Creators:
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 53 Saint Stephen’s Green — Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham
Dates:
1916-1939 — 1916
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text — StillImage — Diaries — Postcards — Photographs
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
McHugh, Áine — Fitzgerald, Kathleen, I.B.V.M.
Abstract:
A collection of material related to the Easter Rising 1916 from the IBVM (Loreto) Institute & Irish Province Archives, including contemporaneous accounts of the Rising as observed by the Loreto Sisters at St Stephen’s Green Dublin and Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham. The material is collated from three... [ … ]
Abstract:
The Constantine Curran/Helen Laird Collection in UCD Library Special Collections contains correspondence, including letters from James Joyce to Curran, photographs, postcards, literary manuscripts, gramophone records and a large collections of printed books, pamphlets and ephemera. This collection... [ … ]
Creator:
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham
Dates:
1916-04-24-1916-05-09 — 1916-04-24
Type/Formats:
Text — Diaries
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
This contemporaneous account of Easter Rising 1916 captures the uncertainty, the confusion and the anxiety experienced by the religious community and their concern for their Sisters in Dublin city centre communities (i.e. 43 North Great George’s Street, 53 St Stephen’s Green & 77 St Stephen’s... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
Corcoran, Mary Michael, I.B.V.M., 1846-1927 — Ryan, Father, S.J.
Abstract:
Letter from M. Michael Corcoran, Loreto Convent, Rathfarnham to Fr. Ryan S.J., Australia. This letter, refers to the 1916 Rising in Dublin, where three Loreto houses were surrounded by ‘fighters and two of Ours had narrow escapes from stray bullets.’ A member of the community at 53 Stephen’s... [ … ]
Creator:
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 53 Saint Stephen’s Green
Dates:
1916-04-24-1916-05-08 — 1916-04-24
Type/Formats:
Text — Diaries
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
This contemporaneous account of Easter Rising 1916 captures the uncertainty, the confusion and the anxiety experienced by the religious community and the resident boarding pupils. In 1916 the Sisters were bound by the rule of enclosure, and were not permitted to leave convent grounds, unless for... [ … ]