Holroyd-Smyth Family Papers,
1618-1965.
Family and estate papers of the Holroyd-Smyth family of Ballynatray,Co. Waterford. Estate papers include conveyances, leases, rentals, surveys, maps and labour accounts for their holdings in Waterford, Limerick and Cork. Also contains papers for the Grice family of Co. Limerick and the Moore family of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Richard Smyth married Alice Grice, daughter and co-heir of Richard Grice of Ballycullane, Co. Limerick in 1683. The papers of the Moore family came into the collection due to the marriage of Charlotte Mary Smyth to Charles William Moore, 5th Earl Mount Cashell in 1848. Among the family papers is a large collection of correspondence, the majority of which is that of Richard Smyth (1796-1858)of Ballynatray. The family papers also include a substantial collection of legal and financial papers, genealogical material and photographs, as well as marriage and testamentary material.
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Physical description: 12 boxes. |
| Arrangement: | Fonds I. Estate. II. Family. |
| Published / Created: |
1618-1965
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II.vi.4.g. Correspondence of Richard Smyth,
1845-1846.
| In Collection: | Holroyd-Smyth Family Papers, 1618-1965 |
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| Description: | Contains legal and personal correspondence. Includes letters concerning rents, tenants, legal cases [mainly the case of Lane vs. Smyth] railway extensions to the Cork and Limerick line of the Great Southern and Western Railway and the coaching business in Youghal. Also includes a letter from Richard Smyth about keys to the family burial place in the chancel of Youghal Church for the burial of his wife, with a reply from F.L. Curry. Correspondents include Joseph Lindsay Curtis, Messrs. Barrington and Co., Laurence Walken, Michael Roche, R.F. Peard, John Pollock, Oliver Jackson, George Henry Houghton, Thomas Hannon, William Cleary, James Fitzpatrick, John Roche, Charles Bailey, W.H. Parker. |
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| Created: |
1845-1846
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | c. 131 items, 11 folders. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 49,518/89/7
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland |