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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Article — Clippings
- Abstract:
- Newspaper cutting featuring an article concerning the approval of the Kevin Barry Memorial by the Governing Body of University College Dublin entitled ‘Announcement at N.U.I. Convocation: Erection in College’. [From the Irish Press] [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Miscellaneous documents
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- Undated manuscript note on headed paper of the Commerce Society, University College Dublin, discussing the commencement of the construction of the window and the proposed design to be submitted to the committee. The note has not been signed by or addressed to a specific individual but is presumably... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Miscellaneous documents
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- Brief undated manuscript note, written in Irish, concerning the Kevin Barry stained glass window and providing a very brief description of its background. Written on National University of Ireland headed paper. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Article — Clippings
- Abstract:
- Newspaper cutting from the Irish Press criticising the delay of the Governing Body of University College Dublin in erecting the stained glass window memorial dedicated to Kevin Barry.
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Design drawings
- Contributor:
- Harry Clarke Studios
- Abstract:
- Manuscript list of the scenes to be depicted in the stained glass window accompanied by a rough sketch indicating the positioning of each individual scene within the panels. The sketch appears on the reverse of a leaflet for Harry Clarke and Sons Stained Glass Artists and Church Decorators, Dublin. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Miscellaneous documents
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- Document provides a detailed description of the scenes to be depicted in each of the eight individual panels of the stained glass window, to be designed and executed by Harry Clark Stained Glass Limited, North Frederick Street, Dublin. The descriptions outline the subject matter of each of the... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Article — Clippings
- Contributor:
- O'Donohue, Joseph J.
- Abstract:
- Newspaper cutting from the Irish Press featuring a letter sent by Joseph J. O' Donoghue IV of New York concerning the delays in the erection of the Kevin Barry Memorial and enclosing a cheque of $100 to be expended on the memorial window. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- StillImage — Photographs
- Contributor:
- Keogh Brothers Ltd., photographers
- Abstract:
- Loose page extracted from a University College Dublin magazine, featuring a black and white print copy of a photograph of the memorial window taken by Keogh Brothers Limited. The copy also features manuscript annotations suggesting possible changes to the window's design. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Press releases
- Contributor:
- Bourke, John V.
- Abstract:
- Press copy of a statement signed by Bourke clarifying the date of the unveiling ceremony as the preparations were not complete for the intended date of Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March 1934. The statement also briefly describes the scenes to be depicted in the memorial window. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Ephemera
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- Unaddressed invitation to the unveiling of the Kevin Barry Memorial in the Council Chamber, Earlsfort Terrace, University College Dublin on 1 November 1934, written both in English and in Irish.
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- Dates:
- 1931-09-1932-08 — 1931-09
- Type/Formats:
- Text — Records (documents)
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- Manuscript document entitled ‘Kevin Barry Memorial File’ concerning the decision of the Governing Body of University College Dublin to approve the erection of a stained glass window as a memorial to Kevin Barry and detailing discussions which took place on the other forms the memorial could... [ … ]
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- Dates:
- 1932-05-24-1932-07-18 — 1932-05-24
- Type/Formats:
- Text — Minutes (records)
- Contributor:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
- Abstract:
- The minutes of the meeting pertain to a discussion on whether the scheme outlined in the 1929–30 Report should be adhered to and the possibility of deferring payment for the window and suspending the collection of funds until the permission of the Governing Body has been obtained. The minutes were... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Harry Clarke Studios — Simmonds, Charles B.
- Abstract:
- Letter from C.B. Simmonds, manager, Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited, to Bourke concerning additional charges relating to the completion of the stained glass window and the cost of supplying two inscribed tablets to accompany it. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Harrington, John F., Dr.
- Abstract:
- Letter from Dr John F. Harrington, Andersonstown, Belfast, to Bourke concerning the attempt to contact former members of the 'H' Company First Battalion, Kevin Barry's former company, who were also fellow students, in order to request their presence at the unveiling ceremony. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Coffey, Denis Joseph
- Abstract:
- Brief manuscript letter from Denis J. Coffey, president of University College Dublin, to Bourke concerning the Kevin Barry stained glass window. He has just received Bourke’s letter but will be glad to see him about it. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Coffey, Denis Joseph
- Abstract:
- Letter from Bourke to Denis J. Coffey, president of University College Dublin, informing him that the stained glass window is ready and proposing that the official unveiling ceremony be held on 1 November 1934. The letter also discusses the cost of insuring the window. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Kevin Barry Memorial Committee — Harrington, John F., Dr.
- Abstract:
- Manuscript letter from Dr John F. Harrington, Andersonstown, Belfast, to the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee discussing his attempts to gather people who attended college with Kevin Barry, who were also in the 'H' Company First Battalion of the Irish Volunteers, and requesting information about the... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Harry Clarke Studios — Simmonds, Charles B.
- Abstract:
- Brief letter from C.B. Simmonds, manager, Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited, 6-7 North Frederick Street, Dublin. "Many thanks for your letter to hand this morning. You must excuse me if I do not answer it fully until early next week. I may say, however, that I am glad any points under consideration... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributors:
- Bourke, John V. — Harrington, John F., Dr.
- Abstract:
- Typed letter from Bourke to Dr John F. Harrington, Andersonstown, Belfast, responding to his letter of 3 October 1934, concerning plans for the unveiling ceremony and the intention of the memorial committee to invite former comrades of Kevin Barry. [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Text — Letter
- Contributor:
- Bourke, John V.
- Abstract:
- Typescript letter from Bourke to members of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee requesting their attendance at a meeting in the Students’ Representative Council Room in University College Dublin on 23 March 1934. The letter includes an agenda for the meeting and informs the members that the... [ … ]
