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Letter from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 40 North Great Georges Street to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ refers to death certificates for Jesuits

Letter from Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 40 North Great Georges Street to Fr Vincent Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street which refers to the following death certificates for Jesuits which are attached:
Fr Michael Weafer 26 March 1922
Fr James Fottrell 3 January 1918
Fr Henry Lynch 18 August 1913
Fr Joseph Tunney 21 January 1923
Fr John Hughes 16 June 1912
Fr James Walshe 22 April 1913
Fr John Conmee 6 May 1910
Fr John Bannon 14 July 1913
Fr John McAvoy 26 July 1983

Maxwell, Weldon & Co., solicitors

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway to Irish Fr Provincial asking him to allow Fr Edward J Coyne SJ devote as much time to the Vocation Organisation Committee

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Mount St Mary's, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ asking him to allow Fr Edward J Coyne SJ devote as much time to the Vocation Organisation Committee over the coming months so that the report may be compiled; includes a copy reply from Fr MacMahon remarking that Fr. Coyne will '...devote to the preparation of the report of the Commission all the time and energy available.' (20 March 1942, 1p).

Browne, Michael, 1895-1980, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway to Irish Fr Provincial asking permission for Fr Edward J Coyne SJ to be present at a meeting of the vocation organisation commission

Letter from Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, Mount St Mary's, Galway to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ asking permission for Fr Edward J Coyne SJ to be present at a meeting of the vocation organisation commission.

Browne, Michael, 1895-1980, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway

Letter from Mr Edward J Coyne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a rockery constructed by the Juniors

Letter from Mr Edward J Coyne SJ, Rathfarnham Castle to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning a rockery constructed by the Jesuit Juniors. Remarks that they would like to place a statue of the Virgin on the rockery and asks for Fr Nolan's help.

Coyne, Edward Joseph, 1896-1958, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Francis Bergin to Fr William Delany SJ regarding architectural plans for University hall

Letter from Mr Francis Bergin, Civil Engineer, Architect and Estate Surveyor to Fr William Delany SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin regarding architectural plans for University hall. Expresses his surprise at another set of plans being obtained from a different architect. Remarks ‘...in the course of my professional experience I never heard of a second architect being employed to furnish plans...without the knowledge of the man who was first engaged to do so.’. Remarks that he could have altered the plans to suit Fr Delany’s specifications and fears that his reputation may have been affected because of the incident.

Bergin, Francis, 1855-1925, engineer and architect

Letter from Mr Francis Shaw to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ reporting on his visit with Dr Quinlan

Letter from Mr Francis Shaw, Belsize House, Mullingar, County Westmeath to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ reporting on his visit with Dr Quinlan and his advice for Shaw's future studies. Remarks that he has talked the matter over with Fr Ryan who advised convalescing for another month at home and to go to Tullabeg for another month to prepare for his examination in Philosophy and to then return to Bonn.

Shaw, Francis J, 1907-1970, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr James Power SJ concerning specimens he collected (shells and geological material)

Letter from Mr James Power SJ, Riverview, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning specimens he collected (shells and geological material) and arranged in display cases in St Kilda's. Remarks that it was always his intention to send the specimens to Kalksburg. Remarks that he was told he could not remove any of the specimens from St Kilda's. Goes on to describe how Fr Dalton's authority is treated in Australia.

Power, James, 1852-1884, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr John Burke to Mr Daniel O'Connell asking him to pass on monies to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ

Letter from Mr John Burke, Macken's Hotel, Dawson Street to Mr Daniel O'Connell, politician of Merrion Square asking him to pass on £28.15, in respect of fees - less expenses - for the education of his sons, to Fr Peter Kenney SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ

Burke, John, Macken's Hotel, Dawson Street, Dublin

Letter from Mr John Monahan SJ, Loyola, Watsonia, Victoria to Irish Provincial concerning general news from Australia

Letter from Mr John Monahan SJ, Loyola, Watsonia, Victoria to Irish Provincial Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning general news from Australia including the major villa taken on Phillip Island off the South Coast of Victoria. Refers to the new status.

