Papers : concerning prehistoric remains found in Donegal and Limerick, 1833-1847 : manuscript, [after 1847]

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Papers : concerning prehistoric remains found in Donegal and Limerick, 1833-1847 : manuscript, [after 1847]

Letters to Croker from James J. Nolan, William Mudge, Thomas B. Cann, and others; notes; and clippings concerning the discovery of a dwelling and tools in a bog in Donegal county and animal remains and tools in Lough Gur in Limerick county and publications describing these discoveries, and watercolor sketches by Croker of items discovered. Includes printed copies of Mudge's "Description of an ancient structure dug out of Drumkelin Bog, in the parish of Inver, county of Donegal, in the year 1833"; and Richard Glennon's "On the discovery of the bones of extinct deer, &c. at Lough Gur, in the country of Limerick."

1 v. (40 leaves) : ill. ; 30 cm.

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Houghton Library

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Nolan, James J.,

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Cann, Thomas B.,

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Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854

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Thomas Crofton Croker was an Irish antiquary who devoted most of his life to collecting ancient Irish poetry and Irish folklore. In England in 1828 he founded the Society of Noviomagus with a small circle of like-minded friends. From the guide to the T. Crofton Croker Collection, 1827-1925, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Thomas Crofton Croker was born in County Cork, and worked as a clerk in the British Admiralty for some forty y...

Mudge, William Alois

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Glennon, Richard A., 1945-....

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