‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ
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‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ.
Murphy, Denis, 1833-1896, Jesuit priest
‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ
‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ.
Murphy, Denis, 1833-1896, Jesuit priest
‘P. Nicolaus Netterville’s dealings with Internuntio Jacobus Rospigliosi, in connection with the Taafe affair 1666 - 1669’ notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
‘Record of 25 years of Weekly Offices etc…and some accounts’ at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
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.
'A Diary or Jottings' by Fr James F. Murphy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
'A Diary or Jottings, from day to day of events, especially 1 Nov. 1892 regarding the Society and, in particular, this (Irish) Province, which may prove interesting &, perhaps, even useful when The Writer shall be many years dead and gone.’ Found enclosed is a typed note (n.d., 2pp) by an unknown Jesuit (possibly Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Irish Province Archivist 1975-1986) giving brief biographical details of Fr Murphy. Also comments on the contents of the diary, ‘Some interesting things recorded are: the initial history of all the houses of the province: the story of the setting up of Milltown as a Coll. Max.: the dispute with the Bishop of Meath (Dr Nulty) over faculties for fathers at Tullabeg: the biographies of various S.J.s (and, e.g., reference to W. Coyne, later father of Fr Eddie Coyne and to Charles Kennedy a benefactor of the province): the account of the great storm of 1890/1 and of the influenza epidemic which swept over Europe from Russia. Minutiae of the day-to-day life, customs, studies and so on, and the final account of the Provincial Congregation (June 1892) after Fr General’s (Anderledy) death are also of interest and some historical value.’ Enclosures includes extracts from diary kept in Tullabeg, 1856 (9pp).
Biographical information relating to Fr John Conmee SJ
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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)
Biographical material on Blessed Dominic Collins SJ
Biographical material on Dominic Collins SJ, martyred in Youghal, County Cork on 31 October 1602. Includes:
– copy of a typescript by Fr Bryan C. Fennelly SJ on Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 5pp);
– copy of an Appeal by the Youghal Martyrs’ Memorial Committee to raise a memorial for Br Dominic Collins SJ (n.d., 2pp) ;
– photocopy of a cutting from the 'Southern Star' concerning Br Dominic Collins SJ (26 December 1959, 1p.) and
– article by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled 'The Beatifies Martyrs of Ireland (6) Dominic Collins' in Irish Theological Quarterly 65 (2000, 9pp).
Biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on Frs David Woulfe, Paschase Broët and Charles Lea.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical notes compiled on Fr Thomas Tasburgh SJ
Biographical notes compiled by [ ] on Fr Thomas Tasburgh SJ, and reference to George's Hill, Dublin.
Biographical notes on Ambrose, John, Luke, Michael, Peter, Thomas and Walter Wadding
Biographical notes on Ambrose, John, Luke, Michael, Peter, Thomas and Walter Wadding compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical notes on Fr Andrew Cassin of Ferns
Biographical notes on Fr Andrew Cassin of Ferns (P.P. 1762- 1786) (possibly a Jesuit) and Fr Edward Redmond of Ferns, written by Canon Gahan ‘a relative of Fr Matt Gahan of the Isle of Man – who is P.P. of Gorey & a bit of a historian himself.’
Biographical notes on Fr John Young SJ
Biographical notes on Fr John Young SJ, mostly all in Latin, some compiled by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ (80pp).
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Biographical notes on Fr Thomas Brennan SJ
Biographical notes on Fr Thomas Brennan SJ, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits and Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ
Biographical notes on Irish Jesuits of the Old Society, compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ. Arranged chronologically by individual, tracing the history of the Society in Ireland from 1541 - 1774.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637
Biographical record of Irish Jesuits, 1554-1637. Author unknown, perhaps Fr John Grene SJ.
Biographical sketch of Fr John Austin SJ
Biographical sketch of Fr John Austin, with note on first page ‘This brief Memoir of the Rev. John Austin SJ was sent to Canon Conlan, P.P. St Michan’s, Dublin, by Mr. Edward Evans, July 14, 1900’ ([1900], 5pp), typescript entitled ‘Father John Austin SJ 1717 - 1784’ probably by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (n.d., 2 copies, 4pp each), pamphlet entitled 'Rev. John Austin, S.J.' by Dr George A. Little, Irish Messenger Office (1960) and article on John Austin and Thomas Betagh.
Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Handwritten account of Church devotions at St Ignatius, Galway, which details masses, sermons and feasts.
