Notes made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ concerning Fr Gerard Hopkins's books. Includes:
– memorandum recording an inquiry into ‘the annotated books of Hopkins’ from a Dr. James Cotter, New York, in summer 1976, ‘I wrote to him (Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ) June 21st 1977…I received no acknowledgement. He was on a visit to…Inishannon, Co. Cork’ (n.d., 1p.);
– ‘1st Memorandum re Hopkins’ Books. Sept. 8th…1976’ noting how Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ spent a summer examining all the books in the library in 1947; how Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, on becoming Province Archivist in 1975 ‘received a few enquiries about these books. Nobody in the community knew anything about them’, how he wrote to Fr Bischoff about the matter. ‘In August 1976, I found ten of these books in the lower shelf of the press immediately outside my room. I have identified them and list is herewith. There was a typed note…(by)… Fr Gwynn in the press (See J11/17) stating that the books belonged to or were used by Hopkins. I made a card index of all the books…I have marked H those certainly connected with Hopkins.’ (8 September 1976, 1p.);
– ‘2nd Memo’: ‘At present certainly identified with Hopkins 5, probably 2’ and lists them (8 September 1976, 1p.)

Notes on the will of Fr John Austin by Fr Thomas Betagh contained in 'Directorium ad rite legendas horas canónicas missasque celebrandas' (Bernard McMahon Press, Dublin, with P. Wogan, & P. Bean, No. 23, Old Bridge, 1783). Includes:

• Memoranda of my Executorship under Mr Austin's will;
• accounts to Mary Ann Austin, daughter of Richard Austin deceased, apprentice to Mary Magennis,1784;
• accounts to Mary Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, sent to Miss Mullaly's school 1785, travelled to Spain 1786. Returned from Spain without serving her indented time and arrived in Dublin, 15 May 1788;
• accounts to Francis Austin, son of Richard Austin, apprentice to a Glover, 1787;
• accounts Jane Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, apprentice to Catherine Collins, Ribb and weaver, 1787;
• accounts Teresa Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin, apprentice to a Glover, but discharged for disagreeing with her mistress, 1787;
• accounts to Mathew Austin, son of Richard Austin, supported by the Patrican Society, dismissed by them as past the age allowed by their rules, under the care of a nurse in Saggart, 1790 ;
• accounts of sale of Fr Austin's books, 1797;
• cash expended on Mr Lisward's nurse, 1790;
• legacies bequeathed by Rev Mr Lisward's and discharged by me, 1791-1792.

A file containing notices to be read in the Refectory and annual proclamations of the Irish Jesuit Province.

On Old and New Testaments - title pages missing. 2 vols.: Secunda pars huius operis…Sexta pars huius operis…(no date from format probably early 16th century)

Operum de morali theologia,…in tres tomos distributorum, tomus secundus. Lugduni, sumpt. FFr. Anissoniroum & Ioan. Posuel, 1678.

Operum. Tomus primus. Tomus tertius. Lugduni. Sumptibus Ioannis-Antonii Huguetan & Marci-Antonii Rauaud, 1658

Our golfing demesne: Castle Golf Club 1913-2013

Our martyrs : a record of those who suffered for the Catholic faith under the penal laws in Ireland.
Dublin, 1896 (Reproduced 2010 - Damien Richardson).
One copy has stamp from University College, Dublin, pre-1908.

Parnassus poeticus (title page damaged). Anthology.

Apud Coloniae Agrippinae

Pauline commentaries [title page missing] Coloniae Agrippinae: impensis M.Godefrid Hittorpii.

Not by S. Anselm (note by Brendan Woods SJ)

Photocopied front cover and inside pages of: 'Handbook of the History of Philosophy’ by Dr Albert Stockl translated by Fr Thomas A Finlay SJ (initially June 1887), January 1903 - located at St. Francis Xavier Community Library, Upper Gardiner Street.

'Poems' by Henry Patmore (Coventry Patmore’s son) (Oxford: Henry Daniel). With note by Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ (7 June 1947) ‘Although this contains no Hopkins autograph, it undoubtedly was his copy, sent to him by Patmore. C.f. The Further Letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins.’ Includes compliments slip ‘Hastings: Easter, 1884 With Coventry Patmore’s compliments.’ With stamp of University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius’ College, S.J. Dublin.

