Summary of payments issued to labourers of Clonad Sawmills by George Muir between 13 January and 14 October 1936. Lists name of workmen, the number of days per week (out of fortnight) worked, rate of wages and amount earned. Each sheer specifies the nature of work including pruning and burning, cutting poles, wood ranging and thinning. Also includes notes on National Health Insurance.
Blank Clonad Woods and Digby Estate invoice stationary.
Outsized maps, drawings and plans relating to the Geashill Estate.
Copy of Ordnance Survey sheet 26 map of the Geashill Estate of Baron Digby issued by mapping department of the Irish Land Commission. Areas and plots within Ballydownan are illustrated in pink marker.
Scale six inches to one statute mile.
Copy of Ordnance Survey sheet 24 map of the Digby Estate issued by mapping department of the Irish Land Commission. Map
shows the holdings of tenant, Eliza Dunne in the townland of Killurin.
Scale - six inches to one statute mile.
Correspondence and forms relating to a grant claim for Geashill Castle after its destruction.
Including 'Bill of quantities for the reconstruction of Geashill Castle, destroyed by fire by W. Montgomery & Son, Valuers and Surveyors, Dublin', 1923;
Heffernan Auctioneers & Valuers catalogue on Geashill Castle after renovation, 2019
Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating a grant claim for Geashill Castle after its destruction. Includes a copy of the brief for counsel for the claim of £19,614.17 for Geashill Castles and its contents (1923); evaluation of three elk horns destroyed in the fire;
letter from Lord Digby to Goodbody Solicitors, Dorset "I must congratulate you once more for the very successful result of your hard work in relation to this claim, and I know what a difficult case it must have been for you to get a satisfactory settlement. I think you ought to know how very please I am over the way the case was conducted" (22 February 1926); letter from the Ministery of Finance details that "under the Malicious Injury Act you are entitle in this case to £1635 in clash, and £1100 in Bonds - total £2735" (19 February 1926).
Copybook with handwritten summary of grant application to the Irish Grants Committee Claims. Includes terms of reference of committee, breakdown of amount to be claimed, and notes on the grounds of the castle.
Bundle of forms from inland revenue issued to A&L Goodbody following the death of Lord Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby in 1920. Following his death, the trustees of his will were bequeathed the proceeds of sale of lands in Ireland agreed to be sold through the Irish Land Commission. Includes schedule of particulars of buildings and lands of Lord Digby's King's County estate which contain detailed lists of occupiers, acreage and tenure of interest.