- IE IJA J/800
- File
- 1930; April 1969
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogus personarum primus filled out by Fr John Deevy SJ (1930) and obituary from the Irish Province News, Vol XIII, No.6 (April 1969).
Deevy, John A, 1887-1969, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogus personarum primus filled out by Fr John Deevy SJ (1930) and obituary from the Irish Province News, Vol XIII, No.6 (April 1969).
Deevy, John A, 1887-1969, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr John Casey SJ including biographical information.
Casey, John, 1873-1954, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Research on Fr John Elliott SJ (11p), which includes copy of obituary from the Irish Province News (January 1943) and The Clongownian (1936 & 1943).
Elliott, John J, 1857-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogus personarum primus filled out by Fr John O'Connor SJ (1959), ordination card (1956) and obituary from the Irish Province News, No. (1972).
O'Connor, John F, 1921-1971, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary of Fr John McDonnell SJ taken from the Irish Province News.
McDonnell, John, 1848-1928, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries and obituary for Fr Joseph Erraught SJ.
Erraught, Joseph, 1909-1974, Jesuit priest
Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish. Includes a letter from Fr F. Schwendimann SJ, Directio Generalis, Apostolatus Orationis, Borgo S. Spirito 5, Rome, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ expressing his worry over different dialects in Ireland and the possibility of misinterpretation (21 November 1952, 1p). Includes a copy reply from Fr Provincial explaining that although differences do occur within the Irish language in different parts of Ireland the meaning would not be misinterpreted (26 November 1952, 1p).
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Kyran Fitzgerald's admission to the Society; his final illness and some subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Fitzgerald, Kyran J, 1922-1997, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogus personarum primus filled out by Fr Michael Murphy SJ (1929 and 1930), and obituary from the Irish Province News, Vol , No. (October 1971).
Murphy, Michael Joseph, 1894-1971, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituaries for Fr Michael Murray SJ.
Murray, Michael, 1886-1949, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Fr Patrick Power’s admission papers and correspondence relating to his illness and death.
Power, Patrick, 1907-1995, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing mainly material relating to Peader MacSeumais admission to the Society of Jesus and subsequent jubilees.
MacSeumais, Peadar, 1908-1996, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Information of the novice, catalogue entry and obituary for Fr Peter Dwyer SJ.
Dwyer, Peter, 1879-1945, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogus personarum primus filled out by Fr Peter McDonagh SJ (1956) and obituary from the Irish Province News, Vol XIV, No. 10 (April 1973).
McDonagh, Peadar, 1922-1973, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Richard Maguire's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials relating to retreat and mission work and his time as chaplain at the Royal Hospital of the Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin.
Maguire, Richard J, 1906-1993, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing material relating to Sean Noonan's admission to the Society and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials relating to mission work, the provincial congregation and his final illness.
Noonan, Seán, 1919-1995, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entry, passport photograph and obituary for Fr Stephen Curran SJ.
Curran, Stephen, 1911-1960, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituaries for Fr Thomas Kelly SJ.
Kelly, Thomas, 1829-1898, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary for Fr Thomas Shuley SJ from the 'Irish Province News' (July 1965) and small photographic album belonging to Fr Shuley with thirteen images of the west of Ireland while on villa [1916-1930].
Shuley, Thomas, 1884-1965, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituaries of Fr William Henry SJ taken from the 'Irish Province News' and 'The Mungret Annual'.
Henry, William Joseph, 1859-1928, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary taken from 'Irish Province News, 'The Clongownian' and copy of biographical information of Fr William Power SJ.
Power, William, 1848-1931, Jesuit priest
In memoriam of Fr John FX O'Brien SJ from 'The Irish Monthly'
Part of Irish Jesuits
In memoriam of Fr John FX O'Brien SJ from 'The Irish Monthly', with copy of Monthly.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Incomplete letter from Henry Bagshawe to Daniel O'Connell concerning the establishment of the 'Dublin Review' and the appointment of Dr Wiseman as theological editor. Discusses the amount of money needed to produce and publish the Review.
Bagshawe, Henry Ridgard, 1799-1870, barrister and judge
Index to obituaries in the Mungret Annual, 1897 - 1965
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Index to obituaries that have appeared in the Mungret Annual, 1897 - 1965.
