- IE IJA J/91
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- 1930; 1954; 2015
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A file relating to Fr John Casey SJ including biographical information.
Casey, John, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
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A file relating to Fr John Casey SJ including biographical information.
Casey, John, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
Photocopies of obituaries for Fr Michael Coleman SJ
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Photocopies of obituaries for Fr Michael Coleman SJ, entry in 'The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848 - 1998' by Fr David Strong SJ, 1999, p53. and research notes by Graham Wilson.
Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ
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Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ. Includes photographs, announcement of death, obituaries, personal record; review of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ (1943-4), proofs and illustrations of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ by Fr Ryan; correspondence between Fr Coyne, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland and the publishers of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’; censorship judgements, book requests and receipts for the book; article entitled ‘The Church in China’ (1950); and correspondence between Fr Ryan and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
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Attachment sent by Fr Michael Head SJ, Jesuit Archivist, Melbourne, Australia, of a biography written by Fr Matt Egan SJ on Fr Patrick Duffy SJ.
Head, Michael, Jesuit priest and archivist
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Biographical information on Fr Henry M Browne SJ, including catalogue entry, obituaries and 'UCD Classics The Making of the Classical Museum', University College Dublin (2003).
Browne, Henry Martyn, 1853-1941, Jesuit priest
Biographical information on Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ
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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.
Review of Fr Thomas Morrissey's biography of Fr Peter Kenney SJ
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Review of Fr Thomas Morrissey's biography of Fr Peter Kenney SJ from the 'Irish Times'.
Irish Times Limited, 1859-
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Letter from Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, to Mary Lentaigne, Great Denmark Street, Dublin (23 July 1871) concerning his nephew Victor, and money paid on Victor's behalf by Irish Fr Provincial to support his studies in Spain, England and Belgium (enclosed account from Milltown Park, Dublin, 6 May 1871), and brief biography of Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ ([1995], 1p).
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Biographical information on Rev. Robert Kane SJ
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A file containing biographical information on Rev Robert Kane SJ.
Biographical information on Fr John J Hannon SJ
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Biographical information on Fr John J Hannon SJ. Includes catalogue entry (1930), correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and brief biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ.
Obituaries of Fr William White SJ
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Photocopies of obituaries of Fr William White SJ. Includes:
– obituaries from the 'Catholic Standard' and the 'Gonzaga Record' reprinted in 'Irish Province News' (Vol. 22, No. 8, October 1988, pp. 34 – 37) (Oct. 1988, 2pp) and
– appreciations of Fr William White SJ from the 'Gonzaga Record' (pp. 11 – 13) (1988, 3pp).
Research by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
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A file containing miscellaneous notes, MSS material and articles by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ relating to his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ. Includes letters to Fr Burke Savage concerning this research (2 May 1977 - 10 June 1986, 12 items). The file was used by Fr Morrissey for his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ.
Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor
Biographical material on Fr Edward Cahill SJ
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A file containing biographical material on Fr Edward Cahill SJ.
Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ
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Biographical details relating to Fr William Ronan SJ.
Biographical information on Rev James Cullen SJ
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A file containing biographical information on Rev. James Cullen SJ. Includes notes written by Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ.
Biographical notes on Fr John Curtis SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ
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Biographical notes on Fr John Curtis SJ by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
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File of material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard Street, Dublin (12 July 2011). Includes passport, and photographs; announcement of his death; obituaries and correspondence between Fr Bourke and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ
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Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ which includes correspondence concerning his work for the Society throughout his life. Includes notes by Msgr Alfred O'Rahilly on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ sent to Fr Ffrench SJ (18 August 1964, 2pp). Includes a letter from Fr Ffrench SJ, Jesuit Retreat Centre, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of Emo. Remarks 'But this dinner for Ours on the 11th? Apart from considerations of poverty, I cannot see that the closing of Emo is any occasion for festivity. After all, Emo is being closed because God does not see fit to bless the Province as at present being run with sufficient vocations to justify keeping it open.' (27 August 1969, 3pp). Includes correspondence concerning his work for the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament (1974-1982).
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A file relating to biographical material on Fr Edward Joseph Andrews SJ.
Andrews, Edward Joseph, 1896-1985, Jesuit priest
Biographical details of Fr John Hyde SJ
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Biographical details of Fr John Hyde SJ. Includes Fr Hyde's medical report on entering the Society, information compiled by the examiners assessing his suitability for the Society and personal histiory.
