Air Rushing into an Exhausted Vessel’ to be published in Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. Includes tables of results (2pp).
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of letters from Fr Joseph Darlington SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning matters in the community and the spiritual direction/instruction of the Juniors and 'The Irish Monthly'. Includes a letter expressing his pleasure on taking over the editorship of 'The Irish Monthly'. Remarks that he has been missing something since he resigned as a professor in University College and feels this will fill the gap. (20 January 1920, 4pp) Includes a rough financial statement of 'The Irish Monthly' and a letter expressing his concern over the finances of the publication. (2 April 1920, 2pp & 17 August 1920, 2pp).
Darlington, Joseph, 1850-1939, Jesuit priest
[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady, Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office in Whitehall, London to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Informs him that Fr Doyle was mentioned in Despatches from General Sir Douglas Haig, which were published in the London Gazette.
O'Grady, M, Colonel in the British Army
Baptism certificate of Fergal McGrath
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Baptism certificate of Fergal McGrath.
Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at front.
Plans of the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Plans of the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle (demolished by Dublin Corporation), drawn by Charles Powell, Architect.
Powell, Charles B, c.1881-c.1956, architect
Material relating to the seismograph in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the seismograph in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters from Fr William O'Leary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the construction of the seismograph.
The Complete Grammar of Anarchy. By members of the war cabinet and their friends
The Complete Grammar of Anarchy. By members of the war cabinet and their friends.
Maunsel and Company, Dublin, 1918
Horgan, John Joseph, 1881-1967, solicitor, author, and election agent
Robert Joseph Francis Martin (Bertie) at various locations
Part of Irish Jesuits
Robert Joseph Francis Martin (Bertie) at various locations including:
Martin, Robert Joseph Francis, 1898-1989
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, the War Office and T. Stratton, Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), concerning the demobilisation of various Irish Jesuits and the need for chaplains for transport ships to Australia.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Note bequeathing £100 from Charles J. Blake, Heath House, Maryboro[ugh], County Laois to the Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Receipts for funeral expenses from B Farrell, Job Carriage Proprietor and Undertaker, 66 Marlborough Street, Dublin for the following Jesuits: Thomas Mahon; John Verdon; James Fottrell; Patrick Curran; Fr Browne.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account).for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of copy letters from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Presiding Officer, Passport Department, Ministry of National Service, Victoria Street, London SW seeking passports for Frs Thomas J Moore, John Nerney and Albert Power to travel to Australia.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Copy of assignment from the National Bank Ltd by James Johnston Mullan
Parties:
(1) The National Bank Limited, having their Head Office at No. 13 Old Broad Street in the City of London
(2) James Johnston Mullan of 38 Park Avenue, Sandymount in the County of Dublin, Gentleman
Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwellinghouse and offices now standing thereon situate on the east side of Gilford road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin, in the county of Dublin, bounded on the north-west, west and south-west by Gilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hepenstal and partly by an unleased portion of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, together with all the rights, members and appurtenances to the said lot or parcel of ground belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Terms and conditions:
In pursuance of an agreement in a mortgage between James Johnston Mullan and the Bank, and in consideration of the sum of £225 paid by the latter to the former, the Bank as mortgagees and as beneficial owners assign and convey unto Mullan all and singular the above property to hold for the residue of the term of years in the lease of 4 January 1870, subject to the yearly rent of £125.
Minutes of meetings of Dublin Food Supply Society cont..
Part of Irish Jesuits
Volume of minutes of committee meetings of the Dublin Food Supply Society (DFSS), a society with which Fr Thomas Finlay SJ was associated and whose object was the supply of cheap food to the poor of Dublin in difficulties due to either the Great War or the ‘local Irish situation’. Includes an explanatory note (n.d., 1p.) in an unidentified hand, which references typed history of Society by Michael Dillon, 8 March 1918.
Dublin Food Supply Society, 1916-1926
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters from Mr Arthur Little SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, concerning musical lessons and his studies.
Little, Arthur, 1897-1949, Jesuit priest and writer
'Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins'
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Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate (ed.) (London: Oxford University Press). With stamp of St. Ignatius’ 35 Lower Leeson Street.
Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930, poet laureate
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes rough notes of wages and expenditure of various Jesuit chaplains (n.d., 3pp),and replies from the Senior Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force on transport to Australia for acting chaplain. Includes a note from Fr William Feran SJ, that he has commissioned him (Fr Henry Gill SJ) to discover and exterminate the influenza microbe' (18 December 1918).
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Plan of the heating arrangements at the presbytery of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, by Maguire & Catchell Ltd, Engineering Contractors, Dublin. Shows ground floor and basement floor plan.
Costs from P. F. Quinlan, Solicitor, 68 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin to Rev. James Bury SJ, executor of Major Rev. John J. Fitzgibbon SJ, M.C. or legal services.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters from Fr Joseph Flinn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning boys who wish to join the Society of Jesus and money from his father to erect a memorial in Clongowes boys chapel in honour of Fr Flinn's mother.
Flinn, Daniel Joseph, 1877-1943, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from H. W. Shea, Thomas Dockrell Sons and Company, House and Estate Agents, Auctioneers and Valuers, South Great George's Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 asking if the Society of Jesus would like to purchase additional lands at Rathfarnham.
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Thomas Dockrell Sons and Company, auctioneers
Recommendations on how to profitably manage the farm at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Typed recommendations on how to profitably manage the farm at Rathfarnham Castle.
Photograph of scholastics at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photograph of Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (originally in the papers of Aubrey Gwynn SJ - J10).
Front row: Edward Andrews, , James Brennan, Lambert McKenna, ;
Back row, l - r: John Ryan,
Appreciations of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Original and copies of appreciations of Fr Willie Doyle SJ including letters from General Sir William Bernard Hickie, 16th Division, B.E.F.to Hugh Doyle Esq., Melrose, Dalkey, Dublin (15 December 1917) and to Fr Charles Doyle SJ (14 October 1924); Private M. Murphy, France, (Fr Willie Doyle’s orderly) (22 August 1917).
Hickie, Sir, William Bernard, 1865-1950, Major General in the British Army
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Thomas Cook and Son, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers etc., 118 Grafton Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the suspension of sailings through the Suez Canal.
Thomas Cook & Son, travel agent, 1841-2019
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Draft letters, unsigned, from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr James O'Dwyer concerning the position of Rector of Newman College and explaining why Fr O'Dwyer service as Rector was not continued.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorandum from the librarian of the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ asking him to return overdue books.
Royal Irish Academy, 1785-
Farm account of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Farm account of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account).for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Letter from Fr Charles Cuffe SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial recommending John Creaven, an ex-student of St Ignatius College, Galway as a suitable candidate for the Society.
Cuffe, Charles F, 1878-1935, Jesuit priest