Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle
- IE IJA FM/RATH/24
- File
- [1920]-[1986]
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle including negatives of the stained glass windows in the Chapel.
Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Interior photographs of Rathfarnham Castle including negatives of the stained glass windows in the Chapel.
Inventory of Rathfarnham Castle for Fire Insurance made out by Fr Thomas Shuley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Inventory of Rathfarnham Castle for Fire Insurance made out by Fr Thomas Shuley SJ. Inventory includes details of the furnishing and content of each room. Inventory of the kitchen area by Br Andrew Bannon SJ.
Investment register which details the share investment for Mungret Apostolic School
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Investment register which details the share investment that the Mungret Apostolic School has made. Includes investment history with figures.
Mungret Apostolic School, 1880-1969
Invitation by the Bishop of Melbourne to the Irish Province to set up a mission in his diocese
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Joseph Alipius Goold, Bishop of Melbourne, Bishop's House, Melbourne, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning an invitation to the Irish Province to set up a mission in his diocese.
Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Invitation card to Mrs O'Riordan to the Feast of St Ignatius at the Church of St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Invitation card to Mrs O'Riordan to the Feast of St Ignatius at the Church of St Ignatius, Galway where high mass will be celebrated. Envelope with stamp attached.
Invitation card, order of service and hymn sheet for the service of remembrance
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Invitation card, order of service and hymn sheet for the service of remembrance at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Remembrance Sunday, Armistice Day, 11 November 1928 (perhaps an Irish Jesuit attended the service).
Invitation cards for Belvedere College plays
Part of Irish Jesuits
Assortment of invitation cards for Belvedere College plays: 'The Gondoliers' (1941), 'Ruddigore' (1945) and 'The Mikado' (1947).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Invitation from Taoiseach Charles Haughey to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to a reception in the Irish Parliament House at the Bank of Ireland, College Green, to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Declaration of Independence by Grattan’s Parliament and the Convention of the Ulster Volunteers in Dungannon.
Haughey, Charles, 1925-2006, politician and taoiseach
Invitation to the Jesuit Mission to take over the administration of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to an invitation to the Jesuit Mission to take over the administration of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. The College was started by a Chinese Catholic as a secondary day-school. Includes letters from the mission consultors to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposal.
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, 1919-
Invoices from Brown and Nolan Ltd. made out to 'The Irish Monthly'
A file of invoices from Brown and Nolan Ltd., Manufacturing Stationers and Printers; Publishers and Booksellers made out to 'The Irish Monthly'.
Browne & Nolan Limited, Printers, Nassau Street Dublin
Irish Jesuit annual letters 1604-1674
Irish Jesuit annual letters 1604-1674.
Volume I: 1604-1615, 1-517;
Volume II: 1616-1674, 522-1013;
Moynes, Vera, archivist and historian
Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book
1st Edition 1928
(5’’ x 7 1/4’’)
Became 'The Irish Jesuit Year Book' from 1955 onwards.
Produced by the Irish Messenger Office, 5 Great Denmark Street, Dublin until 1962. In 1963 the Irish Messenger Office moved to 37 Lower Leeson Street.
The Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book
Contents:
Index to the Irish Jesuit Directory, 1928 – 62 (6 3/4’’ x 8 3/4’’) and Supplementary Index to the Jesuit Year Book, 1963 – 1976
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith (P.P.).
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from John Harrington
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from John Harrington.
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Nora Hubbard, Dromatimore, Coachford, County Cork
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Nora Hubbard, Dromatimore, Coachford, County Cork.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan.
Irish Jesuit Province Finance Committee
Copies of correspondence relating to the Province Finance Committee (1995; 1999), issues of finance in the Province (1991-1992)
Minutes of Advisory Committee on Temporal Administration (1988-1989);
Correspondence and memorandum regarding Province Finance Committee (1999; 2000; 2005)
Letters and document on Apostolic Development Fund (1990; 1996);
Irish Province Budget 2000-2001;
Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis with houses and colleges
Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis (Province Account), from 1877 to 1883. Also the status temporalis for the following individual houses and colleges: St. Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; University Hall; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College, Naas; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick and Milltown Park.
