- IE IJA CM/GARD/215
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- 1 March - 19 April 1834
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‘The Catholic Penny Magazine’, Vol. 1, No. 3 - Vol. 1, No. 10.
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‘The Catholic Penny Magazine’, Vol. 1, No. 3 - Vol. 1, No. 10.
Account book for St Francis Xavier Hall
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Handwritten account book for St Francis Xavier Hall, Gardiner Street. Includes, expenditures, receipts and balances.
St Francis Xavier Hall
Account book for the building of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street
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Account book for building supplies and craftsmen's fees for the building of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street.
Account book relating to the expenditure on the extension to the presbytery at St Francis Xavier's
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Account book relating to the expenditure on the extension to the presbytery at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. With note from Willam Patrick Ryan, 1, Albemarle Street, London explaining that he found it in his father's effects (the late John Ryan, architect) (3 May 1919).
Account notebook belonging to Fr John Bannon SJ which notes deposit, interest and dividends
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Account notebook belonging to Fr John Bannon SJ which notes deposit, interest and dividends on the credit side and purchases on the debit side. Part of province finances at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Account notebook detailing money entries from bequests of Fr John Bannon SJ and Miss English’s assets. Includes expenditure such as ‘Mrs Gaffney’s funeral’ (14 August 1914).
Album of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church
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Album and envelope of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church.
Announcement Book for Refectory at St Francis Xavier's, Dublin
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Announcement Book for Refectory for the Province of Maryland and New York used at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Has some annotation i margin.
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Annual Lenten Calendars and Souvenirs of Novenas of Grace at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street.
Annual Lenten Calendars for St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street
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Annual Lenten Calendars for St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street.
Annual letters for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Annual letters for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street which details finances. In Latin.
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Notice and prayer leaflet of the annual retreat for the members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force held in the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Appeal to attend the Annual exhibition of the Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches so that money can be raised to send linens and vestments to the Foreign Missions.
Application form and notes establishing St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street as a charity
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Application form and notes establishing St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street as a charity and tax implications.
Arrupe Community, Ballymun, Dublin
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Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey
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Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey, Yale University Press, pp 131 - 133, in which St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street is described relation to the architecture and art inherent there.
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Authentication of the erection of the Stations of the Cross in domestic chapel of residence, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Benediction music by Robert O'Dwyer, Organist, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street
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Benediction Music Number 1 in E-Flat by Robert O'Dwyer, Organist, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Bequest to Fr John St Leger SJ in the will of Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy
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File of material related to the bequest to Fr John St Leger SJ in the will of Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy. Includes correspondencefrom Michael Cartan O’ Meara, Solicitor to the Jesuits, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street; miscellaneous costs;
Bill for from Maxwell and Weldon, 37 North Great Georges Street, Dublin
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Bill for £65.10.0 from Maxwell and Weldon, 37 North Great Georges Street, Dublin to Fr John Grene SJ.
Bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food
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A file of bills for structural improvements to Killiney Castle and for food. Includes quotations for work to be carried out (6 March 1878, 1p).
Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927
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Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927 and January 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons of Advent, month's mission and church notices taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin.
Calendar for St Francis Xavier’s Church for June and July 1904
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Calendar for St Francis Xavier’s Church for June and July 1904.
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Calendar for the annual retreat for the officers and men of an Garda Síochána, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent.
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Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1932' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent. Includes reference to the centenary.
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Calendar of the Young Men's Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Calendars for St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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A file of calendars for St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Cases of conscience at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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A file of cases of conscience at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Catalogue for the Jesuit residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1838 - 1840
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Handwritten catalogue for the Jesuit residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1838 - 1840, in Fr Edmund Hogan's handwriting. Includes details such as name, place and date of birth, health, ministry and vows.
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Catholic Year Book and Calendar 1939
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Church of St Francis Xavier Catholic Year Book and Calendar which details church services at St.Francis Xavier's.
Catholic yearbook and calendar of St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street
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Catholic yearbook and calendar of St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street.
