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- 1936 (creation)
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32 items
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This collection consists of a number of photographic print copies of material relating to the Guillermo Herries League, which was set up in 1936 in an attempt to have the newly constructed bridge over the Chicago River named after an Irish explorer. It shows the attempts of the League to find information in Ireland relating to Herries, reputedly from Galway, who sailed with Columbus, and also to have the bridge named after him.
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The material is accessible to all bone fide researchers, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at the James Hardiman Library. For a full statement of the conditions, please see: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/archives/conditionsofaccess/
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Researchers must seek the written permission of the Archivist before publication of material from the archival holdings, and the source must be acknowledged.
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15/04/2013
27/03/2017