<strong>Clifden</strong> <strong>Poor</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Union</strong> 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’ xlii.
<strong>Clifden</strong> <strong>Poor</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Union</strong> C. <strong>List</strong> of some Workhouse Officials and Staff Appendix C <strong>List</strong>s of most staff members are found in various contemporary directories such as Slater‟s or Pigot‟s Vice Guardians, appointed 1848 - 1849 Workhouse Master Joyce ? - 1849 23 Workman, George 1849 24 - Divine, John ? - 1852 25 Greany, K? 1852? - 1854? Burke, John 1854? - 1858 (also acting as Clerk from 1855, post amalgamated for a period) Maley, Mathias 1858 -1860, 1860-1863 (Acting Master, for nine months before being appointed in Sept 1858. Resignation accepted July 1860 following complaints of the „dirt and neglect‟ of the workhouse but re-instated at same meeting (GPL4/25, 11 July 1860, p9 ) Hearne John 1864 - 1869 Davern, Patrick 1869 26 - 1874 27 Coney, John 1874 - 1880 Higgins, Patrick 1880 28 - 1895+ 29 30 - (ill for much of 1893, Connolly appointed Master pro-tem, e.g. GPL3/75, p269 see also p389) Cloonan, Patrick 1895 - 1897 31 32 33 34 35 Acting Master for initial period Casey, Patrick 1897 - 1900 36 King, Richard 1900 - 37 1901? Wrin, John 1901 38 - 1908 39 Lavelle, Michael 1908 40 - 41 , 42 (resumed duty after war absence on 18 th April 1920) 43 King, Stephen 1915 - (Temporary, during war absence of Lavelle) Mullen, Patrick 1919 - 1920 44 (Temporary, during Lavelle‟s war absence) 23 GPL3/108, resigned, letter from PLC 13 th Jun 1849, ref. 36099/1849 24 GPL3/10, p8 25 31 Mar 1852, GPL3/14, p9, appointed to Master in Castlebar <strong>Union</strong> 26 3 Nov 1869, GPL3/39, f4 27 GPL3/45, pp290-1 28 2 Jun 1880, GPL3/52, f165 & f175 29 Apr 1890 , GPL3/69, p10, requested leave of absence to have tumour in his side operated on 30 5 Jun 1895, GPL3/78, pp228-9 31 25 Sept 1895, GPL3/79, p8 32 GPL3/79, p162 & p185 33 18 Dec 1895, GPL3/79, pp272-3, see also p426 & p449 34 29 Apr, 1896, GPL3/80, p74 35 7 Apr 1897, GPL3/81, p417 36 5 Dec 1900, GPL3/86, p491 37 13 Feb 1901, GPL3/86, p567 38 25 Nov 1903, GPL3/89, pp518-9 39 25 Mar 1908, GP3/94, p276, see also 294b-g, p325 40 13 May 1908, GPL3/95, p373 41 5 Jul 1915, GPL3/102, p6 – granted leave with full pay „...during his absence on war service at the rate of £40 per year’ 42 10 Mar 1920, GPL3/106, p77 43 12 May 1920, GPL3/106, p167 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’ xliii.