Irish Jesuits 1598-1773, dictionary
Irish Jesuits 1598-1773, dictionary - Vol. IV biographies.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Irish Jesuits in Foreign Missions From 1574 to 1773
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Pamphlet entitled 'Irish Jesuits in Foreign Missions From 1574 to 1773' by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 14pp) and typescript of same, consisting of brief biographical sketches of the following 41 Irish Jesuits:
Brazil:
Thomas Field (1549 – 1626);
Richard Cary or Carew (1619 – 1696);
Ruperto de Campos (Robert Field) (1637 – 1712);
Thomas Lynch (1685 – 1761);
William Lynch (1712 – 1774);
Canada:
John William Butler (1703 – ?);
Goa:
James Grace (1644 – 1673);
Francis Skerret (1683 – 1721);
James Alyward (17?? – 17??)
Mexico:
Michael Wadding (1586 – 1644);
John Vasquez (1631 – 16?);
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) (1631 – 1673);
Cornelius Guillereag (MacGiolla Riabhaigh) (1635 – 1671);
John Munoz (Muñoz de Burgos) (1645 – 1700);
Thomas Butler (1722 – 1790);
Thomas Arsdekin (1721 – 1767);
Joseph Arsdekin (1743 – 1788);
Nuevo Reino:
Francis Lea (1605 – 1675);
Ruperto de Acuna (Kyne?) (1620 – 1675);
Thomas Lewis (1648 – 1721);
Paraguay:
Thomas Field (1549 – 1626);
Thomas Browne (1656 – 1717);
William Leny or de Leny (Delaney?) (1692 – 1769);
Thaddeus Enis (? – 1769);
Andrew Stritch (17? – 1773);
Thomas William Browne (? – ?);
Ignatius Walter (1625 – 1672);
Maurice Ophelan (1693 – 1772);
Michael Lynch (1701 – 17??);
John Brand (1712 – 17(62));
James Woulfe (1724 – 1783);
Philippine Islands:
John Baptist (1581 – 1630);
Francis O'Driscoll (1630 – 1682);
Richard O'Callaghan (1728 – 1807);
Charles O’Dwyer (1729 – 1772);
West Indies:
John Stritch (1616 – 1681);
John O'Daly (1663 – 1738);
James Galway (1655 – 1732);
Roger(?) Maguire (Louis de Magloire) (1701 – 17??) and
Philip O'Reilly (1719 – 1775).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
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
Irish language manuscripts at the Irish Jesuit Archives
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Tá 9 lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge i gcartlann na nÍosánach in 35 Sr. Líosan, íochtarach, Baile Átha Cliath. Ní fios go cruinn conas a tharla ansin iad. Bhí IL 6 agus 7 i seilbh an Athar Eoin Mac Fhir Léinn, S.J., de réir dealraimh. Bhí IL 5 i seilbh an Athar Éamann Ó hÓgáin, S J. Tá stampa ar IL 2 agus 9 a chuireann in iúl go rabhadar araon tamall i Meiriceá. Deir an tAthair Aubrey Gwynn, S.J., go bhfuair sé féin IL 1 sa Leabharlann sa teach agus gur thaispeáin sé don Athair Mac Fhir Léinn í agus gur fhéach seisean chuige gur cheangail Colm Ó Lochlainn í i gComhartha na dTrí gCoinneal. Ceanglaíodh IL 8 ansiúd leis. Bhí sí seo tráth i seilbh Sheáin Uí Chatháin i nDubhghlas i gCo. Chorcaí, agus, níos déanaí, i seilbh an Athar Patrick Kenyon. Seachas an méid sin níl le rá ach gur bhailigh an chuallacht léannta seo na lsí seo de réir a chéile agus gur thugadar togha na haire dóibh.
See Irish Script on Screen which as has digitised five of the nine 'lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge i gcartlann na nÍosánach. https://www.isos.dias.ie/index.html
Irish mission office material on Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ
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.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photocopies of entries for the Jesuit community at Galway and at St Ignatius College, contained in the Jesuit publication, the Irish Province News.
Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies
A file relating to the joint Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies.
'Is One Religion As Good As Another?'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Pamphlet 'Is One Religion As Good As Another?' by Fr Peter Finlay SJ. Irish Messenger Series, Dublin. ‘10th Edition – 80th Thousand’.
Finlay, Peter, 1851-1929, Jesuit priest and theologian
Jesuit community and Fr John J McMahon SJ, at St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photograph of the community at St Ignatius, Galway, at the time of Fr John J McMahon’s visitation. Taken outdoors in three rows by Yann Studios, 3 Mainguard St, Galway. Includes names.
