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Certificate from ‘Cumann Drámaideacta na Scol’ to Coláiste Iognáid in the competition ‘na Meadon - Scol’ (ós cionn 16 bl).
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Certificate from ‘Cumann Drámaideacta na Scol’ to Coláiste Iognáid in the competition ‘na Meadon - Scol’ (ós cionn 16 bl).
‘List of the dead’ for St Ignatius, Galway
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Bound volume of the Church of St. Ignatius, Galway which lists the dead and Masses offered for them in the church.
‘Map of St. Patrick’s Chapel’, Galway
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The area of the map which illustrates the chapel is bordered by a red line: ‘Contents Stat[u]t[e] Measure, 0 a[cres[ 1 r[ood] 6 p[erches]. Written on the rear ‘Plans for original College’. The names of individuals living adjacent to the chapel are given as are main routes: to the north, Ropewalk, Mrs Henry, Mrs Clare; to the south’ Costello’s lane, Mr Patrick Nugent, Johh O’ Shaughnessy, J[oh]n O’ Flaherty; to the west: College road; the east: Mr Forbes. Man made features include dwellings shaded in light blue, ruins, roads and a stable. Orientation is given by a compass. 1 inch to 20 feet. Colour washes on paper.
‘Mass Intention Book’ for St Ignatius, Galway
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Ledger style notebooks with printed headings and tables and handwritten entries for Mass Intentions, St Ignatius, Galway. Divided by month. The tables detail those for whom the Masses are said; the priest who said the Masses in each case, the amount of money received, and remarks.
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‘Prayer to Guardian Angel & Certificate of Membership’ card from the Sodality of the “Holy Angels”, St Ignatius College, SJ, Galway.
‘Record of 25 years of Weekly Offices etc…and some accounts’ at St Ignatius, Galway
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Handwritten register of the dates, times and names of priest who offered Mass at St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes accounts for St Ignatius Church, ‘received and payments’, which includes, for example, entries under the following headings; alms; stipends; collections; grants; cash for cheques; food; lights; travel; stationary.
‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’
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‘Status Temporalis Coll. S. Ignatii Galviensis’. Receipt and expenses account book for St Ignatius Community, Galway. Gives cost of items such as for clothes, food and books. (In Latin).
Completed forms of 'Status Temporalis Triennials Domus' (1929-1976) and 'Status Temporalis Annuus Domus' (1932-1976)
‘Teach Trealmhach le Leigint’ (A Louer Meublé)
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Programme for play ‘Teach Trealmhach le Leigint’ (A Louer Meublé) held at Coláiste Iognáid, Galway. Details argument of play in two Acts (In English). On the rear, the cast of play is given. (In Irish)
‘Visitations 1859 - 1961’’ to St Ignatius, Galway
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Notebook with handwritten entries written by the Irish Fr Provincials on completing his annual visitation of the Galway residences. The first entry is by the Vice Provincial, Joseph Lentaigne. At the beginning of the notebook, a financial status is outlined for the
residences in Galway as they returned to Galway in 1859. The Provincials’ notes on their visitations refer to the physical and spiritual state of the college, house and church finances, and the observance of regulations; such as the pealing of bells and the non playing by the boys in certain areas. The community are commended for their successes with regard to religious observance, house regulations etc., and recommendations for improvements are made also. (In Latin and English).
Abandonment of a procession that was due to take place to celebrate St Patrick's day in Galway
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A file relating to the abandonment of a procession that was due to take place to celebrate St Patrick's day in Galway. The decision was made to abandon the procession after it became apparent that the IRA had been invited to take part. Includes a lengthy letter from Fr John Joy SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the situation. Remarks that Fr O'Farrell, SJ, as President of the Gaelic League, was invited to be Chief Marshal and became very upset when he discovered that the IRA were to take part. Remarks that he (Fr Joy) had an interview with the Bishop who was very angry. Explains how it was decided to abandon the procession (13 March 1933, 12pp).
