Sources for Irish Women’s History

ID	7233
Collection	Dunraven Papers
Collection Description	The Dunraven Papers comprise c.15, 150 documents and c.225 volumes, 1574 and 1614-1930s, deriving from the Wyndham-Quin family of Adare Manor, Adare, Co. Limerick, Earls of Dunraven. The original patronymic of the Earls of Dunraven was Quin. The Wyndham half of the double barrel derives from the Wyndham family of Dunraven Castle, Glamorganshire, and Clearwell Court, Gloucestershire, whose heiress the future 2nd Earl of Dunraven married in 1810. The earliest document in the Dunraven archive is dated 1574, but it related to Middlesex. There is no concentration of material until the late 17th century; there is virtually no correspondence prior to 1800 ; and although other forms of estate material are fairly abundant, there are actually no rentals of earlier date than 1855. The other major disappointment about the archive relates to the very modem period. In compensation for these disappointments; there is a remarkable concentration of varied material for the middle fifty years of the 19th century, particularly for the period 1830-1870. These dates roughly coincide with the construction of a new family seat in Ireland, Adare Manor. [University of Limerick Special Collections and Archives]
Collection Web Address	https://specialcollections.ul.ie/projects/dunraven/
Reference	D/3196
Description	A detailed calendar of this collection is available. This collection of c.15,150 documents and c.25 volumes includes, for example: Series of reflections written at the close of each year by Caroline Countess of Dunraven, wife of the 2nd Earl of Dunraven, 1808-1851. 53 small folio volumes of her notebooks, recording her social and family life, 1808-1870 (with exceptions). Letters to Caroline, Countess of Dunraven from her mother, Anna Maria Wyndham/Bebbet, c.1815-c1834. Letters to Caroline, Countess of Dunraven from her husband, 1810-1850 (with exceptions). Letters to Caroline, Countess of Dunraven from her son, Edwin, Lord Adair and his cousin and future wife, Augusta Goold, 1821-1870. Letters to Caroline, Countess of Dunraven from her daughter, Lady Anna Maria Wyndham-Quin, 1824-1855. Letters to Caroline, Countess of Dunraven from Augustus Stafford O'Brien, 1839-1858. Papers of the 3rd Earl of Dunraven and his wife, Augusta, 1820-1871. 2 large bundles of letters to Mrs Eleanor Edwin from numerous correspondents, including her daughter, Caroline, Countess of Dunraven, 1792-1839; her daughter in law, Anna Maria Wyndham, her granddaughter, Caroline, Countess of Dunraven, Jane, Dowager Lady Harewood and her son, Thomas Wyndham, 1772; 1789-1814. A typescript copy of a letter from Saran Colvill (nee Lenox) to her husband, Robert in which she describes in detail the assault of Mr Johnston on Miss Nescomen, Johnston's death and the subsequent court case which involved most of the gentry of County Longford, 1 October 1773. The letter is transcribed in the calendar of this collection.
Access	By prior appointment.
Date	1772-1871
Century	18th, 19th
Keywords	Aristocracy Search Repository Site Crime Search Repository Site Death Search Repository Site Domestic Life Search Repository Site Letters Search Repository Site
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Repository Name	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Address	2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter Belfast
UK Postal Code	BT3 9HQ
Telephone	+44 28-9053-4800
Email Address	proni@communities-ni.gov.uk
Repository Web Address	https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-n...
Comment	Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by Public Record Office of Northern Ireland staff and we are grateful for their assistance. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually.
latitude	54.60430
longitude	-5.91036