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Fr William McElligott SJ

Catalogue entry, obituaries and Service (1917-1921) Medal for Fr William McElligott SJ. Includes article by Damien Burke entitled 'Irish Jesuits and the London IRA, 1921' which outlines William McElligott involvement in the War of Independence.

McElligott, William, 1901-1952, Jesuit priest

Medal of the Order of the Crown, class Officier, conferred by the King of Belgium to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ

Medal of the Order of the Crown (Ordre de la Couronne), class Officier, conferred by the King of Belgium to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ. Includes official document concerning the decoration (6 May 1919) and letter from the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (22 May 1919). The medal in case, with name of Fernanrd Heremans, Schaerbeek, is a five-armed white enamel and silver-gilt Maltese cross with silver-gilt graduated rays between the arms, on green enamel oval laurel wreath suspension; the face with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the gilt crown of Belgium; the reverse with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the cipher of King Leopold II, founder of the Order. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017. Medal given by King of Belgium in recognition for the work of Irish Jesuits in helping Belgian refugees in Ireland during the First World War.