An Tóstal - artefacts from exhibition
- IE OCL P87/1/10
- 1953
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
An Tóstal - artefacts from exhibition
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Papers, notes, publications, and artefacts mainly relating to the hosting in 1953 and 1954 of an exhibition of Offaly's history and archaeology in Tullamore as part of An Tóstal, a national festival celebrating Irish culture. Fr Hurley, or An tAth Seosamh Ó Murthuile as he was also known, was the chief organiser for the exhibition, and collected and schematically displayed original artefacts, manuscripts and illustrations detailing Offaly's history from pre-historic times to the modern era.
The remainder of the collection relates to non-Tóstal related notes, publications and ephemera from 1903-1962.
Hurley; Joseph (1905-1984), Jesuit priest and Irish language scholar
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Disbound but complete edition of 'Árd na h-Éireann, An Irish-Ireland Magazine' published by An Craobh Colmchille, Conradh na Gaeilge, Tullamore, its second and final publication (1904). Contains a foreword by Séamus MacAodhgáin, editor, and essays by William Bulfin ('Che Buono'), William H. Grattan Flood, Maire de Buitléir, E.J. Delahunty, and Douglas Hyde among others. Printed by Athlone Printing Works, the magazine carries a significant amount of local advertising from businesses across county Offaly.
The first issue of 1903, the original not extant here, is represented by articles photocopied from an original edition belonging to Frank Meehan and supplied by Portlaoise Library to Tullamore Library in 1985, featuring essays by Fr Matthew Russell, S. J., David Sherlock, Seaghan Ó Liatháin, and William H. Grattan Flood.
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Two issues of 'Feasta', the first from November 1950, featuring an article by Fr Hurley on Clonmacnoise: 'Sean-mhainistir Ghaelach Chluain Mhic Nóis', the second from December 1952.
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Photocopied lecture notes (with duplicates) prepared by Fr Hurley for courses he delivered in Irish history and archaeology, with an emphasis on Offaly, to Bórd na Móna and University College Dublin (extra-mural studies).
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Newspaper articles by Fr Hurley and other Jesuit scholars on aspects of Irish history.
1.'Art Exhibition in Tullamore'. by Rev Mr Anthony Mills, S.J., St Stanislas College, Tullamore
Conradh na Gaeilge Leabhar Cuimhne 1893-1943
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
Commemorative publication on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Conradh na Gaeilge, featuring essays from Domhnall Ó Corcora, Brian MacGiolla Phádraig, Sean Ó Súilleabháin, and Piaras Béaslaí among others.
Notes on Srah Castle and the Briscoes
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley
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.
An Tóstal exhibition County Offaly, 1953-1954
Part of Papers of Fr Joseph Hurley