Top row, from left: Fr Michael Morahan SJ, Fr Kieran Ward SJ, Fr Senan Timoney SJ, Fr Richard Butler SJ, Fr Sean O'Duibhir SJ, Fr Paddy Tyrrell SJ, Br Michael Crowe SJ.
Middle row: Fr Peader Feeney SJ, Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ, Br Andrew Colgan SJ, Fr Andrew O'Reilly SJ, Br Francis Bonfield SJ, Fr Jim Christian SJ.
Front row, sitting: Fr Paul Leonard SJ, Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ, Fr Pearse O'Higgins SJ (Rector), Fr John J McMahon SJ (Visitor), Fr Michael McGrath SJ (Minister), Fr Bob McGoran SJ, Fr Francis McSwiggan SJ.
Yann Studios, photographers
Jesuit expense account at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
1865-1872
Handwritten account which chronologically details receipts and expenditure (church accounts), St Francis Xavier's, Dublin.
Handwritten account, which chronologically details individual Jesuits expenses from 1892 - 1901, while members of the St Francis Xavier's community. For example, April - June 1892, Br Norton spent on 17 shillings and 9 pence on socks, braces, snuff and soft hat; January - November 1897, Fr Bannon spent 7 pounds, 6 shillings and 6 pence on apothecary, bookmaker, Galway, doctor and hosiers (203pp).
Jesuit plot in graveyard, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Receipts for purchase of grave space at Galway cemetery and the burial of Fr Patrick O'Reilly SJ (1902); reply to Fr John MacSheahan SJ from B. Tierney regarding his offer to purchase grave space (19 December 1922) cost of three grave at Bohermore (£6 each) (29 May 1934); quotation from James Stewart, Building Contractor for kerbing to Jesuit graves and surround (21 June 1938-15 March 1956); plan of graves in Jesuit plot, Galway taken from maps and records in Corporation Office which details the graves wand who is buried there (2 October 1968).
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
Copy of an image from the Jesuit Year Book on the occasion of Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ visitation to Northern Rhodesia.
Jesuits in Galway and Connacht
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Poster recounting the history of Jesuits in Galway and document which give a chronology of the history of Jesuits in Connacht, 1605-, and Galway and St Ignatius Parish Church.
John Baptist Byrne entry into the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Br John Baptist Byrne SJ entry into the Society of Jesus and difficulties he encountered as a novice, ultimately leading to his decision to become a brother in the English Province. Includes detailed correspondence concerning his difficulties and the various attempts to find a suitable position for him in the Society.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Joseph Hurley's entry to the noviceship
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Joseph Hurley's entry to the noviceship.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Journal articles on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Journal articles on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, collected by his brother Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes ‘Hosanna’, ‘The Ratcliffian’, ‘Revue D’ Ascetique et De Mystique’, ‘La Vie Spirituelle’, ‘The Messenger of the Sacred Heart’ and ‘The Catholic Fireside’.
Journal of the County Kildare Archaelogical Society
Copies of the Journal of the County Kildare Archaelogical Society:
Volume 2, No.1, 1896
Volume 2, No.6, 1898
Volume 4, No.1, 1903
Volume 9, No.1, 1903
March 1937
July 1938
July 1939
Junior students at St Ignatius' College, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Group of junior students in four rows with their two teachers, Mr O’ Shea and Mr Scallon (Mr Scallan). Taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names printed on one mounted print.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Kevin Quinn's admission papers to the Society and correspondence
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Kevin Quinn's admission papers and brief correspondence from his time in Lusaka, Zambia and at the College of Industrial Relations.
Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Kodak box with and positive photographs by Fr Frank Browne SJ of Donegal (Carrick, Glencolmcille and Slieve League) and butter making at Ballypatrick creamery (Kilsheelan), Tipperary [1947].
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Large illustrated banners and mounted used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Large illustrated banners and mounted used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ when giving a retreat. Includes illustrated cards used when giving a 8-day retreat.
Large square negatives of the consecration of St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Cork
Part of Irish Jesuits
Large square negatives of the consecration of St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Cork.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Copy last will and testament of Henry Earl of Ely, Lord Viscount Loftus of Ely and Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall. Includes a form attached granting probate (20 February 1864).
