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Ballads, Irish

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Irish Broadside Ballads

 Collection
Identifier: BPP_1001
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of over 600 broadsides, most measuring 28 x 11 1/2 cm. Broadsides were printed and sold in streets and at fairs and markets from the early days of printing, often by ballad singers.

Dates: 1790-1890

J.J. O'Kelly (Sceilg) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1030
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of the personal papers, letters, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera of John Joseph “J.J.” “Sceilg” O’Kelly in the years 1916-1948. Also included are Seán Óg O’Kelly’s notes and letters on various mid-century Irish labor disputes. Materials include letters, notes, speeches, drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, booklets, short stories, ballads, poems, telegrams, letters of condolences, sympathy cards, mass cards, administrative minutes, administrative...
Dates: 1903 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1948

Thomas Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1001
Abstract

Manuscript drafts of verse and songs.

Dates: circa 1838-1845