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Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 153 Coffey & Chenevix Trench Papers (MSS 46,290 – 46,337) (Accession No. 6669) Papers relating to the Coffey and Chenevix Trench families, 1868 – 2007. Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, pamphlets, leaflets, writings, personal papers, photographs, and some papers relating to the Trench family. Compiled by Avice-Claire McGovern, October 2009 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction....................................................................................................................... 4 I. Coffey Family............................................................................................................... 16 I.i. Papers of George Coffey........................................................................................... 16 I.i.1 Personal correspondence ....................................................................................... 16 I.i.1.A. Letters to Jane Coffey (née L’Estrange)....................................................... 16 I.i.1.B. Other correspondence ................................................................................... 17 I.i.2. Academia & career............................................................................................... 18 I.i.3 Politics ................................................................................................................... 22 I.i.3.A. Correspondence ............................................................................................ 22 I.i.3.B. Articles, pamphlets and speeches ................................................................. 22 I.i.4 Books, monographs and other papers.................................................................... 23 I.i.4.A. Correspondence ............................................................................................ 23 I.i.4.B. Reviews and notes ........................................................................................ 24 I.i.5 Other works ........................................................................................................... 25 I.i.6 Death...................................................................................................................... 26 I.ii. Papers of Jane Coffey (née L’Estrange)................................................................. 27 I.ii.1 Personal correspondence ...................................................................................... 27 I.ii.1.A Letters to Diarmid Coffey ........................................................................... 27 I.ii.1.B Other correspondence .................................................................................. 27 I.ii.2. Miscellaneous personal papers............................................................................ 29 I.iii. Papers of Diarmid Coffey....................................................................................... 31 I.iii.1. Personal correspondence.................................................................................... 31 I.iii.1.A. Letters to Jane Coffey................................................................................. 31 I.iii.1.B. Letters to Cesca Chenevix Trench.............................................................. 33 I.iii.1.C. Letters to Margot Chenevix Trench............................................................ 34 I.iii.1.D. Other correspondence................................................................................. 34 I.iii.2. Diaries ................................................................................................................ 40 I.iii.3. Irish Volunteers & National Volunteers............................................................. 41 I.iii.4. Irish Conference Committee and Irish Convention............................................ 42 I.iii.5. Cooperative Movement and trip to Italy and Balkans, 1920.............................. 46 I.iii.6. Irish Race Congress, 1922.................................................................................. 48 I.iii.7. Books and other works....................................................................................... 49 I.iii.7.A. O’Neill and Ormond................................................................................... 49 I.iii.7.B. Douglas Hyde ............................................................................................. 49 I.iii.7.C. Other works ................................................................................................ 51 I.iii.8. Miscellaneous personal papers........................................................................... 52 II. Chenevix Trench Family........................................................................................... 56 II.i. Papers of Isabella Chenevix Trench ...................................................................... 56 II.i.1. Personal correspondence..................................................................................... 56 II.i.1.A. Letters to Cesca and Margot Chenevix Trench........................................... 56 2. II.i.1.B. Other correspondence.................................................................................. 57 II.i.2. Miscellaneous personal papers............................................................................ 58 II.ii. Papers of Cesca Chenevix Trench......................................................................... 59 II.ii.1. Personal correspondence.................................................................................... 59 II.ii.1.A. Letters to Diarmid Coffey .......................................................................... 59 II.ii.1.B. Letters to Margot Chenevix Trench ........................................................... 61 II.ii.1.C. Other correspondence................................................................................. 62 II.ii.2. Diaries ................................................................................................................ 65 II.ii.3. Notebooks and scrapbooks................................................................................. 65 II.ii.4. Writings.............................................................................................................. 66 II.ii.5. Death .................................................................................................................. 68 II.ii.6. Miscellaneous personal papers........................................................................... 69 II.iii. Papers of Margot Chenevix Trench..................................................................... 71 II.iii.1. Personal correspondence................................................................................... 71 II.iii.1.A Letters to Cesca Chenevix Trench ............................................................. 71 II.iii.1.B Other correspondence................................................................................. 71 II.iii.2. Diaries, journals and notebooks........................................................................ 74 II.iii.3. Death................................................................................................................. 75 II.iii.4. Miscellaneous personal papers ......................................................................... 76 II.iv. Other papers........................................................................................................... 77 II.iv.1. Correspondence................................................................................................. 77 II.iv.2. Miscellanea ....................................................................................................... 79 Appendices....................................................................................................................... 81 Appendix 1 – Paintings and sketches transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings (Accession Number PD 4428 TX), October 2009 ....................................... 81 Appendix 2 – Photographs transferred to the National Photographic Archive (Accession Number PC09 LOT33), October 2009....................................................... 83 3. Introduction Biographical History Diarmid Coffey married Cesca Chenevix Trench on 17 April 1918, bringing together two families who played a significant part in late 19th-century and early 20th-century Irish culture, history, language and politics. Coffey Family: Hugh Diarmid James (Diarmid) Coffey was born on 24 December 1888, the only child of George Coffey and Jane Sophie Frances L’Estrange. His parents both came from very different circles and religious backgrounds: His father was a Catholic and his mother was a Protestant. They were both involved in the City of Dublin Workingmen’s Club which was how they met. Jane L’Estrange was born in 1857 to Sir George Burdett L’Estrange (1796-1878) and Louisa Vencentia Stepney (d. 1855). Her family were connected with the Vice-Regal Court of which her father was an official and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Sir George Burdett L’Estrange fought in the Peninsular Wars and afterwards had a commission in the 3rd Foot Guards, but when the family fortunes declined, he resigned from the British Army and became a land agent before gaining employment at Dublin Castle. The L’Estranges lived at in the lower Castle Yard of Dublin Castle. When Jane L’Estrange met William Morris, the textile designer, architect and socialist,