[Letter from William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim) to John O'Donovan, asking for assistance at translating an Irish text; O'Donovan's response, in which he comments on the current poverty, famine and unrest in Ireland.]
[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 (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, requesting a third opinion on deciphering MacDonnell's deed, and discussing the current census and the state of the Irish language.]
[Letter from John O'Donovan (47 Essex Street, Dublin) to George Petrie (21 Great Charles Street, Dublin), discussing the meaning of some Irish words, as well as Cormac Mac Cullenan's will.]
[Letter from Joannen Donovaniden [John O'Donovan] (Ulster Railway Hotel, Belfast, Co. Antrim), to William Reeves (The Vicarage, Lusk, Co. Dublin), discussing the Dinnsenchus of Armagh.]
[Letter from Sean O'Dondubhain [John O'Donovan] to an unidentified recipient, discussing a passage in the Annals of the Four Masters and various translations of it.]
[Two letters and two notes from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the identity of Berichter according to the Irish annals, and generally highlighting the importance of antiquarian studies.]
[Letter from William Reeves (The Vicarage, Lusk, Co. Dublin) to John O'Donovan, asking for English translation of an Irish passage quoted in a work by Zeuss; includes O'Donovan's response.]