Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

in Brussels [Belgium] to see the manuscripts they have relating to Ireland. He discusses the joy it brings him to know his and Daniel's books are now in libraries in Melbourne and Tasmania.

Reference:

PR70/B/48

Date:

22 July 1879

Title: Level:

Letter from Richard Caulfield, Royal Cork Institution to Daniel MacCarthy (Glas).

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Caulfield asks for further copies of Daniel's coat-of-arms so he can put them into copies of Daniel's books that he plans to circulate. He mentions letters of thanks he has received from Sir Redmond Barry in Melbourne, Australia and Mr Browne "of Hobart Town" [Tasmania] for the books he sent.

Reference:

PR70/B/49

Date:

10 August 1879

Title:

Letter from Richard Caulfield, Hotel Belle-Vue, Dresden [Germany] to Daniel

MacCarthy (Glas), 1 Litchdon Terrace, Barnstaple [Devon, England]. Level: Item Extent: 3pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content:

Caulfield writes he has visited several cities in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. He has "seen all the libraries and the [manuscripts] they contain ... [but they] have nothing about Ireland ... all the [manuscripts] are local." He discusses the difference between Ireland and the countries he has visited, where those "who could boast of your pedigree and whose name was connected in old times with kings" have public recognition and their claims to the clanship are "immediately recognised by the state."

Reference:

PR70/B/50

Date:

27 August 1879

Title: Level:

Letter from Richard Caulfield, Royal Cork Institution to Daniel MacCarthy (Glas).

Item

Extent: Part of:

8pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Caulfield writes that he has returned to Cork after travelling to numerous cities in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. He discusses the library collections of the "old Jesuit College of Leuven" [Belgium], and how he found references to several Cork men in their collections. He also discusses Daniel's proposal to preserve a pedigree in the British Museum, and to print copies so "it will be safe for all time."

Reference:

PR70/B/51

Date:

6 September 1879

Title: Level:

Letter from Richard Caulfield, Royal Cork Institution to Daniel MacCarthy (Glas).

Item

Extent: Part of:

3pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: