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Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries

 Organization

General Context

Vendor. Established in 1940. Operated from Galway, Ireland.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Arbour Hill Prison autograph album

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-156
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1940 February 14-March 10

Crumlin Road Gaol autograph album, 1921: manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-074
Scope and Contents

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.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1921

Gerald Dawe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2000-016
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

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.

Dates: 1952 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2022

Boston College collection of Éamon and Sinéad De Valera

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1988-011
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1918 - 1975

Lesley Doyle photographic archives

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2021-018
Abstract Photographic archives of freelance photographer Lesley Doyle document Northern Ireland in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Collection comprises negatives, contact sheets, photographic prints, and positive transparencies, as well as a small number of paper-based records of her work and its publication. Topics covered include Northern Ireland community development following the Good Friday agreement; prominent artists, politicians, and religious leaders in the Northern...
Restrictions on access

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.

Dates: 1975, 1985-2003

Boston College collection of Emmet Dalton

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2023-144
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1916-1953; Majority of material found within 1916-1922

Boston College collection of Irish theater publications and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2023-108
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1907 - 2022

Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-049
Abstract

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).

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1984-2001

Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political posters and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2001-014
Abstract Political posters and ephemera created in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland. Included are election campaign posters, posters that represent nationalist and unionist causes, and posters memorializing people who died in the conflict. Additionally, there are a few posters published in the Republic of Ireland from events commemorating historical conflicts with Britain and a small...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1965-2010s; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s

Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political prisoner artwork

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2023-125
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1970s-1990s

Tomás O'Donohoe papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-055
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1916 - 1933

Portlaoise prisoners flag, 1974: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1224: Series II; Series I, Folder: 1
Identifier: BC-2022-157
Scope and Contents

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.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1974

Molly Flannery Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1995-034
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1897-1952; Majority of material found within 1918-1952

Boston College collection of Yeats family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-054
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.

Dates: 1884-1974, undated; Majority of material found within 1900-1940