| ID | 16168 |
|---|---|
| Collection | The Rosse Papers |
| Collection Description | This collection of papers relates to the Parsons family (Earls of Rosse) of Birr Castle, County Offaly, and dates from the 17th-20th century. Anthony Malcomson's Calendar of the Rosse Papers was published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 2008. Offaly History also provides a digital copy of the Calendar on its website (see link). A selection of the papers have been microfilmed and copied by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, see MIC/512 and T/3498. |
| Collection Web Address | https://www.offalyarchives.com/index.php/rosse-papers |
| Reference | A-W |
| Description | D/23/1-13 Letters to the 2nd Earl of Rosse from Catherine Maria, Countess of Charleville, Tullamore, King's County regarding the political activities and prospects for her 3 sons, county politics and elections and the Catholic question and reform, as well as spiritual reflections, 1829-1831. For example, 'I can never believe the priests will suffer their penitents to shake off their political subserviency, or that Protestants shall ever meet with fair play from any real Catholic. Deists and philosophers may not act against us as religionists, but they will as a corps. However, better anything than bloodshed and a degraded population incensed continually by misrepresentation against us', [?early 1829]. In another letter she notes, 'I have all my life thought more freely on politics than my Lord. Indeed, excepting my strong wish to support pure and simple Protestant religion in these kingdoms, we have seldom agreed on them in our equally sincere zeal for Ireland', 16 November 1831. |
| Access | Access to the archives is by appointment only. Please give good notice in advance of preferred date and await confirmation. |
| Date | 1829-1831 |
| Century | 19th |
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| Note | A specific reference number precedes a description of the document. This is needed to call up each document. |
| Repository Name | Birr Castle Archives |
| Address | Rosse Row Birr County Offaly |
| Eircode | R42 VO27 |
| Telephone | 057-912-0336 |
| Email Address | archives@birrcastle.com |
| Repository Web Address | https://birrcastle.com/ |
| Comment | 'The Calendar of the Rosse Papers', edited by A.P.W. Malcomson, was published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 2008. |
| latitude | 53.09672 |
| longitude | -7.91434 |