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An image of the ruined Mount Bolton House near Portlaw in County Waterford. A figure in clerical garb (possibly Fr. Richard Henebry) stands at the doorway.

A clipping of an article by Fr. Richard Henebry titled ‘The Collecting of Irish music’ (‘Waterford News’, 11 May 1914). The article refers to Henebry's work on the preservation of traditional Irish tunes and to the need to establish an 'Phonogram Archive of Irish music' in University College Cork.

Letter from Fr. Mícheál Ó Flannagáin, The Gaelic League, 149 Broadway, New York, to Fr. Richard Henebry. Flannagáin refers to Hudson Maxim (1853-1927), an American military inventor and author.

Letter from Sir Bertram Windle to Fr. Richard Henebry referring to the latter's application for the Chair of Irish language and literature in University College Cork.

Letter from Heinrich Bewerunge, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, to Fr. Richard Henebry. Bewerunge refers to the 'acoustic and emotional' intonations in Irish music.

Letter from John Henebry (Eoin de Hindeberg) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. He refers to his shock on hearing that some pages from a manuscript written by his late brother (Fr. Richard Henebry) have been lost. He expresses his hope that the 'lost tunes' will be found. The manuscript referred to was published as a ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’ in 1928.

An image of Fr. Richard Henebry (first on the right) with two other clerics, possibly in the United States.

An image of Henebry’s grocery shop in Portlaw, County Waterford. The shop was run by the siblings of Fr. Richard Henebry. The shop front signage spells the family name in Irish as ‘de Henebre’.

A postcard view of Ashford Castle (referred to as 'Ashford House, Cong') situated on the Galway-Mayo border. The original caption refers to the purchase of the castle by Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness (1798-1868) in 1852. Reference is also made to the extensive renovation work carried out by Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840-1915).

An image of the early medieval monastic site at Clonmacnoise in County Offaly. The photograph was taken by James Roland Bainbridge (1891-1967).