Crucifix on the main street at Snowdonia, Wales.

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.

A file relating to Fr Jeremiah Hogan SJ. Includes documents relating to his ill health (TB), his move from Hong Kong to Australia and his death in Australia.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof F.X. Martin, O.S.A. (Department of Medieval History, U.C.D.) introducing Dr Michael Richter, (Department of Welsh History, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) and letter from Dr Richter to Fr Gwynn concerning his edition of the ‘Canterbury Professions.’ Includes:
– reprint from 'The Downside Review' of Richter’s article 'Archbishop Lanfranc and the Canterbury Primacy' – Some Suggestions (Vol. 90, No. 299, April 1972, p.110 – 118);
– photocopies of ‘the relevant pages’ of 'Canterbury Professions', (1973);
– partial draft of Dr Richter’s manuscript on Church Reform in Britain and Ireland after the Conquest ([1969], p.29 – 78 and appendices and footnotes).

In the late 1940s, Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (1897-1968) travelled to Britain in an effort to serve Irish emigrants. Fr Sheil was a familiar sight on his motorbike visiting building sites, construction camps, mines, steel works, oil refineries and industrial hostels. Frs Matthew Meade (1912-1992) and Kevin Laheen (1919-2019) also provided missions.

General papers on Irish Jesuit missions;

• Letters to the Provincial from Irish Jesuit missioners which give their opinions and impression of mission work in England (1960-1961);
• Irish Episcopal Commission for Emigrants Easter conferences (1960-1977) which concerns the attendance of the Jesuit Provincial (1960-1972) and reports of proceedings, minutes and addresses (1962; 1977);
• Working Party on the Irish Emigrant Missions in England and Wales (1973);
• Mission reports and statistics (1966-1975) including Jesuit missions (1966-1970) and Irish Catholic missions in England and Wales (1968; 1974-1975);
• Jesuit Chaplains in Westminster and Birmingham Archdioceses (1966-1969);
• Irish Chaplaincy Scheme (1971-1979) including conference reports (1978-1979), details of chaplains and services (1971; 1976-1977) and Jesuit appointments (1974-1979);
• Irish Centre Advisory Service, Liverpool (1976) and
• Lillie Road Centre London (1978).

A file of material collected by Fr John Grene SJ on the life of Mr James Murphy SJ, a scholastic who drowned whilst on villa (holiday) at Poulaphuca, County Wicklow. The contributors provide information of his life as a student at Clongowes Wood College and later as a novice in the Society.

Letter from [ ], St. Beuno's College, St Asaph, Wales to Fr John Curtis SJ thanking him for a copy of his work on the 'Exercises of St. Ignatius'. Remarks 'It is the best, most complete and finished course of the exercises I have seen in our language and must be a consolation to any Jesuit who reads it...'

Material relating to Fr Edward Bourke SJ and life on the missions including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial on volunteering for the missions, his work travelling back to Ireland, letters from Fr Bourke's family, passport photographs and catalogue entry.

Copy of letter from Irish Fr Provincial Paddy Doyle SJ to Fr Gerard W Hughes SJ concerning the funeral of Br John Baptist Byrne SJ.

Note from Br John Baptist Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial.

Letters concerning arrangements for Br John Baptist Byrne SJ to spend his holidays in Ireland.

Letter from Fr Gerard W Hughes SJ to Irish Fr Socius regarding the health of Br John Baptist Byrne SJ.

File relating to the work of Fr Harold E Craig SJ in China and India. Includes correspondence concerning difficulties with Fr Craig in both missions and his recall to Ireland.

Notes and letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning manuscripts in the British Museum relating to Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm. Includes note (6 April 1943) with ‘Notes taken at Aberystwyth – where B.M. MSS were stored in 1943.’

Letter from Lil [Fr Egan's sister], Patrick's Hill, Cork to Fr Michael Egan SJ concerning family news.

Material relating to Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ which includes correspondence concerning his work for the Society throughout his life. Includes notes by Msgr Alfred O'Rahilly on the life of Fr Willie Doyle SJ sent to Fr Ffrench SJ (18 August 1964, 2pp). Includes a letter from Fr Ffrench SJ, Jesuit Retreat Centre, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the closure of Emo. Remarks 'But this dinner for Ours on the 11th? Apart from considerations of poverty, I cannot see that the closing of Emo is any occasion for festivity. After all, Emo is being closed because God does not see fit to bless the Province as at present being run with sufficient vocations to justify keeping it open.' (27 August 1969, 3pp). Includes correspondence concerning his work for the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament (1974-1982).

Material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ including pasport photogrpah, catalogue entry (1939, 1962 and 1965) and application to join the Society.

