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Brother Vincent Corcoran

This sub-fond contains the personal and private papers belonging to Brother Vincent Corcoran. It consists of a copy of his birth certificate and the profession of his vows, private correspondence with his family members regarding the deaths of friends and relatives and correspondence regarding the organization of the Order. Also included are Brother Corcoran’s diaries detailing meetings and dealings with creditors and other ecclesiastical figures, his private notebooks, and prayer books. The second box of this sub-fond contains a variety of artefacts belonging to Brother Corcoran such as certificates, a metal plate negative, a cat-o-nine tails and a wooden chalice and a piece of cloth.

A file of original letters to Antoinette Sterling, an American operatic and ballad singer. The file also includes letters to her husband John MacKinlay (the couple married in 1875). Most of the letters are related to Antoinette Sterling’s musical career. The file includes correspondence from several contemporary (mainly British) singers, music hall entertainers, actors, actresses, and other performers and artists.

A collection of autograph slips and ephemera seemingly collected by Dr. James McCausland. The file includes a letter from George McVeagh, solicitor, to McCausland (11 March 1947) referring to autograph collections. The file also includes envelopes addressed to McCausland containing numerous autograph slips. The autographs are mostly of government officials, politicians, and representatives of the landed gentry. Includes the autographs of Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George (1902-1966), Michael Foot (1913-2010) the Labour MP for Devonport, and Eamonn O’Neill (1882-1954), Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1939 to 1943. The file also includes a letter to James McCausland from a Mr. Stanley, enclosing ‘autographs of the 1947 Triple Crown Team’ (15 April 1947).

The subseries comprises a small collection of papers relating to Patrick Gallagher, better known by his sobriquet Patrick ‘the Cope’ Gallagher (‘cope’ being the popular Donegal version of ‘cooperative’). Gallagher was a cooperative organiser, businessman, and a campaigner for his native County Donegal. He is best remembered for founding the Templecrone Agricultural Co-operative Society in 1906, popularly known as ‘the Cope’, a co-operative association based in The Rosses area of West County Donegal. The file includes articles, clippings, and a letter from Gallagher to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (21 August 1947). Also includes a copy of ‘The Irish Homestead’ (11 Nov. 1916) which has content on Gallagher’s campaigning work in Donegal.