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This series contains files of correspondence relating to Sheelah Trench and Langlois Lefrois.

An artificially constructed collection of generally dissociated documents relating to the Charleville Estate and the Bury family/earls of Charleville. Contains some legal documents such as marriage settlements and leases; correspondence relating to financial matters on the Charleville Estate and associated estates, e.g., the Marlay estate.; newspaper cuttings on various members of the Bury family; and correspondence and drawings relating to the Bury family jewels.

Copy correspondence between two generations of Perkinson and Monaghan family members, all connected with Croghan, near Birr, Co Offaly and the Irish Hills area of the state of Michigan, USA. Following the devastation of the Great Famine, John Monaghan emigrated firstly to Suffolk and then to Michigan, where he received letters from his sister, Mary and her husband William Perkinosn, pleading for assistance to also enable their family emigrate to America. The correspondence describes the effect of famine and emigration on the Croghan area. Their son William, who emigrated to Lancashire, also writes to his cousin in Michigan of the second generation with much the same request.

Photocopy of letter from William Perkinson, Croghan, to his brother-in-law, John Monaghan, Lanervase County, Michigan, US. Describes financial difficulties of the family, the fall in value of family home and the great distress suffered in the locality. "There is no wonder made of death here". He writes also of his hope to emigrate to America.

Letter from E A Merrey, agent at the Downshire Estate office, Blessington, Wicklow, to Mr Patterson regarding the latter's possible purchase of holdings on the Downshire Estate near Edenderry. Reply from Patterson overleaf states that he hopes that Lord Downshire will accept £100 for the holding (6 May 1922).
Also includes a printed notice of Merrey's attendance at the Downshire Office, Edenderry for the collection of rents (1 May 1924).

Estate papers comprising of estate accounts, tenancy agreements, farms accounts, land titles and correspondence.

Copies of outgoing letters from John V. Brown, clerk of Parsonstown Union to various recipients, particularly the Poor Law Commissioners, detailing reliefs and works. Also includes copy outgoing correspondence relating to assisted emigration schemes for inmates of the Parsonstown workhouse during the course of the Great Famine.

Letter from J W Crowley in County Cork, to William Lamb at Smithfield Prison, County Dublin, inquiring about employment opportunities for his step-brother Robert Martin.

Letter from Thomas Gick at 2 Wilton Terrace, Grosvenor Road North, Rathmines, County Dublin, to his neighbour William Lamb at 1 Wilton Terraces, Grosvenor Road North, Rathmines, County Dublin, regarding the renovation of the sewage pipe system shared between their properties.

Letter from Alice Ann Kerr at the Rectory, Ballynure, County Antrim, to her fiancé William Lamb at 1 Wilton Terrace, Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, County Dublin. Contains two photographs of the house and church at Ballynure, County Antrim.