Tracing of a map of Palestine in the time of Christ. Also photocopies of maps, as follows: Kilcommon demesne, Cahir, county Tipperary; map of county Tipperary from Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); map entitled ‘Map of Caoille’; map of Tipperary gentry seats based on the maps of Taylor and Skinner; and a map of the townland of Poulaculleare, county Tipperary, with names of tenants or owners of plots added in ink.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPhotocopies of mostly letters relating to the Military Governor at Cáceres, addressing Irish casualties in Ciempozuelos, and the subsequent funeral ceremonies, overseen by the Bishop of Coria.
Stradling, Robert Arthur, scholarPhotocopies of the procedures for election to Aosdána and its 1992 membership list.
O’Neill, Jeremiah Michael (1921-1999), novelist and playwrightPhotocopies of handwritten records of Sister Alphonsus Mary’s simple profession which took place on 3 May 1922 and of her perpetual vows taken on 3 May 1925; also a photocopy of a handwritten obituary providing an outline of her life and her virtues.
Cantillon, Grace née O'Malley (b. 1934), family historianPhotocopies of a telegram and military dispatch regarding the dental treatment which necessitated the hospitalisation of Irish Brigadier, James McEvoy, on his arrival in Spain.
Stradling, Robert Arthur, scholarPhotocopies of mostly correspondence between bodies such as the nationalist military headquarters in Salamanca, Irish Legation in Spain at St. Jean de Luz, Spanish Legion at Talavera De La Reina, and Office of Protocol and Diplomatic Affairs (Nationalist Zone) at Salamanca, addressing issue of minors serving in the Irish Brigade and their removal from the front due to diplomatic and family requests.
Stradling, Robert Arthur, scholarPhotocopies of correspondence between Barbara Clarke and RTÉ, including her original letter of application for a position of dancer on Irish television. Also photocopies of related contracts and payment notices, mostly concerning the programme Shall We Dance?.
Clarke, Barbara (1939-2007), dancerPhotocopies of articles in various publications addressing the Spanish Civil War, such as the Spanish newspaper Solidaridad Obrera, and journals such as The Irish Monthly, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Journal of Breifne Historical Society, proceedings from the House of Commons, Studia Hibernica, Journal of Irish Studies, History Ireland and Volunteer for Liberty. Includes a poem entitled 'O’DUFFY, THE CHIEF OF THE “NATIONAL GUARD"', signed ‘L.O.’ and dated 10 August 1933, an article in Spanish in Solidaridad Obrera entitled ‘LA FUGURA DEL DIA. DE VALERA’, accusing Eamon De Valera of fascist sympathies (1938), and also a number of quotes in Italian from diplomat, Lodi Fé, concerning General O’Duffy, in Keogh’s Eye Witness, which includes the following translation, ‘O’Duffy is not a man of great intellectual resources; he has neither culture nor much political sense, other than a certain coarse intuition. He is above all a man of action, of great personal courage, disinterested and generous. These qualities, in the right circumstances, can make of him a useful and safe tool – Therefore it is expedient not to forget him’ (29 January 1937). In addition, an article in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record by Rev. Arthur H. Ryan, entitled ‘SPAIN, THE CHURCH, AND EUROPE’, noting events in Spain, an essay by J. Bowyer Bell in Studia Hibernica entitled ‘Ireland and the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939’, an essay by Mike Cronin entitled ‘Blueshirts, Sports and Socials’, an article in Breifne by Dermot Keogh entitled ‘AN EYE WITNESS TO HISTORY: FR ALEXANDER J. McCABE AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939’, an article entitled ‘Claremen in the Spanish Civil War’ by Peadar McNamara, and the Roll of Honour of Irishmen who fell in action in Spain whilst fighting on the Republican side and a list of International Brigadiers from Ireland that survived.
Stradling, Robert Arthur, scholarPhotocopies of articles in number of mostly Irish newspapers including The Congress News, Irish Independent, Limerick Chronicle, Limerick Leader, Cork Examiner, Connacht Tribune, Irish Press, Tuam Herald, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph, addressing the Spanish Civil War, noting recruitment of Eucharistic Congress by Chief Marshall, General Eoin O’Duffy, proposal of an Irish Brigade by O’Duffy, recruitment in Cashel, county Tipperary, the ‘red terror’ in Spain, events in Barcelona, public request for funds by O’Duffy, O’Duffy’s speech at commemoration of death of Michael Collins, volunteers from Oughterard, arrival in Spain, the Dun Aengus ship in distress, on board the S.S. Urundi, letters home from Irish Brigadiers, application of Ballinasloe Urban District Council to repossess the cottage of family of Irish Brigadier, Martin Bradley, issue of non-intervention, life in barracks at Cáceres, accounts of destruction by the ‘Reds’, General Franco’s visit to Madrid front, deaths of Brigadiers Gabriel Padraic Lee and Thomas Foley, lecture on Spanish Civil War by Jesuit priest, Rev. F. Woodlock, the battle for Madrid, and Irish Brigade leaving for home. Includes copies of a series of articles by the Irish Independent Special Correspondent, Gertrude Gaffney.
Stradling, Robert Arthur, scholarPhotocopies of an indenture dated 4 March 1873 between Timothy O’Meara, Annie Maley his daughter and Michael Maley, drawn up following the death of Thomas O’Malley. Also a transcript of same.
Cantillon, Grace née O'Malley (b. 1934), family historian