Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1839 - 1947 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
125 Books
2 Returns Forms
1 Report
1 Plan
116 Notices
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Tullamore’s Poor Law Union was formed on the 16th of September 1839. Its operations were controlled by a Board of Guardians, twenty-four of whom were elected, as well as eight ex-officio Guardians who all met weekly, with J. H. Welsh serving as chairman. The Union comprised an area of 246 square miles, covering two counties: from Offaly (King’s) – Ballycommon, Cappincor, Clara, Durrow, Geashill, Kilclonfert, Killeagh, Killoughy, Kilmonaghan, Philipstown, Rahan, Rathfeston and Tullamore. From County Westmeath – Kilbeggan and Rahugh. 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
112 Minute Books
1 Labourers (Ireland) Acts Minute Book -
BG158/2: October 1891 - July 1899, (Board of Guardians acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority).
1 Financial Minute Book -
BG158/3: October 1902 - April 1903.
1 Financial Statement Book -
BG158/4: June 1908 - March 1912.
1 Treasurer's Account Book -
BG158/5: December 1914 - August 1920.
1 Application & Report Book (Outdoor Relief Book) -
BG158/6: October 1862 - July 1863.
2 Returns forms for Tullamore Union for abstract of rate collected and lodged by rate collectors -
BG158/7/1: 1866 (1p).
BG158/7/2: 1877 (1p).
1 Report of the Engineering Inspector, Louis E. H. Deane being a description of houses unfit for human habitation, -
BG158/8: 5 May 1886.
1 Plan of Infirmary, Tullamore Union Workhouse, showing proposed alterations etc. Scale 10ft. to 1 inch, -
BG158/9: 20 June 1861.
1 'Death Notice Book; deaths in the Workhouse District of Tullamore -
BG158/10: January 1913 - April 1947.
1 Workhouse provisions and necessaries required -
BG158/11: September 1913 - July 1920
1 Workhouse Daybook -
BG158/12: April 1917 - March 1920.
5 Minute Books of Committee of Management of Dispensary Districts
116 Dispensary District Notices from 5 districts
1 Rate Book -
BG158/15: 1880, related to Tullamore Union: Electoral Division: Ballycommon.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
BG158 is arranged as follows:
BG158/1/1-112: Minute Books
BG158/2: Labourers (Ireland) Acts Minute Book
BG158/3: Financial Minute Book
BG158/4: Financial Statement Book
BG158/5: Treasurer's Account Book
BG158/6: Application &Report Book
BG158/7/1-2: Returns Form for Tullamore Union
BG158/8: Report of the Engineering Inspector
BG158/9: Plan of Infirmary
BG158/10: Death Notice Book
BG158/11: Workhouse Book - 'Provisions & necessaries required'
BG158/12: Workhouse Daybook
BG158/13/1-5: Dispensary Districts Minute Books
BG158/14/1-11: Dispensary District Notices (116 copies)
BG158/15: Rate Book
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Conditions governing access
By appointment only. Contact Offaly Archives at info@offalyhistory.com
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
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
- Welsh, J. H. (Subject)
- McKenna, James (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).