Records of Offaly Farming and Industrial Society
- IE OH OHS5
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- 1902-1950
Ledgers and minute book of Offaly Farming and Industrial Society, organisers of the Tullamore Agricultural and Industrial Show.
Offaly Farming and Industrial Society
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Records of Offaly Farming and Industrial Society
Ledgers and minute book of Offaly Farming and Industrial Society, organisers of the Tullamore Agricultural and Industrial Show.
Offaly Farming and Industrial Society
Ledger recording receipts and disbursements of cash. Income is listed under subscriptions, entry fees, gate money, agricultural department/county committee, and sundry receipts. Expenditure is listed under show expenses (labour and timber), prizes, judges, veterinary surgeons, rent and other sundries.
Minute book recording the decisions taken at general and executive meetings of the Offaly Farming and Industrial Society, mainly relating to the society's financial position and the hosting of the Tullamore Agricultural and Industrial Show. Includes minutes of discussions surrounding the taking over by the society of the cricket club field at Spollanstown for use as a show ground, and subsequent negotiations with Tullamore GAA who requested that the field be used for matches and training (1924). Also records later proposals to sell the field to the combined Tullamore Association Football and Rugby Clubs (1944).
Ledger recording receipts and disbursements of cash. Income listed under subscriptions, entry fees and sundry receipts. Expenditure listed under prizes (for shows), petty cash and other sundries.
Ledger recording expenditure on wages, postage, office expenses and other sundry items.