Includes; old handwritten page giving permission for the Religious of the Sacred Heart to be buried in the Church Yard of the Ursuline and dated 27 April 1784; newspaper cuttings with the headings, ’Ursuline Convent, Blackrock. A Retrospect’. 1925, ‘Nuns take over a new school – and without pay’ 25 April 1958, Irish Nuns Leave To Teach In Kenya; notes concerning Miss Coppinger of Nano Nagle’s Ursulines; notes on Rental 1860; notes on the Ursuline Sisters; notes on the Ursuline Convents in Ireland and their missions abroad; letters from the Ursuline Convents in Blackrock, Cork, Thurles and Sligo to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], in 1957; notes on Rental of Thurles estate , 1842; The Irish Ursulines 1771 – 1957, Foundation of the Mother House; and Filiation of the Irish Ursulines.
A bound velvet covered copy of The Ursuline Manual or a collection of prayers, spiritual exercises &c &c. interspersed with the various instructions necessary for the young ladies educated at the Ursuline Convent Cork. Volume has clasps and gold gilded edges and includes eight prayer and remembrance cards, some in French. Also includes a ribbon bookmark which reads ‘Forget me not’. Inscription inside the cover reads ‘To dear Anastasia Maguire from your loving mother’.
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A view of the unveiling of the Four Masters monument in The Diamond, the main square, in Donegal Town in 1938. The obelisk was erected to commemorate the four Franciscan friars (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin and Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire) who compiled the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ between 1630 and 1636. Their names are incised into the monument (one to each face). Written in Irish, the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ (Irish: 'Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'), are one of the most important surviving chronicles of medieval Irish history. The obelisk was designed by the Dublin architectural firm O’Callaghan and Giron, and was unveiled in 1938 by the Bishop of Raphoe, Dr William MacNeely, at the bequest of Patrick Gallagher, solicitor and noted historian, who bequeathed £5,000 for the creation of the monument.
A copy of ‘The Universe’ (1 July 1932). Includes extensive content covering the 31st Eucharistic Congress held in Dublin from 22-26 June 1932.
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The unity of Ireland / partition debated in Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). Mr. De Valera's speech (from Seanad Éireann Official reports) partition debated in Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). Mr. De Valera’s speech (from Seanad Éireann Official reports) (Dublin: Stationary Office, 1939).
The United Irishman, Brother Denis?
Copies of The United Irishman kept by a Brother Denis which were found in the newspaper collection of Tom Mitchell.
'The United Irishman' was an Irish nationalist newspaper co-founded by Arthur Griffith and William Rooney. The first publication was issued on 4 Mar. 1899 it ran until 1906. It was sub-titled ‘A National Weekly Review’. The file contains the issue of 23 Apr. 1904 (Vol. 11 No. 269). This edition published copy correspondence from the Capuchin Friary in Cork relating to the ‘Vindication of Monsignor Persico’ (pp 2-3).
A copy of ‘The United Irishman’, Vol. 12, No. 12 (Dec. 1968).
Correspondence relating to the formation the Union of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Seeking Blessings and Consul
A memorandum written by Sister M. de Sales Gleeson about entering into the union of Presentation Sisters which provides contextual information regarding the formation of the Union. > Formula of Identity of the Institute