1820 copy of a lease from Francis Blake of Galway to Dominick Martin of Galway, late of Westport. Recites a lease for 100 years dated 9 July 1792 between the Principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordinance and James Skerrett of the City of Dublin, barrister, of "the piece of Ground at Galway whereupon the old Fortification called the Town Wall and Bastion stood together with the Ditch and Fosse being 63 feet wide ... the Ordinance Stores and Magazine and that Piece of Ground whereon John Lewis Tyrors Harden then were with all and singular the Houses and Edifices thereon erected at a yearly rent of £20". The premises were granted to James Skerrett in trust for Francis Blake and the former died without declaring the trust. The indenture, recited above, is in the hands of Francis Blake who is about to institute a suit against the executors of James Skerrett to oblige them to declare the trust. Dominick Martin has agreed to purchase Blake's interest in the premises so described for the remainder of the unexpired terms of the 100 years lease for the sum of £800. On the back there is a receipt signed by Francis Blake, for £800 received from Dominick Martin.

Copy of indenture of a lease between Dominick Martin of Galway, late of Westport, to Nicholas Burke Edmond, merchant of Galway, of the piece of ground whereon the Old Fortifications, town walls, ordinance stores, and the piece of ground where John Lewis Tyror's garden and timber yard stood as well as Lady Shee's garden, to hold for 86 years for £2 a year.

Letter from B Browne to "My Dear Sir", 20 September 18--.

Lines of verse about a 'dissolute heart'.

Testimonial of Dr H D Grimshaw, 13 Molesworth St, Dublin, Physician to Dr Steevens' Hospital.

Productions by Druid Theatre Company during 2002 and 2003.

This collection consists of written, printed and photographic archives pertaining to the academic career, and wider historical interests, of Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy (1911-1975), historian, and professor of History at University College Galway from 1958

Each volume contains minutes giving the date of meetings, attendance, correspondence and business transacted. Initially the Board of The Galway Town Commissioners met on a weekly basis, during in later periods it met less frequently. Earlier volumes contain lined pages, later volumes contain indexes and pre-formatted pages. The collection also contains two volumes of drafts of minutes. The volume or volumes covering the period May 1853-September 1862 is missing, according to a list which accompanied the initial deposit it was never deposited at the library. The vast majority of the information contained in the minute books relates to the day to day provision of the services which the Board was responsible for including the collection of tolls, the watch and the maintenance of roads and footpaths. The minute books also contain references to wider social and political events such as The Great Famine and The Land War. The pages of the volumes in this collection are in good physical condition, the covers of some of the volumes are very worn.

The minutes of the Galway Urban Sanitary Authority list the date of each meeting, the attendance, Reports of Committees, record of sanitary work performed, correspondence and special business. Meeting typically took place at monthly intervals, the vast majority of the Authority's business concerned the provision of running water, sewers and inspection of houses or buildings.

This collection consists of the legal papers relating to the application for an Order of Probate on the Will of Annie Barnacle, 4 Bowling Green, Galway, mother of Nora Barnacle. She died on 9th November 1940, and had made her will in 1936. Complications arose when the original of the will was misplaced, and the letters from Nora barnacle and Miss Weaver to Kathleen Griffin reflect this search. The terse response from Nora Barnacle to her sister [P11/2] reflects the dire straits she was in at the time as a result of James Joyce's death and the fact that she could not contact her daughter Lucia in France. Miss Weaver's letter also reflects how the war impinged on their lives with the news of the arrest of Paul Leon [P11/1]. They have no knowledge of the whereabouts of the original of the will. The rest of the material relates primarily to the work of McDermott and Allen, solicitors for Kathleen Griffin, and their motion for an Order of Probate on the Will of Annie Barnacle. This includes dealing with the legal, medical and funeral costs, as well as the execution of the terms of the will. The material reflects the painfully slow legal process surrounding the case.