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Half-box of leases of premises in or near Main Street, also called ‘the street of Birr’ or ‘the town street’. This sub-section also includes papers relating to the sale of fee farm grants of Bowes’ Shop (purchased by Mary McLoughlin)
and Griffin’s Bakery (purchased by John and Arthur Joyce), both on Main Street.

Leases of and a conveyance of premises in Church Lane. [In date order.] This section also includes papers relating to the sale of a Church Lane fee farm grant to Patrick Daly.

Original lease (1604) and 2 non-contemporary copy leases of ‘The Myrtle House’, Youghal, [former home of Sir Walter Ralegh], held by the Parsonses of Parsonstown under a lease from the [1st and Great] Earl of Cork.

Half-box of leases of ‘the Fair Green’, ‘the Factory Field’ and other premises and parks described as being bounded on one side by ‘the new road from Parsonstown to Frankford’.

Envelope of leases of ‘Samuel Abbott’s holding’ between Main Street and Back Lane, together with fields and parks on the outskirts of Birr. [In date order.]

Envelope of leases of Clondalla, alias Clondallow, alias Clondallagh, barony of Eglish, adjoining Boolanarrig. [In date order.] The leases, up to and including 1825, are from members of the Berry family of Dovegrove, an adjoining townland; Clondalla, Dovegrove and Clonahane were held by them under a perpetuity from the Viscounts Loftus/ Marquesses of Drogheda. In or about the 1830s, the 2nd Earl of Rosse must have acquired the Berry interest, which was tantamount to outright ownership, in these townlands, subject
to continued Berry occupation of and residence in part of Dovegrove. These townlands were then subsequently settled on the 2nd Earl’s third son, the Hon. Laurence Parsons, who is a party to the leases of 1860, 1865 and 1872 in this sub-section.] The sub-section also includes papers relating to the sale of Clondallow to Daniel J. Earley, and deeds and documents relating to the (re )purchase of ‘Finnegan’s field’ in 1997.

Two envelopes of leases of Cappaneale, including Cows Bawn, barony of Ballybritt, on the outskirts of Birr. [In date order.] The sub-section also includes papers relating to the sale of properties in Cappaneale to Tony Kelly and various other purchasers.

Half-box of leases of Eden and New Eden, barony of Ballybritt, on the outskirts of Birr. The box also includes papers relating to the sale of property at 6, 7, and 8 Eden Road to Assumpta Molloy and other purchasers.

Envelope of leases of Dovegrove, barony of Eglish. [See also Q/29 and 47. In date order.] The envelope also includes an agreement with John Boland to fell timber at Dovegrove, a Land Registry certificate, and the sale of a Dovegrove fee farm grant to Mrs. Emily C. Mitchell.