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- 1450-2020 (Creation)
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50 archival boxes
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Administrative history
The Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) approached Denis Redmond of Belmont Lodge in 1858 to act as their agent and trustee in purchasing Milltown Park from Mr Calvert Stronge, City Magistrate for £4,500. In 1860, the novitiate at Milltown Park was built and Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ (1826-1908) arrived with sixteen Jesuits novices who had been expelled from Sicily by Garibaldi. Since that time, Milltown Park has operated as a novitiate (house of first formation), retreat house, house of philosophy and theology for the Society of Jesus in Ireland.
List of Supeiors/Rectors with date of appointment:
Edmund O'Reilly, Vice-Superior, 1 September 1858;
Daniel Jones, Vice-Superior, 23 August 1860;
Joseph Lentaigne, Vice-Superior, 8 December 1863;
Aloysius Sturzo, Vice-Rector, 8 September 1865;
Aloysius Sturzo, Rector, 17 March 1866;
Charles McKenna, Mag. Nov., 12 October 1874
Edmund O'Reilly, Rector, 29 September 1875;
James Tuite, Rector, 18 January 1879;
Robert Carbery, Rector, 10 Octobr 1880;
Wiliam O'Farrell, Mag. Nov., 24 June 1882
Eugene Browne, Rector, 11 January 1884;
Nicholas Walsh, Rector, 31 July 1889;
William Sutton, Vice-Rector, 16 August 1895;
William Sutton, Rector, 1 November 1897;
William Henry, Vice-Rector, 4 August 1903;
Peter Finlay, Rector, 24 August 1905
John Conmee, Rector, 27 December 1909
Albert Power, Vice-Rector, 19 June 1910
Albert Power, Rector, 22 October 1912
Martin Maher, Rector, 28 July 1918
John Hannon, Rector, 25 April 1924
Cyril Power, Rector, 22 October 1930
John R MacMahon, Rector, 3 August 1938
Patrick Kenny, Vice-Rector, 9 September 1941
Michael O'Grady, Rector, 6 June 1947
John R MacMahon, Rector, 27 April 1953
James Corboy, Rector, 1 June 1959
Patrick Joy, Vice-Rector, 24 April 1962
Brendan Barry, Rector, 6 August 1962
Cecil McGarry, Rector, 16 August 1965;
John F Brennan, Rector, 25 July 1968;
Repository
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Material collected by Irish Jesuits.
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Scope and content
The papers of Milltown Park concern the Jesuit community (1861-1979) and works which have occurred there: Tabor House (1969-1993); The Milltown Institute (1968-1992) and The Irish School of Ecumenics (1969-1980). There are references to the missions, chaplaincy, villas, finances, customs, property retreats, library, customs, rules, studies, health, staff, ordinations, the establishment and eventual closure of a retreat centre at Tabor House, the foundation of courses in theology and philosophy for the training of religious and lay people, Milltown Lectures (1960-1970), Lay Retreat Association and the establishment of the Irish School of Ecumenics.
Material is in the form of handwritten letters, ledgers, postcards, accounts, architectural plans, cuttings from newspapers, maps, photographs, menus, bills and receipts.
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All items retained permanently.
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Material was catalogued in 1999, with some additions in 2009, 2013, 2019 and 2020.
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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]
Conditions governing reproduction
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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Publication note
Andrews, Fr Paul SJ, ‘A hundred years of Milltown Park’, Jesuit Year Book, 1958, pp5-12.
Publication note
Duffy, Fr Hugh SJ, ‘Past, Present, Future', Jesuit Year Book, 1967, pp39-47.
Publication note
Nerney, Fr Denis SJ, ‘The fire at Milltown Park’, Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book, 1950, pp146-149.
Publication note
Reid, Fr Desmond SJ, ‘Rebuilding Milltown Park’, Irish Jesuit Directory, 1954, pp137-143.
Publication note
Scantlebury, Fr Charles SJ, ‘The Jesuit house in Ireland’, Irish Jesuit Directory and Year Book, 1944, pp154-156.
Publication note
Memorials of the Irish Province, S. J. Centenary Year 1814-1914, parts I & II. Dublin: O'Brien & Ards, 1914.
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Place access points
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Milltown
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park » Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Milltown » Cherryfield Lodge
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park » Jesuit library
Name access points
- Milltown Park, Dublin, 1858- (Subject)
- Irish School of Ecumenics, 1970- (Subject)
- Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, 1968-2015 (Subject)
- Dublin Lonergan Centre, 1975- (Subject)
- Tabor House, Milltown Park (Subject)
- Cherryfield Lodge, Milltown Park, Dublin City, 1982- (Subject)
- Jesuit Library, Milltown Park, 1860-2019 (Subject)