Box of leases of premises in Castle Street, including a lease and counterpart lease of ‘Crotty’s Church’, 1837 [see E/11], and papers relating to the sale of a Castle Street fee farm grant to the personal representatives of Claude Corcoran. The box also includes a large folder of correspondence about the Birr Trustee Company’s proposed purchase of Spinner’s
Bistro in Castle Street, which was eventually bought by another party.

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)

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.

Estate papers comprising of estate accounts, tenancy agreements, farms accounts, land titles and correspondence.

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 Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston at Bolart, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), to Maria Blanche Fuller at Bayview Lodge, Salthill, County Galway, regarding a pair of gloves he sent her, and his lost riding coat.

Three letters from Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston at Bolart, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), to Maria Blanche Fuller at Bayview Lodge, Salthill, County Galway.

Letter from P Glyn Griffiths of the Medical Students' Representative Council at University of Manchester, to Doctor Francis William Lamb at Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly. He thanks Doctor Lamb for his help in securing a guest lecture by Oliver St John Gogarty at the Medical School at the University of Manchester in the following term.

Letter from T M Ray of the Loyal National Repeal Association at Corn Exchange Rooms, Dublin, County Dublin, to Abraham Stritch Fuller at Woodfield House, Clara, King's County, regarding his request for his name to be erased from a record book.

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