Context: V.i.4. Memoranda and plans for fortification and defence in Ireland, by John Pit Kennedy,

V.i.4. Memoranda and plans for fortification and defence in Ireland, by John Pit Kennedy,

circa 1848.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Kennedy, John Pitt, 1796-1879
Summary:	Includes plans for the defence of Abbeyfeah, Co. Limerick and for the Merrion area, Co. Dublin; a directive relating to police aid in Co. Donegal; directions for storming barricades; copies of documents which concern John Pitt Kennedy's donation to the Orange armament in 1848; sketches of flanking defences for the protection of police officers, portable musket-proof window flank defences and positions of posts at Merrion Square; notes on the effectiveness of pikes and bayonets; and general orders from Dublin headquarters directed to all Irish defence forces.
In collection:	John Pitt Kennedy papers, 1800-1964.
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Published / Created:	[ca. 1848].
Subjects:	Defensive (Military science) Fortification > Ireland > 19th century Strategy Orangemen > Ireland > 19th century
Notes:	Physical description: 1 folder, 15 items.
Arrangement:	Sub-fonds.

John Pitt Kennedy papers, 1800-1964.

I. Correspondence of John Pitt Kennedy, 1811-1875.
II. Correspondence of the Kennedy family and others, 1800-1957.
III. Books and reports, 1864-1976.
IV. Kennedy genealogical and biographical material, circa 1853-1952.
- IV.i. Kennedy family genealogical material, circa 1823-1838.
  - IV.i.1. Printed Kennedy family tree compiled for the book, "A family of Kennedy of Clogher and Londo...
  - IV.i.2. Transcript notes on the Kennedy family by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, circa 1830.
  - IV.i.3. Manuscript notes tracing John Pitt Kennedy's pedigree to Kenneth IV of Scotland, circa 1923.
  - IV.i.4. Draft pedigrees of the Kennedy family mostly, by Geoffrey Winthrope Young, [n.d.]
  - IV.i.5. Miscellaneous notes on the Kennedy family, circa 1936.
- IV.ii. Kennedy relatives' genealogical material, circa 1936.
  - IV.ii.1. Genealogical materials relating to the Cary/Carey family, [n.d.]
  - IV.ii.2. Genealogical materials relating to the Crookshank family, circa 1936.
  - IV.ii.3. Genealogical materials relating to the Stewart family, [n.d.]
  - IV.ii.4. Genealogical materials relating to the families of Squire, Skipton, Tomkins, Maxwell, Moore...
- IV.iii. Miscellaneous genealogical material, 1895-1952.
  - IV.iii.1. Genealogical materials relating to the Peel/Peele family, 1895-1931.
  - IV.iii.2. Miscellaneous draft pedigrees of various families, [n.d.]
  - IV.iii.3. Miscellaneous manuscript genealogy notes and coats of arms, circa 1952.
- IV.iv. Kennedy family biographical material, circa 1880-1940.
  - IV.iv.1. John Pitt Kennedy biographical material, circa 1880-1940.
  - IV.iv.2. Miscellaneous Kennedy family members' biographical material, circa 1902.
V. Ephemera and visual material, 1817-1903.
VI. Newspaper cuttings and miscellanea, 1842-1964.

V.i.4. Memoranda and plans for fortification and defence in Ireland, by John Pit Kennedy,

circa 1848.

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Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	John Pitt Kennedy papers, 1800-1964.
Description:	Includes plans for the defence of Abbeyfeah, Co. Limerick and for the Merrion area, Co. Dublin; a directive relating to police aid in Co. Donegal; directions for storming barricades; copies of documents which concern John Pitt Kennedy's donation to the Orange armament in 1848; sketches of flanking defences for the protection of police officers, portable musket-proof window flank defences and positions of posts at Merrion Square; notes on the effectiveness of pikes and bayonets; and general orders from Dublin headquarters directed to all Irish defence forces.
Main Creator:	Kennedy, John Pitt, 1796-1879
Created:	[ca. 1848].
Language:	English
Extent:	1 folder, 15 items.
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 49,529 /78 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.