Materials pertaining to an early-to-mid-19th century underground grainstore found during construction at the corner of Buttermilk Walk and St. Augustine Street in Galway city centre in mid-July 1987. Workmen at the Buttermilk Walk development broke through what they saw to be the roof of an underground chamber and informed their superiors of the discovery. the construction firm, O'Malley Construction Ltd., then informed Galway City Corporation. Markus Casey and a photographer were sent to investigate and document the cellar. Despite reaching what Casey saw as an agreement to preserve the cellar, seven weeks later workmen demolished the roof and filled in the cellar, rendering it inaccessible.
Includes:
-4 colour photographs and 1 black-and-white photograph, all with captions by Casey, depicting the interior of the cellar;
-Maps showing the location of the cellar in St. Augustine Street and a rendering of the cellar (5pp);
-Paper by Casey, 'The Cellar in St. Augustine Street', detailing how the cellar was rediscovered, its appearance, its construction, its likely origin and function, and proposals for preserving the cellar within the new development (2pp);
-Handwritten draft of the above paper (4pp);
-Handdrawn sketch of the cellar and its dimensions on foolscap (1p);
-Handwritten report by Casey on the destruction of the roof of the cellar by construction workers and the subsequent filling of the cellar with rubble (2pp).
Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico. Concert held at Great Southern Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, directed by Elias Arizcuren and featuring Regina Nathan. Includes printed concert programme with details of works performed, introduction from Olive Braiden, Chair of the Arts Council, biographies of musicians and list of members of Music for Galway.
File includes a contract made between Etienne Rynne and Croom Helf Ltd. Publishers, for writing of book chapter, "Celtic and Early Historic Ireland", for inclusion in book "The Archaeology of Britain and Ireland".
Files of correspondence, notes, research and other material relating to Celtic and Renaissance Art from Etienne Rynne.
Files of material relating to research of Celtic and Renaissance Art
File includes letters between Etienne Rynne and others such as Stuart Maxwell, National Museum of Antiquities, Scotland; Breandá [ ], National Museum of Ireland; Charles [ ], University of Edinburgh; Cynthia Warhurst, Ministry of Finance, Ancient Monuments Branch, Government of Northern Ireland; Marguerite Le Roux, Rennes; C.T. Le Roux, Circonscription des Antiquités Préhistoriques. Other documents include summary report on a lecture given by Etienne Rynne on the subject of "The Revival of Celtic Art in Late Medieval Ireland and Scotland" to the Royal Society of Antiquiries of Ireland (Nov [ ] ) File also includes some press cuttings of news coverage of stories relating to Celtic and Renaissance Art.
File of black and white photographic prints including a group photograph of the Thomond Archaeological Society Committee, in which Etienne Rynne is pictured (1965); Other prints include assorted images of objects, places and items relating to Celtic and Renaissance Art researched by Rynne, including a design on tomb at Clontuskert; 17th and 18th [Scottish iron] swords; stone carvings from Askeaton, Co. Limerick; unnamed metal shrines from National Museum of Ireland; metal work and postcards of items from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland; stone carvings at a church ruin in Boyle, Co. Roscommon (National Museum of Ireland) and other related images.
File includes assorted offprints and copies of published articles and books on various topics related to Celtic and Renaissance Art.
File of manuscript loose-leaf sheets of notes with assorted detailed writing and research by Etienne Rynne on assorted topics of Celtic and Renaissance Art. Includes many drawings and sketches of objects, items, landmarks and locations. Some sketches relate to Holycross Abbey, Co. Tipperary, Cashel Cathedral, Co. Tipperary; Clontuskert Abbey, Co. Galway; Church Road, Cahir, Co. Tipperary; Irish book-satchels; Liathmore, Little, Co. Tipperary; Corcomroe Abbey, Co. Clare; Louvre, Paris; Sligo Abbey; St Canice's Cathedral, Co. Kilkenny; The Corpus-Christi College Cork Satchel; and numerous other such objects and items.
File relating to a lecture given by Etienne Rynne, entitled "The Celtic Approach to Art", delivered as part of the Rathmichael Historical Society 7th Summer School, Shankil, Co. Dublin. Includes programme flyers from the Summer School and correspondence between Rynne and the event organisers. This lecture was also delivered to University College Cork Archaeological Society and to the Old Wexford Society, and also an earlier lecture (1978) to Clogher Historical Society.