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Photocopies of obituary of Fr John Gwynn SJ

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).

Documents relating to Fr John Gwynn's service as a chaplain

Documents relating to Fr John Gwynn's service as a chaplain attached to the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards, B.E.F., France. Includes:

  • letters written by Fr John Gwynn volunteering to be a chaplain (23 August – 8 November 1914, 2 items);
  • documentation dealing with Fr Gwynn's appointment as a military chaplain (9 November 1914 - 16 March 1915, 9 items) including the certificate appointing him chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Land Forces, (Temporary) (16 March 1915, 1p.);
  • certificate of safe conduct with attached photo of Fr Gwynn (4 July 1915, 1p.);
  • letters and notes sent to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ (n.d., 3 items);
  • official letters sent to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Gwynn’s death in action on 12 October 1915 (11 October 1915 – 19 September 1921, 23 items);
  • pamphlet 'A Great Irish Chaplain: Father John Gwynn SJ' by John Bithrey SJ (n.d., 20pp);
  • material on centenary of Fr Gwynn's death - the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton celebrated Mass at the Sacred Heart Church, Caterham, Surrey, England where the Irish Guards have erected a tablet in Fr Gwynn’s memory (11 October 2015).

Gwynn, John, 1866-1915, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Obituaries of Frs Edward Sydes SJ

Obituary of Fr Edward Sydes SJ, who died 15 November 1918, taken from 'Letters and Notices', Vol.35, January 1919 and Fr Bernard Page SJ, born in India, raised in Australia.

Letters and Notices, 1863-

Obituary of Fr Walter Montagu SJ

Obituary of Fr Walter Montagu SJ (English Province) who was killed 31 October 1918, taken from 'Letters and Notices', Vol.35, January 1919, pp28 - 30.

Letters and Notices, 1863-

Obituaries of Irishmen who joined the English Province and served as chaplains in the First World War

Obituaries from 'Letters and Notices' of Irishmen who joined the English Province and served as chaplains. Obituaries collected are highlighted in bold (Fr Bernard Page SJ, born in India, but Australian has an obituary, see CHP1/71). This list in not exhaustive (consult document British Jesuit Chaplains in World War I). See CHP1/72 for the obituary of Fr Walter Montagu SJ (English Province) who was killed 31 October 1918, taken from Letters and Notices, Vol. 35., pp28 - 30,

Carey, Timothy, Letters and Notices 35 (1919)
Duffy, John, Letters and Notices 66 (1961)
Fleming, Francis (1876-1939), no entry in Letters and Notices
Gallagher, George, Our Dead, III (1944-45)
Gallagher, James, Letters and Notices 66 (1961)
Irwin, Francis, Letters and Notices 52 (1957), 53 (1938)
Keary, William, Letters and Notices 63 (1958)
Wolfe, Patrick, Our Dead, II (1941-43)
Woodlock, Francis, Our Dead, I (1939-40); BH/4*
Woodlock, Joseph, Letters and Notices 57 (1949)

Letters and Notices, 1863-

Obituary for Fr Frederick Peal SJ

Obituary for Fr Frederick Peal SJ taken from 'Letters and Notices'. Fr Frederick Peal SJ (sometimes spelt, Peel). Born in India, 1864, he belonged to the Belgian Province and later worked and died in India, 1934...he was in the Irish Catalogue in 1917, 1st Connaught Rangers, Lahore Div. He wrote 3 books called 'War Jottings' published in 1916 by the Catholic Orphan Press Calcutta. Book 3 is Mesopotamia.

