Showing 8722 results

Status temporalis (Province Accounts) for Loyola, Sydney.

A file of letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission and his work as Rector of Riverview. Includes letters referring to Fr Brown's (Superior of the Mission) illness and subsequent hospitalisation (17 September 1912 - 12 November 1912, 3 items).

Certificate awarding tonsure and minor orders to John MacErlean SJ.

Review of Fr Edmund Hogan SJ books Latin-Irish Patrician Documents from the Book of Armagh and the Codex Bruxellensis. The review is written in French.

Letter from [ ], Macroom, County Cork to John O'Hagan expressing his sorrow over O'Hagan's retirement. Praises John O'Hagan's character and professionalism in carrying out his duties.

Letter from Dr James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, to Fr Alfred Murphy SJ. Asks the latter to provide him two clerical retreats in the following July. Advises him to get in touch with the president of Carlow College to arrange dates.

‘Sacre Liturgia Praxis juxta Ritum Romanum…’ Note on the manner of saying Mass, quoting Belgian regulations. (In Latin).

Life and Annual members of the St Ignatius College Past Pupils. Alphabetical list of past pupils with address. Includes list of Gold Medal recipients for Christian Doctrine and list of Old Boys (1890-1909), who became President 1950-1958.

Copy of list of ‘Principal Indulgences granted to the Society.’

Notes relating to Mungret and its failure as a model agricultural school.

Minutes of council meetings of the Men's Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway. Refers to retreats and retreat directions, details members present and those proposed for membership.

28 September 1890-1 December 1912;
13 December 1912 - September 1937;
April 1946 - November 1951;
14 May 1961-14 January 1974;

Copy of probate granted for the will for Josephine Keshan, deceased. Includes schedule of costs and receipts of payments by Fr Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to J.H. Walsh & Co. Solicitors related to costs incurred with reference to settlement of claim of the owners of premises in Meath Street against estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; sales of premises No. 73 & 74 Meath street, 60 Thomas Street, 32,33, 34 Vicar Street and 71 Thomas Street being the estate of Josephine Keshan, deceased; extract from the last Will and Testament of Josephine Keshan Spinster.

Account notebook belonging to Fr John Bannon SJ which notes deposit, interest and dividends on the credit side and purchases on the debit side. Part of province finances at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Print depicting the martyrdom of Irish Catholic religious.

Birth certificate of Cyril Power.

Newspaper cutting relating to the funeral of William Woodlock, Justice of the Peace, who died 12 June 1890 in Dublin. Names some of the attendees, including Fr Lynch, who was a cousin of the deceased.

Photographs relating to Australia, taken from Clongowes Wood College. Inlcudes:

• the Jesuit community at Riverview, Sydney, Australia (1890-1891). Includes 2nd from left, seated, Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior of the Mission [1894]-[1917];

• ordination of Rev. Leonard Dew (+1931), Missionary of the Sacred Heart, April 1929, at the Jesuit run-diocesan seminary, Corpus Xti College, Melbourne, Australia. Includes seated, 1st from left, Fr Robert Peterson SJ; 3rd from left, Fr Henry Johnston SJ; Third from right, seated, next to Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Fr Albert Power SJ By C. J. Fraser Photo, Melbourne.

• unknown photograph, maybe in Australia c[1900-1930], but looks Italian.

Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney.

Letter from W. Redington, Atheneum Club, Pall Mall, London to Frances O'Hagan sympathising over the death of her husband, John O'Hagan. Remarks 'His character was one that was well suited to earn admiration and respect.'

Ordnance survey map of Portarlington and district, County Laois, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile.

Edited Irish manuscript entitled ‘An Lánamha Luaidhte’. Divided into thirty-eight chapters.

Divided into nine chapters.

Material relating to the lives of saints and scholars, ‘Finnian Fionn Cluana Ioraird 470 ? – …’ (8pp) with notes in another hand commenting on the text (1p.).

‘Feardorcha Borroiméo, Cairdionál agus Áirdeasbog Mhioláin (1564-1631).

Article extracted from The Belvederian ‘Agallamh an Óstóra agus a bhean-chócaire (Sliocht aistrighthe as “Kleider machen Leute”)’ [by Fr. McGrath?].

‘Na Subháilcí,’ three [lectures] (5pp, 8pp, 26pp).

