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 more
Jesuit 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 more
Roscrea 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 more
Jesuits 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 more
Remembering 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 more
Jesuit 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 more
New 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 more
Following 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 more
A 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 more
Faith 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.

Read more