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 scuttle, cairt and scian mhór. He wants to thank the various donors for their gifts. He states that he had to leave the sundial go as the person would not accept the £5 offered, commenting that he could not offer any more.

"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 the names of the seaweed and the sea anemones that he had sent to them. ""I hope this resolves your problems, botanical and zoological"". "

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 specimen of an scian mhór, giving details of how the weeds were cut and drawn out of the water. He comments that it was a very arduous operation.

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 him a report on the specimen of sand coral that he sent to him. Enclosed report giving the names of the samples.

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 not writing as he was in England. He thanks him for the clogs and suspects that they are of foreign origin, commenting on a family he remembers at school who wore 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, giving him the name of the two plants he sent up.

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 miller's hammer, and commenting that the two stones he sent them are natural and not unusual.

"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 flail, commenting that it is a fine specimen. He will also ""deal with such lodgers of furniture beetle as may be lurking inside"". He also thanks him for the ""watch-pocket"", which is an unusual and lovely item. "

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 the name of the plant specimen as sedum or stonecrops. He asks if the Irish name, Plannda Pháraic, is of long standing as it is not a native plant.

"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 horse bells and the spindles. He comments that one of the spindles shows how the wool was attached, something that he had not known. He hopes to continue to be the ""eternal schoolboy"". "