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A clipping of a report on the auction of an autographed letter of Daniel O’Connell (dated 17 September 1839) and a bundle of original correspondence of George Bernard Shaw. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (12 June 1956).

Clippings of articles reporting the death of Leo Whelan, a noted Irish painter. The articles are taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ and ‘Irish Press’ (7 November 1956).

A clipping of an article reporting on the centenary of the founding of the publishing firm of M.H. Gill in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (20 October 1956).

A clipping of an article by Roisin Donn Byrne on the Irish-Canadian novelist and short-story writer Mary Anne Sadlier. The date and the publication from which the clipping was taken is not given.

A clipping taken from the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine (August 1942) reflecting on the destruction of Coole House near Gort in County Galway, the former home of Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory (1852-1932). Coole House was a three-storey residence built in the late eighteenth century for Robert Gregory (1727-1810), the owner of the extensive Coole Park estate. Isabella Augusta Persse married into the Gregory family in 1880 and resided in Coole House until her death. As noted in the photograph caption, Lady Gregory wrote most of her plays and books while living here and hosted many of the leading figures in the Irish literary revival including William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, John Millington Synge, and Seán O’Casey. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine (August 1942).

A clipping of an article by Marese Murphy titled ‘Dublin was musical city’. The article provides a history of famous operatic and popular singers who have given performances in the city. Reference is also made to the ongoing Father Mathew Feis in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (13 April 1955).

A letter from Geraldine Bourke (Lady Mayo), Palmerstown House, Straffan, County Kildare. The letter refers to arrangements to collect a Dolls House stand.

A photographic copy of a portrait sketch of MacGreevy by Seán O’Sullivan RHA. The original sketch is dated 1942.