Photocopy of account of the award of the degree of Welsh Bard to Fr William Kane SJ, (April 1915) and obituary, both taken from taken from 'Letters and Notices'.

Notebook belonging to Joseph Darlington of notes on Wordsworth written, while he was staying at Harlock Castle, Wales, for his degree at Oxford.

A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ (term 7 May 1883 - 2 February 1888). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Fergus Cronin SJ written during his time as a chaplain while serving in the Royal Artillery Service Corps in Barry, South Wales; the Faeroe Islands; 101 Military Convalescent Depot, Grange Camp, Bedford and with Paiforce in Iraq. Includes:

• His first letter reporting that he has been informed by the War Office of his appointment as military chaplain effective from 11 May 1942 (24 April 1942, 1p.);
• References to the question of his direct repatriation to Hong Kong (9 January – 22 July 1946, 5 items) and waiting in Haifa in July 1946 to go to Cairo, there to await repatriation to Hong Kong.

Material relating to Fr Paul O'Flanagan SJ including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and catalogue entries.

File relating to Fr John Purcell SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and memorial card.

Letter from Fr Andrew J Rorke SJ, St Beuno's College, Wales to Fr [ ], regarding his financial affairs.

Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and various Jesuits concerning proposals by two English Jesuits, Fr Frederick Wilcock and Fr Ryder, to visit Ireland in order to lecture and collect money for the Jesuit Mission in Estonia and a school for Russian boys in Shanghai. Irish Fr Provincial opposes both proposals.

File containing papers relating to Francis Hennelly's admission to the Society of Jesus; his initial studies; family visits; time as a teacher at Clongowes Wood College; periods of residence at Mungret, County Limerick; St Ignatius College, Galway; Tullabeg, County Offaly; Gardiner Street, Dublin; ongoing illness and death.

Certificate of priestly ordination for Fr Alfred Murphy SJ at St Beuno's, North Wales.

Document confirming faculties to Fr John Grehan SJ from Dr James Brown, Archbishop of Shrewsbury. (In Latin; with shellac seal).

A file relating to the Regional Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Includes documents relating to the establishment of the Regional Seminary, finances, annual report detailing the opening of the Seminary in 1931 (24 January 1933, 6pp). Includes letters relating to the Terna for the Rector of the Seminary (12 - 15 April 1937, 5 items and 30 June 1937 - 2 July 1937, 7 items).

A file of letters from Fr Joseph McCullough SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to Hong Kong and his work in China.

Letters from English Fr Provincial Joseph Browne SJ to Irish Fr Provincials William Delany and Thomas V Nolan.

Letters from Fr Thomas Kane SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Mr Engelbert Juric SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letter from Fr Cuthbert Lattey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr Michael Maher SJ to Irish Fr Provincials.

Letter from Fr John Ross SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Fr John H. Wright SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of account sheets of English Province in account with the Irish Province.

A file of account sheets of the Spanish Province in account with the Irish Province. Includes accompanying letters.

File of correspondence between Fr Charles Daly SJ and his Irish Provincials.

File of correspondence between Fr Brian Kelly SJ and his Irish Provincials.

A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858

The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:

25 March 1859; George [ ]

7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]

17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely

23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot

19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]

4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke

25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman

11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ

16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen

6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari

13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)

3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via

22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis

n.d.; Auguste Donnet

19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle

11 February 1859; [Fernando]

21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]

5 May 1858; Thomas Grant

5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation

19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones

4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix

23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company

6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis

[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)

17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)

25 May 1858; John Morris

[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat

5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves

19 April 1852; James Roche

2 March 1858; James Hope Scott

12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman

15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth

[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote

5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley

15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti

9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]

19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th

29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts

[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine

File of correspondence between Fr Edward O’Connor SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Rome during WWII and his time in Zambia

File of material relating to Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ includes identity card, catalogue entry, correspondence between Fr Sullivan and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran, and Frs Lawrence Andrew, Joseph Garland and Robert Tyndall, and Selvaraju Selvam.

File of correspondence between Fr Edmund Sullivan SJ and his Irish Fr Provincials, and family members.

Retreat and sermon notes attributed to Fr William Flynn SJ in the main. One document refers to Easter Sunday, 1 April 1866, [Fr.] James Butler [SJ]. References to sermons at St Beuno's, Wales, Mungret, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Galway.

A file of letters from Fr John Morris SJ, St Beuno's College, St. Asaph, Wales to Dr Charles Russell concerning a book he (John Morris) has written on Mary Queen of Scots. Expresses his satisfaction that Dr Russell will review the book (15 April 1874, 4pp).

