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IE IJA OLD/70
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Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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- 1930; 1963 (Creation)
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7 items
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Material relating to the Jesuit presence in Galway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Includes:
- letter from Fr James Rabbitte SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ, concerning Galway records and Jesuit chalices (1 December 1935, 2pp);
- notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the chalice of the Galway Jesuits (n.d., 1p.) and drafts of a typescript article by [Fr Francis Finegan SJ] on the Centenary of St Ignatius’ Galway, recalling the history of the Jesuits in the city in the seventeenth century (1963, 8pp and 9pp);
- copybook by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the Jesuits in Galway using James Hardiman's version of 1651 map, and his history of Galway [1905], (71pp). Includes letter from Fr John MacErlean SJ, University College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin to Fr William Byrne SJ, St Ignatius, Galway on townlands (19 September 1905).
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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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- English
- Irish
- Latin
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- Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus, 1542-1773 (Subject)
- MacErlean, John Campbell, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist (Subject)
- Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Rabbitte, James, 1857-1940, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Hardiman, James, 1782-1855, historian and librarian (Subject)
- Byrne, William, 1868-1943, Jesuit priest (Subject)