Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann

National Library of Ireland

Collection List A 14

TTrraanntt PPaappeerrss

(MSS 31,554-31,645; D 27, 807-27,890)

(Accession No. 1089)

Estate and financial papers, correspondence and legal papers of the Trant family of Dovea, Thurles, county Tipperary, 1606-1911.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 4

I. DEEDS............................................................................................................................ 5

II. ESTATE AND FINANCIAL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE .................. 13

III. LEGAL PAPERS...................................................................................................... 20

IV. MAPS AND SURVEYS............................................................................................ 21

V. PLANS AND ACCOUNTS FOR BUILDINGS....................................................... 22

VI. MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................. 23

INTRODUCTION

This collection of papers (acquisition no. 1089) was acquired by the National Library from Ion F. Trant in February 1952. It comprises of the estate and family papers of the Trant family of Dovea, county Tipperary. The family were originally from Dingle in county Kerry, but settled later at Dovea, county Tipperary and this is reflected in the papers. According to The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland (1883, reprinted, 1971) the Trant estate in county Tipperary amounted to almost 3,000 acres and was valued at just over £2,100. The Library has received a number of Trant accessions, which are listed in Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation, vol. 4, ed. Richard J. Hayes (1965), pp. 667-668.

I. DEEDS D. 27,807 2 Copy charters of Dingle 1606. D. 27,808 Exchequer decree: Provost and Fellows of Trinity College Dublin v. Mc Dermody. Re various lands in Co. Kerry. 1611 D. 27,809 Counterpart of the assignment of Col. Macarty’s mortgage to Sir Patrick Trant. 24 Mar 1686-7 D. 27,810 Sir William Courtenay’s devise of Rathana, parish of Monegea, Co. Limerick to Robert Lloyd of Newcastle, Co. Limerick. 1718 D. 27,811 Thomas Fitzgerald of Dingle, Knight of Kerry to Thomas Moriarty of Dingle. Lease of Buoly an Ruddire.1719 D. 27,812 Bundle of Trant wills and other material: Dame Helen Trant, Soho, Middlesex, 1721; Dominick Trant, 2 copy wills, 1755; copy letter Mrs. Dominick Trant to her son sending a sketch of his father’s will, 1806; Caroline Trant, 1831; Administrators’ Office, St. Kitt’s, letter re query re Trant estate; genealogical table of the Trants, 7 items, 1721-1936. D. 27,813 Helen Trant, London, widow of Sir Patrick Trant, Portarlington, Lawrence Trant, Dublin, Frances Trant, Dublin, their bond to Mr. Charles Campbell for payment of £22.83. 20 Sept 1723 D. 27,814 Maurice Fitzgerald of Dingle to John Slack of the Parish of Ventry, Co. Kerry. Conveyance of Land at Bouly in Ruddery, 1724. Endorsed with John Slack’s conveyance of the same land to Dominick Trant, 1750. 1724, 1750. D. 27,815 Sir George Caulfield, 1757, Commissions of the Peace to Dominick Trant for Co. Kerry and to John Trant for Co. Tipperary, 14 items, 1726-99. D. 27,816 Decree in Chancery in the case of Mary Rice a minor v. James Rice and Dominic and Mary Quin. 1728 D. 27,817 Judgement in the Kings court concerning lands at Coulbay, Barony of Connello, Co. Limerick, John Kelly and Arthur Blennerhassett. 1732 In Latin: With broken seal.

D. 27,818 Memorial of articles of agreement upon the marriage of William Degge and Mary Rice. 1740 D. 27,819 Bundle of deeds including: 2 mortgages of lands in Co. Tipperary for £20,000, parties William Annesley, Robert Marshal, William Ld. Baron of Howth, Hon. John Bowes, Hon. Col. William Degge and Mary his wife, Nath. Preston, 1741; 3 leases by Stephen Rice of Mountrice, Co. Kildare of lands at

Lr. Dovea, Ballybristy and Killaghra, Co. Tipperary, to Richard Morony, Thomas Fogerty of Wexford and John Creagh of Thurles respectively, 1738;