Letters and Notices, 1863-

Biographical information and military documents concerning Fr Cyril Perrott SJ

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:

  • 6 black and white photographs of unknown people (perhaps niece and brother who lived in Western Australia, and brother who was a Jesuit in Western Australia);
  • details of his successful application for rate of pay increase;
  • release certificate;
  • details of medical prescription;
  • receipt for demand for civilian clothing;
  • document outlining principles and priestly duties;
  • tax requests;
  • request and reply for contingency allowance;
  • documents outlining ration cards and national registration on return to the United Kingdom and instructions to personnel released or invalided during release period to Eire who are granted leave with pay and who are eligible for medical attendance etc, under army regulations (1945/46);
  • claim for award of 1939/45 Star/Burma Star/Defence Medal;
  • obituary (1952);
  • card to be shown by celebret whenever a Chaplain wishes to say Mass;
  • officers’ kit insurance;
  • copy of gospel in funeral Mass and
  • letters from Captain George P. Grossmith.

Perrott, Cyril, 1904-1952, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Mission material relating to Fr Joseph B Conway SJ

  • IE IJA J/100/2
  • File
  • 6 March 1961 - 24 June 1981
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of mission material relating to Fr Joseph Conway SJ. Includes passport, photograph, announcement of death, obituary, personal record and correspondence between Fr Conway and Frs Thomas Martin and Vincent Murphy, Irish Jesuit Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Fr Vincent Conway SJ

Material on the death of Fr Vincent Conway SJ.

Conway, Vincent, 1909-1985, Jesuit priest

Material relating to Fr Thomas Cooney SJ, taken from the Mission Office

  • IE IJA J/102/2
  • File
  • 11 September 1953 - 23 July 1985
  • 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.

Br Kieran Corcoran SJ

Catalogue entry, memorial card and obituary for Br Kieran Corcoran SJ.

Corcoran, Kieran, 1869-1956, Jesuit brother

Fr Frederick Cuffe SJ

Biographical information on Fr Frederick Cuffe SJ.

Cuffe, Frederick, 1887-1951, Jesuit priest

Material relating to Fr Patrick J Cunningham SJ taken from the Mission Office

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.

Fr Stephen Curran SJ

Catalogue entry, passport photograph and obituary for Fr Stephen Curran SJ.

Curran, Stephen, 1911-1960, Jesuit priest

Br Thomas Carroll SJ

Obituary, written in Latin for Br Thomas Carroll SJ.

Carroll, Thomas, 1790-1866, Jesuit brother

Fr Joseph Dalton SJ

Mortuary card and newspaper obituaries for Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Fr James Daly SJ

A file relating to Fr James Daly SJ, including biography, genealogical material, letter from Peter Byrne, University College, Dublin (13 November 1897) to Fr Daly SJ, profits from Clongowes Wood College farm 1915-1916, grants paid to Clongowes Wood College and correspondence from the Irish Fr Provincials.

Daly, James, 1847-1930, Jesuit priest

Fr Hubert Daly SJ

Biographical information on Fr Hubert Daly SJ.

Daly, Hubert, 1842-1918, Jesuit priest

Fr Oliver Daly SJ

Biographical information on Fr Oliver Daly SJ.

Daly, Oliver, 1845-1916, Jesuit priest

Fr William Dargan SJ

  • IE IJA J/117
  • File
  • 18 June 1922 - 27 December 1983
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.

Dargan, William, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest

Fr Nicholas Davis SJ

Brief biographical information on Fr Nicholas Davis SJ.

Davis, Nicholas, 1850-1921, Jesuit priest

Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ

A file relating to Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ.

Dennehy, Vincent, 1899-1982, Jesuit priest

Obituaries for Fr Matthew Devitt SJ

Obituaries from the 'Irish Province News', Vol. II, No. 4, p15 - 17 (1932) and 'The Clongownian', p92 - 93 (1932) for Fr Matthew Devitt SJ.