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Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Cherryfield Lodge, Milltown, Dublin City
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Church decoration and organ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Lined notebook entitled ‘Church decoration Organ Improved’. Details work on organ choir services, stations, novenas, old and new organ, advent calendar, retreats and souvenir of retreats and the new organist. With index at the front and hand-drawn plan of reconstruction of organ (30 September 1926) and schedule of works to be completed by Telford & Telford, Organ Builders, 33 Charlemont Street, Dublin for the ‘cleaning and overhauling of organ in Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin (11 July 1944).
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Commemorative booklet of music published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Ignatius Loyola and 450th anniversary of the founding of the Jesuits, which was celebrated in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes music
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Commemorative magazine published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier, which was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes a history of the church and its activities, as well as photographs of the interior and exterior, and of church-related activities.
Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians
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Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Construction of a boundary wall at Killiney Castle
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A file relating to the construction of a boundary wall at Killiney Castle.
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Copy of correspondence from T.H. Meynell, 37 Furnival Street, Holborn, London to Daniel Purcell, Solicitor, 58 Dame Street, Dublin regarding the Cleary will, Biale v Kenny.
Copy of guarantee, Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy and Fr John St Leger SJ
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Copy of guarantee re: Miss Margaret Ellen Murphy deceased and Fr John St Leger SJ deceased from Frs Conmee, Fottrell and Farley, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street to Michael Cartan O'Meara, Solicitor, 44 Kildare street; receipt for Legacy Duty paid.
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Copy of letter from Fr Patrick Hughes SJ, writing from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr William McCartan. Thanks the latter for purchasing the two milch cows, but explains that his (Hughes’) superior, the Provincial Fr Brown, did not want the two store heifers that were purchased at the same time, and that he had already made this fact clear to Fr McCartan. Sends the latter a cheque for the cows.
Hughes, Patrick, 1837-1904, Jesuit priest
Copy of probate granted for the will and codicil for Stephen R. Cunningham
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Copy of probate granted for the will and codicil for Stephen R. Cunningham, deceased. Includes letter from Casey, Clay & Collins Solicitors to Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street relating to the estate of Stephen Cunningham deceased in which ‘by direction of the Executors of the above deceased we enclose their cheque for £2312 13d 5s being a moiety of the residue of the Estate’.
Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan
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Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan, deceased. Includes schedule of costs and receipts of payments by Fr Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to J.H. Walsh & Co. Solicitors related to costs incurred with reference to settlement of claim of the owners of premises in Meath Street against estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; sales of premises No. 73 & 74 Meath street, 60 Thomas Street, 32,33, 34 Vicar Street and 71 Thomas Street being the estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; extract from the last Will and Testament of Josephine Keshan Spinster.
Copy of probate of ‘The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Daly deceased’
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Copy of probate of ‘The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Daly deceased’ and copy of will of Thomas Daly, Christchurch Place, Dublin left £300 to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ, Gardiner Street.
Copy of the last will of Michael Horan of Derrygra, County Roscommon
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Copy of the last will of Michael Horan of Derrygra, County Roscommon, with enclosed letter indicating that the deceased estates was bequeathed to three charities, one of whom is the Jesuits.
Copy of the will of Mary Anne Louisa O'Byrne
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Copy of the will of Mary Anne Louisa O'Byrne, Clan Morni, Ulverton Road, Dalkey, County Dublin. Includes codicil to the will.
Copy of will of Miss Catherine Cleary
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Copy of will of Miss Catherine Cleary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in which a sum of £10 is bequeathed to a number of Jesuit priests and ‘to the residue of all property of every kind…I give devise and bequeath the same as follows viz To the Very Reverend Timothy Kenny’.
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Correspondence between Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rector, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Mr. G. P. Broderick, Director, John Smyth & Sons Ltd, Ecclesiastical Art Manufacturer, 1-5, Wicklow Lane, Wicklow Street regarding the removal of the 33 stones from one monstrance, cleaning and transfer to the O'Mara monstrance. Includes insurance quote by Coyle & Co. Brokers, Insurance Brokers of diamond monstrance (valuation of stones £3,500 and mounting £500) and valuation of T Kelly, Jeweller & Silversmith, 8 Westmoreland Street, Dublin for diamond monstrance £3,540 (3 December 1942) and silver gilt monstrance £1,980 and old monstrance £2,240 (2 March 1943).
