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- 1627-2020 (Creation)
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6 boxes
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Administrative history
Clongowes Wood College was bought by the Jesuits in 1814 at the cost of £16,000. In 1886, the Jesuit-run St. Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, county Offaly, was amalgamated with Clongowes Wood College. The school is dedicated to St. Aloysius of Gonzaga and is twinned with Portora Royal School, Enniskillen.
Rectors of Clongowes:
Peter Kenney 1814
Charles Aylmer 1817
Bartholomew Esmonde 1820
Peter Kenney 1821
Bartholomew Esmonde 1830
Robert Haly 1836
Robert St Leger 1841
Robert Haly 1842
Michael Kavanagh 1850
Joseph Lentaigne 1855
John McDonald 1858
Eugene Browne 1860
Robert Carbery 1870
Thomas Keating 1876
Edward Kelly 1881
John Conmee 1885
Matthew Devitt 1891
Michael Browne 1900
James Brennan 1900
Vincent Byrne 1904
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Material deposited from the Irish Jesuit Provincialate over a number of years.
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The papers relate to the Jesuit community who lived at of Clongowes Wood College, with a small amount of material on the College. This includes correspondence, maps, booklets and pamphlets, photographs, and articles on issues such as: the history of Clongowes Wood College ([1719]; 1809-1981); the Jesuit community - general administration, customs, finances, house histories and annual letters (1816-1989); College - prospectus, fees, pupils, sodalities, examinations, timetables and subjects, debating society, dramatics, teaching staff (1820-1964); photographs - chapels, students, community, exterior & interior, teaching staff (188[ ]-1977).
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Conditions governing access
The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: [email protected]
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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Clongowes Wood College SJ maintains its own archives. Contact: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Clane, County Kildare.
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Publication note
The Clongownian (1895-)
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The Clongowes Union Centenary Chronicle (1997)
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Corcoran, Fr. Timothy SJ. “The Clongowes Record 1814-1932”, Dublin:1932.
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Costello, Peter. “Clongowes Wood: A history of Clongowes Wood College 1814-1989”. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1989.
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‘A visit to Clongowes in 1840’ (taken from 1844), Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book, pp180-185, 1937.
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MacCarthy SJ, Fr Donal. ‘Clongowes Wood College’, Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book, pp132-144, 1933.
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'Clongowes - 150 years 1814-1964’, Jesuit Year Book, pp5-18, 1965.
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2020