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Photographs taken during Sheelah and Langlois Massy Lefroy's honeymoon trip to Loughton, King's County and Carriglas Manor, Longford. The photographs show the couple enjoying walks and a 'céad míle fáilte' sign welcoming the couple.

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.

This series contains records relating to Loughton household and estate accounts.

Examples of records include workmen's time books, personal account books and household accounts.

File of documents relating to the land commission.

Included in this file are two copies of Court of the Irish Land Commission Land act 1923 and a schedule of areas for townlands, Ballinlough, Clynoe and Moneygall.

List of protestant children on the rolls of Cangort Park National School.
The list states that one point there were 23 children registered. However this had been reduced to 12 as a number of them were absent for 13 weeks or more.

A list of townlands in church parish of Templeharry.

Files relating to Borrisnafarney Church which was built in 1829 with funding from Thomas Ryder Pepper. This subseries deals with church funding, repairs and an attempt to join Borrisnafarney with Aghnameadle.

The documents within this file relate to the maintenance and care of Loughton forest.

A 1947 report states that Loughton forest is 'uniform in age and in the species of trees they contain-they are mature woods- I would guess the age as well over 100 years'. The report also describes the forest in detail point and features an area by area breakdown based on tree type. The forest is largely made up of Beech and Oak trees.

The file also encloses a letter from Mr Peter Joseph Murphy, 'Tulach Dore Lodge', Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Leix (Laois) applying for job as a wooding steward. He also encloses references.

The records in this file result from Theodora Trench's effort to redecorate the interior of Loughton house.

The file includes two copies of a October 1935 letter and an amendment from James Gibson & son, 50 Mary street, Dublin. Within this letter they estimate the cost of the painting required.
The file also includes a letter from Theodora Trench to Leake, painters & decorators, Birr, Offaly dated 27 September 1937asking them to examine work inside the home and estimate.

File of letters relating to Loughton House.

Examples of letters include a letter from the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench dated 20 November 1900
'Dear Sir,
Your letter of 16th inst. received, and I send you herewith for your information some copies of audited balnce sheets of Co-operative Dairy Societies which I hope will be useful to you. I hope the project of starting a co-operative Creamery for MoneyGall may prove successful. We shall be glad at any time to give you any information or advice in our power.'

Also included is a letter from James Guilfoyle, John Murphy, and John Healy dated 25 November 1895
'Sir,
We the undersigned having had the misfortune of being found trespassing on part of your property known as the lands of Clinoe with dogs in our possession on the 20th inst by Mr George [Frend] of Silver Hills, and for which we tender an apology to your honor and by to assure you that it being our first time in trespassing on your property that during our natural life we shall never attempt to repeat such an act. By hoping that this apology will satisfy your honour and again we say that we [resoundingly] report what we have done. With profound respect we beg to remain yours honour's most obedient servants.'