Fr John Delaney’s Victory Medals from the First World War
- IE IJA J/29/10
- File
- 1918
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Fr John Delaney’s Victory Medals from the First World War. The oak leaf attachment was awarded to those mentioned in military despatches.
Fr John Delaney’s Victory Medals from the First World War
Part of Irish Jesuits
Fr John Delaney’s Victory Medals from the First World War. The oak leaf attachment was awarded to those mentioned in military despatches.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript entitled Explanatory Notes on Introduction to Irish Grammatical Tracts (Eria VIII - X) by Fr Lambert McKenna SJ.
McKenna, Lambert, 1870-1956, Jesuit priest, Irish language scholar and Catholic social thinker
Article by Fr Arthur Little SJ rejected by the censors
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to an article by Fr Arthur Little SJ rejected by the censors. Includes a letter from Fr Arthur Little SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial stating that he wishes the article to be sent for censorship to Rome ‘I have no desire to get anyone into trouble so I shall only communicate with the English Assistant. If he upholds the censors having read their remarks I can only apologise for taking badly what turns out to be a fair verdict.’ (4 September 1938, 3pp).
Manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat by Fr John Coyne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat. Includes a drawing of Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Photocopy from 'No Second Chance: Reflections of a Dublin Priest' which mentions Fr Hal King SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of two pages from 'No Second Chance: Reflections of a Dublin Priest' by Martin Tierney (2010), which mentions Fr Hal King SJ and the Spiritual Exercises given by him.
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Letter from Máire Ní Bhriain (Máire O'Brien), 43 Mespil Road, Dublin to Fr Edward Cahill SJ concerning the resignation of her post in Madrid after the signing of the Treaty and '...on receiving Gavan Duffy's "Free State" instructions - the carrying out of which would have been entirely against my principles.' Remarks that she was then offered a job on '...Fine Ghaedheal by my former "boss"...Bob Brennan and we are working together very harmoniously linking up the Irish race. Our Free State friends are...trying to smash us as they would smash the Republic and every Irish institution but we are going come out on top in spite of them.
O'Brien, Máire, 1882-1958, republican activist, civil servant and translator
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letter from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ, Rome to John Patrick Duffy, 6 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Dublin concerning the plight of the Irish, ‘the death of the old Volunteer of 82’, the weather in Rome ‘we have been frying in here for the last two months. The heat has been fierce’ and Daniel O'Connell.
Letter from Fred H. Wiber, Registrar, The National University of Ireland to Rev. Robert Kane SJ
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Letter from Fred H. Wiber, Registrar, The National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin to Rev. Robert Kane SJ informing Fr Kane of the Senate’s decision to confer an honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature on him.
Wiber, Frederick H, d.1936, Registrar of the National University of Ireland
Photograph of view of the exterior of the college at Valkenburg
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Photograph of view of the exterior of the college at Valkenburg.
Photograph of German section, Brussels exhibition, Belgium by Fr Michael Garahy SJ
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Photograph of German section, Brussels exhibition, Belgium.
Letter from Richard [F] [Sidney] of 9 Nelson Street, to Fr Alexander Kyan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Richard [F] [Sidney] of 9 Nelson Street, to Fr Alexander Kyan SJ. Encloses letter received from the latter and from Howard Kyan in relation to Dr Scallan.
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Letter from Ulick Joseph Bourke, President of St Jarlath's College, Tuam to Fr Robert Kelly SJ. Refers to a matter discussed by him and Fr Kelly when the latter was on a visit, and relates that he brought it up with Archbishop McHale, who agreed to give him another formula of approbation for Fr Kelly.
Bourke, Ulick Joseph, 1829-1887, catholic priest, Irish-language revivalist, teacher, and antiquarian
Triennial Documents, 1933 - 1936
Documents for:
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.
Letter from Thaddeus Brzozowski to Peter Kenney
Letter from Thaddeus Brzozowski to Peter Kenney.
