Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the archive collection of Daniel MacCarthy Glas (1807 - 1884) which is preserved by Cork City and County Archives Service. The Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection comprises almost 1,400 unique items, containing personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, paintings, and drawings. As with any large personal or family archive, the scope of the collection is immense, documenting a range of topics: from the lineage of the MacCarthy clan, to 19th-century poetry and historiography, the Irish nationalist movement, the history of Early Modern Ireland, the French Revolution of 1848, the British Empire in India and South Africa, and the Great Famine in Ireland. Most of the material in the collection relates to Daniel's historical research into the life of Florence (Finian, Finghín) MacCarthy Reagh (c.1562–c.1640), Gaelic chieftain and scholar, and the MacCarthy clan.

Cork City and County Archives Service

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Ref. IE 627/PR70

Felix Meehan Archivist

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Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5

IDENTITY STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 5

CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Creator ................................................................................................................................................ 5

Biographical/Administrative History................................................................................................... 5

Archival History ................................................................................................................................... 7

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... 8

Scope and Content.............................................................................................................................. 8

System of Arrangement .................................................................................................................... 10

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE........................................................................................................ 11

Conditions Governing Access............................................................................................................ 11

Conditions Governing Reproduction ................................................................................................ 11

Language ........................................................................................................................................... 11

Finding Aids ....................................................................................................................................... 11

ALLIED MATERIALS ................................................................................................................................ 11

Related Units of Description ............................................................................................................. 11

Publication Note ............................................................................................................................... 11

RULES/CONVENTIONS USED ................................................................................................................. 11

ARCHIVIST’S NOTE ................................................................................................................................ 11

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ITEMS .................................................................................................................. 12

PR70/A

Literary works by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas), 1856-1879 (21 items) ............................ 12

PR70/A/1

‘State Papers’, [?1856] -[?1875] (1 volume)............................................................ 12

PR70/A/2

‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’, 1867 -[?1868] (12 items) .13

PR70/A/3 'A Spanishe Letter from Don Dermicio Cartie to Florence McCartie, March 9 1600', January 1871 (2 items) .................................................................................................................. 15 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim ...', 1875 (4 items) ......................................................................................................................... 15 PR70/A/4

PR70/A/5

'The Memorial Window', 1879 (16pp) ................................................................... 16

PR70/A/6

Manuscript volume of poems written by Daniel MacCarthy (42pp)......................16

PR70/B

Correspondence, 1840-1940 (1087 items) ................................................................. 17

PR70/C

Manuscript Volumes, 1832-1879 (4 volumes).......................................................... 173

PR70/C/1

Manuscript Volume I, 1832-1877 (139 items, 279pp) ......................................... 174

PR70/C/2

Manuscript Volume II, 1847-1879 (111 items, 286pp) ........................................ 201

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PR70/C/3

Manuscript Volume III, 1847-1879 (57 items, 162pp).......................................... 225

PR70/C/4

Manuscript Volume IV, 1846-1874 (29 items, 27pp) ........................................... 238

PR70/D

Daniel MacCarthy's genealogical research, 1784-1884 (31 items)........................... 246

PR70/D/1

Pedigrees, 1784-[?1884] (19 items) ..................................................................... 246

PR70/D/2

Testimonials, 1848-1877 (8 items) ....................................................................... 247

PR70/D/3

Miscellaneous Research Documents, [?1850]-1874 (4 items) ............................. 248

PR70/E

Daniel MacCarthy: Miscellaneous Personal Items, [?1811]-1881 (15 items) ...............250

PR70/F

Daniel MacCarthy's Family, 1778-1912 [1973] (86 items) ............................................ 252

PR70/F/1 Volume containing birth, death and marriage records of Daniel MacCarthy's family, 1778-1878 (38pp)............................................................................................................ 252

PR70/F/2

Harriet Alexandrina Bassett Popham MacCarthy, 1847 (3 items)........................ 253

PR70/F/3

Daniel and Harriet MacCarthy's children: theatrical material, 1840-1845 (12 items) 253

PR70/F/4

Elizabeth Radcliffe White MacCarthy, 1847-1868 (7 items) ................................ 255

PR70/F/5

Henry Popham Tenison MacCarthy, 1852-1868 (17 items) ................................. 257

PR70/F/6

Florence Strachan MacCarthy and family, [?c.1880]-[1973] (46 items)...............260

PR70/G

Paintings and Drawings, [?1820]-1886 (119 items).................................................. 262

PR70/G/1

Portraits of MacCarthy and Popham family members (7 items).......................... 263

PR70/G/2

Paintings and sketches by Henry and Florence MacCarthy (104 items) ..............265

PR70/G/3

Drawings and prints by other individuals (8 items).............................................. 265

PR70/H

Published Works by other Authors, 1793-1893 (18 items) ...................................... 266

