Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 54 Clonbrock Estate Papers [Mss 35,702-820; 1727-73; 1754-95; 19,487-679; 19,947-50; 20,993; 22,008-10; 22,025-6; 22,177-8; 22,297; Ms Maps 31-106; Arch. Drawings 3572(1-27)] (Accessions 3296 & 3318) Estate records and personal and political papers of the family of Dillon, Barons Clonbrock, Ahascragh, county Galway, c.1600-1960. Compiled by Stephen Ball, Ph.D., holder of the Studentship in Irish History provided by the National Library of Ireland in association with the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, 1999-2000. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 5 I. ESTATE ADMINISTRATION............................................................................ 11 I.i. Title Deeds and Conveyances (Mss 35,702-9).................................................. 11 I.i.1. County Galway ........................................................................................... 11 I.i.2. County Galway: Ballydonelan Estate ......................................................... 17 I.i.3. County Limerick ......................................................................................... 20 I.i.4. County Roscommon ................................................................................... 22 I.i.5. County Westmeath...................................................................................... 22 I.i.6. Other Counties ............................................................................................ 24 I.i.7. Miscellaneous deeds and papers ................................................................. 25 I.ii. Leases (Mss 35,710-3)...................................................................................... 26 I.ii.1. County Galway .......................................................................................... 26 I.ii.2. County Limerick........................................................................................ 34 I.ii.3. County Roscommon .................................................................................. 37 I.ii.4. Other Counties ........................................................................................... 39 I.iii. Mortgages, Assignments and Financial Settlements (Mss 35,714-6) ............. 40 I.iii.1. Mortgages: County Galway...................................................................... 40 I.iii.2. Mortgages: Other Counties....................................................................... 44 I.iii.3. Financial settlements ................................................................................ 45 I.iv. Legal Papers (Mss 35,717-20)......................................................................... 46 I.iv.1. Assorted Legal Documents, 1720s-1830s ................................................ 46 I.iv.2. Land Transactions..................................................................................... 47 I.iv.3. Legal Cases ............................................................................................... 49 I.iv.4. Estate Settlement and Sale........................................................................ 51 I.v. Irish Land Commission (Ms 35,721)................................................................ 53 I.vi. Estate Rentals (Ms 35,722).............................................................................. 55 I.vi.1. Rental and Account Books ....................................................................... 55 I.vi.2. Rental and Account Papers ....................................................................... 55 I.vii. Estate Accounts (Mss 35,723-6)..................................................................... 57 I.vii.1. Estate Account Books.............................................................................. 57 I.vii.2. Agents’ Accounts..................................................................................... 58 I.vii.3. Stewards’ and General Expense Accounts .............................................. 60 I.vii.4. Accounts with Public Bodies................................................................... 62 I.viii. Estate Correspondence (Mss 35,727-9)......................................................... 63 I.viii.1. Correspondence with Agents, Stewards and Legal Advisers ................. 63 I.viii.2. Public Bodies.......................................................................................... 67 I.viii.3. Estate Schools......................................................................................... 68 I.ix. Surveys, valuations and maps (Mss 35,730-1) ................................................ 68 I.ix.1. Surveys...................................................................................................... 69 I.ix.2. Valuations ................................................................................................. 69 I.ix.3. Maps.......................................................................................................... 70 II. ESTATE FARM................................................................................................... 75 II.i. Farm Accounts, Stock Records and Papers (Ms 35,732)................................. 75 II.ii. Farm Account Books....................................................................................... 75 III. HOUSEHOLD .................................................................................................... 76 III.i. Housekeeping Accounts, Account Books and Inventories (Ms 35,733) ........ 76 III.ii. Cellar Books................................................................................................... 77 2 III.iii. Traders’ Account and Expenses Books (Ms 35,733) ................................... 77 III.iv. Bills and Receipts (Mss 35,734-40).............................................................. 80 III.v. Records of Servants (Ms 35,741)................................................................... 85 III.v.1. Wages Books........................................................................................... 86 III.v.2. Servants’ Papers ...................................................................................... 86 III.vi. Traders’ Correspondence (Ms 35,742) ......................................................... 86 III.vii. Buildings and Maintenance (Ms 35,743)..................................................... 86 III.viii. Architectural Drawings (AD 3572) ............................................................ 89 IV. FAMILY MEMBERS: PERSONAL AND POLITICAL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE.............................................................................................. 92 IV.i. Luke Dillon [d.1716] (Mss 35,744-5)............................................................. 92 IV.i.1. Correspondence........................................................................................ 92 IV.i.2. Papers....................................................................................................... 92 IV.ii. Robert Dillon [1703-1746] (Mss 35,746-7)................................................... 93 IV.ii.1. Correspondence ...................................................................................... 93 IV.ii.2. Papers...................................................................................................... 94 IV.iii. Luke Dillon [1727-73] (Mss 35,748-9) ........................................................ 94 IV.iii.1. Correspondence ..................................................................................... 94 IV.iii.2. Papers..................................................................................................... 95 IV.iv. Robert Dillon [1754-95], 1st Baron Clonbrock [1790] (Mss 35,750-2)........ 95 IV.iv.1. Certificates ............................................................................................. 96 IV.iv.2. Correspondence...................................................................................... 96 IV.iv.3. Papers..................................................................................................... 96 IV.iv.4. Personal account books.......................................................................... 97 IV.v. Luke Dillon [1780-1826], 2nd Baron [1795] (Mss 35,753-6) ........................ 97 IV.v.1. School copy and note books.................................................................... 98 IV.v.2. Diaries ..................................................................................................... 98 IV.v.3. Correspondence....................................................................................... 98 IV.v.4. Papers ...................................................................................................... 98 IV.v.5. Personal account books........................................................................... 99 IV.vi. Robert Dillon [1807-93], 3rd Baron [1826] (Mss 35,757-9)......................... 99 IV.vi.1. Certificates and commissions .............................................................. 100 IV.vi.2. Correspondence.................................................................................... 100 IV.vi.3. Papers................................................................................................... 101 IV.vi.4. Personal account books........................................................................ 101 IV.vii. 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