Opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon
- IE IJA MSSN/HONG/32
- Ffeil
- 7 July - 19 October 1941
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A file relating to the opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
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Opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon
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A file relating to the opening of the senior division of the Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
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Custom Book for Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting)
Custom Book for Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting). Copy of letter from Fr Ronan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial on duties of the Minister and Moderator of Mungret College (26 November 1882).
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Letter from Cardinal Moran, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ praising the work of Jesuit priests in Australia.
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Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from his nephew George in Inniscarrig House, Cork
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Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from his nephew George in Inniscarrig House, Cork. Includes: note enclosing letter from a Mr Michael Holland a ‘local artist and literary man’ explaining the history of a statue of William Pitt, the elder, commissioned by Cork Corporation in recognition of Pitt’s ‘active part in promoting Irish interests in the English Parliament when Vice-Treasurer of Ireland’ (May 1914, 2 items & 1 envelope) and letter containing family news and thanking him for sending a letter of condolence following the death of his [sister] Ma[i] in childbirth (17 Jul. 1918, 2pp & 1 envelope).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr George Maguire
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr George Maguire concerning his late brother Conor, and a Fr Peter Golding, an Irish teacher at Clongowes Wood College (Dr. Maguire went to Clongowes from 1902 to 1907; Fr Gwynn from 1903 to 1908). Fr Richard Golding SJ taught Irish at CWC. Dr Maguire writes that his father taught Fr Golding Irish when he was living in Cong.
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Memoranda and letters to the Provincial on proposals to establish an amateur Irish Jesuit news agency to supply information to Radio Vaticana.
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record Vol. 44, No. 3
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record, Vol. 44, No. 3.
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Front of Manresa House with chalet
Front of Manresa House with chalet [1948-1955];
Letter from Fr James Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ
Letter from Fr James Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ.
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Letter from Br William Canty SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the unsatisfactory situation that has arisen over the supervision of the mass servers. Remarks that the boy appointed to look after the sacristy has proved very unsatisfactory.
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Medical and funeral expenses for Fr Matthew Gahan SJ
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A file relating to medical and funeral expenses for the late Fr Gahan SJ.
Jesuit Tertian fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Jesuit Tertian fathers at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. With names.
Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ regarding James Fottrell
Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ regarding James Fottrell - that he has had a fit. Refers also to Brs. Brady and O'Reilly.
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Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish
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A file relating to Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish. Includes a letter from Fr F. Schwendimann SJ, Directio Generalis, Apostolatus Orationis, Borgo S. Spirito 5, Rome, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ expressing his worry over different dialects in Ireland and the possibility of misinterpretation (21 November 1952, 1p). Includes a copy reply from Fr Provincial explaining that although differences do occur within the Irish language in different parts of Ireland the meaning would not be misinterpreted (26 November 1952, 1p).
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Leaflet in Italian containing prayers to Fr William Doyle SJ
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Leaflet in Italian containing prayers to biography of Fr William Doyle SJ.
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Departure file for Eugene Coffey
Material on Eugene Coffey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 14 November 1901
Entered: 29 September 1925
Left: 15 February 1932
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Outline of a plan for systematic training and qualification of teachers in the Province
Outline, written by Timothy Corcoran, S.J., of a plan for systematic training and qualification of teachers in the Province.
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Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, Rome, to Irish Fr Provincial on the takeover of the Gesù
Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from the Gesù in Rome, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports on the takeover of the Gesù by the Giunta, and states that the house is to be used as offices for the Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry. Refers to effect these events are having on the Fr General, and reports on the exodus of the residents from the house. Announces that he and Fr. Lambert are going to the English College. Refers also to the Roman College and the South American College. Refers to confusion in relation to the Pope’s rights over the Observatory. Reports that the Fr General gave him a letter from Fr Walsh, in which he refers to ‘the house in Stephen's Green’, and declares himself to be glad that Fr Walsh has accepted it, and hopes that ‘an energetic man devoted to study’ will be appointed as head.
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'Shadow of the Cross', 'Crossroads', 'Temptation', 'My Importance', 'Don’t Read This', 'The First Christmas Present' and 'St. Joseph on Trial' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.
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Prayer of the Church against famine or pestilence
Prayer of the Church against famine or pestilence.
Property belonging to the Irish Province
Centre for Catholic Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Signed by Fr James Hurley SJ.
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Presentation Convent Killina 1817-1992, (1995)
Presentation Convent Killina 1817-2017, (2017)
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Letter from Mr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ asking to return home to complete his studies. Remarks that his health has improved.
