File 15 - Correspondence re the Publication of Fr. Richard Henebry’s ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’

104 items; Manuscript, typescript, printed and newspaper clipping

A file including correspondence and related papers re the publication of Fr. Richard Henebry’s ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’. This work was eventually published posthumously by Henebry’s colleagues in University College Cork in 1928. The book was based on a surviving Henebry manuscript which Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. had acquired. Portions of the text were published by Fr. Senan in ‘The Father Mathew Record’. The 1928 publication was edited by Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Henebry’s successor as Professor of Irish in UCC.

The file includes correspondence between Sir Bertram Windle and Carl Gilbert Hardebeck on the value of Henebry’s manuscript (1914-16). Windle later affirmed that he did not publish the book at this time (1916) due to the financial cost of such an undertaking (see Windle’s letter to Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. on 4 July 1924). The correspondence from 1924 onward includes letters between Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., John English & Co., and several other printing and publishing companies, re the publication of Henebry’s manuscript. The file also includes letters from Seán Ó Currín, Eoin (John) Henebry, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Tomás de Faoite (Clonlisk, County Offaly), Edmund Downey, Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap. (re the publication of extracts of the Henebry manuscript in the ‘The Father Mathew Record’), Fr. Michael Sheehan, Frank Ryan (the file includes several letters from Ryan written in Irish), Mac Giolla Bhríde (William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne), Fr. Maurus Phelan OCSO, William O’Brien (Bellevue, Mallow), Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Joseph B. Whelehan, Liam de Róiste, Fr. Richard Aylward (President, St. Kiernan’s College, Kilkenny), Patrick F. Rooney (71 West 95th Street, New York City), William Henry Grattan Flood, Maureen MacLysaght (Hazelwood, Mallow, County Cork), Fr. William Carrigan, (Durrow, County Laois), Douglas Hyde, Fr. Patrick MacSwiney, Fr. Patrick Power, Seán Ó Floinn, Patrick J. Merriman, and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. Includes letters to Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’) forwarding subscriptions for Henebry’s ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’ along with advertisement notices, lists of subscribers, order forms, and newspaper clippings.

A letter in this file from Eoin Henebry to Fr. Senan refers to a manuscript titled ‘The Fair Hosts of the Books of Erin’ written by Fr. Richard Henebry which his brother suggests has already been published. He mentions that all the ‘old stuff has been gone over by Seán Ó Currín, Seán Ó Floinn, and by Phil O’Neill’. (27 Aug. 1924).

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Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents

Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’): https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-donnchadha-tadhg-torna-a6347
Sir Bertram Windle: https://www.dib.ie/biography/windle-sir-bertram-alan-coghill-a9086
Carl Gilbert Hardebeck: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hardebeck-carl-gilbert-a3795
William Frederick Paul Stockley: https://www.dib.ie/biography/stockley-william-frederick-paul-a8321
Edmund Downey: https://www.dib.ie/biography/downey-edmund-a2741
Fr. Michael Sheehan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/sheehan-michael-a8021
Frank Ryan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ryan-francis-richard-frank-a7865
Mac Giolla Bhríde (William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne): https://www.dib.ie/biography/gibson-william-mac-giolla-bhride-liam-a3461
Fr. Maurus Phelan OCSO: https://www.isos.dias.ie/MMA/maurus_o_faolain.html
William O’Brien: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-william-a6503
Seán Ó Ciarghusa: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-william-a6503
Joseph B. Whelehan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whelehan
Liam de Róiste: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-roiste-liam-a2470
William Henry Grattan Flood: https://www.dib.ie/biography/flood-william-henry-grattan-a3300
Fr. William Carrigan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/carrigan-william-a1500
Douglas Hyde: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hyde-douglas-de-hide-dubhghlas-a4185
Fr. Patrick MacSwiney: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macswiney-patrick-john-a9955
Fr. Patrick Power: https://www.dib.ie/biography/power-patrick-a7462
Seán Ó Floinn: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=949
Patrick J. Merriman: https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/history/people/ucc-presidents/president-patrick-j-merriman/