Distribution of seed potatoes and seed wheat
- IE OCL P35/7/23
- Subseries
- 1941-1942
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
File of correspondence in relation to the distribution of seed potatoes and seed wheat by Banagher Parish Council.
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Distribution of seed potatoes and seed wheat
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
File of correspondence in relation to the distribution of seed potatoes and seed wheat by Banagher Parish Council.
Quote by Sir Walter Scott transcribed by Kieran Temple, Hut 28:
'Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who ne'er to himself has said
This is my own; my native land'
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Includes:
Order that under the Emergency Powers Act, boards of health and public assistance to encourage the production of turf for persons who will be dependent on home assistance.
Contains report of Inspector Miss Murray of the Local Government Department on boarding-out of children which was critical of Offaly Board of Health (Aug 1941), and rebuttal reports from the Board (Dec 1941).
Verse transcribed by Jimmie Egan, Hut 25 ,of Henry Street, Tullamore:
'Where ever England's forces assemble
on land on sea or in air
We pray thee Oh Lord God of Battle
to send all thy thunderbolts there
Wherever her plotters are plotting
Wherever her fortresses frown
With thy vengeance as vivid as lightening
Strike her down Oh Lord God!
Strike her down.'
S. MacEntee - shortage of imported fuel - turf production
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Sean MacEntee, Department of Industry and Commerce to the Secretary of the Parish Council regarding the serious shortage of imported fuel and the urgency of ensuring that the council take steps to ensure that turf supplies be available locally for the winter of 1941/1942.
T. J. Kelly - increased peat production
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from T. J. Kelly County Commissioner outlining the main features of the scheme for increased peat production 'in order to secure the maximum production of turf during the coming season'.
R. J. Jolley - Fire and Workmen's Insurance
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Robert J Jolley Insurance Brokers in relation to Fire and Workmen's Compensation Insurance's and Turfcutting.
Signature of Alisdair MacCába.
Signatures of John O'Flaherty (Donegal), William Baxter (Dublin), John J FitzPatrick (Dublin) and Denis Walsh (Tullamore, Offaly), all from Hut 40.
Request on list of underdeveloped bogs around Banagher
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Typewritten letter from Daniel Hogan T. D. requesting a list of any undeveloped bogs in Banagher Parish.