Brzozowski, Tadeusz, 1749-1820, Jesuit priest and Father General
List of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats
Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats.
Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.
Letter from Fr Arthur Collingwood SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Arthur Collingwood SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Collingwood, Arthur, 1867-1942, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Draft of a letter from [ ], Belfast, to the Trustees of the Galway Congregational Church agreeing to purchase the premises formerly occupied as a Congregational Church. Outlines terms and conditions.
'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Booklet entitled 'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga' by Rev Joseph McSweeney SJ published by the Irish Messenger Office.
McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
Retreat Group, including some members of the staff of the L. M. & S. Railway Co
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Retreat Group, including some members of the staff of the L. M. & S. Railway Co. with Frs Patrick Barrett, Dr Naughton (Lord Bishop of Killala), Richard Devane, Michael Garahy and Canon O'Boyle, College Studios, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. With names.
College Studios, photographers
Lists of writers of the Restored Society and their publications compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ
Lists of writers (arranged alphabetically) of the Restored Society and their publications (1832-1925, 38pp, ). Compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ of Gardiner Street, (Custodian of the Irish Province Archives, 1924-1930). Typed list of Irish Jesuit authors and title, 20th century (1900-1939, 6pp).
Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest
Copy of lease of reversion of premises at Gilford Road, Sandymount, County Dublin
Lessor:
(1) The Right Honorable Reginald, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (lessor/reversioner)
(2) The Right Honorable Sidney Charles Herbert (Lord Herbert)
Lessee:
Modern Homes (Dublin) Limited, having their Registered Office at ‘St. Andrews’, Serpentine Avenue in the County Borough of Dublin (the lessee company)
Property:
All and singular that plot or piece of ground situate at Sandymount in the Parish of Saint Mary, Donnybrook and in the Barony and County Borough of Dublin bounded on the west by Gilford Road, on the north partly by Gilford Road, partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, and partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, on the east partly by the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, partly by the holding of J.W. Beckett and others, lessees, partly by the holding of L.H. Ormsby, lessee, and partly by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, and on the south by another portion of the holding of J.E. Byrne, lessee, with the messuages and buildings erected thereon
Terms and conditions:
In consideration of the expense incurred by the lessee company in the erection of the eight messuages upon the above property, and of the several rents and sums of money reserved and made payable in the present lease and the covenants and agreements made by the lessee company and conditions, the lessor, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the will of 20 May 1904 by the Right Honorable Sidney, late Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and by the Settled Land Acts of 1882 to 1890, and with the consent of Lord Herbert, demises unto the lessee company the above property to hold from 29 September 2019 for the term of 72 years, paying the yearly rent of £126, and also paying during the said term the several additional contingent rents or weekly sums set down in the lease. The lessee company also undertakes to abide by the several other conditions laid down in the lease, including the construction of two roadways with footpaths, drains and sewers, and also the erection of 34 additional messuages or dwellinghouses, with all necessary cartilages, garages, out-buildings, offices, walls, fences, sewers, drains etc. The lessee company to pay to the lessor the yearly rent of £45.
Other:
Includes a map of the property
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from James Hardiman to Eugene O'Curry, Royal Irish Academy House, Grafton Street, Dublin regarding an extract from King James I’s grant to John Moore of the castle of Bries, county Mayo. Remarks that he cannot find the document ‘...which states him to have been the nephew and heir of the Chief, but I have seen it...’.
Hardiman, James, 1782-1855, historian and librarian
Letter from Thomas O'Hagan, 34 Rutland Square to [William Monsell]
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Thomas O'Hagan, 34 Rutland Square to [William Monsell].
O'Hagan, Thomas, 1812-1885, lord chancellor of Ireland and 1st Baron O'Hagan
Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a query about his last vows
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ concerning a query about his last vows.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ concerning a book he (Fr Bodkin) has been asked to write on Cardinal Pole.