Commission of the Peace in Co. Kerry for John Trant, 1761; 14 leases of lands at Ballybristy, Killaghra and Lr. Dovea to Wm. Fogerty, Connor Dwyer and others, 1779-80; Lease to Daniel Fogarty of lands at Killaghra by Ellen Trant, widow, 1791; 21 items, 1741-91 D. 27,820 Commission appointing Arthur Blennerhassett justice in the Court of the King’s Bench. 1742 D. 27,821 John Stack to Dominick Trant. Lease of Raheen, Co. Kerry. 1747 D. 27,822 Bundle of 5 leases concerning the lands of Ballynahaw, Lower Dovea, Ballybristy, Killaghra and Kilrush in the Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. Parties Stephen Rice of Mountrice, Co. Kildare, Samuel Hughes of Archerstown, Co. Tipperary, Dominick Trant of Dingle, John Darner of Shronel, Co. Tipperary, Anne Rowe and James Biron of the City of Dublin, James Fogarty of Kilrush, Co. Tipperary. 1748-1833 D. 27,823 Dominick Trant power of attorney to Stephen Rice for payments for the use of Thomas Rice.1748 D. 27,824 2 leases by Stephen Rice of Mountrice Co. Kildare to Dominick Trant of Dingle Co. Kerry of lands at Lower Dovea, Ballynahaw, Ballybristy etc., Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. 1748 D. 27,825 Maurice Fitzgerald, Dingle to Thomas Trant of the City of Cork, merchant. Lease of Rahanane and Ballybeg, Parish of Ventry, Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry. 3 Aug. 1759

D. 27,826 James Bourke of Ennis to Garret Pierce of Tralee. Deed of Trust about Rahanane, Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry. 1762 D. 27,827 Lord Barony Howth’s settlement. 1764 D. 27,828 Administration with the will and codicil annexed of the Rt. Hon. Henry Lord Baron Dunally decd.1765 D. 27,829 Samuel Windis to Dominick Trant Esq. Deed of conveyance of decree and lands in the County of Tipperary.1765 D. 27,830 2 Leases by Samuel Windis to Dominick Trant of lands at Lower Dovea etc., Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary, and Tarrenacounllig etc. near Dingle, Co. Kerry. 1765 D. 27,831 Marriage settlement upon the marriage of Henry Prittie the younger of Killboy, Co. Tipperary and Catherine Bury, otherwise Sadleir, widow of John Bury of the City of Dublin. 1765 D. 27,832 Probate of will of Henry Prittie. 1768 D. 27,833 Lease by Garrett Pierce of Tralee, Co. Kerry to Dominick Trant of Dunkettle, Co. Cork of lands of Ratheanane and Ballybeg, Parish of Ventry, Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry.1773 D. 27,834 Mortgage of Ballinagar, Co. Kerry, John Bernard to Dominick Trant. 1773 D. 27,835 Marriage settlement with copies upon the marriage of Dominick Trant with Miss Elinor Fitzgibbon, 3 items. 1776 D. 27,836 Dominick Trant and Joseph Lord Milton, conveyance and lease of lands of Lower Dovea etc. Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. 1776 D. 27,837 Joseph Lord Milton to Dominick Trant. Copy lease of lands of Lower Dovea, Ballyhawe, Ballybrish, Killaghra for 3 lives renewable forever situate in the County Tipperary. 1776

