Donegal Annual / Bliainiris Thír Chonaill, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1947)

JOU!iNAL 01" 11IE COUNTY DONEOAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Principal Repositories of Books, Pamphlets and Mss. relating to County Donegal Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin. British Museum, London. Trinity Coll~e, Dublin. University College, Dublin. Public Recocds' Office, Four Courts, Duolin. Kings' Inns Library, Dublin. Mar!h's Library, Dublin. Maynooth Oollege. University college, Cambridge. Presbyterian Historical Society. Magee College, Derry. National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin. Library of the ProVince of Armagh, Armagh. eonep Bquue Museum, llelfa&t. Catalogues of a large number of Irish Mss. now printed and published. It also houses the '·Halliday Pamphlets" consisting of over 30,000 works relating to Ireland from the late 16th to early 19th Century. B.~rch worker must be introduced by a member, and will f,i.nd Oard and Mss. Indexes of Books, Mss., and Pamp'hlets in its Reading Room. See "Proeeeding of" Vol. 1, 1836-1912. tSee '"I'l'ansa.cti.ons of." 1786 onwards. Research worker should have introduction from one of the learned Societies, ana owing to the vastness an<l divers'ity of this collection, should be very familiar with the published guides to the various Gollectiorut of ~s .. Pt1.mphlets, Books, and partioularly the Files of Irish Provincial NewspapeTs. Irish Mss. See "O'Grady & Flower" Catalogue. Complete Catalogues in the Reading Room of the Librarv. Irish catalogu·es printed and published lJy Abbot & Gwym1. Plernrission must be obtained from the Provost Libmry Oatalogwd. The OOllege also houses the .Folklore collection. .tiulk of Mss. destroyed 1922. See Reports of the Deput> Keeper for valuable materials saWed and a.cquired since 1922. Contains one of the finest collections of Mss., Pamphlets and Books relating to Irel.a.nd. Bias ma.ny rare and valuable works relating to Ireland. ThiS College Library contaills ihe second lru:gest collection of pamjphlet.s in the country. The College a.uthoriLies ai·e at present engaged in cataloguing same. It has also a large colleotion of Ir.ish Mss. and Part 1 of · its catalogue has been pubLished. See "Bradshaw CollectJons of Works on Ireland.'' 3 Vets. This Society possesses a very l~rge collection of Mss:and printed works which a.re hou.!ed at the Church House, Belfast. Magee Colleg·c, Derry, has in its library a very fj.ne collection of Mss. dealing With the history of Ulster and also conta.irui a large collection of Newspapers and Books printed in Derry. The Library was originally part of the Royal Dublin Societv fmm which it took over a. wide and varied collection of rar,e 1books pa.m:pihl€ts,' periodicals, newspa.pers and Mss. See variouS catalogues in its R,eading Room1 and also .sipecial ca.taJogues which roa.y be consulted w'ith any of the assistants there. Contains many Mss. dealing with Ireland from 1600 onwards. Contains rare Irish Mss., Books, Pamphlets and Ulster Journa!S and NeWiP8P9rs.

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