Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
- IE IJA J/474/1
- File
- 1808 - 1977
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Biographical information on Fr Peter Kenney SJ, and material related to the early years of the Irish Vice-Province.
Letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file.
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.
Letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file, and list of Irish Jesuits (1831).
Letters from Fr Charles Plowden SJ to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Charles Plowden SJ (novice master at Stonyhurst) concerning Society matters to to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. Many of the letters relate to the Irish novices studying in Stonyhurst and English novices studying in Ireland and general Society matters.
Plowden, Charles, 1743-1821, Jesuit priest, teacher and writer
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Mission by Fr Fidelis Grivel SJ
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Mission by Fr Fidelis Grivel SJ in 18[17]. Includes:
From Fr Al. Simpson SJ in Stonyhurst College, England to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
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).
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
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
Notes and letters by Fr John Ffrench SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes and letters by Fr John Ffrench SJ, including reports on 12 boys at St Stanisalus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and what he has taught to them (18 October 1834), letters while acting as Substitute English Assistant to Fr General and English Assistant to Fr General, Rome to Fr O'Reilly SJ and Fr Browne SJ (21 December 1865 & 16 February 1867) and note on the wood used for Tullabeg. Includes letters from Fr George Lambert SJ, Fr General Peter Beckx SJ, Curia Generalizia Compagnia di Gesù, Rome, Italy on the death of Fr John Ffrench SJ (1873).
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Certificate issued by Fr General appointing Fr Robert Haly SJ, Rector of Clongowes
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Certificate appointing Robert St Leger as Rector of Clongowes Wood College SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Certificate appointing Robert St Leger as Rector of Clongowes Wood College SJ.
Letter from Fr John Grene SJ, Clongowes, to l’Abbé McDonald, Louvain
Part of Irish Jesuits
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.
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.
Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ missionary work in Malta. Includes documents relating to religious instruction of Catholics, descriptions of clerical controversy, disputes with Protestants, conversions of Protestants to Catholicism, preaching, Catholic education, addresses presented to the Governor of Malta, Fr Esmonde's Journal describing his time in Malta, correspondence. Letters are addressed to Fr Esmonde at San Calcedonia, outside Valletta. This house belonged to the Sicilian Province and Malta had a close connection with the Sicilian Province. Note: at least 50% of the documents are written in Italian.
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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.
Will of William Nugent Skelly. Rev. Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare is named as a beneficiary and was bequeathed the residue of Skelly's estate.
First vows formula taken by Daniel Jones
Part of Irish Jesuits
First vows formula taken in the domestic chapel, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare written by Daniel Jones.
A file relating to the will of John Timothy Donnelly, Denmark Street, Dublin in which he bequeathed the residue of his estate, amongst others to Rev. Robert Haly SJ and Rev. Henry Joseph Rorke SJ, Clongowes, County Kildare and appoints Rev. Robert Haly SJ, as one of his executors.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of two letters to the Rev. P Gilligan, Clongowes, January 1864 on 'The House of Loretto' by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ.
Documents concerning:
Also, see ADMN/9/2. Documents relating to the 1862 Provincial Congregation.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ, County Kildare, to Mary Lentaigne, Great Denmark Street, Dublin (23 July 1871) concerning his nephew Victor, and money paid on Victor's behalf by Irish Fr Provincial to support his studies in Spain, England and Belgium (enclosed account from Milltown Park, Dublin, 6 May 1871), and brief biography of Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ ([1995], 1p).
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Documents concerning:
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
The description of Ireland: and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598
The description of Ireland: and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598. With amendments by Fr Hogan.
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ (term 31 July 1880 - 6 May 1883). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
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 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
Documents concerning:
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ (term 7 May 1883 - 2 February 1888). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
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'.
Loose inserts from the scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Documents inserted loose into the scrapbook belonging to Fr William Gleeson SJ, including newspaper clippings of a rugby match, two letters, handwritten map, prayer cards, receipts, poetry and list of retreats given (1920).
