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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).

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 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).

Material relating to Fr Michael Fitzgerald SJ compiled by Fr Hugh Fenning, O.P.

Documents relating to Fr Michael Fitzgerald SJ compiled by Fr Hugh Fenning, O.P. (Collegio S. Clemente, Via Labicana, Rome), for Fr Francis Finegan SJ. Includes letter from Fr Fenning to Fr Franics Finegan SJ (13 April 1966), 2pp) and enclosed ‘References to Michael Fitzgerald SJ in the archives of San Clemente, Rome’ (n.d., 3pp).

Fenning, Hugh, 1935-2018, Dominican priest, archivist and historian

Notes on Dominic Kirwan SJ

Biographical notes on Fr Dominic Kirwan SJ compiled by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ. Includes extract from 'Les Monasteres d’Ursulines sous l’Ancien Régime, 1612 – 1788' by M.M. de Chantal Gueudré, O.S.M. (Paris, 1960) with reference to Fr Kirwan (Quiravan) (2pp).

McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest

Notes on John Meagh SJ

Documents concerning Fr John Meagh SJ. Includes biographical notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 16pp), ‘De P. Joanne Meagh authore P.F. Antonio Bruodino in Propugnaculo. 1669’ (4pp) and letter from Fr Leopold Škarka SJ, with notes from Prague, Czechoslovakia (21 September 1930).

MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist

Photocopies of articles from the Irish Times, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on William Smith O'Brien

  • IE IJA J/10/71
  • File
  • 17 July-8 September 1974

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Photocopies of articles from the Irish Times, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on William Smith O'Brien (17, 18 July 1974, 2pp). Includes letter published in the paper by W. Smith O'Brien (father of Blanche Touhill) on Fr Gwynn’s articles (27 August 1974, 1p.) and letter from W. Smith O'Brien to Fr Gwynn (8 September 1974, 1p.).

Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic

Typescript copy manuscript by Denis Gwynn on William Smith O'Brien

Typescript copy manuscript by Denis Gwynn on William Smith O'Brien, lent by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Timothy Moloney to assist him in writing his thesis (and later returned). Twelve chapters and Appendix.

Gwynn, Denis Rolleston, 1893-1971, journalist and historian

Letters to Fr John Conmee SJ from various bishops regarding the Cause of the Irish Martyrs

  • IE IJA J/13/10
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  • 8 December 1902 - 12 April 1905

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr John Conmee SJ from various bishops regarding the Cause of the Irish Martyrs. Most of the letters are from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin but also includes letters from Dr John K. O'Doherty, Bishop of Derry, Dr John Coffey, Bishop of Ardfert, Dr Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, Dr John Healy, Archbishop of Tuam and Dr Thomas O'Dea, Bishop of Clonfert.

Letters from Fr Henry E. Cock SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ

Letter from Fr Henry E. Cock SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning the death of Fr Dan O'Brien SJ, and asking to be relieved of the position of Superior of Manresa, Norwood, Adelaide due to ill health.

Cock, Henry E, 1859-1931, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr Francis O'Brien SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ on the question of whether Australia should become a Vice-Province

Letter from Fr Francis O'Brien SJ (Rector), St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning Mr William Hughes, a member of the St Aloysius College Community, the question of whether Australia should become a Vice-Province, a retreat he gave in Brisbane during which the Archbishop (Dr Duhig) referred to the Society's refusal of his invitation to open a college in Brisbane. Refers finally to the possibility of a college in New Zealand.

Letter from Fr Francis X. O'Brien SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney, NSW to Irish Provincial Fr concerning Fr Michael Morrison, his assignment to Australia

Letter from Fr Francis X. O'Brien SJ, Headmaster, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney, NSW to Irish Provincial Fr John R. MacMahon SJ concerning Fr Michael Morrison, his demobilisation from the army and his assignment to Australia.

O'Brien, Francis X, 1881-1974, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Letters and postcards from Fr Francis X O'Brien SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while a chaplain

Letters and postcards from Fr Francis X O'Brien SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while a chaplain attached to the No. 5 Prisoners of War Company, B.E.F., France and the 30th General Hospital, B.E.F., France.

O'Brien, Francis X, 1881-1974, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Biographical information relating to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ

Biographical information on Fr Thomas Aloysius Finlay SJ (1848-1940). Includes obituary of Fr Finlay by George O'Brien, Professor of Economics, University College, published in The Economic Journal, The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society, No. 197, Vol. 1, p.157-159 (March 1940, 3pp) and obituary, also by Prof. O'Brien published in the Irish Monthly (March 1940, p.142- 144) originally broadcast on Radio Eireann.

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Certified copies of deed appointing trustees, Rev. Thomas A. Finlay

Parties:
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street, city of Dublin (the Settlor); 1st part.
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, George O'Brien, 40 Northumberland Road, county Dublin, Doctor of Letters and Joseph Hugh Murray, 40 St. Kevin’s Park, Dartry Road, County Dublin, Esquire (the Trustees); 2nd part.