Account book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius College, Galway
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Account book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius College, Galway which details receipts and expenses, including reference to: Travel expenses, alms, draper, stationary, butcher, food, servant wages, books, organist, oil, dentist, watchmaker.
Account book of expenditure by the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway
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Details of expenditure by the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway. Includes reference to:
Michael Cloherty, 36 Shop Street;
E Fahy, Dominick St;
F McDonagh, Williams Gate;
J Gallagher, Butcher;
B Hynes, Timber and Coal.
Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway
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Account ledger of receipts and expenses for St Ignatius, Galway. Receipts include church collections, intentions, pensions (record of the payment of school fees entered as paid, in instalments). Expenses include travel, food (butter, bread, vegetables, meat, fish, and fowl) stamps, milk, oil, candles, wages, printing and clothing repairs. Also includes handwritten inserts of expenses such as Gas (January 1892).
Account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Handwritten account ledger of St Ignatius College, Galway. First entry is a balance sheet which includes: liabilities such as sundry creditors; loan; and assets such as sundry debtors, premises, church, furniture, schoolbooks, investments, and cash in bank. Entries are divided by month, ‘Fruit, Veg…Weekly Bills, Organ Blower, Choir Music, Mrs. Tierney, Books & Papers’(January 1921). Includes reference to school grants (1921 - 1925); electric light (1921 - 1927) dividends from investments (1922 - 1925); rates insurance and rent payable (1922 - 1925); visitors and their length of stay and payment (1921 - 1926), weekly bills (1919 - 1921); Personal (1921 - 1922) at rear of volume.
Account of Turas Na Sóisear, bicycle outings, Galway
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Handwritten bound account entitled ‘Turas Na Sóisear’ which details Irish speaking cycling club for pupils at Coláiste Iognáid, Galway in the Galway area. Includes name of route, distance covered, account of route, names of party and hand drawn map. Inserts of pasted newspaper clippings. In Irish.
Address list of pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Handwritten address book of pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway. Arranged alphabetically under the following headings: name; address; birth; parent/guardian; parents address. Earliest pupil born 1893-latest born 1912.
Admission of Francis Bonfield to the Society of Jesus and Jesuit life
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Admission of Francis Bonfield to the Society of Jesus and correspondence of Jesuit life.
Admission of Timothy Doody to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
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File relating to the admission of Timothy Doody to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
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Admission ticket to a lecture held in coordination with St Ignatius College by Fr John Gwynn SJ, entitled 'Glimpses of the Irish Brigade from Limerick to Fontenoy', at the Town Hall, Galway. Proceeds of the lecture to be given to the Committee for the Relief of Distress in Galway.
Gwynn, John, 1866-1915, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Album to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College
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Photographic album mainly related to the events organised in 1963 to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College in Galway. Includes photographs of: Jesuit residences; the President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera with members of the Jesuit community; photocopies of photograph of the Hurling team and Irish Speakers in 1904 taken from ‘The Ignatian’; Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ; pasted inserts of receipts from 1879 to 1895 for cleaning, stained glass windows of 2 lights and tracery and missal stand; group photograph of the St Ignatius Gaelic Football team of 1935-1936.
Connacht Tribune, newspaper
Altar boys of St Ignatius, Galway
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Black and white group photograph on postcard, of the altar boys of St Ignatius, Galway. Boys are holding candle holders and candles. Includes names in Irish on reverse.
Altar boys, 'Cullacht Eoin Berchmans', St Ignatius, Galway
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Black and white group photograph entitled 'Cullac[h]t Eoin Berchmans', of the altar boys of the Church of St Ignatius, Galway. Includes names in Irish. Photograph by the 'Connacht Tribune'.
