To be fully consulted
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n.2720, p.1624.
Materials for a biography of Daniel O'Connell,
by his daughter
Ellen Fitzsimon.
- Sections:
- To do: Finish first pass.
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Need to read from Ch.4 (p.138) up to Appendix p.160 (the end).
- Dense writing with no chapter or section headers. Hard to read on microfilm.
- To do: Find where originals are.
- MS 1503.
An account of the life of Daniel O'Connell by his daughter,
Ellen Fitzsimon, 1843.
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O'Connell family history at the start. Mainly the Derrynane line.
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Covers Daniel O'Connell's life up to 1794.
Ms 33,565.
Mostly Daniel O'Connell letters to Mary O'Connell.
Dates 1801-1836.
53 folders.
- No easy breakdown.
Have to do
searches.
- Many of these are on microfilm in:
n.2716, p.1620.
"Letters of Daniel O'Connell to his wife, 1800-16."
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It is unclear if there is anything on that microfilm that is not here in original in Ms 33,565.
- Ms 33,565/1 has 1800-1802 letters.
- Ms 33,565/2 has 1802 letters.
- Ms 33,565/3 has 1803 letters.
- Ms 33,565/4 has 1804 letters.
- DONE first pass:
- Ms 33,565/10 has 1810 letters.
- Ms 33,565/11 has 1811 letters.
- Ms 33,565/12 has 1812 letters.
- Ms 33,565/13 has 1813 letters.
- Ms 33,565/14 has 1814 letters.
- Ms 33,565/15 has 1815 letters.
- Ms 33,565/16 has 1817 letters.
- Ms 33,565/17 has 1818 letters.
- Ms 33,565/18 has 1819 letters.
- Ms 33,565/19 has 1820 letters.
- Ms 33,565/20 has 1821 letters.
- Ms 33,565/21 has 1822 letters.
- Ms 33,565/22 has 1823 letters.
- Ms 33,565/23 has 1824 letters.
- Ms 33,565/24 has 1825 letters.
- Ms 33,565/25 has 1827 letters.
- Ms 33,565/26 has 1829 letters.
- Ms 33,565/27 has 1830 letters.
- Ms 33,565/28 has 1831 letters.
- Ms 33,565/29 has 1832 letters.
- Ms 33,565/30 has 1833 letters.
- Ms 33,565/31 has 1834 letters.
- Ms 33,565/32 has 1835 letters.
- Ms 33,565/33 has 1836 letters.
- Ms 33,565/34 has undated letters.
- DONE first pass:
- Ms 33,565/36 has various dates letters.
- Ms 33,565/37 has 1820 letters.
- Ms 33,565/38 has 1830 letters.
- Ms 33,565/39 has 1815 letters.
- Ms 33,565/40 has 1823 letters.
- Ms 33,565/41 has various dates letters.
- Ms 33,565/42 has copies of letters.
- Ms 33,565/52 has various dates letters.
- Ms 33,565/53 has various dates letters.
- Ms. 13,650.
Letters from Mary O'Connell to Daniel O'Connell.
Dates 1801 - 1814.
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32 folders.
No breakdown.
Have to order 8 at a time.
- MS 13,650 (1). Jan-June 1801.
- MS 13,650 (2). July-Dec 1801.
- MS 13,650 (3). 1803.
- MS 13,650 (4)
is withdrawn for preservations reasons.
This is one letter, March 1804.
- MS 13,650 (5). Nov 1804.
- MS 13,650 (6). Nov 1804.
- MS 13,650 (7). Nov 1804.
- MS 13,650 (8). Dec 1804.
- MS 13,650 (9). Apr-July 1805.
- MS 13,650 (10). Aug 1805.
- DONE first pass:
- MS 13,650 (11). Mar and Aug 1806.
- MS 13,650 (12). Apr 1806.
- MS 13,650 (13). 1807.
- MS 13,650 (14). Mar 1808.
- MS 13,650 (15). Apr 1808.
- MS 13,650 (16). Aug 1808.
- MS 13,650 (17). Jan-Mar 1809.
- MS 13,650 (18). Mar 1809.
- MS 13,650 (19). July-Sept 1809.
- MS 13,650 (20). Mar-Apr 1810.
- MS 13,650 (21). Aug-Oct 1810.
- MS 13,650 (22). Mar 1811.
- MS 13,650 (23). Apr-Sept 1811.
- MS 13,650 (24). Mar-Apr 1812.
- MS 13,650 (25). Aug-Oct 1812.
- MS 13,650 (26). Mar 1813. Some withheld for conservation.
- MS 13,650 (27). Apr 1813.
- MS 13,650 (28).
- MS 13,650 (29).
- MS 13,650 (30).
