| Description | Microfilmed copy of the census of population for County Tyrone including returns of the total number of women, marital status, age, occupation etc., on 41 reels of microfilm, 1901.
Valuation records which include the names of numerous women and provide a description of their tenement and annual rateable value for Omagh:
39 volumes, 1920-1930
13 volumes, 1934-1945
6 volumes, 1957
Valuation records for Strabane:
28 volumes, 1920-1930
7 volumes, 1934-1935
3 volumes, 1957
Valuation records for Castlederg:
16 volumes, 1920-1930
4 volumes, 1934-1935
2 volumes, 1957
Valuation records for Clogher:
16 volumes, 1920-1930
5 volumes, 1934-1935
3 volumes, 1957
Valuation records for Cookstown:
16 volumes, 1920-1930
8 volumes, 1934-1935
4 volumes, 1957
Valuation records for Dungannon:
18 volumes, 1920-1930
9 volumes, 1934-1935
6 volumes, 1957
School records for the County Tyrone area, including, for example:
Correnary School, Omagh:
School Committee minute book, 1926-1958
Examination roll, 1896-1900
Derrabard School, County Tyrone:
Roll book, 1924-1925
Deverney School, Omagh:
Female pupils' register, 1940-1945
Daily report book, 1980-1984
Daily report book, 1989-1992
Dressog School, Drumquin, County Tyrone:
Roll book, 1926-1935
Tattynure School, Omagh:
Male and female pupils' roll book, 1926-1938
Drumullan School, County Tyrone:
Register, 1954-1979
Ballyclog School, County Tyrone:
Roll book, 1879-1881
Carnkenny School, County Tyrone:
Roll book, 1858-1861
Roll book, 1867-1870
Roll book, 1871-1873
Altdoghal Primary School, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone:
Register, 1950-1978
Roll books, 1944-1978
Daily report books, 1948-1978
Receipt book, 1976-1978
Tattykeeran School, Clogherny, County Tyrone:
Roll book and leave of absence roll, 1920-1923
Roll book, 1924-1929
Religious instruction certificates, 1917-1918
Letterbin School, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone:
Male and female pupils' roll books, 1919-1932
Daily report books, 1917-1930
Tattyhonnaught School, Omagh:
Register, 1951-1961
Calkill School, Omagh:
Register, 1944-1984
Daily report books, 1969-1981
Roll books, 1963-1983
Erganagh Public Elemental School, Castlederg, County Tyrone:
Roll books, 1930-1963
Daily report books, 1929-1949
List of female pupils, 1962-1964
Drumclamph National School in Drumquin, County Tyrone:
Registers, 1937-1969
Daily report book, 1968-1969
Observation book, 1878-1953. This volume includes observations on female teachers. For instance, it was noted that a female teacher's 'work has improved appreciably in the course of the last six months. The children in her division now read and speak more distinctly', 1939.
c.1500 photographs, mainly relating to County Tyrone, arranged alphabetically by place in 30 files, late 19th Century-early 20th Century. The following is a selection of some of the material which is available:
A photograph of a co-operative home industry lace class held at Carrickmore and showing a group of women with their teacher, Miss McElroy, 1909.
A photograph of Miss Sproule, Dromore, no date, late 19th century.
A photograph of a market scene from Plumbridge which includes several women, no date, late 19th century.
A photograph of Peggy McGurk with a spinning wheel, Carrickmore, c.1906.
A photograph of Miss Cassie Caldwell and Mrs Mary Caldwell pictured outside their house at Magheranageeragh, no date, early 20th century.
A portrait photograph of Mrs Johnny Mitchell, no date, late 19th century.
A portrait photographs of Miss Cooper, a teacher in Gortnacross School, no date, 20th century.
A photograph of Mrs Love, wife of the Presbyterian minister of Killeter, no date, late 19th century.
A photograph of the McSorely family, Castlederg, no date, early 20th century.
A photograph of Mr and Mrs Roulston, Castlederg, no date, late 19th century.
