Cork Literary and Scientific Society (CLS)

Cork Literary and Scientific Society Descriptive List

2. 1836 Fragment of MS. volume with list of names [of those reading papers at the CSLS], and dates. Names include George Osborne, Walter Murphy, Michael Cagney, John Mahony, Denis Lane (Denny Lane), Eugene Sweeney, Jeremiah O'Connor, John Sullivan, R. Newenham, etc. (1p)

3. [1860s] MS. essay, 'Perhaps no name was more familiar....[in] our City of Cork for ... every new discovery in Physical Science that that of Messrs. Jennings...'. Mentions Cork Cuverian Society. (2pp)

4. 1884-1885 MS. extracts from [minute books of CSLS], concerning erection of new lecture hall or premises. (1p)

5. nd MS. speech, unknown hand, in response to an essay [delivered to CSLS]. Refers to inadequate account of Johnathan Swift's career in Ireland. (8pp)

6. 4 May 1893 MS. letter from [Fred] Clibbom/Clibborn, 7 Wellington Rd., Birkenhead, England, to Thomas Farrington MA, Hon. Sec., Cork Literary and Scientific Society. Thanks him for cheque. He was much pleased with the large and kindly appreciative audience which gathered for his lecture last week. (4pp)

15. Essays, Numbered 1819 – 1827 (77 items)

Ref.

CLS/015

Date:

1819 - 1827

Title:

Essays - Numbered

Level: series Extent: 77 items Scope and Content: Essays read at Cork Philosophical and Literary Society/ Cork Scientific and Literary Society.

Ref.

CLS/015/001

Date:

1819 - 1820

Title:

Essay No.1 'On the Superiority of Poetry over Painting' by ?Samuel C.Hall

Level: item Extent: 18pp Scope and Content: Essay No.1 'On the Superiority of Poetry over Painting', by ?Samuel C. Hall [Hale].

Ref.

CLS/015/002

Date:

1819 - 1820

Title: Essay No.2 'On the Propriety of introducing ladies to the Society's meetings', by CR Dodd. Level: item