De Búrca Rare Books
General Context
Vendor specializing in fine books, manuscripts and maps relating to Ireland.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
The Abbey Players in Flann O'Brien's comic masterpiece At swim two birds, adapted for the stage by Audrey Welsh
Program for the 1981 Abbey Players production of At Swim Two Birds, adapted for the stage by Audrey Welsh and directed by Eamon Morrissey. Includes historical note by Niall Sheridan.
Collection is open for research.
Address and testimonial to Geo. Tyson, Esq., on the occasion of his marriage: manuscript.
Hand-colored portrait photographs, with hand-lettered presentation statement and list of donors. Signed: T.J. Lynch, Dublin. Presentation statement is bordered by painted vignettes of a horse, horse-riding equpment, and a fox.
Open for research.
Brendan Behan letters
Letters written by Brendan Behan to Sylvia and Leonard Lyons. Leonard Lyons was a New York Post columnist.
Collection is open for research.
The Book of Cáit ní Dhuibhir: manuscript
A calligraphed manuscript containing thirteen poems by Moirin Cheavasa. Each poem was written out by the hand of calligrapher Liam O Duinn. Several pages contain handwritten corrections by Colm O Lochlainn. Both the cover of the manuscript and the enclosure bear the logo of the Three Candles Press. The item was exhibited as an illuminated manuscript at Seventh Exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society in Dublin in 1925.
Open for research.
Boston College collection of Constance de Markievicz
The collection primarily consists of correspondence of Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, and suffragist Constance de Markiewicz. Also includes posthumous materials documenting the 150th anniversary of Markievicz's birth and more, including biographies, newspaper clippings, exhibit ephemera, a real estate catalog, and photographs.
Collection is open for research.
Have faith, watercolor attributed to Maud Gonne
Watercolor illustration of the Virgin Mary and child, attributed to Irish revolutionary, suffragette, actress, and artist Maud Gonne. Materials also include a letter concerning the painting, and a photograph of another version of the illustration.
Open for research.
Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland
This collection includes papers and artifacts of women and organizations involved in the fight for Irish independence. A majority belonged to Máire Gill and relate to her work with Cumann na mBan, a women’s Irish republican organization, as well as her work with Cuala Press and the women’s sport of camogie. Additionally, there are materials relating to women’s suffrage. Of note are a banner made by Maud Gonne and a journal of Margaret Skinnider’s involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.
Grace Gifford Plunkett letter and article
The collection consists of a letter from Grace Gifford Plunkett to her fiancé Joseph M. Plunkett while he recovered from surgery at a nursing home in Dublin, Ireland, two nights before the Easter Rising. Also included is a newspaper clipping from 1966 discussing the letter.
Collection is open for research.
Alphonsus Sweeney collection of Seumas O'Kelly
The collection contains materials about Seumas O'Kelly, an Irish journalist and writer, collected by his nephew Alphonsus Sweeney. It includes Sweeney's correspondence regarding O'Kelly's life, as well as works by O'Kelly such as short stories and radio plays. It also has lectures and articles about O'Kelly.
Collection is open for research.
Tagann gaċ maiṫ le cáirde
Hand-colored woodcut of a celtic triskelion bordered by birds, with title below.
Open for research.
Boston College collection of Trinity Closet Press
A collection of printed material from Trinity Closet Press, a hand press run by members of the Trinity College Library's Department of Early Printed Books from 1973-1995. Contains broadsides, pamphlets, and poetry booklets, including the first printing from the press.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Yeats family papers
The Boston College collection of Yeats family papers includes artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs by and about siblings W. B., Elizabeth Corbet, Lily, and Jack B. Yeats; their father, John Butler Yeats; and the wife of W. B., Georgie Yeats. It also documents the running of Cuala Press, a Yeats family business.
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.