Edward Fitzgerald Descriptive List (ref. PR79)

Scope and Content: Postcard sent from Edward Fitzgerald to his son John, at The Tower, Ringaskiddy, commenting on how he is doing at school. Photograph shows a coloured image of the Church of the Resurrection, St Petersburg.

Reference:

PR79/13

Date:

August 1914

Title: Level:

World War One Sailor's Prayer

item

Extent:

1 sheet

Scope and Content: Small printed text of a prayer for sailors during WWI, issued by the chaplain of the fleet. An instruction above the text of the prayer asks the sailor to 'slip this inside your cap'. The prayer asks for the forgiveness of sins. On the reverse of the prayer is a note 'grandfather Edward Fitzgerald during war 1914'. Fitzgerald was in the service of the HMS New Zealand throughout the war.

Reference:

PR79/14

Date:

29 August 1914

Title: Level:

Commemorative image of Pope Pius X

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Extent:

1 sheet

Scope and Content: Reproduced photograph titled 'The Late Pope Pius X', published in the Cork Weekly Examiner and Weekly Herald Pictorial Supplement. Image is of the pope seated on an elaborate throne. Photograph credited to the Topical Agency, London.

Reference:

PR79/15

Date:

3 Mar 1915

Title: Level:

Postcard from Mrs Buckley to Edward Fitzgerald

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Extent:

1 sheet

Scope and Content: Postcard with studio portrait of an unidentified older woman, possibly Mrs Buckley. Postcard is addressed simply: 'To Mr Ed. Fitzgerald. With Mrs Buckley's good wishes.'

Section IV: Items dated 1917 to 1918

Reference:

PR79/16

Date:

1917

Title: Level:

Short history of Sir Henry Hudson’s naval explorations

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Extent:

2 pages

Scope and Content: Typed history, signed E. Fitzgerald 1917, detailing the exploits of the seventeenth century explorer Hudson. The text is a short account of events between c.1607 and c.1611 in North America. Attached is a copy of the painting ‘Voyaging to the Great Beyond’ (The Last Voyag e of Henry Hudson) by John Collier.

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