- IE OCL P35/7/43
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- 18 October 1941
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Secretary of Offaly Board of Health to the Secretary of Banagher Parish Council stating that the Electricity Supply Board is proposing to curtail public lighting.
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Secretary of Offaly Board of Health to the Secretary of Banagher Parish Council stating that the Electricity Supply Board is proposing to curtail public lighting.
Restriction of public lighting
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter of 26th January 1942 from District Engineer, ESB stating that the restriction of public lighting in Banagher will go ahead 'assuming that Offaly County Board of Health have no objection to this course'.
T. S. Duggan - provision of fire appliances
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from Thomas S. Duggan, County Surveyor, to the Secretary, Banagher Parish Council regarding the provision of fire appliances for the town of Banagher and stating that nothing can be done until money is available.
S. Hynes hydrants and pipes in Banagher
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Undated report of Sean Hynes identifying the hydrants and pipes in Banagher.
T. J. Kelly - Work of Parish Councils
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Undated letter from T. J. Kelly, County Commissioner regarding the programme of work of the Parish Councils. Letter states that 'each Parish Council must act for itself and must examine the situation locally'.
F. A. Waller & Co. Ltd. - meal distribution
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from F. A. Waller & Co. Ltd. stating the company is willing to give out meal out of their premises to those parties selected on order from the Parish Council.
J. Murphy - donation for seed purchase
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Ms Letter from J Murphy regarding donation of £5.00 from the Canon to help the Parish Council to purchase seeds.
Banagher Parish Council - forms
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Forms detailing the names of committee members of Banagher Parish Council with draft and blank copies.
Digby - Geashill Estate 1938-1940
Part of Geashill Estate Papers
Original incoming and copy outgoing correspondence relating to the administration of the Geashill Estate. Matters referred to include the sale of the Post Office at Geashill; rent arrears, particularly from proprietor of Post Office at Killeigh; right of way at Geashill Vicarage/Rectory; insurance cover; poaching and trespass; timber trade and forestry; lease of Garda Barracks, Geashill to the Office of Public Works and repair of same; the Fisheries Bill (1939); the outbreak of World War II and its effect on forestry.
Includes hand-drawn map by Darley, Orpen & McGillycuddy Solicitors, of Geashill Glebe, scale 1/2500, showing lands belonging to Representative Church Body and rights of way adjoining the site.
Includes copy letter from Kennedy to Digby: '...We have had a terrific frost here just before Christmas, hard enough to produce three days skating on Charleville Lake, and I am told that there were lumps of ice floating about in the sea between Dublin and Kingstown, a thing which I do not think anyone remembers before. The thaw has now thoroughly set in after a second sharp spell of frost last week and between rain and melted snow the country generally and the rivers are terribly flooded.' (9 January 1939)
Includes letter from R. Fetherstonhaugh, solicitor, Mountmellick to Kennedy: 'I was very sorry to hear from my son that he had trespassed yesterday on Lord Digby's bog. He and some friends went out to shoot on the Burrow Meadows - apparently he wandered over the county boundary & it was surprising to me how he got so far; it was, I believe quite unintentional on his part and both of us regret it very much.' (16 January 1939)
Includes letter from An Roinn Tailte/Department of Lands forbidding the felling of native timber due to the outbreak of war and withdrawing the forestry permit granted to Lord Digby. (25 September 1939)
Includes letter from Digby to Kennedy: I am flying over to Northern Ireland on Monday morning. I should be there about a week or ten days investigating infantry training units in my capacity as Assistant Inspector of Infantry at the War Office. I regret I shall not be able to get leave to come over the border on this occasion, but would you write to me to Mount Stewart, Newtownards, Co. Down where I shall be on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th...I was very sorry to hear the sad news about Capt Boyd Rochfort's death. I would have sent you a wire to represent me at the funeral but did not know in time.' (10 August 1940)
Kennedy, Kenneth A.
Household notice - food and fuel supply
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Undated printed notice to householders regarding food and fuel supply using each household to ensure that an adequate supply of food and fuel is maintained in the parish.