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Provincial on various matters
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Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ, many written from St Mary’s, Emo, Portarlington, County Laois, to the Irish Provincial on various matters (mostly seeking permission to travel to different locations for the purposes of giving retreats, lectures, visiting friends and family), including his health and his photographic work. Includes letters:
– referring to his securing photos of ‘the ruins on Inniscaltra in Lough Derg…(and)…Castletown at Celbridge’ (29 June 1944, 2pp);
– referring to his eldest sister, Mother Josephine in the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, County Dublin (17 and 20 September 1944, 2 items);
– concerning his travelling expenses (28 October and 2 November 1944, 2 items);
– his making ‘a set of photographs in Curraghmore House … because I am collecting a set of Georgian Houses & Curraghmore was on the list given me by the Georgian Society’ (9 April 1945, 3pp);
– regarding his ‘camera work’. ‘As you know, I am supplying a series of pictures of “Historic Mansions” each month to ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch’. The first of the series were photos of Shelton Abbey for which the present Lord Wicklow gave his very willing approval…he proposes utilising c as a kind of Hotel or “Country Club” He asked me whether it would be possible for me to go there again to take further photos before the necessary alterations are made’ (8 April 1947, 3pp);
– stating ‘…the editor of ‘Tatler & Sketch’ is pressing me for a further series of “Historic Mansions” to be published in the Autumn. Apparently he found that the first series – Jan. to May – was very popular. Would you permit me to do some journeys for this purpose & to debit them to a “Villa” account: not, as usual, to my Camera account?’ (23 June 1947, 3pp) and
– stating ‘I enclose a list of places I wish to photograph for my next series of “Historic Mansions” – which is due to begin in October. The last set – January – May, brought me £25, & the next will be even more profitable, because the Editor told me that he is so satisfied with the results, that he will print more pictures of each house in the next series’ (14 July 1947, 2pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Rent and insurance receipts for 11 and 12 Gloucester Place
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Rent and insurance receipts for 11 and 12 Gloucester Place, Dublin.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
Letter from David Moriarty, Bishop of Ardfert, to Dr Edmund O'Reilly SJ and explains the geographical location of Torc View, in relation to Killarney and Muckross. Hopes that the Jesuits will buy the land and build a school there.
Moriarty, David, 1814-1877, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardfert
Case on behalf of the trustees of the Mungret Model Farm and School
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Case on behalf of the trustees of the Mungret Agricultural School for John O' Hagan, fee £3 -3. 0., Kenny & Murphy.
Mungret Agricultural College, 1858-1878
Conveyance - Most Noble John Henry Loftus of Ely, Ely Lodge, County Fermanagh
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Parties:
Most Noble John Henry Loftus of Ely, Ely Lodge, County Fermanagh and The Right Honorable Francis Blackburne, Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench of Ireland, Roebuck Hall, County Dublin.
Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.
Terms and Conditions:
For and during the lives and life of the three lives named in the deed and the lives of other persons added to the lease.
Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties
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
Account sheet relating to building work carried out in the Chinese mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Account sheet of income and expenditure relating to building work carried out in the Chinese mission.
Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Rome to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Clongowes Wood, Naas
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Rome, Italy to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Clongowes Wood, Naas, Kildare concerning domestic issues in Rome. Refers to a group of Polish fathers who are destined for Clongowes but remarks that he does not know when they will commence their journey. Refers to the General Congregation and the naming of the new Fr. General. Remarks 'You have no idea of all the imbroglios which I have witnessed here; men are men everywhere. I have so little that could edify you on the subject that I judge it more prudent not to enter upon it.' Asks to be remembered to members of the community in Clongowes Wood.
Aylmer, Charles, 1786-1849, Jesuit priest
Notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway
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Typed notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway by [Fr Paddy O'Kelly SJ]. Includes reference to books in Waterford and Carlow College which belonged to the Jesuit residences of Galway, New Ross and Dublin and book on the Jesuit residence at Athlone in Galway. Note by Rupert Coyle SJ (17 January 1964); list of priests educated at St Ignatius College, Galway; list of furnishings of St Ignatius Church.