PR70/H/1

Thomas MacCarthy, 1819-1865 (4 items) ............................................................ 267

PR70/H/2

Denis Florence MacCarthy, 1875-1879 (4 items) ................................................. 267

PR70/H/3

'Cary's New and Correct English Atlas …', 1793 .................................................... 268

PR70/H/4

'The Unrivalled Atlas of Modern Geography for Schools and Families …', 1893 . 268

PR70/H/5 'On the Identification of the Site of the Engagement of the "Pass of Plumes" ... By Rev. John O'Hanlon,M.R.I.A.', 11 May 1874 ............................................................................... 269

PR70/H/6

'Cashel of the Kings' by John Davis White. ........................................................... 269

PR70/H/7

'Irish Pedigrees or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation' by John O'Hart, 1876 269

PR70/H/8 'Généalogie de la Maison de Mac-Carthy anciennement Souveraine des Deux Momonies ou de l'Irlande Méridionale' by P. Louis Lainé, [?1839]............................................ 270 'Searc-Leanamhain Chriost, a gCeithre Leabhraibh le Tomás A' Cempis [The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A' Kempis], [?1878] .................................................................... 270 PR70/H/9

PR70/H/10

'Proverbial Philosophy' by Martin F Tupper, 1854-1892 ................................. 270

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PR70/H/11

'Studies in Animal Painting' by Frederick Tayler, 1884 .................................... 270

PR70/I

Miscellaneous, [?c.1895]-1904 (4 items) ...................................................................... 271

Appendix i ........................................................................................................................................... 272

List of Correspondents .................................................................................................................... 272

Appendix ii .......................................................................................................................................... 276

Complete List of Correspondence................................................................................................... 276

Appendix iii ......................................................................................................................................... 309

Analysis of the MacCarthy an Duna Pedigrees [PR70/D/1/1-2] by Neil Buttimer..........................309

Portrait of Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) as a young man.

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INTRODUCTION

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference:

PR70

Title:

Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Level of description:

fonds

Date:

1778 – 1940 (1973)

Extent:

13 boxes: 9 series, 15 sub-series, 1719 files/items

CONTEXT Creator Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) [b1807 – d1884]

Biographical/Administrative History Daniel MacCarthy was born in London, England on 28 June 1807. His mother, Mary Ann (née Ward), was also born in London in 1787, as was his father, also Daniel, in 1784. Daniel’s father died at the age of 23 in April 1807, not long before his son was born. It appears that Daniel was an only child and born into great wealth. His paternal grand-uncle, Denis MacCarthy, had been a prosperous shipowner and coal merchant whose heir was Daniel’s grandfather, also Daniel MacCarthy. This Daniel had emigrated from Dromdeegy near Dunmanway, County Cork to London in 1763. Daniel MacCarthy, the subject of this biography, was educated at St Edmund’s Old Hall [St Edmund’s College], near Ware, Hertfordshire, England. It seems that he did not have a profession and moved to Italy in his early twenties. There, he married Harriet Popham in Naples on 26 May 1832. Harriet’s parents were Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham and Catherine Moffat Prince. Admiral Popham served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and invented a code of signals adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. Daniel and Harriet had three children, all born in Florence, Italy: Elizabeth Radcliffe White MacCarthy (known affectionately by Daniel as “Mimi”), born 21 June 1834; Henry Popham Tenison MacCarthy (“Rico”), born 19 May 1836; and Florence Strachan MacCarth y (“Floey”) , born 28 August 1838. By 1847, the MacCarthys were living in Devon, England – Harriet died there that summer. Further tragedy was soon to follow: their daughter Elizabeth died in the summer of 1849 aged 15, possibly from tuberculosis. Henry later died on 5 February 1865 in Madras [Chennai], India from liver disease. He was 28 years old.

Daniel MacCarthy published several novels, short stories, and historical works during his lifetime. He had several pieces of fiction published: his story 'Antonio the Student of Padua' was published in

