Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Moriarty, the Bishop of Kerry, writes regarding the election of a new MacCarthy Mor.

Reference:

PR70/B/502

Date:

8 April 1875

Title:

Letter from David Moriarty, the Palace, Killarney [County Kerry] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

3pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Moriarty, the Bishop of Kerry, writes that he read through most of Daniel's book [?'A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh, the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim'] and that the "subject most interests a Kerryman …"

Reference:

PR70/B/503

Date:

28 April 1846

Title: Level:

Letter from Giuseppe Moricci to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Letter is in Italian. An annotation by Daniel reads: "1846. Moricci's [receipt] for picture, The Savoyard Sweep". The painting may depict a character from the opera 'Linda di Chamounix' by Gaetano Donizetti.

Reference:

PR70/B/504

Date:

11 August 1872

Title: Level:

Letter from [?DW Morrissey], County Club, Cork to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: [?Morrissey] thanks Daniel for the copy of 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh ...', and says that he received the book from their shared friend "Mr. Franks".

Reference:

PR70/B/505

Date:

2 February 1854

Title:

Letter from John Murphy, District Model School, Dunmanway [County Cork] to

Daniel MacCarthy, 3 [?Hosse] Street, Edinburgh [UK]. Level: Item Extent: 3pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content:

Murphy writes regarding the "honest [MacCarthy] family whom you have adopted", in particular their son, Justin. It seems that Daniel has donated money to send Justin to school, but Murphy writes that Justin has not attended school as regularly as he would wish. He thinks this may be due

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