Coyle, Rupert F H, 1896-1978, Jesuit priest
Article by Fr Joseph Canavan SJ entitled 'Charity in the Early Church'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Offprint of an article by Fr Joseph Canavan SJ entitled 'Charity in the Early Church'.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript outlining the origins of Tullabeg. Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Joseph Hurley SJ concerning material on Fr Robert St Leger for Fr Francis Finegan SJ so that he can write an article or articles on Fr St Leger for his centenary. Remarks '...in preparing the chronology of Fr. St. L. principally from the 'Memorials of the Irish Province', I have come across some very serious anomalies as regards dates.' (3 October 1955, 1p) (NB: Fr St Leger was the first Rector of Tullabeg). Includes a letter from [ ] to Fr Burke Savage SJ referring to Fr St Leger's Rectorship of Tullabeg and '...a somewhat mysterious problem connected with the Rectorship...1818-1831.' (5 October 1955, 1p).
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Letter from Thomas Hyde, 7 Asgard Road, Howth, Dublin to Fr Dargan SJ thanking Fr Dargan for sympathising over the death of their brother Charles.
Browne, Robert, 1844-1935, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne
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Letter from Sr Mary J. Bernard, Ursuline Convent, St Mary's, Waterford to Fr John Curtis SJ complimenting him on the retreat given to the community.
Summary of money spent on library periodicals at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
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Summary of money spent on library periodicals at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Patrick Bracken SJ to [ ]. Recommends various sources for J[ohn] O’Connell and other Catholic members of the House of Commons for their argument against the supremacy of the Crown. Suggests that they identify themselves, in this matter, ‘with all the Presbyterians of Ireland & Scotland as well as with the other Dissenters in denouncing & repudiating the Royal Supremacy’, and in doing so, gain support. Also refers to the Catholic episcopacy and the Reformation.
Notes written by Fr James B Stephenson SJ concerning the file on Brother John Conway
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Notes written by [JBS] Fr James B Stephenson SJ concerning the file on Brother John Conway.
Stephenson, James B, 1906-1979, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy draft deeds of submission to arbitration the taking of the accounts of the rents received by Mr O'Reilly out of the estates of the co-heiresses of Edward O'Callaghan and of the application thereof in the matter James John Bagot and Ellen Maria Bagot (nee O'Callaghan), his wife (plaintiffs) and Thomas O'Reilly and Bridget O'Reilly (nee O'Callaghan), his wife, The Honorable Thomas Browne and Catherine Browne (nee O'Callaghan), his wife and others (defendants).
Prospectuses for University College, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of prospectuses for University College, Dublin.
University College Dublin, 1854-
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. From Announces the arrival of Fr Charles Brooke SJ from England, and appointments made so far in the Province. Refers specifically to Belvedere and Clongowes. Announces the names of those who have gone to Tronchiennes that year. Reports on his own activities and on Tullabeg. Also refers to the Repeal campaign. Doubts that the plans for a residence in Galway will come to fruition. Refers to the foundation of a College for Foreign Missions in Dublin, and announces the death of Fr Kearney. Asks if his correspondent might be disposed to go to Colombia to educate and carry out missionary work, as the population of Bogotà wish European Jesuits to do. Also refers to the political situation in Ireland.
Obituaries for Fr John MacErlean SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of newspaper obituary and obituary in Latin for Fr John MacErlean SJ.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
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),
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province
Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.
Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’
Part of Irish Jesuit Social Apostolate
Newspaper article entitled ‘Dublin Flats to Honour Galway Jesuit's Work’. Reports on a ceremony for the blessing and laying of the foundation stone of Father Scully House by the Archbishop of Dublin Dr John Charles McQuaid. Includes a photograph of James MacSweeney, Sr. M. Colombiere Scully (sister of Fr Scully) and Dr McQuaid.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
‘Féilire 1956 – 57’; ‘Féilire 1958 - 59’; Coláiste Iognáid, S.J., Gallimh’. Calendar for Coláiste Iognáid which details the forthcoming events during the year (In Irish).
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Irish Provincial concerning his ‘future work’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Irish Provincial John Fahy SJ, concerning Fr Gwynn’s ‘future work’. While Fr Gwynn is keen to go to the missions in China, Fr Fahy is anxious that he should stay in Ireland and work at U.C.D. and University Hall – ‘I write…that you may know how I sympathise with missionary work. A decision will not be made for some time about your future. Meanwhile I think that I should say frankly that, in my opinion, our CCs would for many reasons be opposed to your leaving Ireland – wishing to have you for U.C.D., Dr Coffey is, I understand making arrangements to have a chair in Ancient History founded for you.’
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of 'The Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart' containing an article entitled ‘Dublin, and Proud of It!’ on Fr. Doyle (p.65-67).
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Article in 'The Irish Monthly', entitled 'Spiritual Communion'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Articles in 'The Irish Monthly', entitled 'Spiritual Communion' (p.514 – 519).
Letters from Fr Gerald Corr SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Gerald Corr SJ written during his time as a chaplain to the troops in and around Dunkirk (his address was A.P.O. S.10, B.E.F., France).
Corr, Gerald F, 1875-1941, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on the Church
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes by Fr Edward J Coyne SJ on the Church.
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ about an article in Archivium Hibernicum
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ about an article in Archivium Hibernicum, O’Doherty, Denis J, ‘Students of the Irish College, Salamanca, 1597-1619’ ii (1913), pp. 1-36.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
1830: Ireland raised to a Vice-Province (prior to 1829: Irish Mission)
1860: Ireland becomes a Province
Biographical information on Fr Peter Finlay SJ (1851-1929)
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Finlay SJ including:
– memorial card (2 copies);
– obituary in The Catholic Bulletin, No. 11, Vol. 19, p.961-963 (November 1929, 3pp) and
– draft of article on his life written as a ‘short memoir of the distinguished author’ to prefix the re-issue of his ‘best known book’ The Church of Christ (n.d., 8pp).
See photographs of Fr Finlay in the individual photograph collection.
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Irish manuscripts
Material relating to the lives of saints and scholars
Material relating to the Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Lecture notes and articles
Miscellaneous prose
Poetry
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Biographical information on Fr Doyle
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Doyle including a copy of his birth certificate and memorial card.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ from Laurence Gillooly, C.M., Bishop of Elphin (a member of the Senate of the Royal University), concerning Fr Brown’s support for the candidature of Fr Hopkins to the Fellowship of Classics. States ‘His Eminence, Card(inal) McCabe, informed me on Wednesday last of the selection of Fellows made on that day by the Senate of the R(oyal) University; and on Friday I learned from him that he had on the previous day resigned his place in the Senate in consequence of the rejection of his proposal relative to the Fellowships. I had hoped…that the communication made to you by Dr Woodlock of the resolution unanimously adopted…by the Episcopal University Committee in reference to the Fellowships would prevent the unfortunate conflict in the Senate; and it was with deep regret I learned that you had, in opposition to the Coetus Episcoporum, represented by the Episcopal Committee, kept on your two Candidate (sic); and thereby rendered the conflict inevitable –…I take the liberty of writing to you now, to tell you how much I deplore the step you have taken and the conflict in which it engages you and to express a hope that you will for the sake of your great undertaking in Stephen’s Green…remedy the mistake you have made by withdrawing the Revd. Fr Hopkins, as you are of course still perfectly free to do. For many years past I have publicly & privately used my best efforts to secure to your Society an eminent position in your University System. If the result is to be, from the very outset, a conflict…I must say I will heartily repent of what I have done and persuaded others to do in this matter.’ (For background to the appointment see T. J. Morrissey’s article ‘Hopkins’s Friends and Colleagues’, J11/46 and article by Norman White in 'The Hopkins Quarterly' entitled 'An Irish Row').