Information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file containing information on the history of Rathfarnham Castle. Includes a photocopy of an article on Rathfarnham Castle by Alistair Lindsay, Senior Architect, OPW from Interfuse (Autumn 1994, 4pp).
Invoices from Brown and Nolan Ltd. made out to 'The Irish Monthly'
A file of invoices from Brown and Nolan Ltd., Manufacturing Stationers and Printers; Publishers and Booksellers made out to 'The Irish Monthly'.
Browne & Nolan Limited, Printers, Nassau Street Dublin
Iontas na niontas.
Haiku le Gabriel Rosenstock.
Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book
1st Edition 1928
(5’’ x 7 1/4’’)
Became 'The Irish Jesuit Year Book' from 1955 onwards.
Produced by the Irish Messenger Office, 5 Great Denmark Street, Dublin until 1962. In 1963 the Irish Messenger Office moved to 37 Lower Leeson Street.
The Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book
Contents:
Index to the Irish Jesuit Directory, 1928 – 62 (6 3/4’’ x 8 3/4’’) and Supplementary Index to the Jesuit Year Book, 1963 – 1976
Irish missionaries in Bengal, 1834-59
Irish missionaries in Bengal, 1834-59 taken from proceedings of the Irish Catholic historical committee, 1962.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Photocopies of entries for the Jesuit community at Galway and at St Ignatius College, contained in the Jesuit publication, the Irish Province News.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Booklet entitled 'James Archer of Kilkenny An Elizabethan Jesuit, First Rector of the Irish College at Salamanca and Ally of the Great Hugh O'Neill' by Thomas J. Morrissey SJ (Studies ‘Special Publications,’ 1979).
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Booklet entitled 'James Archer of Kilkenny An Elizabethan Jesuit, First Rector of the Irish College at Salamanca and Ally of the Great Hugh O'Neill' by Thomas J. Morrissey SJ (Studies ‘Special Publications,’ 1979).
Morrissey, Thomas J, Jesuit priest, educationalist and historian
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of an image from the Jesuit Year Book on the occasion of Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ visitation to Northern Rhodesia.
Journal of the County Kildare Archaelogical Society
Copies of the Journal of the County Kildare Archaelogical Society:
Volume 2, No.1, 1896
Volume 2, No.6, 1898
Volume 4, No.1, 1903
Volume 9, No.1, 1903
March 1937
July 1938
July 1939
Kevin Quinn's admission papers to the Society and correspondence
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Kevin Quinn's admission papers and brief correspondence from his time in Lusaka, Zambia and at the College of Industrial Relations.
Letter from Charles Dolman to Daniel O'Connell acknowledging a receipt of money from O'Connell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman to Daniel O'Connell acknowledging a receipt of money from O'Connell. Includes a signed receipt for same.
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, 61 Bond Street, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning an article on Orators for the 'Dublin Review'. Remarks that before No. XI can be published a decision about the future of the publication should be reached. Remarks that himself and Mr. Richards '...cannot individually run any further risk (having both already lost too much to justify us in so doing) unless the proposed plan or one similar be adopted...' Expresses the hope that O'Connell will transfer his share and interest in the stock and property of the 'Review' to him (Charles Dolman).
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, 61 Bond Street, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning the 'Dublin Review'. Remarks that he has not received an answer to a previous letter to Daniel O'Connell and that he can no longer delay the publication of the next issue of the 'Dublin Review'. Proposes to bring out the next issue himself '...I therefore beg to request you to inform me whether you make any objection to my doing so...In making this proposal you will understand that I do not intend to consider you liable in respect of that No. either for pecuniary loss or literary responsibility...' Concludes 'You will no doubt recollect that our agreement contains an undertaking on your part to use your best exertions to relieve Mr Richards and myself from such loss as we might sustain in this business...'
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, London to Daniel O'Connell concerning O'Connell's subscription to the Guarantee Fund of the 'Dublin Review' due for the years 1841 and 1842. Refers to heavy losses he has suffered as a result of the publication and that a different plan for the 'Dublin Review' has been arranged by Dr Wiseman whereby the authors of articles will receive '...the proceeds of the sales after paying the printing expenses - for their remuneration.'
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Letter from Charles Dolman, London to Daniel O'Connell thanking him for his subscription
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Charles Dolman, London to Daniel O'Connell thanking him for his subscription. Expresses thanks for the support O'Connell is giving to the 'Dublin Review'. In particular he thanks O'Connell for recommending it to the clergy. Remarks 'For years past the principal reason of the circulation not being more extended is owing to the little support received from the Irish Clergy. Remarks that he will continue to promote and support the 'Dublin Review'.
