Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan
TitleCanon Patrick Augustine Sheehan
ReferenceIE 627/U102
Date
c1896 - c1921, 1950s.
Production date 1896 - 1960
Scope and ContentManuscripts by Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan plus notes by John T. Collins.
1. c1921 MS. poem. 'Shall We Forget? (An Anticipation)', published in 1921. 18 verses in 3 parts. (3pp)
"Yea! A new light is kindling in their eyes;
The blood is tingling in their palsee'd limbs
Near and more near they see thy glories rise
A halo round thy thorn-crowned head..." (from V.1)
2. c1896 MS. poem, 'Sentan the Culdee', with meditations by a Culdee, or early Irish hermit. 9 verses. (17pp)
"This is the vision of a man of God,
Long ere the times grew saddest, and the din
Of human voices silenced in the depths
The diapason deep of God most High. (V.1)
Not where the lilies nod, the roses flame,
And gods go glimmering through leafy aisles
And sons of men grow wanton in the chase,
Or mad with lust of battle and of blood..." (V.2)
(Signed 'P.A. Sheehan')
3. nd [?1950s] MS. essay, draft/unfinished, ''The boyhood of Martin Luther''
(21pp)
4. nd [?1950s] TS. essay, "The Boyhood of Martin Luther". With note by John T. Collins on provenance. (11pp)
5. nd [?1950s] MS. note by JT Collins on 'Three manuscripts believed to have been written by the late Canon Sheehan' (Item nos. 1-3 above) (1p)
1. c1921 MS. poem. 'Shall We Forget? (An Anticipation)', published in 1921. 18 verses in 3 parts. (3pp)
"Yea! A new light is kindling in their eyes;
The blood is tingling in their palsee'd limbs
Near and more near they see thy glories rise
A halo round thy thorn-crowned head..." (from V.1)
2. c1896 MS. poem, 'Sentan the Culdee', with meditations by a Culdee, or early Irish hermit. 9 verses. (17pp)
"This is the vision of a man of God,
Long ere the times grew saddest, and the din
Of human voices silenced in the depths
The diapason deep of God most High. (V.1)
Not where the lilies nod, the roses flame,
And gods go glimmering through leafy aisles
And sons of men grow wanton in the chase,
Or mad with lust of battle and of blood..." (V.2)
(Signed 'P.A. Sheehan')
3. nd [?1950s] MS. essay, draft/unfinished, ''The boyhood of Martin Luther''
(21pp)
4. nd [?1950s] TS. essay, "The Boyhood of Martin Luther". With note by John T. Collins on provenance. (11pp)
5. nd [?1950s] MS. note by JT Collins on 'Three manuscripts believed to have been written by the late Canon Sheehan' (Item nos. 1-3 above) (1p)
Extent5 items
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordSheehan, Canon Patrick Augustine (author)
SubjectIrish Literature, Religion, Irish Nationalism, Politics
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RepositoryCork City and County Archives