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‘Berehaven…the beautiful’

Leaflet, ‘Berehaven…the beautiful’ with photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (1897)'

Album, with note on inside ‘Positive pack 1 (2897) Suggest No.2: Menton, France & No.17: Arch of Titus, Rome. Photographs have been removed from the album. Pencil annotations on the album (not in Mr Frank Browne SJ hand) are in written here in italic.

  1. Sister Josephine, Ursuline, b. 1870
  2. Menton (on reverse) ‘Photo taken by Fr Earley. Stormy on the sands at Humewood P.E. Nov – 1902’. (Humewood is a coastal area, Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
  3. Cobh (on reverse) - ‘To dearest Joe With love From Sissie Oct. 31st 1902.
  4. Menton
  5. Rome
  6. Rome
  7. Rome
  8. Fontana de Trevi (Rome)
  9. (Menton, France)
  10. Venice
  11. San Marcs, Venice
  12. Doge’s Palace, Venice
  13. Via Appia
  14. Via Appia
  15. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  16. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  17. Arch of Titus, Rome
  18. Rome
  19. Rome
  20. (Tour of Italy, Greece)
  21. Pompeii?
  22. Pompeii?
  23. Naples
  24. Genoa
  25. Rome
  26. Rome?
  27. (altar)
  28. Venice
  29. Milan
  30. (Switzerland)
  31. (Switzerland?)
  32. (Switzerland?)
  33. (Switzerland?)
  34. (Switzerland?)
  35. (Switzerland?) 35
  36. Menton?
  37. Cork
  38. 1 38 Sheet 2 Cork
  39. 2 39 Timahoe
  40. 3 40 Switzerland
  41. 4 41 Switzerland?
  42. 5 42 Switzerland? Bellanzama?
  43. 7 43
  44. 8 44 Monte Carlo?

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Appointment of Fr Frank Browne SJ as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class

  • IE IJA J/7/8
  • File
  • 14 March & 25 August 1919; 14 September 1921
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).

British Army, 1660-

Assortment of Martin and Browne family photographs, taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ

Assortment of Martin and Browne family photographs, taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ.

  1. Clifford Browne, aged 1, son of James Browne M.D., and nephew of Fr Frank Browne SJ, in studio photograph (c.1908);
  2. [Clifford Browne], [c.1911];
  3. Studio portrait of Robert (Bertie) Joseph Francis Martin, aged 14. (November 1913);
  4. Child recuperating in hospital bed, ‘3 days after’;
  5. Woman with laughing child [Clifford Browne's wife with daughter);
  6. Outside Fort Villas, Cork;
  7. Unknown woman with cat;
  8. [Ursula Martin] with child. Method of photograph on reverse;
  9. Unknown woman with chick on her shoulder – insignia on sleeve;
  10. Unknown child;
  11. Unknown woman;
  12. Unknown woman;
  13. Three children playing;
  14. [John Martin], [c.1956];
  15. Ursula Martin on her wedding day, [c.1946];

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Biographical material on Blessed Dominic Collins SJ

Biographical material on Dominic Collins SJ, martyred in Youghal, County Cork on 31 October 1602. Includes:
– copy of a typescript by Fr Bryan C. Fennelly SJ on Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 5pp);
– copy of an Appeal by the Youghal Martyrs’ Memorial Committee to raise a memorial for Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 2pp) ;
– photocopy of a cutting from the 'Southern Star' concerning Br Dominic Collins SJ (26 December 1959, 1p.) and
– article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled 'The Beatifies Martyrs of Ireland (6) Dominic Collins' in Irish Theological Quarterly 65 (2000, 9pp).

Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College

A file relating to the Burses founded in the Apostolic School, Mungret College but given to All Hallows. Includes note explaining the provenance of the correspondence (25 September 1977) and documents such as; Lord Emly Burse (January 1883, 2 items); Boyce Burse (23 June 1905 - 10 October 1910, 5 items); Michael Leahy bequest (20 October 1909 - 31 May 1912, 4 items); Madeline Josephine M. Sampson Burse (St. Marie Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, 3 May - 6 June 1913, 2 items); Canon Doyle Burse (24 October - 28 November 1922, 5 items); letter from Fr O'Donnell SJ to Fr Edward Cahill SJ relating to ‘De Jure Burses’ (12 September [ ], 4pp).