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Custom book regarding church devotions and masses etc... at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled ‘Aids to New-comers’.
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Photocopy from 'The Irish Press' reporting on the annual meeting of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.
The Irish Press, newspaper, 1931-1995
Daily prayer for souls in purgatory
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Daily prayer for souls in purgatory, with list of names (Bagot, Dease, Nangle and O'Ferrall) and dates (1810-1860).
Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (Jesuit) community
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Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (St Francis Xavier's) community, which details income and expenditure.
Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street
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Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Handwritten entries detail receipts: church collections and expenditure: bacon; newspapers etc…
Deeds, cheques and shares bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ
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Deeds, cheques and shares bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ. Includes letter from Mary Agnes English; schedule of payments to Fr. Bannon SJ; account of Fr Bannon’s charity money.
Description of the new grand organ in the church of St Francis Xavier's
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Description of the new grand organ in the church of St Francis Xavier's by John White.
Diary of the community at St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street
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Diary of the community at St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes lists of departures and arrivals, guests. Also records weather conditions and dinner menus.
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Document laying down rules for the community in SFX, Upper Gardiner Street in relation to diet and the daily timetable for prayer etc.
Donation envelopes for a charity sermon in aid of St Francis Xavier's poor schools
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Donation envelopes for a charity sermon in aid of St. Francis Xavier's poor schools, Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.
Drawing depicting a design for the string course in St Francis Xavier's Church
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Drawing depicting a design for the string course in St Francis Xavier's Church.
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Copy of article from the Sunday Independent by Tomas S. Cuffe, on the centenary of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Sunday Independent, newspaper, 1906-
Establishment of Saint Francis Xavier’s as a parish in the Dublin diocese
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File relating to the establishment of Saint Francis Xavier’s as a parish in the Dublin diocese. Includes correspondence between Provincial Cecil McGarry, Archbishop Dermot Ryan, Members of the Diocesan Boundary Commission, Fr John Murphy SJ, superior of the community at Gardiner Street, and Fr Philip Harnett SJ, first parish priest.
Estimate for bricks and tiles from Courtown Harbour Brick and Tile Works, Gorey, County Wexford
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Estimate for bricks and tiles from Walter Wardrop, Proprietor Courtown Harbour Brick and Tile Works, Gorey, County Wexford.
Wardrop, Walter, proprietor
Exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Photographic negatives of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Extract from the Irish Reports King’s Bench Division regarding University Hall Trust Deed
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Covering note and photocopy of Extract from the Irish Reports King’s Bench Division, Vol. II, 1914, p. 448 - 453, concerning the University Hall Trust Deed.
Faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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File of documents requesting for and granting of faculties for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes requests from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ - 'Canonical erection of Stations of the Cross in the Church of St. F. Xavier, Dublin' (5 November 1861), plenary indulgences (22 December 1832). On the reverse of a request, 12 February 1840, a holograph letter is written to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ.
For and against the acceptance of a parish for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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A paper outlining the points for and against the acceptance of a parish for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Group photographs of Irish Provincial Fr John MacMahon SJ, Fr Adélard Dugre, SJ, Fr Joseph Garland SJ, Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street and Fr John Coyne SJ planting a tree in the garden of Gardiner Street.
Group photograph of the St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street community on a picnic
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Group photograph of the St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street community on a picnic (found in the papers of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ).
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Mounted group photograph of the visit of his Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Hand bills advertising pantomimes in St Francis Xavier's Pioneer Hall, Upper Sherrard Street
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Hand bills advertising pantomimes in St Francis Xavier's Pioneer Hall, Upper Sherrard Street.
