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).
A copy of ‘Aesop a tháinig go h-Éirinn / Aesop’s fables in Irish / with English translation / by the Rev. Peter O'Leary’. The publication forms part of the 'The Léighean Éirean series; v. III, no. 9'.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from E.K. Chambers, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, regarding the possibility of taking Welsh as an additional subject in a public elementary school.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from V.B. Dillion, solicitor, 12 St. Andrew Street, Dublin, re the letter of administration pertaining to the will of the late James Pearse.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from Tomás de Róiste, Conrad na Gaelige, Tipperary. Refers to an enclosure for £1 for ‘expenses incurred by your recent visit to Tipperary’. Annotation on the reverse of the letter in hand of Pearse reads ‘[Seosamh mac Cathmhaoil], possibly Joseph Campbell, Loretto Cottage, Castlereagh Road, Belfast’.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from Cecil [Doheny?], 243 Cromwell Road, London, re the former’s wish to sublet property he is renting. He writes ‘First of all, allow me to congratulate you on your new appointment. … I sympathize very much with you in the dilemma which the appointment put you in. Of course, I give you full leave to sublet, if you can find a good & careful tenant …’.
