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

‘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].

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

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.

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.

Instructions or Custom Book for the serving of mass by acolytes.

Instructions for Fr Minister from Father Provincial on various matters. Includes memoranda on:
– economy measures (15 October 1936, 1p.);
– points of poverty for Scholastics ( November 1936, February 1940, 1p. each);
– Coffee Evenings in Tullabeg (16 March 1940, 2pp);
– measures of economy prescribed in Tullabeg (16 March 1940, 1p.);
– De Jure Coffee Days in Tullabeg (29 March 1940, 1p.) and
– the order of time for a major villa (31 March 1940, 1p.).

‘Instructions and Regulations left by Revd. Father Provincial at Visitations.’

Inquest reports handwritten by James Dillon, King's County Coroner into a leather-bound notebook. Inquests begin at No. 589, 21 February 1846 and end at No. 1079, 12 December 1854. Format of inquest reports is largely identical beginning with a record of the inquest number, date, location of inquest and the name of the deceased. Then follows a list of the jurors present and witnesses called. The reports end with a verdict on the cause of death. Notable due to its date span which covers the famine era.