Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/33/26
Title
Disposal of Douglas Hyde’s library and effects in Ratra House
Date(s)
- 2 Oct. 1949 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 p.; clipping
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A clipping of an article referring to the cataloguing (for sale) of Douglas Hyde’s library in his former residence of Ratra in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. The article notes that Hyde’s ‘Gaelic letters and manuscripts are going to University College, Galway’ in accordance with his wishes set out in his will. The letters written in English will be retained by his family. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Press’ (2 October 1949).