Letter to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ from D.J.Corcoran, branch manager of the Hibernian Insurance Company, Mullingar, relating to the insurance of employees at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg.

Account of interest due to the Irish Land Comission on rent earned on the Estate of Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller. Tenants include: John Rabbit; James Donohue; Michael Whyer; Timothy Lowry; Peter McStay; Ed Cassidy; Chris Newe; Theodore Rigney; E Luttrell; John J Clavin; Anne Robins; Elizabeth Fitzsimon; Thomas Rabbitt; Eliza Burke.

Introductory report submitted by Trench to Lord Digby, following his arrival on the estate on 1 June 1857. He notes that he spent the first three weeks with his son, T. W. Trench, in Tullamore, and assessed the estate on horseback during this period. Report contains a general sketch of the natural features of the estate; the extent of arable pasture, plantations or bog; the issue of rent collection and methods of valuation; and a survey of the woodlands and their ownership. A post script to the report begins on page 48 and contains further commentary on the state and extent of schooling in the area; use of the Union Workhouse; the levels of pauperism and general notes on the cottier class of tenantry. Also includes a list of current leaseholders on the estate.

Trench sketched scenes from life on the estate over the following pages:
Page 6 Sketch of Old Irish Red Deer
Page 10 Sketch of Geashill National School
Page 20 Sketch of Geashill Village
Page 23 Sketch of Derrigunnigan Wood
Page 25 Sketch of Tullamore Road
Page 27 Diagram of bogland to be drained
Page 29 Sketch of Turf Bog Annagharvey depicting two men fighting with sticks.
Page 31 Sketch of Red Deer
Page 33 Sketch of Killeenmore Moors

‘Inventory of Property sent from Tullabeg to Clongowes at the Amalgamation 1886.’ and draft of letter from Fr William Delaney SJ to Fr Provincial regarding the amalgamation of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg and Clongowes Wood College 16 June [1886].

Inventory of the works of art, period furniture and church plate at Tullabeg Retreat House by Richard J. Lattimore, Auctioneer and Valuer, Dublin.

Invitation from Charles James Bell and Grace Bell to the wedding of their daughter Helen Adene Bell and Julien Ashton Ripley.

Four identical floor-plans of Clashawaun Works. Scale 1 inch: 40 ft. Includes numerical key identifying the various areas of the factory.

Size 68cm x 86 cm each.

The floor plan is from the 1960s.

Texts of legislation relating to factory conditions and terms of employment.

1. ‘Textile Factories Factory and Workshop Act, 1878’ signed by R. G. For J. & L. F. Goodbody.

2. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1901-1916’, signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 5 September 1921.

3. ‘Textile Factories factory and Workshop Acts 1901-1920’ signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 23 March 1925.

4. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1937’, signed by Harold J. Goodbody, August 1937.