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16 May, Anno 1596 was a Sunday !!

This was an illustration in the 1895 edition of the Life of Hugh, Roe O'Donnell by Lughaigh O'Clery. The translation is given as: Most Serene Prince, We have written to your father, the mighty King, as well as haste would allow us, what we thought most necessary for us and our country. In this business we beseech your Highness to respond generously to the hopes which we entertain of his generous qualities, and set us down in the number of his clients, and help us mercifully, as is his wont in a cause so pious and just, namely the asserting of Catholic liberty and the delivering our country from the yoke of wicked tyrants ; and in this way obeying the majesty of God, he will save an infinite number of souls from the jaws of hell, gain them over to Christ, and either crush utterly the agents of Satan's wrath and the wicked disturbers of the Christian republic or compel them to return to wiser counsels. We beg God to grant your most serene Highness every blessing. From Lifford, May 16th, in the year 1596. [L.S.] Hugh O'Neill. [L.S.] Hugh O'Donnell.

I'm a bit lost as to Don Carolo is, as I can't find a Spanish prince by that name, who was still alive in 1596. On the one hand, I may be just missing someone, but on the other hand, I did note that the prince is not actually named in the letter, and it's possible that someone mistakenly assumed that the letter was written to Don Carlos rather than Philip III.

Sharon Corbet Ah, now! You can't go cogging your Latin homework out of a history book! ;)

Sharon Corbet I wonder if the answer is here: dib.cambridge.org/viewFullScreen.do?filename=a8702 Little is known of his immediate family other than that he was foster-brother to Cathal O'Connor, one of the O'Connors of Offaly, who fled to Spain and became known as Don Carolo. This O'Connor drowned trying to sail back to Ireland during the Nine Years' War. If it is intended for that Don Carolo, then the reference to the King being his father is more an honorific - suggesting a closeness to royalty and noble status - rather than saying that the King is literally his father. This is one era of Irish history that I wish I knew better.

Carleton L. Brownson, professor of Greek, formerly of the American School of Classics at Athens, and later instructor in Latin at Yale. He seems to have done a number of translations of Greek texts.

@ pennylrichardsco and others who give context to these photos - thanks very much for putting in the time to research it! It really brings the photos to life!

I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Lewis_Brownson

pennylrichardsca: I'll join mcsheeryp in thanking you for the identifying information. In checking Prints & Photographs Division collections that are not online, I found a matching image identifying him in a handwritten caption as "Carleton L. Brownson, Dean, the College of the City of New [York]" (last word cut off--must have been on a larger mount at one time) and with a stamped credit to "Alman & Co, 590 Fifth Ave., N.Y." We'll add information to the description for the Bain negative when we next update the record.

Mr Poole also visited, probably later. Spot the differences!

From - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000035721

In 2010 via Esther Moliné

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, at thepeerage, and here at wikipedia Ooh, a big entry at the Dictionary of irish Biography

His 7th son Robert Boyle is the lad from Boyle's Law: PV=k

This is not a memorial erected after his death: Boyle erected an elaborate monument to himself, his wives, his mother, and his children in The Collegiate Church of St Mary Youghal, County Cork

Thanks for scanning these works.

Thanks for enjoying them :)