| ID | 2383 |
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| Collection | Blake of Ballyglunin Park Papers |
| Collection Description | The content of this collection barely relates to the Blakes of Ballyglunin but rather to the ffrench family of Rahasane. Four diverse items represent the Blakes in the form of a letter book, rent account book, printed lease and scribbling diary. The letter book of Pierce Joyce portrays the extensive trade of one of Galway's leading merchants in just one fortnight in February 1778. The rent account book of John Blake records the administration of part of the Ballyglunin estate, during the minority of his nephew Martin J. Blake. Only part of these two items has survived. The papers generated by the ffrench family are more coherent and reflect the financial difficulties of some land owning families, even before the Great Famine. They include legal papers, accounts and letters. [University of Galway Archives] |
| Collection Web Address | https://archivesearch.library.nuigalway.ie/NUIG/CalmView/Rec... |
| Reference | Ms26979 |
| Description | Letters to Mrs Blake from the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company relating to shares.
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| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1859-1860 |
| Century | 19th |
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| Note | A descriptive list is available here.
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| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
| Email Address 2 | info@nli.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |