Brief for counsel for the defence in the case of John Fairfield, lease of Garrett O’Moore, Plaintiff, v Sir Henry Lynch Blosse, Bart, Defendant. It relates to a process of ejectment for the lands of Mote. It goes into great detail on the complicated succession of the lands within the Moore family from 1742 onwards.
Lease of Sir Henry Lynch Blosse, Bart., to Patrick Lynch of Clogher, esq., of the lands of Pollavaddy and Portaghard, with 13 acres of Garranlla and 1 acre of mangled bog south of the Balla to Ballynamore Road, for 3 lives and 99 years at £50 p.a.
Lease of Edmund Kirwan of Turin, Co. Mayo, to Peter Lynch of Castlecarra, Esq., of the lands of Raduff and Lavalindevey in the Barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo, for the life of Peter and 31 years after, at a rent of £106 p.a.
Briefs for a court case between Patrick Lynch and Garrett O’Moore of Cloghans Castle, King’s Co., relating to lands at Ardbowly and Ballinlugh in Clanmorris Barony, Co. Mayo. Also counter claim of Garrett O’Moore on the same lands
Partially printed lease of Sir Robert Lynch Blossé of Moate, County Mayo, Baronet, of the first part and Garrett O’Moore of Cloghan Castle, King’s County, Esq., of the second part, of the lands of the lands of Ballynagran and Drimaloon in County Mayo, containing 139a. 1r. 30p. arable, with all bogs and waste lands there for three lives at £158 12s 4d.
Photos and press cuttings relating to Middleton O’Malley Keyes mainly, some correspondence. Also a photo of his father which he notes was “carried through every dug-out in the Somme”.
Mainly family letters, includes postcards from Hammy to his uncles Harold and Tyrell following his wounding and capture at Arnhem from Stalag Luft 3, telling them he is alright 14 (Nov 1944). Letters from Leo Whelan, artist, to Major O’Malley on the portrait of Michael Collins he owns (4-5 Oct 1922). Letter from Tomás Ó Máille, Roighne, Gaillimh to Major O’Malley on a poem he published on Tuathal Ó Máille (16 Dec 1932). Letters from Middleton Keyes-O’Malley to his brother Harold, mainly dealing with the possibility of setting up an Irish Association of the Knights of Malta (1932). Letters from Brigadier Cardew to Tyrell O’Malley (August 1916). Letter from General Eoin O’Duffy to Major H O’Malley, thanking him for his “invaluable support which you gave to the Irish Brigade” (23 Mar 1938). Invitation to attend the inauguration ceremonies associated with the formation of the Irish Association of the Knights of Malta. Also copy of article in the “Connacht Telegraph” by Austin O’Malley detailing the pedigree of the O’Malleys (1901).
Last letters received by Lt Col Middleton O’Malley Keyes from his father. He had received his commission in 1901.