Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ
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Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Medal of the Order of the Crown (Ordre de la Couronne), class Officier, conferred by the King of Belgium to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ. Includes official document concerning the decoration (6 May 1919) and letter from the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (22 May 1919). The medal in case, with name of Fernanrd Heremans, Schaerbeek, is a five-armed white enamel and silver-gilt Maltese cross with silver-gilt graduated rays between the arms, on green enamel oval laurel wreath suspension; the face with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the gilt crown of Belgium; the reverse with a gilt-edged circular central blue enamel medallion bearing the cipher of King Leopold II, founder of the Order. Material hand in by Margaret Doyle, Archivist, Clongowes Wood College, 9 January 2017. Medal given by King of Belgium in recognition for the work of Irish Jesuits in helping Belgian refugees in Ireland during the First World War.
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.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Rev. George O'Neill SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Fr Provincial’s objection to Scholastics continuing as committee members of the English Society at University College. Remarks ‘This Society fulfils an exceedingly useful function in the college. It exercises its members in three most useful things...writing...reading them out...(and) criticizing each others work.’. Continues ‘I fear that their (the Scholastics) withdrawal from active participation...would simply mean its extinction.’.
Letters from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin
Letters to the Provincial from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, on various matters including the Temperance Movement (the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association) (See also ADMN/3/47); the drawing up of a new ‘list of diocesan examiners for ordinations and for faculties’ and diocesan censors (See also ADMN/3/23).
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.
On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the First World War
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the War. Includes: circular sent to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Irish Volunteers protesting against the proposal to introduce conscription in Ireland;
– letter from the Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependants’ Fund seeking contributions towards their ‘Gift Sale’ in order to raise funds [for the administration of the campaign against the introduction of conscription];
– circular and printed matter from the Irish War Savings Committee seeking support for their ‘Thrift campaign’;
– letter from the Lord Lieutenant’s Private Secretary regarding a proposal to establish a fund ‘to be devoted to the purchase of literature suited to be despatched to Irish Regiments at the front’, also includes copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply;
– copy letter from Andrew Bonar Law (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall) to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking a subscription to ‘the new War Loan’.
Also includes printed matter on ‘Catholicism and War’; ‘Voluntary Women Patrols’ and an ‘Address From the French Catholic Association for Young People. To the young Catholics – Allies and Neutrals’.
Correspondence, mainly between Irish Fr Provincial, Fr Stephen J Brown SJ and Michael Christie (Honorary Secretary of the Library), concerning the foundation of the Central Catholic Library and the degree of Jesuit co-operation with the venture.
Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials William Delany and Thomas V Nolan.
Browne, Joseph, 1856-1917, Jesuit priest
Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McCluskey, John B, 1870-1921, Jesuit priest
Letter from Thomas Egan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Thomas Egan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Egan, Thomas, 1889-1915, Jesuit scholastic
Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr William Feran SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Patrick J Gannon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ.
Gannon, Patrick J, 1879-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Juric, Engelbert, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Lattey, Cuthbert, 1877-1954, Jesuit priest
Letter from Mr Jerome Mahony SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Jerome Mahony SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Mahony, Jerome, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Leo Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Murphy, Leo, 1888-1957, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr John MacErlean SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Letter from Mr John J MacSheahan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr John J. MacSheahan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from Mr Robert McCarthy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Robert McCarthy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McCarthy, Robert, 1889-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Michael McGrath SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
McGrath, Michael P, 1872-1946, Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Bernard Page SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Edward F. Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Edward F. Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Pigot, Edward Francis, 1858-1929, Jesuit priest, teacher, astronomer and seismologist
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Edmund, 1878-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from Fr Richard Sykes SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.
Sykes, Richard, 1854-1920, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London, England concerning the nomination of various Irish Jesuits as chaplains to the forces. Includes letters concerning Fr Joseph Wrafter’s nomination as chaplain to prisoners of war in Holland, a move contested by the Provincial who saw it in effect, as ‘putting him (Fr Wrafter) on the shelf’ (26 December 1917 – 15 January 1918, 3 items).
McClement, Fr Kerr
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Miscellaneous letters and notes to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes rough notes of wages and expenditure of various Jesuit chaplains (n.d., 3pp),and replies from the Senior Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force on transport to Australia for acting chaplain. Includes a note from Fr William Feran SJ, that he has commissioned him (Fr Henry Gill SJ) to discover and exterminate the influenza microbe' (18 December 1918).
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Gerald Corr SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Gerald Corr SJ written during his time as a chaplain to the troops in and around Dunkirk (his address was A.P.O. S.10, B.E.F., France).
