This sub-series contains handwritten drafts of children’s stories, mostly unattributed but presumably by Condell.
Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of LimerickThis sub-series contains drafts of some of Tom Nestor's radio plays, short stories, novels and articles.
Nestor, Thomas G. (1936-2023), writerDrafts and fragments of untitled or unfinished poems, or poems with illegible titles, mostly manuscript but some typescript. In six folders
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetManuscript and typescript drafts of a lecture relating to Lugaid Mac Con, the legendary High King of Ireland, delivered by Looney to An Clan MacCon at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, county Tipperary in June 1986. With related research material, including correspondence and photocopied extracts from books. Also handwritten notes on the related figure of Cormac Mac Art; Mac Con and Mac Art genealogies; and the way clan names were formed in prehistoric times. Also see P43/3/2/4/12.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianManuscript and typescript drafts and fragments of drafts of a paper entitled ‘Ideals of the Irish Literary Revival’ presented by Lorna Reynolds at the Celtic Consciousness symposium in Toronto in February 1978. Also see P74/1/2/2/4.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetDrafts of a sermon delivered by John Heffernan at Moycarkey, county Tipperary on 8 May 1927.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianManuscript and typescript drafts of an article ‘Sracfhéachaint ar Logainmneacha Baile Átha Cliath’ published in Studia Hibernica No. 15 (1975). With a related bibliography, research notes and correspondence. Includes notes for an excursion to townlands of interest in the Dublin area in 1971. In Irish.
Daly Family of Limerick CityMultiple typescript drafts of an essay entitled ‘The Rhythm of Synge’s Dramatic Prose’; with related notes.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetDrafts of Chapter 4 of The Round House O’Malleys, containing an account of the lives of Denis O’Malley, his wife and their children.
Cantillon, Grace née O'Malley (b. 1934), family historianHardback notebook labelled ‘II Over the Border’ containing handwritten draft of part of the novel Sons of the Swordmaker beginning upside down from the back. Opens: ‘In their own time the numerous stories of the sword fights’ (pages 1-29). Also contains draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Thirty Pieces of Copper (11-14 September 1935), pages 1-8; draft of the short story Over the Border (begun 8 October 1934), beginning at the front with chapter one and continuing on right hand pages, 1-49; draft of the short story Prudent Dan (14-30 October 1935), pages 1-28; draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Canary Bird (pages 1-10); untitled piece beginning: ‘This “Somewhere to the Sea” is a novel about Dublin by a Dublin man’ (2 pages). Alterations. Each text is paginated separately.
Walsh, Maurice (1879-1964), writer