A supplement to Clongownians of Distinction
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A supplement to Clongownians of Distinction.
Murtagh, Harman
A supplement to Clongownians of Distinction
A supplement to Clongownians of Distinction.
Murtagh, Harman
Accounts of Irish Jesuit Provinces and Missions abroad
Account book containing the accounts of Irish Jesuit Provinces and Missions abroad in account with the Irish Province. Includes the Provinces of Portugal, Mexico England, New Orleans Mission, Mission of Canada, Includes details of the Bellew Bequest and Charity (pp. 49 - 52), and individual contributions to families of Jesuits in training.
Album compiled by Fr Henry Gill SJ containing newspaper clippings, photographs and letters
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Album compiled by Fr Henry Gill SJ containing newspaper clippings, photographs and letters. Includes:
– newspaper clipping referring to a meeting of the Royal Dublin Society before which a paper by Fr Gill entitled ‘The Theory of the Stratified Discharge in Geissler Tubes’ was communicated by the Registrar Mr. Moss (n.d., 1p.);
– letter from Prof Charles J. Joly, D.Sc., F.R.S., Dunsink Observatory, Co. Dublin (Honorary Secretary of the R.D.S.) stating ‘Your beautiful illustration of precession and nutation is quite new to me and I think you should certainly send it to 'Nature'. I am keeping the figures as you kindly say I may’ (24 March 1903, 1p.);
– black and white photograph of the hunt at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare ([1903?], 1p.) and note to Fr Gill from the “Proprietors of ‘The Badminton Magazine’ enclosing a cheque for £1.1s as a prize in their photograph competition (27 April 1903, 1p.);
– clipping from a magazine/newspaper concerning the marriage of his sister, Miss Mary Catherine Gill, only daughter of Mr Henry J. Gill, M.A., J.P., of Roebuck House, Clonskeagh, Dublin with Mr. William Harrington, of Cherryfield, Templeogue on 16 June 19?? . Also includes two photographs of the room with the table laid out for the wedding breakfast (16 June 19??, 4 items);
– newspaper report on a lecture given by Fr Gill before the Royal Dublin Society on ‘a possible connection between the recent disturbances at Vesuvius and San Francisco’ ([June 1906], 1p.);
– clipping from the 'Freeman’s Journal' referring to Fr Gill’s theory ‘according to which earthquakes and such like disturbances at one place may, under certain conditions, give rise to corresponding shocks in other places’ (24 August 1906, 1p.);
– clipping on the opening of a new wing of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge by Lord Rayleigh. Includes reference to Mr H. V. Gill’s experiments with spinning tops to illustrate earthquake reactions (19 June 1908, 2pp);
– extract from 'The Tablet' containing the following reference to Fr Gill in its University Notes, ‘…we must congratulate the Rev. H. V. Gill, of St Edmund House, upon his Research Degree won by a Thesis on ‘A New Glow in Vacuum Tubes.’ Father Gill has exhibited his apparatus before the Royal Society, and was also invited to exhibit it by the Royal Institution.’ (see also J17/29) (26 June 1909, 2pp);
– notice advertising Fr Gill’s ‘Earthquake Top…with handle for spinning, and lead bullets’ for 7s.6d. (n.d., 1p.);
– clipping from the 'Freeman’s Journal' on a lecture on ‘Wireless Telegraphy’ given by Fr. Gill in Belvedere College on 6 May 1912 (7 May 1912, 4pp);
– extract from 'The Tablet' of an article entitled ‘The Cardinal at Cambridge A Representative University Gathering’ containing the following reference to Fr Gill, ‘Sir J.J. Thomson, F.R.S., who responded for science, said that this was not the first time that he had had the pleasure of meeting and working with members of that Society. One of them, Father Gill, worked in his laboratory and did extremely valuable and able work, and developed a great power of dealing with physical problems’ (18 May 1912, 3pp);
– photograph of a physics laboratory (possibly one of the labs at Clongowes Wood College) (n.d., 1 item)
– photographs relating to Fr Gill’s research work (n.d., 5 items).
Assignment for premises in Drogheda
Parties:
Rev. John Ffrench, S.J., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood, County Kildare of the first part, Charles Kernan Esquire, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J., Clongowes Wood of the third part
Property:
Premises in Drogheda
Terms & Conditions:
To be held in trust to the use of Rev. Joseph Lentaigne, S.J. and Rev. Stephen Farrell, S.J. forever.
