19th Century Letterheads and Watermarks.

Letters occasionally contain an extra layer of information in the form of drawings and watermarks. (The post-Famine period saw a large increase in church building so it is not surprising that newly constructed churches feature prominently.) Below are some samples of letterheads and watermarks from letter-paper in the college archive.

Cobh Cathedral

(Letter from Bishop John McCarthy, Queenstown to Dr Kirby,

February 1877- in which he describes the building of new cathedral.

 KIR/1877/29)

St Mary's, Ballingary, Co Limerick

(Letter from Rev Shanahan PP, Ballingary to Dr Kirby. April 1878. KIR/1878/150)

Holycross College, Clonliffe

(Letter from Dr Verdon to Dr Kirby recommending Mr McCarthy, Architect. October 1874. KIR/1874/582)

[N.B. the church depicted in the engraving had not been built in 1874]

'Piazza della Basilica di S. Pietro.'

(Letter from Fr J. Maher, Rome to Dr Cullen 29 August 1845.)

Scheveningue, circa 1911

'Grand Hotel du Vésuve, Naples' (No Date)

St John's College, Waterford.

(Letter from Rev Joseph A Phelan, Waterford to Dr Kirby, Nov. 1884. KIR/1884/428 )

"Hotel California - Absolutely fireproof" (San Francisco, 1921)

Black Rock Castle, The Cork River and Glanmire from the Village of Ring

( Letter from Anne Therry, Hotel d'Angleterre, to Kirby- January 1861. KIR/1836-1861/2869.)

"St Malachy's College Belfast

 Erin go Bragh" (Dated 1879)

Cardinal Cullen's Crest -1852