The Golden Jubilee of Mungret College, Limerick
- IE IJA SC/MUNG/305
- File
- 1932
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photocopies relating to the Golden Jubilee of Mungret College.
The Golden Jubilee of Mungret College, Limerick
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photocopies relating to the Golden Jubilee of Mungret College.
The Connacht Tribune and The Connacht Sentinel
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Newspaper clippings from the Connacht Tribune and the Connacht Sentinel relating to the Jesuits in Galway; the past pupil union and centenary ceremonies of St Ignatius Church and College in Galway; the building of an extension to Coláiste Iognáid.
The Connacht Sentinel, newspaper
Sermons at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Sermons by Jesuit priests from the Church of St Ignatius, Galway. Small number in Irish.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Series of articles by Dr Helena Concannon on ‘The Jesuits in Ireland: Some chapters in their history’.
Concannon, Helena, 1878-1952, historian and politician
Relic of St Francis Xavier's at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Folder of material related to the relic of St Francis Xavier's at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes newspaper articles, correspondence, article on the origins of the plan to secure the relic for Gardiner street Church and airline and gardai details.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of press clippings from the 'Irish Press' and 'Irish Times' concerning the safe return of Irish Jesuits from Hong Kong following the Japanese surrender.
Poem by Stephen L. Gwynn entitled ‘We That Are Old’ beg
Part of Irish Jesuits
Cutting from the 'Times' of a poem by Stephen L. Gwynn entitled ‘We That Are Old’ beg. 'We that are old have little will To linger on'. Ten verses and copy of same written out by Fr Aubrey Gwynn (2pp).
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius, 1864-1950, author, politician, and soldier
Pilgrimage to Rome by Irish pilgrims in connection with the jubilee of his holiness, Pope Leo XII
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Documents and objects relating to a pilgrimage to Rome by Irish pilgrims in connection with the jubilee of his holiness, Pope Leo XIII. Includes travel documents; diary of journey; pilgrim's enrolment certificate for Michael Mulraney, 21 Mid Gardiner Street, Dublin, medals of Pope Leo XIII and green maniple with harps.
Photographs of Pope's visit to the Vatican Observatory
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of the Pope's visit to the Vatican Observatory, with Fr Daniel Joseph O'Connell SJ.
Photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of copies photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ including: newspaper photograph announcing death (1917); mounted photograph of Willie and his brother, when both young; copies of portrait photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ used in publications, Fr Doyle in military uniform and with his parents and in group photograph with other Jesuits. Includes:
Chancellor, photographer, [1862]-1923
Photocopy of newspaper clippings on the Irish Colleges
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Photocopy of newspaper clippings from ‘The Irish Catholic’ with an article entitled ‘Ireland and Spain’ by Fr Dr O'Doherty, 5 March 1921 and from the ‘The Irish Independent’ with an article entitled ‘Irish Colleges on the Continent’, by Fr John J. Hanly, 6 December 1961.
Photocopies of obituary of Fr John Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Photocopies of obituary from the Sunday Freeman of Fr John Gwynn SJ and a photograph of him as published in a supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman. Includes photographs of Fr Gwynn’s Memorial Tablet and a transcript of the inscription and document relating to his death (obituaries and appreciation by Lord Desmond Fitzgerald).
Personal information sheet for Fr Kevin Quinn SJ and thesis
Part of Irish Jesuits
Personal information sheet for Fr Kevin Quinn SJ (c.1962) and newspaper clipping from 'The Times of Zambia' concerning mineworkers and the Brown Report. Fr Quinn was part of the Commission which investigated the mining industry in Zambia. Includes M.A.thesis by Kevin Quinn SJ entitled 'The Industrial Realtions Act, 1946', University College Dublin, 1952, 187pp.
Obituaries of Fr Richard Gallagher SJ
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Obituaries of Fr Richard Gallagher SJ taken from an Irish newspaper, a Hong Kong Jesuit publication and online obituary, taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives, accessed 14 August 2009. https://archives.catholic.org.hk/
Obituaries for Fr George Byrne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary from the 'Irish Province News', the No. 10, pp361 - 363 (April 1962); newspaper obituary and catalogue entry (1930); and 'The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848 - 1998', by David Strong S.J., 1999, p39.
