Hesburgh Libraries

Contains a draft of the graveside oration delivered by J.J. O'Kelly at the funeral of Father Michael O'Flanagan in 1942.

Contains a typescript copy of the euology delivered by J.J. O'Kelly at the graveside of George Plunkett in 1948 as well as three differing manuscript drafts.

Contains a speech given by J.J. O'Kelly for University College, Galway's 1941 Autumn commencement ceremony at Spiddal.

Contains a draft of a translation into Irish entitled "Teachtaireacht ó'n tSeanráithe," by J.J. O'Kelly from Homespun Yarns by Rev. J.A. Fitzgerald, OFM.

Contains three separate drafts of speechs/ essays concerning a peace conference, possibly the groundwork for the eventual December 1921 conference. The second essay is signed with another of O'Kelly's pseudonyms, Mogh Ruith.

Contains a notebook entitled "Tomás Frighe" concerning the eponymous eighteenth century figure, also known as Thomas Foye.

Contains a notebook dealing with O'Kelly's travels, including crossing the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and Egypt, and crossing Western Europe.

Potentially a draft of what he eventually published as Taistealuidheacht, no Cúrsa na Cruinne.

Contains two drafts of the second chapter of "Muire na nGrás," by J.J. O'Kelly.

Contains two drafts of the first chapter of "Muire na nGrás," by J.J. O'Kelly.

Contains two drafts of the ninth chapter of "Muire na nGrás," by J.J. O'Kelly.

Contains two drafts of the sixth chapter of "Muire na nGrás," by J.J. O'Kelly.

Contains two drafts of the seventh chapter of "Muire na nGrás," by J.J. O'Kelly. The smaller manuscript begins with the last few pages of chapter six, beginning chapter seven on page three.

Contains a notebook with "Scéil-fhéachain Siar," a retrospective on various artisans who left Ireland for England, particularly those later affiliated with the Royal Academy in London, and "Tomás Frighe," a more in depth look at an eighteenth-century figure mentioned in the first essay, by J.J. O'Kelly. The latter essay includes periodic interlinear glossing in pencil.

Manuscript poems, one exhibition catalog, and photocopies of drawings.

Hand-colored print of a ascending Madonna and Christ Child. Beneath the image is a poem. First two lines of text: She looked to east, she looked to west / Her eyes unfathomable, mild.

Hand-colored print of a picturesque Irish landscape. Beneath the image is a poem. Text: May plenty bloom in every field / Which gentle breezes softly fan, / And cheerful smiles serenely gild /The home of every Irishman.

Old Irish Wish. Hand-colored print of a country road. Beneath the image is the Irish Blessing. Text: May the road / rise with you, / And the wind be always behind you.

Old Irish Toast. Hand-colored print of a raggedly dressed man walking down a country road. Beneath the image is a toast. Lines of text: Long roads and stoney ditches / And here's to nice girls /And to the hell with riches.

Two discs.