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Includes letters about Disestablishment, Poor Law reform, Orangeism, Conservative registration, Home Rule and the Irish Land question. Also includes letter from M. McCormack, CC, Kinnitty to Lord Rosse concerning agrarian dispute in Kinnitty parish between Francis Foley and Delaney at Newtown (3 March 1911).

Letter from Edward Jameson at 182 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, regarding the sale of the lands of Woodfield, Gorteen, and Rockfield.

An artificially constructed collection of generally dissociated documents relating to the Charleville Estate and the Bury family/earls of Charleville. Contains some legal documents such as marriage settlements and leases; correspondence relating to financial matters on the Charleville Estate and associated estates, e.g., the Marlay estate.; newspaper cuttings on various members of the Bury family; and correspondence and drawings relating to the Bury family jewels.

Letter from E A Merrey, agent at the Downshire Estate office, Blessington, Wicklow, to Mr Patterson regarding the latter's possible purchase of holdings on the Downshire Estate near Edenderry. Reply from Patterson overleaf states that he hopes that Lord Downshire will accept £100 for the holding (6 May 1922).
Also includes a printed notice of Merrey's attendance at the Downshire Office, Edenderry for the collection of rents (1 May 1924).

Letter from Constance Lamb at Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly, to her husband Frank Lamb at University of Manchester, Manchester, regarding bringing their son Keith to Woodfield House from England. She also mentions a tennis party at Woodfield House, attended by their children Alice and Adam Lamb; the Roe family, Mrs Taby, and the Goodbody family.

Letter from Eva Monteith to Constance Lamb regarding her poor health. She mentions an enclosed photograph of Helen and Grace Bell which is no longer with the letter.

Letter from Constance Lamb at Woodfield, Clara, County Offaly, to her husband Francis William Lamb at The University of Manchester, Manchester, England.

A letter from Agnes Smyth of Portlick Castle, Athlone, County Westmeath, to Constance Lamb inviting her to a party on Monday 28 Dec 1931.

Letter from John Monteith at Long Island, New York, United States of America, to Constance Lamb at Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly thanking her for her kind words and reminiscing about his late wife Eva Monteith. He mentions Eva Marsh, Raphael Fuller, Esperanza Fuller.

Letter from John Monteith to Constance Lamb shortly after the death of his wife Eva Monteith, ensuring her that Eva passed as painless as possible. He mentions that Eva Aileen Marsh did visit them before his wife's death and took everything of value, including the silver which he had intended to keep, and returned to Toronto, Canada. He closes the letter offering his best wishes for Alice Lamb's recovery.