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File of letters from Dora Turnor to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench.

The majority of the letters chronicle the development of their relationship in the months and years leading up to their engagement. The early letters are formal in tone in which Dora discusses business with 'Mr Trench'. In later letters she discusses her love for her 'Darling one' and sadness due to being separated from him.

Letters from David Sherlock, Rahan Lodge, to Fr James Murphy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg, concerning the purchase of Tullabeg lands from Sherlock by the Society in the Land Commission Court.

File of ten letters from Constance Plunkett-Johnston (later Lamb) on her trip to France, to her mother Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath. Letters were sent from 24 Leeson Park, Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland; 132 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, England; Holyhead, Wales; and Hotel du Palais, 28 Cours La Reine, France.

File of sixty-two letters from Constance Charlotte Plunkett-Johnston, at Ardnagrena, Dublin City, County Dublin, to her mother Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath. There are also four letters from Florence Gamble, George Minchin, and Kate Colton, that were sent to Maria Blanche-Plunkett Johnston within Constance Plunkett-Johnston's letters.

Eleven letters from Constance Plunkett-Johnston to her mother Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath. Constance was traveling to Germany with her cousin, Eva Marsh (later Monteith), and described their trip in great detail. Her letters are sent from the Euston Hotel, London, England; the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, England; the Hotel De Flandre, Brussels, Belgium; the Grand Hotel, Homburg, Germany; Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London, England; and Mount Jerome, Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland.

Two letters from Charles Connolly of Cork to William Lamb in the care of Francis Lamb, Governor of the Gaol, Dundalk, informing him on the deaths of Mister Mahony, and Mister Casey.

Two letters from Captain Adam Henry Fuller and his wife Lizzie Fuller at Woodfield, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), to his brother Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller at 7 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, County Dublin.

Letters from Bertha Turnor to Benjmin Bloomfield Trench. The letters were written after the death of Dora Trench, Reflecting this the letters are full of concern and advice for Benjamin as he comes to terms with his grief.

In a letter dated 23 Match 1904 Bertha writes:
'Dearest Bennie,
I am very glad to hear from Edie that Sir D Powell gives a good account of you and Edie herself thought you (sic) looking ever so much stronger than when she saw you last.
I very much dislike the idea of leaving you alone at 41 this summer.
If the children went to Loughton now for two months they could return to 41 at the end of may and we would all remain there quietly for the rest of the summer. It would not do either the children or me any harm whatsoever to be there in August and September after having had two years of country air. If the coming summer should be like the two last we should not even find it warm. Edie quite approved of this scheme. We need not hurry Haddie back the children would be perfectly happy at Loughton alone with Miss Fischer & the household would get on quite smoothly; then after you had spent a month at Hanhorron or Hachpole you might join them there for may. By that time Haddie would probably be ready to go there to keep you company and you could return to London the beginning of June...'

Letters sent to Dora Trench by Bertha Turnor during Bertha's time in Stockholm Sweden.

In one letter of note Bertha writes about a visit to the Swedish palace, '....A servant footman there showed us into a room where a lot of ladies, all in black with white sleeves were standing about & talking. Tea was being handed around but as Mrs P did not take any, I thought I had better not. I did not see anyone I know except for [Countess] Wachtmeister the Mistress of the Robes, who we had called on at the Palace. She shook hands, & then asked us to follow her into a little room next door. That is where the diplomats are received. There were only 9 of us there. The German minister's wife with a daughter & friend- Mrs P. niece & Sue the American [?] wife Mrs O'Neill with 2 daughters. We stood in a row on one side . After a few minutes waiting the doors were thrown open & the Queen came in followed by a [?] & 2 or 3 gentlemen. She was dressed in a high purple velvet gown with a headdress of feathers & lace & diamonds about. We all curtsied. She first talked for sometime in German to the 3 Germans. Then in excellent English to Mrs P. She asked if she had got into her flat yet & about the weather, skating, [?], including miss P & I. I made a remark about the skating but Mrs P did most of it..'

Letters from Benjamin Bloomfield Trench to his mother Georgina Mary Amelia Trench (née Bloomfield).

During the time that these letters were sent Benjamin was working in South Africa. Therefore the majority of his letters discuss his new life in South Africa, his day to day activities, new acquaintances he makes and aspects of home that he misses.