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'The New Monthly Magazine' in 1835; his historical romances 'The Siege of Florence’, 'Massaniello', and 'The Free Lance' were published in 1840, 1842, and 1844 respectively; and his short story, ‘The Memorial Window’ appears to have been self -published around 1879. Daniel also edited a journal called 'The Tablet', published in Florence in 1835, and wrote poetry, as evidenced by a manuscript notebook of his poems included in this collection [see PR70/A/6]. However, Daniel’s great passion was the study of his MacCarthy ancestry and the history of Ireland. Most of the material in this collection relates to Daniel's historical research into the life of Florence (Finian, Finghín) MacCarthy Reagh ( c. 1562 – c. 1640), Gaelic chieftain and scholar, and the MacCarthy Glas sept of Gleannacroim, part of the ancient principality and territory of Carbery in west Cork. His books 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …' [1867] and ‘A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim ...' [1875] drew on years of research in libraries and archives, as well as correspondence with the leading scholars of Irish history and archaeology of the day. He also wrote numerous articles on the topics for academic journals and newspapers, including the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, the journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, the 'Dublin Review', and the ‘Nation’ newspaper. In 1867, Daniel began a project with George T Macartney [one of the founders of the Home Rule Party], along with support from the poet Denis Florence MacCarthy, and the architect James Joseph MacCarthy, to try and elect a chieftain of the MacCarthy clan, known as the MacCarthy Mór [Florence MacCarthy Reagh had been one of the last Gaelic chieftains inaugurated as MacCarthy Mór]. They wrote letters to numerous individuals named MacCarthy or McCarthy in Ireland and Great Britain to canvas their support for electing a new chieftain, and sent many copies of Daniel’s book, ‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’ to various notable MacCarthys/McCarthys, particularly members of the Catholic clergy in Ireland. Most of their correspondents were positive about the project, and several suggested Daniel as an ideal candidate for chieftain. Plans were even discussed for the consecration of the new chieftain at a ceremony in Killarney Cathedral by the Bishop of Kerry, Dr David Moriarty. Ultimately, however, the project petered out and Daniel withdrew his candidacy, particularly following the publication of an anonymous letter in the 'Dublin Evening Mail' which ridiculed the project [see PR70/B/274]. It was also around this period that Daniel adopted the agnomen “Glas”, which he claimed had been borne by all the descendants of his great-great-grandfather Cormac Glas. Daniel visited his beloved ancestral home of Cork at least once, in August – September 1870. The visit gave him the opportunity to finally meet many of the correspondents he had been in contact with for years, including Dr Richard Caulfield, who he described as "my learned and most kind and obliging friend". He toured the county and visited Blarney Castle, the abbey and castle at Kilcrea, Queenstown [Cobh], Passage West, Dunmanway, and Togher and Ballinacarriga castles. At the end of his visit, he noted sadly that he was unlikely to ever visit Ireland again as he "could not face the sea-sickness any more ..." For a period, Daniel and his son Florence had considered settling in Cork, and Daniel made enquiries about purchasing Togher Castle near Dunmanway, a stronghold of his ancestors, as well as several other houses in the locality. It is possible that the failure of the Overend and Gurney Bank, which apparently reduced Daniel’s income, put an end to such plans. Instead, Daniel commissioned a plaque by the Cork sculptor John Scannell honouring the MacCarthy an Orsa sept to be installed in

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the castle, where it remains to this day. Daniel also commissioned a monument by Scannell honouring the MacCarthys and his own immediate family, which was installed in Dunmanway Catholic Church in 1872. It is clear from the correspondence in the collection that Daniel was very generous: he posted numerous copies of his books to his correspondents and regularly sent money to several poor families and individuals living in west Cork. In one instance, he supported a family so that their sons could attend the Model School in Dunmanway and later helped finance the passage of one son when he emigrated to the USA. Daniel’s benevolence was often linked to his historical research: several of the individuals he sent money to also carried out genealogical enquiries on his behalf. In another instance, he sent the Irish scholar, John O’Donovan, who assisted Daniel with numerous historical queries, a painting by the 13 th -century Italian painter, Giotto di Bondone.

Daniel MacCarthy died in Southampton on 9 April 1884.

Daniel’s son, Florence Strachan, worked for a time as a farmer in Pietermaritzburg, Natal [KwaZulu- Natal], South Africa [see his letters and drawings which detail this period in great detail: PR70/B/413], before he returned to England and married Alice Linton. They lived in Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire, England, and in South Africa for a brief period in the 1870s. Florence and Alice’s children were: Catherine Mary (1867 – 1894); Florence Popham (1868 – 1922); Mary (1869 – 1951); Charles (born 1871); Donal Percy (1873 – 1954); Eugene (1874 – 1893); Aileen (1876 – 1927); and Dermod (1878 – 1880). Florence Strachan died in 1887 and Alice died in 1911. Their son, Donal Percy, emigrated to the USA around 1904 and settled in Oregon. Donal Percy’s grandchildren donated the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection to Cork City and County Archives in 2016. Archival History The collection was donated to Cork City and County Archives in 2016 by sister and brother, Susan Aileen MacCarthy-Hallett and Donal Gover MacCarthy, of Oregon, USA. An additional 21 items were donated in 2022.

Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) was Susan and Donal ’s great-great-grandfather.

