Showing 80 results

Letters and papers of the 4th Earl about Parsonstown/Birr: the Castle – his youthful recollections of it, extensions to it 1867-72 [see also M/25], a magazine portrait of his way of life there, 1898, and magazine obituaries of him, 1908; an incident which took place on the road between Banagher and Parsonstown and in which the 4th Earl and his party were stopped and temporarily put in gaol by a drunken R.I.C. man, 1868; the Parsonstown Barracks, 1869, 1899 and N.D.; the Parsonstown Town Commission and Commissioners, 1870 and 1885; admissions to the demesne of privileged locals, 1876-1910; and one of the bridges in the Birr Castle demesne, and the Rivers Brosna and Camcor, 1880 and 1896. The correspondents include Gladstone, W.E. Forster and Lords Strathnairn and Roberts. The sub-section also includes a small account book recording local subscriptions to the Parsonstown Defence Association, the Property Defence Association, the legal fund of the Irish Land Committee, and the Field and Rossmore Testimonials, c.1882.

Box of leases of The Green and The Upper Green. [Some of the earliest leases of Cumberland Street (see Q/58) state that it was built on The Green, so it is probable that, as building progressed, leases of The Green change names to leases of sundry streets.] The box also includes papers relating to the sale of properties and fee farm grants in Green Street to the Birr Urban District Council and other purchasers.

Half-box of leases of premises in Cumberland/Duke Street and Square. This section also includes an original fee farm grant of the premises, offered to Mrs E.M. Quigley.

Leases of and a conveyance of premises in Church Lane. [In date order.] This section also includes papers relating to the sale of a Church Lane fee farm grant to Patrick Daly.

Envelope of leases of premises in Connaught Street. [In date order.] The envelope also includes papers relating to the sale of the pub in Connaught Street to Thomas and Ann Rohan.

Leases of premises in Wilmer Road and Wilmer Terrace. This sub-section also includes papers relating to the sale of properties in Wilmer Terrace to Ann Ritchie and other purchasers.

Half-box of leases of premises in or near Main Street, also called ‘the street of Birr’ or ‘the town street’. This sub-section also includes papers relating to the sale of fee farm grants of Bowes’ Shop (purchased by Mary McLoughlin)
and Griffin’s Bakery (purchased by John and Arthur Joyce), both on Main Street.

Envelope of leases of ‘Samuel Abbott’s holding’ between Main Street and Back Lane, together with fields and parks on the outskirts of Birr. [In date order.]

Envelope of leases of premises in Back Lane. [In date order.]

Research on Townparks Church and Graveyard, Co. Offaly (Parish of Birr, Barony of Ballybritt). County Inventory Registration: 696.
Contains field sheet with sketches of floor plans and 107 photographs.