Other:
Signed and sealed by Rev. John Ffrench, S.J. and Charles Kernan.
Parties:
Rev. John Curtis SJ., Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ, Rev. John Ffrench SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin of the first part and Charles Kernan, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin of the second part and Rev. Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood, County Kildare, Rev. John Curtis SJ, Rev. Michael Kavanagh SJ and Rev. Robert Haly SJ of the third part.
Property:
Tullabeg, Parish of Rahan, Barony of Ballycowan, County Offaly containing 62 acres and 10 perches and 8 acres of the Bog of Newtown and 8 acres of the bog of Newbridge adjoining the lands of Tullabeg.
Terms &Conditions:
Yearly rent of £15.10.4 to be paid in two equal payments on 1 May and 1 November.
Booklet marking the celebration of Pedagogic Arts and Science according to Ratio Studiorum held in Clongowes.
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Obituary for Br James O'Grady SJ.
O'Grady, James J, 1858-1943, Jesuit brother
Case on behalf of Fr John Curtis SJ and Clongowes Wood College SJ
Case on behalf of Fr John Curtis SJ on intructions with Thomas O'Hagan re: Clongowes Wood College SJ for John D FitzGerald.
Curtis, John, 1794-1885, Jesuit priest
Catalogue of Boys: Clongowes 1814-1900, Tullabeg 1818-1886
Catalogue of Boys: Clongowes 1814-1900, Tullabeg 1818-1886
Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1814-
Certificate appointing Robert St Leger as Rector of Clongowes Wood College SJ
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Certificate appointing Robert St Leger as Rector of Clongowes Wood College SJ.
Certificate issued by Fr General appointing Fr Robert Haly SJ, Rector of Clongowes
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Certificate issued by Fr General Jan Roothaan SJ appointing Fr Robert Haly SJ, Rector of Clongowes.
Roothaan, Jan Philipp,1785-1853, Jesuit priest and Father General
Clane: the village we knew by Bryan Sammon, Paddy Behan, Liam Burke
Nonsuch Publishing, Dublin, 2006
Clongowes Sesquicentenary Record 1814 - 1964
Clongowes Sesquicentenary Record 1814 - 1964.
Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, 1814-
Clongowes Wood: A history of Clongowes Wood College 1814-1989
Clongowes Wood: A history of Clongowes Wood College 1814-1989 by Peter Costello. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1989.
Costello, Peter
Clongownians of Distinction.
Murtagh, Harman
Conveyance of property at Ballawly, County Dublin
Parties:
Patrick Lynch, Esquire, Tara Hall, County Meath and Fr Charles James Lynch SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare.
Property:
One fourth part of the lands of Ballally otherwise Ballawly known as Rockbawn Farm.
Terms and Conditions:
For the life and lives of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Charles William, Marquis of Kildare and Matthew Patterson names in the lease of 30 June 1838. Payment of rent and renewal fines as stated in the original lease.
Other:
Signed and sealed
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Typed text from a copy of an original letter from Edmund Rice to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare asking for news from Clongowes. Remarks that he and others are confused '...on account of this Roman Rescript on the Veto.' Continues 'It is considered here that the treatment was most contemptible to the Irish Bishops, Clergy and people.' Refers to Fr St Leger's family who '...are teasing me to write to you to know do you expect him. The Bishop told me it would be well to know as if there was no expectation of him that the matter should be broken to his poor mother.'
Rice, Edmund Ignatius, 1766-1844, religious and educator
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Copy of two letters to the Rev. P Gilligan, Clongowes, January 1864 on 'The House of Loretto' by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ.
Diary belonging to Henry King kept while a student in Clongowes Wood College
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Diary belonging to Henry King and kept while he was a student in Clongowes Wood College.
