Clifden Poor Law Union archive collection, Descriptive List, GPL3.pdf
Clifden Poor Law Union archive collection, Descriptive List, GPL3.pdf Clifden Poor Law Union archive collection, Descriptive List, GPL3.pdf
Clifden Poor Law Union 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’ iv.
Clifden Poor Law Union Scope and Content This collection of Clifden Poor Law Union archives consists primarily of Board of Guardian minute books, 84 in total, dating from 1849 to 1921, with some gaps, together with letter books and a diet book. Several of the earlier volumes have suffered severe mould damage, with resultant loss of substantial quantities of text and rendering other sections illegible. These volumes are inaccessible; they are GP3/16b, 38, 39, 51 and 65. POOR LAW UNIONS The Poor Law Act for the ‘more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland‟ was introduced to Ireland by the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838 and operated until 1925. The Poor Law system was originally constituted for the sole purpose of relieving paupers in workhouses, but by the 1880s had gathered to itself a great variety of powers. George Wilkinson, Architect, designed the workhouses. Under the Act the country was divided at first into 130, later increased to 163, different poor law union administrative districts, each of which had a workhouse, financed by poor rates paid mostly by landowners. The Union areas in Ireland were formed by describing an area of ten miles radius around each market town. Initially the Act did not permit outdoor relief; assistance and relief to the destitute poor was granted only in a workhouse. However, by 1847 outdoor relief was granted. Each Union was under the close supervision and control of a central governing body. Prior to 1847 the English Poor Law Commission had responsibility for the administration of the poor law in Ireland; thereafter a separate Poor Law Commission for Ireland was established. Its membership comprised the Irish Chief Secretary, the Under-Secretary, and the Chief Commissioner. Assistant Commissioners, inspectors and clerks staffed it, and it supervised the election and proceedings of Boards of Guardians. The Commission was abolished in 1872, and its functions were transferred to the Local Government Board. This Board was composed of the Irish Chief Secretary, the Under-Secretary, a Vice President and two commissioners and took over responsibility for supervising the administration of the poor law system and public health legislation. The Board had a staff of regional inspectors and auditors to supervise and report on the activities of poor law guardians and other local authorities 1 . A Board of Guardians, consisting of two thirds elected and one-third ex-officio members, had direct responsibility for the administration of the union workhouses. The Guardians were generally local magistrates, landlords and the better class of farmers. Roughly ¼ of the 1 S. J. Connolly (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Irish History, Oxford University Press, 1998. 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’ v.
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Cartlann Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe „…cuimhne dhoiciméadach Chontae na Gaillimhe a shealbhú, a chaomhnú agus a dhéanamh inrochtana’<br />
Galway County Council - Archives „…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’<br />
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