File 11 - !!!!!!Letterfrack!!!!!!!!!

PP120/3/32 (4) articulars of the sale of the estate of Thomas Francis Eastwood of lands in Adrigoole, 1862, from the Kilmurvey House Papers, and a photocopy of an etching associated with this estate. Photocopied article 'An Early Medieval broken-dogwhelk midden at Culfin, Connemara' by Emily Murray, Michael Gibbons and Finbar McCormick, with cover note from Michael Gibbons, 2011. Two cuttings/printed article about the passing of Yann Fouéré, 2011. Copy of Congested Districts Board Report on the Letterfrack Basket Industry, 30 September 1897, and a blank postcard with a photograph of the Letterfrack Factory. A press cutting from Irish Times from 9 January 2012 'Yann Fouéré/Seán Mauger, An Appreciation' by Maurice O'Scanaill. Material from Tullycross ICA project on the history of Ballynakill Parish, the subjects are local 20th century history (Marconi station, Renvyle House, the Cleggan disaster, a guild of Muintir na Tíre, the industrial school, the foundation of the local ICA. Notes on landowners including the Lydons of Derryinver, the Curleys of Tully Cross, the Nees of Cloonlaura. Interesting people connected with the parish - Alexander Nimmo, church history, local GAA history, local history of interest, 'An Interrupted Wedding', prehistoric and medieval remains. Leaflets and press cuttings relating to Kylemore gardens.

P120/3/32 (5) Press cuttings from Connacht Tribune and Irish Times between June 1988 and June 2007. Reporting on properties for sale in Connemara, an obituary of Graham Tulloch, a babies' cemetery in Letterfrack, and the work of Mary Salmon in having it recognised, an obituary of Derek Cooper. A sketched out family trees for Cleggan. Copy of an Index map of the Ballinakill Estate in Co Galway, possibly Robert Graham's estate. Series of press cuttings between 1984 and 2006, various reports on Letterfrack from the Irish Times and Connacht Tribune, reporting on apparitions and the industrial school. Outline of a paper prepared for a presentation at Letterfrack (30 October 1986) by Tony Varley entitled 'Rural Development and Combating Poverty', looking at self-help as a means of mitigating disadvantage, likely obstacles and opportunities, and outlining some questions for workshops. Notice for the sale of the estate of Samuel Freyer, and a biography of Sir Peter Johnston Freyer. File containing posters for events occuring for Connemara Sea Week 2008.

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P120/3/3; P120/3/1/1

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