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Latin verses by F.S. O'Mahony. Includes Hymn to St Francis Xavier (2pp) and ‘Ode sur la convalescence de Msr. Archeveque de Bordeaux’ (2pp)
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist
Leaflet for a requiem service for dead soldiers
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Leaflet for a requiem service for dead soldiers at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. Sermon given by Fr William Lockington SJ.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1861
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Leaflet of the 'Novena of Divine Grace in Honour of St Francis Xavier' at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin.
Leaflet relating to the league of prayer, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Leaflet relating to the league of prayer, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, in relation to the First World War.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
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 outlining the aims and organisation of the Association of Prayer against intemperance
Part of Irish Jesuits
Five versions of a printed leaflet outlining the aims and organisation of the Association of Prayer against intemperance.
Leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Small sized leaflets related to the ‘Apostleship of Prayer’.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Parties:
Baron Emly, Tervoe, County Limerick, Sir David Vandeleur Roche, County Limerick, Sir Stephen de Vere, Monare Foynes, County Limerick, Edward William O'Brien, Cahermoyle, County Limerick, James Grene Barry, Sandville, County Limerick (Trustees of the Mungret Agricultural School and Model Farm) called the Lessors and Rev. William Ronan SJ, Crescent House, city of Limerick, Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, Tullabeg College, Tullamore, County Offaly and John White, Nanternan, County Limerick called the Lessees.
Property:
Part of the town and lands of Dromdarrig in the Barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick containing 71 acres statute measure.
Terms & Conditions :
From 1 January 1883 for 500 years at a yearly rent of £70 to be paid on 1 January and 1 July.
Other:
The original Lease has a map of the property, area coloured pink 'Lands of Dromdarrig or Mungret Model Farm''.
Lease for house and premises in New Row, City of Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
Parties:
Michael Kavanagh, Merchant, New Row, City of Dublin and William Dwyer, Gentleman, Usher's Quay, Dublin.
Property:
House and premises in New Row, city of Dublin.
Terms & Conditions:
For a term of 46 years, yearly rent of £100 to be paid in two even instalments on 25 November and 25 May.
Lease for the property The Derries, Kings County
Parties:
Jonathan Goodbody, Charlestown, Kings County and Rev. William Delany, Rector, St. Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Kings County.
Property:
The Derries, 61 acres Irish plantation measure.
Terms & Conditions:
300 years from 29th September 1873. Yearly rent of £70.3.0 to be paid in two even payments on 25 March and 29 September.
Other:
Signed and sealed
Lease of property to John Edmond Byrne of Gilford Road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin
Copy of lease
Parties:
(1) The Right Honorable Richard Charles Francis, Earl of Clanwilliam in Ireland and the Most Honorable George William Frederick, Marquis of Ailesbury (the trustees of the last will and testament of the Right Honorable Richard late Viscount Fitzwilliam in Ireland, deceased);
(2) The Right Honorable George Robert Charles, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery;
(3) John Edmond Byrne of Upper Baggot Street in the County of Dublin, grocer.
Property:
All that lot or parcel of ground with the dwelling house and offices now standing thereon situate in the east side of Gilford Road, Sandymount in the Barony of Dublin, in the County of Dublin, bounded on the north-west, west and south-west by Guilford Road and Sandymount Green, and on the north and north-east partly by the holding of James Beckett, partly by the holding of Susan and Louisa Hepenstal and partly by an unleased portion of the Estate of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, together with all the rights, members and appurtenances to the said lot or parcel of ground belonging or in any wise appertaining
Terms and conditions:
George Robert Charles, Earl of Pembroke, the party of the second part, being under the age of twenty-one, the parties of the first part demise, set and to farm-let unto John Edmond Byrne the above property (reserving to said George Robert Charles all manner of mines, minerals and royalties), to have and to hold from 29 September 1869, for and during the term of 150 years, yielding and paying unto George Robert Charles the yearly rents of £95 and £190.0.0; the former sum to be paid during the first three years, and the latter sum to be paid during the remainder of the term. Within the first eighteen months of the said term, Byrne to build and complete in a good and workmanlike manner on the said demised premises fronting to Gilford Road five good and substantial dwelling houses, of the best materials well roofed and covered with slates and best lead not more or less than two stories high and shall enclose the said demised premises with a stone or brick wall within the first twelve months of the said term, and within the first eighteen months of said term to expend the sum of £500.0.0 at least in putting the dwelling house and offices now standing on the premises into a permanent and complete condition of repair.