Altar notices at St Ignatius, Galway
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Lined notebooks and journals with handwritten entries for notices to be read out at Sunday Mass at St Ignatius, Galway. Each entry is headed with the relevant Sunday’s Title, such as the ‘Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost’, the ‘First Sunday of Lent’ etc, or the name of the relevant Feast, ‘Palm Sunday’. Each volume contains announcements in relation to rosaries, benedictions, devotions, novenas, confessions, Mass times, arrangements for Feast Days. There are also announcements in relation to recent deaths in the parish, and requests for prayers for the repose of the souls of those recently deceased and of those whose anniversaries occur. Insert letter, incomplete, in 1912-1914 journal, from an Ursuline nun [Sullivan], and referencing Fr Robert giving a mission in Queenstown (21 August 1862).
2 July 1905 - 12 May 1907;
31 May 1908 - 13 February 1910;
4 August 1912 - 13 December 1914;
20 December 1914 - 16 July 1916;
23 July 1916 - 6 May 1917;
13 May 1917 - 9 February 1919;
16 February 1919 - 2 March 1922;
26 March 1922 - 15 August 1924;
7 September 1924 - 8 January 1928;
Alterations to the Sacristy, St Ignatius, Galway
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Architectural drawings for St. Ignatius Church, Galway which detail alterations to the Sacristy etc. Includes drawings for front elevation, sectional, details of skylight and plan. Scale: 1/8 inch = 1 ft. Notes on the rear that ‘Sacristy and Sodality Room etc. about 1900. Obviously whilst general idea carried out, This plan was not carried out in detail'.
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Annual financial statements and summaries for the school and community at St Ignatius College, Galway.
Annual letter from Patrick Corcoran SJ for St Ignatius Galway
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Annual letter from Patrick Corcoran SJ for St Ignatius Galway, 1883-1886.
Corcoran, Patrick, 1822-1905, Jesuit priest
Anonymous paper on ‘The Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady and the Jesuits in Galway’
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Anonymous paper on ‘The Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady and the Jesuits in Galway’.
Architectural plans for ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’
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Includes: ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’ which details plan for Ground floor,1st Floor Plan, 2nd Floor Plan, Side Elevation and Front Elevation; ‘Design for Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’ which details Ground Plan, Plan of First Floor, Plan of Second Floor and Front Elevation; J. J. McCarthy R.H.A Arch[itec]t. Scale: 1 inch to 15 feet. Size: Colour washes on paper.
Architectural plans for 'Proposed Church and College of St Ignatius, Galway’
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Includes: No. 1, 'Ground floor Plan of Proposed Church and College of St Ignatius, Galway’; No. 2, ‘First and Second Floor Plans of Proposed Church and College of St Ignatius, Galway’; No. 3 'Plans of Part of Proposed College of St Ignatius, Galway’, McCarthy & O' Connell Arch[itec]ts. Scale: 1 inch to 15 feet. On paper.
Article published in the 'Connacht Tribune' by entitled 'Feast of St. Ignatius.'
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Photocopy of article published in the 'Connacht Tribune' by entitled 'Feast of St. Ignatius.'
Connacht Tribune, newspaper
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Photocopy of article published in the Connacht Tribune reporting on the first annual re-union of old boys of St Ignatius College.
Connacht Tribune, newspaper
A file relating to the Association of Secondary Schools in Ireland (ASTI) and correspondence with the Society of Jesus in relation to the secondary schools under their direction. Includes letters relating to the dismissal of lay teachers, the employment of lay teachers in Jesuit schools and the salaries of lay teachers, list of lay teachers at Clongowes Wood College SJ and salary (1941)
Attendance registers for guilds associated with, St Ignatius, Galway
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Copy book attendance registers, with Fr Peader O'Higgins SJ as master. Includes aspirant names for the Sacred Heart Guild, Blessed Virgin Mary Guild, Mary Immaculate Guild, Realt na Maidne Guild, Mother of Good Counsel Guild, Mother of Christ Guild, Our Lady of the Rosary Guild, Our Lady of the Wayside Guild, Star of the Sea Guild, Our Lady of Lourdes Guild, Mother of Mercy Guild, St Aloysius Guild, Our Lady of the Perpetual Succour Guild, Holy Name of Jesus Guild, St Francis Xavier Guild, St Ignatius Guild, St John Guild, Seat of Wisdom Guild, St Nicholas Guild, St Patrick Guild, Queen of Heaven Guild, Good Shepherd Guild, St Brigid Guild.
