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- 1859-1904 (Creation)
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1 box; 827pp
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This material is copied from the Fenian Brotherhood Records and O'Donovan Rossa Personal Papers (collection 014) held by the Catholic University of America, and the copies were given to the James Hardiman Library by Prof. T.P. O'Neill in 1981.
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Photostat copies of papers of the Fenian Republican Brotherhood based in the United States, some typescript material but mainly handwritten correspondence relating to the running of the organisation. Early material relates to the work of John O'Mahony, James Stephens and James Mitchell. It also includes copies of the personal correspondence of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (1880-1904).
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Much of this material has been published online by the Catholic University of America (https://findingaids.lib.catholic.edu/repositories/2/resources/109).
A number of letters in this collection have been published as part of Imirce (https://imirce.universityofgalway.ie), the University of Galway's digital repository providing access to letters, life stories and other documents composed by Irish emigrants to North America.
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14/11/2016
25/07/2025