Clifden Poor Law Union archive collection, Descriptive List, GPL3.pdf

GPL3/ Clifden Poor Law Union
- „....complaint made by an inmate of the institution named John Reilly, as to the management
of the workhouse...‟ (p286, see also p327 & p345).
- Master‟s report, „.... Bill received from Mr Leonard for a special coffin, £2.5.0, supplied for
John Conroy a patient who died in the Hospital...‟ (p454, see also 23 June 1915, p5, &
GPL3/102, p27).
- Letter from Ellen Schley, Matron, relating to a letter from the LGB „relative to me keeping my
two children in the house. As you are aware the Guardians were good enough to give me
permission to do so, and I trust you will be kind enough to allow me to keep them for
sometime longer until I get a place for them outside‟ (p506).
102. 5 July 1915 – 12 July 1916 Includes:
- Letter from the Master, M. Lavelle, to the BG, advising „Having offered my services to the
defence of our Country during the War, which the War Office have accepted, granting me a
Commission, I trust you will allow me the necessary leave, and I beg to recommend to you
Mr John Lydon of Streamstown as my substitute. He will undertake to discharge the duties
for a salary at the rate of £50 a year with rations‟ (p6).
- „Read circular letter received from the War Office, dated 8 th Sept 1915, requesting to be
informed to what extent it has been possible to release eligible men from the Establishment
to join His Majesty‟s Forces since the LGB Cir Letter No. 55/M/1915 dated 16 th April last.
The only officer who applied was the workhouse master who was released on the 5/7/1915.
(p145).
- „Resolved: That, subject to the sanction of the LGB, the Clifden No. 2 Dispensary District be
amalgamated with the Clifden No. 1 D.D. and that the fixed salaries attached to the latter
district viz £170 for the office of M.O. and £10 as Medical [Examiner] of Health be added to
Dr Casey‟s salary as M.O. of the combined districts. Dr Casey to contribute a sum of £30
annually for the upkeep of a nurse on the island of Inishbofin whom the Guardians propose
to appoint at a salary of £20 a year‟ (p338, see also p378, with notice of motion to rescind, &
p399, p419, p438).
- Boarding out of Joseph Baker, aged 14 months (p405, see also p487).
- „Resolved: That we condemn the misguided action of those responsible for the recent
rebellion in Ireland and that we tender to Mr Redmond and his Party our confidence‟ (p425,
see also p505).
- „That a scheme of amalgamation of the PL Unions and workhouses of the county is required,
provided it be properly carried out and is a saving to the ratepayers, due attention being paid
to the efficient administration of the Medical Charities Act in any scheme of amalgamation‟
(p466).
103. 22 July 1916 – 11 July 1917
Cartlann Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe „…cuimhne dhoiciméadach Chontae na Gaillimhe a shealbhú, a chaomhnú agus a dhéanamh inrochtana’
Galway County Council - Archives „…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’
65.