Correspondence between John O'Donovan (1809-1861), and, principally, William Reeves (1815-1892): eighty letters (1832-1860) and twenty-six undated note fragments.
[Letter from William Reeves ([Parsonage], Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, concerning mainly Irish place names; includes O'Donovan's response.]
[Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, concerning Irish place and family names; includes O'Donovan's response.]
[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the O'Neill genealogy and the Royal Irish Academy dispute.]
[Letters from John O'Donovan, Dublin to William Reeves (Diocesan School, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing his and O'Curry's transcription of the Brehon Laws.]
[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing place names in Armagh and the state of antiquarian studies in Ireland.]
[Letter from William Reeves (Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, concerning the translation of some extracts from the Annals of Ulster; includes O'Donovan's response.]
[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing recent criticisms of their work on Irish place names.]
[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.]