[Letter from Hodges & Smith to Eugene O'Curry, making enquiries about Red Hugh O'Donnel.]

[Letter from James McCurtin (Moy, Lahinch, County Clare) to James McGlashan (Dublin University Magazine), enclosing the first page of his biographical sketches of the modern bards of County Clare.]

[Letter from James McCurtin (Moy, Lahinch, County Clare) to Eugene O'Curry, regarding O'Curry's response to McCurtin's biographical sketches.]

[Letter from James McCurtin (Moy, Lahinch, County Clare) to Eugene O'Curry, enquiring about pieces of writing he had sent to O'Curry.]

[Letter from James McCurtin (Moy, Lahinch, County Clare) to Eugene O'Curry, regarding the fate of his biographical sketches.]

[Letter from Marcus M. Hartog (5 Roseneath, Cork) to William Frazer, requesting biographical information on Kirwan, on behalf of his brother, P. J. Hartog.]

Letter from Archbishop William Walsh to Professor [Patrick Semple ?], thanking him for details of [James] Henry's full name, which has enabled Walsh to find biographical details.

[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.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (8 Newcomen Place, North Strand, Dublin) to William Reeves, discussing the reviews of Reeves's new book.]

[Letter from John O'Donovan (49 Bayview Avenue, Dublin) to James Henthorn Todd (Trinity College, Dublin), in which he transcribes an insulting letter from Owen Connellan and gives a synopsis of his education.]