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Rahan Memorial Garden by Fr Ray Brady P.P.
Letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning personal issues and chaplaincy
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A file of letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter wondering whether he should go to the front. Remarks that he is too old for the trenches. (28 December 1915, 5pp). Includes a letter concerning his problems with drink and his desire to put his problems behind him and continue with his religious life and work assigned to him (30 May 1918, 19pp). Includes a letter concerning his appointment as chaplain for continuous service with Australian troops going to the front. Remarks that he is very pleased with his appointment (15 July 1918, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to his arrival back in Australia and his new position doing parish work at St. Mary's, North Sydney. Remarks 'I have charge of the Men's sodality...meantime I am awaiting demobilisation...' (25 October 1919, 4pp). Includes a letter announcing his arrival in London and remarks how glad he is to be home. Remarks that he wishes to arrange receipt of his war bonus with the authorities before he leaves London for Dublin. (10 January 1920, 2pp).
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Minutes and meeting notes of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Conference of St Nessan, Mungret College, Limerick and minutes of the Second Club Debating Society.
Ground floor plan of Mungret College, Limerick
Ground floor plan of Mungret College, Limerick indicating division of rooms, for example, chapel, sacristy, class room, principal corridor. Includes scale and compass direction and an example of the front elevation of the building. Apppears in 'Annual report of the Apostolic School of Ireland'.
Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall
Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall.
Letter from G. F. A. Jones, Solicitor, 47 Queen Street, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
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Letter from G. F. A. Jones, Solicitor, 47 Queen Street, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a power of attorney from Fr Arthur J. Little SJ to Fr Nolan.
Offaly Tombstone Inscriptions 1. Rahan Graveyards
Offaly Tombstone Inscriptions. 1. Rahan Graveyards. Published by the Offaly Historical Society.
Mechanical Services for St Francis Xavier's Hall
Specifications for the Mechanical Services for St Francis Xavier's Hall, Sherrard Street by Architect, Messrs. Jones and Kelly and Consulting Engineer, L.C.G. Leonard, 12 Clare Street. Includes a letter from L.C.G. Leonard, Dublin to Fr Troddyn, Upper Gardiner Street concerning tenders for mechanical services and an analysis of the estimates submitted.
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Letter from Fr Dominic Kelly SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his arrival in Australia and his work at the college.
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Philips' Handy Atlas of the counties of Ireland
Philips' Handy Atlas of the counties of Ireland.
George Philip & Son, London,
Burse book and benefactors for Mungret College and Mungret Apostolic School
Burse book and benefactors for Mungret College and Mungret Apostolic School. Includes name of benefactors, date, amounts donated and remarks. Individual statements regarding each donation are made, as are promises of donations. Includes individual notes and letters from benefactors; William Ronan, Marianne Scully.
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Letters from Mr Martin Hanley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ on board a New Zealand shipping company boat concerning the voyage from Australia to England. Describes an encounter with the American naval fleet off the east coast of America.
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A short English-Nyanja vocabulary
A short English-Nyanja vocabulary by Thomas Price.
The Publications Bureau, Lusaka and Blantyre.
Introduction to format of French Apostolic schools, list of Seminarists and Lay students
Introduction to format of French Apostolic schools (French), list of Seminarists and Lay students, diary of school life (Latin) and individual student results.
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Details of income and expenditure for Mungret Apostolic School
Details of income and expenditure for Mungret Apostolic School. Includes list of pensions, apostolic subscriptions, money for masses, bank details, farm income and expenditure and building funds.
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File relating to Fr Thomas J O'Donnell SJ including memorial card, photographs, catalogue entries, application to join the Society and correspondence relating to his time spent in India and at Vatican Radio.
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Limerick in old photographs by Sharon Slater.
The History Press Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2016
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Letter from Mr Denis Nerney SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning where he would like to study theology.
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Cash expense book for Mungret Apostolic School
Cash expense book for Mungret Apostolic School. Details the date, expenses and totals for each month.
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Material relating to Fr Paul P O'Dea SJ, including his mother's (Mrs Bridget O'Dea) will.
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His Grace is displeased: selected correspondence of John Charles McQuaid
His Grace is displeased: selected correspondence of John Charles McQuaid
Clara Cullen, Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh
Merrion, Dublin, 2013
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Catalogue entry for Fr Patrick O’Donoghue SJ (1930) and copy of 'Vade Mecum', inscribed with ‘Rev. P. C. O’ Donoghue SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin’. Includes silk bookmark - Fr Purcell and calling card for Rev. P. C. O’ Donoghue SJ (1911).
