The material consists of deeds, wills, marriage settlements, legal searches, statements, opinions, accounts and correspondence relating to the legal and administrative affairs of the Moore family of Moynehall, County Cavan. The documents are primarily concerned with Samuel Moore the elder and his younger son and namesake, who succeeded to the estate as a consequence of the untimely death of his elder brother. Of particular note is the material relating to the case of Moore v Jackson, which provides a good example of the complex set of procedures required to break an entail to facilitate the mortgaging of lands. Also of note are the copies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century documents, the originals of which may no longer survive; and statements of title such as P15/1/2/1/1 which contain valuable genealogical information of the Moore family across three centuries.
Moore family of Moynehall, county CavanThe collection comprises primarily letters and copies of letters by members of the Monsell family or individuals associated with them. Of particular note is a letter book kept by the shipping merchant William Monsell (P2/1/1), which contains copies of some 1,200 items of mainly business correspondence, giving a unique insight into Limerick as a maritime mercantile city in the early eighteenth century. Of equal interest is the fragment of a diary (P2/1/12) kept by his grandson, the Reverend Samuel Monsell (1743-1818), Precentor of Ardfert from 1791 to 1811, which provides an extraordinary account of the private life and innermost thoughts of a Church of Ireland clergyman struggling to stay on the path of virtue.
Monsell family of Tervoe, county Limerick, Barons EmlyThis sub-series contains material relating to Maurice Walsh's short story The Mission Sermon, published in 1951 in the collection Son of a Tinker and other Tales.
Walsh, Maurice (1879-1964), writerPoem entitled The Missing Link written by Frances Condell under the pseudonym Pat Francis.
Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of LimerickBlack and white negative of the minister of Industry and Commerce and Mr Lynch visit a factory. Envelope notes the initials T.J.C.
Shannon DevelopmentBlack and white negative of the Minister of Industry and Commerce and Mr Lynch at the Lana Knit Factory at Shannon Development.
Shannon DevelopmentBlack and white negative of the Minister of Industry and Commerce and Mr Lynch and Mr Quigley at Shannon. Envelope notes the initials T.J.C.
Shannon DevelopmentBlack and white negative of the Minister of Industry and Commerce and the group at Rippen Factory at Shannon Development. Negative missing.
Shannon DevelopmentBlack and white negative of the minister of Industry and Commerce and Mr Lynch walking between factories at Shannon Development. Envelope notes the initials T.J.C.
Shannon DevelopmentBlack and white negative of Mrs Lynch at the factories at Shannon Development. Envelope notes the initials T.J.C.
Shannon Development