D. 27,838 Dominick Trant Esq. to Mary Hughes, widow, renewal of the lease of Ballynahaw, Co. Tipperary. 1777 D. 27,839 Abstract of Lord Milton’s estate in the Co. Tipperary. 1781 D. 27,840 Thomas Fitzgerald Esq. his wife and others to John Macarthey and William Evans Esq., 5 leases of lands in Co. Kildare. 1787 D. 27,841 John Earl of Clanwilliam and Theodosia, Countess of Clanwilliam etc., deed leading the uses of fines and recoveries of the Co. Kilkenny, County Cork, County of the City of Cork, County of Tipperary estates.1787 D. 27,842 Bridget Fitzgerald also Hussey widow of Maurice Fitzgerald of Dingle, Co. Kerry, John Carroll and Thos. Rice of Dublin, John Grace and Mary his wife, John Macartney and William Evans, etc. 3 leases of lands at Derrylea, Bullagh etc. Co. Kildare. 1788 D. 27,843 2 Deeds of release. Lady Catherine Meade, John Whaley etc. of sums chargeable on the estates of John Earl of Clanwilliam, 1789 D. 27,844 Copy will of Domk. Trant decd., c.1799 D. 27,845 John Trant Esq. to Stephen Edward Rice Esq., deed leading the uses of a fine.1799 D. 27,846 John Trant, Matthew Trant, Stephen Edward Rice, deed to make tenant to the precipt. 1799 D. 27,847 George Lynch, merchant to George Williams Esq., conveyance of house and premises in Drogheda. 1800 D. 27,848 Marriage settlement on the intermarriage of Laurence Hickey Jephson Esq. with Martha Prittie. 1801. D. 27,849 Exemplification of a recovery suffered by the Rt. Hon. Lord Dunally of lands in the Co. of Tipperary. 1801 D. 27,850 Peter Latouche to Cooper Crawford, draft renewal of Ballinahaw. 1802

D. 27,851 Marriage settlement on the intermarriage of Lord Dunally with Maria Trant.1802 D. 27,852 Lord Donnelly, Maria his wife and William Trant to John Trant, release to charge of £6000. c. 1804 D. 27,853 Peter Latouche to John Trant, lease of lands at Lower Dovea etc., Barony of Elogarty, Co. Tipperary. 1804 D. 27,854 John Trant to William and James Cormick, Patrick Corner and

Cornelius Cleary, 2 leases of lands at Killaghra, Co. Tipperary. 1864 D. 27,855 24 leases by John Trant of lands in the Barony of Corkaguiny Co. Kerry.1805-06 D. 27,856 Peter Latouche to John Trant, assignment of the lands of Lower Dovea etc. Co. Tipperary.1805 D. 27,857 Bundle of leases of lands in Co. Tipperary by John Trant Lower Dovea and Killaghra, to Daniel Fogarty, 2 leases; Ballybristy to Michael Meagher etc; 6 leases; 1806,1836 D. 27,858 John Trant to John and Thomas Meagher, lease of part of Killahara, Co. Tipperary.1806 D. 27,859 Peter Latouche to John Trant, conveyance of Ballynahow, Co. Tipperary.1806 D. 27,860 Bundle of deeds including: Copy marriage settlement John Trant and Caroline Brooke, 1807; John Trant to Leonard Dobbin the younger, attorney, copy draft deed barring entail of Dovea estate, 1840;

draft marriage settlement of Francis W. Low and Sarah Louisa Trant, 1864;

copy will of C. Trant, decd, 1872; Rev. R.W.H. Nash to John Trant, draft bill of sale by way of mortgage, 1882; John Trant to John Crowley, lease of part of Tinvoher, Co. Tipperary, 1883;

notice of assignment by T.H.B. Ruttledge of a life assurance policy to Frederick Ion Trant and Henry Mac Dougall, 1883. 7 items, 1807-83

D. 27,861 State of the title of John Trant Esq. to several estates and lands in the County of Kerry. Signed Dominick Rice, 45 Dawson St., 7 Mar. 1809 D. 27,862 Memorandum of agreement between John Trant of the City of Dublin and Thomas Lord Baron Ventry for the sale by Trant of his estates in the Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry to Lord Ventry. 1813 D. 27,863 Leases of lands at Clondoty, Henry Robert Carden to Thomas Bennett, John C. Carden to Edward L. Cambie. 3 items, 1820,1853 D. 27,864 Documents relating to the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Elinor Trant decd., including her copy will, abstract of deeds relating to her real and personal property, appointment of trustee, 4 items. 1827 D. 27,865 Will and copy will and codicils of John Trant, 2 items.

1830-38

D. 27,866 Patent appointing John Trant Esq. High Sheriff of Co. Tipperary. 1830

D. 27,867 Marriage settlement on the intermarriage of James Hans Hamilton Esq. with Caroline Trant.1833 D. 27,868 John Trant to John and Francis Dwyer, Renewal of Ballynahow.

