Telegram from Gavin in Clara, King's County (County Offaly), to the Lamb family at 24 Leeson Park, Dublin, County Dublin, with the message, "Deeply regret death Doctor Fuller."
Rental ledgers relating to the estate of Col A.C. Wolseley Cox, Clara, King's County. Folios record the rental period, the amount of rent, the poor-rate if chargeable, and the amount paid by cash. The observations column records most of the particulars of lease, and can include details of marriages and deaths of tenants, memorials of leases, and other personal observations on tenants and their character. Map reference numbers are also noted and these may refer to the Map of Clara and Raheen, King's County, estate of Colonel Wolseley Cox (P96) listed below.
Alphabetical surname index at rear of of each volume, although that for Vol.3 is blank. Vol. 3 in general is sparse in details in comparison to the preceding volumes.
Cox, Ambrose Clement WolseleyMinute books, accounts ledgers, reports, and ancillary material relating to the creation, administration, and eventual dissolution of Tullamore Union from its establishment in 1839 to the closure of Tullamore Workhouse in August 1921. The main set of records are the minute books of the boards of guardians, comprising 112 volumes from an original set of 128 volumes. Other material is financial in nature, such as the treasurer’s account books and rates returns. No workhouse admission and discharge registers survive, but an important volume entitled Application and Report Book from 1862/1863, provides details of the relief applications for approximately 500 applicants. Other workhouse material is in the form of provisions registers and daybooks, as well as an architectural drawing of alterations to the Infirmary at the workhouse. As the Board of Guardians also oversaw the dispensary districts in the union, there is a set of minute books relating to the five dispensary districts with accompanying district notices in poster form.
Tullamore UnionThe collection is comprised of artefacts, plans and drawings of the Clashawaun Works (jute spinning mill) and its machinery. The business records include; material relating to the formation of the limited company in 1888; correspondence with directors and partners; notices of meetings and resolutions adopted; some handwritten minutes and material relating to the formation of the limited company to a public company in 1937.
J. & L. F. Goodbody Ltd.Registers, roll books, district inspectors observations, daily reports and religious instruction certificates for Clara No.2 National School.
Clara No.2 National SchoolReceipt for the services of James Flynn and Sons, General Merchants, at Main Street and The Square, Clara, King's County (County Offaly), paid for by Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath.
Receipt from J and LF Goodbody Limited, at Clashawaun Works, Clara, County Offaly.
Poster advertising the public auction of the lands of Tinamuck by Francis William Lamb.
Postcards of Clara, County Offaly, from the early twentieth-century.
Lamb FamilyPostcard with the image of the silos and flour mills in Clara, County Offaly, on the front.
Lamb Family