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This collection contains microfilmed copies of correspondence and other documents relating to Sir Richard Bourke held by the State Library of New South Wales and used by Margaret Power for a a thesis to gain a Master's Degree in Local History at the University of Limerick.

Eleven rough pencil sketches by the Swiss architect Aurelio Galfetti.

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.

This collection contains correspondence, accounts and other documents concerning the leasing of Mungret Agricultural School by its trustees to the Commissioners of National Education in 1853; the subsequent closure of the school and surrender of the lease back to the trustees in 1878; the parliamentary bill required to allow the trust fund to be redirected for broader educational purposes; and the subsequent lease of the school to the Reverend Joseph Bourke 1880 and to Father Ronan in 1882. The material provides an interesting record of the legal and administrative complications affecting the operation of the school and its gradual shift from an agricultural school to a Jesuit apostolic school and lay secondary school.

Calendar of 66 persons awaiting trial in Carlow town compiled by Alexander John Humfrey, Clerk of the Peace. The calendar lists the name and age of each defendant, the nature of their crime, date of committal to jail, name of the person by whom committed and whether bailed or in custody. The persons listed comprise 50 men and 16 women aged between 13 and 63. Their crimes include theft (mostly of food items), possession of stolen goods, assault, fighting and making an affray.

This small collection comprises Republican newspapers and other printed matter of Republican interest collected by Mary O’Donnell. Also included in the collection is a bound manuscript of Michael Hogan’s Supplementary Poems to the Lays and Legends of Thomond (P66/3/1).

This small collection contains a valuation book of the estate of Captain Charles James Coote in counties Limerick and Cork and a box of associated maps.

This collection documents Gerard Gallivan’s career as a playwright, comprising manuscript and typescript drafts of his plays and other works; correspondence with theatre producers, actors, publishers and writers’ societies; posters and programmes relating to his plays; diaries; photographs; and press cuttings.

Photographs, certificates, contracts and correspondence illustrating Barbara Clarke's development from a child dance enthusiast to an accomplished amateur dancer and her contribution to the development of dance as a popular art form in Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

Posters, flyers, programmes, press cuttings, photographs and ephemera collected by Frances Buchanan née O’Hara mainly reflecting her times in Patricia Mulholland’s Irish Ballet.