It appears that the collection was inherited by Daniel’s son Florence Strachan after Daniel’s death in 1884, and then Florence’s wife Alice [née Linton] after Florence’s death in 1887. Alice clearly recognised the significance of the collection and a brief biography of Daniel written by James Coleman M.R.S.A.I. was published in The Irish Monthly in August 1896 at Alice’s behest. It is likely that it was Alice who added genealogical information about her own immediate family to Daniel’s ‘ Book of Registries of Births, Deaths, and Marriages ’ [see PR70/F/1]. The collection also includes photographs and legal documents relating to Alice, her children, and their home in Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire, England [see PR70/F/6/2-5]. It is unclear how the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection made its way from England to Oregon, USA, but it is possible that Florence and Alice ’ s son, Donal Percy, who visited England in 1911 following the death of his mother, brought the collection to Oregon.

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Another story is that Florence and Alice’s daughter Aileen inherited the collection after Alice’s death . Aileen [Sister MF Xavier] was a nun in St Mary's High School, Romford, Essex, England which experienced air raids during the First World War [see letters from Aileen to her brother Donal Percy relating to this topic: PR70/B/601]. Some believe that Aileen was concerned that the collection could be destroyed in an air raid and sent it to her brother Donal Percy in Oregon, USA. The collection was then inherited by Donal Percy’s son Eugene Daniel and finally by Eugene Daniel ’ s children Susan and Donal.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE Scope and Content

The Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection comprises almost 1,400 unique items, containing personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, paintings, and drawings. As with any large personal or family archive, the scope of the collection is immense, documenting a range of topics: from the lineage of the MacCarthy clan, to 19th-century poetry and historiography, the Irish nationalist movement, the history of Early Modern Ireland, the French Revolution of 1848, the British Empire in India and South Africa, and the Great Famine in Ireland. Most of the material in the collection relates to Daniel's historical research into the life of Florence (Finian, Finghín) MacCarthy Reagh (c.1562 – c.1640), Gaelic chieftain and scholar, and the MacCarthy clan. His published works and manuscript volumes demonstrate the enormous amount of research he dedicated to these topics, meticulously transcribing records from archives and libraries in England and Ireland. His dedication to these topics is also demonstrated by his knowledge of the Irish language [see PR70/B/382 and PR70/B/574]. Daniel’s correspondence comprises of almost 1,200 items and details his deep engagement with a network of the leading Irish scholars, antiquarians, historians, and poets of the day, including Samuel Ferguson, Richard Caulfield, Aubrey Thomas De Vere, Thomas Keightley, James Anthony Froude, Sir John Maclean, and James Henthorn Todd, to name but a few. Two of Daniel’s most regular correspondents were John O’Donovan and Denis Florence MacCarthy. O’Donovan – one of the leading Irish scholars and historians of his day – had an extensive correspondence with Daniel MacCarthy over many years, answering queries, carrying out record searches in archives and libraries, and sharing their research with one another. Daniel recognised the great historical value of the letters from O’Donovan, and bound most of their correspondence into a volume which he then deposited with Dr. Richard Caulfield of the Royal Cork Institution for safekeeping. This volume of letters is now in the National Library of Ireland, but Daniel kept a number of O’Donovan’s letters and they can be seen in the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection. While Denis Florence MacCarthy, who “at the height of his fame … was popularly regarded as one of Ireland's foremost poets, and was often referred to as the poet laureate of Ireland” 1 , corresponded with Daniel constantly from 1867 to 1879. Their close friendship is evident in the personal nature of their letters and in Daniel's dedication to Denis in his book 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim …' The letters offer a detailed insight into the tri als

1 Denis Florence MacCarthy entry by James Quinn in the Dictionary of Irish Biography : https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.005126.v1.

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and tribulations of Denis' life, and are an invaluable historical source on one of the leading Irish cultural figures of the 19th century.