Scrapbook belonging to Brother William Glanville SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Scrapbook belonging to Brother William Glanville SJ. Includes postcards to Brother Glanville, newspaper cuttings, Clongowes Wood College sesquicentenary and photographs (Loughrea Parish Church 1886, Jesuit brothers and Clongowes Wood College ).
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.
Letters from Willie Doyle, 1886-1896
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letters and one typewritten letter by Willie Doyle: as a schoolboy in Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England to his brother Bob and mother (30 May 1886 - 9 April 1887); as a Jesuit novice at St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly to his mother and father, and sisters Mai and Lena (8 August 1891 - 9 July 1892); as a scholastic at Milltown Park, Dublin to his father and brother Bob (31 May - Christmas 1893) and to Brother Cahill on finishing his noviceship (8 June 1893) and at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother and father, and brothers Bob and Charles (3 September 1894 - 23 August 1896).
Letters to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ, regarding a Mungret College holiday
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Letters to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ from various individuals including: note from Fr Kenny SJ, Clongowes Wood College, with instructions regarding a Mungret College villa (holiday) (June 1893, 2 items) and letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kiernan SJ congratulating Fr Byrne on the occasion of his being seventy-five years in the Society of Jesus (2 items).
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of photographs belonging/taken by Fr Bernard Page SJ:
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr James Daly SJ, including biography, genealogical material, letter from Peter Byrne, University College, Dublin (13 November 1897) to Fr Daly SJ, profits from Clongowes Wood College farm 1915-1916, grants paid to Clongowes Wood College and correspondence from the Irish Fr Provincials.
Daly, James, 1847-1930, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Willie Doyle SJ, 1897-1906
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Holograph letters and typewritten letters by Mr Willie Doyle SJ while: at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Lena (6 April 1897 - 1898); undertaking philosophy at Enghien, Belgium to his mother and father (2 October 1898 - 3 June 1899); at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst College, England to his mother and father (14 October 1900 - 31 March 1901); at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Mai (18 December 1901 - 5 August 1903); undertaking theology at Milltown Park (23 December 1904 - Easter 1906).
The estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation
A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.
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.’
Triennial Documents, 1899 - 1902
Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae) and House Histories (Historia Domus) for Ireland and Australia (2 versions).
Diary belonging to Henry King kept while a student in Clongowes Wood College
Part of Irish Jesuits
Diary belonging to Henry King and kept while he was a student in Clongowes Wood College.
Album compiled by Fr Henry Gill SJ containing newspaper clippings, photographs and letters
Part of Irish Jesuits
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).
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
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
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’.
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-
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.
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs belonging to Fr Kyran Ward SJ which documents his life from 1912 until his death, 1972.
Galway:
Photographic album includes:
Correspondence relating to education issues relating to Jesuit colleges
A file of correspondence relating to general education issues in Ireland and more specific education issues relating to Jesuit colleges. Includes correspondence relating to the establishment of a colleges/schools commission including draft terms of reference (14 December 1930 - 18 January 1931, 5 items).
Status Temporalis book for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) book which contains accounts for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Irish Jesuit mission to Australia.
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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.
Status Temporalis for Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare.
Memorial cards and prayer cards belonging to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of memorial cards and prayer cards belonging to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ.
Status Temporalis for the irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Material relating to the 'Bruton Controversy/Debt'
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the 'Bruton Controversy/Debt'. In February 1884, Dr Bruton, a Dublin merchant transferred, to the Apostolic School, Mungret, a debt of £869.2.6 owed to him by Clongowes. According to Bruton's document of transfer, Clongowes was to pay the debt within a reasonable time, and, pending the payment of the principal sum was to pay, in addition, 3% yearly interest to the Apostolic School. Clongowes refused to pay the principal sum or the interest Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Rector, Fr James Corboy SJ, Mungret College remarking that he has instructed Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector of Clongowes to pay £332.15.4 to Mungret. Remarks that Fr General decided that Clongowes should pay half the interest due on the debt and '…put an end finally to all disputes about the debt.' (25 June 1917, 2pp).