Non-annotated book owned by Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate (ed.) (London: Oxford University Press). With stamp of St. Ignatius’ 35 Lower Leeson Street.

Edited by John Bowman and Ronan O'Donoghue.

Prejudice and tolerance in Ireland

'Prometheus. The Firegiver' by Robert Bridges (London: George Bell & Sons). With stamp of University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius’ College, S.J. Dublin.

Non-annotated book owned by Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.

Rebellion & Revolution in Dublin: Voices from a Suburb, Rathfarnham,1913-23, edited by Marnie Hay and Dáire Keogh. South Dublin Libraries. Tallaght:

Reconciliation: essays in honour of Michael Hurley. Columba Press, Dublin, 1993

Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Vol.II, III, IV. (1875);
Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Vol.VII., part the first (1882);
Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Vol.VII., part the second (1883);

Presentation copy from Councillor Richard Joseph Devitt of the ‘Rental of the Estates of the Corporation of Dublin’ by Francis Morgan, Law Agent to the Jesuit community library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.

A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a letter informing of the decision taken by Fr General to revise the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province (15 December 1934, 1p). Includes two minutes books of the Custom Book Commission. Details suggested changes. The minute books are in the handwriting of Fr John MacErlean SJ who was the secretary of the Commission (15 December 1934 - 7 June 1935, 51pp; 18 January - 7 June 1935, 43pp). Includes a letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning protests against altering the Custom Book. Remarks 'I put in (a notebook) everything that came into my head that might be made use of in building up our protest.' (10 April 1940, 1p). Includes a notebook containing details of protests against changes to the Custom Book (handwriting of Fr John MacErlean SJ).

A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a manuscript entitled 'Some hints for Reading' (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Rector concerning the consumption of spirits. Remarks 'Owing to grave representations made to me from many quarters and regrettable facts that have come to my knowledge...I have decided that for the future of the Province the following points should be observed as obligatory customs of the Province.' (12 March 1901, 4pp). Includes a typed supplement to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province entitled 'Customs of Serving Mass and Benediction(13pp, [1935-]); regulations for the Villa menu (1919, 1p); revision of Custom Book by Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois (12 April 1933);

Richard Devane SJ: Social Commentator and Advocate 1876-1951.
Martin Walsh
Dublin: Messenger Publications.

Copy of 'Rules of the Library' of the Association of the Children of Mary, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes six rules: 6th. - The members are requested to keep the Books covered with paper (c.1900) and ‘Rules’ (c.1909).

Saint Basil 'Writings'...Basilii Magni

Saints of our time: from Edith Stein to Oscar Romero.
John Murray
Messenger Publications, Dublin [Ireland], 2015

Sancti Patris nostri Claudiani ecdicii Mamerti De statu animae libri III. Cygnae, typiset sumptibus Melciotis Gopaeri

Slí Eile @ Magis Ireland: A Legacy for the Irish Jesuits and for the Irish Church

St. Michan's church and parish: our church.
Paddy Pender

Manuscript by Fr Eddie Bourke SJ, 'Steering neutral in troubled waters: Hong Kong 1941-1945', as a sequel to 'Jesuits Under Fire'. With explanatory letter to Fr Fergus Cronin SJ.

'The Acharnians of Aristophanes' translated into English Verse by Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co., Dublin University Press Series). With author’s dedication inside front cover ‘Gerard Hopkins from R Y Tyrell.’ With stamp of St. Ignatius’ College S.J. Dublin.

Bound volume of Catholic University Gazettes, nos. 1 - 55.

'The Chances of War. An Irish Tale', a book by Fr Thomas Finlay SJ under the pseudonym ‘A. Whitelock’ (M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin).

The characteristics of Jesuit education: a charter for Irish Jesuit Colleges

The cruel clouds of war: A book of the sixty-eight former pupils and teachers of Belvedere College,S.J. who lost their lives in the military conflicts of the 20th century.

The description of Ireland: and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598. With amendments by Fr Hogan.

The dilemma of John Haughton Steele.

The Doleful Fall of Andrew Sall, a Jesuit of the Fourth Vow, From the Roman Catholick and Apostolick Faith; lamented by his constant Friend; with an open Rebuking of his embracing the Confession contained in the XXXIX Articles of the Church of England

'The First Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus' serialised in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.