Biographical information on Fr Michael Browne SJ
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'Catalogus personarum primus' filled in by Fr Michael Browne SJ (1932), photocopy of obituary in newspaper (1933) and brief biography by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on Fr Browne c.[1985].
Material relating to Fr Thomas Cooney SJ, taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Thomas Cooney SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes photograph, mortuary card, announcement of death, obituary, personal record, and correspondence between Fr Cooney and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Biographical information on Fr Leonard Sheil SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Leonard Sheil SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986-2019), (1984, 1p.);
– biography of Fr Sheil entitled 'Who Travels Alone' by Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ (Dublin: C. Goodliffe Neale (Irel.) Ltd.) (1975, 56pp);
– photocopies from the 'Jesuit Year Book' of an illustrated article by Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ entitled ‘Emigrants’ Priest: Fr. Leonard Sheil, S.J.’ (1969, 9pp) and an illustrated appreciation of Fr Sheil by Very Rev. Joseph Flynn, M.S.S (1969, 5pp).
Also includes appreciation of Fr Sheil by Very Rev. Joseph Flynn, M.S.S., printed in 'Irish Province News' (April 1968, 2pp).
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ
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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)
Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ
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Biographical information Fr John Ffrench SJ which includes 'A few particulars relative to the Hon. and Rev. John Ffrench SJ', Dolllard, Printinghouse, Dublin (1887), 'Memoirs of Father Ffrench of the Society of Jesus', Manresa Press, Roehampton (1898) and copy of a letter from Fr Ffrench, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to Mother Ursula Querk, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo concerning his nephew's accident and his cure due to the intercession of (6 February 1854, 4pp), with note from Sr. M. St. Dominic, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo (20 September 1983).
Articles from Studies on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Photocopies of articles from Studies, Winter 1992, Vol. See also 81, No. 324, on Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ , published on the centenary of his birth: ‘Aubrey Gwynn; The Person’ by Prof. Geoffrey Hand; ‘Aubrey Gwynn: The Scholar’ by Prof. Katherine Walsh and Aubrey Gwynn: The Jesuit’ by Fr Fergus O’Donoghue SJ (pp. 375 – 398).
Studies, 1912-
Biography of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, and memorial card of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ.
O'Donoghue, Fergus, Jesuit priest
Biographical information relating to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Thomas Aloysius Finlay SJ (1848-1940). Includes obituary of Fr Finlay by George O'Brien, Professor of Economics, University College, published in The Economic Journal, The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society, No. 197, Vol. 1, p.157-159 (March 1940, 3pp) and obituary, also by Prof. O'Brien published in the Irish Monthly (March 1940, p.142- 144) originally broadcast on Radio Eireann.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
Material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office
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File of material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport photographs; menology; personal record; announcement of death; obituary; and correspondence between Fr Cryan and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Joseph B Conway SJ
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File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph Conway SJ. Includes passport, photograph, announcement of death, obituary, personal record and correspondence between Fr Conway and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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.
Biographical note on Fr Edmund Hogan SJ by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ
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Biographical note on Fr Edmund Hogan SJ by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Biographical information on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ by Fr Thomas J Morrissey SJ [1980], and catalogue entry by Fr Joseph Darlington SJ (1930).
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Material relating to Fr Dermot Durnin SJ
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Material relating to Fr Dermot Durnin SJ including biographical information, correspondence concerning his health and correspondence relating to the JSA (Jesuit Seminary Association).
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File relating to Br John Ronan SJ, including biographical information and catalogue entry.
Ronan, John 1893-1979, Jesuit brother
Draft of an autobiography of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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Draft of an autobiography of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ. Comprises six non-contiguous section, dealing with his mother’s family ‘The O'Briens of Cahirmoyle’ and his father’s early life. Original holograph manuscript and version typed by a Mrs Hannigan, 13 Church Drive, Churchtown, County Dublin. Manuscript found in an envelope marked ‘Received 15 July 1979 from Mr Hannigan.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Gerald Simms (History Department, T.C.D.) with references to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s family research; Archbishop Thomas Jones and Bishop Lewis Jones. Includes photocopy of an appreciation of the late Dr Simms from the 'Irish Times', written by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (14 April 1979, 1p.).
