Letters from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ and his Socius, Fr John Coyne SJ seeking permission to visit his brother’s widow and children. His brother was killed in the war, 1945.

Documents concerning the Jesuits in Waterford in the seventeenth century. Includes:

• notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 73pp);
• ‘Jesuits resident in Waterford 1660 - 1798’ notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 12pp);
• typescript entitled 'Jesuits acting as Parish Priests in Waterford' (n.d., 1p.);
• typescript article entitled 'The Jesuits in Waterford' by Fr Francis Finegan SJ. With handwritten corrections and annotations (n.d., 27pp);
• copies of 'The Catholic Record of Waterford and Lismore', containing an article in three parts entitled 'St Patrick’s Church and Parish', by Rev. P[ower]. Patrick, M.R.I.A. (June, August, October 1916, 3 items);
• photocopy of an article, 'St Patrick’s Church, Waterford 1750 - 1984', from 'The Pioneer' (February 1985, 2pp);
• material relating to Jesuit records of St Peter’s Church (1646 - 1650, 8 items).
• photocopy of an article, 'Recent Archaeological Excavations in Waterford City', by Maurice Hurley, ‘annotated with numbers to accompany photographs by M. Brennan SJ’ with references to St Peter’s Church ([post 1987], 5pp);
• black and white prints of the excavations at St Peter’s Church, taken by the archaeologists (n.d., 3 items), colour photographs of the excavations taken by Fr Martin Brennan SJ (7 items) and their negatives (8 frames);
• photocopies of documents (some of whose originals are also in the Irish Jesuit Archives) [sent to/by? Fr Martin Brennan SJ in 1988]: 'Spicilegium Ossoriense: Being a Collection of Original Letters and Papers Illustrative of the History of the Irish Church from the reformation to the year 1800', by Right. Rev. Patrick Francis Moran, DD, Bishop of Ossory (original in the Jesuit Library, Milltown Park) (1878, 9pp);
• transcript dated c29 Dec 1646, beginning ‘sanctissimus D. N. Paulus felicis recordationis Papa Quintus per literas…’ (6pp);
• photocopy of a Fr John MacErlean transcript SJ ‘Patres Missionis Hiberniae Innocentio Papae X’ (1646/7, 2pp);
• ‘Pro Patribus S.J. Waterfordia’ (29 December 1646, 2pp);
• ‘24 Junii 1649 Parisiis P. Mercure Verdiere to Fr General Vincent Caraffa’ (3pp);
• ‘Catalogus Tertius Missionis Hibernicae Anno 1650’ (1p) and ‘P. Gulielmus Malonius P. Francisco Piccolomineo Waterfordia 31 Augusti 1650’ (3pp);
• notes from Rev. Prof. Patrick Power to Fr John MacErlean SJ, on Waterford Jesuits, made in the course of Prof. Power’s research for a history of the Waterford diocese (20 May 1935 - 7 December 1947, 31pp) and
• article by Fr Michael G Olden in the 'Furrow' entitled 'A diocese remembers: A tribute to the Jesuits' (November 1991).

Letter from Sr Mary J. Bernard, Ursuline Convent, St Mary's, Waterford to Fr John Curtis SJ complimenting him on the retreat given to the community.

File of Irish mission office material relating to Fr Thomas FitzGerald SJ. Includes passport photographs; announcement of death; personal record; correspondence between Miss Eva Fitzgerald, Patient, Waterford County and City Infirmary, Waterford (sister of Fr Thomas) and Fr Provincial regarding her application for assistance from the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association; and correspondence between Fr Fitzgerald and Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Dublin.

Correspondence relating to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, who was Irish Vice Provincial, 11 February 1858-7 December 1860 and the first Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 8 December 1860 - [ ] 1863. No index.

File of material relating to Fr Donal Trant McCarthy SJ including correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record and health information.

Photographs of Fr Timothy Corcoran's family, mainly of the carte de visite type

• Fr Rody Kennedy [1870]-[1900];
• Fr J Meagher [Meelary] by Millard & Robinson, 39 Sackville Street Lower, Dublin, [1864]-[1887];
• Unidentified woman by W.B Samuel, Samuel's Studio, 30 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, [1875]-[1888];
• Mary Dwan, Lisnagonoge, Holycross, Thurles, County Tipperary by J. Pender, 5 & 6, Little George Street, Waterford, 10 August 1866;
• Alice Mac[Namara] (Alice Dwan), Westgate, Thurles, County Tipperary, c.[1870]-[1887];
• Unidentified woman by H. Hunter, 61 South Mall and 102 Patrick Street, Cork, c.[1860]-[1869];
• Winifred Corcoran, aged 17-18 when photo taken on 19 September 1867. She died 1 September 1870 at Honeymount, County Tipperary. By James Simonton, 70 Grafton Street, Dublin;
• [Honeymount House], County Tipperary c.[1870]-[1900];
• Mary A [Tempance] by Mrs Slator Photographic Artist, [13 Harbour Row, Queenstown, Cork, c.1871];
• Unidentified woman [Egan], by G. Elliott, Photographer, Sopwell, Shinrone, [County Offaly], c.[1870]-[1900];
• Unidentified woman by E. & J. Lauder photographic studio, 22 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, c.[1870]-[1900];
• Miss C. E. Evans, by Peter Collins, artist and photographer, Kilkee and Clonmel, c.[1870]-[1900];
• cabinet card of unidentified woman [Corcoran, Dwan or Ryan] by Studio of A. L. Lehnkering, 208 East Main Street, Rochester, New York, [1880-1909].