Gillooly, Laurence, 1819-1895, Vincentian priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the will of Rev. John Joseph Therry. The Irish Jesuits are named as beneficiaries. He bequeathed the management of his entire property in Australia to the Irish Jesuits for religious, charitable and educational purposes.
Therry, John Joseph, 1790-1864, Roman Catholic priest
Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway. Receipts include church collections, intentions, pensions (record of the payment of school fees entered as paid, in instalments). Expenses include travel, food (butter, bread, vegetables, meat, fish, and fowl) stamps, milk, oil, candles, wages, printing and clothing repairs. Also includes handwritten inserts of expenses such as Gas (January 1892).
Diploma awarding Minor Orders to Robert St Leger
Part of Irish Jesuits
Diploma awarding Minor Orders to Robert St Leger.
Biographical information on Fr John Coyne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr John Coyne SJ.
Manuscript entitled 'The Catholic Church and Reunion'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript entitled 'The Catholic Church and Reunion'.
Biographical information on Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing biographical information on Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ. Includes Fr Thomas Morrissey's entry on Fr Corcoran for the Dictionary of National Biography, article on Fr Corcoran by Dermot F. Gleeson and photograph of Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ.
Biographical details on Fr Stephen Brown SJ
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Biographical details on Fr Stephen Brown SJ.
Biographical material on Fr Edward Cahill SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file containing biographical material on Fr Edward Cahill SJ.
Material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ and life on the missions
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ and life on the missions including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial on volunteering for the missions, his work travelling back to Ireland, letters from Fr Bourke's family, passport photographs and catalogue entry.
Material relating to the entry of John Burden into the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to the entry of John Burden into the Society of Jesus.
Material relating to Fr Bernard P Collins SJ entry to the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Bernard P Collins SJ entry to the Society of Jesus, biographical information and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Obituary for Fr Michael P Colman SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Fr Michael P Colman SJ.
Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence on Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (1952-1953).
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ and details of death in an air crash.
Material relating to the work of Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to the work of Fr Daniel Donnelly SJ including correspondence from St Stanislaus College, Bandra, Bombay, India.
Donnelly, Donal, 1898-1975, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Agnes, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Agnes (later Mother Prioress), Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin concerning his life and work as a priest. The majority of these letters are written from Australia and describe his work in this mission. The letters also discuss news from the convent of Firhouse and Fr Duffy offers constant encouragement in spiritual matters and discusses the numbers of novices in the convent. Many of the letters were written while his sister (Sr Mary Gabriel) was ill and could not write herself. Includes a letter concerning his sister's health. Remarks that he is glad to have been told how serious her attack was. Remarks 'I am anxious about her, of course I am, we are brother and sister and the last remaining two of a family of eleven. No wonder, then, that we should look towards each other - now especially, when we are both coming so near to the end of the journey.' (21 June 1894, 4pp). Includes a letter congratulating Sr. Mary Agnes on becoming Mother Prioress of the Carmelite Convent in Firhouse. Remarks 'And so the burden of authority has been laid upon your shoulders! Well - God's will be done. And that it is God's will that you should be put into your present position.' (25 April 1895, 4pp). Includes a letter enclosing a cutting from The Argus concerning Edward Grennan who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Advises Sr Mary Agnes to read the cutting to the novices. Remarks 'The lesson taught is grand! I would advise the Mistress of Novices to read both (cutting and letter) to her novices and give them a lecture on obedience. The analogy between the two warfares, the warfare of this world and the warfare of the soul is very close.' (22 November 1896, 2 items).
File of material on Fr Peter Dunne SJ
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A file of material relating to Fr Peter Dunne SJ including biographical information and correspondence concerning various duties he attended to as a Jesuit.
