Photographs of Fr John Hannon SJ.

A file of photographs of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ (c.[1930], 1946, 1947), Fr John Hannon SJ and Fr John R McMahon SJ and others.

Photographs of groups of students and Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College:

1. A double-sided mount with two photographs:
   a) 8" x 5.5" large group black and white photograph in three rows on playing fields, with a large tent in the background, very faded c.[1880];
   b) 9" x 7.5" large group black and white photograph in 4 rows outside the front of the castle. Some names are written in, including Fr Edward Kelly SJ and Fr James Colgan SJ c.[(1890];
2. A double-sided mount with two photographs:
   a) 9" x 6" group black and white photograph in three rows on playing fields, with Mr Richard Campbell SJ (c1883);
   b) 8" x 6" group black and white photograph in 4 rows outside the front of the castle. Some names are written in, including Mr Richard Campbell SJ (c1881);
3. Black and white 5" x 3" photograph of D McEllin playing Fardy Farrell in Lady Gregory's "Hyacinth Halvey" - Lower Line Play 1923;
4. Black and white 5" x 3" photograph with E More-Cavaher and K Kilbride in Lady Gregory's "Hyacinth Halvey" - Lower Line Play 1923;
5. Black and white 5" x 3" photograph C O'Conor, B McMahon, A Vaughan and E Mulhearn in Charles Hawtrey's "The Private Secretary", 1923 (later Fr Charles O'Conor SJ and Fr Brian MacMahon SJ);
6. Black and white group 6" x 4" photograph of Clongowes Wood College SJ rugby team in four rows - includes Fr M O'Meara SJ c.[1926];
7. Black and white group 4" x 3" photograph of Clongowes Wood College SJ cricket team in three rows, [1915]-[1930];
8. Black and White 6.5" x 4.25" photograph of the Clongowes Wood College Choir, in 5 rows in front of castle including Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ and Mr Oliver O'Brien SJ, and student Fr John Moylan SJ (1950-1951);
9. Black and white 7" x 5" photograph of the Clongowes Wood College SJ Pilgrimage to Rome in the Holy year 1950 in 7 rows - including Fr Jim Casey SJ, Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ, Fr Redmond Roche SJ and Fr Eddie O'Connor SJ (1950);
10. Black and white 9" x 7" photograph of the Clongowes Wood College SJ Pilgrimage to Rome in the Holy year 1950 in 6 rows - including Fr Jim Casey SJ, Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ, Fr Redmond Roche SJ and Fr Eddie O'Connor SJ (1950);
11. Black and white 9" x 7" mounted photograph on card of the Clongowes Wood College SJ Pilgrimage to Rome in the Holy year 1950 in 6 rows - including Fr Jim Casey SJ, Fr Vincent Dennehy SJ, Fr Redmond Roche SJ and Fr Eddie O'Connor SJ (1950).

Photographs of Hong Kong missionaries. Most of the individuals are identified. Inlcudes a letter from Br E Connolly, Secretaritus Missionum, Borgo S. Spirito, Roma, Italy to Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin enclosing a list of photograph in their archives of missionaries on the Hong Kong mision.

Includes photograph of visit of Fr General Pedro Arrupe SJ to Wah Yan College

Photographs of the Pope's visit to the Vatican Observatory, with Fr Daniel Joseph O'Connell SJ.

Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.

Photographs of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus. Including photograph of representatives of the English and Irish Province, and Australian Vice-Province.

Back: Helsham, Joseph Canavan (Irish Province)
Front: John Fahy (Australian Vice-Province), John R MacMahon (Irish Province), John Hannon (Irish Province), Martin D'Arcy (English Province),

Documents and objects relating to a pilgrimage to Rome by Irish pilgrims in connection with the jubilee of his holiness, Pope Leo XIII. Includes travel documents; diary of journey; pilgrim's enrolment certificate for Michael Mulraney, 21 Mid Gardiner Street, Dublin, medals of Pope Leo XIII and green maniple with harps.

Postcards depicting a medal struck in Rome commemorating the escape of Princess Clemetine, 1719.

Proposal, written in Latin [and submitted to Fr General in Rome] concerning the establishment of 'Studies'.

A file relating to various proposals over the years to extend and add to the existing buildings at Mungret College. Includes plans. Includes an extensive file relating to the building of the swimming pool (10 October 1963 - 17 February 1965, 60 items).

A file relating to the purchase of additional farm land adjoining Mungret. Includes a letter from Fr General Franz Wernz SJ, Rome to Fr James Tomkin SJ (Rector), Mungret College granting permission for a farm adjoining Mungret to be bought. Includes copies of documents relating to the possibility of purchasing Purcell's farm

Reader's tickets/call slips in Fr Edmund Hogan SJ name for the Archivo Secreto Della S. Sede and the Biblioteca Vaticana.

A file relating to the Rectors of the Irish College in Rome by Fr John MacErlan SJ, 1 January 1628 - 6 December 1769. Includes biographical details.

‘Animadversiones in Relationes pro Studiis Scholasticorum Ordinanis pro Provinciis Angliae et Hiberniae.’ Regulations issued by the Fr General in relation to the studies of scholastics in the English and Irish Provinces. (In Latin).

Report by Fr Patrick Joy SJ (Superior of the Hong Kong mission) on interviews he had in Rome with various officials concerning the future of the Hong Kong mission.

