Identity Statement
Title | Bantry Estate Collection: Ancillary |
Archive Reference | IE BL/EP/B/A |
Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/bantry-estate-collection-ancillary |
Creation Dates | 1912-1959 |
Extent Medium | 10 items |
Context
Creator(s): Employees of the Bantry estate and their relatives.
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Administrative History ↴
This ancillary material has been deposited by individuals who may have had a connection to the Estate (relatives that were employees) or were aware that the main archival collection was in UCC and wished to add to it. -
Archival History ↴
These records were deposited after the main collection was fully listed in 2003. This ancillary material has been deposited by individuals who may have had a connection to the Estate (relatives that were employees) or were aware that the main archival collection was in UCC and wished to add to it. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Employees of the Bantry estate and their relatives. ↴
It includes agent’s diaries; loose plans of buildings and landscapes; and a sketchbook by [Richard, 2nd Earl of Bantry].
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Arrangement ↴
The Bantry ancillary material is listed in order of acquisition.
1. [nd]
Pencil drawing on paper of a table showing a symbol of the Earl of Bantry (E. B. and a crown) with the table legs shown as two storks/herons (further symbolism). On the reverse is mss note with costs.
22.5cm x 18.2cm
2. [nd]
Pencil drawing on paper of a fireplace showing symbols for the Earl of Bantry on either side and below the mantle section. Also fender with animal decoration.
22.5cm x 18.3cm
3. [nd]
Ink drawings on paper of different size garden urns from various angles, with decorative details, and terrace spindles. Scale and size is included.
27.5cm x 21.5cm
4. [nd]
Pencil drawing on tracing paper of the front elevation of a lodge/church with decorative details.
33cm x 20.3cm
5. [nd]
Pencil drawing on tracing paper of the front elevation of a house/lodge and floor lay-out with measurements.
50.2cm x 22.9cm
6. [nd]
Ink drawing of “School Houses Designed for Lady Bantry” by John Cullinan. It shows the “Elevation fronting Coach Road”, the “Masters Apartment fronting the Harbour”, and the interior and exterior ground plan with each section named with measurements.
46.8cm x 40cm
7. 12 Oct. 1864
Coloured pencil and ink drawing of the “Proposed Mode for Supporting the Corridor Wall of the Billiard Room at Bantry House”, by [William Turner, Hammsmith North], Dublin.
59cm x 35.6cm
Deposited November 2004
8. 8 Nov. 1912 – 1 May 1947; 13 June 1964
Hardback notebook with mss entries by Patrick Falvey (Agent), Glengarriff Office, Bantry Estate. Entries relate to the running of the Glengarriff part of the estate – workmen’s wages and income tax paid; funeral expenses of a Daniel Falvey; tenants’ and lands; repairs carried out on the estate; accounts of possible poaching on lands “I came on 6 Free State soldiers cutting an ash tree in the Pound wood” (7 Nov. 1923); and family information – Falvey’s marriage and the births of his children are noted. Also noted are the purchases of horses by Falvey, land valuations (1936-37); and monies lent to individuals. There is an additional entry in 1964 relating to a loan. 54pp
9. 23 April 1956 – 4 Sept. 1959
Hardback notebook with mss entries by Patrick Falvey (Agent), Glengarriff Office, Bantry Estate. Entries relate to the running of the Glengarriff part of the estate – rents due; administrative issues (fuel and insurance costs); and grazing rents. 53pp & enclosure
Deposited May 2007
10. 24 Oct. [1823] – 1843
Large hardback scrapbook belonging to [Richard, Viscount Berehaven] with “Napoli 1843” embossed in gold on the spine. It holds pencil, ink and coloured drawings of landscapes, buildings, individuals, and ships, showing Pompeii, Castillamare, Napoli, Rome and Amalfi, stuck onto the pages, others are loose. Some have captions, others are missing from book. Includes loose B&W published drawings with captions in French including captions “La ville de Fribourg”; “Des Lacs de Thoune et de Brienz”; and loose published drawings on cardboard and paper, as well as sketches by the Viscount. 134 images
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions | Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets. |
Conditions Governing Reproduction | By application to the archivist. |
Creation Dates | 1912-1959 |
Extent Medium | 10 items |
Material Language Script | English |
Finding Aids | Descriptive list Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
Related Material | IE BL/EP/B/A is additional material relating to the Bantry Estate Collection held in the UCC Library, see IE BL/EP/B |
Descriptive Control Area
Archivist Note | Emer Twomey |
Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
Date of Descriptions | 2005 |