Dolman, Charles, 1807-1863, publisher
Letter from Dr Charles Russell to his nephew, Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Dr Charles William Russell (note: two of the letters may in fact be from Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen and brother of Fr Matthew Russell SJ) to his nephew Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a letter discussing the title of 'The Irish Monthly' (founded by Fr Matthew Russell) (n.d., 4pp).
Letter from Fr Charles Cooksey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Fr Charles Cooksey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Cooksey, Charles, 1869-1945, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John Conmee SJ to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr John Conmee SJ, University College, Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ (Editor of 'The Irish Monthly'), thanking him for the ‘kind and encouraging things’ Fr Russell said of Fr Conmee’s ‘little paper’ i.e. 'Old Times in the Barony', which was published as a booklet in 1900. “Anything I may write on the Barony is already promised to the New Ireland. If I can send you any thing worth printing…I will – but I only write on compulsion and compose – as the Scotch joke– wi’ deefeculty’ ”.
Letter from Fr John Francis Hogan, President, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare to Fr John F.X. O'Brien SJ concerning permission for students to subscribe to 'The Irish Monthly' and 'Studies'. Remarks 'In view of the stringent regulations there laid down they could not see their way to accede to your request.'
Hogan, John Francis, 1858-1918, priest, author, and president of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ concerning a crisis in the administration of Cullacht Mhuire with a knock on effect in the administration of FÁS and An Timire. Seeks an appointment with Fr Provincial to discuss the situation. Refers also to his health and expresses his concern for the survival of An Timire under the circumstances.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Joseph Hurley SJ, FÁS, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ describing his activities concerning the inauguration of the Tomás Ághas commemoration year.
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Letter from Fr Matthew Russell SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial. Refers to the publication of the first volume of 'The Irish Monthly' as regards finances. Suggests that Fr Clery be appointed as financial manager, and discusses advertising in the publication. Also discusses the layout and encloses a trade-mark design (included).
Russell, Matthew, 1834 -1912, Jesuit priest and editor
Letter from Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ to Fr Coyne SJ concerning his return from H.M.S. Anson
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ to Fr Coyne concerning his return from H.M.S. Anson. Remarks that he will be working on the Jesuit Yearbook.
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter from Fr Michael Earls SJ to [ ] concerning a lecture he gave on Irish Music at Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Encloses a cutting from a newspaper and ask that it be passed on to Fr O'Brien SJ, of 'The Irish Monthly'.
Earls, Michael, 1873-1937, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ, Department of Education, University College Dublin to Fr John Hannon SJ, Professor of Catholic Theology in the National University of Ireland, concerning the assertion in 'The Month', November 1929, that there is no chair of theology in the National University, and that the late Fr Peter Finlay SJ, could not have occupied such a position. Includes clippings on the legalities of the Professorship of Theology at the National University of Ireland (1908-1912) and counterpart deed of endowment of the Professorship of Catholic Theology in the National University of Ireland.93 December 1912).
Corcoran, Timothy, 1872-1943, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Harold Craig SJ, Archbishop's House, Darjeeling, India to [ ] thanking him for sending a copy of the Irish Province News. Describes his journey from Hong Kong to India with Fr Thomas Ryan SJ, and off walks near San Dak Fu, views of Everest, and the porters (Sherpas).
Craig, Harold Edward, 1901-1985, Jesuit priest
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Henry Reeve to [Dr. Charles Russell] concerning the publication of an article by Dr Russell in the [Dublin Review].
Reeve, Henry, 1813-1895, journalist
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from James Blake Kavanagh to Dr Charles Russell concerning article[s] on Russian literature/linguistics published in the Dublin Review. Discusses at length the topic in question and mentions another scholar - Senskoffsky. Refers to a Russian periodical.
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 JJ, 1889-1956, Jesuit priest
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from John Cashel Hoey, 18 [Denleigh] Street, London, England to Dr Charles Russell concerning articles on Ireland becoming more prominent in the Dublin Review. Refers to an obituary he and Dr Manning are writing for 'the Cardinal' and asks for information '...he (Dr Manning) suggested that you and Mr Bagshawe are probably best acquainted with the facts of the Cardinal's connexion with the foundation and early conduct of the Review.'
