Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1839 - 1931 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
160 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Parsonstown’s Poor Law Union was established on the 8th of May 1839. It was formed from an elected Board of Guardians, with John Drought as chairman, comprising twenty-nine elected members and nine ex-officio Guardians with all members meeting weekly. Parsonstown Union’s area of operation covered 234 square miles from two counties: from Offaly (King’s) – Banagher, Drumcullen, Eglish, Ferbane, Frankfort, Kilcoleman, Kinnety, Lemanagan, Letter, Lusmagh, Seirkyrans, Parsonstown, Shannon Bridge, Shannon Harbour and Tissarin. From County Tipperary – Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Dorha, Lockeen, Lorha and Uskeane. The Union was abolished in 1925, with the Board of Guardians powers being transferred to the county councils' Board of Health.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
97 Minute Books
55 Rough Minute Books
1 Repayment of Relief Book
1 Rent Book
1 Document relating to the King's County Directory
1 Lease
3 Workhouse Registers
2 Financial Minute Books
1 Dispensary District Ledger
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
BG164 is arranged as follows:
BG164/1/1-97: June 1839 - August 1921
(Note: name changes to Birr Union after January 1900).
BG164/2/1-55: Rough Minute Books
BG164/3: Repayment of Relief Book
BG164/4: Rent Book
BG164/5: Document
BG164/6: Lease
BG164/7/1-3: Workhouse Registers
BG164/8/1-2: Financial Minute Books
BG164/9: Dispensary District Ledger
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
By appointment only. Contact Offaly Archives at [email protected]
Conditions governing reproduction
May be reproduced in accordance with provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (2000). No reproduction online, in print or broadcast without express permission of copyright holder.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
BG164/7/1 is listed as part only, cover missing, with the following pages damaged - 1, 2, 4, 28, 54, 55.
BG164/7/2 is listed with the following pages missing - 1, 14, 15, 16, 17, 148, 149, and with the following pages damaged - fly leaf, index, 8. 9. 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21.
BG164/7/3 contains loose pages only.
Finding aids
Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Wright, John (Subject)
- French, Caulfield, Captain (Subject)
- Drought, John (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G)
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2019, Erin Sears
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).