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Minute books, accounts ledgers, reports, and ancillary material relating to the creation, administration, and eventual dissolution of Tullamore Union from its establishment in 1839 to the closure of Tullamore Workhouse in August 1921. The main set of records are the minute books of the boards of guardians, comprising 112 volumes from an original set of 128 volumes. Other material is financial in nature, such as the treasurer’s account books and rates returns. No workhouse admission and discharge registers survive, but an important volume entitled Application and Report Book from 1862/1863, provides details of the relief applications for approximately 500 applicants. Other workhouse material is in the form of provisions registers and daybooks, as well as an architectural drawing of alterations to the Infirmary at the workhouse. As the Board of Guardians also oversaw the dispensary districts in the union, there is a set of minute books relating to the five dispensary districts with accompanying district notices in poster form.
Timber account ledger kept by Captain A. Wolsesly Cox, listing oak trees at Clara House. Information given on location (around the house, 'Deer Park; and 'by the lake'), height, girth, and cubic feet in tree. 1 January - 8 November 1872.
Rental ledgers relating to the estate of Col A.C. Wolseley Cox, Clara, King's County. Folios record the rental period, the amount of rent, the poor-rate if chargeable, and the amount paid by cash. The observations column records most of the particulars of lease, and can include details of marriages and deaths of tenants, memorials of leases, and other personal observations on tenants and their character. Map reference numbers are also noted and these may refer to the Map of Clara and Raheen, King's County, estate of Colonel Wolseley Cox (P96) listed below.
Alphabetical surname index at rear of of each volume, although that for Vol.3 is blank. Vol. 3 in general is sparse in details in comparison to the preceding volumes.
Linen-backed map of Clara and Raheen, King's County, the estate of Colonel Wolseley Cox. Hand-coloured and numbered with sites from 1-99, although the key to the sites is not extant.
Research on Moyally Bawn, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilmanaghan, Barony of Kilcoursey). County Inventory Registration: 858. Contains field sheet with sketches of interior and exterior elevations and a site plan, a written report over six pages and 29 photographs.
Research on Erry Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilbride, Barony of Kilcoursey). County Inventory Registration: 909. Contains a field sheet, a sketch of a site plan, a written report over five pages and nine photographs.
Research on Gorteen Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilmanaghan, Barony of Kilcoursey). County Inventory Registration: 914. Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and two photographs.
Research on Gorteen Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilmanaghan, Barony of Kilcoursey). County Inventory Registration: 915. Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and three photographs.
Research on Lehinch Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Kilbride, Barony of Kilcoursey). County Inventory Registration: 921. Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and two photographs.