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Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War

Thirty-two Jesuit chaplains of the Irish Province served in the First World War. They served on the battlefields of France, Belgium, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Four Jesuits were killed: Frs John Gwynn (12 October 1915), William Doyle (17 August 1917), Michael Bergin (12 October 1917) and John Fitzgibbon (18 September 1918). Two Jesuits died from illness: Frs Austin Hartigan (16 July 1916) and Edward Sydes (15 November 1918).

Approximately eleven Irish-born Jesuit chaplains of the English Province served in in the First World War. They included Frs Timothy Carey (Cork) and Walter Montagu (Cromore, Portstewart, County Derry) who both died on active service. Fr William Keary SJ (Woodford, Galway) initially joined the Irish Province but transferred to the English Province.

The majority of letters are from individual chaplains to the Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ, (1914-1919). There are some postcards, photographs and medals. Some are rich in details (Fr Daniel Roche SJ, 43 items) others have but an obituary. Includes letters to the Irish Jesuit Provincial from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, England concerning the nomination of various Irish Jesuits as chaplains to the forces and their demobilisation, letters on wages and expenditures of chaplains and the appeal for chaplains. Six Jesuits served with the Australian army.

Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-

Br Francis Roe SJ

Catalogue online 2033.

Roe, Francis, 1917-2003, Jesuit brother

Br Patrick Ryan SJ

Catalogue online 2028.

Ryan, Patrick, 1918-1998, Jesuit brother

Fr Joseph M Gill SJ

Catalogue online 2036.

Gill, Joseph M, 1915-2006, Jesuit priest and missioner

Br John Loftus SJ

Catalogue online 2029.

Loftus, John, 1915-1999, Jesuit brother

Fr Michael McGrath SJ

Irish manuscripts
Material relating to the lives of saints and scholars
Material relating to the Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Lecture notes and articles
Miscellaneous prose
Poetry

McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar

Fr John J Collins SJ

Catalogue available 2023.

Collins, John J, 1912-1997, Jesuit priest and missioner

Fr Robert Kelly SJ

Catalogue online 2035.

Kelly, Robert J, 1924-2005, Jesuit priest

Fr Canice Egan SJ

Catalogue online late 2029.

Egan, Canice, 1913-1999, Jesuit priest

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