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CD-R containing 14 aerial photographs taken by Markus Casey of promontory fort sites in County Dublin (copied 4 March 2009, .jpeg format) and 1 Word document containing descriptive text for promontory fort sites in County Mayo (copied 19 January 2010, .doc format).

Photocopies of early 20th century articles on Irish promontory forts published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (JRSAI), Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society (JGAHS), and Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (PRIA) by the Irish antiquarian, folklorist, and archaeologist Thomas Johnson Westropp. Westropp's articles were the major sources of background information for Markus Casey's research on promontory forts. The photocopies are heavily annotated by Casey. Includes:
-'Notes on Certain Promontory Forts in the Counties of Waterford and Wexford', JRSAI 36 (1906): 239-258;
-'Promontory Forts in the "Irrus", Co. Clare', JRSAI 38 (1908): 28-47, 221-231;
-'Notes on the Large Cliff-Forts of the West Coast of County Mayo', PRIA 29 (1912): 11-33;
-'The Promontory Forts and Early Remains of the Coasts of County Mayo, Parts I-II', JRSAI 42 (1912): 51-59, 101-139, 185-216; 'Parts III-IV,' JRSAI 44 (1914): 67-83, 148-158;
-'Promontory Forts and Allied Structures in Northern County Kerry, Parts I-IV', JRSAI 40 (1910): 6-31, 99-131, 179-213, 265-296; 'Part V', JRSAI 42 (1912), 285-324;
-'The Promontory Forts and Early Remains of the Islands of Connacht', JRSAI 44 (1914): 297-337;
-'Fortified Castles and Headlands on the South Coast of Munster, Part II', PRIA 32 (1915): 188-226;
-'Fortified Headlands and Castles in Western County Cork, Part I', PRIA 32 (1915): 249-286;
-'The Promontory Forts and Traditions of the Districts of Beare and Bantry, Co. Cork, Part I', JRSAI 50 (1920): 139-159; 'Part II', JRSAI 51 (1921): 1-16;
-'The Promontory Forts of the Three Southern Provinces of Ireland', JGAHS 11 (1922): 112-131;
-'The Promontory Forts and Adjoining Remains in Leinster, Part I', JRSAI 52 (1922). 52-76.

CD-RW containing digital copies (primarily in .tiff format) of Ordnance Survey map sheets of Ireland.

Box containing the Callaghan/O'Callaghan letters, the Lalor family letters, and the Robert W. Smith/Smyth letters, plus research and correspondence compiled by Professor Kerby A. Miller pertaining to the letters' subjects.

CD-RW containing documents and drawings pertaining to the realignment of the N5 road at Longford and construction of the M11 motorway near Enniscorthy.

Box containing the Mary Jane Anderson memoir, the Owen Peter Mangan memoir, and the Patrick Cudahy memoir, along with research and correspondence compiled by Professor Kerby A. Miller pertaining to the memoirs and their subjects.

CD-RW (copied October 2004) containing:
-Preliminary Report on Results of Archaeological Testing at Gortaroe, Westport, County Mayo written by Tom Rogers, Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services Ltd. for IDA Ireland, describing the results of archaeological testing carried out in February 2003 on the site of a proposed business/technology park at Gortaroe, Westport on behalf of IDA Ireland (February 2003, see P164/1/2/19 for physical copy);
-Materials pertaining to Casey's inspection of the Thatch Bar in Tuam (see also P164/1/1/36), which the owner was planning to renovate, including photographs of the site inspection, annotated maps, and the completed site report (15 March 2004, 23 files);
-70 aerial and ground-level photographs of site inspections at Newtownsmith, Terryland, Rinville, and Kinvara (26 April 2004 – 28 April 2004);
-Invoice and site report (with appendices) submitted to NUI Galway pertaining to Casey's inspection of an 8 acre portion of land owned by NUI Galway bordering the River Corrib east of Jordans Island in Terryland (the site was a candidate location for a relocation of the Corrib Rowing & Yachting Club) (27 April 2004 - 19 May 2004, 7 files).

CD-RW containing:
-24 aerial photographs of a site under development in Sligo (23 May 2004);
-10 aerial photographs on the edge of Ballina town adjacent to Leigue Cemetery where a new residential development (Rockwell) was under excavation (23 May 2004);
-5 aerial photographs of an archaeological site at Rathlackan, County Mayo (23 May 2004);
-63 aerial photographs and one annotated map of the site of the proposed Lealetter wind farm at Moycullen (24 May 2004).

CD-RW containing 218 aerial survey photographs of the N8 corridor and proposed M8 corridor between Cullahill and Cashel.

CD-RW containing 250 aerial survey photographs of the N8 corridor and proposed M8 corridor between Cullahill and Cashel.