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Estate papers comprising of estate accounts, tenancy agreements, farms accounts, land titles and correspondence.
Bury Family, Earls of Charleville
Estate papers comprising of estate accounts, tenancy agreements, farms accounts, land titles and correspondence.
Bury Family, Earls of Charleville
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.
Bury Family, Earls of Charleville
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range
Part of The Rosse Papers
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range, beside the 4th Earl’s property at Clonoghill, on the outskirts of Birr.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Part of Records of Pattersons & Co. Ltd.
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).
Envelope addressed to Captain Henry Fuller.
Part of Woodfield Papers
Envelope addressed to Captain Adam Henry Fuller of the Monaghan Regiment, at Woodfield, Clara, King's County (County Offaly).
Envelope addressed to Constance Lamb.
Part of Woodfield Papers
Envelope addressed to Constance Lamb at Tinamuck, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), Ireland.
Envelope addressed to Doctor Francis William Lamb.
Part of Woodfield Papers
Envelope from Manchester to Doctor Francis William Lamb at Woodfield, Clara, County Offaly.
Estate accounts and financial and estate correspondence of the Birr Estate Office
Part of The Rosse Papers
Five envelopes containing miscellaneous estate accounts and financial and estate correspondence of the Birr Estate Office, much of it about arterial drainage (including printed matter back to 1869), one account of 1874 mentioning the cost of labour on the mounting for the three-foot telescope, and other long runs of accounts relating to the Dovegrove, Killeen and Newtown farms and stock, and to the manor saw mill, 1886-1912. [Not in chronological order.]
General political and patronage correspondence of the fourth and fifth earls
Part of The Rosse Papers
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).
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
In-letters from correspondents whose names begin with ‘A’ and ‘C’
Part of The Rosse Papers
Box of in-letters from correspondents whose names begin with ‘A’ and ‘C’, including correspondence about Sir Nesbitt Armstrong’s trusts, and letters from James Callaghan (a thatcher employed by the Rosse estate), from the ‘Chief of Staff, January 1923’ about the occupation of Birr Castle by the Free State Army, from W. Y. Chisholm (manager of the Rosse sawmill [see Q/327]), from Miss Edith A. Cramer, [see M/18], from Messrs Coutts & Co., etc.
Includes: Letter from Padraig Ua Maolchatha, Col. Comdt., G. O. C. 3rd Southern Command, Roscrea: I am directed by the Chief of General Staff to inform you that it will not be possible to evacuate any portion of the premises occupied by the troops before Christmas. I am at present unable to give you any idea when we may be able to evacuate Birr Castle but assure you that we will not occupy it any longer than necessary. I regret being unable to facilitate Lord Rosse’s family in this matter but trust that the owner will appreciate the circumstances which force us to remain in occupation.’ (4 December 1922)
Includes letter from Capt. F. O’Brien for the Chief of General Staff, Dublin, to Toler Garvey: ‘I have been in communication with the General Officer Commanding of the Area who informs me that we was aware of game being shot on the Rosse Estate, but did not prevent it, as he was not aware that the game was preserved.’ (8 January 1923)