Other:
Accompanied by a map of the property. Includes a consent dated 28 May 1903, stating that the lessee shall, so long as any of the instalments payable to the Intermediate Education Board on foot of a loan about to be made on the security of the premises shall remain unpaid, use that portion of the said premises now known as the Academical Institution as a boarding school. Also includes a statement of consent dated 7 May 1918 by the Right Honorable Reginald, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, that the yearly rent of one hundred and ninety pounds reserved by the lease shall from 25 March 1918 be abated or reduced by the sum of £65.0.0 per annum.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of leases between Thomas O'Reilly and Bridget O'Reilly (nee O'Callaghan) (mother and father of Fr Edmund O'Reilly) and others (farmers) in respect of lands in the Barony of Tulla, County Clare. (See individual leases for further information).
Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.
Lenten Lectures given in St Francis Xavier's Church and whether they should be discontinued
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
A file relating to the Lenten Lectures given in St. Francis Xavier's Church and whether they should be discontinued.
Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Documents relating to Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus. Includes:
– introductory letter from Leonard to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ seeking information on the Society (6 March 1919, 2pp);
– note from Dr. J. Redmond to Fr George Byrne SJ, [Novice Master] following his medical examination of Leonard Sheil (22 July 1920, 1p.);
– letter from Mrs Helen Sheil, Leonard's mother to ‘Father Rector’ describing Leonard’s education and state of health. Remarks ‘I hope…that you will not discourage him – his whole heart is set on things spiritual & I know that he has it in him to do great things for God. He is so shy that he will perhaps have difficulty in speaking to you…’ (6 August 1920, 2pp) and
– letters from Mrs Sheil to Irish Fr Provincial on financial matters, following his acceptance of her son into the Society, (28 August - 4 October 1920, 3 items).
Letter and note concerning the biography of Rev. James Gwynne
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter (from Peter, Haslemere, Surrey) and note concerning the biography of Rev. James Gwynne (Fr Gwynn’s maternal grandfather) (1829 -1869).
Letter and photographs from C.C Barham, Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from C.C Barham, Editor of Kodak Magazine Kingsway, London, to Fr Frank Browne SJ, returning the series of photographs of the ‘Angels’ and asking Fr Browne to write a short photographic article on them. Includes photographs of churches in East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse, and some photographs of angels (stone) in Ireland.
Barham, C.C., editor
Letter and poem from Sr D Francis to Fr John MacErlean SJ concerning his diamond jubilee
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Sr D Francis, The Sisters of Charity, Our Lady's Hospice for the Dying, Harold's Cross, Dublin to Fr John MacErlean SJ concerning his diamond jubilee (in the Society of Jesus). Includes a poem in honour of the occasion.
Letter and postcard to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter and postcard to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Katherine Walsh-Strnad, relating to her research on Archbishop FitzRalph. Includes typed notes on Otto III. Also includes Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s wedding invitation to Katherine’s marriage to Dr Alfred Strnad at University Church in July 1976.
Walsh-Strnad, Katherine, -2011, historian
Letter and postcard to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letter and postcard to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ, written during his time serving as chaplain attached to the Australian Expeditionary Force, Dardanelles and the 7th Infantry Battalion, II Infantry Brigade, A.I.F., Mediterranean.
Hearn, Joseph, 1854-1941, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter and statement from Fr Matthew MacDonnell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning trusts held in his name. Remarks that he is still waiting for the "Bishop's Exeat" to enter the Society of Jesus.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter book containing copies of letters and cables sent to the Hong Kong Mission by the Irish Province.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Handwritten letter by Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ, Jesuit House, Galway, to Father [ ] St Ignatius, Galway outlining how documentation surfaced to confirm the existence of Jesuits in Athlone, the discovery of documents and the persistence of former student in researching the Jesuits in Athlone, ‘…went to the records of the Protestant Diocese of Meath’. Refers to a book 'Opus Catecheticum' and 'Regulae Societatis Iesu in 8', published in Antwerp by Ioach Trongnaesium, 1605, with 'Residentiae Athlonienis Sotis Jesu' written on it. Includes typewritten copy of the above letter.
O'Kelly, Patrick H, 1897-1968, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from W. F. Butler and Tomas O Muirgeasa, Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, 1 Hume Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the length of time the following schools have been operating as secondary schools (and reply from Fr Fahy):
St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney, NSW (1880);
St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney (1904);
Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne (1879) and
St. Patrick's College, Melbourne (1874).
