Envelope of leases of Powlduff, barony of Ballybritt. [In date order.]

Envelope of leases of the Shinrone estate (Shinrone, Cloughmoyle, Manure, etc) owned jointly by the 2nd Earl of Rosse and the Lloyd family of Gloster. Leases of this property seem to have continued to be made jointly, in spite
of the partition effected in 1806 [see E/37. In date order.]

‘W’ and ‘’Y’ - principally Edward Walsh (town clerk of Birr, who writes about all manner of local government matters), Harold J. Wiley & Co., insurance brokers of Dublin (who write about Birr Castle insurance), Mrs F. White Spunner of Milltown Park, Shinrone, King’s County (whose estate Garvey managed [although, apart from these letters, no other record of this agency survives in the archive at Birr Castle]).

Includes minor letters from Captain P. Wall, Castle Barracks, Birr (1922-1923).

Research on Clashagad Lower Tower House and Bawns, Co. Offaly (Parish of Dunkerrin, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 834.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, earthworks and a nearby stream. Incl. a sketch of the site, a written report over two pages and 17 photographs.

Research on Aghadouglas Tower House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Ettagh, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 821.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures and walls. Incl. a sketch of the site, a written report over three pages and seven photographs.

Research on Castleroan Tower House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Dunkerrin, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 832.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, earthworks and detailed measurements. Incl. a sketch of the site, a written report over two pages (note with need to revisit the site as most of recorded data lost) and 27 photographs.

Research on Cullenwaine Tower House and Bawn, Co. Offaly (Parish of Cullenwaine, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 842.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, earthworks, wooden structures and field boundaries, aerial photographs and cartographic evidence. Incl. sketches of earthworks in two fields, exterior and interior elevations of bawn and tower house, a written report over four pages and 50 photographs.

Research on Ballinlough Tower House and Bawn, Co. Offaly (Parish of Borrisnafarney, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 824.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, earthworks, nearby waterways and woodland, cartographic evidence. Incl. sketches of the site, a written report over eight pages and 54 photographs.
Also seven torn out notebook pages with handwritten notes and rough sketches.

Research on Rathmore Tower House and Bawn, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilcolman, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 861.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures and walls. Incl. a sketch of the site, interior and exterior elevations, a written report over six pages and 32 photographs.

Research on Ballyknockan Fortified House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Ettagh, Barony of Clonlisk). County Inventory Registration: 867.
Contains field sheet with details to level of preservation, nature of surviving structures, walls, aerial photographs and cartographic evidence. Incl. sketches of exterior and interior elevations, a written report over six pages and 45 photographs.