Fragments of prose (in Irish).

Letter from Fr Robert Whitty SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Fr Murphy. Refers to the reaction in America to an article in the March 1890 edition of the Lyceum on ‘The Church in America’, and to a letter received by the Father General from an American Jesuit on the subject. Includes a review taken from a Chicago Catholic newspaper, which criticises the article.

Published account written by Fr William Ronan SJ of the case of Mungret College addressed to the Endowed Schools Commissioners.

Photograph of the senior cricket team at Mungret College, Limerick by R. T. Ford, successor to T O'Connor, Limerick.

‘P. Nicolaus Netterville’s dealings with Internuntio Jacobus Rospigliosi, in connection with the Taafe affair 1666 - 1669’ notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.

Handwritten catalogue for the Jesuit residence at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1838 - 1840, in Fr Edmund Hogan's handwriting. Includes details such as name, place and date of birth, health, ministry and vows.

Letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning Fr Kenny's visit to Australia. Expresses his gratitude to the Jesuit Fathers for the work they have carried out. Refers to relations between himself and the Jesuit Fathers and describes them as unsatisfactory until Fr Kenny's arrival. Remarks 'You have met all my representations in an open, disinterested and religious spirit. You have framed wise and salutary regulations...You have carried out...the whole object of your mission in a very successful manner.'

Balance sheets for St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney.

A file of photographs, of landscapes and a house, of villa (holiday) at Mornington, Victoria.

Letter from M.E.B. to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning a poem that Fr Russell has commented on. Refers to a book of poetry. Remarks that a second book of verse should be published soon. Refers to a book on European Impressionism ‘...for Mr. Eason but have not yet decided upon a name.’.

A file of letters from Fr David Bearne SJ to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning contributions for 'The Irish Monthly'.

Notebook belonging to Fr Joseph Darlington SJ containing poems, prayers and spiritual writing.

Notes and newspaper clippings on distinguished Ecclesiastics in the Tuam Diocese, compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.

List of securities held by the Irish Province and how they are allocated.

Letter from William [Jackson], 20 Herbert Street, [Dublin] to John O'Hagan thanking him for his letter and praise for his [book]. Refers to John O'Hagan's retirement.

Letter from Fr Robert Whitty SJ, San Girolamo, Fiesole, Italy to Judge John O'Hagan congratulating him on his Ballad Rosary. Expresses his admiration for the work.

Letter from Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Villa Marguerite to Frances O'Hagan sympathising over the death of her husband, Judge John O'Hagan. Remarks '...I am poorer in hope and health and happiness since the man I loved best in the world has gone from it.'

Handwritten ‘Extract from the Catalogue of Indulgences specially granted to the religious of the Society of Jesus.’ (5pp). Includes printed poster entitled ‘Extrait du catalogue des Indulgences accordées spécialement aux religieux de la compagnie de Jésus’. (French version).

Material relating to the lives of saints and scholars, ‘Éanna (Éanda) Naomhtha (?460 – 540?) (21 adh Márta)’ (8pp) and notes in another hand (1p.).

Material relating to the lives of saints and scholars, ‘Beatha Chárthaigh Naomhtha, dá ngorrthear fós Mochuda Leasa Mhórr (550?– 632?)’ (11pp) with notes in another hand commenting on the text (5pp).

‘Ailbreicht Ueinsteal Eosaoib Uallanstaghn, Diúic Fhríolainn 1583-1634’.

‘Discipline in the Irish Church in the Twelfth Century.’

‘Dian-anaith Críost’.

‘New Testament’ in Irish by Fr McGrath SJ. With brown paper which indicates that ‘Book Proofs' for final correction by Fr John Hyde SJ. This set of proofs contains many minor corrections as well as some important ones.

Letter from [ ] D. Murphy, Cork Club, Cork to Fr William Ronan SJ concerning a scheme for Mungret and objections to the scheme that must be considered by the Judicial Commissioners. Gives advice 'I do not think you can do better than make use of the ready talent and quick wit of Charlie Doyle, who beside being an old Jesuit boy, has a local knowledge which will stand him in good stead'.

Information leaflet concerning candidates for Burses for the Apostolic School, Mungret College. Includes a list of conditions.

