This collection comprises early twentieth-century scrapbooks and photograph albums compiled by Robert Rennie Ballingal and his daughter Dorothy Ballingal, anonymous threat letters received by Robert Rennie Ballingal during the land war in his role as agent to the 4th Earl of Dunraven, presentation books received by him on his retirement, and information relating to the Royal Irish Automobile Club, of which he was a member.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentLarge cloth-bound hardback scrapbook containing press cuttings, trial programmes, rule books, invitations, advertisements and notices mostly relating to coursing, fishing, field trials and the activities of the Adare Manor Golf Club. Also several articles on tobacco cultivation in Ireland and on the Irish Land Bill (including a number of published letters by the Earl of Dunraven); a series of articles entitled 'Rural Denmark' investigating the country’s agriculture and rural problems; article entitled 'Pre-Historic Faith and Worship' by the Rev. Canon French; article on Irish stud farms; article on motored ploughs; two articles on game prosecutions in Pallaskenry; and a long article on the retirement of Niel Ballingal from his role as factor for the Balgonie colliery in Scotland. For loose items originally inserted between the pages of the album, see P69/1/2-17.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPage from Shooting Times & British Sportsman containing miscellaneous notices and advertisements for gun dogs for sale, originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPage from The Field: The Country Gentleman's Newspaper containing on one side an article on the sporting artist John Wootton and on the other an article entitled 'Intensive Tobacco Culture', originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPages extracted from The Daily Mail containing on one page an article entitled 'A Patent Monopoly in Intensive Horticulture and Tobacco-Growing in Ireland', originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPhotograph cut out from a newspaper of a dog named Peter of Faskally.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPress cutting entitled 'The Salmon Business' originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPress cutting containing an obituary of Charles Eversfield, originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPress cutting entitled 'How Good Tobacco Judges Were Puzzled' originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agentPage from Shooting Times & British Sportsman containing articles entitled 'Some Irish Shooting localities' by W. A. N. and 'An Old-Time Sporting Bird' by Arthur Sharp, originally contained inside P69/1/1 as a loose insert.
Ballingal, Robert Rennie (1867-1928), land agent