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Research on Clonbeg House, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilcolman, Barony of Ballybritt). County Inventory Registration: 951.
Contains field sheet, a written report over one pages and three photographs.

Original incoming and copy outgoing correspondence relating to the administration of the Geashill Estate. Matters referred to include Matters referred to include repairs to tenants’ houses; employer’s liability insurance premiums; cleaning of sewage at Geashill Garda Barrack; repairs to boiler at Clonad Saw Mills; a visit by Lord Digby to Ashford Castle and Birr Castle; the possibility of three phase electricity to Clonad in the future; queries on the rights of Lord Digby to buy land in Ireland at the same rate of stamp duty as an Irish citizen under the Irish Nationality & Citizens Act 1935-1937; and the death of George Muir on 22 September 1950.

Includes letter from Offaly County Council to Goodbody Solicitors regarding the felling of trees on Digby estate to "give clear passage on public roads for buses and in other cases to prevents damage to road by overhanging trees". (24 November 1948).

Includes letter from the Department of Industry & Commerce in relation to an inspection carried out at Clonad Sawmills under the Holiday (Employee) Act 1929, where irregularity was observed in annual leave and that “workers not allowed 7 consecutive whole holiday within their employment years” (18 July 1950). This was responded to by the Estate Agents on 1 August 1950 confirming that this statutory would be observed at the sawmills.

Correspondence dealing with the Jesuits’ purchase of Tullabeg lands in the Land Commission Court and the clearing of all claim for the Young Mortgage. Letters have been folded and their date and contents summarised on the outside of each folded packet. Some folded packets contain more than one letter.

Research on Castletown Graveyard, Co. Offaly (Parish of Rahan, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 766.
Contains field sheet with a sketch of the site plan, a written report over two pages and five photographs.

Research on Clonmacnoise Oratory "Temple Kieran" [Temple Ciarán], Co. Offaly (Parish of Clonmacnoise, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 641.
Contains field sheet with sketch of a site plan and 8 photographs.

Research on Ballinasrah Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lusmagh, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 891.
Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and one photograph.

House Consultors’ (Frs Michael Connolly, John Hyde, John F. O’Connor and Kieran Hanley) letters to Fr Provincial.

Rental of the ‘Outer estate’, which includes [the Sprigge lands of] Lisclooney, Clonivoe and Lumpcloon, and has a half-yearly rental of £6,500.

Rental of the ‘Inner estate’ [Parsonstown and the immediately outlying townlands], with a half-yearly rental of £4,500.

Original bundle of applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr (Andrew Hume being the successful applicant).