Hoey, John Cashel, 1828-1892, author, editor of the Nation, and administrator
Letter from Rev. Henry James Coleridge SJ to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Letter from Rev. Henry James Coleridge SJ, St Beuno's, St. Asaph to Dr Charles Russell concerning some '...trouble that has lately taken place about the 'Dublin Review'. Discusses in detail the editorship of the publication.
Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893, Jesuit priest and editor
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from the Vicar Apostolate of Hong Kong, Enrico Valtorta to [ ] (not a Jesuit but somebody in Rome) concerning the Chinese mission. Remarks that the Irish Jesuits would be advised to take on a hostel or a college or both and revive the publication 'Rock'. Remarks that men are available to go to China. Suggests that some Irish Jesuits should be sent to study Chinese in the Benedictine University in Peking prior to teaching in the Jesuit college in Hong Kong.
Valtorta, Enrico Pascal, 1883-1951, Apostolic Vicar and Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Bishop Theodor Kramer, Würzburg, on sending Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ a paper on the Cult of St. Killian (3pp). Includes copy of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ review of 'New Light on St. Killian' by J. Dienemann (Würzburg, 1955) the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record', 1957 (88, pp.1–16) ).
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letter to Fr Matthew Meade SJ from Sister M. Patrick, Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, Dublin, concerning a crucifix in their convent believed to have been once owned by St Francis Xavier. Includes extract concerning the crucifix from ‘St Joseph’s Sheaf’ of 1903 and brief illustrated pamphlet on the same topic.
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!’
Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ (Editor of Studies) enclosing a suggested plan for a special Centenary number of Studies to be published in June 1956.
Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor
Letters and memoranda to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed re-publication of the 'Irish Monthly'.
Letters from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the St Joseph’s Young Priests Society
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes and letters from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to the St Joseph’s Young Priests Society, with regard to its income, expenditure and general policy. Fr Gwynn played an important part in the Society’s foundation and development (1927-49) and was Honorary Editor of its quarterly magazine Saint Joseph’s Sheaf.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr David Bearne SJ to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning contributions for 'The Irish Monthly'.
Bearne, David, 1856-1920, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ to the Irish Provincial on various matters
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Fr Francis Browne SJ, many written from St Mary’s, Emo, Portarlington, County Laois, to the Irish Provincial on various matters (mostly seeking permission to travel to different locations for the purposes of giving retreats, lectures, visiting friends and family), including his health and his photographic work. Includes letters:
– referring to his securing photos of ‘the ruins on Inniscaltra in Lough Derg…(and)…Castletown at Celbridge’ (29 June 1944, 2pp);
– referring to his eldest sister, Mother Josephine in the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, County Dublin (17 and 20 September 1944, 2 items);
– concerning his travelling expenses (28 October and 2 November 1944, 2 items);
– his making ‘a set of photographs in Curraghmore House … because I am collecting a set of Georgian Houses & Curraghmore was on the list given me by the Georgian Society’ (9 April 1945, 3pp);
– regarding his ‘camera work’. ‘As you know, I am supplying a series of pictures of “Historic Mansions” each month to ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch’. The first of the series were photos of Shelton Abbey for which the present Lord Wicklow gave his very willing approval…he proposes utilising c as a kind of Hotel or “Country Club” He asked me whether it would be possible for me to go there again to take further photos before the necessary alterations are made’ (8 April 1947, 3pp);
– stating ‘…the editor of ‘Tatler & Sketch’ is pressing me for a further series of “Historic Mansions” to be published in the Autumn. Apparently he found that the first series – Jan. to May – was very popular. Would you permit me to do some journeys for this purpose & to debit them to a “Villa” account: not, as usual, to my Camera account?’ (23 June 1947, 3pp) and
– stating ‘I enclose a list of places I wish to photograph for my next series of “Historic Mansions” – which is due to begin in October. The last set – January – May, brought me £25, & the next will be even more profitable, because the Editor told me that he is so satisfied with the results, that he will print more pictures of each house in the next series’ (14 July 1947, 2pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file of letters from Fr John FX O'Brien SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter concerning the community at Rathfarnham and the 'Irish Monthly'. Remarks that the publication should be 'pushed' by using posters to draw attention to it (17 December 1915, 4pp). Includes a letter suggesting Fr Kelly as business manager for the 'Irish Monthly' (17 August 1918, 4pp). Includes a letter revising his suggestion about Fr Kelly. Remarks '...I seem to have been much astray. The trouble is chiefly this: he is not a "man of action"; instead of doing, he thinks and talks about doing them.' (11 November 1918, 4pp).