Material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office

File of material relating to Fr Martin Cryan SJ taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport photographs; menology; personal record; announcement of death; obituary; and correspondence between Fr Cryan and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Fr Edmond Downing SJ

  • IE IJA J/128
  • File
  • 1 April 1924-1929; 1930; 1933
  • 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

Fr Charles Doyle SJ

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

Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ

Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ. Includes:
– potted biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (Irish Province Archivist, 1986 - 2019 (2pp);
– handwritten note on Fr John Conmee SJ made by an unknown person (probably a fellow-Jesuit) stating “Perhaps the first word that occurs to one when trying to describe Father Conmee is ‘delightful’. He was a delightful man – amiable, bright, entertaining… – his presence, the very thought of him did you good.” (n.d, 1p.);
– obituaries, with one document mentioning Frs John Hughes and Thomas Taaffe SJ (May 1910, 3 items);
– memorial cards (1910, 3 items) and
– copy of the death certificate of Fr Conmee (21 Oct. 1917, 1 item)

Material relating to Fr Dermot Durnin SJ

  • IE IJA J/132/1
  • File
  • 6 July 1931 - 6 December 1980
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to Fr Dermot Durnin SJ including biographical information, correspondence concerning his health and correspondence relating to the JSA (Jesuit Seminary Association).

Fr Peter Dwyer SJ

Information of the novice, catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Peter Dwyer SJ.

Dwyer, Peter, 1879-1945, Jesuit priest

Br John Doyle SJ

Copy of notice of death for Br John Doyle SJ.

Doyle, John, 1868-1898, Jesuit brother novice

Fr James Devine SJ

Copy of notice of death for Fr James Devine SJ.

Devine, James, 1860-1892, Jesuit priest novice

Br Michael Azzopardi SJ

Obituary for Br Michael Azzopardi SJ. Others Jesuits on sheet includes Michael Waters, John Norton, Thomas Kelly, James Tuite, Jeremiah Kelleher and James Maguire (In Latin).

Azzopardi, Michael, 1826-1893, Jesuit brother

Mr Laurence Brady SJ

Copy of obituary for Mr Laurence Brady SJ. Others Jesuits on sheet includes Matthew Maguire, Patrick Temple, John Scott, Patrick Killian, John Hanly and Eugene Duffy (In Latin).

Brady, Laurence, 1818-1895, Jesuit novice

Fr Éamon Egan SJ

  • IE IJA J/139
  • File
  • 9 June 1941 - 30 July 1974
  • 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

Obituaries of Fr William White SJ

Photocopies of obituaries of Fr William White SJ. Includes:
– obituaries from the 'Catholic Standard' and the 'Gonzaga Record' reprinted in 'Irish Province News' (Vol. 22, No. 8, October 1988, pp. 34 – 37) (Oct. 1988, 2pp) and
– appreciations of Fr William White SJ from the 'Gonzaga Record' (pp. 11 – 13) (1988, 3pp).

Br Peter Egan SJ

Obituary for Fr Peter Egan SJ

Egan, Peter, 1789-1855, Jesuit brother

Obituary notices of priests of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ

File containing the obituary notices of priests of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ.

Name Year of Death
Bracken, Patrick 1867
Buckeridge, George 1904
Blakeney, George 1854
Dietel, Charles 1905
Duffy, John 1871
D’Arcy, John 1884
Dalton, Joseph 1905
Fortescue, William 1888
Gaffney, Miles 1861
Hughes, Joseph 1878
Kenney, Peter 1841
Kirby, Stephen 1867
Lynch, Edmund 1890
Maguire, Matthew 1894
Manning, Thomas 1893
MacDonnell, Matthias 1871
Molloy, Thomas 1894
O'Connell, Charles 1912
Quirke, Joseph 1847
Rorke, Henry 1859
Sheehan, Patrick 1850
Seaver William 1891

Obituary notices of scholastics and novices of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ

File containing the obituaries of scholastics and novices of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ.

