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Letters to John Wilson Lynch, mainly relating to the tenants' demands for a reduction of rent in 1885-6, legal proceedings taken against some of the tenants and the fixing of rents for a second statutory term of 15 years in 1898-1901. These letters also contain references to payments of family annuities and the interest on the loan from the Presentation Nuns out of the estate rents, as well as to other estate and farming matters.

Two series of letters are from John Wilson Lynch's land agents John Brady and A W Hazell. The agents' covering letters sent with the rentals should also be consulted and the agents' letters for the Duras estate as sometimes the agent referred to events on both estates in the one letter. John Brady ceased to be agent by September 1886, as John Wilson Lynch considered he had been negligent with regard to the collection of rents and legal costs. Captain Charles O'Callaghan had provided security for John Brady's employments and there is a series of letters from O'Callaghan and his solicitor, relating to this matter. Other solicitor's letters concern ejectment proceedings and there are letters from Annie McNamara, the housekeeper, and John Murphy, the bailiff. A number of letters refer to an agrarian outrage on the estate, when John Murphy's wife was shot in December 1885.

A separate subsection relates to the grazing farm at Ballycullen. John Wilson Lynch's notes and lists relating to the fixing and collecting of rents are included as the last subsection. All letters are written to John Wilson Lynch unless otherwise stated.

Letters relating to Renmore and other lands held in neighbouring townlands. All letters addressed to John Wilson Lynch unless otherwise stated.

Letters to John Wilson Lynch, mainly dated 1902-3, and including copies of his reply letters.

A section containing correspondence between family members and friends, relating to business, family and social matters. Many of the letters are from David Wilson of Belvoir, Co. Clare, to his brother-in-law, Patrick M. Lynch, Galway. They include letters from members of the Redington family, two of which refer to political elections. A few letters are from friends and business associates.

John Wilson Lynch's correspondence is divided into 7 subsections. The first 3 subsections relate to him as a member of the Land Corporation of Ireland, as a director of the Galway Steam Boat Company and as the executor of his nephew Eddie Stapleton. In 1910 he refused to become the Lieutenant of Co. Clare and the subsection entitled other letters refers to local events and matters, such as the holding of the Galway Races. The letters from his friends and family have been further divided according to author and the last subsection contains the letters to Fanny Wilson Lynch.

Letters to William Wilson Lynch relating to his roles as: secretary to the Clare Hunt Ball Committee; trustee to the Hickman estate, and executor of the wills of his mother and aunt, Annie Redington.

The correspondence has been divided into 11 subsections, according to the recipient of the letter. The letters are mainly concerned with family affairs and travel on the Continent but they also cover social and political events of the time, such as Garibaldi's campaign in Italy 1851 [LE6/E/70], the Galway Hunt Ball of 1878 attended by the Duke of Connaught [LE6/E/122], and the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin [LE6/E/175].

A file of correspondence received by E and G Stapleton and other letters from E and G Stapleton to William Wilson Lynch, relating to the sale of the estate. [see LE6/B/61].