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Letters from Lieutenant H[arold] Alban Davies, Father Philip, Pigott and Company Limited, and Kenny and Bourke Solicitors to Madge Daly relating to damage done and items lost during raids of the home of the Daly family. For related material, see P2/2/1/19/3, P2/2/1/62/5 and P2/5/1/40.

Letters from the National Bank Limited, 13-17 Old Broad Street, London; Jefferson, Willan & Co. Solicitors, Northallerton, Yorkshire; and the British Transport Commission, North Wall, Dublin, to Helen Allott, Odell Ville, Ballingarry, county Limerick, relating to legacies arising from the will of the Rev Andrew Chartres Brew Molony.

Letters from Timothy Collins and Professor Etienne Rynne, University College Galway, and from The Royal Society, London, relating to research carried out by Lysaght in preparation for his biography of Robert Lloyd Praeger (published by Four Courts Press in 1998).

Letters from Holmes O’Malley & Sexton, Solicitors, 57 O’Connell Street, Limerick, to Michael and Helen Lucia Allott, Odellville, Ballingarry, county Limerick, relating to matters arising out of the will and probate of the Reverend Andrew Chartres Brew Molony. Most of the letters are concerned with the disposal of ground rents of properties at Corofin. A photocopy of a map of the Corofin estate is attached to a letter dated 25 June 1996. Other attachments include a certified copy of the will of the Rev Andrew Chartres Brew Molony (1 August 1996), and copies of related correspondence from John Casey & Co. Solicitors, Martin Linnane & Co. Solicitors, and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Letters to Walsh from L. Braid (sales manager), Pigott and Company Limited, 112 Grafton Street, Dublin, relating to proposed repairs to his ‘Collard’ grand piano and the estimated cost thereof.

Mainly letters to Walsh from Brandt and Brandt signed by individuals including Bernice Baumgarten and Carl Brandt. Also includes letter to Brandt and Brandt from Brett Stokes (secretary), Frederick A. Stokes Company (publishers), 443-449 Fourth Avenue, New York, confirming acceptance of their terms for the purchase of the right to publish The Road to Nowhere (20 March 1934); copy of letter to Katherine Forbes-Leith Jackson from Janet Cohn of Brandt and Brandt’s Dramatic Department regarding her dramatization of The Road to Nowhere. She is given three months for the completion of the work, then six months to arrange a ‘first class theatrical production’ (1 April 1936); copy of letter to Brandt and Brandt from Francis McManus (1909-1965), writer, referring to the fact that Walsh had ‘passed on your pleasant letter about my book The Greatest of These. He outlines his literary career up to that point and states that he has never had an agent which is the main reason for his work not being published outside of Ireland (12 December 1943); letter to Walsh from Erd Brandt, the Saturday Evening Post, The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, suggesting that he write a story about ‘Thomasheen James’ meeting American soldiers (11 April 1944). The letters to Walsh from Brandt and Brandt mainly concern the publication of Walsh’s work in the U.S. and discussion of manuscripts sent by Walsh. Specific matters include the purchase by John Ford of film, sound and dialogue rights to The Quiet Man (13 April 1936); some criticism of And No Quarter – Carl Brandt quotes his brother Erd’s remark that the hero (David Gordon) is ‘a softie’ (15 March 1937); enclosure of the announcement in Publishers’ Weekly by Frederick Stokes and Company of their forthcoming publication of Sons of the Swordmaker (21 November 1938); the disagreement with Chambers regarding the serialisation of Blackcock’s Feather in Adventure magazine (23 November 1938-7 March 1939), with copies of correspondence between Chambers and Brandt and Brandt, and copy of letter to Carl Brandt from Howard Bloomfield, editor of Adventure, stating that his company has paid Chambers £75 in settlement of the copyright dispute (20 December 1938); the possibility that Walt Disney ‘may read’ Son of Apple (29 April 1942); suggestion that the first half of The Spanish Lady should be compressed (24 November 1942); controversy over the sale of film rights of Trouble in the Glen to Republic Pictures (17 July 1953-25 February 1954). The final document in the file is a letter to Maurice Walsh (son), c/o Chase and Bank of Ireland (International) Limited., Stephen Court, 18/21 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, from Carl E. Younger (rights and permissions editor), Brandt and Brandt, stating that the fee for renewal of copyright is $4 per story (13 December 1972). Also see P7/1/3/1/2.