Name Year of Death
Bradshaw, John 1881
Cartan, James 1832
Carbery, John Joseph 1918
Cagney, Joseph 1885
D'Arcy, William 1884
Drinan, Patrick 1839
Duffy, Anthony 1872
Dunne, Michael Joseph 1860
Doyle, Dennis 1876
Geary, Michael 1856
Gannon, Nicholas 1882
Hayden, Daniel 1866
Irwin, Walter 1836
Murphy, Peter 1872
Murphy, James 1869
O'Ryan, George 1834
O'Donnell, Stephen 1859
O'Donovan, Edward 1875
O'Brien, Michael, Bernard 1858
Redmond, John 1879
Seaver, Elias 1886
Waters, George 1888
Walsh, Eugene 1855

Obituary notices of brothers of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ

File containing the obituaries of brothers of the Society by Fr Charles Farley SJ.
Name Year of Death
Boyle, Robert 1878
Bowe, John 1883
Brady, Lawrence 1895
Curry, Thomas 1893
Dempsey, James 1904
Frayne, William 1895
Gallagher, Thomas 1865
Killian, Patrick 1894
Leny, Francis 1906
McHugh, James 1872
Monaghan, Bryan 1865
Nolan, Michael 1870
Pexton, John 1904
Rorke, James 1883
Rogan, John 1886
Short, John 1887
Scott, John 1894
Spiteri, Salvator 1871
Temple, Patrick 1890
Zanti, Francis 1851

Notes used for the composition of obituary notices by Fr Charles Farley SJ

File of rough notes used for the composition of obituary notices in the hand of Fr Charles Farley SJ. Includes lists of the dates of death of various members of the Society with information concerning their place of residence. Also includes letter addressed to Fr Farley from Fr William .F Byrne SJ, St Ignatius College, Galway (29 January 1919).

Notes and letters by Fr John Ffrench SJ

  • IE IJA J/148/2
  • File
  • 18 October 1834 - 1873
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Notes and letters by Fr John Ffrench SJ, including reports on 12 boys at St Stanisalus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and what he has taught to them (18 October 1834), letters while acting as Substitute English Assistant to Fr General and English Assistant to Fr General, Rome to Fr O'Reilly SJ and Fr Browne SJ (21 December 1865 & 16 February 1867) and note on the wood used for Tullabeg. Includes letters from Fr George Lambert SJ, Fr General Peter Beckx SJ, Curia Generalizia Compagnia di Gesù, Rome, Italy on the death of Fr John Ffrench SJ (1873).

Irish mission office material on Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ

  • IE IJA J/149/2
  • File
  • 28 September 1954 - 1967 (-1970)
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of Irish mission office material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; personal record; correspondence between Miss Eva Fitzgerald, Patient, Waterford County and City Infirmary, Waterford (sister of Fr Thomas) and Fr Provincial regarding her application for assistance from the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association; and correspondence between Fr Fitzgerald and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.

Fr James Finucane SJ

Catalogue entry for Fr James Finucane SJ and obituary.

Finucane, James, 1878-1957, Jesuit priest

Fr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ

Catalogue entry for Fr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ (1930), obituary and passport page with black and white photograph (1952).

Fitzgibbon, Daniel, 1884-1956, Jesuit priest

Fr Peter Foley SJ

Photocopy of obituaries for Fr Peter Foley SJ.

Foley, Peter, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest

Material relating to Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ and his brother, Frank Gallagher

  • IE IJA J/160/1
  • File
  • April 1920 - 14 July 1942
  • 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.

  • brief details of Patrick O'Reilly and Michael Fitzgerlad, Youghal, County Cork who were arrested on possession of Arms and Ammunition at Ballinaclash, Clashmore, County Waterford;
  • typed correspondence and accounts relating to anti-treaty publicity (1922-1923);

Obituary of Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ

Obituary of Fr Leonard Gallagher SJ, taken from the Irish Province News, Vol. IV, No. 4, Oct. 1942.Includes a copy of a letter from Frank Gallagher (brother of Leonard) to brother-in-law and friend, Dr Jack Saunders, on the death of his brother.

