Daniel O’Connell Collection

Repository: UCC Library Archives Service

Identity Statement

TitleDaniel O’Connell Collection
Archive ReferenceIE BL/PP/DOC
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/daniel-o-connell-collection
Creation Dates1816; 1968
Extent Medium4 items

Context

Creator(s): Daniel O'Connell

  • Administrative History ↴

    Daniel O’Connell was born in Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, in 1775 to a Roman Catholic family. He was a barrister and MP (Member of Parliament), becoming involved in politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. He campaigned for “Catholic Emancipation” the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and the “Repeal of the Union” between Ireland and Great Britain. He became known as the Liberator or the Emancipator. He led a full life, and died in Rome in 1847.

  • Archival History ↴

    IE BL/PP/DOC is Daniel O’Connell material held in UCC Library. These archives were donated to UCC in 1997 by Prof. Seán Ó Coileán, Roinn na Nua-Gaeilge, UCC. The original letter is from Daniel O’Connell to his son Maurice, at Clongowes College, Clane, Co. Kildare. The 1968 material is two pieces of correspondence between Professor Maurice R. O’Connell and Professor John V. Kelleher discussing the earlier letter’s provenance.

  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Donation

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Daniel O'Connell ↴

    1. 3 April 1816

    Mss letter from Daniel O’Connell, Cork to Maurice O’Connell (his son), Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare, asking him to write to let him know the current state of health of Morgan (O’Connell’s son). His affection for both sons is very evident “I doat with the tenderest affection on him” (Morgan) and of Maurice “I am always happy to hear of you and from you”. Includes twentieth century envelope. 2 items

    2. 29 Sept. 1968

    Typed letter from Maurice R. O’Connell (Associate Professor), Kingsfort, Kells, Co. Meath, to Professor John V. Kelleher, Westwood, Mass., USA. O’Connell is editing Daniel O’Connell correspondence for a publication by the Irish Universities Press. He writes to ask Kelleher’s advice on other possible locations of O’Connell correspondence in manuscript collections held in certain American university libraries. He asks if Kelleher has an O’Connell letter, given to him by Sean O’Faolain, and if so, if he can have a copy of it, and its possible provenance. 2pp

    3. 8 Dec. 1968
    Typed letter from Professor John V. Kelleher, Westwood, Mass., USA, to Professor Maurice R. O’Connell, Kingsfort, Kells, Co. Meath in response to the September letter above.

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent Retention

  • Arrangement ↴

    Date order

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets
Conditions Governing ReproductionBy application to the Archivist only.
Creation Dates1816; 1968
Extent Medium4 items
Material Language ScriptEnglish
Finding Aids Item description Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

There are no Allied Materials

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteCarol Quinn
Rules/ConventionsISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Date of Descriptions1998