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letters written by Edward Boyd Barrett SJ while a Master in Clongowes Wood College, to Jeremiah Hayes SJ, a novice in Tullabeg, describing Christmas at Clongowes, the College Social Study Club (mentions the work of Edward Coyne, Matthias Bodkin and Maurice Dowling, all of whom subsequently joined the Society in August 1914) and congratulating Mr Hayes on the taking of his First Vows.
A file relating to the will of Joseph Smyth, Greenaun Gowra, County Kildare in which he bequeathed his house and lands to be held in trust and sold by the trustees of Clongowes Wood College, county Kildare.
Part of Irish Jesuits
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.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account). for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr William R Prendergast SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and an album of black and white photographs (Jesuit life, villa, school and family photographs (1916-1950).
Prendergast, William R, 1906-1971, Jesuit priest
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.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters from Fr Joseph Flinn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning boys who wish to join the Society of Jesus and money from his father to erect a memorial in Clongowes boys chapel in honour of Fr Flinn's mother.
Flinn, Daniel Joseph, 1877-1943, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing ordination papers, biographical material and some letters relating to Fr Brian J Cullen SJ.
Cullen, Brian J, 1917-1995, Jesuit priest
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account).for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Report on the first ten years of the Clongowes Cert.
Report on the first ten years of the Clongowes Cert.
Examination papers for the Clongowes Cert.
A file of examination papers for the Clongowes Cert. Includes an outline.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
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
Receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of receipts, requests for masses, and bequests sent to Fr Charles Farley SJ, St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, (Province
Procurator). Includes receipts, postcards and letters from Frs Edward Boyd Barrett, James O'Connor, Joseph Flinn, A. Magne, Daniel J. Finn (from R.M.S Orsova on the way to Australia), James Creagh, James Farrell, John Ryan (Valkenberg), William Byrne, Bernard Page, John Nerney, C. Wishoff, Leopold Skarek, and Dr. Conway Dwyer, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Booklet marking the celebration of Pedagogic Arts and Science according to Ratio Studiorum held in Clongowes.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Letter to Fr William A Sutton SJ from his brother, Sir Abraham Sutton
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr William A Sutton SJ from his brother, Sir Abraham Sutton following the publication of 'The Clongownian' in June 1921, containing a photograph of him (Sir Abraham), following his election as President of the Clongowes Union, for 1920 – 1921, and an appreciation (p.120 – 121). States in his letter ‘Dont fail to read 'The Clongownian'. You will be amazed to read about your younger brother as indeed he was to read about himself.…I suspect who wrote it but I am not quite certain. It is artistically done but much over laudatory. You cried when I returned to the world but Providence decreed otherwise for there were many family matters that required my special attention. Just think I entered my 73rd year on last Monday. Oh how short they appear now!’
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Joseph Kelly SJ which includes travel documents, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
Kelly, Joseph, 1905-1978, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Redmond F Roche SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, memorial card and (57) photographs of Jesuits, on holiday, plays, and outdoor scenes (some of the same photographs are in the papers of Fr William R Prendergast SJ, IE IJA J/365).
Roche, Redmond F, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.
Dargan, William, 1904-1983, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of materiel relating to Fr Gerard O'Beirne SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
O'Beirne, Gerard, 1905-1986, Jesuit priest
Triennial Documents, 1920 - 1923
Documents for Ireland:
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Gerard P Perrott SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record, memorial card and application to join the Society.
Perrott, Gerard P, 1909-1985, 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.
Triennial Documents, 1923 - 1926
Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.
Part of Irish Jesuits
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
Establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the establishment of a summer school of Irish for Jesuits and discussions concerning where the summer school should be located.