Jackie Clarke Collection

The Jackie Clarke Collection, under the stewardship of Mayo County Council, is housed in the former Provincial Bank, which was designed by Thomas Manly Deane, architect of some of Ireland’s most impressive buildings including the National Library of Ireland. The collection was put together during the lifetime of one man, Jackie Clarke, (1928-2000) and contains over 100,000 items, including many unique documents that are sole surviving copies of publications, rare handbills and proclamations, unpublished manuscripts and political writings. Spanning nearly 400 years of Irish history, its earliest documents date from the early 1600s.