Correspondence from the papers of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1888-1913
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This book is a collection of Canon Sheehan
of Doneraile’s in-coming correspondence
drawn from more than half a dozen archival
deposits in the United States and in Ireland.
While swathes of his papers were destroyed
after his death, substantial quantities of
material are still extant due mainly to Fr
Herman J. Heuser’s preparations for his
biography of Sheehan which appeared in
1917. Most of it has not been previously
published.
of Doneraile’s in-coming correspondence
drawn from more than half a dozen archival
deposits in the United States and in Ireland.
While swathes of his papers were destroyed
after his death, substantial quantities of
material are still extant due mainly to Fr
Herman J. Heuser’s preparations for his
biography of Sheehan which appeared in
1917. Most of it has not been previously
published.
Extending over the period 1888–1913, the
book is a pendant to The Collected Letters
of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, compiled in
2013 to commemorate the centenary of the
poet pastor’s death. As such, it provides a
partial diptych to the literary, philosophical
and religious conversation conducted in the
earlier book and affords interesting insights
into the concerns of both Canon Sheehan
and of his wide range of correspondents
on subjects connected with contemporary
international Catholic literary movements
as well as on their assessments of the wider
literary and philosophical currents asserting
influence in the United States, Great
Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany
and Scandinavia prior to the Great War. It
provides essential background information
for an understanding of the evolution
of Canon Sheehan’s literary career. The
correspondence also affords a glimpse of
the wide diversity of literary interests and
outlooks among writers in Ireland during
the decades from 1890 to 1914, of which the
Irish literary revival movement was but one.
book is a pendant to The Collected Letters
of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, compiled in
2013 to commemorate the centenary of the
poet pastor’s death. As such, it provides a
partial diptych to the literary, philosophical
and religious conversation conducted in the
earlier book and affords interesting insights
into the concerns of both Canon Sheehan
and of his wide range of correspondents
on subjects connected with contemporary
international Catholic literary movements
as well as on their assessments of the wider
literary and philosophical currents asserting
influence in the United States, Great
Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany
and Scandinavia prior to the Great War. It
provides essential background information
for an understanding of the evolution
of Canon Sheehan’s literary career. The
correspondence also affords a glimpse of
the wide diversity of literary interests and
outlooks among writers in Ireland during
the decades from 1890 to 1914, of which the
Irish literary revival movement was but one.
