Letter from Constance Lamb at Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly, to her husband Frank Lamb at University of Manchester, Manchester, regarding bringing their son Keith to Woodfield House from England. She also mentions a tennis party at Woodfield House, attended by their children Alice and Adam Lamb; the Roe family, Mrs Taby, and the Goodbody family.

Letter from CJ Robinson of Samuel and Richard C Walker and Son Solicitors, 86 Merrion Square, Dublin, County Dublin, to Reverend Adam Lamb at Woodfield, Clara, County Offaly, regarding the death of his parents, Constance Lamb and Francis William Lamb.

Letter from Charlotte Jane Johnston at 39 Waterloo Road, Ranelagh, County Dublin, to her granddaughter Constance Plunkett-Johnston. The letter is kept in an envelope addressed to Constance Lamb at Tinamuck, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), from 8 August 1911.

Letter from Brother Angelo Holmes at the Franciscan Monastary, Clara, County Offaly, to Canon Adam Lamb.

Letter from Anna Maria Fuller at Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly, to her niece Constance Lamb.

A letter from Agnes Smyth of Portlick Castle, Athlone, County Westmeath, to Constance Lamb inviting her to a party on Monday 28 Dec 1931.

Letter from Abraham Augustus Fuller at 11 Leinster Square, Rathmines, Dublin to Constance Lamb regarding renovations to Woodfield House and its lease to the Goodbody family.

Letter addressed to Adam Lamb regarding the Bank of Ireland.

Box of leases of premises in Castle Street, including a lease and counterpart lease of ‘Crotty’s Church’, 1837 [see E/11], and papers relating to the sale of a Castle Street fee farm grant to the personal representatives of Claude Corcoran. The box also includes a large folder of correspondence about the Birr Trustee Company’s proposed purchase of Spinner’s
Bistro in Castle Street, which was eventually bought by another party.

Box of in-letters from correspondents whose names begin with ‘A’ and ‘C’, including correspondence about Sir Nesbitt Armstrong’s trusts, and letters from James Callaghan (a thatcher employed by the Rosse estate), from the ‘Chief of Staff, January 1923’ about the occupation of Birr Castle by the Free State Army, from W. Y. Chisholm (manager of the Rosse sawmill [see Q/327]), from Miss Edith A. Cramer, [see M/18], from Messrs Coutts & Co., etc.

Includes: Letter from Padraig Ua Maolchatha, Col. Comdt., G. O. C. 3rd Southern Command, Roscrea: I am directed by the Chief of General Staff to inform you that it will not be possible to evacuate any portion of the premises occupied by the troops before Christmas. I am at present unable to give you any idea when we may be able to evacuate Birr Castle but assure you that we will not occupy it any longer than necessary. I regret being unable to facilitate Lord Rosse’s family in this matter but trust that the owner will appreciate the circumstances which force us to remain in occupation.’ (4 December 1922)

Includes letter from Capt. F. O’Brien for the Chief of General Staff, Dublin, to Toler Garvey: ‘I have been in communication with the General Officer Commanding of the Area who informs me that we was aware of game being shot on the Rosse Estate, but did not prevent it, as he was not aware that the game was preserved.’ (8 January 1923)