Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Part of:

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Colgan discusses Henry Popham Tenison MacCarthy's final days alive and says that it may be of comfort to his friends to know that he died fortified by all the rites of the Catholic Church. The letter was forwarded [?to Daniel MacCarthy] with a note from Gosling saying that he only received the letter on 9 February which was too late to send it by the Bombay Mail [to England].

Reference:

PR70/B/69

Date:

[?April] 1865

Title:

Copy letter from Daniel MacCarthy, 2 Portland Place, Bath [England] to [Joseph

Colgan, Catholic Cathedral, Madras, India]. Level: Item Extent: 3pp Part of: PR70/B Scope and Content: Daniel sends the text of the inscription for his son Henry's tomb. He also encloses a postal order for 50 Rupees for masses to be said "for the soul of my dear Child".

Reference:

PR70/B/70

Date:

30 May 1865

Title:

Letter from [Joseph Colgan], Catholic Cathedral [Madras, India] to [Daniel

MacCarthy]. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

7pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Colgan acknowledges receipt of a postal order of 50.8.5 Rupees from Daniel for fifty masses to be said for the repose of Henry Popham MacCarthy's soul. He notes that Henry arrived in Madras from Rangoon [Yangon, Myanmar], and that he [Colgan] was with Henry every second day until his death. He says that "your son was esteemed by all who knew him." He notes that the Bishop of Madras, [John Fennelly] said that no charge would be made for the grave plot in the cemetery, and that Gosling has asked for him to arrange for photographs to be taken of the tomb.

Reference:

PR70/B/71

Date:

31 July 1872

Title:

Letter from Timothy Collins, East Drinagh, Dunmanway [County Cork] to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

3pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Collins recounts his closeness to Thomas O'Donovan, the great-grandson of Cormac Glas, his firm belief that Thomas O'Donovan was correct in reciting his family lineage back to Cormac Glas and states that he, the author, is in his sixty-ninth year while declaring that he will be happy to take an oath reaffirming his belief in Thomas O'Donovan's lineage.

Reference:

PR70/B/72

Date:

27 April 1875

Title:

Letter from Tim Collins, Drinagh East [County Cork] to Daniel MacCarthy, Litchdon

Terrace, North Devon [UK].