Corr, Gerald F, 1875-1941, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letter from the War Office to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, enclosing the official certificate of death of Fr Doyle.
Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John Elliott SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John Elliott SJ, written during his time serving as a military chaplain in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire and at the Officer's Hospital, Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutland, England.
Postcard of Burley on the Hill, Oakham, Rutlandshire - ‘This is a gorgeous place inside + outside. It is the finest house I have ever seen. Charles and I stayed here when it belonged to the Duke of Buckingham’, (28 October 1918) where Fr Elliott convalesced from a bout of double pneumonia (‘I am only 8st 7lbs with my clothes on’).
Elliott, John J, 1857-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Documents relating to Fr Austin Hartigan's service as military chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to Fr Austin Hartigan's service as military chaplain. Includes:
– certificate appointing Fr Hartigan chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Land Forces (Temporary) (12 January 1916, 1p.);
– letters written to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ by Fr Hartigan while serving in Mesopotamia with the Connaught Rangers (20 March 1916 – n.d., 5 items);
– documents relating to Fr Hartigan's death in Amara on 16 July 1916 (from jaundice) (27 July 1916 - 15 August 1918, 12 items).
Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter and postcard to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letter and postcard to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ, written during his time serving as chaplain attached to the Australian Expeditionary Force, Dardanelles and the 7th Infantry Battalion, II Infantry Brigade, A.I.F., Mediterranean.
Hearn, Joseph, 1854-1941, Jesuit priest
Letters written to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacSheahan SJ during his time as chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters written to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr John MacSheahan SJ during his time as chaplain attached to the 6th Royal Irish Regiment, B.E.F., France.
MacSheahan, John, 1885-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards from Fr Patrick Morris SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ written while serving as chaplain to 2/8 Battalion, L.F., Sobraon Barracks, Colchester and also in France, before being sent back to England in November 1917 with ‘clinical dysentery.’
Morris, Patrick J, 1882-1966, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Henry Potter SJ written during his time as military chaplain in Chelmsford, Essex, Lowestoft, Suffolk and Norfolk Military Hospital, Norwich.
Potter, Henry, 1866-1932, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Edward Sydes SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Sydes written just before and during his appointment as chaplain serving with the 2nd Australian Division, A.I.F, in France.
Sydes, Edward J, 1863-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Rates due on Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to rates due on Rathfarnham Castle, an appeal by the Jesuit Fathers to be exempt from the rates and receipts for rates paid on the property.
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Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to formation, order of time, customs, discipline amongst the Jesuit Juniors at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. Includes correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Rector.
Conveyance - William George Bailey and Frs Thomas V. Nolan, John Fahy, Dominick Kelly and James Bury
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Parties:
William George Bailey, Builder, Cherryfield, Sandford, County Dublin and Frs Thomas V. Nolan, John Fahy, Dominick Kelly and James Bury all of Milltown Park.
Property:
Rathfarnham House, Parish of Rathfarnham, Barony of Newcastle, County Dublin.
Terms and Conditions:
Yearly rent and receivers fees created by and to the covenants, conditions and clauses contained in the Fee Farm Grant of 4 April 1851 in addition to the sum of £5,900. Yearly rent of £123.6.6.
Other:
Signed and sealed by the parties. Includes a map depicting the extent of land cited in the conveyance.
Paintings in Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to the paintings in Rathfarnham Castle. Includes letters relating to the ceiling paintings by Angelica Kauffman and new decorative works. Includes letters from Joshua Clarke, J Clarke & Sons, Stain glass manufacturers & Church decorators, 33 North Frederick Street, Dublin regarding the ceiling painting by 'my lady artist' (Miss Crilly, later known as Margaret Clarke) (10 September 1913). Only one painting by Margaret Crilly was accepted, which disappointed Joshua Clarke. Initially Miss Crilly rejected the offer of £7 10 shlllings per painting. Joshua Clarke persuaded her to accept £7, but by this stage, it was too late. She received £10 for her painting and Cambridge & Co. Ltd, Dublin were engaged (October 1913), and agreed a price of £35 for the series of nine painting. The artist Patrick Tuohy completed the ceiling paintings.
Material relating to part of the Rathfarnham estate known as Cliff
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to part of the Rathfarnham estate known as Cliff. Includes correspondence concerning its value and the rental of the land. It was proposed to have a novitiate there, and Charles Powell indicates that expenditure would amount to £15, 415 to fit out (6 September 1911).
