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Inquest reports handwritten by James Dillon, King's County Coroner into a leather-bound notebook. Inquests begin at No. 589, 21 February 1846 and end at No. 1079, 12 December 1854. Format of inquest reports is largely identical beginning with a record of the inquest number, date, location of inquest and the name of the deceased. Then follows a list of the jurors present and witnesses called. The reports end with a verdict on the cause of death. Notable due to its date span which covers the famine era.

Four identical floor-plans of Clashawaun Works. Scale 1 inch: 40 ft. Includes numerical key identifying the various areas of the factory.

Size 68cm x 86 cm each.

The floor plan is from the 1960s.

Texts of legislation relating to factory conditions and terms of employment.

1. ‘Textile Factories Factory and Workshop Act, 1878’ signed by R. G. For J. & L. F. Goodbody.

2. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1901-1916’, signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 5 September 1921.

3. ‘Textile Factories factory and Workshop Acts 1901-1920’ signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 23 March 1925.

4. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1937’, signed by Harold J. Goodbody, August 1937.

Letter from Brother Angelo Holmes at the Franciscan Monastary, Clara, County Offaly, to Canon Adam Lamb.

Letter from Mark of Saint Bridgid's Church, Clara, County Offaly, to Doctor Francis William Lamb, regarding his valuation of the Old Rectory £100, and confirming his interest in the property for the price of £1250.

Linen-backed map of Clara and Raheen, King's County, the estate of Colonel Wolseley Cox. Hand-coloured and numbered with sites from 1-99, although the key to the sites is not extant.

Scale 220 foot: 1 inch.

Poem entitled, "Air from the "Maid and the Magpie" by Henry Bird of the Monaghan Regiment, written in May 1860. Below the poem is a telegram from Tom Costello in Clara, King's County (County Offaly), to the Lamb family in Cardiff, notifying them of the death of Anna Maria Fuller.

Postcard from Francis William Lamb to his wife Constance Lamb at Lyndeer, High Lane, Stockport, Manchester. Printed with a photograph of Main Street, Clara, King's County (County Offaly).

Postcard with the image of Bridge Street, Clara, County Offaly, on the front.

Postcard with the image of Charlestown House, Clara, King's County (County Offaly) on the front. On the reverse are scribbles in pencil.