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.

A file relating to the will of Matilda O'Donnell in which she bequeathed the residue of her property to her trustees and executors, Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ and Fr Michael Browne SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. The file contains extensive background material that appears to have little to do with the Society of Jesus and their bequest. However, as Frs. Nolan and Browne were appointed as trustees and executors of the will it may have been necessary to acquaint themselves fully with Miss Matilda O'Donnell's affairs.

File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.

Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from St. Beuno's College, Wales to [ ]. Reports on the health of Mr Francis Ryan SJ (b.1844), and reports that he be removed to Ireland, so as to be near to a doctor. States that he has written to the [English] Fr Provincial ‘about the laybrother’, but he has not heard yet whether he may receive him. Adds that the Fr Provincial is proposing to send them [in St. Beuno's] ‘two of the superannuated Brothers’. Refers to the health of other residents: Hughes, O’Connor, O'Flynn and Daly. Suggests that his correspondent communicate with Fr (Robert) Whitty (Fr Provincial) in relation to ordinations of Irish men.

Part of a report on how Theological Studies are managed in an unidentified Theological College. An accompanying note in English suggests that the College may be St Beuno's, and that the writer may be Fr Edmund O’Reilly. (In Latin).

Letter from Lord Adare, Dunraven Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales to Rev. Charles William Russell, President of Maynooth. Discusses religion and the state of Ireland. Remarks that he prays daily for an improvement.

A file of letters from Fr David Bearne SJ to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning contributions for 'The Irish Monthly'.

A file relating to Rev. Thomas Patrick Kane SJ. Includes a photograph of his gravestone indicating that he was pastor of the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Ransom Llandrindod Wells, Wales. Includes a typed manuscript written by Fr Robert Kane about his late brother Fr Patrick. Remarks ‘From amongst the multitude of dear and sacred memories of my late brother Fr Patrick that are so vivid to my fancy and so near to my heart it is very difficult for me to select those which might appear to others most suitable to portray the beauty of his character and the holiness of his life.’ (n.d., 16pp)

Material on Charles Kerin, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a priest.
Born: 30 May 1844
Entered: 8 October 1869
Left: 1877

Letter from Fr James Jones SJ, writing from St Beuno's College, Wales to the Irish Provincial Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. States that he believes Fr McKenna to have ‘all the qualities that are marked in the constitutions as necessary for a Master of novices’. Recommends that he should have the full Tertianship, ‘with nothing else to do but to prepare himself & be prepared for his office’. Refers to his own future visit to Ireland.

Letter from Fr Charles McKenna SJ, St Beuno's College, Wales, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh. Gives an account of ‘the causes that are supposed to have led to Fr. Kerin’s “breakup”’, which was reportedly due to over-work. Refers to events in Austria and Germany, which affect Jesuits there. Invites his addressee to the College.

Letters relating to archaeology, some addressesd to Albert Way, and handwritten notes by [ ] and drawings on spear heads, dish, stone moulds, scabbard (8 items).

• letter from Edward Clibborn, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin to [Albert Way] (6 October 1866), (1 September 1871);
• letter from Arthur Gerald Geoghegan, 27 Addison Road, Kensington, London to Albert Way (31 March 1870);
• letter from William Frederick Wakeman, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh to Albert Way (18 August 1870);
• letter from Sir Stephen Richard Glynne to Albert Way (28 July 1871).

A files of letters from Fr Robert Kane SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, includes:

• letter from Fr Robert Kane SJ, Corpus Christi, Maidenlane, Strand, London referring to a mission he and Fr Corboy gave. Remarks that Fr Corboy was a great success. Remarks that he is leaving for Llandrindod Wells for another mission (18 April 1915, 7pp);
• letter concerning Clongownians who took part in the war so that he may send accurate answers to the Secretary of the Union (3 November 1915, 2pp);
• letter referring to his writing and remarks that he has accumulated a lot of material (17 July 1918, 4pp).

A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.

• Perpetual burse in memory of Fr WM. Doyle SJ in the new seminary in Hong Kong (1936);
• Perpetual burse in memory of Fr Walsh SJ in Hong Kong (1936);
• Memorial burse in memory of Fr Fegan SJ in China (1936);
• List of burse money for the education of Chinese Jesuits (13 September 1940);
• Statement of accounts for quarter the Ricci Mission Unit (1 July - 30 September 1943).

A file relating to Fr William Dargan SJ, including biographical information, black and white photographs, birth certificate and stole with the initials W.D. (William Dargan) and the date of his ordination, 31 July 1935.

Correspondence between Thomas Fleming and his Irish Fr Provincials during his professional life in China and in Australia.