Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries
General Context
Vendor. Established in 1940. Operated from Galway, Ireland.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Arbour Hill Prison autograph album
Autograph album containing containing verse, quotations, and drawings by Irish republican prisoners at Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin. Entries are dated February-March 1940, and are signed by James O'Neill, Frank Quinn, Seán Dunne, Patrick Reynolds, and others.
Open for research.
Crumlin Road Gaol autograph album, 1921: manuscript
Autograph album containing containing verse, drawings, and humor by Irish Republican prisoners held at Crumlin Road Gaol. Entries are dated May-June 1921, and are signed by Thomas Sherry, Felix Devlin, Daniel F. Sheridan, Stephen Raferty, Malachy Doddy, and others.
Open for research.
Gerald Dawe papers
The papers document the career of twentieth and twenty-first century Irish author Gerald Dawe as a poet, essayist, and academic, and consist of clippings, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts and typescripts, notebooks, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Some materials are closed at the request of Gerald Dawe.
Audiovisual recordings and digital content in this collection has been migrated from source media; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.
Boston College collection of Éamon and Sinéad De Valera
Composed of published speeches of Sinn Fein leader and Irish president Éamon De Valera, some of which date from the World War II era. There are also images of him, including photographs taken during his visit to Boston in 1947. In addition, the collection includes obituaries of De Valera from Irish newspapers, and two letters of De Valera's wife, Sinéad.
Collection is open for research.
Lesley Doyle photographic archives
Collection is open for research.
Digital photographs on optical disc are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not yet been reformatted. Negatives are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access. Color positive transparencies require use of a light box provided by the Burns Library Reading Room.
Boston College collection of Emmet Dalton
Collection consists of correspondence commending Irish revolutionary, soldier, and film producer Emmet Dalton, as well as accounts written by Dalton and others regarding Irish revolutionaries Michael Collins and Sean McKeon (Seán Mac Eoin). Newspaper editorials and official reports concerning nationalist politics in Ireland and the Irish Republican Army are also included.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Irish theater publications and ephemera
Consists of programs and playbills from performing arts theaters in Ireland, predominantly Dublin, Galway, and Cork. The bulk of programs represent Cork Opera House, Druid Theatre/Mick Lally Theatre, Gaiety Theatre, Gate Theatre, and Olympia Theatre. The collection also contains ephemera such as articles, fliers, invitations, posters, and ticket stubs.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella
Correspondence and works by Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, relating to the publication of Selected Poems 1962-1989 (1989), Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (1992), and "Glenmacnass," with illustrations by John Behan (2001).
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political posters and ephemera
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political prisoner artwork
Political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are represented.
Collection is open for research.
Tomás O'Donohoe papers
Papers of Irish politician, revolutionary, and nationalist Tomás O'Donohoe, including pages from his journal detailing his experiences after the Easter Rising of 1916, a volume related to riflery, and a letter from Sinéad de Valera.
Collection is open for research.
Portlaoise prisoners flag, 1974: manuscript
Flag on white cloth, with the words "Portlaoise. Eire Nua. 1974" and a hand-drawn design depicting the Irish flag, a shamrock, and an orange-and-blue sunburst flag, enclosed within a barbed-wire heart, flanked by the signatures of 36 Irish republican prisoners.
Open for research.
Rex v. Roger David Casement; Rex v. Daniel Julian Bailey: a record of the proceedings in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in the Court of Criminal Appeal
Open for research.
Molly Flannery Woods papers
The collection documents the political and personal activities of Irish journalist and nationalist Molly Flannery Woods. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and scrapbooks. Much of the material relates to Irish nationalism in the early twentieth-century and Woods' time with Cumann na mBan.
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.