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Reference code
IE IJA SC/CRES/3/14
Title
Secretary's Journal of the Debating Society at the Sacred Heart College, Limerick
Date(s)
- 1934 - 1952 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume; c.250 pp
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Scope and content
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.