Bankbooks for St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community, Galway
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Record of all transactions involving St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community Galway. Describes transactions such as ‘Electric’, giving date and amount, (11 April 1910). Handwritten entries detail lodgements and expenses such as: choir, whiskey, stationary, clothing, electric light, rates, books, shoemaker, furniture, painting, plumber, printing, chemist etc…
Beginnings of the Jesuits in Galway
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Information related to the beginnings of the College and Church in Galway and history of persons and events related to the Jesuits in Galway. Written at the time of the centenary celebrations (1963) more than likely by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. Includes list of past pupils who became priests and their present location; details of renovations to the interior of St. Ignatius Church; list of rectors and vice-rectors of St Ignatius, Galway; background to the history of St Ignatius, Galway; details of decorative engraving on walls at the back of Powell’s at Miss Jordan's bookshop (11 December 1963).
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Biographical information and military documents concerning Fr Cyril Perrott SJ
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Biographical information, obituaries and memorial card of Fr Cyril Perrott SJ (4 items). Military file 3601/CH(RC) which contains various documents belonging to Fr Cyril Perrott taken from Irish Provincialate (2010). Includes:
Perrott, Cyril, 1904-1952, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Biographical information on Fr Martin Cryan SJ
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Biographical information on Fr Martin Cryan SJ.
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File relating to the admission of Andrew Bannon to the the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Bannon, Andrew TJ, 1929-1997, Jesuit brother
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File relating to the admission of Patrick Guidera to the the Society and his Jesuit life in particular his work at the Jesuit house at Tullabeg. Includes copy of his ‘The Story of My Life’ (199, Cherryfield Press, 80pp) with illustrations from the Fr Frank Browne Collection.
Guidera, Patrick, 1900-1992, Jesuit brother
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Br Patrick Nolan SJ seeking permission to travel. Includes a poem by Br Nolan entitled 'Mary', given to Irish Fr Provincial at visitation at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly (25 March 1946).
Nolan, Patrick, 1904-1967, Jesuit brother
Brief handwritten precis to archival items on St Ignatius College, Galway
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Brief handwritten precis to archival items on St Ignatius College, Galway (1869-1904, 12 items) by Fr James Rabbitte SJ. Reference to Sacred Heart College, Crescent , Limerick on reverse.
Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest
Building plans for the proposed additions to St Ignatius College, Galway
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File of drawings of the building plans for the proposed additions to St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes letter from J. A. Kenny & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Eglington street, Galway returning the drawings to Fr Fergus O'Keeffe SJ (Rector) St Ignatius College, Galway (15 October 1970). The drawings of the ‘new’ community consist of: ground floor plan, first floor plan, top floor plan and elevations. Premises are surrounded by William street to the south and Raleigh row to the north. Plans illustrate new and existing properties: library, rooms, bath, W.C, lavatory, chapel, sanctuary, sacristy, store, cubicle, brother’s recreation room, lobby, corridor and present rooms. Scale is given and directional arrow. Ink and colour washes on paper. Material includes three drawings which give alternative additions to St Ignatius College: first floor plan, top floor plan and ground plan. Orientation and scale is given.
Bunreacht - Cumann Seandaltai Coláiste Iognáid
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Leaflet of constitution, rules and regulations of the Coláiste Iognáid Past Pupils Union. Includes list of names and addresses of life members and members. In Irish and English. Printed O'Gorman Ltd, Galway.
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‘Féilire 1956 – 57’; ‘Féilire 1958 - 59’; Coláiste Iognáid, S.J., Gallimh’. Calendar for Coláiste Iognáid which details the forthcoming events during the year (In Irish).
