Tipperary Archive

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Lease Raheen and Lismagrew 1874.pdf
Lease between William Blosse Armstrong (Portarlington), his son Capt. Richard Armstrong and John William Cooke (Fortwilliam Tipperary) of 180 acres of Raheen and Lismagrew lands in Holycross for 3 lives or 31 years. 1872

1927 Letter re horse pedigree.pdf
Letter from Arthur Pollock, Estate office, Adare, Co. Limerick to George R Cooke, Fortwilliam, Borrisoleigh Co. Tipperary. enquiring into the pedigree of two horses. Paddy and Phillip. 7 May 1927

1937 letter from G. Webb Shinrone.pdf
Letter to Mrs Cooke from George Webb, Corolanty, Shinrone Co. Offaly re pedigree of 'Wild Fox' a horse which was once owned by George Cooke. 16 Nov 1937

1864_Office_Public_Works_progress_inspection_001.jpg
A letter from the Office of Public Works to J.W. Cooke regarding an inspection of works carried out at Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary under the improvement of landed property scheme. 26 July 1864

Rev Newsham to J Grene 1842.pdf
A letter from Rev. Newsham, St Cuthberts College addressed to J. Grene, 4 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin; Acknowledging the receipt of school fees and discussing Mr Grene's son George, his health and education at the college 18 April 1842

Sam Cooke to Hannah Grene 1819.pdf
Letter from Sam Cooke, Borrisoleigh to Miss Hannah Grene enclosing an essay on 'Unreasonable fear from thunder' by Rev Rayment and including some family news. 31 August 1819

1945 Letter re horse_Clonfin.pdf
Letter to Mrs E. Cooke from the Horse Transport Company, McKee Barracks, Dublin requesting the pedigree of 'Clonfin' purchased from her in 1933. 15 June 1945

Cooke land improvement grant 1861.pdf
Letter of approval from the Office of Public Works for proposed works to John Wm Cooke Esq.
Including copies of the report, estimate and specification of the improvement works at Liss, Barony of Kilmanagh, County Tipperary. 31 Jan 1862

Letter re estate G Armstrong 1876.pdf
A letter to John Cooke, Fortwilliam, Borrisoleigh from Stephen Gordon. 15 Molesworth Street. Dublin. Requesting his help in finding information on a Roman Catholic chapel on the Armstrong estate in the parish of Drom and Inch from the parish priest…

letter re Garengrena 1862.pdf
One page of a letter to Dear John which sets out the transfer of the lease of Garengrena through various bequests, eventually being bought by Samuel Cooke from Elinor Gleeson (Glissan) and the children of Margaret Gleeson. These children left for…
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