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- 1854-2000 (Creation)
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The Irish Province of the Society of Jesus is the local branch of the Society of Jesus, one of the largest religious orders in the Catholic Church, was formed in 1860, having been a Vice-Province from 1830. When Fr Peter Kenney SJ, led the Jesuits back to Ireland in 1814 after the Suppression of the Society (1773-1814) his first action was to open a new school at Clongowes Wood College. In the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century the Order was associated with training Catholics to take on a leadership role in the emerging independent Ireland.
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The Catholic University of Ireland was formally inaugurated in 1854 with John H. Newman as rector. The Royal University of Ireland was an examining body only and did not provide tuition. Irish Jesuits ran 'St Patrick's House', as part of the Catholic University, from 1877, at 86 and 87, St. Stephen’s Green. Irish Jesuits decided to establish their own college, St Ignatius College, Dublin, Temple Street, Dublin in 1882. By October 1883, the trustees of the Catholic University of Ireland leased to the Society of Jesus the University buildings of 84 and 85 with gardens, and the two uppermost stories of 86 St. Stephen's Green (including the Aula Maxima and rooms over it) which were given the new name of University College, Dublin. In 1908 the National University of Ireland came into existence. In 1909 the Jesuit community left St Stephen’s Green for a new residence at 35 Lower Leeson Street.
Papers of the Catholic University (1854), the Royal University of Ireland (1883 - 1908) called University College Dublin and the National University of Ireland (1908), St. Stephen’s Green.
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All items retained permanently.
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No further accruals.
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Material was catalogued in 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: www.jesuitarchives.ie
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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Publication note
'A page of Irish history: story of University College, Dublin, 1883-1909'. Irish Jesuits. Talbot Press (1930).
Publication note
Gwynn SJ, Fr Aubrey, ‘The Jesuit fathers and University College', Michael Tierney (ed.), 'Struggle with fortune: a miscellany for the centenary of the Catholic University of Ireland, 1854-1954'. Browne & Nolan (1954).
Publication note
Morrissey SJ, Thomas J. 'Towards a National University: William Delany SJ (1835-1924'). Wolfhound Press (1983).
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- Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830- (Subject)
- University College Dublin, 1854- (Subject)
- Catholic University of Ireland, 1854-1911 (Subject)
- Royal University of Ireland, 1879-1909 (Subject)
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1998, 2004, 2006 and 2007