- IE BCA ROSSE/Q/237
- File
- [1876-1926]
Part of The Rosse Papers
‘Tenants’ accounts’ for the estates of the Hon. Laurence Parsons in King’s County and Cos Tipperary and Wexford [see 0/36 and Q/6 and 16/4].
Part of The Rosse Papers
‘Tenants’ accounts’ for the estates of the Hon. Laurence Parsons in King’s County and Cos Tipperary and Wexford [see 0/36 and Q/6 and 16/4].
Part of The Rosse Papers
‘Tenants’ accounts’ for the estates of the Hon. Laurence Parsons in King’s County and Cos Tipperary and Wexford [see 0/36 and Q/6 and 16/4].
Part of The Rosse Papers
Contains lists of Irish Guards noting their name, regiment number, rank and where interned, including a separate listing of those from Birr; letters from Selfridge's & Co., Oxford St, London to Lois, Countess of Rosse, in relation to the contents of nine parcel types assembled for sending to the Irish Guards Prisoners of War; correspondence from Mary Britton, Rosfaraghan, Ferbane and Col. Douglas Proby, in relation to subscriptions collected in her village on behalf of Private B. Anderson (Reg No 3220), who is interned in Limburg; and correspondence between Major de Vesci, Regimental Adjutant, Irish Guards to Lady Rosse, mainly in relation to the movement of Irish Guards prisoners between POW camps in Germany so that parcels can be sent to them. Also includes ephemeral material such as newspaper cuttings relating to the Irish Guards, a packet of jam jar covers, and a copy of an illuminated address presented to Queen Mary from the Women of Ireland in July 1911, and distributed by Lady Aberdeen, the head of war relief in Ireland.
Applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr
Part of The Rosse Papers
Original bundle of applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr (Andrew Hume being the successful applicant).
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Applications/recommendations for the posts of blacksmith and forester at Birr
Part of The Rosse Papers
Part of The Rosse Papers
Original box of Birr Estate Office in-letters to the then Rosse agent, A.E. Telford, many of them from the 6th Earl and Anne Countess of Rosse. Lord and Lady Rosse’s letters do not confine themselves to estate business, but include arrangements for house parties at Birr Castle. [For the other side of the correspondence with Lord and Lady Rosse, see T/34].
Telford, A.E.
Commissions of the peace for Lord Oxmantown
Part of The Rosse Papers
King’s County and Co. Tipperary commissions of the peace for Lord Oxmantown, subsequently the 4th Earl.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence 4th Earl and Lord Mayo
Part of The Rosse Papers
Letters to the 4th Earl from the Chief Secretary, Lord Mayo, and others about representative peerage elections, including that of the 4th Earl himself.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range
Part of The Rosse Papers
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range, beside the 4th Earl’s property at Clonoghill, on the outskirts of Birr.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl concerning sewage disposal
Part of The Rosse Papers
Original bundle of letters and papers of the 4th Earl about sewage disposal at Birr, by turbine and sundry other methods; the correspondents include Bindon B. Stoney [see K/24. Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse