Parts of draft letters regarding Burrowes property. Writer and recipient are not named, and the drafts are undated. Thanks is made for a letter of the twenty fourth instant, and reference is made elsewhere to 20 March 1855. Reference is made to a John O'Hagan who is deceased, and the writer also says 'The solicitor who acted for our fathers in purchasing of this the Burrowes property here is also dead'. The writer also says 'This property was acquired by Reverend John Burns about 1770' and that after his death it was held in trust for his five daughters. Some pages of the draft letters are missing.
Marriage 'Settlement on the Intermarriage of William Pilsworth Esq[uire] with Miss Martha Mary Burrowes', relating to property at Blackrock. The description on the reverse reads 'In Chancery: In the matter of the Trustee Act 1850 Ex parte Edward Pilsworth a minor & o[the]rs. This is the deed referred to in the Affidavit of Charles Cavanagh, sworn before me this 30th day of June 1853. MDM. Charles Cavanagh'. Martha Mary Burrowes was the eldest daughter of Reverend John Burrowes. The marriage settlement names various members of the Burrowes and Pilsworth families, as well as lands in Counties Longford and Westmeath, and land in Dublin, including Prospect in Blackrock. The settlement is signed and accompanied by wax seals by William Pilsworth, Edward Pilsworth and Martha Mary Burrowes.
Copy will of the Reverend John Burrows of Prospect in the County of Dublin. Certain lands are mentioned: Fernsboro also known as Renahan Bawn, Derivorue, Abbeyland, Toneymore, Aghaboy, Aughakine, Aughabrack and Granard in the County of Longford. There is a lot of detail about who is to inherit what.
Three copies of an article by Father Thomas O'Connell CM, Rector/President of All Hallows College. The article was published in the journal 'Studies' to mark the centenary of the College. The article is nine pages long.