Notes and newspaper clippings on distinguished Ecclesiastics in the Tuam Diocese
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes and newspaper clippings on distinguished Ecclesiastics in the Tuam Diocese, compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Newspaper reports of the ordination of Arthur Cox and departure for Northern Rhodesia
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Newspaper reports of the ordination of Arthur Cox, at Milltown Park, Dublin (15 December 1963) and his departure for Monze, Northern Rhodesia (10 August 1964).
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Photocopy of newspaper report on an address given by Fr Bernard Vaughan SJ to the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christian, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Newspaper for Coláiste Iognáid entitled ‘Scorcher’
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
School paper for the Bun-Scoil and Mean-Scoil, Coláiste Iognáid, entitled ‘Scorcher’ written by pupils from Bun-Rang 6 of the primary school. Articles relate to Harry Roberts, council of Bun-Rang, sport, space, music, reflection on the 1960’s, Vietnam, poetry and quizzes. Refers to the banning of ‘Tuairim’ and Scorcher is the only paper now ‘published in St Ignatius College Secondary School or Primary School’.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Newspaper by the students of Coláiste Iognáid entitled ‘Tuairim’, Vol.1,2 and Vol. 2, 1. The cover of April 1969 (3 copies) has an image of Che Guevara on its front cover. Articles relate to the stories of students attending Coláiste Iognáid and their interpretation at current local, national and world events. Includes articles on the debating society, quiz, editorial, basketball, judo, football, Marxism and poetry. It appears 'Tuairim' issue for November was not published, and was banned.
Newspaper cuttings reporting the deaths of Frs Henry Lynch, James Murphy and Patrick Leonard
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
A file of newspaper cuttings reporting the deaths of Frs Henry Lynch, James Murphy and Patrick Leonard.
Newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting on past pupils of Mungret Apostolic School.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting on a lecture delivered by Fr Edward Cahill SJ entitled 'Capitalism and Its Alternatives.'
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting Fr John Delaney’s departure from Galle, India and return to Ireland to continue his studies.
Newspaper cuttings relating to the sale of Rathfarnham Castle by the Jesuits to a private developer
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
File of newspaper cuttings relating to the controversy surrounding the sale of Rathfarnham Castle by the Jesuits to a private developer.
Newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the new development at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Newspaper cuttings concerning the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings concerning the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society of Jesus.
Newspaper cutting: letter from ‘A Schoolmaster’ to a newspaper on the subject of the Intermediate Commissioners. Criticises what he terms the mistakes of the Board, and refers to the satirical letter in circulation.
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (June -5 October 1949; 11 December 1950) and the opening of the new retreat house (20 October 1967).
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. I
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Old Society of Jesus in Ireland. Includes articles on Jesuits James Archer, Henry Fitzsimons, the Hollywood Mass Rock and the ‘Popish Plot’.
Newspaper clippings concerning Marriage Encounter
Newspaper clippings concerning Marriage Encounter:
Newspaper articles reporting the death of Fr Richard Devane SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of photocopies of newspaper articles reporting the death of Fr Richard Devane SJ. Summarises his life and career.
Newspaper articles on the return of the Jesuits to Limerick
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Two newspaper articles, one from 1909 and one from 1929, relating to the fiftieth and seventieth anniversaries (respectively) of the return of the Jesuits to Limerick, and the establishment of the College. Also includes an invitation to a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Sacred Heart Church on 30 June 2006, to 'mark the service given to Limerick City and County by the Jesuit Community...'
Newspaper articles on the centenary of the Jesuits in Galway
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Articles relating to the Jesuits in Galway in 'The Cork Examiner', 'Galway Observer' and 'Connacht Sentinel'.
The Cork Examiner, newspaper
Newspaper articles concerning the finding of Fr Browne's collection of photographic negatives
Part of Irish Jesuits
Newspaper articles concerning Fr Browne's collection of 42,000 photographic negatives re-found in the basement of the Provincial’s house in Dublin by Fr Eddie O’Donnell SJ.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Newspaper article entitled ‘Historic Athlone’ by Dr George A Little
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Newspaper article entitled ‘Historic Athlone’ by Dr George A Little. Article summarises the history of the discovery of documents related to the Jesuits in Athlone. Envelope with stamp is attached.
