Collins' Emerald Diary recording Peter Freyer's personal engagements and a few professional ones. His social engagements included theatre outings and shooting and dinner parties. They usually involved the Pirries and his daughter Kathleen. He was often a visitor at the Pirries' home, Witley Park, [Haslemere, Surrey]. Kathleen and her 'chicks' were living at Minehead in early 1915 and by the end of the year at 50 Montpelier Road, [Brighton, Sussex]. She often went with her father to social engagements and helped him entertain dinner guests, which he regularly did on a Wednesday or Thursday evening. Lady Robertson was sometimes a dinner guest and on Tuesday 5 Oct Freyer gave a dinner party for 12 guests, who included Mr and Mrs John Redmond. Other friends were G Lambart and Lord and Lady Devonport. On 17 Mar there was a reception at the Hotel Cecil with William Redmond and on 21 Aug he attended the King and Queen on their visit to the Indian hospitals and the awarding of the VC and other decorations to some of the Indian troops. His weekly visits to [the Indian hospitals] Brighton generally took place on Saturday, when he would go by train either for the day or overnight. In the cash account at the back of the diary, Freyer recorded some payments made to him by private patients, totalling £3,097 for the year and including payments of £136.10. received from the Bishop of Durham on 14 Jan and £52.10. from Father O'Connell [of Ovens, Co Cork] on 29 Oct. Red colour, size 7x14x1 cms.
File of documents relating to the Colloquium on 'Anti-Terrorist Measures and Human Rights" held at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy and at which Kevin Boyle was a speaker on a panel discussing National Anti-Terrorist Measures and Human Rights. Includes a conference program, list of speakers, text of paper delivered by Kevin Boyle, notes on this topic prepared for Boyle by Tom Hadden, Human Rights Centre, Queen's University Belfast and other related research documents.
Photocopy of a handwritten transcription of a video made by Muintearas na nOileáin. The subject is Colm de Bhailís, the Leitir Mealláin poet born in 1796. The piece is in Irish, and gives biography, words of poems and songs. Handwriting not Tim Robinson's.
Colm "Stride" O'Brien. Printed press release issued by Music for Galway from the concert held at the Aula Maxima, University College Galway; TS biographical details on O'Brian; TS letter from O'Brien to Jane O'Leary of Music for Galway enclosing a C.V. (25 Aug 1990) TS letter from Billy [Poke] to Jane O'Leary of Music for Galway, detailing the career success of O'Brien and discussing the possibility of O'Brien playing Galway (23 Aug 1991) and TS letter from O'Brien to Pauline [ ] detailing his concert title to be 'The Vintage Years of Ragtime Jazz' and signs off by saying "Looking forward to meeting you in Galway". (14 Nov 1991)
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. In which he writes "... I have not heard from Adam this long time ... Charley [Phibbs] who came to town yesterday from Portarlington on his way to Lisconny, Robert Elwood is to be married next week to Miss Vesey ... Tommy is very well, I intend please God to bring him shortly to see you all ... the death of Mrs. Jackson ... she died at one o'clock on Monday morning ..."
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. from Dublin, in which he expresses much concern about Charles Phibbs' financial affairs and the settling of his property to make provision for his eldest son Harloe and other children. Anthony asks his father whether "you think it advisable for him to give Harloe Bloomfield at a reasonable rent, suppose a guinea per acre and to stock it for him or would you think it better for him to see Bloomfield and pay Harloe an annuity ... I am doing all I can to make him sell Bloomfield as I think it madness for him to go live there, it is such a complete wreck ... I have been very unwell since I came here with a severe cold and bilious attack".
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Largely concerning "the division" [of lands] to be made with Frederick Trench. He has been getting another opinion [legal "from a Mr. Adams". Regarding family matters he writes "Aunt Jenny has gone to Ashford with Mrs. Rainsford; will you tell Kitt to ride Tommy's pony". Includes a copy of a letter to Anthony from Frederick Trench, Berkley Square, in which Trench writes he is "extremely happy to find the proposition submitted to you has met your approbation ... my son Mr. Frederick Trench ... will wait on you in person on this business ... as will our surveyor Mr. Longfield ..." [May 1815].
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. All to do with the Trench family and division of "cares in common". He begins the letter "You will I suppose be as much surprized as I was at what I am now going to tell you ..." He went to the Registry Office to see "how Trench came by the acres in common or whether he could claim more than the 255 acres which were specified in the lease ..." He found a deed dated 1803 being "the very year you and he were writing to each other ..." in which Trench levied various fines and made settlements " but not one word about the acres in common ... how he could make such a settlement at the very time you and he were corresponding as more so, how he could be applying to you to divide what he has no power to do, except by filing a bill in Chancery which be a most expensive proceeding ... you must see clearly by this conduct of his that it requires to be very sharp and particular with him ..."
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Largely concerning the business with the Trench family. He saw Mr. Trench "yesterday for a few minutes ... I went to Swords to see him where he has been since he arrived [from England] with his son who has been living in that place ..." but Mr. Trench had left for town.
Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. After referring to the health of his parents he continues "I hope please God, in the course of next month to bring Anne to see you and my mother. Tom is very well and going on very well at school ... will make every enquiry about the situation you want for Peter Phibbs ... I spoke to Whitelaw to speak to Lady Leitrim about Peter Phibbs and he promised he would ... My uncle and aunt are very well and Anne Phibbs etc. ..." There is also a brief mention of Anthony Phibbs and his half pay.