A carte de visite of Fr. Michael O’Hickey and his aunt. The print is credited to Poole, photographer, 34 Mall, Waterford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Wishing Uncle Maurice & Ellie all the joys and blessings of the Holy Xmas season / M.P.H / 1894’. A later annotation reads ‘Mrs O’Brien, aunt of Dr. O’Hickey’.
Prayer card for the beatification of Dom Columba Marmion OSB. The card includes short extracts from his spiritual writings and a photographic print. Printed in Bruges, Belgium.
Circular from James Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown (1823-1914) re the resolution passed at a recent meeting of the Property Defence Association and the need for subscriptions to support the organization.
Circular letter from James Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown (1823-1914) enclosing a printed copy of resolutions passed by the Property Defence Association at the annual general meeting held on 25 January 1884. The letter reads ‘It was the unanimous opinion of the meeting that there is nothing in the present condition or immediate prospects of the country to warrant us in relaxing in the smallest degree our efforts for the preservation of property’.
The Emergency Committee was a subscription-based organisation established by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland in December 1880 to uphold the rights of landed proprietors.
Circular re a general meeting of landowners ‘to take into consideration the administration of the Land Act’. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913) presided over the meeting. The circular includes a list of names of individuals acting as distributors for tickets for the meeting.
Circular letter from Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention, re the forthcoming annual meeting of the Convention and a banquet to honour five recently elected Unionist members of parliament.
A small collection of records relating to the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union (ILPU), a unionist political organisation, established in 1885 to oppose the Home Rule movement. The section also includes records relating to the ILPU’s successor body, the Irish Unionist Alliance (IUA).
Flier for the South Louth divisional association of the Irish Unionist Alliance. The flier states the aims and objections of the Alliance. The flier was issued by B.R. Balfour, secretary and treasurer, Townley Hall, Drogheda.