Welcome to the website of the Archives of Glenstal Abbey. Please see our Access Policy before making a request to visit us. The following is a general idea of what can be found in our collection:
Non-monastic collection:
- Carbery papers, 1658-1759.
- Sir Thomas Hackett papers, 1688-1720.
- Cloncurry papers, 1880-1909.
- Correspondence between Mother Mary Martin and Bede Lebbe, 1930s.
- John Sweetman papers, 1911-1923.
- Diaries of Richard Hobart (1784-1802), Sir Thomas Kane (1837) and J. Grene Barry (1869-76).
- Gaelic League Ard-Craomh minute book, 1907-15.
Monastic collection:
- Foundation correspondence.
- Legal and administrative documents.
- Financial, farm and school records.
- Seniorate minute books, 1927-80.
- Material relating to congresses, 1952 onwards.
- Material relating to the foundation in Nigeria, 1974 onwards.
- Private papers of deceased monks.