Documents relating to a report on poverty in the Province sent to Rome in October 1926 in response to a letter sent in March 1926 by Fr General to the Irish Fr Provincial. Includes copy of Fr General’s letter, questionnaire and the responses which comprise the report.

A file containing miscellaneous notes, MSS material and articles by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ relating to his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ. Includes letters to Fr Burke Savage concerning this research (2 May 1977 - 10 June 1986, 12 items). The file was used by Fr Morrissey for his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ.

Congregation for the causes of saints
Prot. No. 114

Diocese of Dublin

Cause for the Beautification and Canonisation of the Servants of God

Richard Creagh, archbishop, who died in England, and companions who died in Ireland in defence of the Catholic faith 1572-1655.

Vol. I

Roma 1998

Congregation for the causes of saints
Prot. No. 114

Diocese of Dublin

Cause for the Beautification and Canonisation of the Servants of God

Richard Creagh, archbishop, who died in England, and companions who died in Ireland in defence of the Catholic faith 1572-1655.

Vol. II

Roma 1998

File containing Robert Thompson's admissionpapers and correspondence with irish Fr provincials covering his time in Zambia, at Rathfarnham Castle and Tullabeg and his parish work at Clane, County Kildare and Moycullen, County Galway.

Article by Rev. John Hanly published in the Proceedings of the Irish Catholic Historical Committee entitled 'Sources for the History of the Irish College, Rome', read at the Conferecne on Diocesan and Local History, Ester 1963, and reprinted from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.

Statement (in Latin) issued by the Vatican to Religious Orders concerning the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and University Studies.

File relating to the sudden death of Fr John Hannon SJ, including letters of sympathy.

Synopsis historiae Societatis Jesu: pro nostris tantum. Typis Friderici Pustet, Ratisbonae, 1914.
Edited by Ludwig Schmitt, based on an earlier work edited by Franz Xavier Wernz

A telegram from Pope Pius XI to Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, blessing all those making a retreat at Rathfarnham. In Latin.

The Jesuit Irish mission: a calendar of correspondence, 1566-1752
Institutum historicum Societatis Iesu, Roma, 2017

The Letters of Saint 1625-1681

Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland

Edited by Monsignor John Hanly of the Irish College in Rome

Dublin: The Dolmen Press
North America: Humanisties Press Inc.

St. Ignatius College S.J

The pastoral function of church archives.
The Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church

Timetable of religious services etc. in the Chiesa del Gesù, Rome, on days [dedicated] to the sacred missions: ‘Orario delle funzioni che hanno luogo nella Ven. Chiesa del Gesù nei giorni destinati alle sacre missioni.’

Transcripts in Italian made by Fr John MacErlean SJ from various sources, concerning the Suppression and preservation of the Society of Jesus. Includes:
– extract of a published document dating from 1773 ‘Frederic II to his agent in Rome, giving reasons why he wishes to preserve the Jesuits in his states’ and
– ‘Lettera del Cardinale Cristoforo Migazzi Arcivescovo di Vienna alla Santità di N.S. Papa Clemente XIV’ (3pp).

‘Extract from an address of the Very Rev. Fr. General.’ Translation of extracts from notes taken of the Father General's address to the pilgrims of the ‘Jeunesse catholique française’ in Rome. Refers to the difficult situation in France, and to the responsibilities of the youth of France in the face of religious persecution. Also speaks of the importance of the Colleges in defending against error.

Typed diary by Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ of periods in his life - Chaplain in the R.A.F. (1945-1949), journey to Northern Rhodesia and first impressions (1950), trip to Lourdes, France (July 1970) and Rome, Italy (1975).

Typescript copies of correspondence concerning Mungret College following Fr William Ronan's return from his fund-raising tour of America, by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.

Visit of Mondragone party which included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits including Frs Sean McCarron (Superior of Manresa), Denis P. Kennedy (Rector of Belvedere College), Peader McSeaumais (Belvedere College) and Laurence Kearns(Minster of Manresa), on pier in Dublin Bay, 7 August 1950;

Visit of Mondragone party which stayed at Manresa - included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits( including front row, l-r: Mr Delmirari J, Sigior Bellegamba (Italian Legation), Fr. Alberico Grass SJ. Fr Denis P. Kennedy SJ (Rector of Belvedere College), Mr Waldron (Dept. of External Affairs), Fr Chile DJ, Fr Bondani SJ, Fr Laurence Kearns SJ (Minister Manresa). Back row: Mr Phelan, Mr Mooney, Fr Sean McCarron SJ (Superior Manresa), Fr Charles Byrne SJ (Belvedere College), [ ], Fr Peader McSeaumais SJ (Belvedere College) and [ ], at Manresa, Dollymount 9 August 1950;

Two volumes, one bound, relating to the Irish College in Lisbon. The volumes contain various papers bound together. The first volume relates to the foundation of the college (485ff). The second volume consists of six sections: Accounts of the college; Ordinances from Rome; Custom book of college life; Statutes and customs; Mass and Orders book; The narration of the imprisonment and expulsion of Fr Dionysius Charti. Note by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on provenance of volumes - that Fr Manuel Gonçalves da Costa SJ visited Milltown Park in 1948, consulted volumes which in custody of Fr John MacErlean SJ (1981), and translation by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (5 February 1987).