Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Part of:

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Caulfield writes that he and his wife have not started any of their expeditions yet, as there is a "spirit of lawlessness abroad ... [and] one does not know who you may meet." He says that it will be "a dreadful thing if communism in any form should develop itself", and that "American rowdyism is in vogue, and there is nothing worse." He assures Daniel that the [John O'Donovan] letters are now safe for all time, stored in a bookcase, "the one with glass and a lock and key."

Reference:

PR70/B/65

Date:

16 February 1882

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 of the "no rent cry" [?'No Rent Manifesto'] and the "spirit of communism" in Ireland, which he says the Catholic clergy are strenuous opponents of. He discusses the Land Act and the Land Commission, and that he has no doubt that Ireland will get "some measure of Home Rule" following the "present agitation". He also says that he is delighted that Daniel has donated his original pedigree to the British Museum.

Reference:

PR70/B/66

Date:

15 May 1882

Title:

Letter from Richard Caulfield and Dora Caulfield, Royal Cork Institution to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Caulfield thanks Daniel for sending the "beautiful book". He discusses a trip to Bantry and the "old Abbey grounds" where he visited a MacCarthy tomb, and a trip to Queenstown [Cobh]. He also appears to make reference to the recent Phoenix Park Murders [which occurred on 6 May 1882], describing them as "that fearful occurrence in Dublin, which I can't believe was perpetrated by Irishmen, yet the country is most unsettled." The letter is signed by both Richard and Dora Caulfield.

Reference:

PR70/B/67

Date:

31 December 1847

Title: Level:

Letter from Nicola Cianfanelli to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

2pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Letter is in Italian. An annotation by Daniel reads: "Cianfanelli with picture of his Lucia."

Reference:

PR70/B/68

Date:

6 February 1865

Title:

Letter from [Joseph] Colgan, [Catholic] Chaplain, Catholic Cathedral, Madras [India]

to [William Clarke Francis Gosling]. Level: Item Extent: 2pp