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Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent.]-[early 20 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
55 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
For information on Standish Hayes O'Grady (1832-1915), relating to his career and his work on Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum and elsewhere, see the 'Preface' by Robin Flower to Volume II of 'Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum, by Standish Hayes O'Grady and Robin Flower' (London, 1926).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired; 1916
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The O'Grady Manuscripts belonged to Standish Hayes O'Grady (1832-1915), and for the most part contain transcripts or notes by O'Grady made from Irish manuscripts in London, Dublin, and elsewhere.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
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Language of material
- iri
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Irish, English.
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Note
In the NLW Handlist of Manuscripts, as in the case of the Kuno Meyer and Whitley Stokes collection of facsimiles of Irish manuscripts, etc. (see NLW MSS 4630-95), bibliographical references have not been given, nor have the usual particulars concerning language and date been added after each entry, as all the manuscripts, unless otherwise stated, are mainly in Irish and are either late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Language(s)
- English