1834 D. 27,869 Robert Warren to John Trant, renewal of house and premises at No. 10, Mountjoy Square, E., Co. Dublin. 1837 D. 27,870 Copy last will and testament of John Trant. 1838 D. 27,871 Mrs. Caroline Trant to the Trustees of the late John Trant, copy conditional bond as to plate. 1840 D. 27,872 James Fogarty to John Trant, assignment of part of Kilrush, Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. 1842 D. 27,873 Schedule of deeds etc.

1850 D. 27,874 John Trant to Chas. Cobbe, bond conditioned for payment of £700. 1851 D. 27,875 John Trant to Mrs. John Ellis, lease and counterpart lease of part of Clondothy and Balybristy, Co. Tipperary. 1854 D. 27,876 John Sadleir to Richard O’Connell, lease of part of the lands of Tinvoher, Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. 1855 D. 27,877 Marriage settlement on the marriage of Francis Wise Low with Sara Louisa Trant.1864 D. 27,878 Documents concerning agreement between Earl of Orkney, John Trant. John and Edward Callinan and James Long re lards of Upper and Lower Dovea, 4 items. 1860-61 D. 27,879 Patrick Maher and others to John Trant, bond. 1877 D. 27,880 John Trant to Richard Lalor Cambie, draft lease of lands at Clondoty, Co. Tipperary.1869 D. 27,881 High Sheriff [of Co. Tipperary] to John Trant, 2 assignments. 1881-82 D. 27,882 Richard Claud Cane, Edith Caroline Isabella Cane, John Trant release to Trustees of settlement of 28 June 1849.

1882

D. 27,883 John Trant to John Crowley, counterpart lease of part of Tinvoher, Co. Tipperary. 1883 D. 27,884 Documents relating to the Ruttledge estate and the marriage settlement of Thomas H.B. Ruttledge and Florence Rose Trant.

1883

D. 27,885 List of some Trant deeds from 1807 to 1875 with letter from solicitor re drawing up a lease. 2 items.1883 D. 27,886 Will of John Trant Esq.

Jan 1884 D. 27,887 Warrant appointing Col. Fitgibbon Trant High Sherriff for County Tipperary.1889 D. 27,888 John Trant to Lord Baron Ventry. Articles of agreement for the sale of the Trant lands in the Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry to Lord Ventry.1890 D. 27,889 Will of Georgina Smily Trant, wife of Fitzgibbon Trant; copy probate of will of Francis Wise Low with correspondence, 1923 copy will of Fitzgibbon Trant, 1911. D. 27,890 Compulsory acquisition orders by Thurles County Council of lands in the Electoral Division of Kilrush belonging to Colonel Trant, 4 items.1911

II. ESTATE AND FINANCIAL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE Ms. 31,554 Financial accounts of Helen Lady Trant and her children, 2 items. 1713,1723 Ms. 31,555 Letters from Lady Helen Trant and Frances Trant, London to Charles Campbell, re financial matters, 5 items.1722-25 Ms. 31,556 Dominick Trant, Blarney Castle, to [John Fitzgibbon of Mount

Shannon, Co. Limerick] setting down the details of his estates prior to his marriage to Eleanor Fitzgibbon, 2 letters.1766

Ms. 31,557 Unbound volume including, ‘Letter to Dominick Trant’, pp. 81-86, end of letter missing.178- Ms. 31,558 Homily addressed by [Eleanor Trant?] to her daughter [Maria?] on how she should conduct her life, the importance of religion etc., c.40p. 1783,1790 Ms. 31,559 Sketch of debts, credits rents etc., 1788; letter from I. Fitzgerald Collis to Dominick Trant re business matters and including a list of furniture, 1790. 1788,1790 Ms. 31,560 Letters from [Dominick Trant] to his wife [Eleanor], 9 items. (1 - 2) 1789-90

(1) Dublin, Nov. 1789, Mar. 1790: description of the Dublin Bay coastline as seen from ship board; Dublin society gossip; dinner

at Lord Fitzgibbons’, the Lord Chancellor and his character, Lord Cahir’s business rescuing Lord Gormanston from the Philistines at Liege.

(2) Tralee, 10, 14 May 1790: the elections at Tralee where Trant acted

as council on behalf of J. Blennerhasset and Sir B. Denny. Dingle, 15 May 1790: Trant’s business mainly being retained to act as Council for ships against the Revenue. Cahir, 25, 27 May 1790: death of Lord Montcashell, getting in rents on the Cahir estate, the Tipperary election.