Candidates proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
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Volume of candidates (male) proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and various guilds. Handwritten entries divided by name, occupation, date when admitted, residence, guild and remarks.
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Card advertising a debate between the Cumann na Gaelige, Coláiste Mungairit and Cumann Gaelach Coláiste Iognáid, Gallimh, entitled ‘Gur tabhachtai d’ eirinn an talmhaiocht na aon tionscal eile’.
Card with the inscription ‘Hodie Christus Natus Est’
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Blank card with the inscription ‘Hodie Christus Natus Est’, a cross and a crest of St Ignatius College, Galway on the front cover.
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Cards for Mass calendars, Ladies Retreat and Retreat for Gentleman at the Church of St Ignatius, Sea Road, Galway.
Case Daniel Ryan deceased, Kenny versus Ryan
A file relating to a case Daniel Ryan deceased, Kenny versus Ryan. Includes a letter from [ ], Solicitor, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning '...Delahunt's affair.' Continues 'The parties I got the money from are now pressing for payment.' (22 September 1897, 1p).
Catalogus for St Ignatius Galway
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Catalogus for St Ignatius Galway.
Centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College, Galway
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Documents relating to events organised in 1963 to celebrate the centenary of the St Ignatius Church and College in Galway. Includes programme of events; ‘the Men’s Sodality of Our Lady and The Jesuits in Galway’; menus; concert programmes, messages from Dr Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and Father General John Janssens SJ; letter from Fr Francis Finegan SJ to Rector, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway on a centenary brochure (2 November 1963); list of principal events of contrary celebrations (1963); rough plan of church placings; ‘Ceiliuradh Cead - Bliana Cholaside Iognáid. Deire Fomhir 1963’; ‘Cuirm Ceoil St Ignatius Centenary Celebrations 1863 - 1963 Concert’ and notes.
Characters scripts from the play ‘Crossroads’
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Characters scripts from the play ‘Crossroads’ performed at St Ignatius College, Galway. Includes characters ‘Marnell’, ‘Carragher’, ‘Duggan’, ‘O’ Cuiv’, ‘Jennings’, ‘McGrath’,‘Whelan’, ‘Flanagan’, ‘MacDonagh’ and ‘Captain Lockard’. Note on front cover, 'Is it by T Sheridan SJ?'.
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.’
Christmas cards to Fr Daniel J Shields SJ from Mrs Clare Sheridan
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Two Christmas cards to Fr Daniel J Shields SJ from Mrs Clare Sheridan. Cards include photographs of Mr Sheridan with her religious sculptures, 'Conscious memories of Mrs Clare Sheridan from previous reincarnations'.
Sheridan, Clare, 1885-1970, sculptor and writer
Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway
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Handwritten account of Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway, which details masses, sermons and feasts.
'Church History for Schools' by 'Fr Jerome Mahony SJ
'Church History for Schools' by 'Fr Jerome Mahony SJ.
Mahony, Jerome JJ, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
Claims for arrears of Old Age pension for Br Michael Crowe SJ
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Claims for arrears of Old Age pension for Br Michael Crowe SJ, but unpaid at a Pensioner' Death.
Cloth banner entitled 'Moladh Le Dia 1863 - 1963’
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Banner with the headline ‘Moladh Le Dia 1863 - 1963’, with a yellow circle with the inscription IHS, in the centre.
Coláiste Iognáid Booklet - Deed of Covenant
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Leaflet outlining the history and developments of the Jesuits in Galway and of Coláiste Iognáid, with a request and information for parental funding in the form of a direct cash gift or deed of covenant. Includes details of covenant benefits, sketch map of school are and proposed development programme.
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Group photograph of students of Coláiste Iognáid, Galway, on stage during a play. Students are dressed as woman, a gardai, a prisoner and an archbishop - ‘This troupe, having won the Schools Competition in Connaught, went on to win the National Competition in Dublin’. Names are printed on mounted photograph. Includes Peader Feeney, later to become a Jesuit. Taken by photographer, Dowler, Presentation Road, Galway.