A group photograph of women celebrating the 12th July, Castlederg, c.1920s.
A photograph of Drumlea School, County Tyrone, with teachers and pupils named, c.1910.
A photograph of Gortnacross National School, Killeter, c.1920.
A photograph of Miss McGuigan and Miss O'Neill, teachers at Tandragee School, no date, early 20th century.
A photograph of Beltrim National School, with teacher and pupils named, c.1920.
A wedding photograph of the Keenan family, no date, early 20th century.
A wedding photograph of Robert Moore McNickle with his wife, no date, late 19th century.
Microfilmed copies of the H.F. Cooper collection of photographs [copied from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/1422], with an index, c1900-1950. The following is a selection of the photographs included in this collection which relate to women:
A photograph of female workers outside a mill, c.1910.
A photograph of women working at sewing machines, possibly in a shirt factory, c.1910.
A photograph of a sewing class at Sion Mills, 1912.
A photograph of women sewing, c.1914.
A photograph of 3 women standing before a thatched cottage, c.1920.
A photograph of creamery workers, including women, c.1920.
A photograph of a girl on a motorbike, c.1930.
A photograph of the interior of an ambulance and 3 nurses, c.1930.
A photograph of an ambulance of Strabane District Hospital with 2 nurses, c.1930.
A photograph of nurses and staff at Strabane workhouse, c.1930.
A photograph of Strabane Board of Guardians, c.1930.
A photograph of women working at a cutting-out table, c.1940.
38 microfilms of copies of the Lawrence collection of photographs relating to County Tyrone, copied from the originals in the National Library, Ireland.
Microfilmed copies of the Minute Books of Clogher Board of Guardians (on 27 reels):
1841-1845
1845-1847
1847-1849
1849
1849-1850
1850-1851
1851
1851-1852
1852-1853
1853-1854
1854-1855
1855-1856
1856-1857
1857 (2 volumes)
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864 (2 volumes)
1865
1866
1866-1868
1868-1870
1870-1873
1873
1873-1876
1876-1880
1880-1883
1883-1885
1885-1887
1887-1889
1889-1891
1891
1891-1893
1893-1894
1894-1895
1895-1896
1896-1897
1897-1898
1898-1900
1900-1901 (at the time of going to press these records were closed for 100 years from 1899 onwards).
Bundle of electoral registers for the County Tyrone area, 1970s-1980s.
1 box file of printed election material containing flyers, printed manifestos for local and general election and for the European Union elections, which include electoral communications from various women candidates, 1973 to the present day.
5 files of theatre programmes from productions staged in Omagh, for instance by the Omagh Players, Omagh Choral Society, and in Belfast by the Ulster Group Theatre and the Grand Opera House, early 20th century onwards. This collection includes a programme for the centenary of the Loreto Convent in Omagh, 1955.
Alphabetically arranged local history files relating to places, people and subjects in the County Tyrone area. These files contain press cuttings, extracts from journals, obituaries etc. This collection includes, for example:
A file on Mrs Cecil Francis Alexander, hymn writer and poet, containing press cuttings and articles about her work, c1980s-1990s.
A file on Mary Coughlan, singer, c1980s-1990s.
A file on Martina Devlin, writer, c1980s-1990s.
A file on Polly Devlin, journalist and broadcaster, c1980s-1990s.
A file on Evelyn Craig, artist, c1980s-1990s.
A file on Mary Kathleen, the Duchess of Abercorn, including obituaries, 1990 and a copy of her funeral service from Baronscourt Parish Church, 1990.
A file on Alice Milligan, Gaelic League activist, poet and writer, including a copy of an article by Alice Milligan from the Weekly Independent, 1920, obituaries, 1953 and press cuttings of events held to commemorate her life, 1980s.
A file on Rose Kavanagh, writer, containing copies of 2 of her stories from the Irish Monthly, 1891 and 1895.