Diary of Fr William A Sutton SJ
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Diary includes entry dated 31 August 1909 which reads, ‘Since coming here to Mungret six years ago I’ve been struggling on much on the old lines ever seeking peace one way or another…It came upon me quite by surprise to be sent here from M(ill)town Park. I had been told I sh(oul)d be there 10 years (of course not for certain). Any way I made best of it. It was compensation to get away from relatives who had given me awful bother, poor creatures. I came here as Vice Rector & had lots of teaching. I had to study much & got on well enough. I expected to be appointed Rector, but after 2 years ceased to be Superior & felt it someways though I would have chosen it too.…In the matter of Latin it seems to me as if I had never known much about it before & still I am far from being a Latin scholar. This is absolutely true. Last year I had 2nd Arts Pass Greek & learnt a good deal about it too & glad of additional insight.…First year I had 1st Arts English Pass & Honors besides Pass [ ] of B.A. [And] 2nd Arts. Eyes got affected. Two months not allowed to read. Enjoyed the time. This year I had only Lat(in) B.A. & 2nd Arts & so like last year.…For all my reading, writing, thinking, results not much. I have not turned out at all what I expected. Much better so. I have given up thinking I ever shall.…I am now in my 63rd year, old enough to have sense. It is something to know that one has not much sense & never shall. Men are but children of larger growth.…one w(oul)d think I ought to have made more mark. Since I came here six years ago I have never been asked to preach anywhere, not even at the Crescent. I am glad now. I am determined for the future to be absolutely truthful with regard to mental state, & give up all sham.…I have a great deal of the buffoon in me. This vacation I was three weeks away at C.W.C.,…(Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare)…in Dublin & in [...]. All that time I was going about & meeting many. I joked & told stories & made people laugh &…in my own esteem shone & I am sure several thought I was always goodhumoured… the truth is very different.…As I have given up all desire of distinguishing myself, of attracting notice etc. I will try to make diary a companion.…The way to please God is to be as useful & helpful as one can. I must try. Reading & writing may be best for me.’
Diary is resumed after a three year break, on 1st October 1912, in an entry beginning ‘Tullabeg. here since Aug. 24th 1911.’
Document appointing Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Rector of Clongowes Wood College
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Document signed by Father General Jean B. Janssens SJ appointing Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Rector of Clongowes Wood College.
Janssens, Jean-Baptiste,1889-1964, Jesuit priest and Father General
Draft Conveyance and Transfer of property at Castlebrowne (Clongowes), County Kildare
Parties:
Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Mungret College, Limerick, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ, Milltown Park, County Dublin, Rev. John Fahy SJ and Rev. Augustine Hartigan SJ, of the one part and Rev Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Rev. Dominick Kelly SJ and Rev James Bury SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare of the other part.
Property:
Mansion House of Castlebrowne, walled gardens and out offices and lands of Castlebrowne (13 acres 0 roods and 2 perches, Irish Plantation Measure) and part of the lands of Castlebrowne or Clongowes (96 acres 2 roods and 0 perches) in the Barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, county Kildare.
Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick
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Extract from the will of Mrs Rebecca Teresa Codd, The Grange, Mountmellick bequeathing a number of items to the Irish Province including five oak bookcases and the books contained in them to Emo (The bookcases are in Clongowes Wood College SJ, 2020).
First vows formula taken by Daniel Jones
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First vows formula taken in the domestic chapel, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare written by Daniel Jones.
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Letter from Thomas Meagher, writing from Rome, to Fr Patrick Meagher SJ. Refers to what he believes to be the decision on the Education Question, which he has transcribed on two sheets of the letter (in Latin). Gives news of Christianna, and her activities in Rome, as well as of others, such as the Misses Edmondstones and Fr Esmonde. States that Fr Kenny has not arrived. Refers to the ‘distinguished folk’ in Rome – Queen Christina of Spain and the Duchess of Cambridge. Adds that Dr Cullen has not returned yet, and hopes that Fr Meagher has met him. Refers to the changes at Clongowes and at Gardiner Street.
From Fr Al. Simpson SJ in Stonyhurst College, England to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ
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Letter from Fr Al. Simpson SJ, Stonyhurst College, England to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Congratulates the latter on the quality of his French, and corrects some errors that appeared in his letter. Refers to Fr Peter Kenney SJ and his imminent arrival in Stonyhurst. Also discusses the Jesuit presence in France, and their establishment of ‘petits seminaires’ there. Announces his departure for Paris in September. (In French).
Instructions for publication of ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’
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Two copies of a letter addressed to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ by Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ providing instructions for the post-humus publication of his manuscript entitled ‘Strange Fragments of Irish and English History’.
Irish Jesuit education and imperial ideals
Irish Jesuit education and imperial ideals by Timothy G McMahon in "Irish Classrooms and British Empire".
James Joyce's schooldays
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1982
Bradley, Bruce, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Barry [ ], a pupil at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother (presumably Fr Egan's relatives, perhaps a nephew and sister) concerning news from school.
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Two copies of a letter from Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, Naas, County Kildare to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, explaining the nature and history of his propagandist writings.
