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Material in this file relates to the following writers: Edward A Mac Lysaght (Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta); Seán Mac Maoláin; Lady Gregory; Bríd Heussaff; Fintan Lalor; Seosamh Laoide; Declan Kiberd; Robert Lynd; Proinsias Mac an Bheatha; Dónall Mac Amhlaigh; Criostóir Mac Aonghusa; Fr Colmcille; Tomás de Bhaldraithe; Fr Pádraig de Brún.

Tag / Ref: G60/19/4/2

Material in this file relates to the following writers: Seán Mac Giollarnáth; Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich (Cú Uladh); Micheál Óg McFadden; An tEaspaig Seán Mac hÉil; Micheál Mac Liammóir

Tag / Ref: G60/19/4/1

This series consists mainly of articles by and relating to Irish language writers along with biographies and obituaries. It also includes a typed copy of the 1883 diary / autobiography of Cú Uladh (Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich) [G60/19/4/1].

Tag / Ref: G60/19/4

Writ issued by William Gregory to Thomas Neary and Michael Bowens to give part of the lands of Cornamucklagh and Treanboy to Thomas Bermingham Sewell. Includes the writ proper and 2 pages of notes by Denis J. Kirwan on the property.

Copy of proceedings leading to a writ of Estreapinent by the Lord Chancellor to prevent tenants of lands in the baronies of Kilmaine and Gallen from burning the soil 'to set potatoes' and other tillage, thereby wasting the meadow. These lands held in trust for Peter Ruttledge by his Marriage Settlement 8 August 1770 with Catherine Bloomfield. The tenants names are listed - Thomas Ormsby the elder, Patrick Kelly, Thomas Costello, Patrick Harkan, James Buchanan, James O'Brien, Patrick Higgins, Bryan Hynes, Thomas Ormsby the younger, Peter Ruttledge, Joseph Lambert, William Brewster, Fergus Hynes, John Kelly, Campbell Fair, Sarah Lenorgan, Bourke, John Cottenham, Robert Fair the younger John Gildea. Thomas Ruttledge was in possession of these lands and had let them to the tenants. He is described as sickly and old and was the father of Peter Ruttledge, the plaintiff, against Thomas Ruttledge, Thomas Ormsby the elder, Patrick Kelly, Thomas Costello and others, defendants.

Writ of the sheriff of Co. Mayo for partition of lands of Devleash between Christopher Ormsby and John Browne.

Article written by Tarlach McGonagle and published in Dublin University Law Journal.

File of black and white photographic prints, as well as contact sheets, from performance of the Wren Boys by Macnas in Galway City. Includes images of performers in straw costume, sometimes knows as 'mumming' or as 'the straw boys'.

Materials regarding four letters held in PRONI (T1727) sent from James and Robert Wray from New York and Pennsylvania between 1817 and 1849 to their brother Thomas, along with their mother and sister, living in Quilleybane near Coleraine, County Derry. Includes transcripts of the letters, copies of the original letters, and a copy of Ulster Genealogical and Historical Guild Newsletter (volume 1, no. 10, 1984) in which some of the letters were published. The letters recount family news, including news of the Wrays' brother John who lives in Kentucky, as well as asking after family at home and the brothers' good situation teaching in the United States.

Transcripts of four letters held in PRONI (T1727) sent from James and Robert Wray from New York and Pennsylvania between 1817 and 1849 to their brother Thomas, along with their mother and sister, living in Quilleybane near Coleraine, County Derry. The letters recount family news, including news of the Wrays' brother John who lives in Kentucky, as well as asking after family at home and the brothers' good situation teaching in the United States.