Daniel’s correspondence also includes letters from several individuals who discuss the dire impact of the Great Famine in west Cork. In letters written by Bartholomew Rochford of Ardcahan, near Dunmanway, County Cork during “Black ‘47”, the worst year of the Famine, Rochford says that “… there is scarcely a person over 50 years living at present, through the means of the pestilence, which prevailed in this country during the last season …” [ PR70/B/562]. Rochford opens another letter [PR70/B/563] to Daniel w ith the following plea: “I have to disclose to you a very serious thing. At present, the difficulty which I have laboured under within these last twelve months is very serious. The failure of the Crops of this country drove many a noble family from their homes and the dire pestilence which followed was more so, many a gentleman in this country was cut off by it. I, myself & family was seized with the distemper, of which we all thank God recovered, but having lost an immense sum of money by doctors, since March last, of which also a very dear brother of mine was cut off – it brought me under adverse circumstances, so much so, that I at present rely on your generosity, to remove the embarrassment.” Father John Keleher of Dunmanway, County Cork wrote to Daniel on 20 July 1853 regarding the improving, but still precarious, situation of the potato harvest: “The prospects of the harvest are at present very good. The potato blight has very slightly been eradicated, the chances of a good crop are better than they have been for years at this season. I need not add how precarious the crop has become. Should it be a good one a very great improvement of the country must be the result. The condition already is b etter than it has been for some time.” Jane Leslie, of Kincraigie, Courtmacsherry, County Cork wrote to Daniel on 26 May [?1880] and recalled the Great Famine and her efforts to relieve some of the distress in the local community: “I was married in 1847 – I came to [Courtmacsherry] just after the Famine & saw the painful effects of it … My sisters sent me some money from India & as the worst part of the Famine was over I began a work in flax & wool both to help & to raise the crushed energies of the people …” One document in the archive is of immense cultural and historical significance: a 1784 family pedigree of the Gaelic prince Jeremiah MacCarthy (‘Diarmuid an Duna’) compiled by famous poet - schoolmaster Seán Ó Coileáin [John Collins] of Myross, County Cork [see PR70/D/1/1]. Ó Coileáin was known as the last bard of Munster, who, it is said, could recite much of the ancient history and genealogies of the region. This unique document, written in a combination of Irish and English, is one of very few original manuscripts that we know of in existence from Ó Coileáin or indeed any other Gaelic scholar from the period. Written on parchment, the pedigree bears a wax seal of John Butler, Catholic Bishop of Cork, later Baron Dunboyne. The pedigree has been subject to a detailed process of transcription and interpretation by Dr. Cornelius Buttimer, formerly of University College Cork. This pedigree helped to locate a missing “link” in Daniel MacCarthy’s own family pedigree and solved the mystery of who the father of Daniel’s great -great-grandfather, Cormac Glas, was. Daniel described the find as “historic” [see PR70/C/4/16], as it was a mystery that some of the leading Irish historians and genealogists of the day – John O’Donovan and Richard F Cronnelly – had been unable to solve. This p edigree, along with letters received from renowned genealogist, Eugene “Old Root” MacCarthy, proved to Daniel that Felim, by whom the sept lands were forfeited after the Battle of the Boyne, was Cormac Glas’ father. John Windele, an antiquarian and collector from Cork city, recognised the historical significance of the Jeremiah MacCarthy an Duna pedigree and copied it for

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Daniel in 1848 . Daniel provided financial support to Jeremiah’s son, Charles, and his family for many years and, following Charles’ death, the family gave the original pedigree to Daniel in 1867 [ see PR70/B/585]. Daniel MacCarthy was a noted philanthropist and sponsored the education of students [see for example, PR70/B/183], supported poor families and individuals in west Cork [see PR70/B/466 and PR70/B/491], and commissioned public monuments to honour the MacCarthy clan [see PR70/B/240 and PR70/E/6], all of which are documented in detail in the collection. The collection also includes a significant number of records relating to Daniel’s wife, children, and grandchildren. Many of these records were created after Daniel’s death in 1884 and broaden the scope of the collection greatly in terms of geography (with records relating to India, South Africa, and the USA), medium (many of the records consist of paintings, drawings and photographs), and date (with records dating up to 1940).

System of Arrangement A:

Literary works written by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) [21 items]

Correspondence [1087 items]*

Manuscript volumes [4 volumes (336 file/item level descriptions)]

Documents relating to Daniel MacCarthy's genealogical research [31 items]

Daniel MacCarthy: Miscellaneous Personal Items [15 items]

Daniel MacCarthy's Family [86 items]

Paintings and drawings [119 items]

Published works by other authors [18 items]

Miscellaneous [4 items]

*PR70/B ‘ Correspondence ’ is arranged alphabetically by surname 2 of sender and then chronologically. Numerous original and copy letters are also included in Daniel's manuscript volumes [PR70/C]. For a complete list of all the correspondence included in both PR70/B and PR70/C, see appendix ii. It appears that many of the letters in PR70/B were originally stored by Daniel MacCarthy in envelopes. Several envelopes were labelled by Daniel with various correspondents' names, such as "Sir Samual Ferguson, Dean O'Brien, Earl Granard …" which would suggest that these envelopes originally contained a mixture of correspondence, while other envelopes were labelled according to the topic of the letters, for example: "Correspondence relative to the Chieftainship of the MCs - MacCarthy Mor", and "Miscellaneous, Genealogical ..."

2 Lords and Earls, and those with other titles of the British nobility, are arranged by their title name rather than their family surname, if this is how they signed their letters to Daniel MacCarthy. For example, the 7th Earl of Granard, George Forbes signs his letters simply as "Granard" and Lord Dunraven (Edwin Wyndham-Quin) signs his letters "Dunraven".

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CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE Conditions Governing Access Hard copies: Accessible to Readers by appointment. Access restrictions apply to some collections. Digital object/copy (if available): see Download Media and/or Digital Reference. Conditions Governing Reproduction Rights/licensing information available on request by email to archivist@corkcity.ie. Copyright Cork City and County Archives, Cork City Council, unless otherwise indicated. All Rights Reserved.

