Acquisitions & Donations 2009
Donations - Mayo County Library is an approved body under Section 484 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. Tax relief is available to individuals or corporations on cash donations between €100 and €1000
- The history and architecture of Rosturk Castle, Rostyurk, County Mayo by Fintan masterson B. A. Desertation 2009. Donated by the author
- The genealogy of the Anglo-Norman Lynches who settled in Galway by Paul McNulty 2009. Donated by the author
- The Achill Mission and Estate a Protestant enterprise in Catholic communities by Tarso Matsuo. Hosei University, Tokyo 1997.
- Manuscript documents of Fr. Patrick J. Burke of the Columban Fathers, formerly of Castlebar. The collection contains diaries and reports written by Fr. Burke during his period as a correspondent covering the Korean and Vietnam wars. Donated by his niece Ms. Mary Morrissey, Cave, Ballyhaunis.
- The Killing Snows: A story of the Irish Famine by Charles Egan. A novel set in County Mayo donated by the author. Copies of the summonses and notices served upon Messiurs Healy, Davitt and Quinn in recent proceedings against them in the court of the Queen’s Bench, Dublin. Of the judgement against them and of the warrants or orders under which they were committed to prison 1883.
Acquisitions:
- The apparitions at Knock. Also the official depositions of the eye-withnesses prepared and edited by John MacPhilbin 1904
- The rocks of the Tourmakeady district (County Mayo) by Charles Irving Gardiner 1909.
- Addergoole, native parish of Archbishop MacHale with original poems by Rev. J. F. Lavelle, Addergoole
- A list of all subscriptions received for the Achill purchase fund and also the seventeenth report of the Achill Mission 1850.
- 1879-88 The sanction of a creed. A short account of murders and attempts at murder in Ireland since the institution of the Irish National Land League. Published by the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union 1888,
- Amhrain Ghaedhilge an Iarthair / Gaelic songs of the West collected by Michael Timony 1906.
- Letter of his grace the most Rev. Dr. MacHale Archbishop of Tuam to the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Tuam, 1861.
- Saly Air by F.R. Higgins. Limited edition 1923.
- An act to confirm Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board for Ireland relating to the towns of Ballina and Lurgan 1882.
- An act to repeal an act entitled An act for the improvement of the River Moy 1860
- An act for authorising the sale of certain estates in the counties Galway and Mayo devised by the will of John, the late Lord Clanmorris 1837.
- An act to enable the Great Northern and Western Railway Company to extend their railway to Castlebar 1859.
- An act to enable the Great Northern and Western Railway Company to extend their railway to Westport 1861.
- An act to enable the Great Northern and Western Railway Company to extend their railway to Ballina 1862.
- The Great Northern and Western Railway Act Westport Quay Line 1870.
- An act to enable the G.N. & W. Railway Company to extend the railway to Ballina.
- An act for the making a railway from Ballina to Killala and a Harbour at Killala 1883.
- Census Search Forms 1841/51. The household census returns for 1841 and 1851 do not survive. When old age pensions were introduced in 1908 searches of the 1841 and 1851 were undertaken to check ages of applicants. These forms arranged by parish provide are an important source for family history for the families concerned.
Digital Acquisitions
- The entire Western People from 1889 has been added to our digital searchable collection of Mayo newspapers
Contact Information:
Ivor Hamrock
Local History Department, Castlebar Central Library, John Moore Rd, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Phone: +353 (0)94 9047953
Email: ihamrock@mayococo.ie