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to Br Laurence Toole SJ, Clongowes College, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland. See transcription J406/8. See transcription J406/8.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to Fr Alexander Kyan, Clongowes Wood, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland. See transcription J406/8.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, College of St Francis, Calcutta to Fr Robert Haly SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland. See transcription J406/8.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, Calcutta to Fr Robert Haly SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
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Letter from Br Edward Sinnott SJ, Portuguese Church, Calcutta, to Rev Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Clongowes College, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland. See transcription J406/8.
Sinnott, Edward, 1791-1842, Jesuit brother
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Letter from David [ ], a pupil at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his parents (relatives of Fr Egan perhaps a nephew and brother and sister-in-law/sister and brother-in-law) concerning news from school.
Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports that he has come into possession of ‘some good relics’, and undertakes to send some to Ireland. Refers to Fr Carbery's health, and asserts that a new rector for Clongowes should be appointed as soon as possible. Also refers to Fr Ronan, and the decorations in his church, and to [W] Lynch. Comments on the fact that ‘someone in England has written strongly against the London University’.
Weld, Alfred, 1823-1890, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr. E.[P.] Barry, writing from Miltown Malbay, County Clare, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial. Asks for permission to establish the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart in his district.
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Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, (Superior of the Mission), Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin concerning the opening of Tullabeg.
Aylmer, Charles, 1786-1849, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Rome to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Clongowes Wood, Naas
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Letter from Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Rome, Italy to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ, Clongowes Wood, Naas, Kildare concerning domestic issues in Rome. Refers to a group of Polish fathers who are destined for Clongowes but remarks that he does not know when they will commence their journey. Refers to the General Congregation and the naming of the new Fr. General. Remarks 'You have no idea of all the imbroglios which I have witnessed here; men are men everywhere. I have so little that could edify you on the subject that I judge it more prudent not to enter upon it.' Asks to be remembered to members of the community in Clongowes Wood.
Aylmer, Charles, 1786-1849, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Charles O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo describing how the Society became beneficiaries in the will of Rebecca Codd and the items that were left to the Society in her will.
O'Connor, Charles E, 1920-2014, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Dr Charles Russell concerning the religious upbringing of the children of William Bliss. Offers his opinion on the case. Remarks 'Something depends on the age of the children. The eldest girl, being fit for school is probably old enough to be in danger of becoming a thorough Protestant under the mother's care.' Continues 'He (William Bliss) ought without delay to appoint a testamentary guardian and to take care the document is all right in it's form and execution....'.
O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr George Porter SJ, writing from Fiesole, to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ. Reports that he has just written by direction of the Fr General to Fr Denis Murphy SJ. Conveys to Fr Tuite the Fr General's permission to accompany his brother to Rome, and also to release Fr Thomas Kelly SJ from his office of Rector. The latter's successor is likely to be Fr Edward Donovan SJ. Acknowledges receipt of two copies of Fr Curtis' book. Adds that the Fr General was happy to hear of the success of Clongowes in the Intermediate examination, and is anxious to know how the scholastics fared in the University Exam.
Porter, George, 1825-1889, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Henry J Rorke SJ, writing from Clongowes Wood College SJ, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial. Writes on the subject of the establishment of a fund for ‘the Education of members for the Society in the Noviciate’.
Rorke, Henry J, 1810-1859, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ asking permission to be admitted to Solemn Profession a little earlier.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, county Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ asking permission to spend a few nights in Dublin.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a legal matter and a sum of money
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Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ concerning a legal matter and a sum of money.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a query about his last vows
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Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ concerning a query about his last vows.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning changes in the course of studies of Clongowes he is planning. Seeks permission to travel to England, Holland and Belgium to see other methods of education at work.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
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Letter from Fr John Curtis SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Sends his condolences on the death of Br Patrick Byrne SJ. Also refers to the Society’s funds and property, including their past interests on the Isle of Man.
Curtis, John, 1794-1885, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ in Clongowes to ‘l’Abbé McDonald’ at the Collége des Jésuites, Louvain
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From Fr John F. Grene SJ in Clongowes to ‘l’Abbé McDonald’ [Fr John MacDonald SJ] at the Collége des Jésuites in Louvain. Reports at length on the death of Fr John O'Connor SJ, who died following an accident on the road from Naas. Also reports that Fr Bracken was succeeded a few days previously by Fr St Leger as Vice Provincial, and refers to others of the community also.
