Circular letter from John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquis of Waterford (1844-1895) read at a meeting of the County Waterford branch of the Irish Landowners’ Convention.
Flier from the Irish Unionist Alliance setting out the need for an ‘extensive petition’ in response to William Gladstone’s Government of Ireland (Second Home Rule) Bill.
Letter from Alexander Edward Miller regarding his candidacy in the forthcoming Trinity College by-election. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Thomas Ball on his appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The contest was won by Edward Gibson.
Flier from Dodgson Hamilton Madden for the impending Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election. The flier reads ‘I have always been a firm supporter of the Conservative party, and I look upon its present position with pride. That party, with the patriotic aid of the Liberal Unionists, has succeeded in averting from the Empire disintegration and dishonour, and from Ireland a signal and crushing disaster’. Madden received 1,376 in the contest and was elected an MP.
A letter from William Magennis (1867-1946) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a clipping of an article from the 'Evening Mail' containing an apology to the Censorship of Publications Board (15 Feb. 1941). Magennis also refers to the 'Orange Terror' publication which he suggests has 'disturbed the calm of the Dean of Belfast'.
A letter from Georgie Yeats (1892-1968) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter encloses a set of accounts and refers to Fr. Senan’s desire to obtain prints of the painting ‘A Fair Day’ by Jack B. Yeats (Georgie’s brother-in-law).