Copy conveyance from Frederick Holland Mares, photographer, Grafton Street, Dublin, his wife Sarah, and Michael Burr to William Jeffares, Rochfield, Dundrum, County Dublin, of lands and premises on the west side of Cullenswood Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin, in consideration of £600 and subject to a fee farm rent of £100 per annum. The original deed of conveyance is dated 8 December 1875. This copy is dated c.1908.
Some notes about education in the hand of Patrick Pearse. The notes are undated but were possibly prepared a talk on the subject. The notes conclude with Pearse's transcription of a widely-known poem on public schooling which reads: ‘Ram it in, cram it in Children’s heads are hollow. Jam it in, slam it in, Still there’s more to follow. Pack it in, smack it in, What are children made for? Push it in, crush it in, What are teachers paid for?’
A copy of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 77.), an Act of the Parliament setting limits on the practice of and instituted a licensing system for animal experimentation.
Offprints of Fr. Richard Henebry, ‘The Life of Columcille. [Ascribed to Manus Ó Donnell]. Text from Rawlinson B. 514, with translation’ published in ‘Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie’ iii-v. (1901-05).
An extract from a prospectus for Ring College (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Fr. Richard Henebry is listed as a teacher of several subjects in Irish at the college. The prospectus reads ‘The Munster College, which was founded two years ago at Ring, Co. Waterford, in order to afford University facilities to those who desire to study the Irish language and Irish literature …’. A manuscript annotation reads ‘Kindly keep securely for Rev. John Tierney, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare’.
A carte-de-visite showing a view of the Marian shrine at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock in County Mayo. The print was produced by James McFarland, 79 Grafton Street, Dublin.
Fr. Richard Henebry (front row, seated, second from left) at an Irish language summer school organised by Conrad na Gaelige. The summer school was possibly held in the Waterford Gaeltacht. Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC is seated in the front row (first on the right).
