English literature: from A.D. 670 to A.D. 1832


School book entitled English Literature by S A Brooke.

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Court martial documents


Copies of charge sheets, witness statements, summary of evidence delivered to the court martial of Barry for the murder of Privates Whitehead, Washington, and Humphries at Church Street Dublin (15 October 1920); includes detailed statements from soldiers present at the ambush and military medical personnel who received the dead and wounded at the Richmond Hospital; also includes the cross examination of witnesses conducted by Barry himself. There is a second copy of each of the charge sheets and statements.

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Histoire d'un chien


School book entitled Histoire d'un Chien by Mme de Witt, inscribed 'Kevin G Barry, St Mary's Rathmines'.

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Letter from Dan Barry to Mrs Barry Moloney regarding progress on a booklet about Barry


Letter from Dan Barry, Coiste Foillseachan Naisiunta (National Publications Committee), Cork, to Mrs Barry Moloney regarding progress on the booklet about Barry, and enclosing a print which he has copied. Also mentions that he has passed cover drawings to Sean Cronin, and is waiting for a quotation for 10,000 copies of the booklet.

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Freedom


Copy of a special issue of a Republican pamphlet (possibly fragment), entitled Freedom published on the anniversary of Barry's death and including an article on him entitled 'Vigil -A Memory', which also appears to allude to civil war hostilities.

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Dates for examinations and directions to candidates


Dates and details of the Spring, Summer and Autumn examinations for all courses of the National University of Ireland, directions to candidates outlining rules and regulations governing examination procedures.

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Certificate of registration in the medical student's register


Certificate entering Barry's name in the Register of Medical students for Ireland, issued by the Medical Registration Office, Dawson Street, Dublin, signed by Richard J E Roe, Registrar.

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News-cuttings about Barry's anniversary commemorations


News-cuttings from national papers on Barry's anniversary commemoration, mostly reports on masses and other commemoration events; also personnel recollections of Barry and his execution and a feature on the National Museum's acquisition of material related to 1916, which includes a letter written by Barry in Mountjoy (November 1935).

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Considerations submitted by Albert Wood, Esq., K.C., and Sean MacBride, Esq., B.L., as to why the sentence of death imposed on Thomas MacCurtain by the Special Military Court on the 13th day of June 1940 should not be carried out


Typescript copy of considerations submitted to the Taoiseach by Albert Wood KC and Sean MacBride BL as to why the sentence of death to be carried out on Thomas MacCurtain (son of Thomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, murdered 1920) for the murder of a detective garda should be set aside.

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Family trees for the Dowling, Barry and Bourke families


Typescript charts with manuscript annotations (some photostats) of family trees for the Dowling, Barry and Bourke families of counties Tipperary, Kildare, and Carlow, with notes on their interrelations from the 18th to the early 20th century.

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Typescript copy of a letter from Barry sent to 'A---'


Typescript copy of a letter from Barry sent to 'A---' (all names deleted except for the initial), a fellow student at University College, Dublin, from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin commenting on the progress of his friends in their studies and sending his regards, 'Now Remember me to B--- and gradh mor to F---. Tell her to give the said gradh from me to all the girls in UCD'.

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Exercise copy book


Exercise copy book used by Barry covering a range of subjects and include English and History essays, Latin and French grammar, Mathematics and Irish. Also includes some drawings.

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The Belvederian


Copy of Belvederian annual with references to and photographs of Barry, then a senior student at the college. He is included in photographs of school assembly (frontispiece), Rugby team (p44), Hurling team (p51), and referred to in class lists (p29), and examination results (p31).

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Metropolitan (Baldoyle) Races: Saturday, May 10th, 1919


Race programme and form card for Metropolitan (Baldoyle) Races. Back of the card contains scribbled notes on major sea routes, including the Suez and Panama Canals, and distances by sea between America, England, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.

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Matriculation examination, summer 1919: admission card, timetable, and certificate


Matriculation examination for the National University of Ireland, admission card and timetable for the examinations at Earlsfort Terrace, University College, Dublin; matriculation certificate awarded to Barry for having passed the prerequisite subjects, Latin, Irish, French, English and Mathematics (16 July).

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Exercise copy book


Exercise copy book used by Barry covering a range of subjects, including English and History essays. Some of the essays include reference to republican ideals. Topics include revolutions, industrial unrest, and ideals.

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Notebook of accounts


Notebook of accounts for unrecorded purpose (possibly some type of sports or social club associated with Belvedere), listing twenty three names including 'K Barry', and recording in columns on a mostly weekly basis payments and balances.

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Middle II topical


Whimsical in-house student magazine entitled 'Middle II Topical', written in irregular spelling and lampooning the teachers and students of Belvedere.

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School and college geography for Irish schools: specially compiled for revised programme, 1906


School book entitled School and College Geography by Rev. T. A. Finlay, inscribed 'Kevin George Barry' [1914-16].

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Copy of birth certificate of Kevin Gerard Barry


Copy of birth certificate of Kevin Gerard Barry, 8 Fleet Street, Dublin (born 20 January 1902), giving his parents' names, Mary Barry, nee Dowling, and Thomas Barry, dairy owner (died 1908). Issued by St. James Street registry office.

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Letter from John V. Bourke to Reverend Professor T. Corcoran


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.

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Draft letter from John V. Bourke to I.F. McInerney?


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 decided to make further information available.

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Letter from John V. Bourke to Professor Edward P. McLoughlin


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.

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Letter from Kevin Mangan to John V. Bourke


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.

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