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- September 1993 – March 1995 (Creation)
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60 pp
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Three letters from Sr. Bride Given, [Provincial of the South West Province, Ireland] Presentation Provincialate, 21 Ashdene, South Douglas Road, Cork, to Sr. Rosario Allen [South Presentation Convent, Cork], relating to James Barry’s portrait of Nano Nagle; letter from The Irish Architectural Archive, 13 June 1994, to Sr. Rosario Allen; notes on the history of the portrait; two invoices from Hulme- Beaman Picture Restorers, 30 Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, dated 16 and 27 February 1994, for restoration work carried out; letter from B.C. Ó Maoláin, Christian Brothers, Mount Sion, Waterford, 28 March 1995 to Srs. Anthony [Moloney], Joseph [Darmody] and Josephine [Culhane]) in the community, in Ballygriffin, concerning the James Barry portrait. Negatives and photos of the portrait; newspaper cutting on death of James N. Healy; brown envelope containing negatives of Nano Nagle’s portrait and cemetery by Finbarr O’ Connell, given to Sr. Rosario Allen in July 2006; newspaper cutting entitled ‘London Honours Work of James Barry’; letters to Sr. Rosario Allen during 1994 and 1995 from The National Gallery and National Archives; photocopies of handwritten letters from Sr. Anne Healy to Sr. Rosario Allen ; two newspaper cuttings on the death of James N. Healy; photographs of cemetery and cards; photographs of the portrait; note from Sr. Elizabeth Starken Congregational Leader [1986 -1996], Monasterevin; and typed article on “New Portrait “of Nano Nagle.