Cabinet cards for Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne

Cabinet cards for Fr Robert Browne (and later as bishop of Cloyne) by Lafayette, William Lawrence, Russell & Sons and Elliott & Fry (1894-1935); framed photographs of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne and with caption, not by Fr Browne on reverse (February 1931); photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of his dead uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, laid out in his room (1935) and newspaper notice of his burial place.

Lafayette, photographer

Carte postale from Fr Frank Browne SJ, Lourdes, France to his brother, Fr William Browne, Bishop’s House, Queenstown, Cork

Carte postale from Fr Frank Browne SJ, Loudres, France to his brother, Fr William Browne, Bishop’s House, Queenstown, Cork with a photograph of Fr Frank Browne SJ and soldiers on the obverse. Individuals are named. Blank carte postale of Fr Browne and and Irish Guards outside entrance to a church in Loudres.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Charles Kennedy, 151 Capel Street and 17 Mountjoy Square, Dublin

  • IE IJA KENN
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1901

Material relates to the life and work of Charles Kennedy and to a lesser extent, James Kennedy. Includes large amount of correspondence and receipts, 1871-1901;

Material related to Jervis Street Hospital. Includes correspondence, report wills, plans, fundraising committee meetings, 1876-1902;

Wills, land details on property on Capel Street, Mountjoy Square; correspondence between Charles Kennedy and business associates, friends and relations including Chief Baron Christopher Palles. Wills and receipts related to Laurence, Richard and James Devereux, Distillers, Wexford Distillery, Kilkenny and land in Wexford. Receipts including from the Royal Yacht Club, the Smithwicks in Kilkenny. 1875-1884;

Material relates to a nephew of Charles Kennedy, Charles Doyle (wife, Lizzie Doyle, and daughter Rosetta). Charles Doyle appears to be a serial conman (at one stage changes his name to Edward Gerard) and Charles Kennedy corresponds with fellow family members in Ireland and abroad, priests in the UK and Citeaux, France and reformatories about Charles Doyle’s criminal behaviour and imprisonment in Austria, the U. S. and France. Chief Baron Christopher Palles was a brother-in-law of Charles Doyle.1872-1899;

Correspondence between Rosetta Doyle, Youghal, Fermoy, Killarney and Taunton, Somerset and her grand uncle, Charles Kennedy, 151 Capel Street and 17 Mountjoy Square, Dublin.

Correspondence between Lizzie Doyle, Youghal, Cork and her uncle, Charles Kennedy, 151 Capel Street and 17 Mountjoy Square. Relates to her time as a student at the Loreto convent, Youghal and issues such as family matters, school fees; 1875-1889.

Kennedy, Charles, benefactor

Copy of a letter from James Marshall, Richmond House, Roehampton Park SW, London, England to Cardinal Newman concerning his return to Africa

Xerox copy of a letter from James Marshall, Richmond House, Roehampton Park SW, London, England to Cardinal Newman concerning his return to Africa '...sorely against what I may call my "home" feelings.' Remarks that he was asked by Lord Aberdare to accept the position of Chief Justice of Nigeria but for personal reasons he refused this offer and instead agreed to take on the responsibility of organising a judicial system '...on the distinct understanding that I might come away as soon as I liked. This I have accepted on the condition I was to take out a barrister with me who would take up the post when I left.' Continues 'My thoughts at once turned to barristers who had been at the Oratory School...it is now settled and arranged that Mr. W. V. Kane of the Dublin Bar and an O.S. boy is to go out with me and remain as C(hief) J(ustice).' Asks for Cardinal Newman's blessing.

Marshall, Sir, James, 1829-1889, former Scottish Anglican clergyman and Chief Justice of the Gold Coast

Correspondence between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Irish Fr Provincials

  • IE IJA J/300/4
  • File
  • 12 October 1936 - 30 August 1989
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of correspondence between Fr Robert Nash SJ and Irish Fr Provincials concerning his schedules of missions and retreats, publications, places of residence, donations and issues arising from his articles in the ‘Irish Press’. Also contains the censor’s report on an early pamphlet, ‘Not Yours’ and death notice and obituaries.

Correspondence on the republican procession at Bodenstown, County Kildare

Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and various Jesuits regarding an incident which took place at the graveyard in Bodenstown, County Kildare during a Republican procession from Sallins to the grave of Wolf Tone, in which Fr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ played a prominent role in preventing an outbreak of violence.

Deed of Covenant between Thomas Waters and John Waters and Jesuit fathers

Parties:
Thomas Waters, Esquire, Carrigdoone, Blackrock, County Cork and John Waters of Montenotte, County Cork of the one part and Rev. Timothy Kenny, S.J., Rev. Thomas Kelly, S.J. and Rev. John Verdon, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £1,888 on 31 December by Thomas Waters and John Waters to the parties of the other part and £1,000 plus interest to be paid at a later date provided 6 months notice is given.

File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ

File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with members of family

Fr Frank Browne SJ, in chaplains uniform, with various members of his family, including:

  • studio portrait with his brother Fr William and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, 1916;
  • postcards with his brother Fr William, sisters Ellen Mary Browne and Margaret Martin (Cork) and uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
    • with his brother Fr William, uncle Robert, bishop of Cloyne, sister and other, with motor-car, outside The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
  • having afternoon tea with four others;
    • on a bench with four other people [his brother, Dr Browne];
    • soldier with girl, The Palace, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork;
  • postcard with photograph on obverse of Fr William Browne aiming a rifle. Note and poem written by Fr William Browne to his brother Fr Frank Browne SJ (28 March 1916 );
  • postcard of Fr William Browne, Fr Frank Browne SJ and their sister, with St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Cork. In the background;

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Fr Franz Schrenk SJ

  • IE IJA J/548
  • File
  • 9 February 1939-15 August 1992
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing material relating to Fr Frank Schrenk's transcription from the Austrian to the Irish Province and his time as a teacher at Belvedere College, Dublin.

Schrenk, Franz, 1909-1992, Jesuit priest

Fr James T Casey SJ

A file relating to Fr James T Casey SJ including biographical information.

Casey, James Thomas, 1907-1985, Jesuit priest

Fr Michael J O'Reilly SJ

Material relating to Fr Michael J O'Reilly SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record and application to join the Society.

O'Reilly, Michael J, 1909-1975, Jesuit priest

Fr Patrick Coffey SJ

A file relating to Fr Patrick Coffey SJ. Includes biographical information, correspondence, concerning his health during his early years in the Society and correspondence during his time in England working in parishes in Birmingham and London.

Coffey, Patrick, 1909-1983, Jesuit priest

Fr Patrick Power SJ

  • IE IJA J/551
  • File
  • 23 April 1923 - 8 March 1996
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing Fr Patrick Power’s admission papers and correspondence relating to his illness and death.

Power, Patrick, 1907-1995, Jesuit priest

Fr Sean Noonan SJ

  • IE IJA J/513
  • File
  • 21 July 1938 - 4 January 1995
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File containing material relating to Sean Noonan's admission to the Society and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials relating to mission work, the provincial congregation and his final illness.

Noonan, Seán, 1919-1995, Jesuit priest

Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ

Glass plate negatives taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ which includes:
Mungret College Third Club, 1925;
Mungret College Third Club snaps - Official’s excursion 1925 - 12 negatives;
Mungret College hurling team, 1925;
Luke Wadding, June 1925;
Lismore Castle, July 1925;
Interior of St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, July 1925;
Philosophers at Mungret College, July 1925;
Tomb in St Mary’s Church, Youghal, Cork, taken under the impression that it was of the Countess of Desmond.
Retreat group taken about 9 August 1925 (Mungret?);
Lady Emly (deathbed), September 1925;
Celtic cross (numbered 90);

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Group photographs and negatives belonging to Fr Pádraic Ó Brólcháin SJ

File of group photographs and negatives belonging to Fr Pádraic Ó Brólcháin SJ. Includes:

  • Juniors Villa, Gormanstown Castle, County Meath, 1930;
  • Juniors 1932;
  • Juniorate 1933;
  • Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, 1933;
  • Irish speaking villa to Roundstone, County Galway [1935] and [1936];
  • Clongowes Wood College villa in Glengarriff, County Cork, 1938;
  • Milltown Park, Dublin [1940 - 41].

All photographs include Fr. Pádraic Ó Brólcháin S.J.

Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ

Holograph letter from Michael Fogarty, bishop of Killaloe to Fr Frank Browne SJ regarding the notes of Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne with sermon note with headed paper, Bishop’s House, Cobh. Includes pamphlet entitled ‘Panegyric on Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, delivered at the Month’s Mind, in the Cathedral, Cobh, on the 2nd May 1935, by Most Rev. Dr, Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe’. 12pp.

Fogarty, Michael, 1859-1955, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe

Holograph letters from Dr Thomas Croke, St Colman's College, Fermoy, Cork

  • IE IJA J/7/74
  • File
  • 16 September 1858-29 December 1859
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Holograph letters from Dr Thomas Croke, St Colman's College, Fermoy, Cork (later archbishop) to Margaret Browne, mother of Bob (Robert Browne): ‘Bob is a very excellent boy. He is not far from being the first in his class’ (3 November 1858).

Croke, Thomas William, 1823-1902, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel

Holograph letters to Fr Robert Browne

  • IE IJA J/7/77
  • File
  • 4 July 1875; April 1887
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Holograph letters to Fr Robert Browne (later bishop of Cloyne), uncle of Fr Frank Browne SJ, appointing him Professor at St Colman’s College, Fermoy from the President, St Colman’s College, William Fitzgerald (4 July 1875) and as Canon of Cloyne diocese from the bishop of Cloyne, John MacCarthy, (7 April 1887).

Fitzgerald, William, President of St Colman's College

Jesuits ordained at Milltown Park

Jesuits ordained at Milltown Park, including Fr Frank Browne and his uncle, Robert Browne, bishop of Cloyne, on mounted card.

Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain

Letter from [ ] D. Murphy to Fr William Ronan SJ concerning a scheme for Mungret and objections to the scheme

Letter from [ ] D. Murphy, Cork Club, Cork to Fr William Ronan SJ concerning a scheme for Mungret and objections to the scheme that must be considered by the Judicial Commissioners. Gives advice 'I do not think you can do better than make use of the ready talent and quick wit of Charlie Doyle, who beside being an old Jesuit boy, has a local knowledge which will stand him in good stead'.

Letter from F McGovern, Provincial Archivist, Society of African Missions to Fr Senan Timoney SJ, concerning material from the SMA archives relating to William Kane SJ

Letter from F McGovern, Provincial Archivist, Society of African Missions, SMA Fathers, Blackrock Road, Cork to Fr Senan Timoney SJ, Provincial Secretary, Society of Jesus, 87 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 concerning material from the SMA archives relating to Fr William Kane SJ, during his time as Chief Justice of Nigeria.

Society of African Missions, Roman Catholic Missoners, 1856-

Letter from Fr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a visit made by Fr Cahill to Cork where he delivered a series of lectures

Letter from Fr Cyril Power SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a visit made by Fr Cahill to Cork where he delivered a series of lectures. Remarks 'Regarding the matter of Fr Cahill's lectures I am in complete agreement with your Reverence's views - no later than today complaints were made to me regarding what he said...I think he should only be allowed to speak from Mss which has first been censored.'

Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Cork to l’Abbé McDonald, Louvain

Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, writing from Cork, to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. Reports on the end of the academic year in Clongowes. Describes Academy Day, on which some of the scholars who are leaving the school perform and recite. Explains that he is down in Cork on family and other business. Refers to the opening of Belvedere the following September. Asks about members of the community in Louvain. Announces that Fr Peter Kenney SJ is to go to Rome.

Letter from Fr Thomas William Croke, President of St Colman’s College, Cork, to an unnamed Jesuit father where he regrets that he does not have the time to undertake the panegyric of St Ignatius

Letter from Fr Thomas William Croke, President of St Colman’s College, Fermoy, County Cork, to an unnamed Jesuit father. Regrets that he does not have the time to undertake the panegyric of St. Ignatius. Expresses his admiration for the latter, and for the Society in general.

Croke, Thomas William, 1823-1902, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ

Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Mr Joseph Hurley SJ concerning faults he must correct before progressing to Theology.

Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Cloyne, requesting permission to open a Jesuit house in his diocese

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Ahern, Bishop of Cloyne, requesting permission to open a Jesuit house in his diocese upon the successful purchase of a property in East Ferry, Cobh, county Cork. Includes two responses from Bishop Ahern refusing this request.

O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on-board the Titanic

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.

Odell, Lily

Letter to Robert Haly SJ from F.S. O'Mahony SJ, St Louis College, Aix, describing meeting a priest from Clonakilty and his holiday

Letter to Robert Haly SJ, Fribourg, Switzerland from F.S. O'Mahony, SJ, St Louis College, Aix. Describes meeting a priest from Clonakilty in the Grey Friars monastery in Aix, provides news of their mutual ‘old friends in Picardy’, describes his fortnight’s villa (holiday) at Amiens, his surroundings in Provence and states that there are 1050 boys and 63 Jesuits ‘without counting laybrothers and employe(e)s’ at St Acheul.

Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist

Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Laurence Kearns SJ written during his time as a chaplain

Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Laurence Kearns SJ written during his time as a chaplain serving with various anti-aircraft units: 117 Z.A.A. Battery, 7 (M) Z.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery: Stockton-on-Tees; 107 Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Surrey; 32 Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: France; 52nd Lowland Scottish Infantry Division, 157 Infantry Brigade: Holland, Germany, Belsen and in Garrisson Catholic Church, Bordon, Hants. Includes:

  • his first letter to the Provincial from Edinburgh (18 September 1943, 2pp);
    – photographs of Fr Kearns blessing the graves of British falen 1940 and his driver, Liet. Joseph McPatlan (November, December 1944, 6 items: 8½cm x 6cm);
    – copies of extracts from Irish Province News on the chaplains (14 – 28 January 1945, 2 items, 1p. each);
    – letters describing his car accident (24 June 1945, 8pp), operations to rebuild his damaged face and his convalescence (11 July – 21 December 1945, 5 items).

Kearns, Laurence M, 1912-1986, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letters concerning the appointment of a Professor of Catholic Theology to the National University in succession to Fr Peter Finlay SJ

Copy letter from the Irish Fr Provincial to Dr Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne and the Bishop’s reply concerning the appointment of a Professor of Catholic Theology to the National University in succession to Fr Peter Finlay SJ who had resigned the post. Includes letter from Dr David Keane, Bishop of Limerick to Fr John Hannon SJ, Fr Finlay’s successor.

Browne, Robert, 1844-1935, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne

Letters from Fr Tom Counihan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials

  • IE IJA J/461/1
  • File
  • 8 January 1933 - 25 August 1979
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters from Fr Tom Counihan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials concerning various topics including:

  • community life;
  • retreats conducted by Fr Counihan;
  • work with the SMA's and CB's;
  • work with the Youth Commission.

Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1907-1915

  • IE IJA J/2/82
  • File
  • 28 July 1907 - 6 November 1915
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of holograph letters and typewritten letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ concerning his ordination at Milltown Park (28 July 1907); tertianship at L’ Ancienne Abbaye, Tronchiennes, Belgium to his mother and father, his sister Mai and brother Charles (October 1907 - 21 July 1908); attending a mission in Great Yarmouth (20 April 1908); work as a minister at Belvedere College to his sister Mai (April - July 1909); at the Convent of St John of God, Wexford to his sister Mai (2 August 1910); at Enghien, Belgium to his father (2 - 14 October 1912); while giving missions in Clare, Cork, Limerick and Dublin and working at Rathfarnham Castle, to his father and sister Mai (20 March 1914 - 6 November 1915).

Letters from John Edward Pigot to Dr Charles Russell

A file of letters from John Edward Pigot to Dr Charles Russell. Includes letters concerning the establishment of a club '...to serve (as) a social centre to the Catholic body (4 November 1858, 4pp and 10 November 1858, 8pp).

Pigot, John Edward, 1822-1871, Young Irelander, writer, musician, and lawyer

Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.

Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin

Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti

A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858

The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:

25 March 1859; George [ ]

7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]

17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely

23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot

19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]

4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke

25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman

11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ

16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen

6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari

13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)

3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via

22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis

n.d.; Auguste Donnet

19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle

11 February 1859; [Fernando]

21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]

5 May 1858; Thomas Grant

5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation

19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones

4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix

23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company

6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis

[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)

17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)

25 May 1858; John Morris

[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat

5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves

19 April 1852; James Roche

2 March 1858; James Hope Scott

12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman

15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth

[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote

5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley

15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti

9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]

19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th

29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts

[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Liam Ó Buachalla, Cork, relating to the history of the diocese of Cork and Cloyne

  • IE IJA J/10/166
  • File
  • 29 December 1965 - 7 March 1966
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Liam Ó Buachalla, Cork, relating to the history of the diocese of Cork and Cloyne; - the Uí Toirdhealbhaigh ‘the subsept to which Brian Ború, the Ua hEnna’s and Ua hAailgenis belonged’;

  • the O Sealbhaig family and numerous other points with regard to Fr Gwynn’s article ‘Bishop of Cork in the Twelfth Century’ in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (July 1950);
    his work helping ‘to edit a voluminous…(manuscript)…History of Diocese of Cork left by the late Canon Cahalane’;
  • the history of Cloyne from the ninth to the eleventh centuries;
  • Nehemias, Bishop of Cloyne who died in 1149;
  • the Arrouaisians in Cork (see also J10/153; 195; 227; 228).
    Encloses typescript notes by Ó Buachalla entitled ‘Diocese of Cloyne’ (n.d., 4pp).

Letters to Fr Robert Haly SJ

  • IE IJA J/473/5
  • Item
  • 26 April 1810 - 8 December 1869
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

A file of letters written by various people to Fr Robert Haly SJ:

