Fondo P97 - Matthew Barrington's Client Ledger and Index

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

IE 2135 P97

Título

Matthew Barrington's Client Ledger and Index

Fecha(s)

1809-1852 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

2 items

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

Barrington, Sir Matthew (1788-1861), lawyer and landowner

(1788-1861)

Historia biográfica

Matthew Barrington was born on 21 May 1788 in Limerick as the eldest of five sons and two daughters of Joseph Barrington and Mary née Baggott. He was educated in Limerick and King's Inns and established a highly successful solicitor's practice in Dublin and Limerick. In 184, he was appointed a crown solicitor for Munster. From the 1840s he acted as solicitor and adviser to the Great Southern and Western Railway and was instrumental for the establishment of the railway station known as Limerick Junction. He was the founder of Barrington's Hospital and City of Limerick Infirmary (1831), the first general hospital in Limerick to provide for the poor. He owned extensive estates in Limerick and was the builder of the massive Norman revival castle, Glenstal. Matthew Barrington died on 1 April 1861 and is buried in St Mary's cathedral in Limerick.

Institución archivística

Special Collections and Archives Department

Historia archivística

Unknown.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Purchased at Mealy's rare book sale on 14 December 2010.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection contains a client ledger and separate index from Sir Matthew Barrington's legal firm in Limerick city, providing names of clients and details of the legal affairs in which they were involved. The ledger, originally part of a multiple set of volumes, is of considerable historical interest in view of the distinguished client list, which includes both nobility and prominent merchants, and the level of detail provided of their legal affairs.

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All items have been retained.

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Idioma del material

inglés

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Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

Paper documents in good condition.

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Puntos de acceso por lugar

Ireland--Limerick (City)

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Reglas y/o convenciones usadas

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.