'Belfry' - Written by Billy Roche and directed by Maelíosa Stafford. Produced in Galway and also on nationwide tour of Ireland at the following venues: Galway, 27th Sept (Opening Night), The Farquhar Theatre, Foyle Arts Centre, Derry (4th Oct - 9th Oct) Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon (11th Oct) Town Hall Theatre, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo (13th Oct) Town Hall Theatre, Ballinasloe (14th Oct) Town Hall, Trim, Co. Meath, (16th Oct) Town Hall, Cavan (17th Oct) Town Hall, Dundalk. Co. Louth (19th Oct) St. Patrick's Hall, Armagh, (20th Oct) Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh (22nd Oct - 23rd Oct) Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo (24th Oct - 26th Oct) Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, Co. Derry (28th Oct - 30th Oct) GAA Hall, Tullamore (1st Nov) Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick (3rd Nov - 6th Nov) Town Hall, Skibereen, Co. Cork (8th Nov - 9th Nov) New Community Centre, Charleville, Co. Cork (11th Nov) St. Michaels' Hall, Ballyduff, Co. Kerry (12th Nov) Community Sports Complex, [no location given] (14th Nov). Includes printed programme for the production which includes an article entitled "The Wexford Trilogy" by Billy Roche and also images and biographies of Roche and cast members. (7 copies) Printed invitation to the opening night of the production at Druid Lane Theatre (6 copies); Printed flyer detailing press quotes of reviews for the play; Printed flyer with promotional image, tour details and play information. Printed programme from the Ardhowen Theatre, Autumn 1993, Co. Fermanagh , which featured a production of 'Belfry'. Also includes printed press release for the production issued by Druid. See also 'Photographs'.
File of black and white images taken during Druid Theatre production of "Belfry" by Billy Roche and directed by Maelíosa Stafford. Cast members are in costume and on set. Contact sheets also contain multiple thumbnail images. Those pictured include Séan Lawlor, David Wilmot, Stephen Kennedy, Hilary Fannin and Ray McBride. Negatives included.
File including report on the discovery of monastic bell and grave slab at Templemoyle, near Athenry, Co. Galway; index cards of notes by Etienne Rynne; transparencies of images of bell shrines and copies of publish work on the topic of monastic bell shrines.
File includes research and manuscript notes by Etienne Rynne on bell shrines and in particular Templemoyle church, Newcastle, near Athenry, Co. Galway; Notes include drawings, sketches and dimensions of stone objects at [Templemoyle]; Report on the discovery of the bell and grave slab at Templemoyle by Etienne Rynne; assorted draft and annotated copies of article by Rynne: "Locating Tisaxon - Discovery of a Bell and Graveslab near Athenry". Letters include many local figures regarding the objects and a letetr from Conleth Manning, President Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland, thanking Rynne for giving a lecture on the topic. (2002).
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Belleek, [Béal Leice]. Included are a note on the name, which can be explained by the natural bridge marked on the OS map. A note on Caladh Beag, Sloper cliffs, megalith, the Seanbhalla, Fó Chait, and Fó na bhFreangach. Rory Lavelle and James Conneelly, both of Clifden are credited with providing some of the local information.
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Belleek, [Béal Leice]. Included are a note on the name, which can be explained by the natural bridge marked on the OS map. A note on Caladh Beag, Sloper cliffs, megalith, the Seanbhalla, Fó Chait, and Fó na bhFreangach. Rory Lavelle and James Conneelly, both of Clifden are credited with provding some of the local information.
Robinson,Tim,Lavelle,Rory,Conneely,JamesFile includes TS report by Etienne Rynne entitled "Polished Stone Axehead from Belleville Demesne, Co. Galway", with details and illustrations of the objects; copy of article by Etienne Rynne entitled "Adare, Athenry, and Isle of Man - Coincidence or a Late Neolithic Connection". Also correspondence between Rynne and Andy Halpin discussing research matters going before the RIA.
As there are no title deeds in the collection, it is not clear how the Wilsons came to possess their Belvoir estate, except for Ballycullen and Coolycasey. On 26 September 1712, Richard Wilson Junior was given a fee farm grant of these lands, 507 acres, by Henry O'Brien, Earl of Thomond [LE6/B/491]. By the time of Griffith's 'General Evaluation of rateable property in Ireland', 1856, David J Wilson held land in the following townlands: Ballycullen and Coolycasey, parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Bunratty Lower; Ballyvorgal Bel, Belvoir and Belvoir Demesne, parish of Clonlea; Crag, Drumminakela and Snaty Wilson, parish of Kilseily, barony of Tulla Lower. In 1876 the estate was just over 3,000 acres with a rateable valuation of £1,056. Belvoir House was burnt down in 1881. John and Fanny Wilson made the remaining wing of Belvoir their permanent home in the 1890s. Many letters are addressed to John Wilson Lynch at Belvoir.
There were a number of mortgages secured on the Belvoir estate. The Presentation Nuns of Galway held a mortgage of £6,000 dated 14 May 1855, which they assigned to Hannah Fair and her sister Jane C Lambert on 24 July 1906. On 19 June 1862 a mortgage of £7,060 was registered against the estate following a judgement obtained in court by Patrick M Lynch. On 2 May 1862 David J Wilson mortgaged the lands of Belvoir in fee to Patrick M Lynch, for £6,000, subject to certain clauses of redemption. This mortgage was assigned to Arthur Ussher on 21 May 1877. The 2 mortgages held by the Fair family and the representatives of Arthur Ussher were paid off out of the proceeds of the sale of the estate in 1922.