Notebook filled with various notes and speech scripts prepared by Canon Hayes. Book published by Browne and Nolan, Dublin. Several pages at the beginning of the book have been detached. Inscription on inside front cover: 'Friday - 19th Nov., 1937/Rev. Fr. Hayes/Kindly read note on slate on the hall stand/J.B.'
Materials related to the tender for archaeological and conservation work for the Browne Doorway, Eyre Square, Galway. Markus Casey was the successful bidder. Includes:
-Financial quote from Casey for archaeological work (15 July 2003, 1p);
-2 copies of Casey's method statement for the archaeological resolution of the site (15 July 2003, 1p);
-Letter from Jim Higgins, Heritage Officer, Galway City Council, to Casey informing him that his tender for conservation has been successful and that the archaeological work has been allocated to another tenderer (7 October 2003, 1p).
Transcripts of two letters written 1930 and 1931 to Teresa (Browne?) in Bigbarn, County Wexford regarding her uncle John Browne (Brown), suffering from a terminal illness in New York. The 1930 letter is written by John; the 1931 letter written by his daughter following his death.
Copy of the statement given by Mons. Patrick Browne, then President of University College Galway, to the Bureau of Military History 1913 -1921 on his personal experiences from that time. His statement includes references to his friendship with Seán McDermott (one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic in 1916).
6 aerial photographs of Brown's Island and Black Rock, Annestown, County Waterford.
Manual for learning the 1931 International Code of Signals, Vol. 1, written by W.K. Stewart (Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.).
"Handwritten draft of song entitled ""Bruach a Cladaigh""."
7 aerial photographs of the site of Bruce's Castle, Ushet Lough, and Rathlin East Lighthouse, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, plus 4 black-and-white photographs of Rathlin West Lighthouse.
Abstract of a letter from an emigrant from County Roscommon in New York state giving an account of his life over the past decade and providing information on other Roscommon emigrants. The full transcript of this letter is located at P155/59/16/1.
Typed transcript of a letter sent from Bryan Kavanagh in Ballylihane [Ballylehane], County Laois to his children in America in 1843. Also includes a photocopy of the donor letter.