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Copy of a letter from [ ], St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the new Ordinatio Studiorum in Assistentia Angliae and Studies of Jesuits.
Letter from Albert Gardiner, on an amendment to the war service regulations and theological students
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Albert Gardiner (Acting Minister of Defence), Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia concerning an amendment to the war service regulations and theological students.
Gardiner, Albert, 1867-1952, politician
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran, St Mary's Cathedral to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College and a proposal to put Fr Clancy SJ or Fr Kelly SJ forward as Rector of the college and a letter (written on the back) from Fr Dalton to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, Superior of the Mission, concerning the letter. Includes a copy reply from Fr Dalton to the Archbishop.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Letter from Arthur Cox, Milltown Park, Dublin applying to enter the Society of Jesus
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Arthur Cox, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provvincial Charles O'Conor SJ applying to enter the Society of Jesus.
Letter from Bishop Thomas Furlong to Dr O'Reilly. Asks him to provide a retreat at Milltown Park, Dublin for four young men whom Bishop Furlong intends to ordain at the end of the month.
Furlong, Thomas, 1803-1875, Roman Catholic bishop of Ferns
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ asking him to call on him
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ. Expresses his wish for the Provincial to call on him.
MacCabe, Edward, 1816-1885, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and cardinal
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ in relation to the regulation of weekday Masses in the Diocese of Dublin.
MacCabe, Edward, 1816-1885, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and cardinal
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, 61 Bond Street, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning his Historical Memoir. Remarks that he brought a stock of printing paper so that there would be no delay in publishing the work.
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Letter from Charles Russell, Maynooth College, County Kildare to his sister, Anne Russell
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Letter from Charles Russell, Maynooth College, County Kildare to his sister Anne Russell. Remarks that there was an eclipse of the sun 'I observed it very accurately. When I saw it first a very small segment was obscured but in a short time more than one third was covered. I never had a perfect idea of an eclipse until today. Describes what it is like to be studying in Maynooth. Remarks that he has a bad place in the study hall as the people around him talk. Refers to his room 'I am beginning already to feel the cold at night. I suppose it is because my curtains are so bad if they may be called curtains which are all full of holes and as thin as wafer.' Includes a xerox copy of the letter.
Letter from D.A. Lyons S.C., St John Bosco novitiate (Salesians), Ballinakill, Laois
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from D.A. Lyons S.C., St John Bosco novitiate (Salesians), Ballinakill, Laois to Fr Frank Browne SJ, thanking him for the snaps. With envelope.
Lyons, D.A., Salesian
Letter from Dr David Moriarty, Bishop of Ardfert, to Dr Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Informs him of the arrangements for a retreat for priests to be held near Killarney, to be facilitated by O'Reilly. Refers also to a synod to be held.
Moriarty, David, 1814-1877, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardfert
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Letter from Donald I. Findlay, Deputy Secretary, The Council for the Care of Churches, 83 London Wall, London to Fr Eddie O'Donnell SJ on the photographs taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ while engaged by the Council during the Second World War (item damaged from fire at Gonzaga College, 5 May 1996).
Findlay, Donald I.
Letter from Dr Charles Russell to his nephew, Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Dr Charles William Russell (note: two of the letters may in fact be from Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen and brother of Fr Matthew Russell SJ) to his nephew Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a letter discussing the title of 'The Irish Monthly' (founded by Fr Matthew Russell) (n.d., 4pp).
Letter from Dr Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, writing from Kilkenny, to Fr William Ronan SJ
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Letter from Dr Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, writing from Kilkenny, to Fr Ronan. States that the work in which the latter is engaged ‘cannot be aided by the Executors of the late Mr. Devereux’, and that ‘there is no fund available which the Executors could apply to [his] charitable undertaking.’ Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Fr Brown in Gardiner Street, with a note which reads: ‘a courteous! letter from Dr Moran - Abp Sydney’.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Letter from Dr William Cardinal Conway, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ relating to the development of the college at Maynooth as an open centre for higher studies. Includes copy response from Fr Brendan Lawler SJ, Vice-Provincial.
Conway, William John, 1913-1977, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and cardinal
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from E. H Kearney, 34 Rutland Square West, Dublin to Judge John O'Hagan, 22 Upper Fitzwilliam Street enclosing biographical notes on the late Lord Thomas O'Hagan (died 1 February 1885) for a tribute. Remarks '...I would esteem it a great honour to be identified even in the smallest way in any tribute to my dear departed friend and patron.
