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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father — Maughan, Margaret
- Abstract:
- Letter to Fr. Gleeson from Margaret Maughan, Greenhills, Garryowen, County Limerick, thanking him for the information relating to the death of her son James. She is grateful that he died a happy death. She pays tribute to Fr. Gleeson for all his work. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father — Campbell, Roger, Mrs.
- Abstract:
- Letter to Fr. Gleeson from Mrs. Roger Campbell, 171 Menard Street, Firfield, Glasgow, thanking him for his interest in her son, Private William Campbell, 6934. He is one of four brothers in the army, two of whom she has not seen since they went to war in August 1914. The youngest is in Germany since... [ … ]
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- Dates:
- 1914-1918 — 1914
- Type/Formats:
- Text — Diaries
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father
- Abstract:
- Handwritten page from a diary of Fr. Gleeson, noting the death of Barsby, ‘who died a very holy death’ (p1). It also discusses the purchase of crosses for graves and the making of coffins.
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father — Dawes, H.
- Abstract:
- Letter to Fr. Gleeson from H. Dawes, 2 Hawley’s Quay, Limerick, thanking him for his letter. He is hopeful his son, Frank, will be found alive.
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father — Doyle, Margaret, Mrs.
- Abstract:
- Letter to Fr. Gleeson 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, British Expeditionary Forces, France, from Mrs. M.. Doyle, 57 Wolfe Tone Street, Cork, thanking him for his letter regarding her husband, Sergeant J. Doyle. She has not heard from Doyle since 7 November and asks Fr. Gleeson to find out... [ … ]
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- Creator:
- Ireland. Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Dates:
- 1914-11-18-1916-07-13 — 1914-11-18
- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter — Miscellaneous documents
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Great Britain. War Office — Royal Irish Constabulary — Great Britain. Army
- Abstract:
- File contains request from Intelligence Officer Irish Command for enquiries to be made as to whether any persons have been observed prospecting for minerals on the islands off the Cork and Kerry Coast. Further includes request from Royal Irish Constabulary, relative to the alleged supply of petrol... [ … ]
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- Creator:
- Ireland. Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Dates:
- 1915-09-03-1916-07-27 — 1915-09-03
- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter — Miscellaneous documents
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- British Sailors Society
- Abstract:
- File contains Rolls of Honour for Irish Lights employees serving in the British Armed Forces during World War I. The Rolls of Honour were provided for publication in the 'Irish Civil Service Year Book' and for the British & Foreign Sailors' Society. [ … ]
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- Creator:
- Ireland. Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Dates:
- 1915-02-14-1916-10-10 — 1915-02-14
- Type/Formats:
- Text — StillImage — Letter — Miscellaneous documents
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Great Britain. Admiralty — Lloyd's (Firm)
- Abstract:
- File contains confidential Admiralty Memoranda re: 'Instructions regarding Hostile Submarines' ; 'Submarines in Home Waters' ; 'Instructions regarding Use of Rifles and Machine Guns by Merchant Vessels for Defence against Aircraft and Submarines' ; 'A Suggestion for rendering ships of the Mercantile... [ … ]
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- Dates:
- 1914-1918 — 1914
- Type/Formats:
- Collection — Text — Letter — Diaries — Registers (lists)
- Publisher:
- UCD Library, University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Gleeson, Francis A., Father — Dowling, Noelle
- Abstract:
- A collection of papers belonging to Fr. Francis A. Gleeson relating to his time as Catholic Military Chaplain to the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers during World War I. The papers include diaries detailing life at the front and religious activities, Brigade Rolls listing mainly Roman Catholic... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Transcriptions
- Contributors:
- Dowling, Noelle — Sobolewski, Peter
- Abstract:
- Typed transcript of handwritten original "Brigade roll mainly of Roman Catholics fighting with the British Expeditionary Forces".
