Jesuit archives
Brief encounters and the eternal city
October 15, 2018
The new book of Jesuit historian Brian Mac Cuarta is a tale of European travel and conversion to Catholicism, from 16th century Ireland
Read moreJesuit Archives collaborate on Irish language project
September 12, 2018
The Irish Jesuit Archives is collaborating with the Irish Script on Screen project by making its Irish language manuscripts available for digitisation
Read moreRoscrea remembers a heroic Jesuit
October 11, 2017
Roscrea Library is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Fr Michael Bergin SJ, from nearby Fancroft, with an exhibition curated by Irish Jesuit Archives
Read moreJesuits open doors on Culture Night
October 10, 2017
Hundreds of visitors came to events in Manresa and Gardiner St Church as part of Culture Night 2017
Read moreRemembering the Great War chaplains
June 21, 2017
At a recent centenary commemoration, archivist Damien Burke spoke about the Irish Jesuit chaplains at Messines, Flanders, including Fr Willie Doyle
Read moreJesuit life in Rathfarnham Castle
November 9, 2016
Province Assistant Archivist Damien Burke writes about Jesuit life in Rathfarnham Castle during the years of rebellion and revolution in Ireland.
Read moreNew Fr General prays in St Ignatius’ room
October 18, 2016
Brain Mac Cuarta SJ was present when the new Jesuit Fr General prayed with one of the oldest books in the Jesuit archives in Rome
Read moreFollowing the Jesuit trail
September 13, 2016
For this year’s Heritage Week, archivist Damien Burke gave a number of walking tours focusing on sites of Jesuit history on the north-side of Dublin.
Read moreA sparrow to fall
June 29, 2016
Damien Burke :: A new BBC documentary on the Battle of the Somme explores the letters, postcards and personal possessions of Jesuit chaplain Fr Willie Doyle held at the Irish...
Read moreFaith at the front
May 24, 2016
Roisin Duffy's RTE TV documentary on WWI chaplain Fr Frank Browne SJ, was recently screened in the Irish Embassy in London.
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