Monahan, John, 1920-1993, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr John P. Barry SJ writing from Rome to Irish Fr Provincial

From an unidentified Jesuit in Rome [from handwriting Mr John P. Barry SJ] to [Irish Fr Provincial]. Gives an account of the upheavals in Rome, and the effects on the Jesuit community there. Describes the movements of a mob and ‘a gross battalion of the Scum of the Roman plebaglia’, who posed a threat to the safety of the Jesuits, including Br. Keating and a group of scholastics, who were forced to quarter at the Irish College instead of the Roman College. The writer also describes his own experiences, including being ‘shut up’ in the Roman College for two days, and smuggling seven Italian Jesuits out of Rome to England. (Incomplete).

Barry, John P, b.1848-, former Jesuit scholastic

Letter from Mr John P. Barry SJ writing from the College of Brixen in the Tyrol, to Irish Fr Provincial

Letter from Mr John P. Barry SJ writing from the College of Brixen in the Tyrol, to Irish Fr Provincial O'Reilly SJ. Reports on events in Rome, referring to the day that the Italians entered the Vatican, and the subsequent scattering of some Jesuit fathers. Describes how he brought six Italians out of Rome, and states that he intends to bring two to London.

Barry, John P, b.1848-, former Jesuit scholastic

Letter from Mr John P. Barry SJ writing from the College of Brixen in the Tyrol, to Irish Fr Provincial

Letter from Mr John P. Barry SJ writing from the Collegio Romano, Rome, to Irish Fr Provincial Walsh SJ. Reports on events in Rome, referring to the day that the Italians entered the Vatican, and the subsequent scattering of some Jesuit fathers. Describes how he brought six Italians out of Rome, and states that he intends to bring two to London.

Barry, John P, b.1848-, former Jesuit scholastic

Letter from Mr Stewart Fitzpatrick, Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, to Fr James Daly SJ concerning the teacher's salaries grant.

Letter from Mr Stewart Fitzpatrick, Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, 1 Hume Street, Dublin to Fr James Daly SJ, Prefect of Studies at Clongowes Wood College SJ, concerning the calculation of the teacher's salaries grant. There is a personal note in the first paragraph, and he also remarks, confidentially, near the end "You will thus see that your college tops its rivals of the CSSp." (2pp).

Fitzpatrick, Steward

Letter from Mr Thomas A Finlay SJ, writing from Maria Laach, to Irish Fr Provincial

Letter from Mr Thomas A Finlay SJ, writing from Maria Laach, to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Reports his arrival at his destination, to which he had fled with five Italians from Rome. Refers to his journey there, and to his former companions of the Roman College whom he met along the way. Describes the scenes in Rome after the entrance of the Italian troops, and the effect of these events on foreigners and Catholics (including Jesuits) in the city. States that [Brs] Keating, Byrne and Weafer had not yet arrived, but are expected that day.

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Letter from Mr Thomas A Finlay SJ, writing from Maria Laach, to Irish Fr Provincial

Letter from Mr Thomas A Finlay SJ, writing from Maria Laach, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ.
Reports an improvement in his ‘Brother’ since arriving in Maria Laach, where he was sent by Fr Walsh. Describes the house in terms of house-rules, study, recreation etc.

Finlay, Thomas A, 1848-1940, Jesuit priest and economist

Letter from Mr Thomas Counihan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, to Irish Fr Provincial, concerning the results in his exams and his move to Stonyhurst

Letter from Mr Thomas Counihan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, concerning the results in his exams and his move to Stonyhurst. Remarks that he is looking forward to studying Philosophy.

Counihan, Tom, 1891-1982, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Thomas J. O'Mara SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview to to Irish Fr Provincial concerning money left to him by his father

Letter from Mr Thomas J. O'Mara SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview to to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning money left to him by his father. Remarks that he would like to use the money to repair the cricket ground at the college.

