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Letter from Charles C. Ormsby to George Ormsby relating to genealogical matters.

Material pertaining to the passing of Charles Raymond Kirwan (1880-1971), brother of Denis Birmingham Kirwan and father of Denis John Kirwan. Charles was the last Kirwan owner of Dalgin House and left with his family for Stillorgan, Dublin in 1956.

Letter (no. 41) from Charles O'Malley to RIchard 2nd Earl, care of Messrs Coutts, readdressed to Paris, stating that he had received 'Your Lordship's letter' from which he realizes that the Earl had not received many of his letters. Hr rewrites much of the previous letter and that he will not pay off Miss Lindsey's bond, as the Earl may change his mind when he hears about the Kilboyne purchase. His son St Clair O'Malley is active in getting the minor interests to register 'but we must find the stamps for many of them'. He will not be able to pay the interest in the middle of November and May, the interest payable to the Earl's daughters takes precedence. Col. Cuffe regrets that he is so committed to the Browne party.

Letter (no 42) from Charles O'Malley to Richard 2nd Earl, care of Messrs Coutts, readdressed to Paris, saying that he still had not heard from him regarding the Kilboyne estate. Provision needs to be made for the remainder of the purchase price. 'As to the election we are making your Lordship's interest as effective as possible' despite 'the exertions of the Brownes' who are afraid that James Browne will be the one unseated 'and are endeavouring to work the Protestant interest against Lord B'. He recommends that the Earl and [George Charles] Lord Bingham procure leave of absence for Major Charles FitzGerald 'I know his value from the election of 13 & 14'. He refers again to the registernig of voters aznd hopes Lord Bingham's power of attorney is valid. The Bishop's rent has long since been paid.

Letter (no 6) from Charles O'Malley to RIchard, 2nd Earl, care of Messrs Coutts, Strand, London, informing him that [George Charles] Lord Bingham gained great ground in the assizes and Sir Neal O'Donnel has come out in support of him 'he will come in without in fact any expense'. He is sending over his account, which dates back to July 1833, with Lord Bingham, who is shortly leaving for London. The arrears will appear heavy due to the hardship of 1822, when 'people were only kept alive by the bounty of English generosity and the assistance and forbearance of their landlords'. There are still a number of holdings lying waste since that time and a large proportion of arrears are insolvent.

Letter (no 15) from Charles O'Malley to Richard, 2nd Earl, answering queries in the Earl's letter to him. He writes that Mr. Livesay [solicitor] expects 'a good title will be made out by Nov to the Kilboyne estate' and that [George Charles] Lord Bingham made every effort to keep his election expenses as small as he could. Lord Bingham's determination to make a stiff contest with three candidates led to the withdrawl of Dominick Browne. The remains of the £1000 borrowed from Mr Boyd to pay the election expenses will not cover the Clerk of the Peace's fees for registering freeholders. He cannot lament the expense of the election when 'it has occasioned such a triumph for your son'. He writes that at the assizes Lord Bingham is being an excellent foreman [of the Grand Jury] and 'a decided enemy to the system of lobbying'.

Letter from Charles O'Malley to Richard, 2nd Earl, Albany, Piccadilly, London, readdressed to Paris, relating to financial matters and a case between Sir Neal O'Donel and Major O'Malley. He writes of a possible fall off in electoral support for [George Charles] Lord Bingham since 'the priesthood and Lord Sligo have made friends'. He recommends that Lord Bingham spends some time in Co. Mayo. He cannot believe that Sir Neal O'Donel, who had come to live at Newport, had declared publicly in favour of James and Dominick Browne at the next election 'after his property having been saved by your Lordship'. He writes of the great sensation in every county caused by the unexpected change in ministry.

Letter from Charles Phibbs, Sligo, brother-in-law to Adam Ormsby, 13 Charlemont St., Dublin, in which he empowers Adam to draw up a letter of "reminciution" [sic] for him to sign as "I resign and never will claim the property of money as stated in my former letter, that became mine in consequence of my late dear daughter's decease, who made no will and that I now desire it to be handed over to my dear daughter Mary E. Phibbs ..."

Letter from Charles Phibbs, Sligo, brother-in-law to Adam Ormsby, 13 Charlemont St., Dublin, in which he thanks Adam for his letter and the debenture "which I have the gratification of handing my daughter". He goes on to explain that he was "from home" when the packet containing the letter dated 9th October and the debenture arrived "but it's not being handed to me till this morning, tho' at home this fortnight past, I can not account for". He thanks Adam for "your kind attention to me in this late affair and also in other matters". Includes a postscript in which he sends good wishes to various members of the family and "your brother John left this for Lakeland, accompanied by my son Harloe last Friday". In a further explanation it is apparent that his wife Sally had carefully put the package away for safekeeping and she wants her husband to apologise on her behalf and in a last note he asks Adam to keep this letter "as I have a particular wish to have this letter kept for me to have to show to Sally and Mary ..." Includes a reference to her nephew William Phibbs.

Letter from Charles Phibbs, son-in-law, to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. From Bloomfield, County Sligo, in which he requests, at great length, help in raising a loan of £200 to obtain "my uncle's two thirds of our Bishop's lease", the tenants live in Ballisodare and are "a respectable set, they built good houses and made some improvements". He also mentions his wife Sally and "our endearing little children".