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A copybook containing Latin translations, extracts, and exercises. The front cover has a manuscript annotation ‘Lain Exercises / Richard Henebry / St. John’s College, Waterford’.

A copybook containing transcriptions of Gaelic texts compiled by Fr. Richard Henebry. The text appears to be a transcription from the British Library Additional Manuscript (15,403) titled ‘Treatise on the virtues of herbs and medals in alphabetical order’. The original text is a vellum MS and was dated by Standish O’Grady to the sixteenth century.

Copybook of William Woodlock, 15 Mountjoy Square, Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the title page gives the date 28 November 1881. The copybook contains various notes from historical texts mostly from a nationalist perspective. Includes extracts from ‘The History of Ireland Ancient and Modern’ by Abbé James MacGeoghegan, and notes from various seventeenth century manuscript collections such as the Carte Papers. The subject headings include ‘The Green Flag’, ‘Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan’, ‘Earl of Clanricarde’, ‘Lord Castlehaven’, ‘Owen Roe O’Neill’ and ‘Redmond O’Hanlon’.

Copybooks containing research compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. for his MA thesis on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes:
• Copybook containing notes on Fr. Mathew’s genealogy and his early education.
• Copybook containing transcripts of Fr. Mathew’s correspondence relating to famine relief. c.1845-7.
• Copybook containing notes compiled by Fr. Nessan relating to Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign. c.1838-47.
• Notes relating to famine relief efforts particularly in Cork. The notes appear to be transcribed from newspapers (Cork Examiner) and reports from the Cork Relief Committee.
• Copybook containing government reports (Constabulary reports from the State Paper Office) on Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement.
• Photostat copy of a photographic print of Fr. Mathew’s grave. The caption reads: ‘Large cross marks the grave of Father Mathew in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery which he acquired as part of his work for the Catholic people in Cork’.
• Extracts from American newspapers covering Fr. Mathew’s visit to the country in 1849.
• Extracts from official reports from Dublin Castle on the progress of the temperance campaign in Ireland.
• Extracts illustrative of Fr. Mathew’s opinions on housing, wages, landlordism and other social and political issues.

Includes; sepia colour postcard containing image of Shandon Church [Saint Anne's] (undated c1920s); "History of Cork" (1962); "Glimpses of Old Cork" (undated c1970s); "Directory, Dioceses of Cork and Ross" (undated c1970s); "Annals of the Associations of the Sacred Heart, Ireland and Scotland" (1970); "The History of Cork" (1974); "A chronology of Thurles 1978"; "Shades of Shandon" (1979); "The late Micheal O'Ceallachain - an appreciation" (undated c1980s); "John Buckley - Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross" (29 April 1984); "The Red Abbey" (June 1984); "Ordination to the Priesthood of Joseph Tarrant" (15 June 1986); newspaper article entitled "Barrack S[tree]t in the 'Rare old times'" (23 April 1987); "Brothers of Charity" (1988); "Scoil Chriost Ri" 50th Anniversary (1988); "Fiftieth Anniversary of Christ the King Presentation Girls' Primary School" (1988); "His Mercy from Age to Age" (28 February 1984); "London honours work of James Barry" (undated c1990s); "Canon Walsh: the final respects" (undated c1990s); "Doneraile Forest Park" (undated c1990s); "Good news for parents" (1991); "extract from "Cork Examiner" entitled "Death of James N. Healy" (28 May 1993); "Saint Francis Church" (1993); sepia postcard entitled "Patrick Street after Cork Fire, Dec[ember] 1920" (undated c1920s); extract from "The Examiner" on the appointment of John Buckley as Bishop of Cork and Ross (9 February 1998); "Revelations of a Style: Cork Windows" (undated c1998); issue of "The Gates" newspaper (25 October 1999); images entitled "Cork's Historic South Parish" (undated c2000); cut-out pages from "The Evening Echo" containing articles on historic aspects of Cork (undated c2000); pages from "Northsides, Southside News" possibly from "The Evening Echo" containing article on Barrack Street, Cork and the presence of the Order of Malta in Cork (undated 29 July c2000); photocopy of article entitled "Legend of Nano housed forever" (2002) (Mary Leland); pages from the "Evening Echo" newspaper containing articles on life and death of Joe McHugh (16 Aug 2002); copy of "The Archive, Journal of the Northsides Folklore Project" (June 2003); copy of the "Journal of Ballygarvan & [and] District local history society, vol[ume] 2" (2004); copy of "Pilgrim in Cork" (2005) (Dr Sean Pettit); CDs with recording of "A 12-part radio documentary series exploring the characters and events behind a selection of Cork City's historic plaques and signs" (2010); historical writings on Cork; photocopies of "The Evening Echo" articles on the histories of individual streets in Cork: copies of extracts from "The Cork Journal" containing references to people and events connected with Cork (1754 - 1784); extract from "Evening Echo" newspaper contain article on the digitisation of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society Journal; details of Eva Crosbie's, the Crosbie family owned the Cork Examiner and donated the statue of the crucifix in the South Presentation garden, registration in Saint Finbarr's school; newspaper cutting from "The Echo" entitled "The history of Cork's bishops"; 1 full copy of the "Irish Examiner" newspaper with articles on the continuing redevelopment of Cork City and the docklands areas in particular.