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Letters sent to Theodora Trench between 1967 and 1972. The file includes a variety of letters.
Examples include two letters from Debrett regarding corrections and amendments to Trench pedigree that will be publish in their 1969/1970 and 1973/1974 editions. The file also includes a letter dated 13 September 1969 from H.C.R, Moneygall, Co. Tipperary which praises the tarmac drive put down by Delaney which cost £540.
Files relating to the plans by Offaly County Council to commemorate the 1916 Rising at 50 years. Includes file containing records of attendance of delegates at the committee meetings (1966); minute book recording resolutions agreed by the County Committee of the 1916 Jubilee Commemorations with Mr Nicholas Egan presiding. The Tullamore Committee, with All O'Brennan as chair, organised the main celebration with a parade on Easter Monday and the commissioning of a commemorative film (1966-1967); large correspondence file concerning the plans for the commemorations and particularly with the commissioning of the film (1966-1967); a file containing the scripts for the film and a recent remastered DVD copy of the film, the original of which is now with the Irish Film Archives; and an accounts book recording subscriptions to the 1916 Commemoration Fund (1966-1967).
File of workmen's time books for the Loughton estate 1965-1978. The time books states the name of the employees, where they worked, what they did and any absences they may have had.
Draft letter from Fr. Hurley, St Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner St., Dublin, to Pádraig [?], comprising 'notes from mss Mt Briscoe 1785.' The letter composed in Irish, contains transcripts in English from an 18th century manuscript loaned to Hurley in 1948 from Mrs Briscoe following a lecture to the Kildare Archaeological Society. Hurley notes that the author of the manuscript was a good historian and evidently had a good knowledge of sources available to him at the time of writing. The manuscript concerns the history of the Briscoes, the marriage of John Briscoe to Eleanor Kearney and the construction of Srahkerne Castle (Srah Castle, Tullamore) in 1588.
Two copies of a letter from Clarke Delahunt & co, Wicklow enclosing particulars of sale and a report describes Cronebane. The file also contains suggestions of advertisements to be run in the 'Irish Times', the 'London times' 'Country Life' and The Field' and three copies of the advertisements.
Statements of Loughton Farm accounts for the years 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967. File contains duplicates for the years 1965, 1966 and 1967.