Material relating to Fr Richard Gallagher SJ from mission office

  • IE IJA J/161/10
  • File
  • 22 November 1946 - 8 September 1960
  • 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.

Short obituaries of various members of the Society of Jesus by Fr David Gallery SJ

Short obituaries of various members of the Society of Jesus by Fr David Gallery SJ. A covering note by Fr James Rabbitte SJ reads ‘These were prepared for publ(ication). The writer of them Fr Gallery. My opinion is that they are not suitable i.e. as a whole JPR’. Obituaries are provided in the following order:

Name Year of Death
Brady, Fr Philip 1917
Maher, Fr Thomas 1917
Mahon, Br Thomas 1917
Kenny, Fr Timothy 1917
Doyle, Fr William 1917
Hogan, Fr Edmund 1917
Verdon, Fr John 1918
Fottrell, Fr James 1918
Daly, Fr Hubert 1918

Fr James Gubbins SJ

  • IE IJA J/168
  • File
  • 1930; 29 September 1946
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr James Gubbins SJ.

Gubbins, James, 1889-1946, Jesuit priest

Fr Gerard Guinane SJ

  • IE IJA J/169
  • File
  • 7 November 1945 - October 1971
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Catalogue entry, obituary, and correspondence concerning Fr Gerard Guinane SJ. Includes letters relating to his nomination to the board of the IRFU (10 May - 17 June 1968, 4 items).

Guinane, Gerard, 1900-1971, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ

Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ. Includes:
– extract on Fr Gill from the Catalogus personarum primus (1930, 2pp);
– potted biography of Fr Gill by Fr John A Leonard SJ (n.d., 1p.);
– photocopies of newspaper obituaries of Fr Gill (27 Nov. 1945, 1p.);
– photocopies of obituaries from 'The Belvederian' and 'The Clongownian' (1946, 1p. each) and
– photocopy of an obituary printed in the 'Irish Province News', (Jan 1946, 3pp).

Obituary of Fr William Hackett SJ

Obituary, mortuary card and article on Fr William Hackett SJ by Fr Francis J. Dennett SJ ' 'Tis Sixty Years Since' in 'Jesuit Life (1984).

Dennett, Francis, 1912-1992, Jesuit priest

Fr Karl Händl SJ

Obituary for Fr Karl Händl SJ.

Händl, Karl, 1847-1915, Jesuit priest

Fr Timothy Halpin SJ

Catalogue entry (1930) and obituary for Fr Timothy Halpin SJ.

Halpin, Timothy, 1879-1951, Jesuit priest

Material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office

  • IE IJA J/181/2
  • File
  • 7 December 1949 - 28 July 1961
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

File of material relating to Fr Maurice F Headon SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions Office. Includes passport photograph; mortuary card; personal record; and correspondence between Fr Headon SJ and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Irish Jesuit Missions Office, Dublin. Also includes letters from former students of Fr Headon.

Br John Hanly SJ

Copy of obituary for Br John Hanly SJ.

Hanly, John, 1832-1897, Jesuit brother

Fr Thomas Patrick Kane SJ

Photocopy of account of the award of the degree of Welsh Bard to Fr William Kane SJ, (April 1915) and obituary, both taken from taken from 'Letters and Notices'.

Kane, Thomas Patrick, 1849-1918, Jesuit priest

Fr John J Keane SJ

Catalogue entry and obituary Fr John J Keane SJ. Ordance Survey road map for Achill Island, Sheet 62 (Part of) and 73 (1905).

Keane, John J, 1867-1954, Jesuit priest

Material relating to Fr Laurence M Kearns SJ

  • IE IJA J/199/1
  • File
  • 9 May 1928 - 28 October 1986
  • Part of Irish Jesuits

Material relating to Fr Laurence M Kearns SJ containing admission details, his work within the Society (chaplain in the Second World War, communications and media work in Zambia and Lesotho, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials. Includes biographical information.

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