Material on James S. Duggan who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 11 August 1862
Entered: 23 September 1890
Left: 1897

‘Historia S.J. in Hibernia’ by Fr Denis Murphy SJ.

Status temporalis for St. Francis Xavier College, Kew Melbourne.

House history of Sevenhill.

A file containing certificates conferring Sub Deaconship, Deaconship and Priesthood on Fr Joseph Darlington SJ.

Letter from [ ] Wray (mother-in-law of William Bliss), Liverpool to Dr Charles Russell concerning William Bliss and his conversion to the Catholic religion. Appeals to Dr. Russell '...to suggest to him that there are natural as well as moral rights of others which ought to be considered as well as his own religious and legal rights.' Refers to William Bliss' desire to have all of his children brought up in the Catholic faith 'To be thus bereft of her children one by one, will break the mother's heart; it will certainly not win her to her husband's religion; and will necessitate proceedings which will create domestic discord and probably bring this scandal before the world.' Concludes 'There is another matter which also has a bearing upon this case, which, for his own sake, should not come before the public. I allude to his extreme excitability of temper which not infrequently has made my daughter fear for her own personal safety. I have plenty of witnesses to prove this.'

Documents relating to the 1889 Provincial Congregation.

Letter book belonging to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ.

'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).

Drafts of letters written by Fr Timothy Kenny SJ. Includes a letter concerning a novena in honour of St. Joseph.

Extract from Archdeacon O'Rorke's 'History of Sligo' on Benada and the Jones family.

Description, written by J. M. O'Callaghan, C.C. of a visit made by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Tasmania. Refers to a meeting between Fr Duffy and Archbishop Murphy and Governor Hamilton at a Government House Levée. Governor Hamilton greeted Fr Duffy very warmly and remembered how Fr Duffy saved his life in the Crimean war when he carried Governor Hamilton to an ambulance.

Letter from William Cartan O’Meara, solicitor, Dublin, to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ. Writes in relation to the estate of George F. Waters SJ [scholastic in Louvain], deceased. States that he has arranged for the shares (listed) to be sold. Refers to other stock, some of which has been assigned to C.T. Waters.

Handwritten account of the sale of property of the late John Lannigan, who in his will left to St Ignatius Church, his property in Drummond Street, Carlton, Melbourne which consisted of four houses, two shops and two cottages. It appears there was some difficulty with the sale.

Patrick Stanton, Friar’s Walk, Cork

Volume which lists by date the new books (and authors) put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes list of books for binding.

Bound volumes with account of receipts from Promoters for Rosary Circles for the Apostleship of Prayer - 'The Holy League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. Handwritten entries which includes names and amount.

Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary (founded 1871 when Fr John Bannon SJ, Director), which was based at the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Sodality intended for male adults. Includes handwritten entries of names of members, pasted invitations to retreats, correspondence and notices.

Stock and shares bought by Miss Cantwell, 12 Belvedere Place, Dublin bequeathed to Fr John Bannon SJ.

Parties:
Thomas Waters, Esquire, Carrigdoone, Blackrock, County Cork and John Waters of Montenotte, County Cork of the one part and Rev. Timothy Kenny, S.J., Rev. Thomas Kelly, S.J. and Rev. John Verdon, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment of £1,888 on 31 December by Thomas Waters and John Waters to the parties of the other part and £1,000 plus interest to be paid at a later date provided 6 months notice is given.

Bible belonging to members of the Kane family, initially William Joseph Kane, which has handwritten entries at the front explaining the genealogy of the Kane family. The entries have been signed by John Francis Kane, Fr Robert Kane SJ and Fr William Kane SJ. Earliest entry relates to John Kane, baptised 1775.

Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. A file relating to memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. Includes a typed and handwritten manuscript entitled Memories of Mungret (1889 - 1893). The article was published in the Mungret Annual, 1966.

Letter from Aubrey de Vere, Curragh Chase, Adare, County Limerick to John O'Hagan concerning literary matters and praising a volume on Samuel Ferguson's poetry by John O'Hagan. Discusses Ferguson's work at length. A note on the letter indicates that it was published, possibly in the 'Irish Monthly' (vol. 15, p. 224).

Letter from Arthur James Balfour, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle to John O'Hagan concerning certain procedures with regard to O'Hagan's retirement.

