Fonds P27 - The Allott Papers

Bereich "Identifikation"

Signatur

IE 2135 P27

Titel

The Allott Papers

Datum/Laufzeit

  • 1782-1999 (Anlage)

Erschließungsstufe

Fonds

Umfang und Medium

10 standard boxes and 1 outsize box

Bereich "Kontext"

Name des Bestandsbildners

(The Allot family succeeded to Odelville in 1963)

Biographische Angaben

In 1945 Michael Allott of Dublin married Helen Lucia Lloyd of Odellville, county Limerick. On the death of her father, Edward Locke Lloyd, in 1963, the Odellville property passed to the Allotts, who operated a dairy farm on the estate and were founders of the Munster Herd of British Friesians in 1945. They were also active members of the National Farmers’ Association (later the Irish Farmers Association), their local co-operative creamery committee at Glenwilliam and later the Golden Vale Cooperative Creamery Ltd.

The Allott family seat, Odellville, was built in the 1770s by John Fitzcharles Odell and passed to the Morony family through the marriage of Helen Mary Odell to Edmund Morony in 1860. Their elder daughter, Eliza Helena, married in 1884 her cousin, Henry Vereker Lloyd Morony, on whose death the property passed to his only child, Helen Mary Matilda Morony. The property passed to the Lloyd family through her marriage to Edward Locke Lloyd of Heathfield, county Limerick, in 1917.

Bestandsgeschichte

Abgebende Stelle

Most of the material was donated to the University of Limerick on 10 December 2008 by Norman Allott, second son of Michael and Helen Allott. Items P27/3/1/1-4 were purchased on 29 August 2008, and P27/3/1/5 on 19 September 2008, by the University of Limerick from Alan Warnock Books, Dublin. Alan Warnock Books are understood to have acquired the items from the Allott family at the time of the sale of the Odellville property following the death of Helen Allott in 2008. Items P27/1/2/1/13, P27/1/2/1/16, P27/1/2/1/20, P27/1/2/3/2, P27/1/2/3/4, P27/1/2/3/5, P27/1/2/3/7, P27/1/2/4/2, P27/1/2/4/3, P27/1/2/4/7, P27/1/3/2/4 and P27/1/3/2/7 (2) were donated on 27 June 2018 by Sean O’Grady. Their archival history is unknown.

Bereich "Inhalt und innere Ordnung"

Eingrenzung und Inhalt

The material consists of leases, mortgages, conveyances, marriage settlements and wills relating to the families of Odell (1782-1891), Morony (1831-1937), Lloyd (1829-1965) and Allott (1947-1999). Of particular interest is the copy will relating to Helen Sophia Chenevix (1890-1963), General Secretary of the Irish Women Workers’ Union (1955-1957), member of the Irish Trade Union Congress executive committee (1946-1956), and one of the first female graduates of Trinity College, Dublin (see P27/1/4/1/3/1). There are also extensive records relating to the dairy farm managed at Odellville from 1945 to 1994, including stock breeding and sales records, milk records and farm accounts (P27/2/1/2-6). There is some architectural material relating to improvements carried out at Odellville between 1880 and 1900 (P27/1/2/7/1-3). There are also 19th-century scrapbooks and other items of Quaker interest relating to the Watson and Webb families (P27/3/1/1-4).

Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung

All records have been retained.

Zuwächse

No accruals are expected.

Ordnung und Klassifikation

The material is arranged into three series. Series 1 comprises in the main leases, mortgages, marriage settlements and wills which map out the succession of the Odellville property from its original owners to the Allott family. Series 2 comprises farm and household records documenting the management of the dairy farm operated by Michael and Helen Allott at Odellville between 1945 and 1994. Series 3 comprises mainly items of Quaker interest and some photographic material relating to the Morony family.

Items P27/1/2/1/13, P27/1/2/1/16, P27/1/2/1/20, P27/1/2/3/2, P27/1/2/3/3, P27/1/2/3/5, P27/1/2/3/7, P27/1/2/4/2, P27/1/2/4/3, P27/1/2/4/7, P27/1/3/2/4 and P27/1/3/2/7 (2) donated in 2018 form a set. However, owing to their relatively complex nature they have been listed and described individually.

Bedingungen des Zugriffs- und Benutzungsbereichs

Benutzungsbedingungen

Unrestricted access to most items. Some files contain personal information relating to people living or presumed living and are closed for 50 to 80 years to protect individual privacy. Some items require conservation treatment and are too fragile to be safely handled. These files have been identified in the descriptive catalogue.

Reproduktionsbedingungen

Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.

In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache

  • Englisch
  • Latein

Schrift in den Unterlagen

    Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift

    Physische Beschaffenheit und technische Anforderungen

    Paper documents and photographs, mostly in good condition.

    Findmittel

    An abridged pedigree of the Allott family can be downloaded from https://specialcollections.ul.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/P27_Allott_Pedigree.pdf.

    Bereich Sachverwandte Unterlagen

    Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen

    Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien

    Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://doi.org/10.34966/uldl.a67d-6k17.

    Verwandte Verzeichnungseinheiten

    Items donated by Helen Allott relating to the Morony family are available in the National Archives Private Accessions 1961-1981 collection (https://www.nationalarchives.ie/PDF/PrivateAccessions1961-1988.pdf). Limerick Museum holds a small number of mainly correspondence relating to Henry Vereker Morony. For related material remaining in private hands, see P27/1/4/2/1.

    Verwandte Beschreibungen

    Bereich "Anmerkungen"

    Alternative Identifikatoren/Signaturen

    Zugriffspunkte

    Zugriffspunkte (Ort)

    Zugriffspunkte (Genre)

    Bereich "Beschreibungskontrolle"

    Identifikator "Beschreibung"

    Benutzte Regeln und/oder Konventionen

    This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition (2000), Irish Guidelines for Archival Description (2009), National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (1997) and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services (2018).

    Status

    Erschließungstiefe

    Sprache(n)

      Schrift(en)

        Quellen

        Anmerkung des Archivars/der Archivarin

        Papers arranged and described by Seán Liston in November 2009 and revised by Anna-Maria Hajba in October 2022.

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