Flier from the Irish Unionist Alliance setting out the need for an ‘extensive petition’ in response to William Gladstone’s Government of Ireland (Second Home Rule) Bill.
Letter from Alexander Edward Miller regarding his candidacy in the forthcoming Trinity College by-election. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Thomas Ball on his appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The contest was won by Edward Gibson.
Flier from Dodgson Hamilton Madden for the impending Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election. The flier reads ‘I have always been a firm supporter of the Conservative party, and I look upon its present position with pride. That party, with the patriotic aid of the Liberal Unionists, has succeeded in averting from the Empire disintegration and dishonour, and from Ireland a signal and crushing disaster’. Madden received 1,376 in the contest and was elected an MP.
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).
