Identity area
Reference code
UGA G/G20
Title
Rev. Murphy Collection
Date(s)
- [188-]-[191-]
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
10 boxes
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Domhnall Ó Morchadha (Daniel Joseph Murphy) was born in Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo, in 1858. In the 1880s in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, he attended St Charles Borromeo Seminary and was ordained in 1889. In nearby Philadelphia throughout the 1890s, he served in
This collection is said to have been deposited in the Hardiman Library by Seán P. Mac Énrí (1862–1930) circa 1936.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to the folklore gathering and Irish language writing of Fr. Murphy, based in Philadelphia. It includes literary material (copybooks, songs and proverbs collected by An tAthair O Morchadha in Philadelphia and among the Irish community in other Pennsylvania communities.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Breisiúcháin
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Coinníollacha a rialaíonn atáirgeadh
Teanga an ábhair
Script of material
Nótaí teanga agus scripte
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Áiseanna aimsithe
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
131
Existence and location of copies
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Note
Catalog
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Status
Catalogued
Level of detail
Dátaí cruthaithe athbhreithnithe nó scrios
30-10-2014
07-07-2025