Coláiste Iognáid SJ Gallimh An Rolla
Copies of Coláiste Iognáid SJ Gallimh An Rolla - roll of students at Coláiste Iognáid SJ (St Ignatius’ College) for the years 1880-1883, 1888-1926, 1929-1963, compiled by Adrian Ryder.
Ó Duibhir, Seán Tomás, 1921-2007, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
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The papers of Coláiste Iognáid (St Ignatius’ College) and the Jesuit community offer an insight into the social, cultural and religious life of Galway. There are documents on the history of the Jesuits in Galway, property details such as deeds, leases and plans of property at Sea Road, Renmore, Sherwood Fields and Nuttall’s Garden, and correspondence with various Bishops of Galway and Jesuit Provincials. These documents illustrate major events in Jesuit community life: the return of the Jesuits and the establishment of a residence and school; building developments, ‘Attacked by Beetle: work to save church roof’ (1939); 1963 centenary celebrations and the erection of St Ignatius as a parish (1971). House histories, minister’s journals, visitations, and consults illuminate the ordinary life of members of the Jesuit community in Galway, ‘we have been hit hard again by the “Flu” (25 February 1919).
Roll books, school diaries, college calendars and school publications, such as ‘Turas na Sóisear’, which detail bicycle outings in the Galway area, with hand-drawn maps and route schedule (1940-1947). The arts and sports at Coláiste Iognáid are documented through photographs, scrapbooks and programmes of plays (The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory, 1941, for example), debates, theatre and musicals performances, rowing, rugby and GAA. The administration of the Jesuit school, community and Jesuit-run church provides information on: the role of Irish in the school; staffing; past pupils; Penny Dinners; sodalities; altar notices and masses. Financial papers, which consist of church and college accounts, bequests and intentions, also exemplify church activity and functions.
Coláiste Iognáid SJ, 1862-
Coláiste Iognáid, Galway class photograph
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Coláiste Iognáid, Galway class group, which includes three girls. Front row, l-r: Liam Greene SJ, Thomas MacMahon SJ, Mr Aidan Ryder, Patrick Tyrrell SJ (Headmaster), Mr Alexander [Eatern] (Deputy Head), Edward Diffely SJ, Padraig Folen and Kevin O'Rourke SJ.
Collecting cards for a Marble Altar, St Ignatius Church, Galway
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Handwritten financial booklet which contains the names and address of individuals whom sent money in response to collecting cards for a Marble Altar, St Ignatius Church, Galway. Includes the date the circular was sent and the amount received.
Colm Ó Riordan admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials
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File containing Colm Ó Riordan admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning his missionary work in Zambia.
Confraternity of the Bona Mors Register, St Ignatius, Galway
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Register for the Confraternity of the Bona Mors at St Ignatius Church, Galway giving names, address and date.
Constitution of ‘Cumann Seandaltai Coláiste Iognáid S.J.'
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Constitution of past pupils of Coláiste Iognáid , lists of officers of the Cumann, of life and annual members, post of Honorary Secretary and statement of accounts.
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Consultor's letter from Fr William T Stephenson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community, church and the re-opening of the school. Remarks that he would be in favour of re-opening the school.
Stephenson, William T, 1882-1980, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letter from Fr Bartholomew Coghlan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning financial matters, the re-opening of the school and the church.
Coghlan, Bartholomew, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letter from Fr John Casey SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Fr John Casey SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and the college.
Casey, John, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letter from Fr John Egan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Fr John Egan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and college.
Egan, John, 1875-1938, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letter from Patrick Nolan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letter from Patrick Nolan SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial. Remarks that he has nothing to report.
Nolan, Patrick, 1874-1948, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters from Fr Andrew J O'Reilly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of consultor's letters from Fr Andrew J O'Reilly SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Religious Knowledge examinations in the College, the church, a meeting with the Bishop and the community.