O'Brien, John FX, 1873-1920, Jesuit priest
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 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
Letters from Fr Nicholas J. Tomkin SJ to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to Fr Gwynn’s articles
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Fr Nicholas J. Tomkin SJ (Library Censor) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ relating to Fr Gwynn’s articles ‘An Irish Settlement on the Amazon, 1612 – 1629’ in 'Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy', (xli, p.1 – 54) and ‘Documents relating to the Irish in the West Indies’ [1612 – 1752] in 'Analecta Hibernica', (iv, p.139 – 286), with censor’s suggestions.
Tomkin, Nicholas James, 1859-1942, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Nicholas Wiseman to Dr Charles Russell on the 'Dublin Review'
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Fr Nicholas Wiseman (later Cardinal) to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter remarking that due to ill health he cannot edit the next issue of the Dublin Review. Remarks that he has been in contact with Thomas Richardson regarding the impending ownership of the Dublin Review 'Let us get over this one crisis more and please God the Review will be safe. Richardson is determined to push it, it will succeed.' ([ ]1844, 7pp). Includes a letter remarking 'Richardson takes the 'Review' upon our terms...I feel confident...that in his hands the 'Review' will be pushed forward very differently from the past.' Remarks that he hopes Dr. Russell '...may be able to get your friends to write for us.' Concludes 'If the [secret] history of the D.R. were known to the public how strange it would appear - so often in the pains of sinking yet always rescued.' ([ ] 1844, 6pp). Discusses potential articles for the Dublin Review (27 April 1846, 4pp). Refers to the quality of articles appearing in the Review and remarks 'The Review is not deep. It wants some more reasoning and original articles...As for my own article...I ran off the rails and could not bring out what I wanted. Let us get something good for next time.' (2 October 1952, 2pp). Refers again to the type of articles published by the Review. Remarks 'Do you think we are getting into too few hands? Ward, De Morgan, Christie, Newman, Allies etc. have written for us...surely the convert element ought to be more cultivated and I must own I believe the fault lies in our having a mere business editor and no recognised literary one who enjoys the confidence of our learned men. I see the growing narrowness of our work and deplore it. Never a paper on Physics, Astronomical discoveries, Chemistry, Electricity, Steam, Railroads, Physiology, Medicine, Geology, Botany, Law Reform nor even on Politics in the wider sense. Never any article on foreign countries except the bleak north - I mean an original paper. W. B. cannot possibly attend to getting people to write and he has no influence. We shall never do as we ought till something is done to widen our range of topics and writers (18 February 1853, 8pp). Refers to a letter he has written to Dr Newman concerning the Dublin Review and '...begging of him not to enter into any plans for a new Review as we might get all we wanted out of our present one.' (3 January 1857, 3pp). Discusses the unsatisfactory situation regarding the publisher of the Dublin Review. Remarks 'I am satisfied that our only chance of success is a new publisher. If this is not feasible the 'Review' must drop for we cannot possibly go on in the present unsatisfactory manner.' Refers to a 'coalition' with the Rambler and remarks this is impossible. (11 April 1862, 4pp).
