Reference code
IE CA CP/3/5/1/5/4
Title
Manuscript Notes on Irish Saints by Patrick Pearse
Date(s)
- c.1910 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 pp; Manuscript
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Notes in both English and Irish probably written by Patrick Pearse. Includes a sketch, possibly of the medieval Christian monastery on St. Macdara’s Island off the coast of County Galway. Also includes references to St. Enda, a sixth-century saint who founded a Christian monastic settlement on Inis Mór, and Mochuda of Lismore who ‘did fishing’.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Irish