A file on Eva Whitla, hymn writer and poet from Lislap, Omagh in County Tyrone, containing press cuttings and 2 handwritten notebooks of poems, many of a religious nature, short stories and hymns, 1940s-1950s and 1960s-1970.
A file on genealogy which includes family trees and genealogical notes on the following County Tyrone families: Archdale, Cathers, Cornwall, Hamilton, Keyes, Lindsay, McClean, McGrew, Robinson. For instance on the Archdale family there is a 5 page typescript and a 15 page typescript on the descendants of this family, naming numerous female family members with dates of birth, death and marriage, 1557-20th century.
2 volumes of c.200 postcards, mainly relating to the County Tyrone area and showing women in various street and rural scenes, early 20th century onwards. For example:
A photographic postcard of the interior of the recreation hall of the Loreto Convent in Omagh, 1930.
A black and white photographic postcard of women playing golf in Newtownstewart, 1917.
An illustrated domestic scene showing two women in an Irish kitchen, 1969.
A photographic postcard of showing women in a street scene of Lifford, County Donegal, 1926.
A photographic postcard of a woman outside a cottage in County Donegal, 1929.
An album of c.100 postcards from around Ireland, early 20th century onwards. For instance:
A photographic postcard of women at the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, no date.
A photographic postcard of women shown outside cottages in Glynn Village, Larne, County Antrim, no date.
A photographic postcard of a barefoot woman with spinning wheel, 1903.
A photographic postcard of women dancing at Ballymaclinton, no date.
A photographic postcard of women with spinning wheels, 1905.
3 albums of c.150 postcards, early 20th century onwards. This collection includes images of women in street scenes, numerous unidentified portrait shots of women, women entertainers, including actresses and dancers and comic illustrations of women. For example:
A postcard from the Irish Women's Association to Aid the Irish Regiments and Prisoners of War which notes that a parcel of comforts had been sent to a member of the Irish Horse Regiment who was a prisoner of war in Germany, 1917.
2 volumes of advertisements and letters from local shops in the Omagh district, including some bills made out to women, c.1920s-c1960s.
Omagh District Council:
Bound volumes of minutes and committee minutes:
1974
1975 [2 volumes]
1976 [2 volumes]
1977 [3 volumes]
1978 [3 volumes]
1979 [3 volumes]
1980 [3 volumes]
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 to the present day [unbound in 11 box files].
Strabane District Council:
Bound volumes of minutes:
June-November 1973
1974
1986 [minutes for the part of the year]
1987
1988
1989
1990 to the present day [unbound in 3 box files].
Minutes of Derry City Council:
1 and 30 October 1973
1984 (with the exception of August and December)
November-December 1985
1986 (with the exception of July, August and November)
1987
1988 (with the exception of March, June, August, September and October)
1989 (with the exception of March, May, June, August and November)
1990 to the present day (inclusive).
Minutes of Fermanagh District Council:
October-November 1973
December 1974
1975 (with the exception of July)
1976 (with the exception of October and December)
1977 (with the exception of March and May)
1978 (with the exception of June, July and October)
1980-1981
1982 (with the exception of April, June, September and December)
1983 (with the exception of February and July)
1984 (with the exception of June)
1985 (with the exception of November)
1986
1987 (with the exception of January and November)
1988 (with the exception of March, April, November and December)
1989 to the present day (inclusive).
Minutes of Limavady District Council:
March 1985 to the present day (inclusive).
34 files of copies of the Abercorn papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland reference T/2541).
2 files of copies of the Belmore papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/3007).
5 files of copies of the Montgomery papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D/627).
1 file of copies of Wilson and Sims Solicitors' papers (copies from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/2298).
2 files of copies of the Crossle papers relating to the Verner estate (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/236).
1 file of copies of Martin, King, French and Ingram Solicitors' papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/1550).
1 file of copies of the Castle Stewart papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/1618).
1 file of copies of Clogher Diocesan papers (copied from the originals in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference D/10(RC )1). |
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