Wiseman, Nicholas, 1802-1865, Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster
Letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a reference to the French elections. ‘Are you not delighted at the result of the French elections? I am. I do not like Kings...’. (30 October [ ], 3pp). Refers to articles he wishes to contribute to the Irish Monthly. (nd, 4pp). Discusses his future career ‘I have for the last week been visiting various people of importance with a view to choosing a profession, I want to be earning soon; I believe that my mathematics...will help me in Engineering - but I never live except when I am on the water.’ Refers also to his writing and describes it as ‘...the work of a boy, it is like those nasty little plums that come on the young wild plumtrees in the forest of Marly.’ Continues ‘But if you ask me why I write as I do, I will tell you this much: that in the circle of newspapers of criticism of perfectly turned verses, of madly-hunted ideas, I am all at sea. I would have it that no man should write who was not a zealot for something and when I desire, I desire the hills and the sea. I desire the faces of men and women not some unjust imitations. And I desire above all that free and happy forbearance and that perfection of charity which this country is absolutely unable to give.’ (5 February 1889, 4pp). Refers to writing and editing and remarks ‘If I ever become an editor I shall accept everything that touches me - irrespective of merit and shall refuse all well known names. There is a club in Paris called “La Decadence” into which no one cannot (sic) be admitted whose work has not been refused three times!’ (20 April 1889, 4pp). Refers to the Great War and remarks that he is looking forward to it ‘It will sweep Europe like a broom, it will make Kings jump like coffee beans on the roaster...’. Asks Fr. Russell to choose a composition from a ‘batch’. (30 June 1889, 4pp). Enquires why some of his verses have not appeared in the Irish Monthly. Remarks ‘I didn’t love it (The Irish Monthly) half as much as I should have done if my “poor thing but mine own” had been in it.’ (nd, 2pp). Refers to a visit he made to Ireland. Observes that ‘The Country is getting richer and it is high time. The Irish have too much political sense to boast of any success: they insist rather on what they need than on what they have, which is the right way to go about politics; but very soon people over here will wake up to find Ireland transformed.’ (1 January 1910, 2pp). Remarks that suggestions have been made to him to write a Catholic essay on the history of England ‘...but the only thing I can afford to write is a Catholic School history...’ (13 January 1911, 1p).
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953, British-French writer and historian
Letters from William Henry Bliss to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file relating to William Henry Bliss. Includes letters from William Bliss to Dr Charles Russell and copies of Dr. Russell's letters to William Bliss. Includes 4 letters from William Bliss to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the publication of the correspondence in the Irish Monthly (22 March 1880 - 24 September 1893, 4 items).
Bliss, William Henry, 1835-1909, scholar
Letters of condolence following Fr Thomas Finlay’s death to Fr Provincial Laurence C. Kieran SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters of condolence following Fr Thomas Finlay’s death to Fr Provincial Laurence C. Kieran SJ, from various organisations with which Fr Finlay was associated. Includes letters from the Senate of the National University of Ireland, the Trustees of the National Library, the Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society, the Central Savings Committee, the Council of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Cavan Urban District Council, the Irish Technical Education Association, the Templecrone Co-operative Agricultural Society and University College Dublin.
Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist
Letters on the declining circulation of 'An Timire'
Letters, mostly to Irish Fr Provincial discussing the declining circulation 'An Timire', the Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart and proposals to issue the magazine on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to pictures of St Ignatius Loyola in a book by Mary Purcell.
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters, including financial
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).
'Life of Father Stephen White, S.J., Theologian and Polyhistor'
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Copy of the 'Journal of the Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society' containing an article by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ entitled 'Life of Father Stephen White, S.J., Theologian and Polyhistor', April 1897, pp 55 - 71.
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
List of Jesuits ordained in the archdiocese of Malines and Jesuit preachers and confessor in the archdiocese of Malines, 1607-1794. Taken from Archivum Hibernicum XXIII (1960)
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
List of subscribers and amounts paid to 'The Irish Monthly'
Bound volume containing a list of subscribers and amounts paid to 'The Irish Monthly'.
Browne & Nolan Limited, Printers, Nassau Street Dublin
Material on the promotion of 'Catholic Action’
Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to an article written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' supporting a fellow Jesuit's interpretation of a passage in St. Mark. This article sparked a controversy as Fr Gannon's views were disagreed with by Cardinal MacRory (and other eminent scripture scholars). Includes a letter from Fr John R MacMahon SJ (Fr Provincial), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Byrne SJ concerning the controversy. Remarks 'In reply to a letter from Fr Gannon, I wrote to him to say that I could not allow him to pursue the discussion about St. Mark III, 20 - 21 any further…that I would not approve of his seeking an interview with the Cardinal; that he might write to the Cardinal, but that I would have to see a draft of the letter beforehand.' Remarks that he received a reply from Fr Gannon and includes a passage from the letter describing it thus 'He is taking a most extravagant view of the situation.' (15 April 1945, 1p). Includes a copy of a letter from Fr Provincial (Fr MacMahon SJ) concerning a letter Fr Gannon wishes to write to Cardinal MacRory regarding the difference of opinion between the two men. Remarks 'Let me assure you (and I wish I could convince you) that you are taking far too tragic a view of the whole business. If you could put it out of your mind for a month, you would, I am confident, take a more tranquil view of things.' (26 January 1945, 1p). It would appear from the file that Fr Gannon was not able to put the matter out of his mind and that it was only as a result of his death in 1953 that the matter was laid to rest. It would also appear that Fr Gannon's view was gaining some support amongst scripture scholars when he died.
