CUSACK DIARY
Michael Cusack returned to the county of his birth for the last time in 1902, he died in 1906. He kept a diary detailing his journey around Clare and his visit to the Cusack Homestead on the 27th June 1902.
Some of his journal entries from 20th June to 30th June 1902 are available below to download. Please click on the following:
download diary_of_michael_cusack.doc
Diary entry reproduced from Pages 64 and 65 of the book “The Man from Carron” by Brother Sean McNamara, Published 2005 by the Clare county Board.
CUSACK ARCHIVE
The Cusack Archive containing unique official and personal material relating to the founder of the GAA can be found at the James Hardiman Library at the National University of Ireland Galway. The archive itself was donated by a former librarian at NUI Galway, the late Patricia O’ Connell, who was a distant relative of Michael Cusack. Material in the archive includes the official minute-book of the Dublin Hurling Club, from its foundation in 1883, Michael Cusack’s diary of his visit to Clare in June 1902, a letter to his sons, a prayer book presented by him to his wife Margaret in 1880 and notes tracing his ancestry, including a note from him for his children.
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Michael Cusack returned to the county of his birth for the last time in 1902, he died in 1906. He kept a diary detailing his journey around Clare and his visit to the Cusack Homestead on the 27th June 1902.
Some of his journal entries from 20th June to 30th June 1902 are available below to download. Please click on the following:
download diary_of_michael_cusack.doc
Diary entry reproduced from Pages 64 and 65 of the book “The Man from Carron” by Brother Sean McNamara, Published 2005 by the Clare county Board.
CUSACK ARCHIVE
The Cusack Archive containing unique official and personal material relating to the founder of the GAA can be found at the James Hardiman Library at the National University of Ireland Galway. The archive itself was donated by a former librarian at NUI Galway, the late Patricia O’ Connell, who was a distant relative of Michael Cusack. Material in the archive includes the official minute-book of the Dublin Hurling Club, from its foundation in 1883, Michael Cusack’s diary of his visit to Clare in June 1902, a letter to his sons, a prayer book presented by him to his wife Margaret in 1880 and notes tracing his ancestry, including a note from him for his children.
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