A file relating to the Educational Endowment (Ireland) Commission. Includes an abstract of the minutes of the Commission, minutes of evidence and appendices, memorandum of the Commissioners protest by the Assistant Commissioner. Includes a copy of a deed dated 13 March 1895 between the Trustees of the Limerick Endowment for Technical Education and Frs William Ronan SJ, Thomas Finlay SJ, Vincent Byrne SJ, Patrick Keating SJ and Henry Lynch SJ relating to the lands of Drumdarraig in the Barony of Pubblebrien, County Limerick (71 acres) sold by the Trustees to Frs Ronan SJ et .al.

A file related to Fr William Wallace SJ. Includes biographical notes on Fr Wallace compiled by Frs John MacErlean and Francis Finegan (5 items). Includes letters from Fr Wallace before and after his conversion, addressed to Mrs Conway, Portaferry, County Down and a letter and card of Fr Charles Blount SJ, concerning Fr Wallace (26 July 1889, 6 items). includes typescript copies of four of the letters from Fr Wallace to Mrs Conway (26 July 1886-25 May 1909, 6 items) and correspondence concerning Fr Wallace (1916 January 1950-16 July 162, 2 items).

List of candidates proposed for membership of the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christians, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes members from Dublin establishments such as Pim Bros, McBirney's, Todd, Burns and Co. Ltd, Henry Street Warehouse, Arnotts, Clery and Co.

Edward Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'. Prayerbook used by Edward Lucius (Fr Gwynn’s brother, who died in Sydney aged 28 in 1919) in Australia and kept for fifty years by Cornelia Jennings. With a Greek inscription on the flyleaf and the following inscription on the opposite page ‘Love is stronger than Death, but Time is stronger than both. Therefore when we die then Time will be no more.’

Includes entry dated 18 September 1894 which reads: ‘I have read all diary up to this. It has done me good intellectually and spiritually. I see what kind of life I have led.…Worry, hoping, struggling, trying again, thinking, prayer, trying to be humble, wishing to be holy, compromising or compounding with obstacles, determined to avoid deliberate sin of all kinds with God’s grace,…much to endure mentally & bodily, feel responsibility of office very much, studying same books as well as matters connected with new duties. I suppose such will always be my life’ (1p.).
Also includes entry dated 22 January 1901 which reads, ‘I have read all diaries up to this.…I think I will begin keeping it again. Kept it up to about year ago I think pretty regularly. Life much the same. Health much better.…This is my sixth year as Superior at M(ill)town Park. Hopes it lasts.’
Also includes entry on last page dating to 12 November 1912 which reads ‘Have read D(iary) fr(om) beginning to here.…Had given up keeping diary for years, but last month began again though not on the same lines. My idea was to put down day by day what I had come to, what I thought, what I tried to be, to take stock of myself in all my bearings, as a kind of statement of what all my experiences had made me. I have written more in this kind of diary…since Oct. 1st than perhaps in a whole year of ordinary kind. I began with repugnance, I soon got some facility & even liking for such writing. I have never felt the joy that writers feel so often in using their steel pen, though I have written a good deal.…The eight years I was at Mungret 1903 – 1911 I taught Lat(in), Greek, English, most pass, a good deal honours too of English (I, II Arts) & all the University classes in Latin fr(om) Matric. to B.A. incl..…In the resumed diary I was putting down all about humility etc., etc., as if it were almost something new, a better way etc., & I find I’ve been always at it. But I really think I am better at it now, for I have learnt to recognise that I am all out-of-joint & therefore much better able to get on, feeling how infinitely better off I am than I deserve to be, how others better, how grateful I ought to be (& try to be) to be in God’s house, a member of the Society, how silly to find fault with what wise & holy men have appointed. Health all along much the same, discomfort, no positive pain, at times not easy to be patient or cheery with, but on the whole I am splendidly off here & dont wish ever to be elsewhere.…I think I may say I never was so well off & so peaceful & so come to anchor as I feel here & have felt since coming, but especially this second year & most since I took up D(iary) again.’

