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1. John O'Donovan/William Reeves Correspondence


Date:: 1832-1860
Type/Formats:: text — collection
Publisher:: UCD Library Special Collections
Abstract:: Correspondence between John O'Donovan (1809-1861), and, principally, William Reeves (1815-1892): eighty letters (1832-1860) and twenty-six undated note fragments.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]

2. Letter from John O'Donovan (Trinity College, Dublin) to William Reeves, detailing the Ryeves genealogy.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

3. Letter from William Livingstone (54 Dale Street, Tradeston, Glasgow) to Eugene O'Curry (New University, Dublin), congratulating O'Curry on his appointment as 'Professor'; and discussing the study of the Gaelic literature of Scotland.


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Contributors:: O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862 — Livingstone, William

4. Copy letter from Eugene O'Curry to Rev. Burke, giving his opinion on the sheets of grammar sent to him.


Type/Formats:: Correspondence — Text
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Contributors:: O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862 — Burke, -, Reverend

5. Copy letter from Eugene O'Curry (Royal Irish Academy) to Arthur Sparrow (Penn, Moberhampton), mostly discussing prayers for the dead; invocations to the saints; the Book of Armagh; and his work with Irish manuscripts.


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Contributors:: O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862 — Sparrow, Arthur

6. Draft letter from Eugene O'Curry to John Henry Newman, criticising the 'Rev. Mr. Burke's Grammar'.


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Contributors:: O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862 — Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890

7. Transcribed copy of a letter to the editor of the 'Evening Packet' from 'An Irish Catholic', regarding the Catholic University.


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Contributors:: Evening Packet (Newspaper) — O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862 — An Irish Catholic — O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861

8. Letter from John O'Donovan (Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the meaning of the word Dobhar.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

9. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the forthcoming elections in Trinity College, Dublin.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

10. Letter from John O'Donovan (Trinity College, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing some Irish manuscripts recently acquired from Brussels.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

11. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing the meaning of some Irish words, particularly from the Belfast bell inscription.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

12. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing Irish clans and the genealogies of O'Neill and MacDonnell.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

13. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, concerning mainly Irish place names; includes O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

14. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the provenance of the Belfast bell, and referring to an internal dispute in the Royal Irish Academy.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

15. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the O'Neill genealogy and the Royal Irish Academy dispute.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

16. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, concerning Irish place and family names; includes O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

17. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing unsolved topographical questions.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

18. Letter from John O'Donovan to William Reeves, discussing the problematic printing of the Annals.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

19. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to Edmund Getty, sending some Belfast maps and translating some Irish names.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Getty, Edmund, 1799-1857

20. Letter from Johannes Donovannides John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves (Ballymena, Co. Antrim), regarding his plan to contact the Pope, and discussing O'Curry and the Royal Irish Academy.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

21. Letters from John O'Donovan, Dublin to William Reeves (Diocesan School, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing his and O'Curry's transcription of the Brehon Laws.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

22. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing different Irish manuscripts.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

23. Letter from John O'Donovan (Oxford) to James Henthorn Todd, discussing the Life of St. Columkille manuscript in the Bodleian Library.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Todd, James Henthorn, 1805-1869

24. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), transcribing a manuscript passage about the burning of Rathmore by Edward Bruce.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

25. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, incorporating O'Donovan's response to queries.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

26. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, asking for some translations; includes O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

27. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing in particular the inscription of a bell in Belfast.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

28. Letter from John O'Donovan to William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), describing his work on the Annals and commenting in passing on the Coercion Bill.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

29. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, providing a new transcription of the Belfast bell inscription; includes O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

30. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, returning answers to some queries and discussing work on the Annals.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

31. Letter from William Reeves to John O'Donovan, mainly concerning Irish place names, incorporating O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

32. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing the O'Neill genealogy in the light of claims made by one Henry Alexander.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

33. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the O'Neill genealogy.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

34. Letter from John O'Donovan to William Reeves, concerning the translation of the Culdei-celide De tract.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

35. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning the seal of a Colonel William Donovan.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

36. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning a number of genealogical and topographical questions.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

37. Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, asking for assistance at translating an Irish text; O'Donovan's response, in which he comments on the current poverty, famine and unrest in Ireland.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

38. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing place names in Armagh and the state of antiquarian studies in Ireland.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

39. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing extracts from Irish manuscripts.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

40. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, commenting on the lack of Irish political leadership and the disappearance of the Irish cultural inheritance under English rule.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

41. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the reviews of Reeves's new book.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

42. Letter and note from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing the O'Neill and O'Donnell genealogies.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

43. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, seeking advice on producing a subject index for his book.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

44. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing Reeves's work, and deploring the decline of interest in Gaelic literature.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

45. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, commenting on grammar of an Irish motto and discussing Mr. Geraghty's bankruptcy.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

46. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), concerning his work, health and his desire to emigrate to America.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

47. Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing building projects of the Gaelic aristocracy in Ulster.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

48. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the meaning of the Irish word buidechuir.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

49. Letter from W. Oldham to John O'Donovan, concerning the inscription on a brooch; includes O'Donovan's response.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Oldham, W.

50. Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing some copy-editing matters, and pointing out the forgeries of Shane O'Dugan's time.


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Contributors:: O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861 — Reeves, William, 1815-1892

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