Little, George A, doctor
Name of Fr William Hogan's next of kin and death notice for Fr Dermot Hogan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Name of Fr William Hogan's next of kin and death notice for Fr Dermot Hogan SJ for the Irish newspapers .
Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission Office material relating to Fr Thomas Ryan SJ. Includes photographs, announcement of death, obituaries, personal record; review of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ (1943-4), proofs and illustrations of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’ by Fr Ryan; correspondence between Fr Coyne, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland and the publishers of ‘Jesuits Under Fire’; censorship judgements, book requests and receipts for the book; article entitled ‘The Church in China’ (1950); and correspondence between Fr Ryan and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Mission office material relating to Fr Gerard Casey SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission office material relating to Fr Gerard Casey SJ. Includes photographs, photographic plate, announcement of death and correspondence between Fr Casey and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission office material relating to Fr Brian Sharkey SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, personal record, announcement of death, obituary and correspondence between Fr Sharkey and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission material relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ. Includes passport photograph, photographs, personal record, announcement of death (December 1970), list of executors of will, newspapers articles on court case involving Fr Sheridan relating to a publication entitled ‘Outlook’ and correspondence between Fr Sheridan and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick Walsh SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick Walsh SJ. Includes photograph; announcement of death; personal record; obituary and correspondence between Fr Patrick Walsh SJ and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ. Includes passport photograph; announcement of death; obituaries; death certificate; personal record; Zambian stamps from 1980 - 81; newspaper cuttings from the trial of Laurence Sullivan, Lusaka, Zambia in which Fr O'Brien refused to be called as a witness (1952) and correspondence between Fr O'Brien and Frs. Thomas Martin, Vincent Murphy and Thomas O'Brien, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Derek Reid SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Derek Reid SJ. Includes announcement of death and newspaper articles; obituaries; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Reid and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.
Mission material relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission material relating to Fr Daniel Byrne SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; mortuary cards; personal record; obituaries; newspaper articles and correspondence between Fr Byrne and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and other Irish Jesuits.
Mission material relating to Fr Alan Birmingham SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Alan Birmingham SJ. Includes photograph, announcement of his death and obituaries, letter from Rosie Birmingham, 16 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin to Fr O'Brien, upon Fr Birmingham's death and letters from Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street Dublin to Fr Birmingham.
Memorial card and newspaper cutting concerning William Richard Power
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorial card and newspaper cutting concerning William Richard Power (father of Cyril Power).
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes:
Material relating to the deaths of Frs Michael Saul SJ and Joseph McCullough SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the deaths of Frs Michael Saul SJ and Joseph McCullough SJ from cholera.
Material relating to Fr Thomas Cooney SJ, taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Thomas Cooney SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes photograph, mortuary card, announcement of death, obituary, personal record, and correspondence between Fr Cooney and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Material relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Stephen Brown's death. Includes letters of sympathy.
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, including catalogue entries and memorial cards, letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ, and off print of articles by Fr Ó Catháin SJ.
Material relating to Fr Richard Gallagher SJ from mission office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Richard Gallagher SJ, including photographs, passport, announcement of death, personal recor,; obituaries, and letters from Fr Gallagher to Fr Thomas J Martin, Mission Office, Dublin and Fr Eddie Bourke SJ 19 Kickham Street, Carrick-on-Suir, county Tipperary.
Material relating to Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes
announcement and details of his death, following an air accident over Vietnam; articles on the air accident from newspapers, including an image of Fr Cunningham; official documentation recording his death; personal record; travel details and correspondence between Fr Cunningham and Fr Thomas J. Martin, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher. Includes Frank's anti-treaty material, material relating to the Irish civil war, letters from Frank to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (17 January - 4 August 1923, 9 items) and letter from Joseph Cripps to Fr Leonard from Gormanstown Internment Camp (30 August 1923, 1p). Includes some biographical information on Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ.