Language English, Irish, French and Latin

Finding Aids Descriptive list available on Cork City and County Archives website: www.corkarchives.ie

ALLIED MATERIALS Related Units of Description See also:

National Library of Ireland, ‘Correspondence of John O'Donovan with Daniel MacCarthy Glas, with letters to O'Donovan from Sir William Wilde and others, 1845- 61’, MS.132.

Royal Irish Academy: Graves Collection; R. R. Madden Collection; and Windele MSS.

Boole Library, University College Cork , ‘ Correspondence to Richard Caulfield [microform]: 1864- 1877 ’, Microform UCC 2593.

Publication Note Coleman , James. ‘ Contributions to Irish Biography. No. 31: Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) ’ in The Irish Monthly. Vol. 24, No. 278, August 1896.

McCarthy, Samuel Trant. The MacCarthys of Munster: The Story of a Great Irish Sept. Dundalk: The Dundalgan Press, 1922.

RULES/CONVENTIONS USED ISAD(G) Irish Guidelines for Archival Description

ARCHIVIST’S NOTE Descriptive list prepared by:

Felix Meehan, Archivist, CCCA, July 2025

Claire Hyland, Graduate Archivist, CCCA, June 2023

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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ITEMS PR70/A

Literary works by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas), 1856-1879 (21 items)

Reference:

PR70/A

Date:

1856-1879

Title: Level:

Literary works written by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas).

series

Extent: Part of:

2 sub-series, 21 items

PR70 Scope and Content:

Series consists of several published and unpublished literary works written by Daniel MacCarthy, and some reviews and promotional material relating to these works. Most of the material in the series relates to Daniel's historical research into the life of Florence MacCarthy Reagh ('State Papers' [published in the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society and the 'Dublin Review'], 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …' [1867] and 'A Spanishe Letter from Don Dermicio Cartie to Florence McCartie' [published in the journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland in 1871]) and the history of the MacCarthy Reaghs ('A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim ...' [1875]). The series also includes some examples of Daniel's work in fiction ('The Memorial Window') and poetry (see PR70/A/6).

Daniel contributed many articles to the 'Nation' newspaper, examples of which can be seen in the manuscript volumes [PR70/C], and several are discussed in his correspondence [PR70/B].

Daniel also published several novels and short stories which are not included in the collection. See for example, 'Antonio the Student of Padua' [published in 'The New Monthly Magazine' in 1835], 'The Siege of Florence: an historical romance' [1840], 'Massaniello: an historical romance' [1842], and the 'Free Lance: a historical romance' [1844]. It also appears that Daniel edited a journal called 'The Tablet' which was published in Florence, Italy in 1835.

PR70/A/1

‘State Papers’ , [?1856]-[?1875] (1 volume)

Reference:

PR70/A/1

Date:

[?1856]-[?1875]

Title: Level:

'State Papers'.

Item

Extent: Part of:

1 volume

PR70/A

Scope and Content: An inscription on page one of the volume reads: "Papers contributed to the Kilkenny Journal and Dublin Review' by the late Daniel MacCarthy Glas". It appears that Daniel or another individual created this volume by binding the pages of his articles which were originally published in the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society and the 'Dublin Review'.

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Title page of ‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’ published in 1867. (PR70/A/2/1)

PR70/A/2

‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’ , 1867-[?1868] (12

items)

Reference:

PR70/A/2

Date:

1867-[?1868]

Title: Level:

‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …'

sub-series 12 items

Extent: Part of:

PR70/A

Scope and Content: 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh...' is concerned with the life story of Daniel MacCarthy's most prominent ancestor, Florence (Finian, Finghín) MacCarthy Reagh, Gaelic chieftain and scholar. In this book, Daniel chronicles the life of Florence MacCarthy from his childhood to his death and interweaves his story with the many letters Florence wrote throughout his long life. Daniel sourced these letters through extensive historical research in archives and libraries in Britain and Ireland. Daniel also corresponded with numerous Irish genealogists and historians through hundreds of letters and visited his ancestors' homeland of Dunmanway to speak with locals. The book also contains several detailed and complex pedigrees of the various intertwined branches of the

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MacCarthy family throughout County Cork.

The book was published in 1867 in London with several critics stating that a book on Florence MacCarthy Reagh had been sorely needed for the study of Irish History, while another reviewer stated that the book was almost unreadable. The copy here in the Cork City and County Archives is an original edition. Within it, there is a photo of the author himself as he would have appeared in 1867 at about the age of 60. Daniel's manuscript volumes [PR70/C] and correspondence [PR70/B] detail much of the historical research which informed the book. Daniel gifted numerous copies of the book to his friends and fellow MacCarthys/McCarthys, as can be seen in the many thank-you letters included in the collection.

