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- 1914-1916 (Creation)
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Seán Ó Buachalla of Mallow, County Cork, great-grandson of Timothy Buckley and son of Liam Ó Buachalla/William Buckley, donated copies of the Leahy-Buckley letters to Kerby A. Miller per letter of 5 September 1991. Permission to publish the letters was granted by the Cork Archive Institute via letter of 17 May 1991. The original manuscripts are held in the Liam Ó Buachalla (Banteer) Papers, Cork City and Council Archives [reference number U203].
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Typed transcripts and photocopies of the originals for three of the Leahy-Buckley letters. The Leahy-Buckley letters are a set of six letters from American friends and relatives written to Gaelic revivalist Liam Ó Buachalla (1882-1941) of Mallow, County Cork (called by the English spelling of his name, William Buckley, in the letters). Letters in this series touch on politics of the era including World War One, the prospect of Home Rule in Ireland, and various political and economic challenges.
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The complete set of Leahy-Buckley letters and Kerby A. Miller's compiled research on the Buckleys/Ó Buachallas are located in P155/51/3.