A file of letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file.

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.

Admission, early life in the Society of Jesus and correspondence of Fr William Lee SJ,with his Irish Fr Provincials from time in Zambia concerning his work at Gonzaga College, Dublin and in the Milltown Institute.

Aristotelis Stagiritae perpateticorum principis organum: hoc est, Libri omnes ad logicam pertinentes, Graece, et Latinae. Francofurti, apud heredes Andreae Wechelie

D. Aurelii Augustini Hiponensis Episcopi Enarrationes in Psalmos mysticos : tomi octaui, pars prima

Letter from Fr W. H. Murphy, Irish College, Rome to Fr Joseph McDonnell SJ. Gives an account of his audience with the Pope, at which he presented to the Pontiff the address of Irish Children of Mary.

A Dominica prima Aduentus, & deinceps per totam quadragesimam, in singulas ferias vsque ad Pascha. Pars Hyemalis

Commentaria allegorica et moralia de Christo figurato in Veteri Testamento. Lutetiae Parisiorum

Commentaria allegorica moralia de Christo figurato in Veteri Testamento, tomus secundus. Lugduni, sumptibus Jacobi Prost.

Aphthonii progymnasmata á Rodolpho Agricola partim, partim á Iohannae M. Cataneo Latinitate donata

Publisher: Amsterdami: Apud Johannen Janssonium

Commentaria allegorica moralia de Christo Abrahamo, et Iosue figurato in Veteri Testamento, tomus tertius

Commentaria moralia in evangelicam historiam. Tomus primus…

Commentaria moralia in Evangelicam historicam. Tomus secundus

Commentaria moralia in Evangelicam historicam. Tomus quartus. Vallisoleti: Excudebat Ionnaes Baptista Varesius

Saint Basil 'Writings'...Basilii Magni

De septem verbis a Christo in Cruce prolatis libri duo.

Coloniae Agrippianae. 1st published, Rome, 1618.

File relating to the admission of Maurice Fitzgerald to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.

Gritos del Purgatorio, y medios para acallarlos. Libro primero, y secundo. Compusto por el Doctor Joseph Boneta,…En Sevilla, por Locus Martin de Hermosilla, 1718

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Irish Jesuits 1560 - 1814 Vol.2.

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

Booklet for the commemorative Mass on the occasion of Ignatian centenaries, for 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and 450th anniversary of the Society of Jesus held at St. Patrick’s church, Waterford. Includes a booklet on the history of the Jesuits in Waterford (1560 -1773).

Sancti Patris nostri Claudiani ecdicii Mamerti De statu animae libri III. Cygnae, typiset sumptibus Melciotis Gopaeri

On Old and New Testaments - title pages missing. 2 vols.: Secunda pars huius operis…Sexta pars huius operis…(no date from format probably early 16th century)

Roman-Catholick doctrines no novelties, or, An answer to Dr. Pierce's court-sermon, miscall'd The primitive rule of Reformation

Letter from Dr Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, to Irish Fr Provincial Fr Patrick Keating, Hopes that the latter can send one or more Jesuit priests to conduct the clerical retreats in his diocese. Asks specifically for Fr Cullen SJ.

The Jesuits in Waterford

A letter each from Francis Ryan and Robert Ievers. The former expresses his delight on learning of the formation of 'the College Union'. Refers to several classmates - their professions and locations. (24 March 1960; 2 pages). Ievers reminisces about his schooldays, and reports on the status and activities of several classmates. Looks forward to seeing Br Priest the following August. (20 April 1960; 3 pages).

Commentariorvm Petri Fonsecae Lvsitani, Doctoris Theologi Societatis Iesv, In Metaphysicorum Aristotelis Stagiritæ Libros, Tomvs Accesservnt Indices Capitvm, Rervm & Materiarum multo quam antehac locupletiores 2 Continet Hic Tomvs Qvinti Libri Explicationem

Escola da doutrina Christam, em que se ensina o que he obrigado a saber o Christam: ordenado por modo de Dialogo entre dous Estudantes hum Filozofo, por nome Marcelino, & outro Theologo, por nome Diodoro: com exemplos accomodados ás materias, que se tratam

File relating to the bequest to the Society by Peter O'Connor, Solicitor, Waterford.

Material relating to Kyran Fitzgerald's admission to the Society, death certificate, photograph, and his final illness and some subsequent correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.

Bound in with Galen's 'De usu'

Bound in with Galen's 'De usu'

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, Westmeath 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.

England's conversion and reformation compared. Or, the young gentleman directed in the choice of his religion. To which is premised a brief enquiry….in a conversion between a young gentleman a

Ars metrica, id est ara condendorum eleganter versum, ab uno e Societate Jesu. Editio novissima, alteris prioribus auctior, multoque emendatior.

Metis, apud Josephum Collignon, Civitatis et Collegii typographum, sub signo Biblioum Aureorum.

Discours moraux en forme de prones pour tout les dimanches de l'annee. Tome premier. A Paris, chez Jean Couterot et Louis Guerin. 1688

ex typographia Iacobi Roussie

apud Horatim Cardonem

Adversus omnes haereses

De usu partium corporis humani - Galen.

2 books. Begins p.97, on which: Soc. Ihs. Residae Waterford. Bound in with Galen's 'De Alimentorum'

Matriti: apud Thomam Iuntam

Apud Ioannem Meursium.

Typis Marie Serrurier ..., Duaci, 1677