Copies of Irish ‘Informationes’ transcribed from the ‘Codex Novitiorum’ and ‘Informationes Novitiorum’ kept at Galloro, Roman Province. Sent with covering letter (12 February 1933, 1p) by Fr Denis Nerney SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ. Includes ‘Informationes Novitiorum Hib. S.J. in Tirocino Romano, 1826 - 1841’ (in Italian, 6pp) and extracts from the Codex Novitiorum, 1565 – 1586 (in Latin, 7pp).
Copy transcripts relating to documents on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy typescript transcripts, mostly relating to documents (1640-1661), supplied by Fr John MacErlean SJ, in Jesuit archives, on Fr John Stritch SJ and Irish mission.
'Corpus Poetarum Latinorum' by William S. Walker
Part of Irish Jesuits
'Corpus Poetarum Latinorum' by William S. Walker (ed.) (London: George Bell & Sons). With note by Fr Anthony Bischoff SJ (7 June 1947): ‘Clearly annotated in Hopkins’s hand on following pages: [89], 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 155, 157. Annotations of Juvental, pp.686ff., are not Hopkins. This book is valuable as an example of Hopkin’s minute attention to textual details.’ With University College, St. Stephen’s Green and St. Ignatius College’, S.J. Dublin stamps.
Draft Gwynn family entry from Burke’s Peerage
Part of Irish Jesuits
Draft Gwynn family entry from Burke’s Peerage sent to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ by the publishers: ‘We are sending you the entire genealogy in the hope that you might be able to supply fuller information – especially full present addresses – on the other side of the family as well as your own immediate branch.’
Fr Patrick Stephenson's next of kin
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Note naming Fr Patrick Stephenson's next of kin.
Hand-written index/precis to the Australia collection
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Hand-written index/precis to the Australia collection, 1835-1903. It is not known who prepared this precis (perhaps Fr James Rabbitte SJ, check handwriting).
Information on Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s great-grandfather’s cousin, John Gwynne
Part of Irish Jesuits
Information on Fr Aubrey Gwynn’s great-grandfather’s cousin, John Gwynne (1754 – 1828/9), founder of a ‘charitable endowment Institution, Derry.’ Includes letters from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland to Fr Gwynn (30 June, 8 July 1975, 2 items. 1p. each) and note given to Fr Gwynn by Archbishop George Simms (July 1974, 1p.) (John Gwynne bequeathed a large sum of money to found a charitable endowment in Derry known as the Gwynne Institution, for the education of boys whose parents could not afford to give them a suitable education. The money was to be distributed equally among Protestants and Catholics. (from Burke’s Irish Family Records, 19[74], p. 53) )
Simms, George Otto, 1910-1991, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
Informationes for Br Vincent Johnson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
'Informationes' for Br Vincent Johnson SJ and copy letter from St Francis Xavier Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin indicating that materiel sent is incomplete.
Johnson, Vincent, 1890-1978, Jesuit brother
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Letters and notes to Fr William A Sutton SJ from various individuals including the Editor of 'The Lamp', Alfred de Burgh (Shankill, County Dublin), Hanbury Geoghegan, Charles Coppinger (Upper Merrion Street, Dublin) and A.H. Matthew (Chelsfield, Kent).
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Liam Ó Buachalla, Cork, relating to the history of the diocese of Cork and Cloyne; - the Uí Toirdhealbhaigh ‘the subsept to which Brian Ború, the Ua hEnna’s and Ua hAailgenis belonged’;
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library, with extracts
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Mrs. E. Bunto[n], Barbados Public Library (2 items), enclosing extracts from the Minutes of the Council of Barbados with reference to the Irish in the West Indies (8pp).
Major Anthony F. Archer’s monograph on his antecedent Fr James Archer SJ
Documents concerning Major Anthony F. Archer’s monograph on his antecedent Fr James Archer SJ. Includes: circular by Thomas J. Morrissey SJ, headmaster of Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle, County Limerick, concerning the monograph (14 December 1978, 1p);
– letter from Major Archer to Fr James Healy SJ (24 January 1979, 1p) enclosing a copy of the monograph entitled Fr James Archer SJ 1550 – 1620 (January 1979, 26pp) and
– letter from Major Archer to Fr Healy inquiring about the existence of a memorial to Fr Archer (4 July 1980, 1p).
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century
Material concerning the Jesuits in New Ross, County Wexford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century
Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material relating to Fr Francis X. O'Brien SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Francis X. O'Brien SJ. Includes his Informationes.
