Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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Library catalogue of the library of the Right Honorable Charles William Earl of Charleville at his residence near Tullamoore, Ireland, dating from 1825-1826.

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Accounts and memoranda concerning the United Irishman and Galway American newspaper, initially published in Galway and then later in Dublin, Ireland. Includes notes by C.G. [Charles Guilfoyle] Doran, who was the secretary of the governing council for the National Brotherhood of St. Patrick, the publisher of the newspaper.

Overview Manuscript "Album" inscribed to "Milly Bushe from Papa June 1857." The Bushe family appears to have lived in Arnestown, County Wexford, Ireland. Contains poems in various hands, some initialed and dated by the contributors. Among them, several commemorative poems refer to the death of Milly's sister, Annie H. Bushe, in 1868. The latest dated entry is signed "M[illy] B[ushe] April 1918". The opening poem is illustrated with a pencil sketch. Two loose inserts (printed poems) have been removed...

Overview Manuscript "Album" inscribed to "Annie Bushe from Papa June 1857". Contains poems in various hands, some initialed and dated by the contributors. Among them, several commemorative poems establish the date of Annie H. Bushe's death as 1868. Another ownership inscription identifies a later owner (who also added to the album) as "Georgie H. Bushe Arnestown 1878." This indicates the volume is from County Wexford, Ireland. Illustrated with 3 topographical sketches. A loose insert (a manuscript...

Overview Printed book, heavily annotated with emendations written by Abraham George Haskins. Volume is interleaved with printed and manuscript material. Volume contains the School Roll of students arranged by year of enrollment (age, birthplace, often biographical details); alphabetical name-index; reminiscences by Dr. Benson; preface describing school customs; photos of the school and Dr Benson. Compiled by Dr Benson; completed and edited by T.F. Figgis and T.W.F. Drury, acting for the O.R.S. (Old...

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Letter from writer Augustine Costello to his young cousin "Charles", living in Ireland. The collection consists of a single autobiographical letter to this cousin, who also has decided to become a journalist, and is writing for the Freeman.

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Correspondence of George Townshend, 1st Marquis of Townshend, and others in his circle. Most letters written from Great Britain and Ireland (particularly London and Norfolk), some from India or continental Europe.

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Collection of unbound drafts: novels and plays.

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Book of accounts for an early 19th century Irish farmer. McNally holds land from "Mr Baker": leaf 151 pays tithes to "Ternan": leaf 6. Contract IV: 1 has clause "Being first...read to the parties by Richd McNally" Yeates or Yeats landowners show up in VIIB; 22 May 1820 McNally pays Wn Yeats for "Law." Itemized funeral expenses for Wm McNally of Doolough at foot of leaf 12a. Iv:1 and MS P385:1 separately cataloged. Landowners not traced.

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This collection of 6 autobiographical memorandum books was written by Francis Sharkey of Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland, possibly starting as early as 1835 but, based on internal evidence, mostly in 1848-1849.

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Collection of correspondence and other items written by the Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw to other individuals.

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Collection includes a prison autograph album and correspondence from Irish nationalist and prisoner, George Watters, who was with the Waterford Irish Republican Army (IRA). There are a few other related papers in the collection as well, including a blank petition for Watters' release.

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Handwritten magazine of poetry, essays, stories, watercolors issued by the members of the Golden Spear, a charitable and literary club. The Golden Spear appears to be named after a mountain near Bray, south of Dublin. The Home for Crippled Children in Bray opened by Mrs. Lucinda Sullivan in 1874, was renamed the Sunbeam House in 1930, and closed in 1960.

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Collection of Irish broadsides, pamphlets, clippings, etc. collected by P.S. O'Hegarty, largely regarding Home Rule, Sinn Fein, Irish independence, and other political matters during the early part of the 20th century. Some items appear to be duplicates of each other; there are 93 items in total (some items having multiple parts).

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Accounts and minutes of the Irish Parliamentary Party Committee, a group formed after the 1890 split in the Irish Parliamentary Party by individuals who were against Charles Stewart Parnell. The volume includes a section of accounts before the minutes begin, and accounts are interspersed throughout the minutes. Letters are occasionally quoted in the minutes. An alphabetical index begins the volume.

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Newspaper clippings, article reprints, photocopies of signed letters, newsletters, and other printed material and ephemera gathered by James Healy (1890-1975) regarding Irish literature, culture, and history of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

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A book of approximately 75 tunes, mostly without words, of popular or traditional songs and dances, such as Deh Conte from Norma; Aurora Waltz; Last Rose of Summer; I'd Choose to be a Daisy; Partant pour la Svrie; The Coon-Hunt, and others. Most music was composed in the 1850s.

Overview This is a small collection of the correspondence, writings, and sketches of Alice Milligan, Irish author and nationalist. It includes 5 letters from her to P.S. (Patrick Sarsfield) O'Hegarty, 1879-1955, about selling literary work and letters. There are 2 letters about Celtic theater, one from Edward Martyn, 1859-1923, and another from Thomas O'Brien Butler, 1861-1915. There are also manuscript, typescript and printed copies of some of Alice Milligan's poems and other writings. The...

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Papers of 19th century Irish author Denis Florence MacCarthy, including draft poems and translations, notes about Irish history and from research MacCarthy appeared to be conducting, as well as a diary for the year 1877, financial accounts, and other miscellaneous items.

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Proceedings of the Committee in the Provice of Leinster for redressing the Distresses of the Poor, from the Leinster Province Meeting of the Society of Friends. Notebook on plans to improve wages, rents, food, education, with recipes using potatoes and maize and with diagrams of recommended chimneys and fireplaces.

Overview Scrapbook containing memoranda and papers connected with the report by Dr. William Neilson Hancock (1820-1888) on the supposed progressive decline of Irish prosperity in the 1860s. Larcom, as Under-Secretary for Ireland, sponsored Hancock's propaganda pamphlet in which statistics identified the problems. Includes letters from Dr. Hancock to Sir Thomas Larcom (1801-1879) on the progress of publication, often enclosing proofs for approval, and on difficulties in getting information; memos by...

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Book: comic pseudo-mediaeval account of founding of sham society. Dialogues between St. Patrick, Ritter von Otto, Buische Kavin, King O'Toole, and Barney, interspersed with comic verse: “Ye Burschen ye liked goode thinges galore... Der Pabst lebt herrlich in d' Welt...Songe of ye Blessed St Kavin. Farewell to those dayes full of glee...

Overview Autograph book compiled in November and December 1923 in no. 2 Camp, Tintown, The Curragh, Ireland. The volume mostly consists of entries by Tipperary, Kilkenny and Laois prisoners, but also includes entries from prisoners removed from Cork, Kerry and Dublin. These individuals were imprisoned by the Irish Free State for fighting, or being suspected of fighting, on the Anti-Treaty side of the 1922-1923 Civil War. Individual entries often note the date and provide a poem, quotation, or other...

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Handwritten notes and drafts of biographies of Irish nationalist Tom Clarke compiled by fellow Irish nationalist Seán McGarry, along with typed copies of same.

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Collection regarding ancient Celtic ecclesiastical bells. Includes notebook, loose notes, sketches, letters to Frazer, offprints, etc. William Frazer was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and had antiquarian interests in archaeology, numismatics, and sigillography.