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Miscellaneous volumes recording stock, game, valuations, etc. including:
Griffith’s Valuation of the Union of Parsonstown, stud book, blue book on market rights and tolls, bank book of the 6th Earl of Rosse and volume recording turf cuttings on the bogs of the Rosse estate.

Administrative correspondence relating to the prisoner of war relief scheme set up at Birr Castle under the patronage of Lady Rosse; postcards and letters of thanks from the prisoners of war from Irish regiments (but predominantly the Irish Guards) interned in Germany; and acknowledgment postcards of parcels received from same.

Nineteenth century patient records for the King’s County Infirmary, consisting of one extern patient register used to record outpatients and three registers of patients to record patients admitted to the hospital. Patients who wished to seek treatment from the county infirmary as either an intern or extern patient had to present the institution with a ticket of referral. These tickets were managed by the governors or local landlords who paid an annual subscription to the infirmary. If a patient could not secure a ticket they paid the infirmary for their treatment. The hospital also allowed the presiding surgeon to make decisions regarding the treatment of patients in cases of emergency.

This section contains the minute books for the King’s County Infirmary Board of Management meetings. The board members meeting schedule often changed, however, they met at least once a month and sometimes more. They were responsible for the general management and finances of the hospital and its staff.

This series contains two oversized printed broadsheets detailing the King’s County Infirmary annual reports for the years 1896 and 1897. Includes a breakdown of the income and expenditure for each year and a list of governors of the institution.

Moore was secretary of the King's County Committee of Education. This committee was set up to administer and encourage the provision of technical and vocational education in skills such as cookery, metal work and wood work. Technical classes were established by the provision of capitation grants. These classes would provide young people with vocational and trade skills necessary to gain employment. It was here that young people could be prepared to accredited technical examinations.