O'Reilly, Andrew, 1903-1979, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters from Fr Edward Masterson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial
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A file of Consultor's letters from Fr Edward Masterson SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning community matters.
Masterson, Edward, 1856-1935, Jesuit priest
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Consultor's letters from Fr Henry Potter SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of the college. Recommends that it should be re-opened. Remarks 'The school brought us into close contact with the people and was a very big factor in establishing our influence. It gave us too a different and more important footing than the other religious orders.
Potter, Henry, 1866-1932, Jesuit priest and chaplain
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Consultor's letters from Fr Richaed W Gallagher SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and church.
Gallagher, Richard, 1887-1960, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters from Fr William F. Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College to Irish Fr Provincial
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Consultor's letters from Fr William F. Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the community and college.
Byrne, William, 1868-1943, Jesuit priest
Consultors opinion on building changes at Coláiste Iognáid, Galway
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Memorandum to the Consultors on building changes at Coláiste Iognáid, Galway. Includes sketch of existing building and key to memorandum.
Copy Assignment of Mortgage of lands of Coolacorkey, Barony of Athenry, County Galway
Parties:
Rev. Nicholas Walsh SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Rev. Robert Carbery SJ, Milltown, Dublin and Rev. William Keon, Parish Priest, Fairview Strand, County Dublin and Archibold Harman Montfort, Solicitor, Dame Street, Dublin.
Property:
Lands of Coolacorkey, Barony of Athenry, County Galway.
Terms & Conditions:
Sum of £4000 for 21 years from 1 May 1873
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Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr John MacSheahan SJ (Superior) concerning a proposal for the Jesuits in Galway to take over the running of a hostel and the possibility of opening a preparatory school.
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Copy of birth certificate for Roderick Greaney and details of pension entitlement
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Copy of birth certificate for Roderick Greaney and details of pension entitlement for Br Roderick Greaney (1 April 1972).
Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings which are (1) de jure; and (2) ex gratia. Is whiskey allowed on every coffee evening, and what is the quantity of wine permitted to each…is there any special treatment in the refectory for visitors.’ Includes replies to the circular from the Rectors of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham; Belvedere College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare; St. Mary’s, Emo Court, Portarlington, County Laois; Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick; No. 35 Lower Leeson Street; St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street and Mungret College, Limerick.
Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe
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Copy of estimate for proposed changes to Galway Presbytery and Church prepared by Michael Tighe.
Tighe, Michael, 1864-1936, architect and engineer
Copy of indenture concerning Sherwood Fields, Galway
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Parties:
Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin and Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street on the one part, Fr John Hughes SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway and Dominick Kelly, Mungret College, Limerick, Fr Edward Dillon, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare and James Forristal, Milltown Park, Dublin of the other part.
Property:
Plot of ground marked number twenty on the map or plans of Sherwood Fields, in the parish of Rahoon and West Liberties, Galway containing 38 perches and a quarter Irish Plantation measure.
Terms and Conditions:
Residue of the term of 999 years
Copy of indenture concerning Sherwood Fields, Galway between Louisa Whaley and Martin Hernon
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Parties:
Louisa Whaley, widow, Olive Meade and John Whaley, all of Robertstown, Naas, County Kildare and Martin Hernon, William Street, West Galway, farmer.
Property:
Plot of ground marked number nineteen on the map or plans of Sherwood Fields, in the parish of Rahoon and West Liberties in the town of Galway containing one rood and twenty-two perches Irish Plantation measure.
Terms and Conditions:
To hold from 29 September 1894 for aterm of 999 years subject to a rent of £5.10.0
Copy of indenture concerning Sherwood Fields, Galway between Martin Hernon and Jesuit fathers
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Parties:
Martin Hernon, William Street, West Galway, farmer and Frs John Hughes, James Forristal and Dominick Kelly all of St Ignatius College, Galway.