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Programmes invitations, tickets and reviews relating to theatricals, including comedies, tragedies, operettas, librettos and pantomimes, staged by pupils of the Mungret College and Apostolic School. Includes reference to New Years Holiday, Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, St Patrick’s Day, Feast of St Francis Xavier and Christmas Holidays.
Statements regarding St Francis Xavier's Hall and Pioneer Club submitted by Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ (by request). Annotations in blue pencil were made by Fr Fahy. Includes typed inaugural address by Fr James Cullen SJ at opening of St Francis Xavier's Hall, Upper Sherrard Street, Dublin (2 March 1908); aims and objectives taken from minutes of Provincial Committee (17 March 1908).
Letter from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning money he received
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Letter from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ, St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning money he received.
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Saint Patrick: An ancient saint for modern times
Saint Patrick: An ancient saint for modern times.
Edmond Grace SJ
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Letters from Fr William I. Baker SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning arrangements to sail to Australia and the stopover in America en route.
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Programmes for concert and dramas at St Francis Xavier's Hall
Programmes for concert and dramas at St Francis Xavier's Hall, (Pioneer Hall), Upper Sherrard Street, includes Grand Easter presentation by Pioneer Choral and Dramatic Society.
Admission register for Mungret College, Limerick
Admission register for Mungret College which details, date of admission, name of pupil, date of birth, admission age, name of parent or guardian, address, occupation of parent or guardian, school previously attended by pupil, school career, date of withdrawal, remarks. With index to names.
From Easter Week to Flanders Field
From Easter Week to Flanders Field: the diaries and letters of John Delaney SJ, 1916-1919.
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Rebuilding of St Francis Xavier's Hall
Copy of letter from Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's Church to Fr Peter Troddyn SJ on the rebuilding of St Francis Xavier's Hall (9 August 1954) and copies of letter from Fr Peter Troddyn SJ, St Francis Xavier's Church to Mr Leo Kenny, St Francis Xavier Pioneer Club on the move of premises for the club (11 December 1954) and the purchase of 27 Mountjoy Square East (17 February 1955).
Accounts for Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick
Folio ledger of monthly credit and debit accounts for Mungret Apostolic School.
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Letters from Fr Joseph Brennan SJ, St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of letters from Fr Joseph Brennan SJ, St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter advising that the terms offered by Dr Mannix (Archbishop of Melbourne) for Newman College should be accepted (15 October 1917, 1p). Includes letters referring to the opening of Studley Hall, a preparatory school for Xavier College (22 April 1920 - 28 June 1920, 3pp).
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Arthur Cox, 1891-1965
Gill & Macmillan, Dublin.
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Letters and cards sent to Fr William A Sutton SJ from an old school-friend R. Chinnery
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Letters and cards sent to Fr William A Sutton SJ from an old school-friend R. Chinnery (Waterloo Place, Cork) for his birthday.
Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions
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Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions. Includes a financial statement of the mission fund.
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Account sheets of the English Province in account with the Irish Province
A file of account sheets of English Province in account with the Irish Province.
'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ
'The Nun at her Prie-Dieu' by Fr Robert Nash SJ.
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 11th York and Lancaster Regiment (218th Infantry Brigade); in Otley, West Yorkshire; The Military Hospital, York; with the British North Africa Force in North Africa; 1st Battalion, The Buffs, C.M.F. in Italy; in 93rd British General Hospital, C.M.F. and in the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. Includes Fr Pelly’s first letter to the Provincial written from Bridlington (23 April 1942, 1p.) and letters describing the monastery of Cassino following the battle of Monte Cassino (30 May 1944, 2pp), being in Rome on the day it was taken by the Allies and his ‘semi-private audience with the Pope’ (30 June, 29 July 1944, 2 items).
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Copy Assignment of lands and other hereditaments at Killiney, County Dublin
Parties:
Rev. William Delany SJ, Stephen's Green, Rev. Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street and Rev. John O'Carroll SJ, Stephen's Green (transferors) and Rev. William Keon, Fairview Strand, county Dublin and Archibold Harman Montford, Solicitor, Dame Street, Dublin.
Property:
Certain messuages, lands and other hereditaments at Killiney, County Dublin.
Terms & Conditions:
In consideration of the sum of £5,000 being the unpaid portion of the principal sum of £8,000
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A file containing letters relating to Ternae for the Rectorships of Wah Yan College and the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen.
