Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for the information on furze, and looking forward to what he has promised. He outlines the findings of Micheal mac Enri on the matter around Erris. He is particularly interested to know about it's use in making hurleys and walking sticks. He comments that he does not want to keep Prof. Delargy waiting too long for his article on the subject.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for the information on furze that he sent onto him. He discusses the findings, noting that it did not have as strong a tradition in the west as it had in other parts of the country. He asks for his own impressions on the subject, in particular if he thought it would have been brought in by improving landlords in the nineteenth century.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for all his efforts in relation to the furze. He states that he had been in Loughrea recently, but unable to go further west to call on him. He ends by enclosing another six copies of the questionnaire.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, giving details of a report that Dr. J S Jackson did on the stone found on the Kearney's land, saying that it was a fossil coral.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for the two furze questionnaires, in particular Michael Hyne's account of its use as manure, which was common in the south and County Down, but not elsewhere.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for the information from Sligo and Wexford. He comments that he is very short of informants in that part of the country, and hopes to contact a few people there soon.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, apologising for missing him when he called in over the Christmas. He states that the hanger for the harness is a fine affair and also the riddle which arrived the previous day by train. He thanks him heartily for all the help he has given them.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, enclosing lists of items that he wants, particularly those of straw or rush. He states that Miss Molloy's plough had been there a week, and thanks him for all his work in procuring it for them.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, apologising for his delay in replying. He had been in Claremorris recording a horizontal mill at Cloonfad, the last of its kind in Ireland owned by John Gannon. He comments on the material that he has sent them. He feels that the sundial from Tuam is the best he had seen. He comments that the maker, Royan, must have been been a foreigner, and wonders about the background of these men. He is also interested with the thistle tongs and the salmon spears. He gets many of the spears through their impounding in courts around the country.

Letter from A T Lucas, Árd-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2, to Ciarán Bairéad, Beechmount House, Turloughmore, County Galway, thanking him for the miotógaí (mittens) and netting needle, commenting that lexicographers thought that these items were for the feet.