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letters from Fr William Gleeson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning a debenture and the giving of a parish mission in Kerry.
Gleeson, William, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of letters from Fr Lambert McKenna SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter concerning the mix up over his entry into the University. Remarks that he is trying to sort the problem out (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter referring to the Irish Dictionary he compiled (8 December [ ], 2pp). Includes a letter referring to the accounts of the 'Irish Monthly' (21 November 1916, 3pp).
McKenna, Lambert, 1870-1956, Jesuit priest, Irish language scholar and Catholic social thinker
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Letter from Mr Vaughan Dempsey SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his brother in England who was wounded in the trenches. Asks Fr Provincial's permission to visit him in hospital before he returns to the trenches.
Dempsey, Vaughan B, 1895-1961, former Jesuit scholastic, Irish consul
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of letters from Fr Joseph Darlington SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning matters in the community and the spiritual direction/instruction of the Juniors and 'The Irish Monthly'. Includes a letter expressing his pleasure on taking over the editorship of 'The Irish Monthly'. Remarks that he has been missing something since he resigned as a professor in University College and feels this will fill the gap. (20 January 1920, 4pp) Includes a rough financial statement of 'The Irish Monthly' and a letter expressing his concern over the finances of the publication. (2 April 1920, 2pp & 17 August 1920, 2pp).
Darlington, Joseph, 1850-1939, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of letters relating to a small plot of land between Rathfarnham Castle and the golf course and the decision of the golf club to sell the plot of land to a builder. Includes a letter from J. Keane SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Fr Socius remarking that the building of houses on this plot of land would interfere with Rathfarnham Castle's privacy. Suggests the construction of a boundary wall along this plot (19 March 1929, 2pp).
Letter from Fr General concerning the appointment of only four Mission Consultors
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Fr General concerning the appointment of only four Mission Consultors. Includes a note by Fr John Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ asking him to correct the status for Australia.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Michael J. Watson SJ, Australian Messenger of the Sacred Heart, St. Patrick's College, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to the Irish Monthly and encouraging its continuance and advising how it should be run (15 October 1912, 2pp). Includes a letter referring to property in Athlone bequeathed him by his sister and the selling of this property (25 November 1913, 3pp).
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Sydes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work in Australia.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Edward Sydes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning his work in Australia.
Sydes, Edward J, 1863-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Mr John J. Murphy SJ, Woodstock College, MD to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ congratulating him on his new position as Fr Provincial. Refers to storms in Mid-West, especially Ohio.
Murphy, John J, 1884-1955, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John F. O’Brien SJ, St. Aloysius, Sevenhills, South Australia to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr John F. O’Brien SJ, St. Aloysius, Sevenhills, South Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his life at Sevenhills and the community living there.
O'Brien, John F, 1850-1925, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr William Keane SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Mr William Keane SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his theology course.
Keane, William, 1885-1960, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr George Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the voyage to Australia and his work with the Novices and the community in Loyola, Greenwich Road, Greenwich. Includes a letter concerning a trip to America and refers to a meeting he had with the doctor of Mr William Tucker SJ. Remarks 'I saw the Doctor, his opinion is that, as far as climate etc. is concerned, home was just as good as USA but because of "T(ucker)'s temperament he believed California would be better...I doubt very much whether the man himself really seriously wants to remain in the Society...' (31 May 1919, 3pp).
Byrne, George, 1879-1962, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Mr Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ asking to return home to complete his studies. Remarks that his health has improved.
Fitzgibbon, Daniel, 1884-1956, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning personal issues and chaplaincy
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter wondering whether he should go to the front. Remarks that he is too old for the trenches. (28 December 1915, 5pp). Includes a letter concerning his problems with drink and his desire to put his problems behind him and continue with his religious life and work assigned to him (30 May 1918, 19pp). Includes a letter concerning his appointment as chaplain for continuous service with Australian troops going to the front. Remarks that he is very pleased with his appointment (15 July 1918, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to his arrival back in Australia and his new position doing parish work at St. Mary's, North Sydney. Remarks 'I have charge of the Men's sodality...meantime I am awaiting demobilisation...' (25 October 1919, 4pp). Includes a letter announcing his arrival in London and remarks how glad he is to be home. Remarks that he wishes to arrange receipt of his war bonus with the authorities before he leaves London for Dublin. (10 January 1920, 2pp).
