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Letter from Michael Slattery, Archbishop of Cashel, to Fr Peter Kenney SJ asking for him to give a retreat to the clergy of Cashel diocese

IE IJA ADMN/24/21
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3 June 1834

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Michael Slattery, Archbishop of Cashel, to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes. Asks the latter to give a retreat to the clergy of Cashel diocese the following July.

Slattery, Michael, 1783-1857, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel & Emly

Villa Rules and Daily Order of Time for Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/17/25
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1836

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Villa Rules and Daily Order of Time for Irish Jesuit Province.

Villa Rules for Irish Jesuit Vice-Province

IE IJA ADMN/17/26
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1837

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Villa Rules for Irish Jesuit Vice-Province.

Villa Rules for Irish Jesuit Vice-Province

IE IJA ADMN/17/27
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1837; 1858

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Villa Rules for Irish Jesuit Vice-Province dating from 1837 - quotes Fr General Roothaan, and the Irish Vice Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ (vice-prov 1858). Also includes a Daily Order of Time.

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ on Fr O'Reilly's retreat

IE IJA ADMN/24/24
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1860

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Refers to the latter's letter, which announced that Fr O’Reilly was being sent to MacHale’s diocese to conduct a retreat for the clergy on 20 August. Expresses his gratitude.

MacHale, John, 1791-1881, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam

Letter from Fr John McEncroe concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the diocese of Sydney

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/25
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18 June 1864

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr John McEncroe, Archdiocese, Sydney, Australia to Fr John Callan SJ concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the Diocese of Sydney.

McEncroe, John, 1794-1868, Catholic priest and archdeacon

Letter from the Superior of the Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General on visit to Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/8
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25 September 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Father General Peter Beckx SJ, Rome, Italy concerning the Australian Mission and his visit to Australia.

Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission, No.1

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/17
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1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Handwritten notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (one notebook appears to be missing).

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Letter concerning the two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/5
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24 March 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission (Fr William Kelly SJ and Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ). Refers to Fr Therry's brother in Cork who has agreed to co-operate in anyway so that the Jesuit fathers may secure their bequest.

O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Melbourne, on the arrival of two Jesuits

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/7
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23 July 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Bishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, concerning the arrival of Frs Lentaigne and Kelly in Australia in order '...to take preliminary steps for the establishment of our Society in Melbourne.'

O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/6
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5 April 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General Peter Beckx SJ concerning the Australian Mission.

Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest

Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/11
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27 July - 9 October 1867

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.

Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/12
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7 March 1868

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Villa Maria, Hunters Hill, Sydney to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Refers to a number of topics he wishes to be passed on to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ when Fr Lentaigne returns to Ireland.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr John Ffrench SJ

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/13
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22 April 1869

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr John Ffrench SJ regarding the Australian Mission and worries expressed by Father General concerning the observance of spiritual matters and the customs of the Society.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr General Beckx to the Superior of the Australian Mission

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/14
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8 February 1869

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ discussing the Australian Mission.

Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General

Letter to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ that [Br.] Carolan wishes to make a few days’ retreat at Milltown Park, Dublin

IE IJA ADMN/24/36
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22 April 1870

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr John Bannon SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ. Informs the latter that [Br.] Carolan wishes to make a few days’ retreat at Milltown Park, Dublin.

Bannon, John P, 1829-1913, Jesuit priest and confederate chaplain

Letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne regarding a request for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/26
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2 September 1874

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, writing from Brussels, Belgium to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning an urgent request by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia.

Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne concerning the procurement of a community of religious

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/27
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20 January 1875

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop's Residence, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr Thomas Cahill SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the procurement of a community of religious to take charge of schools for girls.

Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Notes on the Sydney Mission

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/15
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1877

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Notes written by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on the Sydney Mission.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Published letter from Fr Michael Watson SJ, to the novices of the Irish Province concerning missions given by the fathers in Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/421
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16 April 1877

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Published letter from Fr Michael Watson SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to the novices of the Irish Province concerning missions given by the fathers in Australia in various parts of the country.

Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest

Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity

IE IJA CM/GARD/414
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20 February 1876-16 June 1878

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

Minutes of meetings of the Christian Doctrine Confraternity, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Letter from Dr John Healy, Archbishop of Tuam to Fr William Ronan SJ asking him the to organise a retreat for clergy in Loughrea

IE IJA ADMN/24/26
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[10] April 1890

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr John Healy, Archbishop of Tuam to Fr William Ronan SJ. Asks the latter to organise a retreat for clergy in Loughrea, and to send him two priests to conduct a retreat for the people of Portumna.

