Papers of William Reeves, 19th and 20th century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reeves, William, 1815-1892
Other Associated Names: Todd, James Henthorn, 1805-1869
Collection:Archives and Manuscripts
Content Notes and Catalogue Entries:
  • Six bundles of papers of William Reeves, Bishop of Down and Connor, 1815-92. (Bundles are tied with green ribbon.).
  • Seventy letters mainly to William Reeves from various people including John R. Garstin relating to the affairs of the Royal Irish Academy (1875-1882)..
  • Manuscript and corrected proofs of an essay by William Reeves on the Cistercian Abbey of Kill Fothuir (1891)..
  • Manucript notes referring to various saints in Acta Sanctorum.
  • Manuscript extracts (translated into English) of early Irish annals and other Irish sources. Includes a transcript by Eugene O'Curry of part of the Liber Hymnorum and of part of a story about Guairè..
  • Index to Irish placenames (A - C) in an unidentified work..
  • Miscellaneous bibliographical notes compiled by William Reeves in the course of his researches.
  • Transcripts by JH Todd relating to his Six Discourses on the Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in The Apocalypse of St. John (1846).