Card advertising a debate between the Cumann na Gaelige, Coláiste Mungairit and Cumann Gaelach Coláiste Iognáid, Gallimh, entitled ‘Gur tabhachtai d’ eirinn an talmhaiocht na aon tionscal eile’.
Debating
6 Collection results for Debating
Announcements of, and invitations to, the Society's public debates. Includes information such as the title of the motion, the names of the speakers, the venue and the date and time.
Include information such as the order of business, the motion for debate, the speakers and the rules of the society. One programme is in Irish; the rest are in English.
Includes agenda, motion for debate: 'Ba Choir do Luimneach Bheith in-a Priomh-Chathair na h-Eireann' (That Limerick should be the capital city of Ireland).
Bound volume containing handwritten entries reporting on the Debating Society meetings. Information given includes the motion debated, the names of members of each team, a short report on the actual debate, and the result. Some of the entries refer to prizes awarded for debating skills, inter-college debates, and invited speakers. Many documents have been glued onto pages of the volume, including notices of individual debates, newspaper reports, and correspondence. The reports are signed by the society's presidents: Fr Bates, Fr Purcell and Mr Morrissey.
Articles from the Limerick Leader and the Limerick Chronicle on various public debates held by the Society. The writers comment on the individual speeches, the contribution of guest speakers and the audience, and the result of the debate.