Letter from Sr John Gaynor, The Sisters of Charity, Our Lady's Hospice for the Dying, Harold's Cross, Dublin to Mother Prioress Sr Mary Gabriel, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse concerning the illness of her sister and Fr Duffy's sister, Anne. Remarks 'Although I know you must feel it a blessed thing for a soul to be nearing its eternal house, still it pains me to have to tell you your dear sister is visibly losing ground.' Refers to Fr Duffy and remarks that she sent for him.

Letter from Fr L. Haghenbeek SJ, Ranchi to Fr James Lynch SJ. Congratulates the latter on his ordination. Reports on his own health and on the weather.

Note by Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ on orders from Fr General.

Bound register of payment of fees by pupils of St Ignatius College, Galway, (1888 - 1904; 1903 - 1940). Contains handwritten information under the following typewritten headings; name; class; birth date; address; remarks and rate of payment of fees. Arranged chronologically and alphabetically.

Part of a letter from [ ], 9 Leeson Park, Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ regarding a biography by Mrs O'Connell of Attie O'Brien. remarks ‘I think she has not the talent of writing biography.’ Continues ‘I am longing to write another short poem or sonnet.’ Enquires ‘...what is a rondeau?’ Remarks ‘Miss Tynan wouldn’t tell me...what a rondeau ought to be like because she doesn’t want me to write one.’

Miscellaneous notes on the cause of the Irish Martyrs (none are in English and none of the martyrs mentioned were Jesuits). Includes letter from Rome (In French), 24 October 1888.

A file of letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a reference to the French elections. ‘Are you not delighted at the result of the French elections? I am. I do not like Kings...’. (30 October [ ], 3pp). Refers to articles he wishes to contribute to the Irish Monthly. (nd, 4pp). Discusses his future career ‘I have for the last week been visiting various people of importance with a view to choosing a profession, I want to be earning soon; I believe that my mathematics...will help me in Engineering - but I never live except when I am on the water.’ Refers also to his writing and describes it as ‘...the work of a boy, it is like those nasty little plums that come on the young wild plumtrees in the forest of Marly.’ Continues ‘But if you ask me why I write as I do, I will tell you this much: that in the circle of newspapers of criticism of perfectly turned verses, of madly-hunted ideas, I am all at sea. I would have it that no man should write who was not a zealot for something and when I desire, I desire the hills and the sea. I desire the faces of men and women not some unjust imitations. And I desire above all that free and happy forbearance and that perfection of charity which this country is absolutely unable to give.’ (5 February 1889, 4pp). Refers to writing and editing and remarks ‘If I ever become an editor I shall accept everything that touches me - irrespective of merit and shall refuse all well known names. There is a club in Paris called “La Decadence” into which no one cannot (sic) be admitted whose work has not been refused three times!’ (20 April 1889, 4pp). Refers to the Great War and remarks that he is looking forward to it ‘It will sweep Europe like a broom, it will make Kings jump like coffee beans on the roaster...’. Asks Fr. Russell to choose a composition from a ‘batch’. (30 June 1889, 4pp). Enquires why some of his verses have not appeared in the Irish Monthly. Remarks ‘I didn’t love it (The Irish Monthly) half as much as I should have done if my “poor thing but mine own” had been in it.’ (nd, 2pp). Refers to a visit he made to Ireland. Observes that ‘The Country is getting richer and it is high time. The Irish have too much political sense to boast of any success: they insist rather on what they need than on what they have, which is the right way to go about politics; but very soon people over here will wake up to find Ireland transformed.’ (1 January 1910, 2pp). Remarks that suggestions have been made to him to write a Catholic essay on the history of England ‘...but the only thing I can afford to write is a Catholic School history...’ (13 January 1911, 1p).

Letter from Gerald Molloy, St Moritz, Switzerland to Dr Edward O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, Corbally, Limerick concerning the Mungret endowment and its administration.

Incomplete letter regarding the curriculum in Mungret Apostolic School, Limerick. Signed ‘Thos Read’.
Superior of the Apostolic School, 1888-91: Thomas Head.

Scrapbooks belonging to Fr James Rabbitte SJ containing pictures of literary figures.

Letter from Hester Marie, 15 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Mother Mary Gabriel, Prioress, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Dublin concerning the illness of her sister, Nannie (Anne). Remarks that she has been in to visit her in the hospice.

Letter from Hester Marie, 15 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Mother Mary Gabriel, Prioress, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Dublin concerning the death of her sister Nannie (Anne).