Marie Foley Deposit
TeidealMarie Foley Deposit
TagairtIE 627/SM702
Dáta
1873, 1970 (1920s)
CruthaitheoirFoley, Marie | donor
Dáta táirgthe 1873 - 1980
Scóp agus InneacharItems relating to John Walsh and Tom Crofts and their related families. These include the following:
SM702/1, Illuminated address to John Walsh Esquire, upon his resignation as Buyer for Messrs. Thomas Lyons and Company Limited, Cork, following 17 years service and his appointment as Repesentative for Ireland of Messrs. M. Bottomley Junior and Company, Bradford, England. The address originally accompanied a service of silver plate also presented to Walsh as a mark of his colleagues' esteem. Signed on behalf of the subscribers, Chairman John Murray and Secretary [Thomas D. Pym]. The address is richly decorated and was completed by John Gilbert, Cork (1873).
SM702/2, List of names of c. 50 subscribers to testimonial for Mr. John Walsh , including companies, in Cork, Dublin, Bradford and Glasgow, with amounts varying between £5 and £1.
SM702/3, Copy of newspaper clipping, probably from the Cork Examiner, on 'Death of Tom Crofts recalls daring 1921 escape', with obituary for Tom Crofts, formerly a brigade officer of the I.R.A. in Cork, during the War of Independence (1971).
SM702/4 portion of family tree, Walsh, Crofts and Humphries beginning with William Walsh (1806-1902), and mentioning Elizabeth Crofts (1842-1908), possibly the aunt of Tom Crofts of the IRA.
SM702/1, Illuminated address to John Walsh Esquire, upon his resignation as Buyer for Messrs. Thomas Lyons and Company Limited, Cork, following 17 years service and his appointment as Repesentative for Ireland of Messrs. M. Bottomley Junior and Company, Bradford, England. The address originally accompanied a service of silver plate also presented to Walsh as a mark of his colleagues' esteem. Signed on behalf of the subscribers, Chairman John Murray and Secretary [Thomas D. Pym]. The address is richly decorated and was completed by John Gilbert, Cork (1873).
SM702/2, List of names of c. 50 subscribers to testimonial for Mr. John Walsh , including companies, in Cork, Dublin, Bradford and Glasgow, with amounts varying between £5 and £1.
SM702/3, Copy of newspaper clipping, probably from the Cork Examiner, on 'Death of Tom Crofts recalls daring 1921 escape', with obituary for Tom Crofts, formerly a brigade officer of the I.R.A. in Cork, during the War of Independence (1971).
SM702/4 portion of family tree, Walsh, Crofts and Humphries beginning with William Walsh (1806-1902), and mentioning Elizabeth Crofts (1842-1908), possibly the aunt of Tom Crofts of the IRA.
Méid4 items
TeangaEnglish
Eochairfhocail an duineWalsh, John Baptist | d1912 | Cork, Crofts, Tom | d1971 | IRA
ÁbharWar of Independence (Ireland), Civil War, Ireland (1922-1923), Family History, Illuminated Addresses
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