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[Letter and note from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing the O'Neill and O'Donnell genealogies.]

[Letter from J. Donnavanides [John O'Donovan] (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning the young linguist Whitley Stokes.]

[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 John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, asking for financial advice.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning a request from Robert MacAdam, and discussing Reeves's work on Life of Patrick.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning Count Charles MacDonnell's letter.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, concerning the Life of Patrick.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing different Irish manuscripts.]

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

[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 (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the forthcoming elections in Trinity College, Dublin.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the meaning of the Irish word buidechuir.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the meaning of the Irish word Drui or Drai.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing their work.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (36 Buckingham Street, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing translation work of Irish manuscripts.]

[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 John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (11 Panton Square, Haymarket, London), discussing the state of Irish manuscripts in a number of British archives and their interpretation to date.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing difficulties of his work.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), concerning his work, health and his desire to emigrate to America.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing his work and his impending move to Belfast.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage House, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), discussing the meaning of some Irish words, particularly from the Belfast bell inscription.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), enclosing some answers to queries, and discussing John O'Neill's genealogy.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves (Parsonage, Ballymena, Co. Antrim), returning answers to Reeves's queries and reporting on his own work on the Annals of the Four Masters.]