- MS 13,650 (31).
- MS 13,650 (32).
Consulted
- MS 47,337. 19th century newspaper cuttings and copies of 19th century letters.
- MS 47,339. Old documents and illustrations relating to Daniel O'Connell.
- Transcript of pedigree of O'Connell. Date 1816.
- The original is a pedigree of O'Connell written by Daniel O'Connell in 1816.
Written on sheets that have been bound with a printed copy of
The Life and Speeches of O'Connell, vol.1, 1846.
- The original can be seen in microfilm
n.4907, p.4939.
The printed book in the microfilm runs to 294 pages.
The pedigree is hard to read.
- Hand written copy in microfilm
p.1624.
Also hard to read.
- There is an easy to read typed transcript of the 1816 pedigree in MS 47,336/2.
- Some anecdotes about the O'Connell family of Derrynane.
- O'Connell of Derrynane tree.
- O'Mullane tree.
- O'Connell family tree of 1994. Computerised. 86 pages. Cryptic format. Hard to follow.
- Correspondence of Maurice Rickard O'Connell with
Basil O'Connell.
- MS 47,392. 1955-1971.
- Earlier letters have little family history. Discussion of the future of Derrynane House.
- Family history really starts in 1967 letters.
- Letter from Basil, 28 Jan 1967.
- Letter from Maurice, 6 Sept 1967.
- Letter from Basil, Oct 1967.
Hand-written not typed, so very hard to read.
- Letter from Basil, 11 Oct 1967.
Hand-written not typed, so very hard to read.
- Letter from Basil, 25 Dec 1967.
Genealogy of Daniel's children and siblings.
- Letter from Maurice, 30 Dec 1967.
Mentions meeting
Alice Curtayne and her husband.
- Letter from Basil, 7 Jan 1968.
- Letter from Basil, 13 Jan 1968.
Genealogy of Daniel's siblings and some other branches.
- Letter from Maurice, 7 Feb 1968.
- Letter from Basil, 16 Feb 1968.
He is looking at O'Maras but gives no details.
- Letter from Basil, 19 Mar 1968.
- Letter from Maurice, 21 June 1968.
He is gathering O'Connell letters from many different sources.
- Letter from Basil, 13 Nov 1968.
Notes on family portraits.
- Letter from Basil, 29 Nov 1968.
The story of Ellen Courtenay, accuser of Daniel O'Connell.
- Letter from Maurice, 6 Dec 1968.
Notes on family portraits.
- Letter from Maurice, 2 Mar 1969.
Maurice says
"Splinter"
seems not to be brother of the Liberator's wife.
- Letter from Basil, 6 Mar 1969.
Discussion of "Splinter", and Ellen Tuohy marriage 1803.
- Letter from Maurice, 8 Mar 1969.
Discussion of "Splinter".
He is definitely not Mary's brother.
- Letter from Maurice, 5 Apr 1969.
- Letter from Basil, 12 Apr 1969.
- Letter from Maurice, 30 Apr 1969.
- Letter from Basil, 5 May 1969.
Discusses Ellen Tuohy marriage settlement 1803.
- Letter from Basil, 21 July 1969.
More on Ellen Tuohy marriage to Henry Blennerhassett.
Tuohy family sketch on back.
- Some notes on illegitimate children called O'Connell in 1820s.
- The previous has notes (think not connected with the illegitimate children)
about Ellen O'Connell, dau of Charles Hussey and grand-niece of the Liberator (maybe through his wife).
Ellen died in 1853.
See notice in
Limerick Chronicle,
2 Nov 1853.
That original says "Charles Hussey".
Though
BMD in O'Kief
thought the father was "Charles Hurly".
To be fully consulted
Revisit card index for every single possible surname.
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MS 47,334. Card index A-N.
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Go through Ellen Tuohy's
card
(and back)
as Mrs. Blennerhassett.
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Go through
card
for Henry Blennerhassett.
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Go through
card
for 1st Baronet.
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MS 47,335. Card index O-Z.
- Get all O'Connell cards for all siblings of Mary.
- Get card for Ellen Tuohy as Mrs. Ellen O'Connell.
- O'Connor.
To be consulted
- Go through archive systematically.
- Large archive. Guide is thin on details.
Hard to see where different material is.
Letters reference family trees. Unclear where these are.
- To do: Go through whole thing systematically.
- MS 47,338/1. Folder 1: circa 50 items.
- MS 47,338/2. Folder 2: circa 49 items.
- MS 47,338/3. Folder 3: circa 82 items.
- Looked at catalogue up to: MS 47,341.
- MS 47,377. 1972-1996. Correspondence with Gerry Lyne. Marked as "not for consultation" (too recent).