Mainly letters to Walsh from W. and R. Chambers, 339 High Street, Edinburgh, and from 1933, 11 Thistle Street, Edinburgh. They are signed by individuals including R. S. Chambers, George Morris (managing director) and A. Turnbull (managing director). Also includes copy of letter to Christine Foyle, Messrs. W. and G. Foyle Limited, London, from Chambers regarding the film rights of The Road to Nowhere (17 August 1938); ‘Extracts from correspondence between Maurice Marston Esq., Secy. of the National Book Council London, Maj.-Gen. J. H. Beith, Dir. of Public Relations, The War Office, London and W. R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh’, regarding the exclusion of Walsh from the catalogue of books for the services (8 November 1938-4 December 1939); letter to Walsh from Liddle Geddie of Chambers’s Journal concerning the serialisation of his latest work (30 January 1940); copies of correspondence between Chambers and J. de la Mare Rowley, The National Institute for the Blind, 224-228 Great Portland Street, London, requesting permission for the recording of Thomasheen James [Man-of-no-work] as a ‘talking book’ and copy of agreement reached to that end (17-20 October 1941). Letters from Chambers to Walsh generally relate to the publication of his short stories and novels: dates of publication, quantity to be produced, publication in countries such as Australia and South Africa and royalties accruing to him. Specific issues include: new work – ‘we are eager to know if you have made any headway with a new novel, and if so, can you give us any idea of when it is likely to be completed’ (19 February 1930); the possibility of The Road to Nowhere becoming a film (5 June 1934); George Morris’s death (19 April 1935); the death of C. E. S. Chambers (16 April 1936); changes to And No Quarter (11-18 February 1937); the possibility of the control of the Canadian market by Frederick A. Stokes Company (publishers), 443-449 Fourth Avenue, New York (1 April 1937); an approach by Penguin Books to discuss inclusion of one of Walsh’s books in their series (15 April 1937); the title of And No Quarter being changed to – and No Quarter (by including ‘the blasphemous dash’) (13 May 1937) or Adjutant of Women (21 May 1937), and the danger of it being confused with Alec Waugh’s No Quarter (7 June 1937); the translation of Blackcock’s Feather into Irish (15 December 1937); the publication by Talbot Press of an edition of Sons of the Swordmaker (10 May-29 June 1938) with copies of letters to W. G. Lyon, Talbot Press, Dublin, from Chambers; the broadcasting of Blackcock’s Feather during ‘Children’s Hour’ on BBC Northern Ireland (21 July 1938) and payment of twenty-four guineas for six short episodes of it (18 January 1939); a proposal to charge Faber and Faber Limited, publishers (24 Russell Square, London), £10 10 shillings for the right to include The Quiet Man in their forthcoming book of stories for girls (17 August 1938); the controversial serialisation of Blackcock’s Feather in an American magazine called Adventure which is distributed both in Canada and Britain, thus infringing Chambers’s ‘British Empire rights’ and copy correspondence with Brandt and Brandt (Walsh’s American literary agents), 101 Park Avenue, New York (who sanctioned the publication) (30 November-27 December 1938), and a handwritten draft of letter by Walsh to Turnbull accepting some responsibility for the controversy (3 December 1938); suggested changes to The Spanish Lady (11 November 1942); a film scenario for The Road to Nowhere by J. Stewart Hill which ‘is with Leslie Howard at the moment’ (29 March 1943); sheet referring to the folkloric versions of the story Blamann Mac an Ubhaill (Blamann Son of Apple), undated; some criticism of the manuscript of Nine Strings to Your Bow including a suggestion that the title be changed to The Man in Brown (18 December 1944); controversy over the sale of the film rights of Trouble in the Glen to Republic Pictures – whether it is Chambers or Brandt and Brandt which has the right to negotiate, and the price to be paid by Republic (Walsh wants $15000) (25 June-27 July 1953). Included is copy of letter to Reginald Armour, Republic Pictures International Inc. (Great Britain), Republic House, 38 Soho Square, London, referring to particular clauses in the contract being discussed. Also see P7/1/3/2/1.

Letters from the Irish Times Limited, P.O. Box 74, 11-15 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2, mainly relating to Rüdiger Imhof, and to the nomination of Lysaght’s The Clare Island Survey for the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize in the poetry section. Correspondents include literary editor John Banville and administrator Gerard Cavanagh.

Letter to Walsh from D. O’Kelly, Browne and Nolan, enclosing copy letter he wrote to Chambers (same date) enclosing copies of correspondence between O’Kelly and Walsh which explained the arrangement reached regarding the Irish translation of Blackcock’s Feather, which O’Kelly understood, was approved by Chambers (20 December 1933-3 January 1934). O’Kelly proposed that the holders of the English copyright (Chambers) and the translator ‘share between them a 10% royalty’.

File containing mostly letters in English, French and Italian relating to the family of William Monsell, Baron of Emly, including a letter from Monsell’s father-in-law, the Comte de Martigny [30 November 1857], and a letter from Monsell to his wife Berthe (28 June 1880) to be opened on his death. Also includes information from the Handbook of the Court, Peerage, and House of Commons on Monsell. In addition, a cover note to Kate O’Brien [from her friend, Mary Hanley] referring to the enclosure of some letters, noting ‘I found the famous letter carefully put away in my “Emly” letter wallet. Also one written by Berthe’s father…’ (11 May 1960). The document contains the family crest of the Monsell (Monesale) family of Tervoe on the reverse.