Material relating to Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare's association with the Jesuits
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare’s association with the Jesuits, her lease to the Society, of Kilkea Castle, County Kildare in 1634 and the chalice presented to the Jesuits in the same year by the Countess. Includes: photocopy of a newspaper article, ‘Unexplained Mystery of Kilkea castle’s Chalice’ by Dr George A Little (n.d., 2pp) and extract from the 'Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society', Vol. 5, 1906 - 08, p. 61- 62, on the chalice (3pp).
Material relating to Fr John Mallin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr John Mallin SJ including short CVs (1942; 1965; 1974), documents regarding entry to the Society (details of baptism and medical reports), medical reports, small number of letters written from Germany by Fr Mallin (1963-66) and Spain (1973-74) and obituary from the 'Irish Province News' (April 1977).
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Seán Ó Catháin SJ, including catalogue entries and memorial cards, letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ, and off print of articles by Fr Ó Catháin SJ.
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material relating to the Jesuits in Dublin. Includes:
Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. A file relating to memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time as a school boy in Mungret College, Limerick. Includes a typed and handwritten manuscript entitled Memories of Mungret (1889 - 1893). The article was published in the Mungret Annual, 1966.
Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the 'Irish Monthly'
Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Memorandum of Agreement between Dr Nicholas Wiseman, St. Mary's College, near Birmingham and Thomas Richardson and Son, Printers and Publishers, Derby concerning the Dublin Review. The Agreement sets out the terms and conditions for Thomas Richardson and son to become the sole and exclusive proprietors and publishers of the Dublin Review from the 34th issue. Eight conditions are listed in the Agreement.
Memorials of the Irish Province
Vol. 1, No.1 June 1898 – Centenary year, Part II 1814 – 1914
(For circulation among Ours Only)
Contains Obituaries
Index
Handwritten index biographical notices in the Memorials of the Irish Province and general index. Compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
Vol. 1, No.1 June 1898
‘A Short History of the Irish Province Part I, From its foundation under St. Ignatius down to the year 1626’;
‘Memoir of Father Peter Kenney, S.J.’;
‘Brief Memoirs of the Fathers and Brothers of the Society who Died in Clongowes up to 1826’;
University College Results;
Catalogus Hib A.. 1752 in Missione Hibernica’.
Vol. 1, No.II June 1899
‘Biographical Sketch of the Rev. T. Betagh’;
Brief Memoirs of the Fathers and Brothers of the Society who Died in: Clongowes, from 1826 to 1869 Tullabeg, previous to the year 1874;
Notes on the lives of early Irish Jesuits written in 1877 by Fr John Curtis SJ;
‘Voyage to Palermo and Back’ by Fr Charles Aylmer SJ;
‘Fr Edmund J O’Reilly’ by Fr Matthew Russell SJ;
‘An Old MSS Catalogue of Clongowes, 1820-1821’;
Chronological list of Jesuits connected with the Irish Mission from 1550-1779;
Vol. 1, No.III June 1900
‘Memoirs of the Suppression and Restoration of the the Society of Jesus in Ireland’ by Fr Bracken SJ’;
‘Testimonies to Fr Peter Kenney SJ’;
Brief Memoirs of the Fathers and Brothers of the Society who Died at: the Residence, Gardiner Street from 1845 to 1895. Belvedere College from 1855 to 1892;
‘Some manuscript catalogues of Clongowes, 1823, 1824, 1825 - 1834, 1837 and 1839’;
Vol. 1, No.IV June 1901
‘Memoirs of the Suppression and Restoration of the the Society of Jesus in Ireland, Part II’ by Fr Bracken SJ’;
‘Vale Novitiorum’;
‘Testimonies to Fr Peter Kenney SJ’;
Brief Memoirs of the Fathers and Brothers of the Society who Died at: University College, Dublin, from 1889-1893.
Vol. 1, No. V June 1902
‘Short History of the Australian Mission’;
‘Some Irish Worthies S.J.’ by Edmund Hogan SJ;
Memoirs of Fathers who Died at Milltown Park, from 1865 to 1887;
‘Further Testimonies to Fr Peter Kenney SJ’;
‘Two letters, 1813, 1814’ written by Fr Charles Aylmer.