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Letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr to Fr Timothy Kenny SJ him thanking him for his letter
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Copy letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ thanking Fr Kenny for his letter and expresses the wish that the work of the Jesuit Fathers in the Archdiocese will be a 'great gain both to the diocese and to all their works. This is certainly my wish and desire as I know it is yours.'
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Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning an article to be censored
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Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Belvedere College, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ concerning an article to be censored. Refers in a postscript to a selection of prayers to be included in the next edition of the MissaLaurence.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite (an Old Clongownian, 1907-1911) to whom Fr Gwynn frequently sent his publications.
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Hints for masters and prefects in the colleges of the Irish Province, S.J.
Hints for masters and prefects in the colleges of the Irish Province, S.J.
Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ
Letter from Fr Peter Gallwey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to Br Brady’s poor progress. Declares Br Kane to be ‘a thorough Israelite’. Expresses his satisfaction with Tuite and O'Flynn.
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Envelope addressed to Arthur Cox Esq M.A., 26 Merrion Square, Dublin
Envelope addressed to Arthur Cox Esq M.A., 26 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Album compiled by Fr Henry Gill SJ containing newspaper clippings, photographs and letters
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Album compiled by Fr Henry Gill SJ containing newspaper clippings, photographs and letters. Includes:
– newspaper clipping referring to a meeting of the Royal Dublin Society before which a paper by Fr Gill entitled ‘The Theory of the Stratified Discharge in Geissler Tubes’ was communicated by the Registrar Mr. Moss (n.d., 1p.);
– letter from Prof Charles J. Joly, D.Sc., F.R.S., Dunsink Observatory, Co. Dublin (Honorary Secretary of the R.D.S.) stating ‘Your beautiful illustration of precession and nutation is quite new to me and I think you should certainly send it to 'Nature'. I am keeping the figures as you kindly say I may’ (24 March 1903, 1p.);
– black and white photograph of the hunt at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare ([1903?], 1p.) and note to Fr Gill from the “Proprietors of ‘The Badminton Magazine’ enclosing a cheque for £1.1s as a prize in their photograph competition (27 April 1903, 1p.);
– clipping from a magazine/newspaper concerning the marriage of his sister, Miss Mary Catherine Gill, only daughter of Mr Henry J. Gill, M.A., J.P., of Roebuck House, Clonskeagh, Dublin with Mr. William Harrington, of Cherryfield, Templeogue on 16 June 19?? . Also includes two photographs of the room with the table laid out for the wedding breakfast (16 June 19??, 4 items);
– newspaper report on a lecture given by Fr Gill before the Royal Dublin Society on ‘a possible connection between the recent disturbances at Vesuvius and San Francisco’ ([June 1906], 1p.);
– clipping from the 'Freeman’s Journal' referring to Fr Gill’s theory ‘according to which earthquakes and such like disturbances at one place may, under certain conditions, give rise to corresponding shocks in other places’ (24 August 1906, 1p.);
– clipping on the opening of a new wing of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge by Lord Rayleigh. Includes reference to Mr H. V. Gill’s experiments with spinning tops to illustrate earthquake reactions (19 June 1908, 2pp);
– extract from 'The Tablet' containing the following reference to Fr Gill in its University Notes, ‘…we must congratulate the Rev. H. V. Gill, of St Edmund House, upon his Research Degree won by a Thesis on ‘A New Glow in Vacuum Tubes.’ Father Gill has exhibited his apparatus before the Royal Society, and was also invited to exhibit it by the Royal Institution.’ (see also J17/29) (26 June 1909, 2pp);
– notice advertising Fr Gill’s ‘Earthquake Top…with handle for spinning, and lead bullets’ for 7s.6d. (n.d., 1p.);
– clipping from the 'Freeman’s Journal' on a lecture on ‘Wireless Telegraphy’ given by Fr. Gill in Belvedere College on 6 May 1912 (7 May 1912, 4pp);
– extract from 'The Tablet' of an article entitled ‘The Cardinal at Cambridge A Representative University Gathering’ containing the following reference to Fr Gill, ‘Sir J.J. Thomson, F.R.S., who responded for science, said that this was not the first time that he had had the pleasure of meeting and working with members of that Society. One of them, Father Gill, worked in his laboratory and did extremely valuable and able work, and developed a great power of dealing with physical problems’ (18 May 1912, 3pp);
– photograph of a physics laboratory (possibly one of the labs at Clongowes Wood College) (n.d., 1 item)
– photographs relating to Fr Gill’s research work (n.d., 5 items).
