Patents appointing the 5th Earl Lieutenant and Custos rotulorum of King’s County in succession to his late father,
including two letters from [the Lord Lieutenant], Lord Aberdeen, on the subject (one of them making unsubtle reference to the necessity for the 5th Earl’s committing himself to political support of the government of the day), letters to the 5th Earl giving confidential opinions as to the suitability of various people for appointment as J.P.s, and a tradesman’s account for supplying a Lieutenant’s flag for Birr Castle. [Not in chronological order.]

Volume of drawings and specifications of pattern articles to be adapted in War Department works and buildings. Issued to Birr Barracks.

Correspondence to Fr Brendan Murray SJ, Rector, Tullabeg, from Hoey and Denning solicitors, Tullamore, county Offaly, relating to payment of £100 for an entrance to the new cemetery at Rahan.

Permit issued by John J. Graham to the community and students at Tullabeg College to use Pallas Lake for bathing and swimming.

Draft ms petition from [RH Moore] to Sidney Buxton Post Master General, from the gentry, traders and manufacturers of Banagher urging the provision of a suitable Post Office accommodation and the erection of a new Public Post Office. Mentions also the downgrading of Banagher Post Office to Sub-Office.

Medical Officer: Dr Henry M. Clarke
Relieving Officer: James Dunne

Medical Officer: Dr Henry M. White
Relieving Officer: James Dunne

Medical Officer: Dr Henry M. Clarke, Philipstown
Relieving Officer: James Dunne

‘Copy’ signed by Father Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ, 31 March 1940, includes twelve loose pages.