Guide to the Collections held by the National Library of Ireland (as filmed by the AJCP), 09 March 1714-1968

Summary

Collection number:

M2025 - M2048

Creator:

National Library of Ireland

Extent:

336 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Journal 1853-1855 of Rochefort Maguire on a voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu on the Emily, from Honolulu to Pt Clarence on HMS Amphitrite, and to Point Barrow and the Behring Straits on HMS Plover.

Correspondence 1834-1848 of Thomas Spring-Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle. Subjects include transportation; Molesworth Committee; Sir Richard Bourke; Spring-Rice's appointment to Colonial Office; poor Irish emigrants; and Antarctic expedition. Correspondents include G. Arthur, Prof. G. Peacock, Lord John Russell, Sir John Barrow and Sir Wilmot Horton.

Letters 1895-1924 from Michael Davitt and Archbishop M. Kelly to William O'Brien.

Papers 1842-1891 of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, including commonplace book and letters of W.S. O'Brien.

Papers 1797-1798 concerning United Irishmen sentenced to transportation.

Register of prisoners at an Irish gaol, possibly Spike Island Government Prison, April 1849-October 1850.

Papers 1848-1911 of Rev. W. Hickey, comprising typescript copies of letters of Young Irelanders referring to transportation to Van Diemen's Land, W.S. O'Brien, Eva O'Doherty, Australian gold discoveries, and Irish affairs.

Papers 1831-1838 of Sir Richard Bourke on administration of New South Wales. Main correspondents are D. Perceval, J.J. Therry and R. Therry.

Notes and cuttings 1859-1871 of Sir Thomas Larcom on Irish emigration to Australia and Fenian convicts in Western Australia.

Papers 1957-64 of Alan Queale concerning Irish in Australia.

Journal August 1806-October 1810 kept by Lieut. I. Farqueson on voyage round the world, referring to the overthrow of Governor Bligh and arrival of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in Sydney.

Correspondence 1882-1914 of John Redmond, mostly relating to the visit of the Irish delegation to Australia in 1906. Correspondents include John Devlin, Cardinal P. Moran, H.B. Higgins and Hugh Mahon.

Correspondence 1871-1874 between J.C. Hoey and Lord O'Hagan concerning C. Gavan Duffy and W.E. Gladstone.

Correspondence 1946-53 between T.J. Kiernan and F. Gallagher concerning Archbishop D. Mannix, H.V. Evatt, Sir Keith Murdoch and Irish Embassy in Canberra.

Records 1916-1920 of Irish National Aid Association and Volunteer Dependants Fund relating to their fund-raising activities in Australia and New Zealand.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn765860] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

National Library of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland.

For further information see National Library of Ireland (http://www.nli.ie/).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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