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... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Text — Ephemera
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributor:
Powerscourt, Mervyn Richard Wingfield, Viscount, 1880-1947
Abstract:
A signed military permit for the superior and community at 53 St Stephen’s Green. It was anticipated that the community & boarding pupils may have to evacuate to the safety of Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham. See Annals Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham 1913 - 1916 (LAB/LAC/1/6) and Annals Loreto College 53 St... [ … ]
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... [ … ]
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... [ … ]
Dates:
1900-1949 — 1900
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Postcards
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Postcard of Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, depicting the front lawn, a pupil playing with a dog, and farm workers mowing and saving hay on the back lawn.
Dates:
1900-1949 — 1900
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Photographs
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Postcard sized photograph of young boarders in school uniforms, holding tennis racquets. On the verso of the photograph is written 'Loreto Archive, pupils Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham'.
Dates:
1930-1939 — 1930
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Postcards
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Postcard a view of the grounds of Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green. Commercially produced c. 1930’s, but building was little altered from 1916.
Dates:
1930-1939 — 1930
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Postcards
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Postcard of the grounds and tennis courts of Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green. The postcard was commercially produced c. 1930’s, but the grounds were little altered from 1916.
Dates:
1930-1939 — 1930
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Postcards
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Postcard of the senior classroom in Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green. Commercially produced c. 1930’s, but building was little altered from 1916.
Type/Formats:
StillImage — Aerial photographs
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Aerial photograph of Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham showing the farm yard (upper right hand corner of photograph, marked with an x). The Annals Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham 1913-1916 refer to two workmen employed on this farm who participated in the rising. The height from which the photograph was taken is... [ … ]