Handbills advertising Missions in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Handbills advertising Missions in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Handwritten history of the residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Handwritten history of the residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes holograph letters from Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Rome to Frs Aylmer and Meagher, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street relating to the proposed altar, with illustrations of altar; history of St Francis Xavier's by Fr Kenney SJ; annual letters by Fr Curtis SJ (1841 - 47); Historia Domus of St Francis Xavier College (Belvedere) and residence by Fr Kavanagh SJ, notice of valuation of house at Upper Gardiner Street (1 March 1832); history of Upper Gardiner Street residence (1865 - 68); an oration made in aid of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street (1833); annual letters by Fr O'Farrell SJ (1840);
Historical and biographical sketch of Reverend Thomas Kelly SJ
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Historical and biographical sketch of Reverend Thomas Kelly SJ, late of St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street in ‘The Lamp’, Vol. LIV, Number 336 entitled ‘A Loss to Catholicity and the Late Rev. Thomas Kelly SJ’. With photograph on front cover.
Chancellor, photographer, [1862]-1923
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Handwritten history of the bequest (of Miss Anne Kellet, who died in 1811) which subsequently established the Kellet school on Dorset Street. After 'arson' in 1855, the school was repaired and was acquired by Fr Gaffney, where the St. Francis Xavier School was built.
Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest
History of St Joseph's Penny Dinners
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History of St Joseph's Penny Dinners at Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin from 1892-1963.
House histories for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
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A file of house histories for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
House history for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
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House history for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.
House history of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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‘Historia Domus. Resid[ence] St. Fran[cis] Xav[ier]’, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Lined notebook with handwritten entries which record important dates in the history of the church and community at Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Gives some background history from 1829 - 1884 and a photograph of Fr Thomas Kelly SJ. Includes information such as: members of the community and records the arrival of new members and the departure of the old, illnesses, deaths and funerals, novenas, feasts, building work carried out to the buildings and church notices. Also contains several insertions, some loose and some pasted onto notebook pages including; newspaper cuttings of special ceremonies, advent, calendars and retreats. Includes contents page by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka
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Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka in frame.
Images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Booklet of images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which belonged to Fr Paddy O'Mara SJ.
Income tax claim by Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Income tax - charity (dividends) claim by Fr James Fottrell SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Instructions for the organisation of temporary pledge work
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Instructions for the organisation of temporary pledge work.
Instructions on baptism in cases of dangerous or premature childbirth
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Instructions on baptism in cases of dangerous or premature childbirth.
Invitation to attend the commemoration of encyclicals 'Rerum Novarum' and 'Quadragesimo Anno'
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Invitation to attend the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the encyclical 'Rerum Novarum' and the tenth anniversary of the encyclical 'Quadragesimo Anno' in St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
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File relating to the work of the Special Secretariate established to negotiate consensus between members of the Jesuit community involved in parish and church work at Gardiner Street, prior to the signing of the final agreement for the establishment of the parish with the Archbishop of Dublin.
Special Secretariat, Loyola House, Eglinton Road, Dublin
John Austin House, North Circular Road, Dublin
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Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Contains handwritten entries including information on: the comings and goings of various members of the community and of visitors; Retreats, Masses and special ceremonies are recorded; deaths of members of the Society and of relatives of members of the community, their health and well-being, maintenance work and renovations carried out on the buildings; customs regarding the daily lives of community members, e.g. the quality of food and dining arrangements.
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In 1873 the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) purchased Killiney Castle to be used as a villa house (holiday). The events leading up to the purchase of this property were quite long and protracted. In a memorandum written by Fr William Delany SJ (1835-1924), CM/KILL/3, he describes how the Society came across Killiney Castle and the negotiations that took place to secure its purchase. After viewing the property the Jesuit Fathers were very inclined towards it and decided to make an offer of £11,000 for the Castle and its estate. However, before the deal was finally settled Fr Nicolas Walsh SJ (1826-1914) Provincial, insisted, despite grave objections by some of the other priests, on telling the Cardinal (Paul Cullen).