'The History of Tacitus According to the Text of Drelli. Books III, IV, V.' by W.H. Simcox M.A. (ed.) (London: Rivingtons). With typed note by Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ (7 June 1947): ‘Marginal notes in Hopkins’s hand on pp. [1], 6 – 7, 19, 41, 49, 59, 88, 94, 96, 118, 125, 133, 135, 140, 161, [220]. These are significant mainly as examples of his textual conjectures.’ With a University College, St. Stephen’s Green stamp on first page.

The Ireland of Edward Cahill SJ, 1868-1941: a secular or a Christian state?

The Irish Jesuits Vol.1: being a collection of articles on the history of the Irish Province, culled from various sources, mainly for the Jesuit Year Book.

Irish Jesuits 1560 - 1814 Vol.2.

Royal Irish Academy, Todd Lecture Series Vol. VI. The Irish Nennius from L. Na Huidre and homilies and legends from L. Brecc. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1895. With annotations by Hogan.

'The Jesuits in Dublin; or Brief Biographical Sketches of those Deceased Members of the Society of Jesus, who were Born or who Laboured in the Irish Metropolis; with an Account of the Parish of St Michan, their Ancient Residence' by William J Battersby (Printer: John Fowler, 3 Crow Street, Dame Street, Dublin, 1854).

The Jesuits in Dublin 1598-1998. Wolfhound Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1999

The Lady Falkland: her life ; from a ms. in the Imperial Archives at Lille. Also, A memoir of Father Francis Slingsby: from mss. in the Royal Library, Brussels.
Richard Simpson

Catholic Pub. & Bookselling Co., London, 1861
Dublin, J Mullany, 1 Parliament Street.

The Philosophical Catechism, or, a collection of observations fit to defend the Christian religion against its enemies, by F. X. de Feller, translated from French by J. P. Mulcaile S.J.

Book from the Cruise Library (Cruise Collect B.2.), St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled 'The Soliloquy of the Soul', published by James Duffy, 23 Anglesea Street, Dublin. Inserted page explains that Sir Francis Cruise loaned this book to Sister Francis, Harold's Cross, Dublin (6 January 1886).

The unerring and unerrable church or An answer to a Sermon preached by Mr. Andrew Sall, formerly a Jesuit, and now a Minister of the Protestant Church. Written by I.S. and dedicated to his Excellency The most honorable Arthur Earl of Essex Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

R.P. Pauli Laymann L' Societate Iesu theologiae moralis absolutissimum compendium in quinque libros partitum : nunc demum post nuperam impressionem Moguntinam accuratiùs recognitum, mednis omnibus, quibus undique scatebat repurgatum, plurimisque hinc inde notabilibus auctum, ac ad mentem auctoris redactum.

Publisher: Duaci : Typis Ioannis Serrurier, sub signo Salamandrae, 1640.

Thesaurus hispano-latinus : utriusque linguae diues opum Por Rafael Figuerò ..., En Barcelona, 1717

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Title page and handwritten contents page from ‘The Holy Bible’ by Rev. Dr. Crolly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise, 93 Merrion Square West, Dublin. Pages taken from the Jesuit community Library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.

Towards a national university: William Delany, SJ (1835-1924): an era of initiative in Irish education. Wolfhound Press ; Humanities Press, Dublin, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., 1983

Tractatus adventualis, seu expectatio incarnati verbi divini, complectens conciones Antverpiae, typis Cornelii Woons, 1667

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Tractatus de contractibus in genere et in specie

True Catholic and Apostolic Faith maintain'd in the Church of England. Being A Reply to several Books published under the names of J. E. N. N. and J. S. against his Declaration for the Church of England, and against the motives for his Separation from the Roman Church, declared in a Printed Sermon which he Preached in Dublin

Urnai do thrath ar bith
Helen Ó Murchú
Leabhar urnaí do thráth ar bith atá sa leabhar seo. Is ar an ngnáthléitheoir creideamh nó fiosrach atá an t-ábhar seo dírithe. Ní leabhar le léamh ó thus deireadh é, ach le leathanach a oscailt ó am go chéile féachaint cá bhfágfar thú.

Volume which lists by date the new books (and authors) put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes list of books for binding.

Where two traditions meet: John Sullivan, SJ, 1861-1933. Columba Press, Blackrock, 2009