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‘Ledger, No. 11.’

File relating to the founding of the Retreat House at Tullabeg. Includes letters from the bishops of Killaloe, Kildare and Leighin and Ardagh and Clonmacnoise in relation to the promotion of the work of the retreat house, letters from Bishop Kyne of Meath concerning its official opening and press cuttings.

Lists of retreats held at Tullabeg. Includes some general comments and details of attendance, retreat directors and offerings.

‘Ledger, No. 13.’

Christmas card from the Jesuit Retreat House at Tullabeg.

‘Ledger, No. 15.’

Correspondence relating to the retreats held in August each year for Christian Brothers at the Retreat House in Tullabeg. Includes letters from the superiors of Christian Brothers’ houses at Tuam, county Galway, Kells and Trim, county Meath, Westport and Ballinrobe, county Mayo.

Lease of part of the lands of Derrygunnigan from Edward Earl Digby to William Daly for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1818, at the yearly rate of £9-0-0.
Including 'A map of part of Derrygunningham Commonage in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1815', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to William and John Gibbs.

Annual report, accounts and rental for year end June 1915, in which Digby describes in detail the events surrounding the Geashill Cattle Drive on the grasslands of Ballydownan in November 1914. Describes the bands and banners accompanying the drive, the injuring of several policemen, and the arrest of 46 men who subsequently pleaded guilty at the Winter Assizes in Dublin. Also notes that despite the jailing of the ring-leaders, agitation continued and boycotting and intimidation on the estate were rife. Also notes that inspection of the boundaries of the estate has been completed by the Land Commission but that the final inspection has yet to be made.

Original bundle of letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for a machine which he had invented for removing leaves and other matter from turbines, 1901-4; together with notes on his experiments with electro-plating, 1908. [Not in chronological order.]