Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

the MacCarthy Mor project, and that he will send a postal order to Mr O'Mahony to give to Mrs Shorten so "he can take down some of her Rhymes".

Reference:

PR70/B/373

Date:

9 July 1873

Title:

Letter from Eugene MacCarthy, Inchiquin [Corofin, County Clare] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Eugene writes that a friend has been unable to call to Mrs Shorten and write the keen. Eugene hopes to call to her himself but notes that she is a "peevish cross old woman …"

Reference:

PR70/B/374

Date:

9 August 1873

Title:

Letter from Eugene MacCarthy, Inchiquin [Corofin, County Clare] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Eugene writes that he cannot help uncover any further information about Charles of Lorraine, he believes that Owen, son of Felim, never left Ireland, and he has heard that Charles of Lorraine was originally from Kerry.

Reference:

PR70/B/375

Date:

29 August 1873

Title:

Letter from "The Old Root" [Eugene MacCarthy], Inchiquin [Corofin, County Clare] to

Daniel MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Eugene writes that he has had some success in discovering the reason behind Cormac Glas's absence from Dunmanway. He notes that he has not heard back from Father Collins and his brother since the death of their mother. Eugene again mentions how beautiful the Catholic Church at Dunmanway is with the MacCarthy monument.

Reference:

PR70/B/376

Date:

21 September 1873

Title:

Letter from Eugene MacCarthy, Inchiquin [Corofin, County Clare] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Eugene writes that he always knew Betsy Shuldham was the daughter of Jeremy MacCarthy and not Denis of Dyrragh but he did not want to contradict [Richard F Cronnelly] on the matter. Eugene remembers the Rochford mentioned by Daniel and says he was a near relation of Daniel's. He says

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