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Inscriptions including 'ogham diaries',

Forty three notebooks, 1873-1915, the majority of which are numbered and labelled with a list of contents, recording inscribed stones examined by John Rhŷs mostly in Wales, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Ireland. They contain descriptions of his journeys, of stones and inscriptions, folklore and other related notes. Also included are unbound diaries of 'ogham hunts', 1883-1899.

Circular letters, notices, etc.,

Documents publicising hedging and ditching competitions, point-to-point races, a demonstration against the 'coercion of Ulster' in 1914, tenants' meetings, and a chapel service, together with rent audit reminders, an account of bread and beef, and pro formas for tithe and rent payments.

Irish estate administration papers,

Records deriving from administration of the estates of William Gore, Owen Ormsby, Mary Jane and William Ormsby-Gore in the counties of Westmeath, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon. They comprise rentals, 1775-1858, accounts, 1789-1859, and correspondence, 1793-1887; and they constitute a good source of information on the impoverished state of Irish agriculture, land reclamation through drainage, other attempted improvements and the effects of the Potato Famine.

Douglas B. Hague Research Papers,

  • GB 0210 DOUGUE
  • Fonds
  • 1960-1988 /

Research papers of Douglas B. Hague, including general correspondence relating to research work on lighthouses, 1960-1988; typescript drafts, correspondence, 1967-1975, and notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology; notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses of Wales; and miscellaneous papers, 1965-1987.

Hague, Douglas Bland

D. R. Davies Collection of Drama Scrap Books,

  • GB 0210 DRDIES
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1982 (accumulated [c.1920]-1982) /

Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.

Davies, D. R., (of Aberdare), 1919-1978

Journals,

Journals of Henry Richard's visit to Ireland, August 1872, and to Bremen to attend the Conference for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, September-October 1876.

Henry Richard.

Stone crosses,

  • NLW MS 10344D.
  • File
  • [1889x1908] /

A scrap-book containing material collected by Eleanor Lloyd, part author of a Book of Sundials, towards a book on Stone Crosses, including notes, sketches, photographs, and printed matter.

Lloyd, Eleanor.

Music,

A volume containing 'Rousseau's Dream' by J. B. Cramer; Swiss airs and a Swiss dance; a quadrille; waltzes by Carl Maria von Weber, Balduci [sic, for Boildieu?], Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johan Nepomuka Hummel, etc.; a German drinking song; Gaelic, Tyrolese (one by Joseph Kuffner), Irish, French, Danish and German airs; marches; a pastorale by Franҫois Adrien Boildieu; a harp air; gallopades; a polonaise; Hungarian melody; preludes for the harp by P. M. Meyer ('Not to be copied'); hymn-tunes (to words by Thomas Kelly, William Cowper, John Newton, Joseph Addison, Reginald Heber, etc.); Scotch airs (to words by Miss --- Drinkwater); chants by Sir J. Stepenson; a psalm-tune; a Portuguese song ('modinha'); etc.

Llyfr casglu

Llyfr casglu y Parch. Evan Jones, Trelech, a'r Parch. Evan Davies (Eta Delta), ar gyfer Apel y Capeli Annibynol Cymreig, 1835 (dyfrnod 1826). = Collecting book of the Rev. Evan Jones, Trelech, and the Rev. Evan Davies (Eta Delta), for the Welsh Congregational Churches Appeal Fund, 1835 (watermark 1826).
Yn cynnwys tystlythyrau a manylion casgliadau yn yr Alban ac Iwerddon, Mawrth-Mai 1835 (ff. 2-15, 18-21, 23, 27 verso-30, 33, 73 verso-74 verso). Ceir hefyd testun byr gan S.R. mewn llaw-fer (f. 95). = Contains testimonials and details of collections in Scotland and Ireland, March-May 1835 (ff. 2-15, 18-21, 23, 27 verso-30, 33, 73 verso-74 verso). Also contains a passage by S.R. in shorthand (f. 95).

Jones, Evan, of Trelech, d. 1855.

Letter book of H.M.S.S. Geyser

  • NLW MS 16176D.
  • File

Letter book, 1846-1850, of H[er] M[ajesty's] S[team] S[loop] 'Geyser' containing copies of letters, Nov. 1846-May 1850 (ff. 1 verso-131), and memoranda, June-Dec. 1847 (ff. 179-180), sent by her commander, F[rancis] T[homas] Brown, mainly to his superiors.
The 'Geyser' was employed in famine relief in Western Ireland, Jan.-Apr. 1847 (ff. 6-34), and at the port of Setubal and elsewhere in Portugal during the Patuleia Revolt, June-July 1847 (ff. 43-52). She was subsequently stationed in the Cape Colony (South Africa) and Mauritius, Nov. 1847-May 1850 (ff. 63-131), and was sent on diplomatic missions, meeting with local chiefs and rulers in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands (ff. 81-102). The letters range from brief memoranda to lengthy reports and letters of proceedings; they include references to routine ship business and disciplinary matters, intelligence reports and accounts of diplomacy and treaty negotiations. Two additional copy letters have been pasted into the volume (ff. 119a, 122a).

Brown, F. T. (Francis Thomas), 1806-1870.

Edward Jones letter, national airs,

A copy of Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards ... (London, 1794), with a few annotations by John Dovaston. Among items tipped in are transcripts by Edward Jones of Welsh, English and Irish airs (ff. 1, 73, 106) and a letter from him to Dovaston, 16 January 1817, concerning Welsh folk-tunes and other national airs (ff. 74-75). The letter is in answer to Dovaston's letter of 25 December 1816, which is part of Cardiff MS 4.130.

Edward Jones and John Dovaston.

The Irish question,

Letters and memoranda, 1916-17, proposing possible solutions to the problem of home rule for Ireland and produced in anticipation of the Irish Convention summoned by D. Lloyd George in 1917-18. Most of the contributions are by individuals not directly involved in politics; they include a 'Memorandum Concerning the Present and Future Relations of Great Britain and Ireland in the Empire', drawn up by the poet and mystic, George William Russell ('A. E.') and several others (ff. 41-62).

Irish Tales

Transcripts from British Museum Egerton MSS 88 and 1782 and Harleian MS 5280.

Ireland

The file includes two small notebooks containing diaries and other notes on the trips to Ireland in 1965 and 1994, loose index cards with some entries relating to extinct animal species, early prehistory and megaliths, articles by Condry on Irish loughs, the coast of Clare and the flora of the Burren, a photocopied press article, 1994, reporting a campaign of the Burren Action Group, publications lists and plant list from the Royal Irish Academy.