Fonds P93 - Prospectus of the Protestant Missionary Settlement in the Island of Achill (single-item collection)

7 pp.

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Donated to University of Limerick by Jacqueline Kennedy on 25 August 2017.

Copy prospectus attributed to the Reverend Edward Nangle, founder of Achill Mission, seeking funding for the purchase of Achill Island from its owner, Sir Richard O'Donnell. The prospectus lists the names of the Mission's president, committee members and honorary secretary and provides an outline of the Mission's origins, its establishment in Achill in 1833, the initial difficulties experienced by its members and its many subsequent successes in converting the island's Catholic population to Protestantism. The document provides a unique insight into the philosophy of the Evangelical movement in early nineteenth-century Ireland and its use of the Irish language in the conversion process and the disharmony that existed between the Church of Ireland and the Church of Rome.

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• English

Paper document in fragile condition, with damage to first sheet.

This document was used as the basis for Patricia Byrne's article 'Evangelical Mission Pivots to Landlord in Famine Achill', published in History Ireland, vol. 30, no. 4 (July/August 2022), pp. 28-31. Analysis of the document is also provided in a blog post by Seán Cafferkey entitled 'The Bible War in 19th Century Ireland: The Protestant Mission in Achill' in Unique and Distinctive, https://specialcollections.ul.ie/the-bible-war-in-19th-century-ireland-the-protestant-mission-in-achill/.

This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition, 2000; Irish Guidelines for Archival Description, 2009; National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services, 2018.

Document described by Anna-Maria Hajba in December 2024.