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William Fitzpatrick, James McCann and Sons, stocks, shares

Correspondence between William Fitzpatrick, Superior at St. Josephs School for the Blind in Drumcondra, and James McCann and Son, Stock and Shares Brokers regarding the purchase by St. Joseph’s of Dublin Corporation stock in August 1904. Also enclosed are the certificates.

William Fitzpatrick, James McCann and Sons, stocks, shares

Correspondence between William Fitzpatrick, Superior at St. Josephs School for the Blind in Drumcondra, and James McCann and Son, Stock and Shares Brokers regarding the purchase by St. Joseph’s of Dublin Corporation stock in August 1903.

20 April 1909-3 May 1909

William Fitzpatrick, James McCann and Sons, Dublin Corporation

Certificates issued by James McCann and Son, Stock and Shares Brokers containing evidence of purchase of stocks from Dublin Corporation by William Fitzpatrick, Superior at St. Josephs School for the Blind in Drumcondra.

23 May 1910-17 November 1910

John Joyce, The Union of London and Smiths Bank Limited, Belfast Corporation

Correspondence between John Joyce, St. Joseph's School of the Blind, and The Union of London and Smiths Bank Limited regarding the purchase of Belfast Corporation redeemable stock.

26 November 1915-17 December 1915

Bernard Byrne, James McCann and Sons, stocks, shares

Letters from James McCann and Son, Stock and Shares Broker to the Reverend Bernard Byrne, Superior of St. Joseph's School of the Blind confirming the sale of stocks owned by the school for the blind in order to fund the purchase of the lease which the school premises were held under. Also enclosed is a letter to the [Bank of Ireland?] From Bernard Byrne asking for an overdraft in order to complete the purchase of the lease.

Correspondence with Listowel Urban District Council to purchase twenty-four grave spaces in the Listowel Cemetery; Application for Exhumation Licence to Kerry County Council and list of deceased Sisters.

A bound volume containing publishing works by Fr. Michael O’Hickey. Includes some clippings and manuscript additions. The inside front cover has a print of Fr. O’Hickey with a manuscript annotation which reads ‘Born at Carrickbeg, Carrick-on-Suir, 12th March 1961. Died at Portlaw, Co. Waterford 19th November 1916. Ordained priest in Waterford 1884. Appointed Professor of Irish, Maynooth College 1896’. A later annotation on the opening page reads ‘Very rare / unique’. Printed title to spine reads ‘Writings of Rev. Dr. O’Hickey’. The volume includes:
• ‘A Great Gaelic Scholar / Death of the Very Rev. Dr. O’Hickey’ (‘Clonmel Nationalist’, 22 Nov. 1916).
• ‘Primary schools and their management / by Sacerdes and Sagart’ ([privately printed], 1907). 64 pp.
• ‘The True National Idea by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey / A lecture delivered in the hall of the Catholic Commercial Club, Dublin, on November 3rd, 1898, under the auspices of the Central Branch of the Gaelic League’. (Dublin, Gaelic League Pamphlets, Third Edition, 1898). 8 pp.
• ‘The Irish language movement: its genesis, growth and progress / by Rev. Michael P. O’Hickey’ ([Dublin, Gaelic League, 1902]). 15 pp.
• ‘The nationalisation of Irish education / by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey’. ([Dublin, Gaelic League, 1902]). 23 pp.
• ‘An Irish university, or else / by Rev. Michael P. O’Hickey. (Waterford, M.H. Gill & Son, 1909). 20 pp.
• ‘The Irish language and Irish intermediate education / VII / Dr. O’hickey’s reply to Dr. Mahaffy, Dr. Gwynn and Dr. Atkinson (Dublin: Gaelic League Pamphlets – no. 17, [c.1902]). 14 pp.
• ‘The Future of Irish in the National Schools / by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey’ (Dublin: Gaelic League Pamphlets – no. 9, 1900). 12 pp.
• ‘The Golden Age of the Irish Church / A lecture by Rev. Michael P. Hickey’ (Glasgow, P. Donegan & Co., 1890). 32 pp.
• ‘Wanted – an Irish university; also essays on university and kindred subjects / Collected and edited by an Irish priest’ (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1909). 128 pp.
• ‘Further documents bearing on the dismissal of Rev. Dr. O’Hickey from the Irish Chair of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth’. ([Privately printed, c.1909]).
• ‘Memorandum dealing with the constitution, history and authority of the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth: with some account of the visitors, past and present’. ([Privately printed, c.1909]). 31 pp.

The series contains a large collection of published works and biographical accounts dealing with the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The collection also includes works relating to various teetotal and temperance movements in Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Many of the publications listed below are connected with the temperance revival of the late nineteenth century exemplified by the foundation of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association by Fr. James Cullen SJ in 1898. The works are listed in chronological order by date of publication.

Fliers setting out the aims and objectives of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union. Reference is also made to the work done by the Association in the election campaigns of 1885 and 1886. The flier dated October 1887 provides a list of selected names from the 1886 subscriptions list to the organisation.