O'Brien, Francis X, 1881-1974, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Material relating to Fr Jeremiah Hogan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Jeremiah Hogan SJ. Includes documents relating to his ill health (TB), his move from Hong Kong to Australia and his death in Australia.
Hogan, Jeremiah J, 1903-1986, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr John Williams SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr John Williams SJ, and entry into the Society of Jesus.
Williams, John, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ - notebook and calendar of letters
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ. Includes a calendar of letters received by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ compiled by Errol Lea-Scarlett, Archivist, Riverview (1977-2001, 17pp). Includes notebook compiled by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ entitled 'Consultations St. Patrick's College, Melbourne.' The notebook in fact contains other notes including copies of letters to Irish Fr Provincial and notes relating to other communities in Australia e.g. Sevenhills, St Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Richmond Parish, St. Kilda House, Riverview. (3 November 1870 - [ ] January 1883, ca. 60pp). Includes notes on Sir Edward Strickland compiled by Fr Dalton SJ (1 March 1899, 2pp).
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Joseph Howatson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Joseph Howatson SJ, his entry into the Society of Jesus and his death.
Howatson, P Joseph, 1910-1972, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Laurence O'Neill SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Laurence O'Neill SJ, his entry into the Society of Jesus, his ill health, his four years in Australia as a scholastic and his death.
O'Neill, Laurence, 1907-1987, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Michael O'Mahony SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Michael O'Mahony's entry into the Society of Jesus.
O'Mahony, Michael, 1905-1981, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Jesuits in Athlone, County Westmeath in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century
Material relating to the Jesuits in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the seventeenth century. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Material relating to the Jesuits in Limerick in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries
Material relating to the Jesuits in Limerick in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Includes:
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Irish Jesuits
Miscellaneous notes made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on Irish Jesuits in Europe, some reference to Maryland and Barbados, including citations to various archival documents.
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ for Hopkins material
Part of Irish Jesuits
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ: “In the File ‘Darlington’ there is what appears to be an unpublished MS entitled 'The Life of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Ireland and Policy of Father Delany, S.J. – President of University College, Stephen’s Green, 1884 – 1908'. It contains very little about Hopkins, though this is of some interest.”
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typescript note made by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the ‘Dublin Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ – ‘Books used by Hopkins during his years at University College, Dublin…These books were identified by Fr. Anthony Bischoff, S.J., who examined every book in the library, May 13- June 9, 1947.’
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Note on ‘St. Thecla’ made by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Note on ‘St. Thecla’ made by Fr Peter Troddyn SJ (Editor of 'Studies') – ‘English version first published in 'Studies '(XLV, 1956, p.187). Both Latin & English pub(lishe)d in 4th edn of Poems O(xford) U(niversity) P(ress).’
Hopkins, Gerard Manley Rev. St. Thecla, an Unpublished Poem, Beg. That His Fast-flowing Hours With Sandy Silt. 1956.
Troddyn, Peter M, 1916-1982, Jesuit priest
Note written by Fr Morgan O'Brien SJ concerning his taking of his last vows
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Note written by Fr Morgan O'Brien SJ concerning his renunciation and the taking of his last vows.
O'Brien, Morgan J, 1849-1901, Jesuit priest
Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’
Notebook ‘Irish Jesuits of the Penal Days’ compiled by an unknown Jesuit. Includes a table of contents on a loose page and a calendar of events in the Irish Society 1542-1822. Separate typewritten page lists 'Jesuit writers of Penal Days'.
Notebook containing ‘Jottings of my Provincialate
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notebook containing ‘Jottings of my Provincialate’. ‘Feeling inconvenience often caused for want of information as to exact details of certain past events, terms on which money had been given exact terms of agreement about this or that…I have thought well to open a book in which I shall record essential…details of such transactions as may be useful in the future.’ Volume containing details of financial transactions of the Province from 1901 - entries have been continued on into 1923. Includes table of contents (5pp).
Notebook containing a course of sermons
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Notebook containing a course of sermons. Some notes in shorthand. The rear of the book contains science notes (magnets, optics
Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notebook entitled ‘Canterbury Professions’ with note on inside cover by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, ‘These professions, made at Canterbury when Lanfranc was archbishop, were copied by me from B.M. MS 24199 (c.1949).’
Bieler, Ludwig, 1906-1981, Hiberno-Latin scholar