Minute Book: November 1839 - April 1843
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Minute Book: November 1839 - April 1843
Part of Records of Tullamore Union
Petition for a new Banagher Post Office
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Draft ms petition from [RH Moore] to Sidney Buxton Post Master General, from the gentry, traders and manufacturers of Banagher urging the provision of a suitable Post Office accommodation and the erection of a new Public Post Office. Mentions also the downgrading of Banagher Post Office to Sub-Office.
Correspondence Relief Scheme and sugar beet factory
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
File of correspondence being mainly copy outgoing correspondence of R. H. Moore.
Includes typewritten letter of William Davin T. D. to R. H. Moore, Secretary Banagher Improvements Association in relation to the application for a grant from the Relief Schemes Votes and the suitability of Banagher for a Beet Sugar Factory.
Application details to secretary of Local War Pensions Committee
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Printed pre-paid card addressed to the Secretary of the Local War Pensions Committee with outline details of application received for war pensions and instruction to commence enquiries.
Inventory of the plate of the Rt Hon the Earl of Charleville
Part of Charleville Forest Papers
Bury, Charles William, 1st earl of Charleville
Part of Records of Tullamore Union
Medical Officer: Dr R. J. Walsh, Clara
Relieving Officer: John Ryan
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Contains reports outlining the transition of Tullamore Workhouse into a county home. Also contains reports from sub-committees representing the other poor law unions (Edenderry and Birr) concerning the winding up of operations in those workhouses and the transfer of functions to Tullamore.
Significant redeployment of personnel is recorded such as hospital staff from the newly closed County Infirmary, and compensation claims from employees whose posts were defunct such as Clerk of the Union were also dealt with by the committee. Records decisions in relation to medical personnel based at various dispensaries throughout the county, and proposals relating to the treatment of TB patients. Also contains reports of new tenders granted for the supply of goods to the county home and some letters of protest about contracts being awarded to new suppliers in ' a ringing of the changes in certain interests.' (see p55, letter to the committee re Contract for the Supply of Bread, 28 October 1921.'
Includes regular matron's reports from the county home and hospital with medical details of patients. Also includes a report by the Visiting Committee (James O'Connor, Teresa Wyer and Mary K. Dunne) on the state of the county home following Amalgamation (p16, 23 July 1922).
Contains details of 'boarded-out' children such as their names and ages, and the names and addresses of their foster parents.
Tullamore Urban District 1935-37
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Register recording deaths in the workhouse (1913-1921) and the county home and hospital (1922-1947) in one continuous volume of entries. On the closure of the workhouse in 1921, the register template was amended from 'Workhouse' to 'Offaly County Hospital and Central Home' to finally 'Offaly County Hospital and Home'. Details recorded include:
Number in register
Date and Place of death
Name and Surname
Sex
Condition (Married, bachelor, widow, etc)
Age last birthday
Rank, profession or occupation
When [death] registered
Tullamore Union