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Statement made by John Wilson Lynch before the parliamentary sub-committee considering fair rents inder the 1881 Land Acts. He states that when he succeeded to the property in 1864, he had the rents valued by a gentleman from the area and reduced the rents accordingly. "After the passing of the Land Act of 1881 there were Combinations of a very serious character", making it impossible to collect rent without large reductions. He asks them not to entertain the applications before them, and to confirm the rents for a fifteen-year term. Includes draft.

Statement as to securities as above, with more entries in the observations’ column.

Same as LE13/150 with annotations

Statement as to 49 securities of the Daly Trust, released by deed, dated 18 Jan 1932, listing the securities, their present representation and observations. Darley, Orpen and McGillycuddy.

Statement issued to Canon Hayes from James Duffy & Co., Ltd. (publishers, bookbinders, stationers, and church furnishers) showing the Bansha church as £3.3.3 in arrears. Glued to the bill is a receipt for payment of £3.3.0.

Bill issued to Canon Hayes from the Christus Rex Journal, Naas, County Kildare, for a one-year subscription worth £1.0.0. Glued to the bill is a receipt for payment of £3.3.0.

Two copies of a circular announcing the election of a Central Committee for the Language Freedom Movement. Indicates that local branches of the organisation will soon be established, outlines measures that can be taken by local groups ahead of a more detailed statement of aims being announced. In the meantime, the stated aim is 'to promote a realistic approach to the Irish language to remove compulsion and discrimination from the language policy'. The document has been produced by Martin Reynolds and J. McCarthy. The second copy is missing a sheet, but contains some handwritten notes on the back of the page in Christopher Morris's handwriting. These are some working notes about the place of the LFM in Irish Society. The historical importance of the spoken language is addressed in terms of Irish identity, along with recent changes in society - "television, Vatican II and foreign travel have awakened many to the exciting possibilities of Irish thought and action".

Material originally held in folder labelled "L39 State (REDACTED) v D.J. McKay 1974" relating to case of minor, 10 years old who was convicted for indecent assault of 9-year-old girl and sentenced to approx. 6 years at an Industrial school by District Justice McCay. State argued case should be quashed for several reasons including that it was tried as minor offence, but sentence implied otherwise, and that boy's father’s request of trial by jury was ignored. Nick Robinson (NR), Prosecutor, Mary Robinson (MR) Junior Counsel (JC), Patrick McEntee, Senior Counsel.

Includes photocopies of brief to counsel; photocopies of correspondence between NR and solicitors John McDowdell & Co; between NR and Chief State Solicitor Liam J. Lysaght; bet McDowdell and District Court Clerk; bet NR and MR (JC); correspondence re costs; draft affidavit of REDACTED (father of REDACTED); cuttings relating to the above case and subsequent article MR wrote as a result, seeking reform of law in relation to children.

Clipping of article, 'State or Collective Farming', from the 4 April 1942 issue of the Tipperary Star. The article covers the lecture given by P.J. Meghan, County Commissioner, Clonmel, 'The Church and the Ideal of Life Upon the Land', at Catholic Social Week in Tipperary on 29 March 1942, as well as the talk of lecture chair Very Reverend V.J. Dinan of Rockwell College.