Property:
Plot of ground marked number nineteen on the map or plans of Sherwood Fields, in the parish of Rahoon and West Liberties, in the town of Galway containing one rood and twenty-two perches Irish Plantation measure.
Terms & Conditions:
999 years from 29 September 1894 at a yearly rent of £5.10.0.
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Correspondence between Fr Redmond Roche SJ and Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon re. the purchase of a playing field. Discussion of the two fields proposed as possible alternatives to the Crescent field: Cussen's field and Baker's field. One letter is accompanied by a detailed map of the proposed ground [in Baker's field] (included).
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A file of correspondence between T. N. Redington, Galway Urban District Council and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.
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A file of correspondence between the Bishop of Galway, Michael Browne, D.D., Mount St Mary's, Galway and Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the attendance of Jesuit Scholastics at University College, Galway. Includes a letter from the Bishop insisting that his permission is sought and remarking that the Jesuit Order is not exempt.
Browne, Michael, 1895-1980, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway
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A file of correspondence between William S. Fitzgerald, Secretary, Galway Chamber of Commerce and Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the closure of St Ignatius College, Galway.
Correspondence concerning Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ
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Correspondence concerning Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ, including catalogue entries.
Correspondence relating to Roderick Greaney's life in the Society of Jesus
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Correspondence relating to Roderick Greaney’s life the Society of Jesus, catalogue entries and death notices.
Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club Rule book
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Details the history and rules of the club and has photograph of clubhouse on the front and back covers. St Ignatius Rowing Club was located to the right of the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club and they used to borrow boats in the past.
Council meetings of the Men's Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
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Minutes of council meetings of the Men's Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway. Refers to retreats and retreat directions, details members present and those proposed for membership.
28 September 1890-1 December 1912;
13 December 1912 - September 1937;
April 1946 - November 1951;
14 May 1961-14 January 1974;
Daily cash and receipt book for St Ignatius Church and Jesuit community, Galway
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Account of daily cash and receipt book for the Jesuit community at St Ignatius, Galway.
Dance in aid of Penny Dinners and postponement
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File of letters and copy of letters related to the postponement of the Penny Dinners in Galway at Columban Hall and its eventual re-establishment. Correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kiernan SJ, Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and Thomas O'Doherty, Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, relating to Bishop O'Doherty’s pastoral letter in which he indirectly refers to the Penny Dinners and the Jesuits, when he condemns dances organised in aid of Penny Dinners by non – Jesuits, ‘I have the strongest possible objection to the means of raising money employed last January…who can control the evils perpetuated in motor cars' (6 April 1926). Includes correspondence between Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius Church, Galway and M. O. Lainn, Clerk, Galway Urban District Council, relating to the re-establishment of Penny Dinners.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Decree appointing Fr Patrick McWilliams SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Galway
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Decree issued by Fr General appointing Fr Patrick McWilliams SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Galway.
Deed of Assignment for land between the Sea Road and Shell Lane in Galway adjacent to Ely Place
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Parties:
Rev. Eugene Browne SJ, Milltown Park, Rev. John Hughes SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway.
Property:
Land between the Sea Road and Shell Lane in Galway adjacent to Ely Place.
Terms & Conditions:
Browne assigns unto John Hughes et al ground containing 11 perches being a portion of the premises comprised in and demised by a lease of 10 October 1845 to hold for the residue of the unexpired term of 99 years. Assigns two plots of land at the premises demised by a lease of 29 April 1853 to hold for the unexpired residue of 99 years. Assigns a plot of land demised by the lease of 20 May 1853 for the residue of the unexpired term.
Other:
Signed and witnessed.
Departure file for Frederick Johnston
Material on Frederick Johnston who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 7 August 1909
Entered: 1 September 1928
Left: 7 August 1931
Johnston, Frederick, b.1909-, former Jesuit scholastic
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A file concerning doubts over the suitability of Mr Lambert McKenna SJ and Mr John Casey SJ for ordination. The letters express doubts over the health of both priests and their ability to say the office each day and mass.