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, Louvain
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Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. Gives news from Clongowes in relation to both the Community and school, including the progress of the Sodality, plays staged by the students, a meet of the provincial consultors etc. Also reports on Gardiner Street; the progress of building work in St Francis Xavier Church, and the Community there.
Also reports on political and social issues, including Daniel O’Connell’s activities in relation to Repeal, the campaign against landlords, the Lord Lieutenant’s policies, Peel’s new taxes. Refers to Belvedere, which he visited on a recent trip to Dublin, as ‘a splendid Mansion’. Also refers to a letter received from ‘Mr. Cooper of Calcutta’, which gives news of that part of the world.
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, Louvain
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Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. Reports on the opening of Belvedere House, and on Fr Kenney’s progress on his way to Rome. Praises the students at Clongowes, and refers to new arrangements made for the Prefectship. Reports on other events involving the Community and the school, including the opening of the Debating Society, and a visit by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daniel O’Connell.
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Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly to l’Abbé McDonald, [Fr John MacDonald SJ], Louvain. From Announces the arrival of Fr Charles Brooke SJ from England, and appointments made so far in the Province. Refers specifically to Belvedere and Clongowes. Announces the names of those who have gone to Tronchiennes that year. Reports on his own activities and on Tullabeg. Also refers to the Repeal campaign. Doubts that the plans for a residence in Galway will come to fruition. Refers to the foundation of a College for Foreign Missions in Dublin, and announces the death of Fr Kearney. Asks if his correspondent might be disposed to go to Colombia to educate and carry out missionary work, as the population of Bogotà wish European Jesuits to do. Also refers to the political situation in Ireland.
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Circular letter from Fr John Hughes SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Galway seeking donations towards the renovation and redecoration of the Church.
Hughes, John J, 1843-1912, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ seeking permission to officiate at a wedding
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Letter from Fr Hurley, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, county Kildare to Fr Socius (acting on behalf of Fr Provincial) seeking permission to officiate at a wedding.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial acknowledging receipt of a letter
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Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, county Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ acknowledging receipt of a letter from him.
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to visit relatives
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Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ seeking permission to visit relatives.
Letter from Fr Joseph Tristram SJ, writing from Stonyhurst College, to [ ] in Clongowes
Letter from Fr Joseph Tristram SJ, writing from Stonyhurst College, to [ ] in Clongowes. Refers to Fr Weston, and gives permission for him to visit his friends. Announces that he intends to come to Ireland with some pupils, who are to go to Dublin, and states that they are to travel ‘by the Waterloo steam packet’. Also refers to the death of the English Fr Provincial Charles Plowden SJ, and to Fr Scott’s report on how it happened. Reports that Fr Plowden’s body ‘lies in the middle of the church yard at Jougné’. Fr Tristram declares himself to be ‘well satisfied’ with Fr Carr, who, he believes, will ‘prove a worthy son of the Society’.
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Letter from Fr Michael Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J Kieran SJ concerning the time Fr Joseph Hurley SJ rises in the morning.
Kelly, Michael, 1892-1964, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College, asking to make his tertianship in Rome
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[Copy of] letter from Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College, to [Fr Assistant], asking to make his tertianship in Rome to do his third year of studies. (In Italian). Includes confirmation in Latin on reverse of letter of decision to allow him to go to Rome.
Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 10 December 1835
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From Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Announces that he will not be able to go to Tullabeg that year. Reports on the situation in Clongowes, and on the various Jesuits residents there. Reports also on the Jesuit mission in the Isle of Man, where Fr Aylmer stopped for a time to assess the situation. Refers to the debate on the question of whether the mission there should be retained by the Irish Jesuits, and also to the opening of a new chapel in Douglas.
Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator
Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, 20 March 1837
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From Fr Peter Kenney SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Discusses the withdrawal of Irish Jesuits from their mission in the Isle of Man, with reference to the financial and logistical operations involved. Refers to the death of Fr Gahan, and the bishop’s reaction to it and to the departure of the Irish Jesuits. Also refers to Fr Aylmer’s reaction. Reports on the situation in Clongowes, and to the small amount of money received in the collections. Hopes that Fr Bracken will make his visitation within the month.
Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator
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Letter from Fr Peter Kenney SJ, writing to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ Church of St Francis, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Suggests that the latter hold his Consultation at Clongowes, and that it be deferred until after Easter. Refers to the books brought back from Paris by Mr O'Grady, and asks Fr Bracken to let him know which ones to keep. Reports on a Novena he participated in, and also on the exercise he has been taking recently.
