Series 2 - Healy family letters

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P/P155/65/2

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Healy family letters

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  • 1921-1978 (Creation)

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38pp

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The National Library of Ireland provided Kerby A. Miller with a photocopy of letter 1 from which Miller created his transcript. The original manuscript is held in the National Library of Ireland [call number MS21733]. The remainder of the Healy letters were donated to Miller by Christopher Healy, Kilkenny, per letter of 12 January 1978.

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Transcripts and reproductions of five letters sent between members of the Healy family, originally of Skibbereen and Drimoleague, County Cork, during the early 1920s. John Healy's brother William emigrated to Alberta following World War I; another brother, Joe, went to Wales. Also included is a transcript of the donation letter.

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