Proposal by Jeremiah Clifford to pay Henry Lyons of Croom the yearly rent of £3 10s. for the lands of Cappenehane [Cappanihane, county Limerick], payable in two half-yearly payments on 25 March and 29 September. The bottom of the document is endorsed by Lyons ‘I accept the above proposal for the yearly tenancy of said land’ and dated 7 March 1855.
Barry family of Sandville, Ballyneety, County Limerick and of Leamlara, County CorkTenancy proposals for holdings in the ownership of Viscount Doneraile.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianThis series contains tenants’ grazing, conacre and letting agreements.
Coote Family, Barons CastlecooteHardcover tenement valuation book with index of the estate of the [3rd] Earl of Limerick for counties Limerick, Cork, and Clare. The right hand pages have been numbered consecutively from 1 to 147, while the left-hand pages bear no pagination. The entries have been arranged first by county and then by ward or townland, as follows. For County Limerick: Abbey Ward; Castle Ward; Custom House Ward; Dock Ward; Market Ward; Shannon Ward; Glentworth Ward; Irishtown Ward; South Suburb Ward; and Knockainy. For County Clare: Kilkishen; Cloontra; Cloghera; and Quin. For County Cork: Kilmacleine; Ballyclogh; Mallow; Blackrock Ward; Caherduggan; and Bawncross. Recorded information for each tenement includes a map reference; name of street (where applicable); name of occupier; name of immediate lessor; description of tenement (e.g. ‘house & yard’; ‘house & small garden’; ‘shop & rooms’; ‘school’, etc.); size of area in acres, roods, and perches (in most cases left blank); rateable annual valuation of land (in most cases left blank) and of buildings; and total rateable annual valuation. There is also a column for observations but this has not been used.
Pery family, Earls of LimerickPoster and press cuttings relating to Rubato Ballet's tenth anniversary celebrations in 1996.
Quilligan, Fiona (b. 1958), dancer and choreographerGalley (early proof of printed text) of the biography Teresa of Avila. Introduction begins: ‘Let no reader suppose that in the few pages here set before him he will find either the life or, miraculously trapped, the spirit of Teresa of Avila.’ Paginated with some pages missing.
O'Brien, Kate (1897-1974), writerTerms of settlement to be executed on the marriage of Samuel Moore with Louisa Nesbitt prepared by William Tatlow solicitor. The document is undated, but the couple married on 15 December 1849.
Moore family of Moynehall, county CavanGlass plate negative (215 x 165 mm) depicting the terraced lawn outside Dromoland Castle, with the south-east corner of the house in the background. Eileen and Maud O’Brien are standing in the lower terrace, looking in opposite directions.
O’Brien, Edward Donough, 14th Baron InchiquinThank God for a Garden. Words and music by Teresa del Riego. London: Chappell & Co. Ltd., [n.d.].
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianThat Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone. Words by Richard W. Pascoe. Music by Monte Carlo and Alma M. Sanders. Also scores and lyrics for Every Time the Clock Ticks; Mother in Ireland; Lullaby-Land; By the Sapphire Sea; Dancing Fool; and One Night in June. London: B. Feldman and Co., [n.d.].
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historian