Healy, John, 1841-1918, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam and historian

Letter from Dr James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ asking him to provide him two clerical retreats

IE IJA ADMN/24/27
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23 April 1890

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Asks the latter to provide him two clerical retreats in the following July. Advises him to get in touch with the president of Carlow College to arrange dates.

Lynch, James, 1807-1896, Roman Catholic bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ

IE IJA J/458/9
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1893 & 1894

Part of Irish Jesuits

Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ.

Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians

IE IJA CM/GARD/34
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23 & 24 May 1897

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission, No.2

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/18
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1872-28 August 1897

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Handwritten notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (Victoria).

Report from the 'Daily Nation' regarding the end of the annual retreat for the Dublin Metropolitan Police

IE IJA CM/GARD/54
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25 October 1897

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

Photocopy of report from the 'Daily Nation' regarding the end of the annual retreat for the Dublin Metropolitan Police held in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Letter from Dr Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, to Irish Fr Provincial asking for one or more Jesuit priests to conduct clerical retreats

IE IJA ADMN/24/28
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12 January 1897

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, to Irish Fr Provincial Fr Patrick Keating, Hopes that the latter can send one or more Jesuit priests to conduct the clerical retreats in his diocese. Asks specifically for Fr Cullen SJ.

Sheehan, Richard, 1845-1915, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

List of candidates proposed for membership of the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christians, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin

IE IJA CM/GARD/229
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October 1889 - January 1897

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

List of candidates proposed for membership of the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christians, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes members from Dublin establishments such as Pim Bros, McBirney's, Todd, Burns and Co. Ltd, Henry Street Warehouse, Arnotts, Clery and Co.

Register of attendance for the Congregation of the Children of Mary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street

IE IJA CM/GARD/408
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1894-1899

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

Handwritten register of attendance for the Congregation of the Children of Mary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes name, address, date of reception and attendance. See also CM/GARD/2/2/3/14

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province

IE IJA ADMN/16/6
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January 1860; 1872 - 1900

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes insert for Tullabeg villa, August 1887.

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial asking him to send one of his Fathers to conduct a retreat for the nuns in Ballina

IE IJA ADMN/24/29
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11 February 1901

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Asks him to send one of his Fathers to conduct a retreat for the nuns in Ballina.

Conmy, John, 1843-1911, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killala

Letter from Dr John Healy, Bishop of Clonfert, to Irish Fr Provincial hoping that a priests will conduct the annual clerical retreat at St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe

IE IJA ADMN/24/30
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26 April 1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr. John Healy, Bishop of Clonfert, to Irish Fr Provincial. Hopes that the latter can provide him with one of his priests to conduct the annual clerical retreat at St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe.

Healy, John, 1841-1918, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam and historian

Letter from Dr Thomas A. O'Callaghan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ

IE IJA ADMN/24/32
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3 June 1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr Thomas A. O'Callaghan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to the arrangements for a retreat in Cork, which is to be conducted by a Jesuit.

O'Callaghan, Thomas Alphonsus, 1839-1916, Roman Catholic bishop of Cork

Note from Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, requesting a priest to conduct a retreat in the diocese of Kildare

IE IJA ADMN/24/34
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6 December 1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Note from Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to [Fr] Joseph. Requests him to procure the services of a priest to conduct a retreat in the diocese of Kildare at the end of the year. Expresses his preference for a Jesuit priest.

Foley, Patrick, 1858-1926, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ

IE IJA ADMN/24/33
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5 November 1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ. Asks him to designate a priest to give the diocesan retreat in the following July if he (the Provincial) cannot do it. Includes note written by the Provincial stating that he promised that Fr [Reidy] would give the retreat if at all possible.

Gaffney; Matthew, 1839-1909, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ

IE IJA ADMN/24/31
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25 May 1902

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from John Conmy, Bishop of Killala to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to a retreat to be arranged by Fr Murphy for nuns in Ballina.

Conmy, John, 1843-1911, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killala

Letter from Fr J. Halpin, P.P., St Colmans, Scariff, County Clare, to the [Father Superior]

IE IJA ADMN/24/37
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1903

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Fr J. Halpin, P.P., St Colmans, Scariff, County Clare, to the [Father Superior]. Suggests that the practice of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament be encouraged at clerical retreats given by Jesuits.

Letter from Dr John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry, to Fr James F Murphy SJ

IE IJA ADMN/24/35
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8 January 1903

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Letter from Dr John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry, to Fr James F Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to retreats for the clergy, which he hopes Murphy will conduct, or at least arrange, in July.

O'Doherty, John Keys,1833-1907, Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry

Notes on a retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare

IE IJA J/13/15
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23 July 1905

Part of Irish Jesuits

Copybook containing notes on a Retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. Notes made by Fr John A. Byrne SJ.

