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resource / Mitchel, Meagher, 1782 Club
Mitchel and Meagher and the 1782 Club. Article re by P Ó Mainín ex Waterford News and Star, 16 December 1980.
reproduction / Rules of the 1782 Club
1782 Club Rules. Photocopy of 1845 Institution's constitution. Notice or Reolution of the 1782 Club, 2nd January, 1845. Reproduction.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal Buttons. 'Repeal of the Union', surounding a harp with shamrock wreaths. 'Remember 30 May 1844' written on the card underneath.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal buttons. 'Repeal of the Union' and 'God Save the Queen' surrounding a bust of Daniel O'Connell in profile.
button / Repeal of the Union
One of a set of three Repeal Buttons. 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Daniel O'Connel Esq M.P.' with a front facing bust of Daniel O'Connell in the centre.
button / Daniel O'Connell / Repeal
Repeal of the Union rosette. Rosette of green and cream/white ribbon, with a button fixed to the centre. The button shows a side profile of Daniel O'Connell in bas-relief, with 'D. O'Connell M.P.' and 'Repeal of the Union' around.
presentation tray / Nicholas Boylan, 1843
Irish silver presentation tray, Dublin, c. 1759. Probably by Samuel Walker. Inscription in centre reads ‘Nicholas Boylan, Esq., of Hilltown House by 1100 Repealers of his district to record their disapprobation of the Arbitrary conduct of the Government in dismissing him from the commission of the...
letter / Daniel O'Connell, 1846
Letter to Daniel O’Connell, M.P., from the Cork Repeal Club, dated 18 November 1844. O’Connell addressed as the Liberator of Ireland. Signed by Thomas Lyons (President), George Mason and Andrew F. Roche (Secretaries).
letter / Daniel O'Connell cap
Letter of Thomas Steele regarding the Daniel O'Connell cap (HH:L.1538.1), which Steele received from O'Connell. Written between 1847 and 1848
letter / Daniel O'Connell cap
Letter of J. Duggan, June, 1848, regarding Daniel O'Connell's cap (HH:L.1538.1), given to him by Thomas Steele.
vase / Repeal Association, 1843
Repeal Association glass vase, engraved with a crest (eagle holding olive branch on a mountain) a monogram, CJC, and a slogan 'Repeal of the Union'. Irish, c. 1843. Cut glass vase in conical form on circular foot, engraved with the words "Repeal of the Union" and the initials "G.H.". The Repeal...
coatee / 1782 Club, 1840s
1782 Club uniform coatee. Green velvet with 1782 and shamrock buttons. Collar, cuffs and back panels in dark green velvet with silver shamrock embroidery. 1840s.
coatee / 1782 Club, 1840s
Uniform coatee of the 1782 Club. Green cloth with dark green velvet collar and cuffs, with silver embroidered shamrocks. Gilt buttons, with '1782',
notice / Repeal Movement, 1844
Poster, or notice, Repeal Movement, 1844. Titled To the Repealers resident in districts where any agrarian outrages have recently occured. Issued by the Loyal National Repeal Association with printed signature of William Smith O'Brien, December 13, 1844. Printed, black on white.
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1845
Membership card of The Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1845. Made out to James Spring of Eccles Street, Dublin. Renewal of subscription, paid £1. Dated 3 February 1845, signed T.M. Ray as Secretary. Numbered 61346.
notice / Rules of the 1782 Club, 1845
Printed sheet. Rules of the 1782 Club, 1845. Printed, black on white. 'Rules of the '82 Club handwritten on the back. Signed initials on the back, possibly Thomas Mathew Ray's, with the date 11/8/40 (11 August 1848?)
membership card / Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, 1847
Membership card, Loyal National Repeal Association, 1847. Signed (print) Thomas Mathew Ray as Secretary. Blank example.
portrait / Charles Gavan Duffy
Print of drawing of Charles Gavan Duffy - signed "always yours, C. Gavan Duffy".
button / 1831
One of two buttons, gilt. In centre OST above, clasped hands and below 1831. On back, E. JONES 2 CORK HILL. Dublin, 1831.