Papers of Françoise Henry (d.1982)


Textual and visual material consisting mainly of notes, drawings and plans, documenting early Christian Irish art, its inspiration and the extent of its influence in Europe, in areas including architecture, sculpture, manuscripts, metalwork, ivory and textiles.

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Domestic Architecture of Georgian Dublin Collection


Selection of 35mm slides from the collection of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, focusing on the domestic architecture of eighteenth-century Dublin.

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Schools’ Manuscript Collection - Carna & Ballinasloe, Co. Galway / Bailiúchán na Scol - Carna agus Bhéal Átha na Sluaighe, Co. na Gaillimhe


This sub-collection consists of five volumes of essays dealing with a wide range of local folk tradition and history, written by schoolchildren in 1937-38, and drawing on information recorded from parents, relatives and neighbours living in the districts of Carna and Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

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Workhouse Drawings Collection


The Workhouse Drawings collection contains a representative sample of drawings, plans, and documents drawn from the Irish Architectural Archive's Workhouse Collection. The Workhouse Collection (reference 85/138) in the Irish Architectural Archive includes surviving drawings for workhouses built in Ireland to provide relief for the poor. Built between 1839 and 1847, the workhouses were designed in a Tudor domestic idiom by architect George Wilkinson. Occasionally drawings are accompanied by other documents including the standard printed specification or, more rarely, items of correspondence. Many are in extremely poor condition and their extreme fragility precludes public access. This online collection provides access to drawings and documents relating to the Mallow, Castleblayney, Lismore, and Gorey workhouses. The drawings for Mallow Workhouse may be considered a representative set of the surviving drawings for the Tudor style workhouses built by Wilkinson. The majority of the drawings were produced mechanically (engraved and printed). The inclusion of drawings from Castleblayney, Lismore, and Gorey, in addition to those of Mallow, ensures that this online collection includes samples of each printed drawing.

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[Sketch and notes entitled 'Survivances'.]


[Sketch and notes entitled 'Survivances'.]

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Desmond FitzGerald Photographs


This collection of photographic prints forms part of the papers of Desmond FitzGerald (P80). The majority of theses photographs arise out of the Civil War but other smaller series relate to the aftermath of the Easter Rising and to the War of Independence. There are also other series of army portraits and of historical occasions photographs.

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G. & T. Crampton Photograph Archive


A collection of photographs from the albums of G. & T. Crampton, one of Dublin's best-known construction companies. The photographs were intended as a record of the building projects which the firm undertook rather than a formal archive. They cover a wide range of buildings including commercial buildings, shops, houses, hospitals, and factories. The projects covered by the collection include new builds, renovations, extensions, and restorations. While the firm has undertaken work throughout Ireland, the majority of the photographs are of projects in the Dublin area.

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Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations


The Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations is a collection of illustrations depicting medical conditions treated at the Richmond Hospital, Dublin. The illustrations mainly date from the 19th century, with a small number from the early 20th century, and many depict diseases that are now not commonly seen. The illustrations are accompanied by two catalogues listing the drawings. The artist is not identified for many of the illustrations but known artists include J. Connolly, J.H. Burnside, Miss B. O'Farrell, and Sydney A. Sewell. The cases depicted include those treated by surgeons associated with Richmond Hospital such as Robert Adams, Edward Hutton, Christopher Fleming, John Hamilton, and Robert William Smith. This collection will be of interest to medical educators and practitioners, public health specialists, historians of medicine, social historians and humanities scholars more generally.

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Dublin Town Planning Competition 1914


The Dublin Town Planning Competition was held in 1914, with the aim to "elicit Plans and Reports of a preliminary and suggestive character, and thus obtain contributions and alternatives which may be of value towards the guidance of the future development of the City in its various directions". The Dublin civic survey report refers to the competition as the Aberdeen Competition, probably due to the prize for the best design which was presented by the Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair. Eight entries were submitted in total, each relating to the Greater Dublin area, taking in Howth, Glasnevin, Ashtown, Dundrum and Dalkey. The main headings for the proposals included: 1. Communications; 2. Housing; and 3. Metropolitan improvements. The submission by Patrick Abercrombie, Sydney Kelly and Arthur Kelly was awarded the prize in 1916. Due to major political and historical events, the winning entry was not officially published until 1922, with the final Civic Report not published until 1925. Out of the eight entries, only three are known to have survived.

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Papers of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee


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 ambush which resulted in the deaths of three British Army officers. The Committee commissioned Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited to create a stained glass window dedicated to Kevin Barry and the other students and graduates of University College Dublin who lost their lives in the struggle for Irish Independence. The window, designed by Richard King, was erected in Earlsfort Terrace and unveiled on 1 November 1934. In 2010, the window was conserved, restored and relocated in the Charles Institute at Belfield, the current campus of University College Dublin.

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[Notes and sketches relating to clasps on binding from Eugen and candlesticks.]


[Notes and sketches relating to clasps on binding from Eugen and candlesticks.]

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[Sketches and pictures of croziers.]


[Sketches and pictures of croziers.]

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[Notes and sketches relating to the Ardagh Chalice.]


[Notes and sketches relating to the Ardagh Chalice.]

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[Research notes and sketches relating to penannular brooches, handpins and latchets.]


[Research notes and sketches relating to penannular brooches, handpins and latchets.]

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[Notes and pencil sketches relating to tombs.]


[Notes and pencil sketches relating to tombs.]

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Spear-Head - Full-Size Drawing


Story collected by a student at Newtownbarry (B.) school (Bunclody, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

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The Hay Drawing from Murroe


Story collected by John Richardson, a student at Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe school (Ahane, Co. Limerick) from informant an unidentified informant.

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Rough Drawing of Turf Spade


Story collected by a student at Carrowreagh school (Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

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[Sketches and notes on crosses and buildings at Glendalough, County Wicklow.]


[Sketches and notes on crosses and buildings at Glendalough, County Wicklow.]

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[Research notes and pencil sketches relating to the decoration of psalters from various institutions.]


[Research notes and pencil sketches relating to the decoration of psalters from various institutions.]

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[Notes, pencil and pen sketches and published images on stonework in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly.]


[Notes, pencil and pen sketches and published images on stonework in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly.]

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[Sketches and notes relating to to bronze objects, brooches, bracelets and heads in the British Museum.]


[Sketches and notes relating to to bronze objects, brooches, bracelets and heads in the British Museum.]

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[Notes and sketches relating to the decoration of Metalwork using enameled techniques.]


[Notes and sketches relating to the decoration of Metalwork using enameled techniques.]

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[Sketch of the base of a Chalice from Clonmacnoise.]


[Sketch of the base of a Chalice from Clonmacnoise.]

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