Reference:

PR70/A/2/1

Date:

1867

Title: 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh, Tanist of Carbery, MacCarthy Mor, with some portion of "The History of the Ancient Families of the South of Ireland", compiled solely from unpublished documents in Her Majesty's State Paper Office' by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas). Level: Item Extent: 515pp Part of: PR70/A/2 Scope and Content: Includes a photograph of Daniel MacCarthy on the inside cover.

Reference:

PR70/A/2/2

Date:

31 May 1867

Title:

Advertisements and other promotional material for 'The Life and Letters of Florence

MacCarthy Reagh ...' Level: file Extent:

6 items

Part of:

PR70/A/2

Scope and Content: File includes catalogue of Longmans and Company Publishers.

Reference:

PR70/A/2/3

Date:

11 July 1867-[?1868]

Title: Level:

Reviews of 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …'

file

Extent: Part of:

3 items

PR70/A/2

Scope and Content: Includes reviews from the Limerick Chronicle newspaper dated 11 July 1867; the Westminster Review dated October 1867 [which describes Daniel's book as "almost unreadable"]; and a newspaper cutting relating to the presentation of a paper on 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …' at the eleventh annual me eting of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. Additional reviews are included in manuscript volume II [PR70/C/2].

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PR70/A/3

'A Spanishe Letter from Don Dermicio Cartie to Florence McCartie, March

9 1600', January 1871 (2 items)

Reference:

PR70/A/3

Date:

January 1871

Title: Level:

'A Spanishe Letter from Don Dermicio Cartie to Florence McCartie, March 9 1600'.

file

Extent: Part of:

2 booklets

PR70/A

Scope and Content: Two copies of an article written by Daniel MacCarthy and originally published in the journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, January 1871.

PR70/A/4

'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of

Gleannacroim ...', 1875 (4 items)

Reference:

PR70/A/4

Date:

1875

Title: ...' Level:

'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim

sub-series

Extent: Part of:

4 items PR70/A

Scope and Content: 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, from Carthach, Twenty-Fourth in Descent from Oilioll Olum, to this day' chronicles the lineage, heritage and interwoven lines of descent that define the MacCarthy family that was once one of southern Munster's greatest ruling dynasties, being mainly based in County Cork. Daniel MacCarthy, through extensive and exhaustive research conducted in British, Irish and French archives and libraries, and years long correspondence with Irish historians, antiquarians, academics and various MacCarthys scattered throughout County Cork and abroad, wrote 'A Historical Pedigree ...' in order to detail and prove his royal MacCarthy heritage in an academic setting. Daniel's manuscript volumes [PR70/C] and correspondence [PR70/B] detail much of the historical research which informed the book. Daniel gifted numerous copies of the book to his friends and fellow MacCarthys/McCarthys, as can be seen in the many thank-you letters included in the collection.

Reference:

PR70/A/4/1

Date:

1875

Title: 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, from Carthach, Twenty-Fourth in Descent from Oilioll Olum, to this day' by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas). Level: Item Extent: 218pp Part of: PR70/A/4 Scope and Content: The following notes by Daniel are written on the inside cover of the volume: "NB. The numbers on

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the margin refer to pages of ms. supplement [see PR70/C/3] … NB What I have been compelled to leave to my grandchildren to do is to search the French War Office and other military records for some account of the services in the Irish Brigade of Charles Glas, alias Charles of Loraine, and James MacCarthy Dooney or Captain James MacCarthy Duna, and also the Four Courts in Dublin for any lawsuits, or other matter relative to Jeremy Cartie Esquire or Schuldham who married his Daughter and heiress. Find for what reason was Cormac Glas of the Irish Brigade styled Charles of Loraine? He must have distinguished himself in that Duchy." Further notes by Daniel are included at the end of the book. Daniel dedicated the book to the poet Denis Florence MacCarthy, his "clansman and friend". A quote by Dr John O'Donovan stressing the need for the Irish people to carefully and accurately preserve their own genealogies is also at the beginning of the book.

Reference:

PR70/A/4/2

Date:

1875

Title:

Reviews of 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of

Gleannacroim'. Level:

file

Extent: Part of:

3 items

PR70/A/4

Scope and Content: Includes reviews from the West Cork Eagle and County Advertiser newspaper [17 April 1875], the Freeman's Journal newspaper [18 May 1875], and an unidentified and undated newspaper.

Additional reviews are included in manuscript volume III [PR70/C/3].

PR70/A/5

'The Memorial Window', 1879 (16pp)

Reference:

PR70/A/5

Date:

1879

Title: Level:

'The Memorial Window' by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas).

