File 6 - Minute and Record Book of the Dublin Battalions of the Irish Volunteers

Attendance Record for the Dublin Battalions of the Irish Volunteers
Open original Digital object

Reference code

IE CA CP/3/5/1/3/6

Title

Minute and Record Book of the Dublin Battalions of the Irish Volunteers

Date(s)

  • Jan. 1916-Apr. 1916 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

40 pp; 27 cm x 10 cm; Bound volume; Manuscript

Name of creator

(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Scope and content

Minute book and attendance record book of the Dublin Battalions of the Irish Volunteers. Includes attendance records from January 1916 to April 1916. A three-page minute record from 22 February 1916 to 15 April 1916 appears to be in the hand of Patrick Pearse. This record includes references to ‘street fighting’, ‘protection on march’, and later ‘mobilization’. An entry on 18 March 1916 refers to ‘problems set re outposts protection [at] D[ublin] Castle’. Includes numerous signatures of Irish Volunteers in attendance at various battalion meetings in the first four months of 1916. Signatures include those of Thomas MacDonagh, Seán Heuston, Frank Shouldice, Frank Daly, Richard McKee, Thomas Slater, Piaras Béaslaí, Oscar Traynor, Thomas Hunter, Éamon de Valera, The O’Reilly (Ua Rathghaille), W. T. Cosgrave and William Pearse. The volume is extant in green, hard bound covers, with a gilt title reading ‘1916’ on the front cover.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

There is some fraying at the edges of some of the opening pages. The front cover is worn (particularly at the edges) and some of the pages are desiccated and slightly brittle. Careful manual handling of this volume is required.

Finding aids

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Alternative identifier(s)

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Digital object (Master) rights area

Digital object (Reference) rights area

Digital object (Thumbnail) rights area

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places