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

GPL3/ Clifden Poor Law Union
- „Ordered that the Workhouse rules with regard to mothers and their children be strictly carried
out from this forth. That any child two years and upwards to be kept entirely apart from their
mothers under pain of dismissal of the Officer whose duty it will be to attend to this order‟
(f145).
- Complaint about the neglect of the Relieving Officer, P Joyce, of the Cleggan and Letterfrack
districts, relating to the case of „Thomas Coneys deceased and that of Myles King, Cleggan‟.
In the case of Coneys it was reported that Joyce „admitted the deceased to be so weak that he
could not be safely removed and still refused to give him any nourishment whatsoever saying
he had no power to do so until he would first represent the case to the Board. I have heard
with regret that on being pressed for some relief for the sick man he remarked that he was so
weak that it was useless to give him anything‟.
Following enquiry the Board found that the RO had „acted rightly‟ (ff146-147).
- „Master reports that two boys, John Grehan and Peter West both, deserted from Workhouse
through the boys‟ dayroom windows between 8 and 9 o‟clock am on yesterday….This morning
the Head Constable sent for him (Master) to accompany him to the Rev. M. D‟arcy (of the
Mission schoolhouse) where the boys were and given up to the police‟ (f183).
- „Resolved that finding the cost of paupers in this House being considerably more than it is in
other Unions around us and also finding that the rates are equally high we request the
Commissioners will send us a competent officer to go over the accounts of the Union and
inform the Board as to how the cost of paupers as well as the rates can be so high the Board
consent to pay a reasonable sum for so doing‟ (f215).
- Discharge of Bridget Mullen and her child (f224).
- Discharge of Anne Toole (f224).
28. 9 July 1862 – 25 March 1863 Includes:
- „Mary Finnegan a violent and dangerous lunatic was admitted into the workhouse on the 1 st .
As there is no ward in the workhouse for properly securing and treating lunatics, I would
recommend that information be taken against the woman and have her committed to jail, in the
meantime I have confined in the female probationary ward in charge of two women‟ (p107).
- „Seven women with illegitimate children are directed to be discharged on next Petty Session
day with a view to their appearing before the Magistrate and making affirmation as to the
Fathers of their children‟ (p151).
- „Resolved: In accepting Dr Jordan‟s resignation of his situation of assistant Medical Attendant
for the islands of Inishbofin and Shark we have much pleasure in bearing our testimony to the
very efficient and successful manner in which he had discharged his duties, to the unanimous
(blank) and the great satisfaction which he has given to the Board and the ratepayers in
general. We are gratified to find that he has obtained a highly respectable, and we trust a
remunerative appointment elsewhere‟ (p169).
- Resolution from the Clifden Dispensary Committee stating „That we are of opinion that a
resident Medical Officer is necessary in the islands of Inishbofin and Shark at a moderate
salary‟ (p289).
- „Read letter from Mr Con King, Relieving Officer, stating that in accordance with the directions
of the Board he visited the island Inishbofin on the 12 th inst, went carefully through the island
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