Letter from Fr Albert Chan SJ, Boston to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his studies
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Albert Chan SJ, Boston College High School, 761 Harrison Avenue, Boston to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning his studies.
Chan, Albert, 1915-2005, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Anton Anderledy SJ, Vicar General, to all Provincials
Letter from Fr Anton Anderledy SJ, Vicar General, to all the Provincials. (Printed; in Latin; also includes English translation).
Anderledy, Anton Maria, 1819-1892, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ to Dr Briggs concerning Isle of Man property
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copies of a letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Douglas to Dr Briggs concerning the property of the Isle of Man mission which he bequeaths to the Bishop.
Aylmer, Charles, 1786-1849, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Letter from Fr Charles McKenna SJ, Mungret College to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning a chapter Fr William Ronan SJ wishes to include in the Custom Book of Mungret College. Raises an objection to the contents of the chapter. Includes the relevant chapter.
McKenna, Charles, 1836-1910, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Colm Ó Riordan SJ to Sister Gertrude, St Mary’s Convent, Monze, Zambia
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Letter from Fr Colm Ó Riordan SJ to Sister Gertrude, St Mary’s Convent, Monze, Zambia (27 March 1987) and to Maureen [ ], Milltown Park, with prescription (2 December 1992). Includes address of next-of-kin.
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Letter from Fr Cyril Power SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning a visit made by Fr Cahill to Cork where he delivered a series of lectures. Remarks 'Regarding the matter of Fr Cahill's lectures I am in complete agreement with your Reverence's views - no later than today complaints were made to me regarding what he said...I think he should only be allowed to speak from Mss which has first been censored.'
Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Denis J Murphy SJ, Bishop's residence, Galle, Ceylon to the Irish Fr Provincial.
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Letter from Fr Denis J Murphy SJ, Bishop's residence, Galle, Ceylon to the Irish Fr Provincial. Describes the school and its progress. Outlines what is needed by the school. Remarks that they need a lay brother to prepare food and look after the boarding house 'A coolie in charge ran away with knives, spoons, forks, etc...his successor left today. Besides our boys have a deep caste prejudice against coolies'. Continues, one or two scholastics or young priest from Ireland. Parents look for a good English curriculum... Natives have no confidence in native teachers.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Dominic Connell SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ. Includes a letter referring to the lack of discipline of the scholastics whilst on villa (14 May 1915, 1p).
Connell, Dominic, 1866-1933, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park
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Letter from Fr E O'Donnell, Redemptorist, Limerick, to Fr Stephen Farrell SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin. Encloses receipt for the sum of £100 (included), received from an anonymous donor through Fr. Farrell for the use of the Fathers at Mount St. Alphonsus.
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Letter from Fr Eustace Boylan SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ concerning proposed changes to St Patrick's College. Includes the plans of the proposed changes.
Boylan, Eustace, 1869-1953, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr General Anton Anderledy SJ to Fr Eugene Browne SJ, Rector, Milltown Park, Dublin in which he express satisfaction in the running of Milltown. (In Latin). With an explanation of the letter by Fr Frank Finegan SJ on the front of an envelope (In Irish).
Anderledy, Anton Maria, 1819-1892, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letter from Fr General concerning mass stipends
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Fr General concerning mass stipends. Includes a note by Fr John Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ seeking advice.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr H Walmesley SJ, Via S. Nicola da Tolentino, Roma to Irish Fr Provincial William Delaney SJ concerning a representative from the Australian Mission to the Provincial Congregation. Includes a copy of a reply on the same issue from the XXV General Congregation (1906).
Walmesley, Herman, 1850-1927, Jesuit priest
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Personal record (1953) and letter from Fr Herbert J Dargan SJ , Xavier House, 27 Cheung Chau, Hong Kong to Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin in which he describes his journey, clothes bought, advice for future preparations for journeys and masses said (26 September 1953).
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Letter from Fr James A. Cullen, House of Missions, Enniscorthy, County Wexford to Rev James Tuite SJ, Irish Provincial, Milltown Park, Dublin regarding his wish to join the Society of Jesus. Remarks ‘...my life for years has been drifting in this direction.’. Requests a meeting with Rev Tuite SJ; includes a letter from Dr Cruise, 93 Merrion Square, Dublin to Rev Tuite concerning Fr Cullen. Remarks ‘I don’t find any objection to his carrying out this wish.’.