Book
1930 (hand written)
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This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as an Easter present for their father in 1930.
Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.
The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Ruminating', 'The Fallen Soldier', 'The Mermaid's Pool', 'A Shadow', 'Early Summer Sunset', 'Specks', 'To a Little Yacht Sailing Before the Sunset', 'A Hair in the Brain', 'Home Thoughts From "Abroad"', 'In the Hills', 'To a Little Graveyard by the Sea', 'Excitement', 'The Foyle?', 'A Midnight Mourner', 'Thoughts on 'The Mayor' ', and 'On a Sky Seen Through Twigs in Winter'.
Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944.
The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Ruminating', 'The Fallen Soldier', 'The Mermaid's Pool', 'A Shadow', 'Early Summer Sunset', 'Specks', 'To a Little Yacht Sailing Before the Sunset', 'A Hair in the Brain', 'Home Thoughts From "Abroad"', 'In the Hills', 'To a Little Graveyard by the Sea', 'Excitement', 'The Foyle?', 'A Midnight Mourner', 'Thoughts on 'The Mayor' ', and 'On a Sky Seen Through Twigs in Winter'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Handwriting and drawing |
| Brief description | Book, poetry, hand written, with a hand-drawn cover depicting a piper playing to a group of animals, written by the McCorkell children as a Christmas present for their father, Derry, 1930. |
| Physical description | Handmade 22-page book of poetry, pages are bound together with thread, cover is attached with red ribbon. Front cover is decorated with a hand drawn silhouette picture of a piper playing to a group of animals. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by Marion McLachlan |
| Summary | This book of poetry was written by the McCorkell children as an Easter present for their father in 1930. Oona (b.1910), Kathleen (b.1911), Leslie (b.1916) and Pakenham (b.1923) were the four children of Dudley and Helen McCorkell. They lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The children wrote poems which were put into books and presented to their father as Christmas and Easter presents. The daughters lived into their nineties, but Pakenham died in 1944. The poems in this book are credited to Oona, Packenham, Kathleen and Leslie McCorkell. The poems included in the book are entitled 'Ruminating', 'The Fallen Soldier', 'The Mermaid's Pool', 'A Shadow', 'Early Summer Sunset', 'Specks', 'To a Little Yacht Sailing Before the Sunset', 'A Hair in the Brain', 'Home Thoughts From "Abroad"', 'In the Hills', 'To a Little Graveyard by the Sea', 'Excitement', 'The Foyle?', 'A Midnight Mourner', 'Thoughts on 'The Mayor' ', and 'On a Sky Seen Through Twigs in Winter'. |
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| Accession number | B.340-2010 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2011 |
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