Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/66/14
Title
Account of death of Gerald (O')Byrne
Date(s)
- 1853-1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
13pp
Context area
Archival history
The materials were donated by Kevin Fennesey, curator of the Clonmel Museum and grandnephew of Gerald Byrne, to Kerby A. Miller per letter of 21 January 1978.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Reproductions and transcripts of an 1853 doctor's statement regarding the death of former Irish landlord Gerald O'Byrne (Byrne) in Lisbon, Arkansas. Following the Great Famine, Byrne's estate in County Carlow had been taken over by the Incumbered Estates Court. Byrne followed his younger brother Charles to New Orleans while his wife and children stayed in Ireland.