This action proved to be a mistake with the Cardinal reacting negatively to the property deal (permission from the Cardinal was necessary for the establishment of a new religious house but not for the purchase of a property). Fr Delany describes how it was now too late to back out of the deal and insisted on informing the owner of Killiney Castle (Mr. Warren) of the difficulty that had arisen. Fr Delany was also delegated to pay a visit to the Cardinal to plead the case on behalf of the Society and to outline their plans for the property. Again the Cardinal was not supportive, particularly when it was mentioned that the Society of Jesus were thinking of opening a school for boys. Eventually an agreement was reached that the property could be bought but that a decision as to how it would be utilised would have to be deferred. Because of the delay Fr Delany discovered, after his meeting with the Cardinal, that another offer had been made and accepted. This second obstacle made it necessary for Fr Delany to enter another set of negotiations to purchase the property from Mr. Richard Martin for the sum of £12,250.
Following the purchase of the property in 1873 by the Society of Jesus a good deal of structural and maintenance work was carried out e.g. CM/KILL/4 and CM/KILL/8 - CM/KILL/13. Despite the work carried out and the outlay of money on improving the Castle and grounds the Society made a decision to sell the property only six years later in 1879 to Mr. Chippindale Higgin CM/KILL/33. It would appear that the Castle and estate were sold at a loss to the Society. The collection does not reveal why the Society decided to sell Killiney Castle. However, the collection does reveal that a number of different parties were interested in purchasing the property e.g. the Brothers of St. John of God in France (CM/KILL/1, CM/KILL/35 and CM/KILL/37), an American gentleman (CM/KILL/36) and Mr. Chippendale Higgin (CM/KILL/33), the eventual purchaser.
It should be noted that the Society of Jesus had two residences in Killiney. In 1853 the Catalogue names the following as residing in Killiney; Robert St. Leger (1788-1856), John St. Leger (1798-1868), William Moloney (1796-1886) and James Reardon (1799-l.1856). This residence was known as Druid Lodge. The preceding Catalogue (1850) makes no mention of a Killiney residence and similarly the succeeding Catalogue (1855) does not refer to a residence in Killiney. It would appear that Druid Lodge was given up by the Society because the Archbishop opposed the construction of a church (CM/KILL/1). The second residence in Killiney was Killiney Castle (1873-1879), the papers of which are represented in this collection.
The papers of Killiney Castle, Dublin deal with the purchase of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus, accounts, changes to the exterior and interior, the letting of the Killiney Castle and the eventually sale of Killiney Castle by the Society of Jesus.
Leaflet for a Jesuit Mission in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Leaflet for a Jesuit Mission in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1861
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Leaflet of the 'Novena of Divine Grace in Honour of St Francis Xavier' at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1949
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Leaflet entitled 'Souvenir of the Novena of Grace 1949' at the church of St Francis Xavier, S.J. Dublin.
Leaflet relating to the league of prayer, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Leaflet relating to the league of prayer, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, in relation to the First World War.
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A file of leaflets concerning a Mission in honour of the Sacred Heart held at the Church of St Francis Xavier's during the month of June.
Leaflets of the Bona Mors confraternity, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Leaflets of the Bona Mors confraternity, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’
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Small sized leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’.
Lease for plot of ground containing a chapel on the west side of Hardwicke Street, Dublin
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Parties:
James Charles Bacon, Merchant, City of Dublin, Rev. Bernard MacMahon
Property:
Plot of ground containing a chapel on the west side of Hardwicke Street.
Terms & Conditions:
Seven years from 1 November 1814 at a yearly rent of £65.10.0.
Other:
Signed and sealed by both parties.
Lease for vaults under St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
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Lessor:
The Reverend John Grene and others
Lessee:
James and Charles Kennedy, Capel Street, Dublin
Property:
Vaults under St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Terms and Conditions:
Term of fifty years thence next ensuing and fully to be completed and ended determinable nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned yielding and parting therefore yearly and every year during the said term unto the said Lessors their executed admons or assigns the yearly rent of Eighty pounds to be paid by equal half yearly payments on every final day of February and first day of August each year during the term.
Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered
Maxwell and Weldon Soliciotrs, 37 North Grrat George Street
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