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Photographs.

This subseries contains photographs taken and collected by the Trench.

The photographs cover a variety of topics such as a Royal visit to New Zealand , family weddings, travelling around the world, births and deaths of loved ones and beloved pets.
The majority of the photographs in this subseries were taken by Theodora Trench who documented her travels and experiences throughout her life.

Photographs of Birr Barracks and Leinster Regiment

  • IE OCL P84
  • Collection
  • 1870-1910

Collection of photographs relating to Birr Barracks and the Leinster Regiment, many of which are reproductions of original photographs by William Lawrence and others. Contains an original group portrait King's County Rifles, Birr (1872), and several images of the Barrack Square. Also contains the only known image of the interior of the barracks, 'The Coffee Bar, Leinster Depot.'

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

Photographs of Loughton house and estate.

Photographs and negatives taken of Loughton house and the surrounding estate. The majority of the photographs are of the exterior of the house and of horses kept in Loughton. The file includes one negative of the interior, photographs of Theodora Trench, Sheelah Lefroy and Langlois Massy Lefroy playing and walking dogs, work being carried out on the estate and a negative of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench on a horse. The file includes a Christmas card from Buffy [?] sent to Theodora containing a photograph taken in Loughton of Theodora and an unidentified young boy.
Also included in the file are six glass plate negatives which show the interior of Borrisnafarney Church, a hunt gathered outside Loughton House and two unknown ladies walking their dogs.

Records of Patrick Moore & Sons, Victuallers

  • IE OCL P1
  • Fonds
  • 1905 - 1936

This collection is comprised of the records of Patrick Moore & Sons, Victuallers of Edenderry and Rathangan. They were a family business who sold meat to the surrounding towns including Edenderry, Rathangan, Allenwood, Clonbulloge, Enfield, Kinnegad and Rhode. The collection includes ledgers, cash books, stock books, daily order books and van sales books. There are also documents regarding financial accounts such as bank account books, customer account books, bills of account with local traders, Dublin traders and a trader from Manchester. Also includes documents of their accounts with other businesses and legal costs as well as personal family photographs. A note in ledger P1/C/17 from 1923 recounts that Judge Wakely's house, Ballyburly, near Rhode, was 'burned by irregulars' in 1923.

Individuals and businesses that had an account with Patrick Moore & Sons include:
Coopers & Bailey, Central Market London.
H.M. Hawkins, Seifond, Dorchester.
Doctor Hamilton, Edenderry.
E.J.B. Nesbitt, Rutland Gate, London.
E.J.B. Nesbitt, Penton Lodge, Andover.
D. Alesbury.
Civic Guards, Edenderry.
J. Joly, Clonbologue.

Patrick Moore & Sons had accounts with:
William Bros, Edenderry (Grocery Account)
M.J. O'Brien, Edenderry.
William Bros. (Petrol Account)
Offaly County Board of Health and Public Assistance.

Patrick Moore & Sons, Victuallers

Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga.

File of photographs and negatives taken in Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga. Photographs contained within the file include a photograph take outside the Palace Gates in Tonga, a photograph of native children in Vavaʻu in Tonga and a native house near Apia the capital of Samoa.

The East 1928.

File of photographs and negatives taken by Theodora Trench during her time in 'the east'. The file contains photographs of places such as Baghdad and Fallujah in Iraq, Famagusta in Cyrpus, Baalbek in Lebanon and Ahvaz in Iran.

The United Kingdom and the Channel Islands.

File of photographs and negatives of Wales, Jersey and the Isle of Wight.Locations photographed include Devil's Bridge in Ceredigion, Capel Curig and Nanhoron in Wales, Mont Orgueil in Jersey and Totland bay in the Isle of Wight. Negatives of Castle Combe a village in Wiltshire, England. Among the negatives there are shots of Bybrook River and the village.

Wedding photographs.

  • IE OCL P131/6/2/8
  • File
  • 15 October 1924-7 July 1962
  • Part of Loughton Papers

The majority of this file is made up of wedding of Sheelah Trench's marriage to Langlois Massy Lefroy which took place on 15 October 1924. Photographs of this wedding include photos of the bridge and groom, a portrait of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench and groups of the extended wedding party which was made up of Theodora Trench, Rosemary Lefroy, Diana Broadbent, Phoebe Lefroy, Reggie Chenevix Trench and Stanley Dobson.
The file also contains photographs of Hugh and Helen Lefroy's wedding day, Tony and Judith Hodgson's wedding day and a photograph of an unknown bride.

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