Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh and the Ryans of Tomcoole papers,

1854-1983.

Political and private papers, including a large amount of correspondence of Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh and the Ryan family of Tomcoole, Co. Wexford.


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Main Creator: Ó Ceallaigh, Seán T. (Seán Tomás), 1882-1966
Contributors: Ryan, John, 1844-1921
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:The Ryans were a well-known and distinguished family from Tomcoole, Co. Wexford. John (1844-1921) and Eliza Ryan, née Sutton (1848-1930) had a large farm of some 150 acres at Tomcoole near Taghmon and had twelve children. According to the 1901 and 1911 censuses John’s sister, Catherine (Kate), also lived with them, along with farm servant, Patrick [Gennis], and domestic servant, Anne Brien (1901) and farm servants, [Laurence] O’Brien, Henry [Monaghan], and Elizabeth Collins (1911). Of their children, several would take a prominent role in revolutionary politics and would be interned in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, during the War of Independence, and the Civil War, and would go on to play a political role in the new Irish Free State. Many married well-known political figures: Mary-Kate and, two years after her death, Phyllis, married Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh; Agnes married Denis McCullough, President of the IRB; and Min married Richard Mulcahy, three years after the death of Seán MacDiarmada, whom she would probably have married had he not been executed. Unusually, all twelve children received a secondary education and eleven went on to tertiary level, either at the Old Catholic University, University College Dublin or, in the case of Jack and Martin, at the Maynooth Seminary, and several went on to become remarkable in their careers.

Physical description: 14 boxes.

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Arrangement:Fonds
Provenance:This collection was originally owned by Phyllis Bean Uí Cheallaigh, née Ryan and after her death, was sub-divided to various family members. The collection has been most generously donated by the Ryan family, specifically by Domhnall McCullough (son of Agnes and Denis McCullough), sole surviving executor of the estate of Phyllis Ó Ceallaigh, by Phyllis Gaffney (granddaughter of Chris and Michael O’Malley), and by Eibhlín O’Cionna (niece of Phyllis Bean Uí Cheallaigh).
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Correspondence: the Ryan family,

1906.
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In Collection: Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh and the Ryans of Tomcoole papers, 1854-1983.
Description:General correspondence mentioning the travels and studying of the siblings.
Letter from Kit to Min, 1 March 1906.
Letter from W. Keating to Nelly, 29 March 1906.
Letter from Nelly to Min, 19 October 1906.
Letter from Kit to Min, 5 November 1906.
Letter from Kit to Min, 18 November 1906.
Letter from Min to everyone at Tomcoole, 22 December 1906.
Letter from Kit to Min 23 December 1906.
Language:English
Extent:7 items.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 48,443/3 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.