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- 1882-1991 (Creation)
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258pp
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Archival history
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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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Leahy-Buckley lettersare 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).
The series includes: correspondence between Kerby A. Miller and donor Seán Ó Buachalla; reproductions and transcripts of the letters; correspondence from Cork County Library and Cork Archives Institute providing information on letters in the Buckley/Ó Buachalla papers; photocopies of publications mentioning Liam Ó Buachalla; Irish land valuation, agricultural, census data compiled by Bruce D. Boling pertaining to the Buckley and Leahy families; family information and photographs from descendant Lois M. Danehy; and Miller’s correspondence with Danehy and with fellow researchers while searching for information on the Buckleys.