Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

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.