The Happy Prince & Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde Published, 1916-1924 by the Little Leather Library Corporation, New York. Embossed leather covered Children’s story book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Leather_Library_Corporation From the McAllister Collection, The Museum of Childhood Ireland Músaem Óige na hÉireann 2023

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Finn Varra Maa (The Irish Santa Claus)

Finn Varra Maa (The Irish Santa Claus) An Irish Fairy Pantomime In Four Acts Original 1917 Edition TH Nally Cover Illustration Micheal Macliammoir Published by The Talbot Press, 1917 Description: Ireland: The Talbot Press, 1917. Book. Illustration by Micheal Macliammoir. Hardcover. First Irish Edition. Original Collectible 1917 First Irish Talbot Press Edition with a wonderful… Continue reading Finn Varra Maa (The Irish Santa Claus)

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Peter Craven and his Bayko Set

Peter in 1963, aged 9 I was born in England in 1953. Both my parents were from County Cork but had emigrated to Sidcup in the south of England after the war. My dad was a GP and my mother acted as his secretary answering the phone and arranging appointments. So both of my parents… Continue reading Peter Craven and his Bayko Set

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Anne O’Leary’s Crolly Dolls

My Crolly Doll Story, Anne O’Leary. “Crolly Dolls of my Childhood. As a child I had three Crolly dolls. The first one was bought for me by my mother for my fourth birthday. I had no idea until recently that she was actually a Crolly doll, because she has no maker’s mark.  She is just… Continue reading Anne O’Leary’s Crolly Dolls

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Gillian Cantwell’s Dolls

GILLIAN CANTWELL, AGE 3 and 5, WITH CROLLY DOLL AND CHATTY CATHY DOLL Meet Gillian Mary Cantwell and her two favourite dolls from childhood. One photo with her Crolly doll when Gillian was three years old sitting outside her grandparents house and the other at five years of age, with her Chatty Cathy doll who… Continue reading Gillian Cantwell’s Dolls

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Patsy McGuinney’s doll wardrobe

Homemade wooden wardrobe and hangers, and homemade doll clothes for her Crolly doll, made for seven year old Patsy Mc Guinney, from Seapoint, in Co Dublin by her mum and dad, as a Christmas gift in the 1970s.  The McAllister Collection, Museum of Childhood Ireland.

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Izzy Jones-McAuley Collection

Handmade doll clothing and two dolls.  “I have ended up in the possession of some antique dolls, with handmade outfits from the 1900s.  The dolls and handmade doll clothing, have been passed down to me from my aunt Eveleen, who received them from a friend of her aunt Ita, called Miss A. Prentis, (not sure… Continue reading Izzy Jones-McAuley Collection

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