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18th century letters and papers

Eighteenth-century letters and papers, 1705-1887, of both branches of the Parsons family, but almost all of them deriving from the Parsonses of Parsonstown - excluding the papers of Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Baronet, later 2nd Earle of Rosse, which constitute Sections C-F.

Correspondence relating to astronomy

Correspondence of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse with fellow-astronomers or about the Birr and other observatories, including correspondence of the 5th and 6th Earls about the Birr Observatory, 1840-1909, 1913-14, 1938 and 1964-84.

Maps, plans and drawings

Maps, plans and drawings, [c.1610], 1638, [c. 1690] and c. 1750-1790, mainly of a size which makes it physically convenient to form them into a separate section.

Papers of the Lister-Kaye family

Letters and papers, 1739-1995 (mainly 1876-1962), of the Lister Kaye family, of Denby Grange, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, one of whom, Frances Lois, second daughter of Sir Cecil Edmund Lister Kaye, 4th Baronet, married in 1905 the 5th Earl of Rosse.

Parliamentary papers, 2nd Earl

Notesand drafts, [1765?] and c. 1775-c. 1840, by Sir Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, in connection with various subjects: parliamentary precedents, his speeches at College Green and Westminster, his poems, the history and genealogy of the Parsons family, and his miscellaneous writings (published or unpublished), with the exception of those on the subject of Henry Flood [for which, see Section C].

Papers of 4th and 5th Earls (ex astronomy)

Correspondence and other papers of the 4th and 5th Earls of Rosse on subjects other than astronomy, including estate and other King’s County affairs, the 4th Earl’s contributions to public life as a representative peer, Chancellor of T.C.D., etc, etc.

Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse

Papers of George and Toler R. Garvey Senior and Junior, land agents (ex Birr)

Letters and papers of the successive Rosse agents, George and Toler R. Garvey Senior and Junior, in their capacity as agents for other estates, mainly in King's County and Tipperary, 1840-1945.

King's County estates other than the Rosse estate include the Bannon estate at Broughall; the Bennett estate at Thomastown; Malone Barrett estate at Temora; Biddulph estate at Coolinariney; the Drought estate at Whigsboruogh; Hacektt estate of Moore Park, Birr; Kemmis estate at Coolnahely and other areas; King estate at Ballylin; Head estate at Derrylahen; Holmes estate at Moneygall; Mooney estate at The Doon; and the Piggott estate at Shragh.

Outside of King's County, the Garveys represented the Briscoe Eyre estate at Eyrecourt, Co Galway; Galbraith estate at and around Loughrea, Co Galway; Kingscote estate at Newport, Co. Tipperary; Holmes estate at Nenagh Co. Tipperary; Lodwick estate at Lisheen, Co Tipperary; Piggott estate at Dundrum, Co Down and Tincurry , Co Tipperary; Purser estate of Arborhill and Clonmona, Co Tipperary; and the Toler estate at and around Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Garvey, George

Papers of the 7th Earl

Letters and papers of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his wife, Alison, 1955-2005.

17th century letters and papers

Seventeenth-century letters and papers, 1595-1699 and 1871 of the two branches of the Parsons family, the Parsonses of Bellamont, Co. Dublin, Viscounts Rosse, and the Parsonses of Parsonstown, alias Birr, King's County.

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