Simms, John Gerald, 1904-1979, academic and writer
Biographical information on Fr John Coyne SJ
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Biographical information on Fr John Coyne SJ.
Biographical information on Fr Thomas Byrne SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Thomas Byrne SJ.
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Typed manuscript by Fr John Coyne SJ of his memoirs entitled 'Grafted on the Olive Tree. Memories of a Jesuit Past (1906 - 1978)'.
Biographical details on Fr Hilary Lawton SJ
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Biographical details on Fr Hilary Lawton SJ.
Arrupe, Pedro, 1907-1991, Jesuit priest and Father General
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A file relating to Fr Gerald Brangan SJ. Includes biographical information and correspondence concerning his time in Zambia.
Brangan, Gerald, 1912-1978, Jesuit priest
“Father Willie” (Father Willie Doyle, SJ) as part of the “Irish Messenger Series”
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“Father Willie” (Father Willie Doyle, SJ) as part of the “Irish Messenger Series” published by the Irish Messenger Office. Includes a note from Diarmuid [ ], Fitzpatrick’s Book Shop, 12 Cathedral Street, Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin to Fr Fergal [McGrath] SJ in which he refers to a reprint of an insert letter by T. Cain, 22 Limetree Crescent, Cockermouth, Cumberland which corrects Fr Doyle’s date of death.
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Material relating to Fr Joseph B Conway SJ
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Material relating to Fr Joseph B Conway SJ including details of entry to the Society of Jesus, catalogue entry, photograph and correspondence.
Biographical information on Fr John Burden SJ
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Biographical information on Fr John Burden SJ - catalogue entries and obituary.
Biographical essay on the centenary of the birth of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Anonymous [ Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ] biographical essay on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Ffrench, Gregory, 1903-1985, Jesuit priest
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Typed notes by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on an obituary of Fr James Broderick SJ by Fr Philip Caraman SJ. Fr Finegan refutes the suggestion that Fr Broderick was refused admission to the Irish Province on the grounds of his social status.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
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A file relating to biographical material on Fr Brendan Barry SJ, including reference to his death.
Barry, Brendan, 1920-1972, Jesuit priest
Irish mission office material on Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ
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File of Irish mission office material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; personal record; correspondence between Miss Eva Fitzgerald, Patient, Waterford County and City Infirmary, Waterford (sister of Fr Thomas) and Fr Provincial regarding her application for assistance from the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association; and correspondence between Fr Fitzgerald and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
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Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry from Sr Mary Regis, Mercy Convent, Doon, County Limerick, following Fr Leonard Sheil's death. Encloses letters sent to her from Fr Sheil over a number of years and press-cuttings relating to him, in the hope they might be useful to the Society when writing Fr Sheil's biography. States ‘I thought I would like to do a little for him after all he did for me.…When he started his missions in England I used to make pictures & pieties to help him & send them to the different addresses. He sent me accounts of these missions…He never thought of himself, his aim was to use everything he could to bring souls to God… I have kept letters of his since 1939 & all the years of the war & until he wrote before Christmas to announce his illness’ (Aug. 1968, 4pp). Encloses seven letters from Fr Sheil, thanking her for sending badges and medals and discussing her health and his missions. Includes letter in which he remarks ‘…thanks so much for all your lovely pictures and things. They are immensely valued over here. Sometimes indeed religion is not valued, but I hope that these pictures etc. will make it impossible for them to forget the lovely things of Our Faith. One little boy brought five Protestant pals, mostly bigger than himself, to the mission at West Hartlepool. I have had many conversions of people years away from Mass and the Sacraments. Many others have rejected me. The [leak]age of the children when they leave school, & have no Catholic school, and no good parents, is frightful. I start missions again on January 8th at Coventry and near Northampton. They will be very tough, so help me with your prayers. I bless each house I enter, put them on their knees, if they don’t refuse, and instal (sic.) a holy picture’ (28 Dec. 19--, 2pp). Also includes photocopies of clippings on Fr Sheil from various English newspapers (n.d., 4 items).
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Photocopy of brief memoir by Fr Joseph A Shiel SJ 'Jottings over 60 Years'.
Shiel, Joseph A, 1891-1969, Jesuit priest
Biographical information on Fr Richard Ingram SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Richard Ingram SJ. Includes a memorial card.
