T.J. Clanchy Descriptive List (Ref. PR11)

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A4 Family Photographs

28.

[1860s-1910s] Bundle of photographs of TJ Clanchy and his family (1)

Envelope containing 3 portrait photos of TJ Clanchy and one of his wife, Mary Anne. A note on the reverse of one portrait of TJ Clanchy suggests a date in the early 1860s. (2) Envelope containing a photo of Marion (Mary Anne) Clanchy and a photo of her sister, Sarah Slattery. There is a note on the reverse of the second photo by Elizabeth Murphy, nee Clanchy, daughter and niece respectively to these women. No date. (3) Envelope containing two portrait photos of Elizabeth Clanchy as a child. (4) Envelope containing 4 portrait photos of May (Mary) Clanchy, step-sister of Elizabeth. (5) Envelope containing 2 portrait photos of Hugh Clanchy (son of TJ Clanchy), 2 nd Leinster Regiment, 1914, in uniform. Also, one photo of him in civilian dress, marked “Hugh at Ramsgate” [undated]. (6) 2 photographs of the interior of Clanchy’s home at Sunville, St Luke’s, Cork. One shows the drawing room, the other the foot and part of the main staircase [and entrance to room]. Also present are photocopies of these photographs and of 2 other photographs, showing an internal archway and the conservatory. Many ornamental items, pieces of furniture, paintings, and photographs may be seen. [Undated]

A5 Poems and Drawings by TJ Clanchy

29. [4 August 1918] 3 copies of a poem by TJ Clanchy beginning ‘May life like a flower that opens before you’. One copy, dated Christmas Eve, 1895, is signed from ‘Pappy’ to ‘Lizzie’ (Elizabeth Mary, his daughter). This copy is torn down the middle. The other two copies, one of which is dated 4 August 1918, are directed by Elizabeth to her daughters Marjorie and Sheila Murphy, with a note of dedication. 30. [1890s] 3 poems by TJ Clanchy. All undated. (1) Printed poem, entitled ‘The Bounding Brothers’, with a note on the reverse by Clanchy explaining that the brothers of the title are the political figures, John and William Redmond. (2) Ms poem, entitled ‘The Bell Buoy’, beginning ‘There’s a bell that is always tolling’. Includes an illustration by Clanchy, and a marginal note [by a publisher].