Thomas MacDonagh Papers,
1898-1916.
The collection contains the correspondence, literary and political papers of Thomas MacDonagh. Included are drafts of his poetry, plays, reviews and lectures and associated documentation relating to the journal the 'Irish Review', his notes and writings relating to the Irish Volunteers, applications for university teaching posts and some newscuttings. Also included are literary papers of his mother Mary-Louise MacDonagh (née Parker), of Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English Some text in Irish. |
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| Notes: | Originally listed in 'Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilisation' edited by Richard J. Hayes (Boston : G. K. Hall, 1965). Related Materials: Thomas McDonagh Family Papers, MS 44,318-44,345 and Thomas MacDonagh Additional Papers, MS 20,642 - 20,650; held in the Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. Physical description: 5 boxes. more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds I. Literary papers of Thomas MacDonagh, 1901-1916, II. Notes and writings relating to the Irish Volunteers, 1914-1916, III. Correspondence of Thomas MacDonagh, 1901-1916, IV. Applications made by Thomas MacDonagh's for university teaching posts, 1913, V. Financial accounts relating to the journal the 'Irish Review', 1911, VI. Newspaper cuttings relating to Thomas MacDonagh, 1906-1916, VII. Literary papers of Mary-Louise MacDonagh, 1898-1902. |
| Provenance: | Collection donated to the National Library of Ireland in 1947. |
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Annotated typescript, early draft of poetry collection 'Songs of myself' (1910),
circa 1908-1910.
| In Collection: | Thomas MacDonagh Papers, 1898-1916. |
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| Description: | Comprises a manuscript contents page and annotated typescript copies of the poems 'After a year' ; 'The suicide' ; 'In fever' ; 'Sonnet' ['In absence'] ; 'In the storm' ; 'The anchoret' ; 'A dream of age' ; 'The young king and the young queen' ['Our story'] ; 'The preacher' [unpublished poem, omitted from final book] ; 'May day on Corrin' [ommitted from final book, later published posthumously as 'May day' in 'The poetic works of Thomas MacDonagh', 1916] ; 'Return' ['A song of another : for Eoghan'] ; 'The rain it raineth' ; 'To a poet of dead joy' ['At the end'] ; and 'A dream of being'. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (22 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 10,851/3/1
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |