Frank O'Donovan Donation
TitleFrank O'Donovan Donation
ReferenceIE 627/SM810
Date
1996-2004
CreatorO'Donovan, Frank | donor
Production date 1996 - 2004
Scope and ContentMixed file of material regarding O'Donovan family history, Castledonovan near Drimoleague, and dances at the Oratory at St Vincent's convent, Cork. Includes the following:
1. O'Donovan, Miriam (ed), A short history of the O'Donovan clan, (Cork: the O'Donovan Clan, 2000).
2. Items relating to Castledonovan, including two photos ('1999 Before Stabilisation' and '2005 work in progress'; five photos printed onto paper (two b/w, three colour); two photocopies of newspaper articles with images of the castle: 'The Old Place, Drimoleague in 1648' [undated], and 'Kings of the Castle', from West Cork News, 16 Feb 1996.
3. Correspondence regarding dances at the Oratory at St Vincent's Convent, Cork, in the 1940s. Includes a letter to Frank O'Donovan from Sr M Aquinas, St Vincent's Convent School, Sisters of Charity, St Mary's Road, Cork (26 Jul 2000) and O'Donovan's reply, and letter from O'Donovan to Richard T Cooke, Cork Historian, 19 Apr 2004
4. Photocopy of text, 'Extract from Bless em all, Eibhlis de Barra', regarding the Oratory.
5. Article from Irish Times, 14 Dec 1999, 'Southern Report' by Dick Hogan regarding a book on northside urban folklore, Life Journeys (Cork: Northside Folklore Project, 1999).
1. O'Donovan, Miriam (ed), A short history of the O'Donovan clan, (Cork: the O'Donovan Clan, 2000).
2. Items relating to Castledonovan, including two photos ('1999 Before Stabilisation' and '2005 work in progress'; five photos printed onto paper (two b/w, three colour); two photocopies of newspaper articles with images of the castle: 'The Old Place, Drimoleague in 1648' [undated], and 'Kings of the Castle', from West Cork News, 16 Feb 1996.
3. Correspondence regarding dances at the Oratory at St Vincent's Convent, Cork, in the 1940s. Includes a letter to Frank O'Donovan from Sr M Aquinas, St Vincent's Convent School, Sisters of Charity, St Mary's Road, Cork (26 Jul 2000) and O'Donovan's reply, and letter from O'Donovan to Richard T Cooke, Cork Historian, 19 Apr 2004
4. Photocopy of text, 'Extract from Bless em all, Eibhlis de Barra', regarding the Oratory.
5. Article from Irish Times, 14 Dec 1999, 'Southern Report' by Dick Hogan regarding a book on northside urban folklore, Life Journeys (Cork: Northside Folklore Project, 1999).
Extent5 sub-files [15 pages/items]
Persons keywordO'Donovan
SubjectFamily History, Local History, 1940s
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