O'Mara, Thomas, 1882-1933, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mr Vaughan Dempsey SJ, Rathfarnham Castle to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his brother in England who was wounded in the trenches

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

Letter from Mr William Allen SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial

Letter from Mr William Allen SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, complaining that Fr William Lockington SJ has refused him permission to visit his brother (a Christian Brother) once a month. Includes a letter from Fr Lockington to Fr Fahy concerning the matter.

Allen, William, 1900-1964, Jesuit priest

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on-board the Titanic

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.

Odell, Lily

Letter from Mrs Walls to Fr Daniel Shields SJ

Letter from Mrs Walls, 13 Willow Park Avenue, Ballymun, D 11 to Fr Daniel Shields SJ in which she encloses £2 for the Penny Dinners. Refers to her mother as ‘Aunt Josephine, mentioned in James Joyce's books and that she is ‘his first cousin’.

Letter from Otho Fitzgerald, Carton, County Kildare to Dr Charles Russell congratulating him on his election as President of Maynooth College

Letter from Otho Fitzgerald, Carton, County Kildare to Dr Charles Russell congratulating him on his election as President of Maynooth College. Includes a biographical note written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).

FitzGerald, Lord Otho, 1827-1882, soldier and politician

Letter from Paddy J Hogan to Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ describing the location and provenance of the Jesuit House in Athlone

Typescript letter from Paddy J Hogan, Auctioneer, Hogan & Son, 17 Church Street, Athlone to Fr Patrick H O'Kelly SJ, Jesuit House, Galway, describing the location and provenance of the Jesuit House in Athlone, ‘…situated immediately outside the old Dublin Gate, now known as O’Leary’s (Grocers & Provisions)’. Envelope with stamp is attached.

Hogan, Paddy J, auctioneer

Letter from Patrick Drinan SJ to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin

Letter from Patrick Drinan SJ to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ, Hardwicke Street Chapel, Dublin concerning his life in the noviceship in Rome. Another letter is written by James Patrick McDonnell on the reverse concerning St. Andrea. It would seem (the letter is almost indecipherable) that this second letter also concerns the noviceship in Rome.

Drinan, Patrick Aloysius, 1804-1832, Jesuit scholastic

Letter from Patrick Tighe SJ, Maison St Augustin, Enghien to Fr William Kane SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin thanking him for his letter

Letter from Mr Patrick Tighe SJ, Maison St Augustin, Enghien to Fr William Kane SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin thanking him for his letter and apologising for the delay in replying. Asks for news from Ireland. Remarks that he is very happy living in France and recounts news of the Irish Brothers studying there reporting that all are very happy. Remarks '..you have experienced the genuine charity of our French brothers, it makes me very glad to have the opportunity of making part at least of one's studies abroad (4pp)'.

Tighe, Patrick, 1866-1920, Jesuit, priest, chaplain and missionary

Letter from Patrick William Riordan, Archbishop of San Francisco to the Fr Superior seeking some students for the San Francisco diocese

Letter from Patrick William Riordan, Archbishop of San Francisco, writing from Thurles, to the Father Superior. Reports that he was seeking some students for the San Francisco diocese at an un-named seminary. States that he will be unable to return to Dublin before sailing, as the president of the seminary was not there, and therefore he has to remain in Thurles until the next day. Thanks the Father Superior for his invitation.

Riordan, Patrick William, 1841-1914, Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

Letter from Peter McGrath to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ

Letter from Peter McGrath, Douglas, Isle of Man to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a law that has been passed by the legislature of the island regulating marriage. Remarks that it requires a proprietor or trustee of a building used as a Catholic church to seek a licence from the Governor to celebrate a marriage. Asks Fr Aylmer to organise this for him with the proprietor/trustee of the chapel on the Isle of Man.

McGrath, Peter, priest

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