Ms. 31,561 Bundle of financial accounts concerning the estate of the late (1 - 2) Dominick Trant from 17 June 1790, including:

Rentals of the Tipperary, Kildare, Limerick, Cork, Kerry, and Farren Cantillon estates, 1790-93; Mrs. Trant’s accounts with the assets of the

late Dominick Trant’s estate; Accounts of John Fitzgerald Collis, agent to the minor children, John Maria and William Trant; Stephen E. Rice‘s accounts with the Trants; Schedule of the debts of Dominick Trant and how they were settled.

39 items, 1790-94 Ms. 31,562 Financial accounts of Dr. Stephen Henry Rice, Agent with the personal estate of Dominick Trant decd., with Mrs. Trant and her family, and with John, William and Maria Trant, including two letters from Rice to John Trant, John Trant in account with Messrs. Greenwood and Co., Rentals of the Kerry, Kildare and Limerick Trant estates, 1796, c. 27 items. 1794-1804 Ms. 31,563 Shares in the Dunalley Mining Company, Co. Tipperary, 5 items. Jan 1803 Ms. 31,564 Proposals and acceptances for leases on John Trant’s estate in the Barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry, 20 items.1804,1806 Ms. 31,565 Letters from Mich. Cuddehy, agent to John Trant re Trants Tipperary estate including survey of Dovea, Killahara, and Ballybristy. With tenants’ proposal, 1806. Sept, Nov. 1804,1806 Ms. 31,566 Commission to John Trant to be captain of the 10th of the Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Light Dragoons. 1804 Ms. 31,567 Rent roll of the estates of John Trant in Cos. Kerry and Tipperary.1805 Ms. 31,568 Miscellaneous financial and legal notes re John Trant, 7 items.

1806-30 Ms. 31,569 Correspondence between John Trant, Dingle and his agent,

M. Moriarty, Ballybog re management of his estate, 2 items. 1806 Ms. 31,570 Rent roll of rents due to John Trant in Kerry. 1806 Ms. 31,571 Letters to members of the Trant family.

4 items, 1808-16 ‘W.G.F.’ to John Trant re local and family affairs, 1808.

Eleanor Butler to Mrs. Trant, Bath, c.l81-; Note to John Trant. Re ‘Bony’, 1813. Isabella M.A. Fitzgibbon, London, to Caroline Trant, Re family affairs. Refers to Almacks and describes wedding of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, 1816.

Ms. 31,572 Financial accounts of Samuel Dickson Junr. [agent?] with John Trant, 7 items.1814-24 Ms. 31,573 Letter from Maria nee Trant to her husband the 2nd Baron Dunalley written from her sickbed and expressing her wishes as to the disposal of her property etc.1819 Ms. 31,574 Miscellaneous items including a printed diary for 1827 [belonging to John Trant?], receipts signed by Elinor and Mary Trant, notes and letters re financial matters, jury summonses, 12 items.1827-32 Ms. 31,575 Copy financial accounts of executor of John Trant decd. 1839 Ms. 31,576 Letters to ‘Johnny’ signed ‘Trant’ re Trant family affairs, one incomplete.1849-c.1850 Ms. 31,577 Documents re appointment of a Trustee under the will of John Trant, disposal of monies, receipt, 4 items. c.l850-64 Ms. 31,578 ‘Notice to farmers we the working class will not stand this kind of nonence [sic] ...! Threatening note sent by its recipient [?] to John Trant, Dovea House. c.l850 Ms. 31,579 Notice to the workmen of Dovea purporting to come from the Land League, endorsed with a note saying its comes rather from an enemy of the League. c.l850 Ms. 31,580 Correspondence between John Trant of Dovea and [Thomas

Redington], Dublin Castle etc. Re protection for his steward John Ellis whose life is threatened, police barracks, conditions in Tipperary. With report and letter from Constable John Houlihan on speech by parish priest referring to Ellis etc., 7 items.1850-51