St Ignatius College, Riverview, Centenary Prayerbook
Written and compiled by Brian Moore SJ.
Presentation at U.C.D. to Fr Thomas Finlay SJ
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Photocopy of a cutting from The Universe reporting on a presentation at U.C.D. to Fr Thomas Finlay SJ , following his retirement from the University after seventeen years as Professor of Philosophy and nearly thirty years as Professor of Political Economy. Photocopy of a cutting from The Independent reporting on the presentation to Fr Finlay on the occasion of his retirement.
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Memoranda, notes and letters to the Irish Fr Provincial describing the types of charitable work performed by various sections of the Irish Jesuit community, in response to letters regarding the organisation of an exhibition associated with the 34th International Eucharistic Congress. Includes reports from St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham Castle; Belvedere College (includes information on the Belvedere Newsboys’ Club); Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; the St Vincent de Paul Night Shelter in Back Lane and pastoral work of Jesuits at the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin. Includes Irish Fr Provincial’s copy covering letter and report on ‘the charitable works for the poor and distressed undertaken by the Fathers of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, for…(the)…International Exhibition of Charity.’
Letter on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House
Letter from M. D. Dack, 96a, St Ignatius Rd, Drumcondra Rd, Dublin (Secretary of Our Lady’s Grotto Committee) to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin and a rough draft of proposed circular letter (9 March 1952). Includes an address on the occasion of the presentation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on Sunday 9 March 1952 at 11.30am by Mr T. Scally, President, Our Lady’s Grotto Committee (CIE Employee). Photographs of the unveiling of the Grotto of the Assumption of Our Lady at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin by C.I.E. Employees, 17 August 1952. Seven photographs of unveiling.
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Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ
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.
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Letter from William Cartan O’Meara, solicitor, Dublin, to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ. Writes in relation to the estate of George F. Waters SJ [scholastic in Louvain], deceased. States that he has arranged for the shares (listed) to be sold. Refers to other stock, some of which has been assigned to C.T. Waters.
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Circular letter concerning the commission appointed by the Provincials of the Irish and English Provinces to investigate the need for changes in Higher Studies.
Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
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Copies of letters from A. J. Considine, College House, Galway to Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, Ignatius College, Galway concerning the use of Irish in Religious ceremonies. Includes an article published in a newspaper on the subjects entitled 'United Front for Language Promising Move in Galway to Gaelicise City.'
Notice of the death of Fr Matthew Gahan SJ
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Notice of the death of Fr Matthew Gahan SJ.
Cromwell’s Fort - lounge for retreatants, at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Cromwell’s Fort - lounge for retreatants, at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin - Gay O'Brien.
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Letter written in French from Fr Bourgeteau, Abbaye de Solesmes, France to Monsieur le Superieur concerning Fr Murphy's departure from the abbey and asking for settlement of money owed on his behalf.
Stamps commemorating the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
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An Post produced four stamps commemorating the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. One of the 55c stamps, shows Fr Frank Browne SJ, who travelled aboard the Titanic from Southampton to Cork, with the Titanic at anchor off Cobh. Kept by Fr Eddie O'Donnell SJ.
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Le bouquet sacré. Ou Le voyage de la Terre Sainte
Rhan oIrish Jesuit Mission books of the Pre-Suppression period
Le bouquet sacré. Ou Le voyage de la Terre Sainte,…. A Rouen, chez Jean B. Besogne, 1698
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Historia Domus and Litterae Annuae for Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Historia Domus (House history) and Litterae Annuae (Annual letters) for Rathfarnham Castle. References to seismograph, a plane (Royal Flying Corps, Tallaght) crash landing on the boundary with the golf course [1916]. List results and prizes gained by Jesuits studying at University College Dublin (1913 - 1922).
Daily prayer for souls in purgatory
Daily prayer for souls in purgatory, with list of names (Bagot, Dease, Nangle and O'Ferrall) and dates (1810-1860).
Abstract of the customs of Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting)
Abstract of the customs of Mungret College (in Fr William Ronan's handwriting). Notes the Order of Time' for each day, the food eaten at each meal, lists first, second and third class feasts and their dates, describes the clothes worn (with prices) by priests and brothers.
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Provincials' Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Letter from Jan Roothaan to Peter Kenney
Letter from Jan Roothaan to Peter Kenney.
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