Gwynn, William, 1865-1950, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from G. F. A. Jones, Solicitor, 47 Queen Street, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from G. F. A. Jones, Solicitor, 47 Queen Street, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a power of attorney from Fr Arthur J. Little SJ to Fr Nolan.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Albert Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to Australia via America. Includes letters referring to William Tucker SJ and his health (6 October 1918 & 7 October 1918, 2 items). Includes a letter concerning his journey to San Francisco. Remarks 'At San Francisco there is a Priest (Fr O'Neill) who is Rector of Newman Hall in the University at Berkeley...a Catholic Hall like the one I am going to be acquainted with. I have a letter of introduction to him and hope to get some lights from him. They say he has done a great deal for his Hall...' (21 November 1918, 2pp). Includes a letter concerning his new position as Rector of Newman College. Refers to Fr O'Dwyer SJ. Remarks 'The poor man has had a v. heavy trial over this Newman College affair - and I think he has been dealt with rather unceremoniously.' Refers to an offer by the Archbishop of Perth inviting the Jesuits to establish a see also residence in Perth. Remarks 'I would remind your Reverence that we are very much undermanned out here - and unless you can send us out a good few subjects, it might be better not to extend the frontier that we have to garrison.' (21 January 1919, 2pp). Includes a letter reporting on Newman College after 18 months as Rector of the College (19 August 1920, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to a consult of the mission at which the proposal of Australia becoming a Vice-Province was discussed. Summarises the points raised (13 October 1924, 3pp).
Power, Albert, 1870-1948, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Thomas O'Dwyer SJ, St Patrick's College, Grey Street, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning news from St Patrick's college. Refers to the question of closing St. Patrick's and discusses general administrative and community matters.
O'Dwyer, Thomas, 1873-1942, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr William Moloney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial thanking him for sending him to Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr William Moloney SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial thanking him for sending him to Australia. Remarks how much he likes Australia and his work there.
Moloney, William, 1880-1972, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Eustace Boylan SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ concerning proposed changes to St Patrick's College. Includes the plans of the proposed changes.
Boylan, Eustace, 1869-1953, Jesuit priest
A file of letters from Frank Kennedy, 85 Haddington Road, Dublin to Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the estate of James Browne and annuities due to Rev. Eugene Browne.
Correspondence relating to the University Bill and the affiliation of Mungret College
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file of correspondence relating to the University Bill and the affiliation of Mungret College following University changes in Ireland. Includes a summary of University Examinations (Royal University) taken by students in Mungret.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the controversy surrounding the Apostolic and Lay Schools, Mungret College and the separation of the two schools following intervention by the Bishop of Limerick and a Decree of Propaganda. Includes correspondence relating to the valuation of the property and the question of the ownership of the Mungret property. Includes a certificate of valuation (25 June 1921, 7pp) and various financial accounts. Includes a ground floor plan and front elevation of Mungret College. Finally, in 1928 a further session of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith decided the transference of the Lay School should not be insisted on but that the two schools should be administered separately (21 April 1928, 1p). Includes letters from Michael Curly, Archbishop of Baltimore offering his support to Mungret College. Refers also to the 'Mungret Case' (23 August 1928; 22 December 1928 - 4 February 1932, 5 items) and photographs of Cardinal's visit to Mungret, 1928 (2 items)
Fr Dekker's report on Mungret College, Limerick
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to Fr Leo Dekker's report on Mungret College, Limerick
Dekker, Leo, 1856-1926, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Letter from Jerome Mahony SJ, editor, Mungret Annual, Mungret College, Limerick to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ asking for a copy of a photograph of Fr Nolan SJ to put in the Mungret Annual.
Mahony, Jerome, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ from T. Stratton, A.P.C., Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), requesting that Fr Browne remain with the Irish Guards as Commissioned Chaplain. Encloses copies of extracts from letters sent to Fr Browne’s uncle, Dr Browne, Bishop of Cloyne from Dr Keating, Catholic Army Bishop and from Colonel Vesey, Commanding Officer of the Irish Guards referring to Fr Browne’s value and admirable qualities as a Chaplain.
Stratton, T A,
Letter from Fr Cornelius Perazzi SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Cornelius Perazzi SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Perazzi, Cornelius, 1867-1936, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Boyd Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Edward Boyd Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Boyd Barrett, Edward J, 1883-1966, former Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Stephen Brown SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Stephen Brown SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Brown, Stephen J, 1881-1962, Jesuit priest
Letter from Vaughan Dempsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Vaughan Dempsey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Dempsey, Vaughan B, 1895-1961, former Jesuit scholastic, Irish consul
Letter from Mr James Gubbins SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr James Gubbins SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Gubbins, James, 1889-1946, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Patrick J Hayden SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Patrick J Hayden SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hayden, Patrick J, 1859-1938, Jesuit priest
Letter from Mr Denis Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Denis Hayes SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hayes, Denis, 1893-1964, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Oswald Kellet SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Oswald Kellet SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Kellet, Oswald, 1872-1919, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Kelly, Thomas P, 1890-1977, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Michael Maher SJ to Irish Fr Provincials
Letters from Fr Michael Maher SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.