Vol. 1, No. VI January 1903
‘Memoirs of Fr Alfred Murphy SJ’;
‘Some Early Irish Jesuits’;
‘Testimonies to Fr Peter Kenney SJ’;
‘A Short History of Irish Province Pt.1’(Fr Grene).
Vol. 1, No. VII June 1903
‘A Short History of Some Early Irish Jesuits (continued)’ by Rev. J. McDonnell SJ;
‘A contribution towards a History of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, from its Revival soon after the year 1800. Part II’ by Fr John Grene SJ.
‘Some Letters in Jesuit Archives in Ireland’;
Memoir of Father P.E. Duffy, S.J. Part I.
Short Memoirs of the Early Irish Jesuits down to the year 1840
by Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ, 1903
Centenary Year, 1814-1914, Part I
‘The Irish Province 1814-1914’;
‘Rathfarnham Castle and some of its Former Owners’;
‘First Dublin residence, George’s Hill, 1812’;
‘Brief Chronological Notes, 1829-1914’;
Necrologia: 1900 to December 1913.
Centenary Year, 1814-1914, Part II
‘The Irish Province 1814-1914’;
‘Milltown Park and and some of its Owners’;
‘Brief Chronological Notes, Milltown Park, 1858-1914’;
‘Irish Province, 1860-1914, Brief Chronological Notes’;
‘Gardiner Street, 1860-1914, Brief Chronological Notes’.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Information of the novices entry (1907-1914), obituaries from' The Clongownian' (1916), ‘material for Memorials of Irish Province S.J. Collected by Fr Henry Lynch S.J.’ and Chronological Catalogue (1900-1929) and article by Mihalea Repina, Assistant Archivist, Jesuits in Britain entitled One Hundred Years Ago Today, regarding Mr Thomas Egan SJ.
Egan, Thomas, 1889-1915, Jesuit scholastic
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ about an article in Archivium Hibernicum
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Note by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ about an article in Archivium Hibernicum, O’Doherty, Denis J, ‘Students of the Irish College, Salamanca, 1597-1619’ ii (1913), pp. 1-36.
McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest
Note written by [Fr Matthew Russell SJ] concerning a letter of John Edward Pigot
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Note written by [Fr Matthew Russell SJ] concerning a letter of John Edward Pigot implying that the letter in question was published in the [Irish Monthly]. This note does not appear to apply to the letters in this collection.
Russell, Matthew, 1834 -1912, Jesuit priest and editor
Notes compiled by Fr John Grene SJ, on individual Jesuits of the Irish Province
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes compiled by Fr John Grene SJ, on individual Jesuits of the Irish Province. A note states 'Possibly all are in Memorials Ir. Prov.' Some notes in other hand, post-date Grene.
Browne, Thomas
Burke, William
Butler, James
Cunningham, John
Curtis, John
Ferguson, Charles
Gannon, Nicholas
Halpin, Thomas
Haly, Robert
Hayes, James Mark
Hearne, John
Kavanagh, Michael
Kelly, Michael
Kernan, Edward
Lentaigne, Joseph
Lynch, Henry
Lynch, John
McDonnell, James
O'Callaghan, Sylvester
O'Connor, John
O'Farrell, Michael
O'Reilly, Edmund
Rorke, Henry
Ryder, Alexander
Seaver, Matthew
Sheehan, Patrick
Stackowski, Francis Xavier
Notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Typed notes on the history of the Jesuits in Galway by [Fr Paddy O'Kelly SJ]. Includes reference to books in Waterford and Carlow College which belonged to the Jesuit residences of Galway, New Ross and Dublin and book on the Jesuit residence at Athlone in Galway. Note by Rupert Coyle SJ (17 January 1964); list of priests educated at St Ignatius College, Galway; list of furnishings of St Ignatius Church.
Coyle, Rupert F H, 1896-1978, Jesuit priest
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Notes on the Jesuits in Kilkenny in the seventeenth century. Includes:
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Handwritten notebook on Thomas à Kempis possibly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise.
Obituaries for Fr George Byrne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituary from the 'Irish Province News', the No. 10, pp361 - 363 (April 1962); newspaper obituary and catalogue entry (1930); and 'The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848 - 1998', by David Strong S.J., 1999, p39.
Obituaries for Fr James McCann SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Obituaries for Fr James McCann SJ, one taken from 'Irish Province News', April 1951, Vol. VII.