Note from [Lady] D[orothy] Nevill (1826-1913, English writer),London, to Oscar Wilde, remarking that he never answered her letter and ‘what has become of Miss K. Terry’s signature and your dual existence’. Undated; likely written between 1887 and November 1900.Extent: 1 folio.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Correspondence | Nevill, Dorothy, Lady, 1826-1913 -- Correspondence
IE TCD MS 4389: Literary commonplace book.This is a working notebook, previously numbered 26, in which John Millington Synge entered drafts of When the Moon has Set (fols 1-22). Between Acts I and III are several blank pages headed Act II, the only evidence that Synge ever intend
Verse drama | Poetry | Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
A pond surrounded by reeds and gorse, probably in Co. Wicklow.Description based on information found in My wallet of photographs: the collected photographs of J. M. Synge, arranged and introduced by Lilo Stephens (Dublin: Dolmen Editions, 1971).Date: approximately 1898-early 1900
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A [Wicklow tramp] stands in the middle of a roadway, wearing a [collarless shirt], dark jacket, waistcoat, trousers and felt hat. A portion of a stone building with a galvanised roof is visible in the background.Description based on information found in My wallet of photographs:
Photography--Ireland | Ireland--Pictorial works | Tramps
An eviction on [Inis Meáin]. Five members of the Royal Irish Constabulary are seated in a row on a low stone wall. Another figure in dark clothes on the right of frame is only partially visible. Aran Islanders are seated alongside the RIC and also standing in the background with
Photography--Ireland | Royal Irish Constabulary | Ireland--Pictorial works
Inis Meáin islandman [Martin McDonagh] in the same location as 11332/28 above but more informal pose. Mc Donagh is accompanied by a young island boy in traditional homespun clothes and leather boots. Lilo Stephens conjectures that this may have been the boy who occasionally read
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Portrait of an Inis Meáin (Inishmaan/Inismain) islandman, arms crossed, wearing traditional island homespun clothes and pampooties (soft calf-skin moccasins traditionally worn by fishermen to avoid puncturing the currachs). He is leaning against a drystone wall with an upended w
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‘An Aran pony with harness’. The pony is wearing harness designed to carry large panniers on either side. The man and young boy stand against a dry stone wall wearing traditional homespun waistcoats and trousers, and [knitted] caps. The man holds a rope rein. Description based o
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A woman wearing a plaid shawl and white apron, and a barefoot girl, stand in the doorway of a whitewashed thatched cottage, possibly in Co. Kerry. Another whitewashed stone building is partially cropped to the left of frame. A goose and a selection of wicker baskets are visible t
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Three schoolboys on the West Pier, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. One of the boys sits astride a donkey and the other two stand alongside. Description based on information found in My wallet of photographs: the collected photographs of J. M. Synge, arranged and introduced by Lilo Ste
Donkeys | Photography--Ireland | Ireland--Pictorial works
Mary Helena Synge (born 1840), a professional pianist and distant cousin of Synge’s. Note: unlike the majority of the photographs in this collection, this photograph does not appear in the book My wallet of photographs: the collected photographs of J. M. Synge, arranged and intro
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