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Extracts from 'The Clongownian', concerning the building of the new "boys" chapel at Clongowes Wood College SJ

Extracts (cut outs) from 'The Clongownian' of [1915], concerning the building of the new "Boys" Chapel at Clongowes Wood College SJ (8pp). Of interest, on the front cover is a note from October 1813 about the sale of Castle Brown to the Jesuits, written in a London newspaper, and quoting "The Dublin Journal". On the front cover is an article indicating those who have contributed as benefactors to the building of the Chapel, and particularly highlighting Fr Daniel E O'Brien SJ - Superior at the Norwood Parish in Adelaide, Australia - and Fr George Redington Roche SJ - Senior Prefect at Clongowes - who before taking Final Vows in the Society of Jesus, contributed inherited money for the Chapel. Fr O'Brien died in Adelaide in 1915.

Centenary celebration of Clongowes Wood College SJ

A file relating to the Centenary celebration of Clongowes Wood College SJ:

  • "Programme of Centenary Celebrations, Clongowes Wood College SJ - 31 May, 1 June, 2 June and 4 June 1914 (5 copies, 4pp each);
  • "Luncheon Card" for Centenary Celebrations, Clongowes Wood College SJ - May 31st;
  • invitation Card for dinner at Centenary Celebrations, Clongowes Wood College SJ - 31 May 1914. It included travel arrangements to and from Kingsbridge Station, Dublin (2 copies);
  • programme for "Cricket Match, Band Performance" Centenary Celebrations, Clongowes Wood College SJ - 4 June 1914. Included is the programme of music for the day, performed by HM 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment (4pp);
  • "Centenary Dinner" Menu, 31 May 1914. Includes the programme of music performed by The Band of the Queen's Own Hussars (2pp);
  • accounts sheet showing a list of donors to the "Clongowes Wood College SJ Centenary Fund" (7pp);
  • list which is prepared by students for students "The Clongowes Centenary" on how to prepare for this event (14 February 1914, 1p);
  • Clongowes Wood College "School Song". Music by WH Grattan-Flood, Mus D, KSG. Woods by JEC (2 copies, 2p each);
  • letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan outlining discussion and decisions to the Centenary planning committee, and inviting response. (16 February 1914, 2pp);
  • letter from Michael F O'Dwyer, Government House, Lahore, Pakistan, a past pupil of St Stanislaus College SJ, Tullabeg, sending a donation to the Centenary Fund, and wising the committee well (24 Match 1914, 1p);
  • formal invitation card from Fr Rector Nicholas J Tomkin SJ, Rector, Community of Clongowes Wood College SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ to the Centenary Celebrations 31 May 1914, beginning with Pontifical High Mass;
  • photocopy an article in 'The Freeman's Journal' giving a full account of the Centenary celebrations, including the sermon of Fr Robert Kane SJ, and the other speeches of the day, including an address to and reply from Mr John E Redmond. It also includes a page of photographs from the event (1 June 1914, 3pp);
  • original copy of a follow up article on the Centenary in the "Freeman's Journal" (6 June 2014, 4pp);
  • copy of letter from Fr Rector Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Mr John Redmond MP, inviting him to form a fundraising Committee for Clongowes Wood College SJ among other past pupils in London and throughout England and Scotland (19 June 2014, 2pp).

Tomkin, Nicholas James, 1859-1942, Jesuit priest

Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ

Biographical information on Fr Henry Gill SJ. Includes:
– extract on Fr Gill from the Catalogus personarum primus (1930, 2pp);
– potted biography of Fr Gill by Fr John A Leonard SJ (n.d., 1p.);
– photocopies of newspaper obituaries of Fr Gill (27 Nov. 1945, 1p.);
– photocopies of obituaries from 'The Belvederian' and 'The Clongownian' (1946, 1p. each) and
– photocopy of an obituary printed in the 'Irish Province News', (Jan 1946, 3pp).