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

Envelope of leases of Lisclooney and Clonbaniff, barony of Garrycastle. The earliest lease, of 1701, was granted by William Sprigge of Clonivoe, so these townlands, together with Clonivoe itself [see Q/30] and probably all the lands in the barony of Garrycastle, must have formed all or part of the Parsons family’s inheritance from the Sprigges. [In date order.] The envelope also includes papers relating to the sale of Lisclooney Cottage to Oliver Claffey.

Envelope of leases of Lumpcloon, alias Lumploon, alias Lumcloon, barony of Garrycastle. [In date order.]

Research on Leitra Stronghouse, Co. Offaly (Parish of Clonmacnoise, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 875.
Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, exterior and interior elevations, a written report over five pages and 36 photographs.

Research on Lemanaghan Church, Graveyard and ancillary building, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lemanaghan, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 679.
Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, interior and exterior elevations, a written report over twelve pages and 98 photographs.

Research on Lemanaghan "St. Mella's Cell" Oratory and Enclosure, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lemanaghan, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 678.
Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, interior and exterior elevations and 26 photographs.

Research on Lemanaghan Tower House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lemanaghan, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 857.
Contains field sheet with sketches of the site and exterior elevation, a written report over two pages and 6 photographs.

Letter from R. H. Moore to J. M. Hayek Esq. referring to suggestions that may be helpful in arriving at a decision on the suitabilty of Banagher as a location for a Sugar Factory (with copy).

Draft letter from R. H. Moore Banagher to President Cosgrave Leinster House on behalf of Banagher Improvement Committee thanking him for the kind and sympathetic way that he had received a deputation the previous February. Letter goes on to note works completed as a result of the Relief Grant Scheme.

Letters and papers of the 4th Earl about Parsonstown/Birr: the Castle – his youthful recollections of it, extensions to it 1867-72 [see also M/25], a magazine portrait of his way of life there, 1898, and magazine obituaries of him, 1908; an incident which took place on the road between Banagher and Parsonstown and in which the 4th Earl and his party were stopped and temporarily put in gaol by a drunken R.I.C. man, 1868; the Parsonstown Barracks, 1869, 1899 and N.D.; the Parsonstown Town Commission and Commissioners, 1870 and 1885; admissions to the demesne of privileged locals, 1876-1910; and one of the bridges in the Birr Castle demesne, and the Rivers Brosna and Camcor, 1880 and 1896. The correspondents include Gladstone, W.E. Forster and Lords Strathnairn and Roberts. The sub-section also includes a small account book recording local subscriptions to the Parsonstown Defence Association, the Property Defence Association, the legal fund of the Irish Land Committee, and the Field and Rossmore Testimonials, c.1882.