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This collection contains research notes and research material generated and collected by Grace O’Malley Cantillon while preparing her book on family history titled The Round House O’Malleys: The Power of One Woman! (2014). The collection encompasses a range of primary manuscript material sourced by the author, including letters from her uncle Thomas O’Malley to his mother and sisters while trying to carve out a life for himself in Australia between 1910 and 1914 (P83/1/6/3/2-11). Another interesting compilation of primary material (degree certificates, apprenticeship agreements, personal correspondence and memoirs) relates to Grace O’Malley Cantillon’s father, Charles Vincent O’Malley, who operated a successful dental practice in Limerick city in the first half of the twentieth century (see P83/1/6/7/1/1-P83/1/6/7/5/6). Also worth noting are the memoirs of Frank O’Malley describing his life as a rubber planter in early twentieth-century Malaya (P83/1/6/6/3-5). In addition, there is an extensive photographic component extending back to the 1880s. The primary material in this collection provides useful insights into Ireland as part of the British empire and the blossoming of the prosperous Irish Roman Catholic professional class following Irish independence.

Photocopy of an article entitled ‘The O’Malleys’ by Gerard Slevin from an unidentified publication.

Extracts relating to household schools photocopied from an unidentified publication, with references to children named O’Malley who attended these schools.

Photocopy of a tenement valuation of ‘Lot 160’, comprising plots of ground on William Street, High Street and Denmark Street Upper leased to John Joseph Jones; also list of people name O’Malley extracted from 19th-century Limerick city trade directories; list of tradespeople with premises at 28 William Street, Limerick city between 1769 and 1920; and a list of tradespeople with premises on High Street, Limerick before 1856.

Letter from Cathal Cavanagh enclosing three pages of a longer document relating to the origins and early history of the O’Malley sept. In two folders.

Assorted pedigrees and family group records primarily relating to the Australian, New Zealand and Malayan branches of the O’Malley family. Also see P83/1/9/1 (3).

Two ring-bound copies of a genealogical report on the O’Malley family of Limerick and formerly of Murroe, county Limerick, compiled by Limerick Regional Archives at the request of Don O’Malley.

Handwritten notes relating to Denis O’Malley and his descendants.

Drafts of Chapter 4 of The Round House O’Malleys, containing an account of the lives of Denis O’Malley, his wife and their children.

This sub-series contains material relating to Patrick O'Malley, fourth child of Michael and Kate O'Malley, and his descendants.