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Box of index cards comprising the captions which were used to display artefacts, photographs, and documents during An Tóstal exhibitions in 1953 and 1954. The numbers on the cards correspond with the catalogue of exhibits ( See P87/1/2) and also contain details of the donors of the artefacts. Also contains cards relating to artefacts temporarily loaned to the exhibition and not listed in the official catalogue, particularly a quantity of War of Independence era militaria, much of which was donated by former Irish Volunteers Peadar Bracken and Alo O'Brennan.
Draft letter from Fr. Hurley, St Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner St., Dublin, to Pádraig [?], comprising 'notes from mss Mt Briscoe 1785.' The letter composed in Irish, contains transcripts in English from an 18th century manuscript loaned to Hurley in 1948 from Mrs Briscoe following a lecture to the Kildare Archaeological Society. Hurley notes that the author of the manuscript was a good historian and evidently had a good knowledge of sources available to him at the time of writing. The manuscript concerns the history of the Briscoes, the marriage of John Briscoe to Eleanor Kearney and the construction of Srahkerne Castle (Srah Castle, Tullamore) in 1588.
Research on Guernal Church, Co. Offaly (Parish of Gallen, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 661. Contains field sheet with sketch of site plan and eleven photographs.
Research on Kilbride Church and Graveyard, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilbride, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 662. Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, exterior and interior elevations, a written report over eleven pages and 48 photographs.
Research on Kildangan Ecclesiastical Remains, Co. Offaly (Parish of Durrow, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 667. Contains field sheet and two photographs.
Research on Knockbarron Church and Graveyard, Co. Offaly (Parish of Drumcullen, Barony of Eglish). County Inventory Registration: 676. Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, interior and exterior elevations, a written report over one page and 45 photographs.
Research on Lynally Glebe Church, Graveyard and Priest's Residence, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lynally, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 694. Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, interior and exterior elevations and inscriptions of 17th century grave slab. Incl. a written report over 14 pages and 100 photographs.
Research on Pallas Church and Graveyard Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Killoughy, Barony of Ballyboy). County Inventory Registration: 688. Contains field sheet and nine photographs.
Research on Aharney Castle, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilbride, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 879. Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and four photographs.
