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Copy of Ordnance Survey sheet 26 map of the Geashill Estate of Baron Digby issued by mapping department of the Irish Land Commission. Taken from 1913 edition of Ordnance Survey. Areas and plots surrounding Geashill Castle are illustrated in pink marker.
Copy of Ordnance Survey sheet 24 map of the Digby Estate issued by mapping department of the Irish Land Commission. Map shows the holdings of tenant, Eliza Dunne in the townland of Killurin. Scale - six inches to one statute mile.
Large sketch map of portion of bogland in dispute between Lord Digby and Peter Quinlan versus Michael Healion. Bog in dispute is highlighted in green. Scale of sixty six feet to one inch.
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
Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating a grant claim for Geashill Castle after its destruction. Includes a copy of the brief for counsel for the claim of £19,614.17 for Geashill Castles and its contents (1923); evaluation of three elk horns destroyed in the fire; letter from Lord Digby to Goodbody Solicitors, Dorset "I must congratulate you once more for the very successful result of your hard work in relation to this claim, and I know what a difficult case it must have been for you to get a satisfactory settlement. I think you ought to know how very please I am over the way the case was conducted" (22 February 1926); letter from the Ministery of Finance details that "under the Malicious Injury Act you are entitle in this case to £1635 in clash, and £1100 in Bonds - total £2735" (19 February 1926).
Copybook with handwritten summary of grant application to the Irish Grants Committee Claims. Includes terms of reference of committee, breakdown of amount to be claimed, and notes on the grounds of the castle.
2 copies of bill of quantities for the reconstruction of Geashill Castle created by the valuer, W Montgomery. Itemised breakdown of costs arranged by room and exteriors of Castle.
Includes copy of the applications made under the Damage to Property Compensation Act by Baron Digby, as well as handwritten transcript of the court proceedings of the grant claim by Baron Digby under the Damage to Property Compensation Act at the Tullamore Circuit Court on 27 October 1925.