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Letters to the 4th Earl freom Arthur Kavanagh [of Borris House, Co. Carlow] about the work of the Irish Land Corporation

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.

Papers of the 4th Earl about [his eldest son], Lord Oxmantown: two copies of Lord Oxmantown’s birth certificate, and a letter from Dr Benjamin Jowett about his admission to Balliol College, Oxford

Envelope of leases of Feddens, Feddenmore and Feddenbeg, barony of Garrycastle. [In date order.]

Original bundle of letters and papers of the 4th Earl concerning a bill to prevent rabies by muzzling dogs, including numerous answers to a circular which, clearly, he had addressed to Poor Law Unions all over Ireland seeking information about the incidence of rabies within their respective localities. [Not in chronological order.]

Correspondence of the 4th Earl about yachting, Cowes, etc. [See also J/25 and 0/8.]

Envelope of leases of Drangan (and Newtown), barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary, [not part of the Dunalley estate. In date order.]

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Large envelope of leases of Drumbane, barony of Eglish, on the outskirts of Birr. [In date order.]

Box of leases of Ballindarra, barony of Ballybritt, on the outskirts of Birr. [Sometimes these, in common with other leases of suburban or rural townlands in King’s County, include in the same lease premises in the town of Birr. There
is therefore a good deal of inevitable overlap between the King’s County and Birr runs of leases. Within each townland or denomination there is also a good deal of duplication, because when renewable leases expired, the tenant’s original was returned to the Estate Office and often survived there along with the Estate Office counterpart.]