The National Library.

Daniel O’ Connell. Facsimile Documents.

Dublin, Committee for Educational Services Based on the Institutions of Science and Art. 1978. 23.7 cm x 34.8 cm. 22 Facsimile Documents. With many black and white illustrations. Original Folder. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Folder is slightly worn. Leaf of folder no longer glued. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following facsimile documents: Extracts from Burke’s Landed Gentry (1846) on O’Connell of Derrynane, with the family arms and a contemporary drawing of Derrynane Abbey / Report on O’Connell’s first public speech which was made in opposition to the proposed Union, Dublin Evening Post, 14 January 1800 / Printed account of receipt and expenditure of New Catholic Rent for year 1827 / Extracts from Hansard recording the debate on the Measure for the Removal of Roman Catholic Disabilities, 5 March 1829 / Extract from the Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects, taken from Statutes Passed in the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth (1829) / Report on repeal meeting at Tara with drawing of the scene, Illustrated London News, 26 August 1843 / Government proclamation banning the repeal meeting arranged for Clontarf, issued 7 October 1843 / Extracts from the Freeman’s Journal and the Illustrated London New on the death of Daniel O’ Connell, May 1847 etc.

The National Library of Ireland has undertaken the preparation of sets of facsimile documents on themes relating to aspects of school curriculum; the present set on Daniel O’Connell is the third in the series to be published. These documents are all contemporary with the events to which they relate and they are intended to give more immediate and more interesting insights into the life and times of O’Connell than those provided by accounts in history books…These facsimiles are mainly a selection from an exhibition presented in the National Library by Mr. Gerard Lyne, M.A., Assistant Keeper, for the bi-centenary of Daniel O’Connell in 1975. One item, Facsimile 15, is from the files of the Chief Secretary’s Office at the State Paper Office, Dublin Castle, and is used here by courtesy of Mr. Brendan Mac Giolla Choille, M.A., Keeper of State Papers. (Taken from introductory page)

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · Daniel O’Connell Collection · Historic Document · History of Ireland · Irish History · Irish Political History · Library & Collection Building
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200263AB