  • Includes a letter from Fr Murphy SJ referring to the polka. Remarks '…I do not consider it, absolutely speaking, a proximate occasion of sin, as I have the assurance of some reliable young persons of both sexes that they never found any harm in it (nd, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from Patrick Drinan SJ, Sant' Andrea, Rome describing his life as a novice in the Society of Jesus. Describes his fellow novices (21 March 1825, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Hardwicke Street, Dublin referring to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ. Remarks that he has returned from the Isle of Man. Continues '…(he has) done much good amongst those poor neglected Catholics. But now they are without a priest and of course will fall back again into the old way.' (28 August 1825, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from Prout concerning his ordination to Deaconship ([ ] 1828, 1p).
  • Includes a letter from Fr St Leger SJ. Refers to the woods at Clongowes. Remarks that new trees have been planted and hundreds of old trees have been cut down. Refers to Daniel O'Connell 'Mr O'Connell hopes to enter Parliament by a clause in the Act of Union which only requires the oath of abjuration, which was abolished…C. Butler of London has published his opinion that Mr O'Connell's admittance to Parliament cannot be refused according to law…' Includes a note from Fr Peter Kenney SJ at the end of the letter concerning the death of Fr Haly's uncle, Robert in Calcutta on 27 July 1826 (30 September, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from [ ], Clongowes Wood College concerning Christmas celebrations in Clongowes. Refers to the church services and remarks that the Parisian Cope made its first appearance and 'dazzled the natives'. Remarks that the number of scholars in the college is small and many vacancies exist. Refers to Fr Aylmer and Fr St Leger and their plans to erect a new chapel in Dublin. Refers to Fr Moran's departure for Buenos Ayres. Refers to the political situation in Ireland and Daniel O'Connell's determination to go to Parliament (5 January 1829, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from George Oliver, St Nicholas' Priory, Exeter containing queries about members of the Society in Ireland for a publication he is preparing (17 July 1838, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ concerning his stay in Rome. Describes dining with Fr General on St Stanislaus Day (23 November 1838, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from Patrick Sheehan SJ, Roman College concerning news from Rome and general Society matters. Reports that Fr General is pleased with all the Provinces under his direction and has expressed a wish to open a Japanese Mission (30 November 1838, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Al Gesu, Rome enclosing a sketch of his design for the altar at St Francis Xavier's Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin (9 February 1842, 3pp).
  • Includes a transcription of the same letter, 9 February 1842, by Fr Francis Finegan SJ [1975].
  • Includes a letter from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde, SJ, San Calcedonio, Malta concerning the suspension of Fr Rillo by the Bishop. Remarks that the business has become public due to the intervention of Lord Clifford (25 July 1842, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from John Cunningham SJ, Rome. Refers to the political situation in Ireland and Daniel O'Connell. Refers to Fr Rillo and remarks that he is no longer in Malta. Remarks '…after his justification had been fully established he removed to Palermo. Mr Esmonde is authorised to select whom he pleases to succeed the former.' (25 November 1843, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from Fr Esmonde concerning his missionary work in Malta. Remarks 'I have a curious time of it here, strange folks as if all the odd fish of the Mediterranean had climbed up on this rock.' Refers to a new church opened by the Protestants on the island. Refers to the power of the government a governor of the island who control everything (15 November 1844, 2pp).
  • Includes a letter from John Lynch, SJ, Church of St Joseph, Willings Alley, Philadelphia, PA describing his surroundings (1 February 1840, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from John Gaffney concerning the Archbishop's (Dr Cullen) decision to prohibit the dancing of the polka. Discusses the implications of this decision and expresses the opinion that the Society should not pursue a different course of action to the clergy of Dublin and rural areas (20 January 1858, 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from Bishop George Browne of Elphin concerning a retreat to be conducted by Fr Robert Haly SJ. Refers to the parishioners eagerness for a mission (19 April 1858, 3pp).
  • Includes a letter from the Bishop of Clonfert, John Derry agreeing to consecrate the Society's church in Galway (11 May 186[ ]), 4pp).
  • Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ granting Fr Haly privileges with regard to his mission work (26 September 1867, 3pp).
    Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ advising Fr Haly on how to deal with confessors who declare they are members of the Fenians (8 December 1869, 4p

Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from his nephew George in Inniscarrig House, Cork

  • IE IJA J/18/32
  • File
  • 4 May 1914 - 17 July 1918
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

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 Irish Fr Provincial Edmund J O'Reilly SJ

A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund J O'Reilly SJ (term as Fr Provincial 1863 - 19 April 1870). Includes an index/précis to the letters by [ ]. Other letters including undated letters have been added to, but not described, Fr E O'Reilly's list, J455.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael O'Meara SJ written during his time as a chaplain

Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael O'Meara SJ written during his time as a chaplain in Squire’s Gate Camp, Lytham St Annes, Blackpool; Abbots Lea, Woolton, Liverpool; Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire; Park Lea, Park Lane, Salford; Upper Chine School, Shanklin, Isle of Wight; with the 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, B.L.A. in France and Holland; 8th Infantry Brigade, B.A.O.R. in Egypt and I.S. Lan. R., M.E.F. in Egypt.

O'Meara, Michael F, 1909-1998, Jesuit priest and chaplain

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