Patrick Rogers collection of Irish history

Collection

Identifier: BC-2022-135

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1842 - 1972

Scope and Contents

Consists of material primarily collected by Patrick Rogers including items regarding the political history of Ireland and Northern Ireland, documenting his academic and professional career, and concerning religious history in Ireland. The collection contains circulars, correspondence, ephemera, lectures, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Notable topics include capital punishment and hunger strikes, the history of St. Malachy's College, Irish Republican Army (IRA) activities, Northern Ireland public education, parish histories, and police brutality. Materials related to two of Rogers's published works, Father Theobald Mathew: An Apostle of Temperance (1945) and The Irish Volunteers and Catholic Emancipation 1778-1793 (1934) are also included.

It appears that Patrick Rogers's successor as principal of St. Joseph's College of Education, Michael Dallat, continued collecting resources after Rogers died in 1969. Envelopes included with records dated between 1969 and 1972 were addressed to Dallat.

Creator

Rogers, Patrick, -1969 (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Biographical note: Patrick Rogers

Patrick Rogers was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, author, and educationalist. Rogers was born in Rawalpindi, India, and educated at St. Malachy's College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained (1929) at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Rogers was appointed to the staff of St. Malachy's College, where he taught history until 1947. He was then appointed as the first principal of St. Joseph's College of Education at Trench House, an all-male teacher training college in Belfast, which merged in 1985 to become St. Mary's University College. His published works include: The Irish Volunteers and Catholic Emancipation 1778-1793 (1934); Old St. Mary's (1941); and Father Theobald Mathew: Apostle of Temperance (1945). Rogers also wrote one unpublished work, War Diaries, which is retained at St. Malachy's College. He died in October 1969 and was interred in Priest's Row in Milltown Cemetery in Belfast.

Sources:

"Patrick Rogers (priest)". Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Rogers_(priest) (accessed June 27, 2024).

"Patrick Rogers (priest) facts for kids". Kiddle Encyclopedia, 16 October 2023. https://kids.kiddle.co/Patrick_Rogers_(priest) (accessed June 27, 2024).

Extent

4.75 Linear Feet (4 containers)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collected by Irish Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, author, and educationalist Patrick Rogers, these records document Irish educational, political, and religious history through circulars, correspondence, ephemera, lectures, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Arrangement

Arranged in three series: I. Academic and professional; II. Irish political history; III. Religion. Each series is arranged alphabetically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Emerald Isle Books, approximately 2000.

Related Materials

Boston College collection of Constance de Markievicz, BC.2021.079, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political posters, MS.2001.014, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Kathleen Daly Clarke papers and collection of Thomas Clarke and Irish political materials, MS.2001.007, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

William F. Stout collection on Northern Ireland politics, MS.2007.020, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Separated Materials

Published works associated with this collection have been transferred within the Burns Library and can be found in the Boston College Library catalog.

Related publications can be found under the local collection name "Canon Rogers" in the Boston College Libraries catalog.

Processing Information

Many of the papers in the collection were stored in envelopes addressed to the Principal of St. Joseph's College of Education with a handwritten note on the content of the materials inside. Envelopes were retained with their correlating materials.