Maher, Michael, 1860-1918, Jesuit priest
Letter from Mr Michael Meaney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Mr Michael Meaney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Meaney, Michael, 1889-1955, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr William MacMahon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr William MacMahon SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
MacMahon, William, 1876-1925, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr John O'Fallon Pope SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
O'Fallon Pope, John, 1850-1934, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John Ross SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr John Ross SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Ross, John, 1857-1919, Jesuit priest
Postcard written from Holland to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Postcard written from Holland to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Wright, John, 1864-1926, 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
Letters from Fr August Coemans SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr August Coemans SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Coemans, August, 1864-1940, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr William Cullen SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr William Cullen SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Cullen, William, 1881-1919, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Patrick J Dalton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letter from Fr Patrick J Dalton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Dalton, Patrick J, 1881-1952, Jesuit priest
Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at front.
Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Documents relating to Leonard Sheil's entrance into the Society of Jesus. Includes:
– introductory letter from Leonard to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ seeking information on the Society (6 March 1919, 2pp);
– note from Dr. J. Redmond to Fr George Byrne SJ, [Novice Master] following his medical examination of Leonard Sheil (22 July 1920, 1p.);
– letter from Mrs Helen Sheil, Leonard's mother to ‘Father Rector’ describing Leonard’s education and state of health. Remarks ‘I hope…that you will not discourage him – his whole heart is set on things spiritual & I know that he has it in him to do great things for God. He is so shy that he will perhaps have difficulty in speaking to you…’ (6 August 1920, 2pp) and
– letters from Mrs Sheil to Irish Fr Provincial on financial matters, following his acceptance of her son into the Society, (28 August - 4 October 1920, 3 items).
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 Fr Patrick Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ written during his time as a military chaplain in Bettisfield Camp, Salop (Shropshire). Letter, July 31st '17 from Milltown Park, Dublin, perhaps should read July 31st 1916.
Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Willie Doyle SJ written during his time as a chaplain attached to the 8th Brigade Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, and the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, B.E.F., France. Missing original letter 31 December 1915, but have photocopy.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death in action on 17 August 1917, from Fr Kerr McClement, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, Fr William Feran SJ, English Province, Farm Street, London and Fr M. O'Connell, Senior Chaplain (R.C.), H.Q., 16th Division, B.E.F..
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Documents relating to Fr John FitzGibbon SJ during his time serving as a chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents relating to Fr John FitzGibbon SJ during his time serving as a chaplain attached to 23rd and 16th Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France. Includes letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr FitzGibbon (14 March 1916 – [April 1918], 19 items) and documents relating to Fr FitzGibbon’s death in action on 18 September 1918, including official letters from General Headquarters, British Armies in France, solicitors’ letters and official certificate of death (20 September 1918 – 25 May 1919, 16 items).
FitzGibbon, John, 1882-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Henry Gill SJ during his time as a chaplain to the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, 3rd Division, VII Brigade, B.E.F., France.
Gill, Henry V, 1872-1945, Jesuit priest, scientist and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Stanislaus McLoughlin SJ written while serving as a chaplain attached 12th (2nd Reserve) Battalion and the 58th T.R. Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, Rhyl and 53rd S.W.B., Rhyl.
MacLoughlin, Stanislaus, 1863-1956, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and postcards to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ written while serving as a chaplain in Nos. 54, 58 and 33 Casualty Clearing Stations, France.
O'Mara, Patrick, 1875-1969, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Daniel Roche SJ written while Fr Roche was serving as chaplain with the 96th (C.P.) Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France and 18 K.L.R., B.E.F., France.
Roche, Daniel, 1882-1961, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Francis M Shaw SJ while serving as chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Francis M Shaw SJ written while serving as chaplain in France, India and Mesopotamia (3rd General Hospital, B.E.F., France; No. 37 and No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station, B.E.F., France; 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, B.E.F., France; 11th Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France; No. 16 Casualty Clearing Station, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force).
Shaw, Frank M, 1881-1924, Jesuit priest and chaplain