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members along with servants and employees , 27 Jan “ A lot of rain at night +
all day. Mrs K [Kinahan] not at all well lungs and heart affected. Young Dr.
Callinan saw her in the morning. She lay in basket chair in the kitchen all day.
Have white room ready for her”. On the 3 February he records the family
attended her funeral in Templetoohy. Records also important family events 27
Feb “A wire from Stephie [Grehan] announcing the birth of a son Peter. Dick
[Ryan] should have left Hong Kong for home in the concord on Friday.
Returned magazine to Maudie”. Jotted farm accounts together with note of
work to be done at front and rear.
10.3 Awards and Decorations
610 1875
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Commission of the Peace for County Tipperary conferred on George Edward
Ryan.
611 9 –30 th September 1875
Commission with covering note from Viscount Lismore appointing George
Edward Ryan Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Tipperary (30 September
1875). Also earlier letter from Lismore to G.E Ryan sympathising on the
death of his father and inquiring if he wishes to be recommended for his late
father’s position as DL.
10.4 Letters of Lily Ryan née Sherlock
612 19 August 1874
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Letter from Lily Ryan, The Hotel Rostrvoe, to her sister Mary, describing her
and her husband, Georges’ journey from Greenoore. Requests her to pass on a
note to Thomas Kennedy and retrieve a £20 she left by mistake in her trunk.
Their hotel she describes as old fashioned, but is clean and has a good cook.
Jokes George has been horrified “by the rapacity of my appetite”.
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