[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, commenting on the lack of Irish political leadership and the disappearance of the Irish cultural inheritance under English rule.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing building projects of the Gaelic aristocracy in Ulster.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing some copy-editing matters, and pointing out the forgeries of Shane O'Dugan's time.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the locality of Castle Drumtarsy.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing Scottish place names and women's names.]