Garden books kept by the head gardener, Michael Hogan
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- [1950-1998]
Part of The Rosse Papers
Six garden books kept by the head gardener, Michael Hogan.
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Garden books kept by the head gardener, Michael Hogan
Part of The Rosse Papers
Six garden books kept by the head gardener, Michael Hogan.
Grand Jury Presentments Summer Assizes 1893
Bound volume containing book stamp of the Grand Jury Secretary's Office, Parsonstown (Birr), containing an abstract of presentments granted and queries respited and discharged at the Summer Assizes, 1893. Thomas Mitchell of Birr is listed as the grand jury's secretary.
King's County Grand Jury
Lease book titled ‘R[osse] agreements, No. 3’
Part of The Rosse Papers
The same, titled ‘R[osse] agreements, No. 3’, [and continuous as far as dates are concerned, although No. 2 appears to be missing?].
Lease-book titled ‘R[osse] agreements, No. 1’
Part of The Rosse Papers
Lease-book titled ‘R[osse] agreements, No. 1’, recording details of such lettings as the above.
Map of Parsonstown (Birr) area
Part of Sketch maps of William Larkin
Memoir by Kathleen Barnwell, Birr
Typescript of memoir titled ‘Do You Remember’. Recounts the life in Birr and covers the following subjects: soldiers from Birr returning from World War I (1918), the Treaty (1921), occupation of Free State Troops of ‘The Gorm' (the workhouse) in Birr (1922), burning of Crinkle Barracks (1922) and other reminiscences of life in Birr from 1930s to 1980s.
Barnwell, Kathleen
Part of Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
Minutes recording proceedings of meetings of the Hospital and Homes Committee containing various reports such as Superintendent's Report from the County Home; Superintendent's Report from County Hospital; and Sub-committee reports from Birr Rural District, Edenderry Rural District, Tullamore Rural District, and Roscrea No 2 Rural District on matters relating to dispensaries and hospitals in their respective areas. Also contains lists of 'Letters and Sanctions' from the Ministry of Local Government.
Issues covered by the various reports are concerned with the appointment and salaries of employees; the arrest and detention of members of the committee during the Civil War (see p5, 10 April 1923); building works at dispensaries and hospitals; compensation and pension claims arising from the winding-up of the poor law unions; matters arising with the TB hospital in Birr; commandeering of Dr Woods house at Kinnitty Dispensary by the military (p 43, 8 May 1923); tenders for the supply of provisions to the county home; details of patients at the hospital; proposal from Ministry of Local Government relating to the abolition of Hospital and Homes Committee and Substitution of the County Board of Health therefor under the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (p59, 17 May 1923); remaining furniture from Birr Union being taken to Birr Castle on its requisition by Free State Army (pp62-63, 17 May 1923); the condition of Birr workhouse following evacuation by Free State Army (p 64, 2 June 1923); financial issues arising from failure to return 'inmates' in county homes to their counties of origin on amalgamation in 1921; and a proposal by the Ministry of Local Government relating to the appointments of Home Assistance Officers.
Includes report by the Visiting Committee (James O'Connor, J. Scally and Teresa Wyer) on condition of county home (p71, 10 July 1923) and remarks on unfulfilled recommendations from the previous year's report. Also includes extracts from the report of Dr Florence Dillon, medical inspector with the Department of Local Government on the condition of the hospitals at Tullamore, Birr and Edenderry, recommending the closure of the latter (p76, 22 June 1923) .
Contains lists of boarded out children, their foster parents and details of their accommodation, general health and condition in a report of the inspector of boarded out children. (p.87, 10 July 1923)
Newspaper clippings Irish Farmers Union, Banagher
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Notebook containing newspaper clippings of minutes of Banagher Branch of the Irish Farmers Union. Deals with such matters as setting of Fair days, fixing a price for barley. With memo from Offaly County Council acknowledging application for Relief Grant Scheme and encouragement of trade in the towns of Banagher and Birr.
Octavo volume recording, by townland, tenants, houses and offices on [the ‘outer estate’]
Part of The Rosse Papers
Octavo volume recording, by townland and then alphabetically by tenants, houses and offices on [the ‘outer estate’. Q/316 is also on MIC.564.]
Part of The Rosse Papers
Battered folio ledger titled ‘Out-goings, 2 [no sign of ‘1’], recording ‘out-goings’ on sundry people and for sundry purposes (drainage, interest, head rents, game and farm expenses, etc).