Hardback notebook containing bibliographic references and notes on military history, Huguenot settlements, the Irish as a people, Kate O’Brien, William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetNotebook kept by John Heffernan, marked on the inside cover ‘A General Compendium English Notes II’ and containing notes on Francis Bacon, Dante Alighieri, Eugene O’Growney, and Thomas Davis.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianHardback notebook containing handwritten notes on history and English literature; and a section entitled ‘A.M.D.G. The Sacred Ceremonies of the Church at Low and High Mass, and on Diverse other Occasions’. Signed ‘Andrew Heffernan’ on the front leaf.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianSmall bound hardback notebook containing notes relating to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, narrative entitled ‘Alexander’; notes from (or relating to?) Thomas MacDonagh’s Literature in Ireland; notes on Anglo-Irish literature, writers of the seventeenth century and bardic poetry. Also a copy of Yeats’ love-poem ‘The Songs of Connacht’ and drafts of Lorna Reynolds’ own poems. Some pages written in German, French and Irish.
Reynolds, Lorna Teresa (1911-2003), academic and poetNotebook containing two sets of notes taken during lectures. The first set relates to a lecture given by Professor Brückner on milling techniques, the second (written upside down from the back) to a series of lectures by Professor Pelschenke on the processing of cereals. The notes presumably relate to Hella’s training at the Institute for Grain Processing in Potsdam.
Fuller, Hella née Scholz (1925-2003)Small wire-bound notebook containing notes by Anne O'Mara on her state of health, medication prescribed and advice received from doctors. Inserted between the pages is a religious note card from Sister Lucy dated 10 February 1975. [Anne O’Mara died the following day.]
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickNotebook containing handwritten notes by Madge Daly relating to her uncle John Daly.
Daly Family of Limerick CityNotebook containing diary entries made by Stephen O’Mara Senior between 2 April and 19 September 1910, mainly relating to his state of health. The rest of the book contains assorted notes by Anne O’Mara made between 1967 and 1975, including accounts of wages paid and to do-lists.
O'Mara family of Strand House, LimerickReporter’s notebook containing customers’ accounts, with an index of customers on the first page.
Daly Family of Limerick CityHardback notebook marked ‘Andrew Heffernan’ on the front cover containing cash accounts of food items and petrol.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historian