The talk in Coolaney on Saturday evening went very well. I was delighted to see such a great crowd and to meet some old school friends. The renovated Centre looks very well. Congratulations to the committee and the people of Coolaney.
This is the list of the objects I used to frame the talk. Most were illustrations but some, 9-13, were actual objects which I had there on display.
1. Rathbarran food vessel and axe c. 1,500BC (National Museum)
2. Miniature portrait of Cormac O'Hara, Coolaney c.1590. (O'Hara Family, Annaghmore)
3. Map of Coolaney 1716. (O’Hara Papers, National Library)
4. Engraving of Meemlough Castle. (The Antiquities of Ireland, Francis Grose, London, 1791)
5. Ordnance Survey map of Coolaney village 1837
6. Drawing of Coolaney old bridge by Raymond Piper. (Hayward, This is Ireland, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, London, 1953)
7. Wanted Notices 1838-40. (National Archives, Dublin)
8. Relief Application Form, 28 April 1847 Kate P. Thompson, Knockadoo House. (National Archives, Dublin)
9. Envelope of letter from Coolaney about election, 1852. (O’Hara Papers, National Library)
10. National Schools Amalgamation Brochure 1972
11. Railway warning sign c.1895
12. A Coolaney brick c.1907 (Photo above)
13. Account book of Coleman’s Coolaney 1902-1924 (Photo in post below)
14. Census Form 1911 Charles Mackenzie, Coolaney court clerk
15. Cartoons of Peter Cawley, Coolaney politician (Roscommon Herald 1912, 1914)
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