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?’
Research notes compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. re the life of Fr. Richard Henebry. The file includes two small notebooks containing headings for a biographical treatment of Henebry’s life. One of the manuscripts is titled ‘Brogue’ and refers to ‘Celtic scholarship’ and the ‘dialect of English spoken in Ireland, or Anglo-Irish is usually called the “brogue”. The text is signed by Fr. Senan and is dated 21 Sept. 1924.
Notes on the progress of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) and the Irish language revival movement in Cork. The author of the text is not stated. A portion of the text reads ‘It was the opinion of several sincere workers including O[sborn] Bergin … that a second branch should be open to the gen[eral] pub[lic] including ladies and therefore they started a branch called the Lee Branch in Pope’s Quay. The leading members of the Central Branch in Dublin did not take very kindly to this as they thought that it would only weaken the movement in Cork. They began to teach Irish in the Lee Branch by means of subject lessons and were successful for a time …’.
A view of O’Connell Bridge and Eden Quay, Dublin, in about 1960. The Corinthian Cinema is a noticeable landmark on the left of the image. Originally rebuilt after the 1916 destruction of this part of city, the cinema opened in 1921. It was designed by T.F. McNamara with internal alterations to the auditorium in the 1930s by Jones & Kelly. It was apparently given the name ‘The Ranch’ because of the number of westerns it screened. The Corinthian closed in July 1975 but in October of the same year it re-opened as a two-screen cinema called the Odeon. The cinema closed its doors for the final time in 1993. The building was finally demolished in late 2002 to make way for a commercial development.
