J. Murphy - donation for seed purchase
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Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Ms Letter from J Murphy regarding donation of £5.00 from the Canon to help the Parish Council to purchase seeds.
J. Murphy - donation for seed purchase
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Ms Letter from J Murphy regarding donation of £5.00 from the Canon to help the Parish Council to purchase seeds.
J. J. Hogan - unemployment relief schemes
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from J. J. Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, Offaly Vocational Education Committee regarding schemes for the relief of unemployment and in particular of the amount of unskilled labour required to build a school.
J. F. Mahon - size of land for applicants
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Typed letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Offaly County Board to the secretary of Banagher Parish Council noting, that allotments provided by the Board of Health should not exceed one quarter of an acre.
J. F. Mahon - request on take of land
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Banagher Parish Council enquiring as to whether there are any persons in the area who would be prepared to take allotments.
J. F. Mahon - land for applicants
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Typed letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Offaly County Board of Health stating that it is not possible to send down a man to search for suitable land for allotments.
J. F. Mahon - food and turf production
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Memoranda from J. F. Mahon, Secretary's Office Tullamore to the Secretary of each Parish Council requesting details on the number of labourers in the district who desire to cultivate allotments. With letter from T. J. Kelly to the Secretary of each Parish Council regarding proposed strategies increasing turf production.
Housing scheme hold due to sewerage scheme
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Memo from the Secretary of Offaly County Council to Eamonn G. Moore stating that the housing scheme has been held up pending the installation of the sewerage scheme.
Household notice - food and fuel supply
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Undated printed notice to householders regarding food and fuel supply using each household to ensure that an adequate supply of food and fuel is maintained in the parish.
Garrycastle War Relief Committee
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
School copybook containing printed newspaper minutes of War Relief Committee of Garrycastle.
First committee meeting held on 9th November 1914. Committee comprised of Rev. Dr. Monaghan, Dean of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Miss Armstrong, Mrs. W. Perry, Mrs. Sherrard, Dr. Meagher, Dr. Dalton, Mr P. Egan, J. P. and R. H. Moore, N. T. Miss Armstrong appointed Treasurer, Dean Monaghan appointed Chairman and R. H. Moore appointed secretary.
Minutes of 23rd November note that money would be made available from the central fund for the purpose of helping the sub-committees to provide furniture bedding and 'otherwise supplementing local efforts for the maintenance of the Belgian refugees'.
Minutes of 7th December 1914 note that the Local Government Board has informed by letter that they are at present unable to send any refugees. They informed that 250,000 refugees were coming to England during the following two month and that 20,000 of them would be located in Ireland. Contains 4 pages of ms accounts of War Pension Committee 1914-1918 recording weekly payments of £2 for maintenance. Last entry notes that Belgian family of [Ceunincks] left Banagher on 14th February 1919.
Fencing of Cowpark for tillage cultivation
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
File of correspondence between Banagher Parish Council, Offaly County Board of Health and Offaly County Council in relation to fencing off the Cowpark at Banagher to permit, tillage cultivation. Includes ms letter of 18th July 1941 making application for each of the five acres set aside by the Board of Health for tillage.