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Christmas message from Father Hayes sent out to the guilds and councils of Muintir na Tíre.

Christmas report card of Eoghan Ó Tuairisc from his first year at St. Joseph's College, Galbally, Ballinasloe, County Galway.

Christopher Kite and Robert Ferguson. Concert held at the Aula Maxima, University College Galway. Includes details of works performed at the concert

Letters received by Christopher Ormsby at various addresses. The first to letters are addressed to Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, the letters written in the 1830s are addressed to 10 Mount Pleasant North, Dublin. Those written in the 1840s to 16 Upper Rathmines, Dublin and those written in the 1850s to 134 Rathmines, Dublin. All the letters except the last one are from family members.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Ballinamore. In which he refers "to a rent roll of part of the concerns in South Great Georges Street occupied by Government, amounting to a yearly rent of £461.18s.0d." He is trying to see this property on a 20 year lease for £9230 "I have every reason to expect by Christmas to have these matters settled ...and so anxious am I that I am doing every thing in the power of Man to dispose of other property, in the meantime both what I possess in city and county are acknowledged by every person to be secure and let to solvent and punctual tenants ... the late William Slack whose widow for several years has got one hundred and twenty guineas for her house furnished and I have received for four years and seasons £120 for the same house unfurnished ..." [at Hollybrook, Clontarf, Co. Dublin].

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Colonel in the 49th Regiment, Tralee. He begins the letter "I received your favour of the 22nd for one hundred pounds ... to purchase government debentures ..." Includes a newspaper cutting entitled "New half pay arrangement" for army officers.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Colonel in the 49th Regiment, Fermoy, in which he writes of buying more government debentures on Adam's behalf and refers to the health of Adam's parents. In a long postscript he gives Adam the progress of the Ruttledge case and refers to "the receipts of the full [Ruttledge] estates in Mayo and Galway now near three thousand pounds ..."

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Ballinamore. In which he refers to "the inhabitants of London are pretty nearly in the same unsettled state the citizens of Dublin are in and likely to me while this unfortunate trial is going on". He is hoping to meet "with a purchaser for his property let to Government on so unexceptional a title I have from the Wide Street Commissioners ... which title is backed by several Acts of Parliament" enabling the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council "either to purchase or to rent all the houses and ground in the vicinity of the Castle to provide for the defence and security of the realm ...."

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Ballinamore. He refers "to a rent roll of part of the concerns in South Great Georges Street occupied by the Government, amounting to the yearly rent of £461.18s.0d." He is trying to sell this property on a 20 year lease for $9230 "I have every reason to expect by Christmas to have these matters settled ... and so anxious am I that I am doing every thing in the power of Man to dispose of other property, in the meantime both what I possess in city and county are acknowledged by every person to be secure and let to solvent and punctual tenants ... the late William Slack whose widow for several years has got one hundred and twenty guineas for her house furnished and I have received for four years and seasons £120 for the same house unfurnished ..." [at Hollybrook, Clontarf, Co. Dublin.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby, Dublin, to Christopher Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo in which he refers to Christopher's brother George becoming agent for Sir Robert Blosse "who lived in Wales". Sir Robert "finding it very necessary to have an agent living on or near his property on which he has very great arrears due ... and that in the present situation of the times it was necessary for the agent to attend the fairs where tenants had their cattle and corn etc. for sale as tenants in many parts of Ireland after selling their property left the land waste and emigrated to America ... I understand Sir Robert offered him his lodge at Moat with sixty acres of demesne and the house furnished ..." He hopes that George will also be offered an agency by Col. Trench.