Catalogue entry and biographical history for Fr John Coyne SJ
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Catalogue entry and biographical history for Fr John Coyne SJ.
Material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ
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Material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ including pasport photogrpah, catalogue entry (1939, 1962 and 1965) and application to join the Society.
Fr Edmund Hogan SJ research on his family
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A file relating to Fr Edmund Hogan SJ research on his family. Includes an offprint of an article by William Hogan entitled 'Rev. Edmund Hogan, S.J. An Eminent Great Island Scholar' published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society (vol. LXX, 1965).
Biographical details on Fr Stephen Brown SJ
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Biographical details on Fr Stephen Brown SJ.
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A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).
Wallace, William, 1863-1922, Jesuit priest
Copies of a memoir written by John Bithrey on Fr Michael Egan SJ
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Copies of a memoir written by John Bithrey (former Jesuit scholastic) on Fr Michael Egan SJ.
Bithrey, John, 1878-1974, former Jesuit scholastic
Biographical material for Fr Patrick Joy SJ
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Birth certificate of Patrick Joy (1892), biographical entry (1930) and black and white photograph of Fr Patrick Joy SJ (May 1961) by Lorna Madden, artist photographer, 50 Highfield Park, Dundrum Road, Dublin
Biographical information on Fr Francis M Browne SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Francis M Browne SJ.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
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Brief biographical details on Br Edward Mordaunt SJ.
Mordaunt, Edward, 1865-1957, Jesuit brother
Biographical details of Fr Lambert McKenna SJ
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A file containing biographical details of Fr Lambert McKenna SJ.
Biographical information on Fr Robert St Leger SJ
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A file relating to biographical information on Fr Robert St Leger SJ, and the origins of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly.
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Annotated manuscript addressed to Irish Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ entitled, ‘Brother Fennell’s Story of 1916-1928: A Jesuit Octogenarian’s Account of Certain Partly or Entirely Unknown Propagandist Efforts of His in Years Gone By’ with accompanying envelopes.
Manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’
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Annotated manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’ sent to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, with accompanying letter.
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Two copies of a letter from Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, Naas, County Kildare to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, explaining the nature and history of his propagandist writings.
Portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing
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A file containing portions of envelopes concerning Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ’s writing. Instructions on the envelopes ask that they be left unopened until a week/eight weeks after Br Fennell’s death. File also includes biographical details.
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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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Biographical information on Fr Stephen Bartley SJ.
Bartley, Stephen, 1890-1955, Jesuit priest
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Biographical information on Fr Bartholomew Coghlan SJ.
Coghlan, Bartholomew, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
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Mini autobiography by James Donoghue (1899) and memorial card (1954).
Donoghue, James, 1867-1954, Jesuit brother
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A file relating to Fr James Whitaker SJ. Includes biographical details and information on his family (family history written in 1895 by James Whitaker, Senior) including his brother (Br Francis de Sales Whitaker O.S.J.D, M.B. (Co-founder of the House of St John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin).
Letter from James Whitaker (father), writing from Mooresfort, County Tipperary to Fr Patrick Hughes SJ. Encloses a cheque for £15 to cover his son James Whitaker’s half-yearly pension (not included). Adds that his son Frank is in Clongowes, and that he intends to send another son there (2pp, 25 May 1887).
Whitaker, James, 1865-1952, Jesuit priest
Biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ
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A file containing biographical information on Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ.
Biographical information on Fr Richard Devane SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Richard Devane SJ, including catalogue entry (1930).
Biographical details of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ
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Biographical details of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ.
'Father Michael Browne, S.J., 1853-1933'
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'Father Michael Browne, S.J., 1853-1933' by Fr Thomas Hurley SJ, published by Clonmore & Reynolds, Ltd..
Hurley, Thomas, 1890-1976, Jesuit priest
Biographical material on Fr Arthur Little SJ
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A file containing biographical material on Fr Arthur Little SJ.
Biographical information on Fr William Kane SJ
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A file containing biographical information on Fr William Kane SJ.
Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ. Includes:
– extract on Fr Gill from the Catalogus personarum primus (1930, 2pp);
– potted biography of Fr Gill by Fr John A Leonard SJ (n.d., 1p.);
– photocopies of newspaper obituaries of Fr Gill (27 Nov. 1945, 1p.);
– photocopies of obituaries from 'The Belvederian' and 'The Clongownian' (1946, 1p. each) and
– photocopy of an obituary printed in the 'Irish Province News', (Jan 1946, 3pp).
