Guide to the Papers of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (as filmed by the AJCP)

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Created: 2019

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Series MS 1587. Memorials of Irish members of Parliament and of a committee of the lower catholic clergy of Ireland, to Pope Pius IX, concerning clerical connections with politics, c. 1854-1855

Duffy was one of the parliamentarians who signed the first memorial. The two memorials were drawn up in 1854 or early 1855 during the struggle between Irish nationalists and Archbishop Paul Cullen over the involvement of Catholic priests in Irish political affairs. It was intended that the second petition would be brought to Rome by a deputation of priests, but this did not eventuate.

Memorial of Irish Members of Parliament to Pope Pius IX, n.d. (File)

Memorial of Catholic priests of Ireland to Pope Pius IX (11p), n.d. (File)

Series MS 3738. Confidential letters from Frederick Lucas (Rome), to Charles Gavan Duffy concerning the campaign to discredit Dr. Paul Cullen, December 1854 - February 1855

Letters from Frederick Lucas (Rome) to Duffy, December 1854 - February 1855 (File)

Frederick Lucas (1812-1855) was the editor of the Catholic weekly The Tablet and the Member for Meath in the House of Commons. He visited Rome on behalf of the Tenant Right League to protest about the prohibition on Irish priests taking part in political affairs. The lengthy letters describe his mission in detail, including two audiences with the Pope and a heated meeting with with Archbishop Cullen.

Series MS 4459. Page proofs of Charles Gavan Duffy, December 1883

Page proofs of Charles Gavan Duffy, 'Half a century of boons to ungrateful Ireland', Nineteenth Century, vol. 14, pp 1003-29., December 1883 (File)

( Printed with manuscript amendments)

Series MS 4760. Volume containing miscellaneous mid-19th century items relating to Charles Gavan Duffy, c. 1903

Miscellaneous documents including a petition concerning the right to vote of moderators of the University of Dublin, c. 1903 (File)

Papers relating to the Irish Constitutional Association, and two poems on Charles Gavan Duffy (one dated 1903).

Series MS 5756. Correspondence, 1840 - 1846

Letters to Duffy, 1840 - 1846 (File)

The letters mainly relate to Irish politics, the Repeal Association, the affairs of The Nation the formation of the Young Irelanders, and Irish ballards and literature. The correspondents include William Carleton, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Davis, John B. Dillon, Samuel Ferguson, R.H. Horne, Leigh Hunt, Frederick Lucas, Thomas MacNevin, John Martin, John Mitchel, Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell and John Pigot...

Series MS 5757. Correspondence, 1846 - 1854

Letters to Duffy, 1846 - 1854 (File)

The letters mainly relate to The Nation and the Young Irelanders, the 1848 uprising and its aftermath, the Tenant Right League, and Duffy's election to the House of Commons. The correspondents include Isaac Butt, William Careton, Thomas Carlyle, William Howitt, James Lalor, Frederick Lucas, Robert McClure, Thomas Meagher, John Stuart Mill, William Smith O'Brien, Samuel Smiles and Sir James Emerson Tennant...

Series MS 8005. Letters to Sir Charles Gavan Duffy from various persons, 1855 - 1902

Arranged by order of year, some incomplete and many undated.

Letters to Duffy, 1855 - 1880 (File)

The 1855-1880 letters were mostly written to Duffy in Australia, but the quantity is far less than the earlier and later letters and references to Australia tend to be incidental. The letters refer to the conflict with Archbishop Cullen, the 1855 mission to Rome, Duffy's decision to leave Ireland, his reception by the Irish in Sydney and Melbourne, the return of William Smith O'Brien to Ireland in 1856, literary matters, introductions written on behalf of people visiting Australia, a meeting between Thomas Carlyle and Henry Parkes, British and Irish politics, Duffy's visit to England and Ireland in 1865-66, immigration, Duffy's Land Act, relations between the colonies and Britain, Anthony Trollope's visit to Australia (1871), the possibility of Australian federation (1872), the conferral of the KCMG on Duffy (1877), Sir George Bowen's impressions of Mauritius (1879), and the publication of Young Ireland, Duffy's first historical book (1880)...

Letters to Duffy, 1880 - 1902 (File)

The 1880-1902 letters were written to Duffy when he was living in France or while he was visiting England or Ireland. They deal with his return to Ireland in 1880, Irish Home Rule, the publication of Young Ireland (1880), the book's reception in Australia, visitors to Nice, Irish historical writings, recollections of the Young Ireland party and the 1848 uprising, economic and social conditions in Ireland, politics in Victoria, land reform in Ireland, Charles Parnell, pamphlets, articles and other writings by Duffy, and contemporary Irish literature. The quantity of letters diminishes considerably in Duffy's last years. There are also a few drafts by Duffy...

Series MS 8098. Gavan Duffy Papers, 1880 - 1914

Correspondence and accounts relating to Duffy's books, 1880 - 1914 (File)

The first group of papers comprise correspondence between Duffy and Cassell Petter, Galphin and Co. concerning the publication of Young Ireland, together with agreements, invoices and financial statements, 1880-1898. The second group comprises agreements between Duffy and Thomas Fisher Unwin concerning the publication of The English abroad (1894), Young Ireland, and My life in two hemispheres, together with stick accounts, 1894-1914.

Series MS 5758. Correspondence of Charles Gavan Duffy with people prominent in literary and political affairs and with the editor of The Times, 1842 - 1892

Correspondence with Young Irelanders, 1842 - 1892 (File)

Letters, many of them undated, from Young Irelanders including Duffy, Thomas Davis, John B. Dillon, Frederick Lucas, John Martin, Thomas F. Meagher and William Smith O'Brien. The 22 letters from Duffy are drafts or copies. A letter from O'Brien to O'Flaharty (1852) was written from Van Diemen's Land...

Series MS 5886. Narratives of the Rising of 1848 by R. O'Gorman, T. B. McManus and J. Kavanagh, 1848 - 1849

Accounts by Richard O'Gorman (23 May 1881, 23pp) and T.B. MacManus (n.d.) of the 1848 uprising in Ireland (File)

The MacManus document is only partly legible.


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