Kenney, Peter J, 1779-1841, Jesuit priest and educator
Letter from Fr Robert Haly SJ to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
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Letter from Fr Robert Haly SJ, Clongowes Wood, Kildare to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ concerning Fr Gahan's will. Remarks that as one of the legatees named in the will he agrees to assign any property he is entitled to, to Dr. Briggs.
Haly, Robert, 1796-1882, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Theobald W Butler SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Theobald W Butler SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Butler, Theobald W, 1829-1916, Jesuit priest
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Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin expressing his concern, after visitation to Clongowes, at the lack of regularity in the spiritual life of Matthew Bodkin.
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
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Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare to Fr Edward Cahill SJ expressing his approval for Fr Cahill to read a paper on social studies at the next Maynooth Union.
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ. Reports that, on the orders of the Fr General, he intends to remove the lay brother novices from Clongowes to Milltown.
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ to Fr Joseph Dargan SJ, Rector, St Mary's, Emo thanking him for sending Fr O'Connor's letter regarding the Codd bequest. Remarks that he is going to offer the library, the portraits and the bust to Clongowes Wood College.
McGarry, Cecil, 1929-2009, Jesuit priest
Letter from Michael Slattery, Archbishop of Cashel, to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes. Asks the latter to give a retreat to the clergy of Cashel diocese the following July.
Slattery, Michael, 1783-1857, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
Letter from P. Turner, [Staplestown], County Kildare to Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College
Letter from P. Turner, [Staplestown], County Kildare to Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. Asks on behalf of James Hanlon, for permission to use ground at Mainham, formerly used by the Jesuit community for burials, as a burial ground for his own family.
Letter from Peter Doyle, Old Derry to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Peter Doyle, Old Derry to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare concerning [ ] salvation and Rev. Furlong.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from S.F. O'Mahony, Seminaire du Grand, Montrouge, Paris to his father (Martin Mahony) on the question of where he shall minister ‘…it is of no Consequence that I serve my God in one climate preferably to another provided I accomplish faithfully his ever adorable will, all I ask is to be allowed to follow his voice which evidently calls me to the Society, and of that you can entertain no reasonable doubt. The rest is not essential, so I abandon it to whatever dispositions may be made by you and my Superiors. As I am of an age at which tis customary in France to receive the Ecclesiastical tonsure, I hope you will have no objection to my contracting this preliminary obligation to persevere, begging you to obtain the necessary documents from Our Bishop to whose prayers I wish to be recommended.…I received two letters from the Clongonians but decline answering as I feel every day more & more the necessity of absolute retirement and complete sequestration to enable myself to meet with some confidence the serious duties which will be one day incumbent on me & which I learn in my solitude to appreciate.’ On reverse is a letter in French, by Fr Jean Baptiste Gury SJ, Master of Novices, Montrouge, Paris, France to the father of S.F. O'Mahony regarding his son's entry into the Society.
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866, former Jesuit priest, priest and humorist
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Province Archivist, 1975 to 1986) from Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ (Clongowes Wood College), concerning the holograph manuscript of Hopkins’s 'St. Thecla' which Fr Burke-Savage discovered ‘while cleaning out Fr [Patrick] Connolly’s room (in St Ignatius, House of Writers, 35 Lower Leeson Street) when he was in (St.) Vincent’s having his leg set about 1948…I got leave from Engl(ish) Provincial to keep it on permanent loan.’
Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter written on behalf of Fr Robert Haly SJ, from Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare to Mr George [Sallery] concerning a vacancy to carry out indoor manual work at Clongowes. Offers the position to him.
Roothaan, Jan Philipp,1785-1853, Jesuit priest and Father General
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters written by various people to Fr Robert Haly SJ:
List of names of scholars at Clongowes, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
List of names of scholars (72) at Clongowes, possibly pupils of Robert Haly SJ. (Fr. Haly spent his regency at Clongowes from 1816 - 1825).
Haly, Robert, 1796-1882, Jesuit priest
List of results for the Inter-Collegiate Competition in Religious Instruction
List of results for the Inter-Collegiate Competition in Religious Instruction for the academic year 1885-86.
Manuscript entitled 'Method. The making of a Jesuit. Ratio Studiorum 1548 - 1599.'
