Item 360 - Copy outgoing letters from Toler Roberts Garvey (Junior)

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IE BCA ROSSE/Q/328-382/360

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Copy outgoing letters from Toler Roberts Garvey (Junior)

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  • 1922-23 (Creation)

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(1866-1946)

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Toler Roberts 'Rob' Garvey was the third generation of Garvey land agents. He took over the land agency business, with its headquarters at his residence at Tullynisk Park, Birr, in 1914 on the death of his father, Toler Roberts Garvey Sr. He looked after the estate at Birr Castle and other estates of gentry in south Offaly and north Tipperary during the revolutionary period 1916-23 and beyond. As a result he managed the estates through turbulent times, notably the requisitioning of Birr Castle by the Free State Army during the Irish Civil War (1922-23). He died at the age of 80 on 1 April 1946 and is buried at Clonoghill cemetery, Birr.

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Includes letters from Toler Garvey Jr relating to the occupation of Birr Castle by the Free State Army during December 1922 and January 1923. Also contains letters concerning the finances of the Birr Castle estate, theft of silver from Thomastown Park, the execution of three youths on Birr Castle grounds by the occupying Free State Army, and a compensation claim to the OPW in February 1923.

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Access strictly by appointment only. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

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      ISAD (G)

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      July 2019, Sarah Dunning

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          Sources

          Shortall, L. Sources for the study of the revolutionary period in King’s County/Offaly (1912-1923) in Offaly Heritage 9, 2016

          McConway, P. ‘Offaly and the Civil War Executions’ in Offaly Heritage, Vol 5 (2008), for biographical information on the three youths and detailed examination of the executions.

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