Patrick O’Neill (1875-1938) was an Irish politician who lived in Northern Ireland and was an active member of the Nationalist party. The Patrick O’Neill fonds is a collection of papers pertaining to his political life as well as some personal records and memorabilia.
The fonds consist of: incoming and outgoing correspondence with constituents, government officials, supporters, and other MPs, official documents, political pamphlets and booklets; election posters and flyers; newspaper clippings; personal records (notebook, speech notes); photographs; and personal memorabilia, including a leather pouch with relics of St. Anthony and St. Oliver Plunket. Fonds also includes a sous-fonds of O’Neill’s daughter, Teresa V. O’Neill. The Teresa V. O’Neill sous-fonds includes a draft of her doctoral thesis and correspondence related to her role of literary executrix of her father’s estate. The fonds contains records ranging between 1875 and 1998, with the predominant dates being 1918-1938.
The papers were donated to the Kelly Library Archival and Manuscript Collections by Seamus Beattie, a grandson of Patrick O’Neill. The material was selected from a larger collection of papers and memorabilia in the O’Neill home by Seamus Beattie and Mark McGowan, Principal of the University of St. Michael’s College. The material was shipped by mail from Ireland and received in July 2006.
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