'Foras Feasa: An Leabhar Muimhneach 'Annála Inis Faithleann' '
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
18ú haois. 13.1" X 8", ach cuid de na duilleoga beagán níos lú ná sin. Lámhscríbhinn mhór í seo a cuireadh le chéile de réir a chéile. Is fusa líon na lch a dhéanamh amach de réir na gcodanna: (a) Bhí 340 + lch anseo ar dtús; dealraíonn sé go ndearnadh dearmad laghd- aithe d’aon san uimhriú ar dhuilleoga atá caillte anois. Tá 10 lch agus Igh eile tar éis 339i. caillte. Tá duilleoga sractha freisin (cf. infra); (b)32 lch, gan ach 1-18 uimhrithe agus stráice caillte ó bhun lgh 1-6; (c) 60 lch, uimhrithe 1-57, agus na trí lgh eile gan uimhriú agus le léamh aniar; (d) 4 lch ceangailte 2-1-4-3, agus 4 dhuilleog; leath d.4 sractha chun siúil; (e) Tá dhá uimhriú ar chuid de na lgh anseo; leantar uimhriú a thosaíonn le 3 (lgh 1-2 caillte); téann seo 3-105, ach tá lgh 3-4 ceangailte ar dtuathal; tá ‘6’ faoi dhó; tá lgh 32-35 caillte; tá lgh 68-9, 102-3 sractha, agus cúpla lch bán (cf. infra), (f) 18 lch, áirithe go haibítreach, ach ceann idir D agus E fágtha gan áireamh.
Micheál Ó Longáin/ Michael Long a scríobh an t-iomlán, ach nithe fánacha thall is abhus (cf. (a) 335m.; (b) 18m.). Tugann sé dáta 8-12- 1759 ag 18m. Is dócha go raibh H. I. 18 (i Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide) mar fhoinse aige do chuid den ábhar. Tá liosta leabhar ag (c) 60-59-58 ó láimh eile, lámh an Easpaig Seán Ó Briain, pátrún an leabhair, is é is dóichí; d’fhágfadh sin gurb é clár a leabharlainne atá anseo. Tá breacaireacht ó lámha difiriúla thall is abhus. Tá dáta‘1781’ le síniú ‘Cornelius O’Brien’ ar (f) Q m. Tá síniú: ‘Cormac O Fithcheallaigh’, úinéir is dócha, ar (a)3i. agus (b) 17i.; tá cuid de na ceartúcháin etc. ina pheannaireacht.
Tá an Is seo ceangailte go slachtmhar i maothleabhar dearg. Comhartha na dTrí gCoinneal a cheangail is clos dom. Tá duilleoga ceangail chun tosaigh agus laistiar. Tá an seanchlúdach leathair a bhí ar an Is greamaithe laistigh den chlúdach nua. Tá armas greanta air sin chun tosaigh, agus nóta le peann luaidhe os a chionn: ‘Original binding. Episcopal arms of John O’Brien Bishop of Cloyne and Ross 1748-67’. Ó nádúr an ábhair, is furas a mheas gur don easpag seo go háirithe a scríobh Micheál Mac Pheadair Uí Longáin an Is seo. Tá ainm an easpaig go tútach ar (f) lch R.
Booklets for the Sodality of Our Lady
Booklets relating to the Sodality of Our Lady concerning rules, meditations, prayers, explanations and history of the Sodality. Includes 'Meditations for Sodalists', 'Rules of the Sodality of Our Lady', 'Prayers for the Dying', 'How to Establish a Sodality', 'His Mother's Beads', 'No surer way to heaven', 'What is the sodality of Our Lady?', 'The Message', 'Guide to the Sodality of Our Lady', 'The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ireland: A short history' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids', 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids, Daily duties', 'Magnificat Bulletin of the Sodality for the Sick' and 'Favours lost by a person who deliberately neglects to receive one holy communion'.
