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Copy correspondence between the Irish Grants Committee and Lord Digby regarding his application to the Committee made on 20 December 1926 for the destruction of Geashill Castle and subsequent looting of timber from his woods. In a letter to A&L Goodbody Solicitors, the Irish Grants Committee requested supporting evidence and material in support of each item of the claim (26 April 1927), to which they were sent 4 copies of the bills of quantitates and 4 copies of the original declaration in the case (17 May 1927). A certificate of valuation of the lands of Bawnmore and Dalgan, Geashill was also provided by James Morris, Auctioneer and Valuer in support of the claim, suggesting that the value of this claim should be amended to £952.10 instead of £750. (13 October 1927). The Irish Grants Committee recommended that Lord Digby should be paid a sum of £3000 ex gratia in respect of his claim (23 December 1927). The final amount of the £3000 grant was approved on 15 March 1929.
Original incoming and copy outgoing correspondence concerning aspects of estate management undertaken by A. & L. Goodbody, solicitors on behalf of Lord Digby, such as rent collection, timber sales, illegal timber cutting on the estate, the terminal illness of Edward Nesbitt (estate bailiff), fishery rights on the Erne and the Moy, and sporting rights over the lands of Geashilll granted to Lord Digby and his father for life by the tenants.
Includes copy letter from Goodbody to Digby concerning fishery rights: '...As to the possibility of future legislation here. Well nothing that the [Salmon Fisheries] Association can do will stop the Government if they want to pass legislation. Strong opposition was put up about the ridiculous Irish language movement without any effect whatever. The idealists seem to get it all their own way and the opposition had not the courage to speak out their mind or vote as their conscience tells them they should vote, so they appear to have stayed away in the Senate instead of voting against it.' (8 May 1929)
Correspondence and forms relating to a grant claim for Geashill Castle after its destruction. Including 'Bill of quantities for the reconstruction of Geashill Castle, destroyed by fire by W. Montgomery & Son, Valuers and Surveyors, Dublin', 1923; Heffernan Auctioneers & Valuers catalogue on Geashill Castle after renovation, 2019
Notices served on houses owners to carry out urgent repairs for their tenants; reports on the medical officer of health on overcrowding in houses; recommendations to send children with physical and mental defects to institutions, although Protestant institutions needed consent of parish priest; instances of diphtheria, scarletina, tuberculosis; and a report from Home Assistance Officer, Birr, concerning the level of destitution in the town.
