http://www.linenhall.com/ Thanks Wendy, meant to include that. Nan On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson wrote: > Hi Nan, > Is there a website for the Library? > Wendy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:02 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New collection at Linen Hall Library > > > THE IRISH NEWS > Documents donated to city library > > By Rebecca Black > 12/01/08 > A remarkable collection of documents relating to the Belfast brigade > of the National Volunteers was donated to the Linen Hall Library this > week – including a letter dated 1919 from The Irish News to the group. > The National Volunteers were part of the Irish Volunteers that had > sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the > group split in the wake of the question of whether or not the > volunteers’ should fight for Britain in the First World War. > The collection comprises six pieces including a regimental order > book, a letter head, cash book, register of members and even a > decommissioning receipt from the Royal Irish Rifles all dating from > 1914 to 1919. > A letter from The Irish News, dated March 11 1919 – when the group > disarmed and probably disbanded – thanked the organisation for the > advertising placed in the paper. > The documents were donated by Belfast man Joseph McCann whose father > had been a member of the National Volunteers. > John Killen from the Linen Hall Library said the collection would be > invaluable for research, particularly coming up to the 100th > anniversary of the Easter Rising. > “This is an interesting collection referring to a little known period > of Belfast history,” he said. > “We are fortunate in that we are in receipt of quite important > donations. > “A year or two ago, we received a fascinating donation from the > relative of a young Belfast man who had gone down to Dublin to enlist > in the British army to fight in France but been caught up in the > Easter Rising. > “He kept a daily diary of what had happened which was absolutely > fascinating,” he said. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, and also for the info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New collection at Linen Hall Library http://www.linenhall.com/ Thanks Wendy, meant to include that. Nan On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson wrote: > Hi Nan, > Is there a website for the Library? > Wendy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:02 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New collection at Linen Hall Library > > > THE IRISH NEWS > Documents donated to city library > > By Rebecca Black > 12/01/08 > A remarkable collection of documents relating to the Belfast brigade > of the National Volunteers was donated to the Linen Hall Library this > week – including a letter dated 1919 from The Irish News to the group. > The National Volunteers were part of the Irish Volunteers that had > sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the > group split in the wake of the question of whether or not the > volunteers’ should fight for Britain in the First World War. > The collection comprises six pieces including a regimental order > book, a letter head, cash book, register of members and even a > decommissioning receipt from the Royal Irish Rifles all dating from > 1914 to 1919. > A letter from The Irish News, dated March 11 1919 – when the group > disarmed and probably disbanded – thanked the organisation for the > advertising placed in the paper. > The documents were donated by Belfast man Joseph McCann whose father > had been a member of the National Volunteers. > John Killen from the Linen Hall Library said the collection would be > invaluable for research, particularly coming up to the 100th > anniversary of the Easter Rising. > “This is an interesting collection referring to a little known period > of Belfast history,” he said. > “We are fortunate in that we are in receipt of quite important > donations. > “A year or two ago, we received a fascinating donation from the > relative of a young Belfast man who had gone down to Dublin to enlist > in the British army to fight in France but been caught up in the > Easter Rising. > “He kept a daily diary of what had happened which was absolutely > fascinating,” he said. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message