Preamble:
Fr Finlay is entitled to several sums of £1,075 and £1,228.10s 5% state-guaranteed mortgage bonds of the Agricultural Credit Corporation with which he wishes to establish a Rural Industrial Trust Fund.

Terms:
Fr Finlay transfers the money with a view to the formation of the Trust Fund, to the Trustees subject to a number of clauses, including that the Trustees apply the annual income arising from the bonds ‘in aiding or assisting in such manner as they shall consider most beneficial the poorer workers in Rural Industries…in any part of Ireland including Northern Ireland.’

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the Irish Manuscripts Commission work

  • IE IJA J/10/128
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  • 10 January 1953 - 26 September 1961

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics including Dr Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, Prof Jim Lydon (Professor of History, T.C.D.) and Dr Ludwig Bieler, relating to the [Irish Manuscripts Commission]. Includes: carbon copy of a ‘Report on Manuscripts of Irish Interest in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg’ by Dr Ludwig Bieler (August 1957, 11pp).

Letter from Fr George Kelly SJ, St Mary's Presbytery, North Sydney, Australia concerning a letter written by a priest in Rome

Letter from Fr George Kelly SJ, St Mary's Presbytery, North Sydney, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial J Murphy SJ concerning a letter written by a priest in Rome 'which has been taken up amongst certain laymen who are in the confidence of Ecclesiastical circles.' Refers to a Cardinal Moran and remarks '...there has been much gossip about the probability of his remaining in Rome.' Refers to Fr [Michael] Dooley and remarks 'It had been...a matter of public notoriety and some amusement amongst Ours that for years Fr Dooley has been in the habit of writing constantly to Propaganda...about anything...in the Ecclesiastical world and lately...about the Cardinal's future.' Includes a note written by Fr Provincial concerning a meeting he had with Cardinal Moran about the letter.

Kelly, George, 1847-1934, Jesuit priest

'A Diary or Jottings' by Fr James F. Murphy SJ

  • IE IJA J/15/1
  • Item
  • 25 December 1889 - 1 November 1892

    • 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).

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ Gwynn from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis

  • IE IJA J/10/129
  • File
  • 1 February 1954 - August 1964

    • Part of Irish Jesuits

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Monsignor Professor John Tracy Ellis (Secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association and Editor of the 'Catholic Historical Review'), on academic matters, including:
– the difficulties of gaining access to contemporary religious archives;
– ideas on academic exchanges between Ireland and the Unites States, ‘for scholarship, professors etc.’;
– the commemoration of the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Patrick;
– information on new American church historical publications;
– Fr Gwynn’s review of Mgr. Tracy Ellis’s 1952 'The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore 1834 - 1921' in 'Studies';
– financial difficulties of the Catholic University of America;
– the Monsignor’s lecturing activities;
– a proposed three-volume history of the Church in Ireland;
– comments on ‘the prospect of a Catholic in the White House’ (10 November 1960, 1p.);
– a proposed series of lectures in Dublin as part of the Patrician centennial celebration and the acquisition of copies of several letters of Archbishop Carroll in the Jesuit Archives.

Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992, Roman Catholic priest, monsignor and historian

Letter from Fr H Walmesley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a representative from the Australian Mission to the Provincial Congregation.

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

Fr James Adams SJ

Print out of history for James Adams.

Adams, James, 1737-1802, Jesuit priest

Fr Hendrick Aerts SJ

Print out of history for Hendrick Aerts.

Aerts, Hendrick, 1919-1953, Jesuit priest

Fr Thomas J Agius SJ

Print out of history for Thomas J Agius.

Agius, Thomas J, 1885-1961, Jesuit priest

Fr Emmanuel Aizier SJ

Print out of history for Emmanuel Aizier.

Aizier, Emmanuel, 1888-1974, Jesuit priest

Mr William Allen SJ

Print out of history for William Allen.

Allen, William, 1597/8-1621, Jesuit scholastic

Fr Sylvain Allenou SJ

Print out of history for Sylvain Allenou.

Allenou, Sylvain, 1854-1916, Jesuit priest

Fr Jean Aubier SJ

Print out of personal history.

Aubier, Jean, 1826-1898, Jesuit priest

Mr John Barron SJ

Print out of personal history.

Barron, John, 1620-1640, Jesuit novice

Fr John Barron SJ

Print out of personal history.

Barron, John, 1747-1798, Jesuit priest

Fr Richard Archdekin SJ

Print out of history for Richard Archdekin.

Archdekin, Richard, 1619-1693, Jesuit priest and scholar

Fr John Bathe SJ

Print out of personal history.

Bathe, John, 1612-1649, Jesuit priest

Fr Patrick Barrett SJ

Print out of personal history.

Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain

Br John Barry SJ

Print out of personal history.

Barry, John, 1818-1872, Jesuit brother

Fr John Ashton SJ

Print out of personal history.

Ashton, John, 1742-1815, Jesuit priest

Fr John Austin SJ

Print out of personal history.

Austin, John, 1717-1784, Jesuit priest

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