Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

Reference:

PR70/B/257

Date:

14 November 1867

Title:

Letter from George T Macartney, Lisrenny, Ardee, County Louth to Daniel

MacCarthy. Level:

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Macartney returns JJ McCarthy's letter to Daniel [letter not included] saying he approves of it, and plans to visit JJ [in Dublin] on Saturday. He discusses Donal McCarthy "who settled in Scotland, time of Robert [the] Bruce", and how he has seen old documents in which [?McCarthney] stands for Macartney.

Reference:

PR70/B/258

Date:

22 November 1867

Title: Level:

Letter from George T Macartney, 6 Hatch Street, Dublin to Daniel MacCarthy.

file

Extent: Part of:

2 letters PR70/B

Scope and Content: Macartney writes that he visited JJ McCarthy and their views "coincided". He says he called to four other MacCarthys/McCarthys and "advocated our want and met with favourable replies with one exception – a Protestant from Kerry." He forwards a letter from Robert Macartney from County Antrim, who is the son of a small farmer and works as a "land surveyor and valuator", noting that he thinks it "well to obtain the opinions of poor as well as rich." He asks Daniel to return the letter [a copy made by Daniel is included with this file].

Reference:

PR70/B/259

Date:

[25 December] 1867

Title: Level:

Letter from George T Macartney, 6 Hatch Street, [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

3pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Macartney thanks Daniel for his very kind invitation, but says he is obliged at this time to be in Ireland. He thinks their "programme" [to elect a MacCarthy Mor] is "progressing fairly if not rapidly and Mr JJ [McCarthy's] visit to Kerry will do good." He encloses a letter [not included] from "Mr Ellison Macartney" [John Ellison-Macartney (1818-1904)], which he says "does not look favourable, however it is well to see all opinions both for and against [MacCarthy Mor]."

Reference:

PR70/B/260

Date:

11 April 1868

Title: Level:

Letter from George T Macartney, 6 Hatch Street, [Dublin] to Daniel MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

4pp

PR70/B

Scope and Content: Macartney writes that he is delighted to hear from Daniel again, and that he has not forgotten the MacCarthy Mor "scheme", and that his "idea all along has been to nominate [Daniel] as the candidate for clan suffrage." He says that when "the Establishment falls the thing to do is to continue