Material relating to Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Donal O'Sullivan SJ including correspondence relating to his appointment to the Arts Council (1960). Includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, memorial card and application to join the Society.
Material relating to Fr Arthur Cox taken from the Mission Office
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
File of material relating to Fr Arthur Cox taken from the Mission Office. Includes application for residency (Zambia), newspaper obituaries, account of his death, birth certificate, marriage certificate and death certificate of his wife.
Irish Jesuit Missions, Dublin, [1945]-
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare’s association with the Jesuits, her lease to the Society, of Kilkea Castle, County Kildare in 1634 and the chalice presented to the Jesuits in the same year by the Countess. Includes: photocopy of a newspaper article, ‘Unexplained Mystery of Kilkea castle’s Chalice’ by Dr George A Little (n.d., 2pp) and extract from the 'Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society', Vol. 5, 1906 - 08, p. 61- 62, on the chalice (3pp).
Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Material on retreats and the retreat house at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin (removed from ledger folder). Includes:
Loose inserts from the scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Documents inserted loose into the scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ, including newspaper clippings of a rugby match, two letters, handwritten map, prayer cards, receipts, poetry and list of retreats given (1920).
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei, and an address given by Fr Denis P Kennedy SJ.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letters to Edward Boyd Barrett from publishers concerning publication and distribution, and reviews of 'Strength of Will' first published in the U.S.A. in 1916 by P.J. Kennedy & Sons, and later by the Educational Company of Ireland Ltd.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Christopher Hollis, Burns, Oates and Washbourne Ltd., 28 Ashley Place, London to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning Fr Thomas Ryan's book. Refers to a proposal to publish the book in Australia. Includes reviews of the book.
Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Roman Catholic publishers
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copies of letters from A. J. Considine, College House, Galway to Fr John MacSheahan SJ, Rector, Ignatius College, Galway concerning the use of Irish in Religious ceremonies. Includes an article published in a newspaper on the subjects entitled 'United Front for Language Promising Move in Galway to Gaelicise City.'
Letters about, and reviews of, 'The Jesuit Enigma'
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letters about, and reviews of, 'The Jesuit Enigma' published in 1927 by Boni & Liveright, New York. Includes book cover.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rev James E. Walsh MM, Bishop of [ ], Superior General, Catholic Foreign Mission, Society of America sympathising over the death of the Vicar General of Maryknoll.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Robert Whitty SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Fr Murphy
Letter from Fr Robert Whitty SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Fr Murphy. Refers to the reaction in America to an article in the March 1890 edition of the Lyceum on ‘The Church in America’, and to a letter received by the Father General from an American Jesuit on the subject. Includes a review taken from a Chicago Catholic newspaper, which criticises the article.
Whitty, Robert, 1817-1895, Jesuit priest
Jesuit response to lack of housing provision in Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
File of material related to the Jesuit response to the lack of housing provision in Galway for vulnerable groups in society such as the aged. Includes newspapers articles from 'The Connacht Tribune' and 'Connacht Sentinel' written by or quoting Jesuits, in relation to housing in Galway, ’No house should be held by one: Five priests plead for the aged poor’ (Connacht Sentinel, 13 May 1969) and ‘Flats for the Aged of Galway’ by Fr Charles O'Connor SJ, (The Connacht Tribune, 8 August 1969); correspondence between Fr Charles O'Connor and various individuals on the subject of housing for the aged including Brendan Holland, Hollands'; P. J. Watters, Town Clerk, Galway; The Mayor of Galway; Bobby Molly, T.D.; the editor of the 'Connacht Sentinel'.
O'Connor, Charles E, 1920-2014, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Irish Jesuits working and living in China and Hong Kong during the rise in communism after the Second World War. Includes newspaper cuttings and descriptions by the Irish Jesuits of their experiences.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
House history of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
‘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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr William Byrne SJ.
Byrne, William, 1868-1943, Jesuit priest
Fr Patrick Joseph Stephenson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary and memorials of Fr Patrick Stephenson SJ sent to Irish Fr Provincial Philip Harnett SJ from Fr Christopher Glesson SJ, Headmaster of St Xavier's School, Melbourne, Australia. Includes negative of Fr Stephenson (1958).
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph, 1896-1990, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry (1930) and obituary for Fr Laurence Potter SJ (1934).
Potter, Laurence, 1872-1934, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mortuary card and newspaper obituaries for Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalohue entry and obituary for Fr John Gabriel Byrne SJ.
Byrne, John Gabriel, 1873-1943, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Jack Smyth's admission papers and brief correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning work at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the Crescent, Limerick and as Assistant Director of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.
Smyth, Jack, 1918-1991, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Henry Lawlor's admission papers; correspondence relating parish work in England and ‘The Eucharistic Crusade’; newspaper cuttings relating to stance on television censorship.
Lawlor, Henry Brendan, 1911-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry (1930) and obituary for Fr Edmund Power SJ (1953).
Power, Edmund, 1878-1953, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry, death certificate and photocopy of newspaper obituary for Fr Edmond Downing SJ. Includes a brief account book, Fr Edmond McCarthy Downing SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway.
Downing, Edmond, 1870-1933, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of material relating to Fr Eamon Egan SJ including biographical information and correspondence relating to his death in a boating accident.
Egan, Éamon, 1923-1973, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material including biographical information, obituary, passport photograph, and paper clippings, notes and sermons by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on issues, for example, ‘Drink’, ‘Scandal’, the use of 'Lantern Lectures', ‘Girls’, ‘The Rules’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Purgatory’ and ‘Mass’.
Doyle, Charles, 1870-1949, Jesuit priest
Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta. Includes documents relating to religious instruction of Catholics, descriptions of clerical controversy, disputes with Protestants, conversions of Protestants to Catholicism, preaching, Catholic education, addresses presented to the Governor of Malta, Fr Esmonde's Journal describing his time in Malta, correspondence. Letters are addressed to Fr Esmonde at San Calcedonia, outside Valletta. This house belonged to the Sicilian Province and Malta had a close connection with the Sicilian Province. Note: at least 50% of the documents are written in Italian.
Fourth centenary of the death of St Ignatius Loyola
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Documents relating to the events organised to mark the centenary, including the staging by the Old Crescent Players of the play 'The First Legion' in March and April 1956. Includes letters addressed to Fr Robert Tyndall SJ, Rector of the College, in reply to his invitation to attend the play. Also includes a souvenir programme, a poster, and photographs of the cast of the play, as well as newspaper announcements and reviews. A newspaper article from January of the same year reports on a sermon preached by Fr J. B. Stephenson SJ, Mungret College, on the important links between the Jesuits and Limerick.
File relating to Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and photographs.
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Terence Sheridan SJ, including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, photocopies of newspaper cuttings, and photographs.
File of material relating to Fr John Carroll SJ taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr John Carroll SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes newspaper
obituaries; probate of will; announcement of death; and correspondence between Fr Carroll and Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Mission Office, Milltown Park and Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);
Documents relating to the death of the Very Rev. Wlpdimir Ledóchowski, Father General of the Society
Documents relating to the death of the Very Rev. Wlodimir Ledóchowski, General of the Society on 13 December 1942. Includes: copies of cuttings from various Irish newspapers (11 - 19 December 1942, 12 items); calling cards received by the Irish Fr Provincial (includes card from William T Cosgrave) (8 items) and telegrams and letters of condolence sent by the Bishop of Raphoe, various religious congregations and organisations, William T Cosgrave, the Papal Nuncio, Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin and the Lord Mayor of Dublin. (Includes full list of those who sent messages of sympathy) (14 - 23 December 1942, 39 items).
Documents relating to Fr Michael Pelly's time as a chaplain.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to Fr Michael Pelly's time as a chaplain. Includes Fr Pelly's ‘British Military Identity Document’ with photograph (December 1943, 1 item) and photocopy from a newspaper [Irish Independent?] of an article on the ‘Mass of Reparation said in Monte Cassino Ruins’ by Fr Pelly (1944, 1p).
Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Documents related to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ sermons in Irish and English
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of documents related to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ sermons in Irish and English, translation of Gilbert Keith Chesterton ‘Don Juan of Austria’, and newspaper report on the annual mass at Galway University College.
Death notice, newspaper articles, correspondence and obituary for Fr Derek Reid SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Death notice, newspaper articles, correspondence and online obituary taken from the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan. https://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/D-Reid.htm
Death certificate and memorial card for Br Francis Bonfield SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Death certificate, mass cards, newspaper notice and account of money in Br Francis Bonfield's room.
Dance in aid of Penny Dinners and postponement
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
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
Cutting with a tribute to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Cuttings from 'The Catholic Press' of an article entitled 'How the Irish Came to Queensland. The Voyage of the "Erin-go-bragh" and a tribute to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ'.
Australian Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1931-
Correspondence regarding enquires on Fr Michael Saul SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence regarding enquires on Fr Michael Saul SJ from: Fr Liam O'Connell SJ (23 August 2013); Larry Ward (18 March 2014); Marika P. Leon (30 March 2015). Includes newspaper accounts of Fr Saul’s death, copy of letter (13 November 1930) and timeline/biography.
Comments on, and reviews of Edward Boyd Barrett's doctoral thesis
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Comments on, and reviews of Edward Boyd Barrett's doctoral thesis published by Longmans, Green and Co. 1911 under the title 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts: a Research in Will Psychology'. Includes:
– letter from Fr James J Carlin SJ (Socius, [Maryland and New York Province?] to the Irish Provincial Fr William Delany SJ drawing attention to the view of certain American Jesuits that the book ‘contained propositions, which, to say the least, seemed at variance with Catholic philosophy’ and enclosing a copy of the review originally prepared by the professor at Woodstock for inclusion in the publication 'America' and a ‘list of passages deserving of special notice’ (25 January 1912, 3 items, 2pp, 10pp, 2pp);
– letters from Boyd Barrett to Irish Fr Provincial defending his book and a ‘Reply of Father Fröbes to a request for his Opinion on some Points concerning Mr Barrett's Book’ (25 February - 4 March 1912, 3 items);
– letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Coemans SJ comprising the formal judgement of the Louvain professors on the book and the reply from Louvain “to the criticism of Mr Barrett’s book by a writer for ‘America’ ” (both in Latin) (1 March 1912, 2pp & 12pp);
– copy of letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr. Mc[…] (Stonyhurst) judging the book and the American Father's criticism of it (12 March 1912, 6pp);
– rough notes by Boyd Barrett defending his work [by systematically dealing with the points raised by his critics] (n.d., 5pp);
– copy typescript comprising ‘Pauca notanda velim’ on the book (n.d., 7pp) and
– copybook compiled by Boyd Barrett of reviews of 'Motive Forces and Motivation Tracts' published in various journals and periodicals. Also includes some newspaper clippings, telegrams and certificates relating to Boyd Barrett’s academic awards (1911 - 1913, c68pp).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Clipping from the 'Irish Times' related to High Court proceedings between Mrs Mary Rose Moran and Dr Moran. Fr John Barragry SJ gave evidence in the Ecclesiastical Court for Dr Moran.
Centenary of the Sacred Heart College and Church
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Documents relating to the events organised in 1959 to celebrate the centenary of the return of the Jesuits to Limerick. Includes invitations to a 'Triduum of Thanksgiving' in the Sacred Heart Church, of which the Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by Dr Henry Murphy, Bishop of Limerick, on Sunday 8 March. Correspondence includes telegrams and letters, and comprises of congratulations from other Jesuit houses, the Fr General and the Vatican, as well as from lay organisations, such as the National Bank and An Garda Siochana, and replies to invitations to attend the ceremonies. Also includes the typed transcript of a sermon preached at one of the centenary ceremonies, as well as souvenir programmes for the play 'The Strong are Lonely' by Frtitz Hochwaelder, staged by the Old Crescent Players in February 1959 as part of the centenary celebrations, newspaper reports, and souvenir cards. There is also a handwritten document with the heading 'Centenary', which lists the names and addresses of subscribers and amounts pledged.
Catalogue entries for Fr Thomas Byrne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries for Fr Thomas Byrne SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Memorial card and obituaries for Br James Priest SJ.
Priest, James, 1884-1965, Jesuit brother