Manuscript entitled 'Method. The making of a Jesuit. Ratio Studiorum 1548 - 1599.' Chapters I to V inclusive. Includes notes and comments (letters) on the method, the direct method of teaching and discussio classes. Probably developed in conjunction with the Clongowes Cert.
Manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Annotated manuscript of Br Denis Peter Fennell SJ ‘Reminiscences of a Clongowes Octogenarian’ sent to his Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ, with accompanying letter.
Newspaper cutting reporting on the blessing of the new science block in Clongowes
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photocopy of a newspaper cutting reporting on the blessing of the new science block in Clongowes and an address by Fr Hilary Lawton SJ.
Lawton, Hilary, 1912-1984, Jesuit priest
Note congratulating Fr Lawton on his appointment as Rector of Clongowes
Part of Irish Jesuits
Note from Irish Fr Provincial Michael O’Grady SJ to Fr Hilary Lawton SJ, congratulating him on his appointment as Rector of Clongowes.
O'Grady, Michael A, 1911-1969, Jesuit priest
Note from Fr John S. Conmee SJ thanking Fr Henry Gill SJ for sending him his most recent article
Part of Irish Jesuits
Note from Fr John S. Conmee SJ thanking Fr Henry Gill SJ for sending him his most recent article and stating ‘I…felt very proud of you and this old Alma Mater…(Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare)…of yours. Many have spoken to me in the highest praise of your Article.’
Conmee, John S, 1847-1910, Jesuit priest
Note on Sir J. Coxe Hippisley and the Catholic question
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
‘Note on Sir J. Coxe Hippisley’. Recounts Sir Hippisley’s involvement in the Catholic question, and the ‘appendixes to his speech on the issue, which was rejected by the Jesuits at Stonyhurst’. Refers to some of his views, including his contention in relation to the transfer of Jesuit funds from England to Ireland.
Notebook (XXXII) belonging to Fr John Curtis SJ containing the accounts of the property of the Irish Vice Province of the Society of Jesus and other details including title deeds etc.
Curtis, John, 1794-1885, Jesuit priest
Notes by Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning the finances of the Irish Province
Copy notes by Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning the finances of the Irish Province. Lists various legacies left to the Society by different individuals e.g. relatives of priests in the Society and how they were spent.
Sturzo, Aloysius,1826-1908, Jesuit priest
Notes on a retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copybook containing notes on a Retreat given by Fr John Conmee SJ in Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. Notes made by Fr John A. Byrne SJ.
Byrne, John A, 1878-1961, Jesuit priest
Photograph showing the 1926 Leinster Cup winning rugby team from Clongowes
Part of Irish Jesuits
Paper copy of photograph showing the 1926 Leinster Cup winning rugby team from Clongowes, which includes John McAvoy. Each image is signedthe player. List of names on reverse.
Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ, with captions in English and Irish. Includes photographs of
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Postcard sent by ‘E.F.R.’, Edward Frank Ryan, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to Fr Henry Johnston SJ at St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore, Kingscounty (County Offaly), planning a day trip depending on the weather.
Postcard to Revd. J. M. O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College
Part of Irish Jesuits
Postcard to Revd. J. M. O'Connor SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare from [ ], ‘With best wishes for a very happy Easter’.
Preparatory notes by John O'Holohan SJ for the summer Pedagogical Course in Clongowes
Preparatory notes by John O'Holohan SJ for the summer Pedagogical Course in Clongowes.
O'Holohan, John, 1923-2018, Jesuit priest
Programme for a retreat for Clongowes Wood College at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Programme for a retreat for Clongowes Wood College at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
Report on the first ten years of the Clongowes Cert.
Report on the first ten years of the Clongowes Cert.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Safe travel pass issued for Kevin Richard Stanislaus Nolan, by the German military authorities to travel from Bad Orb, through Holland to England. Kevin Nolan was a brother of Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, and had been a solicitor in London. On the eve of the First World War, he travelled to Bad Nauheim, Germany to undergo treatment for a heart condition. He was arrested as a spy, imprisoned however later released. He died in November 1918. See 'The Clongownian', 1919, p.308. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017.
Sample questions on education from the University of London
Sample questions on education from the University of London - in preparation for the Clongowes Cert.
Scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ containing poetry, observations on the weather at Milltown Park (1884-[1886]; 1892-1896), the comings and goings at Clongowes Wood College (1887-1892) and general notes. Transcribes letters written and articles from 'The Month'.