Letter of 26th January 1942 from District Engineer, ESB stating that the restriction of public lighting in Banagher will go ahead 'assuming that Offaly County Board of Health have no objection to this course'.

Library Register of Banagher Reading and Recreation Society with list of books held in the library and borrowers register at rear volume.

Ms Minute Book of Parochial House committee.
Mr Denis Doorley noted as chairman. Committee members include, Rev. P. O'Reilly, O Coghlan, Dr J. D'Alton, J Harney, J. J. Mallen, M. Temple, R. H. Moore, N. T. and J. Quirke.
Minutes record discussion on the acquisitions of a possible parochial house site then in the possession of J. P. McCarthy.
Records holding of a public meeting in the Parochial grounds Sunday 18th May 1919.
Meeting of 17th October notes Parochial House funds standing at £560.
Attached draft letter to F. J. Molloy Esq. wants that the committee will be obliged to impose a full penalty on the contractor unless the house is completed before Sat 10th.

Manuscript rent roll for the Banagher Estate, King's County. Lists tenants' names and rents paid for the years 1835-1840. Verso contains general directions for seizing sale stocks and property in the even of non-payment of rent: '...you are to proceed against any tenant who does not pay or get time. This rule is of first importance. If you know of any reason why time may not be safely given you are to mention it should such delay be applied for...'

Also includes a printed rental from 1834 possibly drawn up for sale of lands in the encumbered estates court.

File of letters sent to Henry Trench between 1877 and 1879.

The file contains letters sent by family, friends, business contacts and acquaintances. Examples of letters include a 1877 letter from D.A M'Cready regarding five leases that require Henry's signature; three letters dated 1878 from E Williams, Main Street, Parsonstown regarding Japanese trays and a letter from K.L Kirkpatrick thanking Henry for sending him a pedigree and a letter from J.A Davis, Kilcoleman parsonage, Parsonstown regarding forwarding an application to the Lord Bishop and Rural Dean .

The majority of the letters sent in 1879 were concerned with issues such as Shannon Drainage and leasing property. Examples of such letters include a letter from G Weston, 32 Essex Street, Strand, London, regarding clay work; a letter containing a copy of 'Hydraulic tables, coefficients, and formulae for finding the discharge of water from orifices, notches, weirs, pipes and rivers' by John Neville and a draft lease property in Banagher sent to George Arthur Waller for sixty one years.

Undated handwritten draft address to Dean Monaghan PP from the teachers and pupils of Banagher National School on the occasion of his visit to the school. Address notes, 'the beautiful school in which we at present stand is in itself a lasting testimony of your untiring efforts to secure for us, one of the greatest of earthly blessings, a sound Catholic Education.'

Draft ms petition from [RH Moore] to Sidney Buxton Post Master General, from the gentry, traders and manufacturers of Banagher urging the provision of a suitable Post Office accommodation and the erection of a new Public Post Office. Mentions also the downgrading of Banagher Post Office to Sub-Office.