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Photograph album compiled by Theodora Trench between 1919 and 1921. The photographs within the album were taken by Theodora as she traveled around the world.

Among the places she visited she included Canada, New Zealand, Tahiti, Samoa and Australia.
Theodora Trench spent a vast amount of time in New Zealand and as a result of this a significant proportion of the album is made up of photographs taken during her time there. Theodora visited places such as Lake Kaniere, Mount Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. She also visited the homes of Māori people such as Ohinemutu a living Māori village on the shores of Lake Rotorua. Photographs of these meeting are included in the album. On 29 April 1920 Theodora attended a Māori reception given to HRH Prince of Wales. The photographs of this reception show Prince Edward reading an address to the Māori people, a Māori haka, The Prince of Wales inspecting a gun, a Māori woman, a Māori husband and wife and a Māori chief.

During her time in Canada Theodora visited the Canadian Rockies and included photographs of the surrounding scenery in the album.

Theodora also a number of islands and took photographs of her encounters with the local people and of the scenery. During her travels she vised Tahiti, Raratonga, Samoa, Fiji Islands and Vavaʻu and Haʻapai in Tonga.

Theodora also visited Bolingbroke in Australia. The photographs taken in Australia were mainly of friends and family. They included a photograph of Effie Turnor and Theodora bringing in cows, the Rush family and Graham Turnor.

Photograph of an unidentified house. The photograph is taken of the back of the house and shows a conservatory.
unidentified house

Plan of Borrisnafarney Church drawn by D.A McCready.

Journal belonging to Sheelah Trench. Contained within the journal are a selection of handwritten famous quotes and poetry.
'Are' by Robert Louis Stevenson, To a Sea-Bird Bret Harte, A song to youth by Richard Chenevix Trench, Peace by Henry Vaughan.
Two photographs scotland and stockpole coast by EAC [Eda Campbell], loose photo house.

A notebook containing clippings of quotes sorted according to subject matter alphabetically. Contained within the notebook was an envelope of Shakespeare quotes

Encumbered estates court, rental of the lands of Raheenbeg in the King's County to be sold by the commissioners, at their court

Landed estates court rental and particulars of head and profit rents payable out of houses and premises situate in Lower Dominick Street, Great Britain Street, Dorset Street and Upper Mecklenburgh Stteet, in the city of Dublin, and out of the lands of Rathbeg, Kilonegan, Kilkeeran, part of Rathmore and Foreloghs, situate in the barony of Clonlisk, King's County.

Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's copy of the report of the Clogher diocesan council 1875 together with the financial report for 1874, and payments made to the 1 July, 1875.

Confidential report written W.Y Campbell for E. Spiegel & Co.1, 1 Blumes Hor, Berlin, Germany.
The aim of the report was to investigate Robinson Estate and Langlagte Estate and discover of the them if any would be worth investing in.

A petition to The Right Honorable Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on behalf of the owners of lands periodically injured by Shannon inundations. The petition asks that the river would be confined to its bed during hay time, to keep the flood level to a moderate depth, states that they are willing to pay a proper proportion of the expenses, that Killaloe to Castleconnell would be left out of the improvements, that regulating weirs should be constructed, that steam dredges should be procured, that the Shannon Act of 1874 should be amended. The petition was signed by [Viscount] Avonmore and T. Butler Stoney.