Item 16pp

Extent: Part of:

PR70/A

Scope and Content: This short story is dedicated to "E.T." [Essie Townshend], whom Daniel describes as his "young fair clanswoman". See related letters PR70/B/572 and PR70/B/201.

PR70/A/6

Manuscript volume of poems written by Daniel MacCarthy (42pp)

Reference:

PR70/A/6

Date:

[undated]

Title: Level:

Manuscript volume of poems written by Daniel MacCarthy.

Item 42pp

Extent: Part of:

PR70/A

Scope and Content:

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Poems handwritten by Daniel MacCarthy in a copy book. It is possible that some of these poems were published.

PR70/B

Correspondence, 1840-1940 (1087 items)

First page of a letter from John O’Donovan to Daniel MacCarthy, 18 March 1847. O’Donovan says that he has searched all the manuscripts relating to Irish pedigrees at the British Museum and Lambeth Palace Library, and found a pedigree of “Mac Cartie of Glancrime”. He also thanks Daniel for the gift of the “small Giotto” [a painting by the 13th -century Italian painter, Giotto di Bondone]. (PR70/B/517)

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Reference:

PR70/B

Date:

1840-1940

Title: Level:

Correspondence

series

Extent: Part of:

1087 items

PR70 Scope and Content:

Arranged alphabetically by surname of sender and then chronologically. Exceptions to this arrangement include correspondence relating to the construction of Daniel's house in Stourfield [Southbourne], Dorset, England [PR70/B/539], and correspondence relating to his legal matters [PR70/B/75]. Series includes several letters sent by unidentified individuals and letters sent after Daniel's death in 1884. Numerous original and copy letters are also included in Daniel's manuscript volumes [PR70/C].

Reference:

PR70/B/1

Date:

8 January 1877

Title:

Letter from [?T] St Leger Alcock, 22 Somerset Street [Portman Square, London,

England] to Daniel MacCarthy. Level: Item Extent: 4pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content:

Alcock thanks Daniel for sending a copy of his book 'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim'. He says he would like to ask Daniel's opinion of some of his own writings on social and political subjects, but fears that "there may be one or two passages of which you might disapprove." He says that he called this morning to see Daniel's son [?Florence] and hopes that he is returning to full health. His nephew is returning to Kilbrittain [Kilbrittain Castle, County Cork] but sends his thanks for the slip of paper for his copy of 'A Historical Pedigree ...'

Reference:

PR70/B/2

Date:

3 October [?1867]

Title:

Letter from John [?B], Bishop's House, Clifton [?Bristol, England] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: John thanks Daniel for the gift of 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh ...' The letter is simply dated 3 October, with no year recorded.

Reference:

PR70/B/3

Date:

16 June 1842

Title:

Letter from [William] Betham, Ulster [King of Arms], Dublin Castle [Dublin] to Daniel

MacCarthy, 70 Barnes Street, London [England]. Level: Item Extent: 3pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content:

Betham asks if Daniel can supply him with the last three of four generations of his family so he can connect Daniel to the pedigrees of the MacCarthys of Cork. Betham says that the MacCarthys were

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the "old possessors of Dunmanway and all that district". He notes that the fee for researching Daniel's genealogy will be about five or six pounds.

Reference:

PR70/B/4

Date:

21 June 1842

Title:

Letter from [William] Betham, Dublin Castle [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy, 70 Barnes

Street, London [England]. Level: Item Extent: 3pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content:

Betham discusses some of the points made in Daniel's most recent letter, and says that the estate now owned by the Earl of Bandon was previously owned by the O'Mahony family and was called Castle Maghonny. He discusses the owners of the estate after the O'Mahonys, which included MacCarthys [?Idorney]. Betham says that he has a pedigree of the Dunmanway MacCarthys descended from MacCarthy Reagh up to the present day Ballynody branch.

Reference:

PR70/B/5

Date:

27 June 1842

Title:

Letter from [William] Betham, Dublin Castle [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy, 70 Barnes

Street, London [England]. Level: Item Extent: 2pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content: Betham says he can research Daniel's family history for a fee of five or six pounds. He also tells Daniel where his [Betham's] books can be bought in England.

Reference:

PR70/B/6

Date:

27 December 1842

Title: Level:

Letter from [William] Betham, Dublin Castle [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

3pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Betham says he can arrange for his book to be sent to Daniel in Florence, Italy. He has not been able to discover Daniel's ancestry to date, but has written to a friend in Cork to "make searches on the spot …"

Reference:

PR70/B/7

Date:

25 November 1843

Title:

Letter from [William] Betham, Dublin Castle [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy, Florence

[Italy]. Level: Extent: Part of:

Item

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Betham writes that inquiries into Daniel's ancestry has revealed the identity of the current descendant of the Dunmanway MacCarthys, who is apparently in possession of the title deeds of the estate of Dunmanway.

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