Ms. 31,581 William Trant, Berkeley Square [London] to John Trant. Re funeral etc. of their mother, Elinor Trant, Feb-Mar. 1850 Ms. 31,582 Letters, receipts etc. to John Trant mainly from F. Brooke and Charles Cobbe. Re financial affairs, with a few references to family and social matters, 12 items. 1851-55

Ms. 31,583 Letters from [A.M. Crawford], Nenagh, surveyor to John Trant, Dovea. Re Survey of the Trant estate, errors in measurement, etc., 4 items. May-June 1856 Ms. 31,584 Hans Arthur Trant’s birth certificate and certificate of health for the Navy. 1864,1877 Ms. 31,585 Acknowledgement by Timothy Tynan and others that they, formerly undertenants of Thomas O’Meara at Ballymahon, Co. Tipperary,

are now tenants at will of John Trant; letter re ‘Maher ‘s proposal’, 1877.

1874,1877 Ms. 31,586 Letters and accounts re a testimonial for Mr. B.V. Bayly.1876 Ms. 31,587 Diaries kept by Fitzgibbon Trant on his voyages on board the (1 - 3) Alkeda round the Mediterranean and the Baltic and to the Americas, calling at Portugal, Madeira, Teneriffe, Venezvela, Trinidad, Jamacia, Cuba, New York etc., with many sketches, 3 vol., 1877-80 Ms. 31,588 Letter from Eleanor N. Nash (née Trant) to Lily [Trant?] on her arrival

at Waterville; letters from Maud Trant to her brother Fitzgibbon and nephew Laurence, including references to family history, 5 items.

1879-c.1910 Ms. 31,589 Accounts, papers and minutes of the Opposition [movement] to the

Thurles and Nenagh Direct Railway, Capt. F. Trant General Secretary, c. 25 items.

1879-80 Ms. 31,590 Memorial of his tenants to John Trant for a reduction in rent. c. 1880 Ms. 31,591 ‘Two years skirmish with the Land League’: account by [Fitzgibbon Trant?] of the Land War around Dovea 1880-83, 24p. c. 1883 Ms. 31,592 Letters mainly from James H. Moore, Solicitors, re legal and financial affairs of the Trant family, 24 items. 1888-89, 1908-09 Ms. 31,593 Reports by missionaries selling Bibles around Dovea. With accounts of numbers of books sold by the Irish Church Colportage Mission addressed to Mrs. Trant, 5 items.

1889,1891

Ms. 31,594 Valuations of stock at Killahan and Dovea, 2 items. 1898-99 Ms. 31,595 Miscellaneous scraps including snapshots [of Italy?] and note re Trant family, 9 items. c. 1900 Ms. 31,596 Letters from Hope Trant to her family, c.160 items. (1 – 28) 1906-12 (1) Dusseldorf, describing Christmas, Dec. 1906.

(2-8) Acton, letters written to her family while Hope Trant was a student at the Academy of Dramatic Art and subsequently looking for work, c. 40 items. Apr. 1908-Aug. l909

(9) Newspaper article on the Academy of Dramatic Art. c. 1909

(10-12) Letters written on tour with Mrs. Brandman Palmer’s Shakespearean repertory company.

(10) Oldham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, 9 items. Aug-Sept 1909

(11) Bacup. Including letter from Cyril Maude, 5 items. Oct-Nov 1909

(12) C. F. Shaw, Ayot St. Lawrence to Hope Trant arranging a meeting, 2 items. May 1910 (13-27) Letters written while on tour with the F.R. Benson

Shakespearean Company in England 1910-11, and in South Africa

1911-12

(13) Exeter, Plymouth, Weymouth, F.R. Benson Shakespearean Co. North, Autumn Tour 1910, Programme, 11 items.

Aug-Sept 1910 (14) Worcester, Bedford, Crystal Palace, Woolwich, 8 items.

Oct.-Nov. 1910 (15) Folkestone, Liskeard, Aldershot, Eastbourne, Kendal, 6

items. Nov-Dec. 1910

(16) Lancaster, Hartepool, Huddersfield, Birkenhead, Liverpool, 8 items. Jan 1911

(17) St. Helen’s, Warrington, Wigan, Chester, 5 items. Feb 1911

(18) Wolverhampton, Walsall, Aston Manor, Burton-on-Trent, 10 items.

