Ceannt and O'Brennan Papers, 1851-1953.

Eamonn Ceannt's papers include materials re Conradh na Gaeilge, Aonach na Nodlag, Irish Volunteers, Dublin Municipal Officers' Association, and Dublin Pipers' Club. Also, papers concerning his relationship with Áine Ceannt.

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Main Creator: Ceannt, Éamonn, 1881-1916
Contributors:
Ceannt, Áine, 1880-1954
O'Brennan, Kathleen M., 1876-1948
O'Brennan, Lily M., 1878-1948
Albert, Father, O.F.M.Cap., 1877-1925
Augustine, Father, O.F.M. Cap., 1870-1954
De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975
De Valera, Sinéad, 1878-1975
Green, Alice Stopford, 1848-1929
Milligan, Alice, 1866-1953
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957
O'Donnell, Peadar
Pearse, Margaret, 1878-1968
Holloway, Joseph, 1861-1944,
Equi, Marie, 1872-1952
Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940.
Walsh, Maurice, 1879-1964
Morton, May
Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922
MacDonagh, Muriel Enid Gifford, 1884-1917
Macardle, Dorothy, 1889-1958
Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918
Gaelic League (Ireland)
Dublin Municipal Officers' Association
Dublin Pipers' Club
Irish White Cross
Cumann na mBan
Irish Red Cross
Irish Volunteers
Aonach na Nodlag
Summary: Áine Ceannt's papers include letters from Fathers Albert and Augustine, Eamonn and Sinéad De Valera, Alice Milligan, Alice Stopford Green, Peadar O'Donnell, Margaret Pearse, Jack B. Yeats. Also, papers re Cumann na mBan, Irish White Cross, Irish Red Cross.

Kathleen O'Brennan papers include letters from Marie Equi, Joseph Holloway, Alice Milligan, May Morton, Lennox Robinson, Maurice Walsh, Jack B. Yeats, Elizabeth Yeats. Also includes material re political activity in United States, 1916-1922, and drafts of literary works.

Lily O'Brennan papers include Erskine and Molly Childers, Muriel MacDonagh, Dorothy MacArdle, Alice Stopford Green, Alice Milligan, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Jack B. Yeats. Also, papers re Cumann na mBan and account of her involvement in 1916 Rising. Drafts of historical and literary works, including The Call to Arms published in 1929 with the pseudonym Esther Graham.

Includes: card signed by the Irish delegation of plenipotentiaries, 20 Oct. 1921.
Format: MANUSCRIPT
Language: English
Subjects:
Ceannt, Éamonn, > 1881-1916
Uilleann pipes > Ireland
Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916
Ireland > Politics and government > 1910-1921
Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921.
Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
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Notes:
Physical description: 17 boxes (284 folders)

Finding Aids: Finding aid available: NLI Manuscripts Collection List No. 97.

Arrangement: Fonds
I. Papers of Éamonn Ceannt. II. Papers of Áine Ceannt. III. Papers of Lily O'Brennan. IV. Papers of Kathleen O'Brennan. V. Political Documents, 1916-1949. VI. Other Papers.
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Draft letter with manuscript annotations by Áine Ceannt to the editor of an unidentified newspaper requesting space to contradict an account of the role of Éamonn Ceannt during the Easter Rising,

1936 [May?].

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In Collection: Ceannt and O'Brennan Papers, 1851-1953.
Description: Áine Ceannt refers to the acccount in the book 'Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz' in which Éamonn Ceannt was "deposed" before the surrender of the 4th Battalion during the Easter Rising, 1916 and Con Colbert surrendered and was subsequently shot.
Main Creator: Ceannt, Áine, 1880-1954
Language: English
Extent: 1 item (1 page).
Format: MANUSCRIPT
Call Number: MS 41,480/4/22 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights: Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.