Creator:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Dates:
1920-1935 — 1920
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text — Letter — Registers (lists) — Minutes (records)
Contributors:
Harrington, Leanne — University College, Dublin. Student Centre
Abstract:
This collection comprises the papers and correspondence of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee. The Committee was formed to raise funds to create a memorial to Kevin Barry (20 January 1902–1 November 1920). Barry, a medical student at University College Dublin, was executed for his part in an... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — Corcoran, Timothy Joseph, 1872-1943
Abstract:
Unsigned letter from Bourke, Students’ Representative Council, to Dr T. Corcoran extending an invitation to act as joint honorary treasurer, along with The O’Rahilly, of the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund. [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributor:
Bourke, John V.
Abstract:
Typed draft letter from Bourke, Students’ Representative Council, to an unspecified recipient, [possibly I.F. McInerney or I.F. Tierney?] concerning statements made in the Irish Independent newspaper and requesting that the recipient refrain from commenting on the memorial until the committee... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — McLoughlin, Edward P., Professor
Abstract:
Letter from Bourke, Students’ Representative Council, to Professor E.P. McLoughlin extending an invitation to act as joint honorary treasurer of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee.
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — Mangan, Kevin
Abstract:
Letter from Kevin Mangan, Richmond Avenue, Milltown, to Bourke advising that he may not be able to attend the next meeting of the committee but stating his strong belief in choosing a theme or central idea to guide the selection of designs for the individual panels within the stained glass window. [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — McLoughlin, Edward P., Professor
Abstract:
Brief manuscript letter from E.P. McLoughlin, Olney, Ailesbury Road, Dublin, addressed to Bourke outlining his hope that the memorial window will be a worthy tribute to the memory of Kevin Barry.
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, The National University, 49 Merrion Square. He will not be attending the unveiling ceremony but other representatives from the company will be present. He is arranging for the window to be draped and will give his... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee — O'Maille, M. J.
Abstract:
Brief manuscript letter from M.J. O'Maille, 106 Phibsboro' Road, Dublin, former schoolmate of Kevin Barry's in Belvedere College, to the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee enclosing a cheque as a contribution towards the erection of the memorial window. [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — O'Rahilly, Richard, 1903-1984
Abstract:
Manuscript letter from Ua Rathghaille, 40 Herbert Park, Dublin, informing Bourke of his inability to attend a meeting of the committee and commenting on the suggestion that the committee should provide photographs of the stained glass window to subscribers. He feels this would be too costly. [ … ]
Dates:
1927-12-04-1928-03 — 1927-12-04
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Loose sheet featuring manuscript notes on decisions made by the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee relating to the adoption of an unspecified report by the committee and the election of members to the committee for the period 4 December 1927–19 March 1928. The reverse of the page also features a list... [ … ]
Date:
1927
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Manuscript notes on decisions made by the committee at a meeting held in Earlsfort Terrace on 13 March [1927 or 1928]. The notes discuss attempts to obtain permission to erect a water font in University Church or to hold an annual memorial mass for Kevin Barry. It also refers to suggestions to... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Circular letter entitled 'The Kevin Barry Memorial Fund' containing a brief history of the memorial fund and a request for contributions and subscriptions. The letter is written both in English and in Irish and features the names of the members of the committee. The names of ex-committee members... [ … ]
Dates:
1929-1930 — 1929
Type/Formats:
Text — Annual reports
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Draft manuscript report providing a detailed history of the Kevin Barry Memorial following a proposal made at a meeting of the Students' Representative Council of University College Dublin on 2 November 1920, the day following the execution of Kevin Barry. The report is written within two short... [ … ]
Dates:
1926-1927 — 1926
Type/Formats:
Text — Annual reports
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Manuscript report, written in Irish, relating to the proposed memorial and the search for approval for the project from the Governing Body of University College Dublin. The report was unanimously adopted by the committee and has been signed by Eoin Ó Broleáin, secretary, and Pádraig O Donnobhán,... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Contributors:
Bourke, John V. — Murphy, Thomas, 1915-1997
Abstract:
Letter from Thomas Murphy, President of University College Dublin, to John V. Bourke responding to enquiries made by Bourke regarding the possibility of transferring the Kevin Barry Memorial stained glass window from Earlsfort Terrace, the former main campus of UCD, to Belfield, the current main... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Interview
Abstract:
Text of an interview with an unidentified member of the Students’ Representative Council involved in the establishment of the original fund for a memorial which commenced shortly after the execution of Kevin Barry in 1920. The interview addresses questions relating to the history of the fund, how... [ … ]
Dates:
1934-01-08-1934-03-01 — 1934-01-08
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Minutes of a meeting of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee. The minutes refer to the proposed acceptance of subscriptions from people who do not and have never attended University College Dublin and the proposed date for the unveiling ceremony. The meeting was adjourned and resumed on the 15th... [ … ]
Dates:
1934-04-27-1934-07-23 — 1934-04-27
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
The minutes concern payment due to the Clarke studio, the date of the unveiling ceremony and the decision to publish a photograph of the stained glass window in the college magazine Comhthrom Feinne. The minutes were signed by Desmond Bell, chairman, 23 July 1934, and feature manuscript annotations. […] [ … ]
Dates:
1933-11-10-1934-01-02 — 1933-11-10
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Minutes refer to the exhibition of black and white designs for the panels of the stained glass window along with comments and suggested changes made by the Memorial Committee. The minutes were signed by Desmond E. Bell, chairman, 2 January 1934. [ … ]
Dates:
1934-03-01-1934-04-27 — 1934-03-01
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Minutes refer to the question of whether to accept subscriptions from political parties and the likelihood that the stained glass window would not be completed for the intended Saint Patrick's Day unveiling. Signed by Desmond Bell, 27 April 1934. [ … ]
Dates:
1934-01-02-1934-01-08 — 1934-01-02
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Minutes pertain to a discussion on whether the committee should accept financial assistance from the public following a letter published in the Irish Press from Joseph J. O' Donoghue IV of New York concerning the Kevin Barry Memorial. Mr O' Donoghue also sent $100 to be given to the Memorial Fund in... [ … ]
Dates:
1934-07-23-1934-10-11 — 1934-07-23
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Document contains the minutes of a meeting of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee and was signed by Desmond C. Bell, chairman of the committee on 11 October 1934. The minutes refer primarily to proposed alterations to the window and payment due to Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited. [ … ]
Dates:
1934-10-11-1934-11-14 — 1934-10-11
Type/Formats:
Text — Minutes (records)
Contributor:
Kevin Barry Memorial Committee
Abstract:
Brief minutes of a meeting of the committee, signed by Kevin Mangan, chairman of the committee, 14 November 1934.
Dates:
1930-1934 — 1930
Type/Formats:
Text — Clippings
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
News-cutting regarding efforts to have a memorial erected to Barry at UCD on the anniversary of his death, and the eventual unveiling (1 November 1934) of a stained glass tribute to him designed by the Harry Clarke Studios. [ … ]