Mar-Apr. 1911 (19) Birmingham, Aberystwyth, Gloucester, Hereford, 7 items.

Apr. 1911 (20) Bedford, Lincoln, Norwich, Ipswich, 7 items.

May 1911 (21) Margate, Folkestone, 3 items. May-June 1911

(22-24) S.S. Braemar Castle, Union Castle Line; Johannesberg, including a newspaper interview, and 7 letters from Charles Vesey, Jockey Club, Johannesberg, 18 items. July-Sept 1911

(25) Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, 4 items. Oct 1911

(26) Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Croote Schwr, 7 items. Nov-Dec. 1911

(27) East London, Durban, Capetown, Ladysmith, 6 items. Dec 1911-Jan 1912

(28) Letters written on tour in Ireland with Mr. Norman Cannon and Miss Hope Trant’ s Company from Cahir, Portadown, Ballinasloe, Westport, 5 items. Sept-Nov. 1912

Ms. 31,597 Miscellaneous theatre programmes and newsclippings relating to Hope Trant, 12 items. c.1907-14 Ms. 31,598 Miscellaneous letters to Emily Trant mainly re farm and estate matters. With miscellaneous cards, publicity material, 16 items. 1907-09,1917-18 Ms. 31,599 Letters to Emily Trant from family and friends, including Hope, Violet and P.A. Bagenal, E.C. Finlay, Cyril Maude, 9 items.

c. 1907-09 Ms. 31,600 Correspondence between Laurence Trant, his mother Emily Trant and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and others re getting Laurence started in a career as an engineer, 14 items.

1907-8 Ms. 31,601 Correspondence and notes relating to possible careers for Laurence and John Trant in the police, civil service etc. With letters from their cousin Frederick Trant about his experience in Canada, 9 items. 1907 Ms. 31,602 Letters from E.M. [Michell], Acton to Emily Trant, Dovea, mainly

about family affairs with many references to Hope Trant who stayed with E.M. while attending the Academy of Dramatic Art, 12 items.

1908-09 Ms. 31,603 Letters from Ruth Trant, London, Belfast, France to her family,

including a description of the funeral of Edward VII, and a letter from Belfast describing her experiences in Downpatrick while on tour with the Norman Cannon and Hope Trant Co. 1910-12

Ms. 31,604 The Kerry People, 31 Dec. 1910. Issue containing a History of the Trant

family taken from King’s History of Kerry. 1910 Ms. 31,605 Letters from John Trant, Santandez, Spain, 1911; draft letter from

Emily Trant to Sir John Dewar re Home Rule, c. 1915; letter from Laurence Trant on active service to his mother, Emily Trant, 1916, 3 items. 1911-16

III. LEGAL PAPERS Ms. 31,606 Legal opinions in cases re will of Dcininick Trant 1790, Commons of Dingle c. 1800, a renewal from Mr. Latouche, 1803, 3 items.

1790-1803 Ms. 31,607 Legal papers relating to the case of John Dwyer and Cooper (1 - 2) Crawford v. John Trant in the Court of the Exchequer, c. 30 items. 1814-15 Ms. 31,608 Bundle of legal papers relating to the cases of John Trant v. John O’Meara, Cooper Crawford v. John Trant, John Dwyer and Cooper Crawford v. John Trant, c. 40 items. c.1815-19 Ms. 31,609 Bundle of legal papers relating to the cases of John Jack the lessee of John Trant v. John O’Meara and v. Cooper Crawford. Including list of grand panel of freeholders, Co. Tipperary, and list of tenants on whom ejectments were served, c. 30 items.1815-17 Ms. 31,610 Bundle of legal papers relating to the case of John Trant v. Cooper Crawford in the Court of the Exchequer, c. 10 items. 1815 Ms. 31,611 Legal papers relating to the case of John Dwyer v. John Trant and Williams Cooper Crawford a minor in the Court of the Exchequer, 5 items.1818 Ms. 31,612 Legal papers re the case of Daniel Fogarty v. John Trant in the Court of Exchequer, c. 20 items.1819 Ms. 31,613 Legal papers re case of John Trant and others v. Philip Fogarty in the Court of the King’s Bench, c. 30 items. 1824