Biographical information relating to Fr Michael McGrath SJ
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Biographical information relating to Fr Michael McGrath SJ.
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Newspaper articles and leaflets on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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File of newspaper articles and leaflets on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ collected by his brother Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes references in ‘Le Pays Wallon’, ‘The Catholic Gazette’, ‘The Grail’, ‘The Commonweal’, ‘Le Rappel’, ‘The Irish Catholic’; some letters to Fr Charles Doyle SJ interspersed with these articles relating to Fr Willie.
Doyle, Charles, 1870-1949, Jesuit priest
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Biographical information on Br John Brady SJ.
Brady, John, 1878-1944, Jesuit brother
Biographical information on Fr Charles Harold Barrett SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Charles Harold Barrett SJ.
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Catalohue entry and obituary for Fr John Gabriel Byrne SJ.
Byrne, John Gabriel, 1873-1943, Jesuit priest
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Biographical information on Fr William Byrne SJ.
Byrne, William, 1868-1943, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher
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Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher. Includes Frank's anti-treaty material, material relating to the Irish civil war, letters from Frank to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (17 January - 4 August 1923, 9 items) and letter from Joseph Cripps to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (30 August 1923, 1p). Includes some biographical information on Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ.
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Note on Br Thomas Connell SJ.
Connell, Thomas, 1874-1942, Jesuit brother
Letters of condolence following Fr Thomas Finlay’s death to Fr Provincial Laurence C. Kieran SJ
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Letters of condolence following Fr Thomas Finlay’s death to Fr Provincial Laurence C. Kieran SJ, from various organisations with which Fr Finlay was associated. Includes letters from the Senate of the National University of Ireland, the Trustees of the National Library, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society, the Central Savings Committee, the Council of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Cavan Urban District Council, the Irish Technical Education Association, the Templecrone Co-operative Agricultural Society and University College Dublin.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
Newspaper and magazines reviews of ‘Merry in God’
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Newspaper and magazines reviews of ‘Merry in God’ (Father William Doyle, S.J.)
Extracts commenting on Prof O'Rahilly’s book
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Handwritten extracts from various journals and periodicals commenting on Prof Alfred O'Rahilly’s book.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Reviews to Alfred O'Rahilly’s book Fr William Doyle SJ
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Reviews and press cuttings relating to Professor Alfred O'Rahilly’s book Father William Doyle, S.J., C.F..
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Notes made by Prof Alfred O'Rahilly on his book
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Notes made by Prof. Alfred O'Rahilly on his book.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Notes made on Fr Willie Doyle’s early career
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Notes made by [Fr Frank Browne SJ] on Fr Doyle's early career (n.d., 8pp), ‘missionary’ career from 1910 to 1915 (n.d., 17pp) and ‘military career’ (n.d., 11pp) and notes, including extracts from the book (n.d., 9pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters to Alfred O'Rahilly from various members of the public relating to his book
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Letters to Professor Alfred O'Rahilly from various members of the public relating to his book on Fr Doyle.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
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A file containing biographical details on Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ including recollecting by a Jesuit in 1933 (when a novice in 1873), list of Italian Jesuits who came to Ireland in 1860.
‘The Din of Battle- The Story of Father William Doyle, S.J. for Boys’
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‘The Din of Battle- The Story of Father William Doyle, S.J. for Boys’ by Fr Gerald Kelly SJ.
Kelly, Gerald, Jesuit priest
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Booklet entitled “Fr. Willie”; part of the Irish Messenger series. Subtitled ‘His world-wide appeal and favours attributed to his intercession’. Contains a short reflection on his life and a list of reports from around the world of how Fr Doyle’s intercession, when invoked, benefited those who sought it.
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’
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Article entitled ‘A Chaplain’s Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’. Recounts Fr Doyle’s time as an army chaplain in the First World War. Also includes a print-out of pages from a web-site dedicated to Fr Doyle. Accompanied by a note to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, Province Archivist, explaining their provenance.
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Biographical information on Fr Thomas Claffey SJ.
Claffey, Thomas, 1853-1931, Jesuit priest