Byrne, John A, 1878-1961, Jesuit priest

Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway

IE IJA J/7/173
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1907

Part of Irish Jesuits

Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway. Back row: Bernard Page, Frank Browne, James McCann, John Mary O'Connor and Robert Dillon-Kelly. Front row: Frs James Whittaker, Lambert McKenna and Frederick Gill;.

Candidates proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway

IE IJA SC/GALW/7/8
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6 February 1870 - 1908

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Volume of candidates (male) proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and various guilds. Handwritten entries divided by name, occupation, date when admitted, residence, guild and remarks.

Register of attendance for the Sodality of University College, Dublin

IE IJA UNIV/32
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20 January 1894 - 7 May 1909

Part of Catholic University of Ireland and University College, Dublin

Handwriiten register of attendance for the Sodality of University College, Dublin.

University College Dublin, 1854-

Notebook of retreat notes by Fr Charles McKenna SJ

IE IJA J/712/2
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[1870] - [1910]

Part of Irish Jesuits

Notebook of retreat notes by Fr Charles McKenna SJ, with index.

'The Society of Jesus in Australia'

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/16
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[1910]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Book entitled 'The Society of Jesus in Australia.'

Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest

Register of the Apostleship of Prayer and Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Ignatius, Galway

IE IJA SC/GALW/7/1
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20 May 1860 - 9 October 1912

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Bound handwritten register of the female and male members of the Apostleship of Prayer and Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Includes lists of promoters; inserts of a Certificate of Enrolment to the Apostleship of Prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1877); list of books in library used for different subjects: Latin, Greek, Theology, Physics, German, Jesuitica, Mathematics. English Literature, Periodicals and Religion (1633-1918).

With signatures and practice handwriting by Daniel Leap[e], Bolart, Clara, King's County, 9 October 1912 and James Dolan, Roscommon.

Letter from [ ], Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning the organisation of a retreat for lay gentleman

IE IJA ADMN/24/12
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8 March 1913

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Draft of a circular letter from [ ], Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning the organisation of a retreat for lay gentleman.

List of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats

IE IJA ADMN/24/10
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1898 - 1913

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats.

Annual retreat for the members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force held in the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin

IE IJA CM/GARD/55
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5 November - 19 November 1916

Part of Irish Jesuit community houses

Notice and prayer leaflet of the annual retreat for the members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force held in the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Photograph of Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway

IE IJA SC/GALW/7/18
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c.[1918]-[1920]

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Group of twenty-three boys dressed formally, with medals on lapel. In four rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are printed. Some boy appears to be wearing shamrocks [St Patrick's Day]. Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway.

Keogh Brothers, photographers

Photograph of Junior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway

IE IJA SC/GALW/7/17
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c.[1918]-[1920]

Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland

Group of thirteen boys dressed formally, with medals on lapel. In three rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are printed.

Keogh Brothers, photographers

Article in 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart'

IE IJA J/2/2
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June 1920

Part of Irish Jesuits

Copy of 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', containing an article on Fr Doyle (p.86-87).

Irish Messenger Office, 1888-

Notes concerning the three vows of religion - poverty, chastity and obedience taken from the lectures of Fr George Byrne SJ

IE IJA ADMN/17/11
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[1920]

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Notes concerning the three vows of religion - poverty, chastity and obedience taken from the lectures of Fr George Byrne SJ, Master of Novices. The notes appear to be in the handwriting of Robert Nash SJ.

Nash, Robert, 1902-1989, Jesuit priest and writer

Article in 'Revue d’Ascétique et de Mystique'

IE IJA J/2/3
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April 1921

Part of Irish Jesuits

Copy of 'Revue d’Ascétique et de Mystique' containing an article on Fr Doyle by Léonce de Grandmaison (p.128-146).

Society of Jesus, 1540-

Villa journal for Irish Jesuit scholastics

IE IJA ADMN/17/8
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1907 - 1921

Part of Administration of the Irish Jesuits

Villa (holiday) journal for Irish Jesuit scholastics (Juniors).

Milltown Park, Dublin, 1907;
Redford House, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1908;
Ashby, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1909;
Ivanhoe, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1910;
Rochfort House, Portland Road, Greystones, County Wicklow, 1911;
Bayview, Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1912;
Bayview, Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1914;
Warrenpoint, County Down, 1915;
New Brighton, Monkstown, Dublin, 1916;
St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, 1917;
St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, 1918;
St Joseph's, Laytown, County Meath, 1919;
Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1920;
Bayview House (Mrs McPhail), Wicklow, County Wicklow, 1921.

Photograph of Fr John Mary O'Connor SJ on villa in County Clare