IV. MAPS AND SURVEYS Ms. 31,614 A map and survey of the lands of Dovea, Ballybristy and Killaghara, Parish of Loghma, Co. Tipperary, July 1772 by [ ] Bourke [survey only] 1772 Ms. 31,615 A map of the large bog of Ballinahow, Lisaroon, Liscrea etc. as taken in 1839 by Patrick Fogarty. 1839 Ms. 31,616 O.S. 6” map of Tipperary, sheet 41, part cut out. 1840-41 Ms. 31,617 Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered Estates; Rental of Tinvoher and the townland Rocker, Barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. Owners Edward Corcoran and Clement William Sadleir. To be sold .1857, 3 copies.1857 Ms. 31,618 Surveys by John Cahill of meadowland in Killahara and a new plantation in the Bog of [Naunoure], 2 items. 1859,1862 Ms. 31,619 Transfer of property under the Land Judges: Maps of the estate of Sir John C. Carden and others. O.S. Co. Tipperary sheet 35. [1863] Ms. 31,620 O.S. Townland index map of Tipperary.1878 Ms. 31,621 Incumbered Estate Rental of Clondotty, Barony of Eliogarty Co. Tipperary, with map. c.19- Ms. 31,622 Map of part of Co. Tipperary. c.l9- Ms. 31,623 Map on tracing paper. In scraps.c. 19- Ms. 31,624 General Valuation Office O.S. map of Tipperary with Dovea and other Trant Lands coloured in.c. 1920 Ms. 31,625 Irish Land Commission map of the estate of Capt. Laurence D. Trant. 1930

V. PLANS AND ACCOUNTS FOR BUILDINGS Ms. 31,626 Estimates specifications etc. for repair of old castle of Killahara. With plans and watercolour drawing of castle, 6 items. 1851-54,1904 Ms. 31,627 Documents and papers and receipts relating to Loughmoe (1 - 3) Church and its building account, organised by John Trant, c. 30 items. 1851-56 Ms. 31,628 A specification of a house to be built for John Trant Esq. at Dovea. By Phil McAuliff. 1855 Ms. 31,629 Proposal for building a new chancel etc. on the parish church of Loughmore, Diocese of Cashel. With letters concerning final bill and receipts, c. 10 items. 1877-78 Ms. 31,630 Architect’s plan of proposed hay barn. c.19- Ms. 31,631 Miscellaneous plans for farm buildings, schoolhouse, and teacher’s residence, 7 items. c.19-

VI. MISCELLANEOUS Ms. 31,632 ‘A short sketch of the pedigree of the Geraldines’ pointing out the separation of the Clangibbon race 1779 Ms. 31,633 Extract from a history of Greece. c.1800 Ms. 31,634 Engravings of comic figures. With captions in Italian.

[18-] Ms. 31,635 Copybook containing poems by Mrs. Smith, Mr. O‘Neill, Mr. Sheridan, Peter Pindar, C. Louisa Tisdall etc. c.1810 Ms. 31,636 Unbound copies of two pamphlets ‘Genuine edition of the death -bed confessions of the late Countess of Guernsey ...’ London, 1824; [A sketch of Lord Westmeath’ s case, c. 1828 title page missing]. Ms. 31,637 An Abstract of some communications made to the Duke of Wellington in the year 1829 relating to Public Works in Ireland. 4lp., Lithgr. J. Harrison & Son.,c.1829 Ms. 31,638 Miscellaneous newsclippings re local events in Co. Tipperary, 5 items. c.1880-1910 Ms. 31,639 Commonplace book.c.l880 Ms. 31,640 Newspapers clippings and letter re Daniel William Carroll. 1882 Ms. 31,641 Historical and genealogical notes on Irish families, principally the Butlers, Earls of Ormond. c.1900 Ms. 31,642 2 large photographs of a group mainly of children in theatrical costume outside ‘Argyle House’, c .1900 Ms. 31,643 3 large photographs showing groups of soldiers and officers.

c.l900 Ms. 31,644 Register of electors of Kilrush, Polling District of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.1914 Ms. 31,645 Miscellaneous scraps, envelopes etc.