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Poster advertising a carnival at Birr organised by the South Offaly Local Defence Force with dancing, parades and hurling tournaments.

13 Minute Books -
TRDC36/1/1: November 1901 - June 1904
TRDC36/1/2: June 1904 - February 1907
TRDC36/1/3: August 1909 - October 1911
TRDC36/1/4: November 1911 - December 1913
TRDC36/1/5: January 1914 - December 1914
TRDC36/1/6: January 1915 - December 1915
TRDC36/1/7: January 1916 - December 1916
TRDC36/1/8: January 1917 - December 1917
TRDC36/1/9: January 1918 - December 1918
TRDC36/1/10: January 1920 - December 1920
TRDC36/1/11: January 1921 - December 1921
TRDC36/1/12: December 1921 - December 1922
TRDC36/1/13: January 1923 - December 1923

1 Quarterly Minute Book -
TRDC36/2: July 1900 - April 1911

1 Labourers' (Ireland) Acts Rent Book -
TRDC36/3/1: 1899 - 1928

1 Labourers' Act Rent Collection Book -
TRDC36/3/2: September 1916 - September 1922

1 Printed Notice -
TRDC36/4: 1912, 'Regulations made by Rural District Council of Tullamore with respect to the letting of Cottages and Allotments under the Labourers' Acts'.

1 Printed Booklet -
TRDC36/5: 1912, including 'Bye-Laws made by the Tullamore Rural District Council with respect to common lodging - houses' (10p)

1 Record of Sanitary Work -
TRDC36/6: October 1914 - May 1923

1 Postage Book -
TRDC36/7: April 1907 - March 1917, includes Kilbeggan Rural District Council, Tullamore Rural District Council and Tullamore Urban District Council.

Tullamore Rural District Council No. 1:
2 Minute Books -
TRDC36/9/1: January 1924 - December 1924 (indexed).
TRDC36/9/2: January 1925 - September 1925

Tullamore Rural District Council No. 2:
1 Minute Book -
TRDC36/10/1: April 1899 - October 1901, incorporating Tullamore Rural District Council No. 2 and Kilbeggan Rural District Council (note: see KRDC35/1/1).

Texts of legislation relating to factory conditions and terms of employment.

1. ‘Textile Factories Factory and Workshop Act, 1878’ signed by R. G. For J. & L. F. Goodbody.

2. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1901-1916’, signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 5 September 1921.

3. ‘Textile Factories factory and Workshop Acts 1901-1920’ signed by J. & L. F. Goodbody, Ltd., 23 March 1925.

4. ‘Textile Factory and Workshop Act 1937’, signed by Harold J. Goodbody, August 1937.

The 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.

Four identical floor-plans of Clashawaun Works. Scale 1 inch: 40 ft. Includes numerical key identifying the various areas of the factory.

Size 68cm x 86 cm each.

The floor plan is from the 1960s.