Deed of trust in relation to the ‘Father Delany Exhibition’
Part of Father William Delany SJ Fund
Deed of trust in relation to the ‘Father Delany Exhibition’. Sets out the responsibilities of the trustees of the fund set up to finance the exhibition, which was established to commemorate the services to education of the Very Reverend William Delany SJ LLD, President of University College, Dublin, who had, in 1906, celebrated the attainment of his Golden Jubilee in the Society of Jesus. The trustees are given power over the collection of donations for the fund, for the investment of the fund, and for the awarding of the exhibition to a student from a Jesuit school who obtains the highest aggregate of ‘Honor Marks’ at the first university examination held after his matriculation, provided that his attendance and behaviour are satisfactory. Includes amendment dated 15 February 1909 providing for the appointment of Laurence Ambrose Waldron M.P. as trustee in place of the Right Honorable Christopher Palles, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Bishop Edmund Tanner, Cork to Fr General Everard Mercurian SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Manuscript A
Holograph letter from Bishop Edmund Tanner, Cork to Fr General Everard Mercurian SJ.
Tanner, Edmund, 1526-1579, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and former Jesuit priest
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
English translation of a letter written on 30 January 1673 by Archbishop Oliver Plunkett to Fr Giovanni Oliva SJ, General of the Society of Jesus, informing him of his appointment of Father Stephen Rice (1625-1699), a Jesuit, ‘a person of profound religion…(and)…great prudence – unwearied in suffering, most assiduous in working in the vineyard of the Lord’ to work in ‘the pulpit & Schools of Armagh.’ (Fr Rice was made Superior of the Mission in 1672). Also discusses the state of the Society in Ireland, ‘I see that it is in a most desperate condition here, I see to my great sorrow that it will not last long in Ireland if there is not a better way to train and receive novices and to punish the wild & disobedient…If you, Rev. Father, who are so full of zeal to preserve & propagate the Faith in heretic countries & for the great love you always had for this unfortunate nation, will not lend a hand to Save the S.J. in Ireland I fear it will not have the Success that I wish it.’ (The original version forms part of MSS B 33)
Plunkett, St Oliver, 1625-1681, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh
Potted biography of Francis S. (O') Mahony written by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Potted biography of Francis S. (O') Mahony written by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ for a 'Dictionary of Jesuit History' to be published in Spanish (Domínguez, Joaquín María, and Charles E. O'Neill, editors. Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús: Biográfico-temático (2001)).
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ.
File relating to Fr Michael Saul SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry (1930), obituary and letter requesting information on Fr Michael Saul SJ (21 May 1995).
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and photographs.
File relating to Fr Robert Stevenson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Robert Stevenson SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and memorial card.
File relating to Blessed John Sullivan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry (1930), obituary and memorial card (with relic), for Blessed John Sullivan SJ.
Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Br George Sillery SJ.
Death certificates for Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Death certificates for Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ.
Photographs of Benada Abbey, Sligo
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Benada Abbey, Sligo including:
Copies of a memoir written by John Bithrey on Fr Michael Egan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copies of a memoir written by John Bithrey (former Jesuit scholastic) on Fr Michael Egan SJ.
Bithrey, John, 1878-1974, former Jesuit scholastic
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Howatson SJ
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Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Howatson SJ. Includes passport; mortuary card; announcement of death; requiem; and correspondence between Fr Howatson and Frs. Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and his sister, Helen Clarke, Tralee, County Kerry and Fr Martin.
Catalogue entries for Fr Desmond A J Coyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries for Fr Desmond A J Coyle SJ. Includes newspaper obituary from the Irish Press, 12 October 1962.
Catalogue entries for Fr Michael Kelly SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries for Fr Michael Kelly SJ.
Catalogue entries for Fr Timothy I Mulcahy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries for Fr Timothy I Mulcahy SJ.